Strike Me Down with All of Your Hatred: Difference between revisions

* [[Big Bad|Aion]] does this to a weakened [[Chrono Crusade|Chrono]] after the latter is hit with a blast from Rosette's gun. Aion believes Chrono has grown soft.

* In ''[[Trigun]]'', Legato Bluesummers tries to goad Vash the Stampede into killing him. Vash is a [[Technical Pacifist]] who believes "no one has the right to take the life of another"; Legato knows that forcing Vash to betray his beliefs and kill him is the single most abhorrent thing he can do to Vash.

* Used in ''[[Lost Universe]]'' very much like ''Star Wars'', with a twist. Just as Kain Blueriver is about to use a newfound ability to supercharge his [[Psychoactive Powers]] with [[Unstoppable Rage]] to slay Darkstar, [[Morality Chain|Millie]] arrives just in time to reveal that's exactly what Darkstar wants, as part of a [[Thanatos Gambit]] in which Kane's fury and self-loathing will [[Sealed Evil in a Can|unleash Darkstar's true form]]. Because of this, the only way to beat Darkstar is to kill him without an ounce of hatred.

* ''[[Naruto]]'' inverts this: {{spoiler|Naruto is willing to let Sasuke kill him if it will turn him to the side of good. Barring that, he's [[Taking You with Me]]}}.

* The Joker does this to [[Batman]] a ''lot''. There was also one story where he did it to [[Superman]] - not just goading him, but making Clark believe that killing him was ''the only way to save Lois''.

** He aims for this in ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' as well,

*** Especially since ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' is partially based '''on''' ''[[The Killing Joke]]'', which involves the Joker trying to drive Commisioner Gordon to do this. {{spoiler|He fails in both stories.}}

* There was a [[Superman]] story arc where [[Nineties Anti-Hero|Manchester Black]], a "superhero" from ''waaaaay'' down the cynical end of the scale messes with Superman's life in an attempt to get him to admit that idealism has its limits. Culminates with him (apparently) killing Lois Lane right in front of Superman, willing to accept the consequences because if Superman snaps and kills him that means he was right all along.

* Done by {{spoiler|Nitti to the protagonist Eliot Ness}} in ''[[The Untouchables]]''. He's really just playing a [[Batman Gambit]] to toy with him, except it backfires. [[Car Cushion|Badly.]]

* [[The Joker]] in ''[[The Dark Knight]]'', as mentioned in the comic book section.

* There are occasional hints in the original film of ''[[The Hitcher]]'' that the title character is trying to get Jim to kill him in order to fulfill this trope.

 

== Videogames ==

* Inverted in ''[[No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle]]'' by [[The Hero|Travis]] right before the [[One-Winged Angel|last part]] of the final battle.

** And before then by Pizza Batt.

* {{spoiler|Terumi}} quotes the [[Trope Namer]] verbatim to {{spoiler|Noel}} in ''[[Blaz Blue]]: Continuum Shift''. {{spoiler|Unlike Palpatine, he succeeds. Noel gets [[Drunk on the Dark Side]] and becomes Mu-12.}}

** In the second game, Darth Vader dares Starkiller to kill him when Vader is defeated. {{spoiler|If you try it, Vader's Dark Apprentice will jump in and kill Starkiller.}}

* In the final chapter of ''[[Baldur's Gate|Baldur's Gate 2]]'' you face Sarevok, the [[Big Bad]] of the previous game, as one of hell's trials. He tempts you to use your [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] on him. The good path is to not give in.

* In ''[[Dawn of Sorrow]]'', Celia attempts this on Soma Cruz, in a gambit to make him the Dark Lord. Whether she succeeds or not depends on if Soma has a certain amulet equipped. If she does, it leads to a [[Bad End]] and a new game play mode where Soma is the final boss.

* In ''[[The Legend of Spyro]]: The Eternal Night'', Gaul tells Spyro to finish him after being defeated. When Spyro doesn't attack, Gaul calls him a coward and [[Evil Laugh|laughs at his "weakness"]]. Unfortunately for Gaul, while Spyro might not have finished him off, [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Dark Spyro]] is more than willing to and completely obliterates him.