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* Atobe Keigo's attitude towards Tezuka Kunimitsu in ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]''. In the manga it's more like the most prominent of several rivalries that Atobe has with several players (Sanada and Echizen are the other two), while the anime (and the fandom) exaggerates it to the point of almost stalkerish obsession.
* ''[[The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer]]'': "Princess" Sami is determined to save Earth from a mage bent on cracking it open with a gigantic hammer... so that ''she'' can destroy it herself!
* In ''[[Baccano!]]!'', while Ladd Russo and Lua Klein are not rivals, Ladd does promise to be the one to kill her, and will let no one else do it.
** He gives a similar response to [[Talkative Loon|Graham Spectre]], stating, "I like brazen, impudent guys that only I can kill." Graham may as well have [[Ho Yay|taken it for a love confession]].
* Yajirou towards The Jester in ''[[Grenadier]]'' after he finds out who he really is.
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** Before the New 52 reboot, Joker had taken it upon himself to kill anyone who tried to kill Batman; only he can kill Batman & only Batman can kill him. Nothing more romantic than double homicide & hate is just another kind of love.
* Averted with tragicomic results in a Marvel ''What If?'' where [[The Punisher]] killed [[Spider-Man]] during their first meeting. Instead of being pissed, his rogue's gallery threw a party, with the Punisher as the guest of honor. Unfortunately for them, they've misunderstood the Punisher's motives, and he takes the opportunity to mow them all down.
* Megatron uses this trope to his advantage in the ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass]]'' comics. He knows full well that an Autobot would never kill him out of fear of what Optimus would do to them later for destroying Megatron before he got the chance. They're even afraid to tell Optimus that Megatron MIGHT be dead. For those unfamiliar with ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass|Shattered Glass]]'', it's a universe where the Autobots are evil conquerors and the Decepticons are heroic freedom fighters.
* This is something of an inversion of their relationship in the [[Marvel]] ''[[The Transformers (Comic Book)|Generation 1]]'' comic. In a story by Bob Budiansky, Optimus and Megatron agree to settle their differences by video game tournament, and Megatron wins (by cheating). Thus, the ref blows up Optimus, and so Megatron slides into depression and insanity due to not being the one that struck the fatal blow.
* Daken has this with his [[Wolverine|father]], he fought [[Deadpool]] when it seemed he was about to kill Logan. Of course Wolverine set the whole thing up.
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* A variant of this is used in two of the Mario games. In ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'', if Mario tries to leave Marrymore through the alternate exit after saving Peach and says no to everyone, Bowser will eventually come out and say "No one, NO ONE, is authorized to kidnap the Princess except ME! [[Engrish|It's just wouldn't be right!]]" In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', upon finding out that Peach was kidnapped by the X-Nauts, he says practically the same thing, going as far to say it's a rule against it.
* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'', Liquid was the only one allowed to kill his father, but Snake had already killed the old man twice. This makes Liquid seriously pissed, and he take up his father's mantle of destroying the world to prove himself better than his father once and for all. And to kill Snake in revenge. Those two goals go hand in hand.
** Ocelot and Naked Snake in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''. Especially noticeable when Snake chose to jump off the waterfall rather than get shot by Ocelot. A ''[[Slow Motion Fall]]'' scene occurred, while Ocelot ran in slow motion towards Snake while calling his name. Right after, Ocelot whispered, "Don't die on me yet."
*** Yeah. He got over that fast. Especially since he ends up joining Big Boss {{spoiler|after Major Zero brings them all together}} and in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'' Big Momma says that {{spoiler|Ocelot was fighting for Big Boss.}} Kind of a [[Heel Face Turn]] right there. From wanting to kill him to following him around.
*** This ended up being one of those cases where the [[Ho Yay]] actually became canon. That's right, {{spoiler|Ocelot fell in love with Big Boss.}}
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