Strike Me Down: Difference between revisions

== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==

* ''[[One Piece]]'' had Zoro order Hawk Eyes to do this to him after he lost the duel. At first it seems that Mihawk complied, but Mihawk made sure the wound was non-lethal so they could duel again in the future.

* In ''[[Bleach]]'', Ulquiorra asks for this before he dies. Ichigo doesn't, and, well, {{spoiler|Ulquiorra ends up disintegrating anyway}}.

* In ''[[Trigun]]'', Legato uses his [[Mind Control]] powers to make a group of civilians tie up Meryl and Millie and hold them at gunpoint in view of Vash. This is an attempt to force Vash to break his [[Thou Shall Not Kill|refusal to take life]], as any attempt to non-lethally subdue Legato would give him time to make his mind control victims shoot Meryl and Millie. Vash eventually stops Legato by {{spoiler|reluctantly shooting him in the head, [[Heroic BSOD|which leaves him horrified]]}}.

** From ''A New Hope'':

{{quote|'''Obi-Wan:''' If you strike me down I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.}}

 

== [[Literature]] ==

** The line also shows up in the prologue, when Jerec has captured Qu Rahn, a Jedi Knight and friend of Kyle's father.

{{quote|'''Rahn:''' Why hesitate? Strike me down.}}

* In ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'', after your duel with Bastila on the Star Forge, she asks you to kill her. You can oblige her or, if you try and fail to convince her to turn back to the Light Side, she attacks you and makes you kill her.

** Subverted in the sequel, where you can't kill the [[Big Bad]] after (s)he says this. Nope, you've got another fight on your hands instead.