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* ''[[Mercenaries]]: Playground of Destruction'' had this for the top-level bosses and minibosses, the Deck of 52. You could capture a card and drag his/her happy ass to an extraction point (hopefully the chopper doesn't get blown up on its way in) for the full bounty, or you could just level the place and snap a photo of the corpse for half. And for the sadistically antisocial, you could capture a card, load him/her in the chopper, get the full bounty..and then blow the chopper up for just the standard friendly-fire penalties.
** Taking all 52 alive gives you the "Cheater Weapons" for your [[New Game+]], a supply drop that includes a [[More Dakka|portable vulcan gun]], [[Stuff Blowing Up|rapid-fire grenade launcher]], and [[BFG|portable airstrike bazooka]].
* ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'':
** One of the most interesting examples of this is in ''[[Mortal Kombat]] 3''. A certain button combination at the "Finish Him/Her!" screen would trigger a Mercy which grants the other player a tiny bit of life to continue fighting. It also allows you to perform Animalities after you beat that shred of life out of them. That's right, for sparing your opponent's life, you gain a brand new way to brutally murder them.
** A straight example of the Trope occurs in ''[[Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero]]''. If you le Sareena live, she pulls a [[Big Damn Heroes]] at the conclusion of your battle with Quan-Chi to deliver the coup de grace.
* ''[[Fire Emblem]]: Thracia 776'' allows you to Capture enemy units. There are a few rules to it, of course, but you get their equipment and won't have to lose your own units if you're clever.
** In ''Path of Radiance'' one particular chapter rewards you with the Ashera Staff if you refrain from killing any of the priests - and there are a hella lot of them clogging the chokepoints. What to do? Shove them out of the way. Then again, [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|you wouldn't kill a helpless priest anyways, would you?]] You CAN, however, steal their staves and sell them for cash, or keep some of them.
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* ''[[River City Girls]]'', from the ''[[Kunio-Kun]]'' series; defeat all the enemy mooks in one room except one, and the last one will often plead for mercy if you damaged enough; choose to spare them, and they join you as [[Assist Character]]s.
* From the [[Interactive Fiction|interactive episode]] of ''[[Carmen Sandiego]]'' on [[Netflix]] (where the viewer decides Carmen's actions) has two of these:
** There is one scene where Carmen and [[The Rival| Tigress]] are {{spoiler| both competing with each other to steal a a Terracotta warrior, leading to Tigress falling into a pit. If Carmen helps her, Tigress will
** On the ''other'' hand, choosing to {{spoiler|stash the caviar and sneak out (rather than just grab it and run) will lead to Carmen having to save Mime Bomb from choking, causing Carmen to fail the mission, and cause a bad ending. Although [[Da Chief]] will [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|let you redo that choice]].}}
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