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== Anime and Manga ==
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* Hermione did this in ''[[Romeo X Juliet]]'' to stop Laertes Montague from taking Romeo's [[Cool Horse]] Ciel away.
* Mittermeyer pleads for mercy on Reuental's behalf at least twice in ''[[Legend of Galactic Heroes]].''
* An odd example of this happens in ''[[How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord]]''. Shera's brother Keera is, well, scum. An arrogant, egotistical, and cruel tyrant, he brainwashes, kidnaps, and tries to rape his own sister, and when finally beaten by Diablo, proves a craven coward who shamelessly begs for his life. Shera, however, pleads with Diablo to let him live, because while she utterly despises him, cannot condone the execution of a family member. {{spoiler|Diablo does decide to spare him, but unfortunately for Keera, he runs into [[Knight Templar| Chester]] and his men, who are not as merciful.}}
== Film ==
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* In ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'', Guan Yu intercedes for Zhang Liao's life when Cao Cao wishes to execute him. This works out in Cao Cao's favour: Zhang Liao becomes a frighteningly effective general for him.
* [[Harry Potter (novel)|Severus Snape]] tried to do this in regards to [[The Lost Lenore|Lily Evans]] after she became [[Big Bad|Lord Voldemort's]] primary target (along with her husband and son). {{spoiler|It didn't work.}}
* In [[Honor Harrington|Mission of Honor]] the title character of the series persuades her Queen(who believes with some justification that [[Troubled Sympathetic Bigot|she has every reason to hate and distrust her enemies]]) to give the Planet of Haven a chance at peaceful negotiation instead of subjecting it to [[Death From Above]].
* Averted in [[Vorkosigan Saga|Captain Vorpatril's Alliance]]. [[The Emperor]] apparently on his own volition spares his foster-brother's new in-laws despite the fact that they were making unauthorized use of a new genetic manipulation(a big no-no on a mutation paranoid planet), and were bringing a possible accessory to war crimes in their train. In this case it is not just [[Nepotism]] toward his foster-brother's new bride but a realization that there is a foreign policy convenience in having them as allies.
== Live Action TV ==
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