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Compare, contrast with [[Kill'Em All]], [[Shoot Everything That Moves]], and [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies]]. If you have to kill everyone because they saw too much, that's [[Leave No Witnesses]].
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== Anime
* The stock phrase 一人残らず ("hitori nokorazu," lit. "Don't leave even one (alive)"), is used very commonly in manga, anime, and movies.
* In ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|End Of Evangelion]]'', the [[Kaiju Defense Force|JSDF]] raid adopts this policy as they attempt a violent takeover of NERV.
* The first episode of ''[[Code Geass]] R2'' demonstrates the cruelly brutal efficiency of Britannian special forces by having them burn the bodies of the people they slaughtered (both Japanese and fellow Britannians)... even as some of the "bodies" are screaming, as they are not quite dead.
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* In ''[[Claymore]]'', we have one the [[Big Bad]] ordering his [[Dragon]] to "annihilate Pieta. Basically, a place where no lifeforms exist whatsoever. That is what I want Pieta to become."
== Comic Books ==
* In the [[G.I. Joe]] one-shot "Special Missions; the Enemy", a squad of Cobra goons kill every living person in a hospital while looking for
* Ildomir the [[Evil Sorcerer]] from ''[[Nodwick]]'' makes a note to himself to have this phrase tattooed on the back on his hand after being foiled by our heroes shortly after leaving them alive in a bad situation.
== Film ==
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{{quote|'''Nguyen Huu An''': ''Kill all they send... and they will stop coming. ''}}
* In ''[[Red Tails]]'', "Pretty Boy", the German fighter ace, typically opens the fight with some order or another. By the final battle, he has lost all pretense of gentlemanly chivalry and simply orders his men to show no mercy.
== Literature ==
* [[Ciaphas Cain]],<ref>'''[[Insistent Terminology|HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!]]'''</ref> despite being ([[Black and Gray Morality|more or less]]) a good guy, orders this done to what he himself calls "a virtually defenseless ally" in ''For The Emperor''. To his credit, he's very disturbed by the need for such [[Dirty Business]], and they would have revealed his position and endangered a very important mission [[Shoot the Dog|if he'd let any escape]].
* In ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]'', the US wonders what to do with the crew of ''Red October'', who don't want to defect- rejecting the option of killing them all as morally wrong. The reason the sub's destruction is faked is in order to allow the crew to go back to the USSR and claim the sub sunk.
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* ''[[The Dark Elf Trilogy]]'' puts this to use by making it completely unspoken. [[Klingon Promotion]]s are a cornerstone of drow society: noble houses move up in rank by slaughtering the house above it. However, by their definition of "justice", if even one survivor is left to accuse them, ''their'' house will be exterminated as punishment. So there's no need for those in command to order their soldiers to kill anything that moves and then comb the compound afterward for any secret rooms where others may be hiding; [[Lawful Evil|to them, it's just common sense]].
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* In the ''[[Confederation of Valor]]'' series, the Others are well known to not take prisoners. Which confuses the characters intensely in ''Valor's Trial'': They're in a POW camp. [[The Reveal]]?
== Live-Action TV ==
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** Possibly they do take prisoners but they don't ransom them, they keep them and refuse to acknowledge that they do. Certainly Saaviks Vulcan parent was a prisoner as was Tasha Yar.
* There's a heroic version in ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]''. After repeatedly failing to kill Michael, and now dealing with his latest scheme which has taken control of the city, Sheppard orders the soldiers to give no quarter.
== Music ==
* In the video for [[Lady Gaga
{{quote|'''[[Todd in the Shadows]]:''' [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/tis/tpsr/22745-ep-04-telephone "Now, begin the murder dance!"]}}
== Tabletop Games ==
* This is an order to the player characters in book 3 of ''[[Way of the Wicked]]'' and is the last point where any character that started as neutral will continue having a neutral alignment.
== Video Games ==
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* Drek'Thar gives this order with his buff in ''[[World of Warcraft]]''.
* ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' in one of the [[Dawn of War]] Imperial Guard campaigns, you get to witness the fate of captured Chaos Cultists.
* As indicated by the opening quote, Darth Malak in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' orders to destroy the entire planet of
** From a mission in [[The Force Unleashed]]: "The Emperor must not discover your presence. Kill everyone aboard, Imperials and Kota's men alike."
* Referenced by ''[[Call of Duty]] 4: [[Modern Warfare]]'', ''World at War'' and ''[[Modern Warfare]] 2'' at the beginning of multiplayer matches as Russian forces - the first and third have their announcers say "Take no prisoners, comrade.", ''World at War'' has [[Gary Oldman]] say "Show courage, show pride, ''but show, no mercy!''" On the other hand, there is no gameplay mechanic to take prisoners anyway...
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* Sometimes an explicit mission goal in ''[[City of Villains]]''.
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▲* This is an order to the player characters in book 3 of ''[[Way of the Wicked]]'' and is the last point where any character that started as neutral will continue having a neutral alignment. {{spoiler|Given the presence of teleporting outsiders, the odds of success are so poor the climax of the book assumes they failed at this and have to flee an oncoming army}}.
* ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]'': [[The Smart Guy|Brian]] has a tendency to do this, especially in the espionage campaigns.
* Karcharoth orders a large group of fleeing opponents gunned down in the first firefight of [[Cry Havoc]].
* In ''[[Nip and Tuck]]'', the [[Show Within a Show]] ''Rebel Cry'' features a "scorched earth" order to ensure our hero does not escape
* In ''[[American Barbarian]]'' [http://www.ambarb.com/?p=82 he is told the attackers take no prisoners.]
== Web Originals ==
* Said by Jax and Sonya to <s>Hanzo Hasashi</s> Scorpion in ''[[Mortal Kombat Rebirth]]'' regarding the underground tournament. Apparently, even the cops are too fed up with the crime spree to bother arresting people.
* The [[Evil Overlord List]] suggests that when one does this, it must be done ''[[Genocide Backfire|properly]]''.▼
== Western Animation ==
* [[SpongeBob SquarePants]]: According to Plankton, the "N" in [[Fun with Acronyms|"FUN"]] stands for "No Survivors".
== Other ==
* Rule #22 of [[The Thirty-Six Stratagems]] advises at least completely capturing the enemy, if not killing them all.
▲* The [[Evil Overlord List]] suggests that when one does this, it must be done ''[[Genocide Backfire|properly]]''.
== Real Life ==
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