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Compare/Contrast [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Rose of Versailles]]'', when Louis XVth wants to execute Andre for Marie's accident. She recovers, and successfully pleads the king that Andre did nothing wrong.
** ''[[Rose of Versailles Abridged]]'' spoofs this. Marie tries it as a [[Jedi Mind Trick]]. The King is only partly affected, but he sighs and let's Andre go anyway.
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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
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[History of the World Part One]]''. Mademoiselle Rimbaud begs King Louis XVI to pardon her father. Her father is actually sentenced to prison, not execution. King Louis [[Scarpia Ultimatum|agrees in exchange for a "favor]]".
* Maid Marian in the Disney animated version of ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]'' pleads with Prince John for Robin's life when he is captured after the archery contest.
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* In ''[[The Other Boleyn Girl (film)|The Other Boleyn Girl]]'' Mary pleads with King Henry VIII to spare her sister Anne because as her sister Anne is one half of Mary. He doesn't want to hurt her but [[You Should Know This Already|you know how it ends]].
== [[Literature]] ==▼
▲== Literature ==
* The first book of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' has this toward the end, with {{spoiler|Sansa begging Joffrey to spare her father}}. The result: {{spoiler|total failure, much to [[Wrong Genre Savvy|Sansa's consternation]]}}.
** She does it again in the second book in regards to the fate of {{spoiler|Ser Dontos}} and {{spoiler|actually succeeds.}}
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* 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
* In ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'', Iolaus tries the second form with Hercules's [[Evil Counterpart]]. It seems to work, because that made the evil Hercules laugh, but he executes the prisoner anyway.
* In first episode of ''[[Blackadder]] II'', Blackadder becomes Lord High Executioner and kills one of the prisoners early so he can have the day off. After he's done that, the man's brother successfully convinces Queen Elizabeth to let him (the executed prisoner) off the hook. [[Hilarity Ensues]]. {{spoiler|[[Bumbling Sidekick|Baldrick]] killed the wrong guy by mistake.}}
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** Twice, Arthur begs Uther to spare a man, once with Gwaine and once with Lancelot. The result is exile for both.
* In the episode of [[Firefly]] ''Shindig'' Mal sword fights a man and is about to lose but Inara tells that man that she will accept his offer to stay with him if he spares Mal's life.
== Mythology and Religion ==
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** A [[Values Dissonance|depressing]] percentage of the books of Numbers and Leviticus consists of the Israelites (God's "[[Butt Monkey|chosen people]]," by the way) doing something to piss Him off, God threatening to wipe them all out, Moses pleading with Him, and then God agreeing to destroy only a few thousand of them instead.
** Although this same God agreed to spare Sodom and Gomorrah if 50 righteous people were found living in it. Abraham (who was pleading for the life of the city) was able to negotiate God down to 10 righteous people. Unfortunately, the only halfway decent person living in the city was Lot and his family (and even [[Values Dissonance|he offered his virgin daughters as rape-toys to his violent neighbors]] in order to save the lives of a couple of houseguests.) Needless to say, Sodom and Gomorrah didn't stand a chance.
== [[Theatre]] ==
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** Also in ''[[Henry V]]'', Bardolph pleads for the life of Pistol, who has been sentenced to death for looting a church. Both Fluellen and Henry refuse to pardon him.
* Leonora in Verdi's Trovatore, for her beloved's life. Count di Luna is all "GTFO, I'll never spare my rival" till she offers she'll be his. {{spoiler|She never said ALIVE, though.}}
== [[Video Games]] ==
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** Also implied in [[King's Quest IV]] on Edgar's part when Rosella is brought before Lolotte.
== [[Web Comics]] ==▼
▲== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' have feudal relationships as one of background themes, so this situation appeared too. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030115 Agatha begs the Baron to spare Dr. Beetle]. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090429 Zola begs Agatha to spare Gil] (her only really nice moment). Both attempts were rather meaningless, though.
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
▲== Real Life ==
* The Burghers of Calais are a particularly well noted [[Real Life]] example. (Read about it [[wikipedia:The Burghers of Calais|here]].)
* Pocahontas famously begged her father, the chief of the Powhatan, to spare the life of colonist John Smith in 1607 Virginia. Of course, depending on who you ask, the whole thing might have been a sort of initiation ritual, or Smith might have made the whole thing up in order to give Pocahontas a hero's welcome on her trip to England.
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