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Of course, this is often more than a [[Thanatos Gambit]] -- the villain doesn't necessarily intend to die. In these cases it's enough that they provoke the hero into making the attempt. Once the hero has turned on them with intent to murder, the villain has already proven their point.
 
The other times, the villain ''really'' does want to die. [[I Cannot Self -Terminate|But they can't]], so they [[Suicide By Cop|goad the hero into killing them]]. After which they explain their true motive.
 
Whether this works or not depends largely on the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]], but it does make for great dramatic tension no matter what. Heck, at least part of the time, the villain is [[You Wouldn't Shoot Me|taunting the hero because they know he won't do it]]. Of course, this also means that the success or failure of this gambit hinges on whether or not the hero has any preexisting qualms about killing. Said villain might try this on an [[Anti -Hero]] (especially with [[Sliding Scale of Anti -Heroes|more extreme cases]]) and get his ass handed to him, due to the hero's [[The Unfettered|lack of such moral restraints.]]
 
[[Genre Savvy]] villains beware, this can also easily backfire if the hero realizes what the villain is trying to trick him into doing precisely ''[[Your Approval Fills Me With Shame|because]]'' [[Your Approval Fills Me With Shame|of the evil gloating.]]
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Can overlap with [[What You Are in The Dark]]. Compare with [[The Power of Hate]] which is a focus of the power hate gives. Contrast [[Get It Over With]].
 
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* ''[[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]]}}.
* Explicit in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'''s final showdown between [[I Shall Taunt You|Envy]] and {{spoiler|[[Person of Mass Destruction|Mustang]]}}. While not part of Envy's plan at all, the normally icy cool {{spoiler|Mustang}}'s allies are so horrified at the [[Kick the Son of A Bitch|sadistic glee with which he's torturing Envy to death]] that they beg him to stop until he can realize what he's doing and cool off. This ultimately acts as something of a wakeup call that saves the character from the nihilistic death spiral he'd been in to that point.
** Envy actually gets very frustrated about this and tries to start him up again, because he knows he's not surviving this time and wants to bring Mustang down with him. And then Ed ''[[What Do You Mean ItsIt's Not Heinous?|sympathizes]]'' with him, which disturbs him so much he commits suicide then and there.
* Uttered by {{spoiler|Yomi}} to Kagura at the end of ''[[Ga Rei Zero]]''. By that point, everything that {{spoiler|Yomi}} cared about was destroyed, some of them by her own hands {{spoiler|while being [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]}}, so she believed that death by the hands of {{spoiler|her own adopted little sister}} is the only way she can retain some dignity out of the whole mess.
 
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== Literature ==
* The entire plot of ''The Lost Symbol'' by [[Dan Brown]] deals with this trope.
* In ''[[The Dresden Files|Changes]]'' {{spoiler|Martin arranges that Susan learn he was the one who revealed her daughter's existence to the Red Court, so that she'll kill him and complete her transformation into a Red Court vampire. Very unusual in that Martin is a [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]] making a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] by doing so. This happens in a room where a bloodline curse has been prepared - when a person is killed as the focus of it the curse will destroy everyone who came before them. Since Susan's transformation happened seconds before she's the youngest of the Red Court, meaning that if she's killed this way the entire Court will be destroyed. He's trusting Harry to finish the job, and he does.}}
* A thug called Roddy McGristle does this to Drizzt Do'Urden in ''[[The Dark Elf Trilogy|Sojourn]]'', but only after finding that a) he can't beat Drizzt and b) Drizzt can't kill him, leading to an impasse. {{spoiler|Then Bruenor confronts him and he sees that ''he'd'' have no qualms about killing him. Or eating his dog's leg, apparently.}}
 
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== Videogames ==
* Inverted in ''[[No More Heroes Desperate Struggle]]'' by [[The Hero|Travis]] right before the [[One -Winged Angel|last part]] of the final battle.
{{quote| '''Travis:''' ''Come on, prez! Unleash your hate! Your anger! Everything! I'll take it all, '''and fucking kill you with it!'''''"}}
** And before then by Pizza Batt.
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* In ''Star Wars: [[The Force Unleashed]]'', the Light Side Ending has Starkiller defeat Palpatine in a boss battle. Palpatine groans and says, "You were destined to destroy me. Do it. Give in to your hatred!" When Kota manages to talk Starkiller down, Palpatine gets really pissed and blasts Kota with Force Lightning for interfering.
** 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 ''[[Baldurs 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.
{{quote| '''Sarevok:''' ''Yes! Stoke that infernal wrath of yours!''}}
* 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.
* In ''[[Blaz Blue Continuum Shift]]'', {{spoiler|after being defeated by [[Handicapped Badass|Ragna]], a delighted [[Complete Monster|Terumi]] laughs and calls out to Ragna to "strike him down with all of his hatred". [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him|Ragna has a tough decision, and finally refuses, deciding that there are plenty of things that can make killing Terumi a bitch.]]}}
 
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