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You know how most wars end when one side gets what they want, or stops caring, or the other side surrenders? This is not that kind of war. This is a war where the only possible outcome is the utter annihilation of the other side. This isn't [[Good Versus Evil]] either, where one side wins forever and there's sugar and gumdrops for the rest of eternity<ref>(Or [[Evil Only Has to Win Once]] and you get a Crapsack [[Villain World]])</ref>, this is two sides fighting to the death for reasons [[Blue and Orange Morality|that cannot be summed up]]. Other options are neither explored nor put forth as viable in any way. Don't expect either side to feel guilty either.
This is when ''both sides'' have '''no issues''' in trying to destroy the other side, and the only way that the war will end is with one side's destruction. Peace is not an option, and the only end is when the other side is destroyed entirely and there are no survivors. It may not even be a war: it may just be a natural enemy that is a constant danger to the [[Heroes]], like the [[Zombie Apocalypse]]. Don't expect [[An Aesop]] or musing about how war is terrible or [[The Hero]] is [[He Who Fights Monsters|becoming like their enemies]]. There won't be an [[Genocide Dilemma|agonizing decision about whether or not it's okay]] to [[Curb Stomp Battle|decimate enemy forces if the chance arises]]. These enemies aren't just okay to kill individually like [[What Measure Is a Mook?|Mooks]], these enemies are okay to '''exterminate''' in their entirety. However, one side keeping the other around as [[I'm a Humanitarian|food]] or [[Face Full of Alien Wingwong|nurseries]] fits in as well.
Frequent users include: [[Zombie Apocalypse]], [[Bug War]], [[Robot War]], [[Horde of Alien Locusts]]. Compare [[Always Chaotic Evil]] for when [[The Hero]] consider the enemy to be guilt free, but don't engage in a protracted war. Compare [[Final Solution]], which isn't necessarily a war or an instance of [[Blue and Orange Morality]] or one side does it but the other side is unwilling to. May eventually wind up with [[Would Be Rude to Say Genocide]].
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== Live Action TV ==
* In ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'', the war between the Thals and the Kaleds would only end with one destroying the other. The Thals "won" by destroying the Kaled bunker thanks to information leaked to them by Kaled scientist Davros - who then turned his creation, the Daleks, on the Thals, thus destroying them as well.
** The Daleks themselves are utterly convinced that every single non-Dalek lifeform in the universe must be exterminated; they are also genetically engineered to feel "no emotion but hate", and once engaged in a mutual civil war of annihilation when Davros made a new breed with only trivial, aesthetic differences between them. The Doctor himself varies on the issue; on rare occasions he will try diplomacy or some more peaceful tactic, but on plenty of others he's more than ready to literally [[Kill
*** As was said in the new series episode where the Cult of Skaro first encountered the Cybermen: "THIS IS NOT WAR! THIS IS PEST CON-TROL!"
** The Last Great Time War seems to be this as well, from what little we know of it. The Time Lords and Daleks seemed to be out to simply destroy each other, and at some point the Doctor decided that both sides had to be destroyed.
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* The Human-Locust War in ''[[Gears of War]]'' is one of these. The Locust want to exterminate humanity so they can have the surface of Sera, and the humans want to exterminate the Locust in self-defense. The Lambent also get in on this when they show up, making it a [[Melee a Trois|three-way]] [[Guilt Free Extermination War]].
* The war against the Kreegan in [[Heroes of Might and Magic]] III: Armageddon's Blade becomes this after Erathia drops out. The remaining anti-Kreegan forces are well aware that the 'Devils' are a severe threat to the world (even if they aren't aware of the full scope of the threat), and finishing the war to the bitter end is really the only long-term option, while the Kreegans built the titular Armageddon's Blade to burn the world. Even before Erathia dropped out, the problems the nobles had with a campaign of extermination wasn't the extermination, but rather the cost in troops and gold.
* In ''[[Wing Commander (Video Game)|Wing Commander]]'', the war between the Kilrathi and humans was this for the Kilrathi from the start, and for the humans it became so after [[I Surrender, Suckers|faking a desire for peace to build up a massive fleet that was used to completely sterilize several planets]], with Earth on the list for the same treatment before being interrupted as shown in the novel ''[[Wing Commander (Literature)|Fleet Action]]''.
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