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▲== Anime And Manga ==
* '''Horribly''' averted in [[Fullmetal Alchemist]]. Even though the popular opinion is that alchemy should be used for the good of the people, the corrupt government (specifically [[President Evil]] Bradley) ordered the State Alchemists to annihilate the nation of Ishval, even when they tried to surrender!
** It's partially for this reason that State Alchemists are shunned for being dogs of the government, so in a sense, this trope can be felt in the atmosphere.
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** And yet the [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council|Student Police]] [[Moral Dissonance|are convinced it's okay]] to execute any human who [[He Knows Too Much|discovers]] [[Extranormal Institute|Youkai Academy]]. By the way, the school's supposed to teach coexistence.
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Animorphs]]'': the group never kills Yeerk-infested humans, but has no such restraint against Hork-Bajir or Taxxons. This later backfires on them when Visser One realizes only humans wouldn't kill humans, Andalites would have had no issue killing them.
* In most [[Isaac Asimov|Asimovian fiction]], this rule is in full effect with [["Three Laws"-Compliant]] robots; the first law is that they cannot harm humans. It does suffer from some [[Loophole Abuse]], though.
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* In ''Twilight'', the Cullens are vampires who adhere to a strict "vegetarian" diet which means they only drink the blood of animals and not humans. Unfortunately, this doesn't mean they're required or able to stop OTHER vampires from killing the humans they themselves won't eat.
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* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Buffy sometimes fights against "normal" humans, but usually tries not to kill them. In one instance, accidentally "killing" a [[Robotic Reveal|human-looking robot]] in self-defense is enough to give her a [[Heroic BSOD]].
** The concept is explored further when (other vampire slayer) Faith accidentally kills a human while in the middle of a vampire fight. Giles tries to explain that such accidents are, historically, not uncommon for Slayers. In the grand scheme of things, it's seen as a small price to pay for all the vampires, demons, and other nasties that a Slayer kills on a daily basis.
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* Season 4 ''[[True Blood]]'' gives a partial example of this trope as the Vampires attempt to recover from Russel Edgington's stunt on live television. All the vampires are strictly forbidden from killing/horribly maiming humans... ''if'' there's a chance they can be caught on camera.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* If, in the ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' series, you repeatedly [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|kill civilians]], your "Synchronization Meter" (Health Bar) goes down. [[Video Game Cruelty Punishment|And if you kill more than three civilians in a short frame of time you desynchronize]]. The reason given is because the
▲* If, in the [[Assassin's Creed]] series, you repeatedly [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|kill civilians]], your "Synchronization Meter" (Health Bar) goes down. [[Video Game Cruelty Punishment|And if you kill more than three civilians in a short frame of time you desynchronize]]. The reason given is because the protaganist (Ezio or Altair, usually) never killed anyone because it would go against the first tenet of the Creed.
** This is adverted after beating the game, letting you kill anyone you want, especially those annoying beggars, without any ill effect.
* The demons in the ''[[Reincarnation (video game)|Reincarnation]]'' series aren't allowed to kill any humans other than Reincarnies, [[Villain Protagonist|however much they may want to.]] They'll always mention to the player if a method being attempted risks harming innocents.
* Zigzagged in ''[[World of Warcraft]]''. NPCs designated as Friendly (which includes most civilians in your own faction) cannot be harmed. The ''opposing'' faction, however, is another story.
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Most developed countries frown heavily on a police or military force that causes unnecessary civilian casualties.
* Doctors have knowledge of human anatomy that could be dangerous if misused, but they're under oath not to use their skills or position to harm people.
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