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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"Nobody kills my'' ''[[Enemy Mine|wingman]]'' ''but me!"''|'''[[The Joker]]''', ''[[Batman: The Brave
One person or group considers another person or group as [[The Rival|their rival]], and will not allow anyone else to be the one to defeat them. This can sometimes lead to them [[Rivals Team Up|helping their rival]] [[Enemy Mine|against other enemies]], justifying it with [[I Was Just Passing Through|a lame excuse]], to make sure that they survive until the final battle between the rivals. Sometimes, this trope can become the basis of a [[Heel Face Turn]]. It also frequently leads to [[Not So Different]] and [[Antagonist in Mourning]].
This is also the one-sided obsession of the [[Unknown Rival]]. It's also a big no-no on the [[Evil Overlord List]] (see [[Evil Overlord List Cellblock A|#
Can lead into [[Foe Yay]] if this excuse is used too much; and opportunities to defeat the rival are not taken.
Compare [[Only I Can Kill Him]], for where the character in question really is the only one who can defeat the rival. Also compare [[Leave Him to Me]], [[Hypocritical Heartwarming]].
{{examples}}
* Inverted by Stain in ''[[My Hero Academia]]'' who is okay with being killed by All Might, but isn't okay with being killed by anyone else.
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* [[Black Butler]], especially season 2; Sebastian contractually owns Ciel's soul & literally kills anyone who tries to kill Ciel before he can, even other demons. In the anime he actually does try to murder Ciel.
▲* [[Black Butler]], especially season 2; Sebastian contractually owns Ciel's soul & literally kills anyone who tries to kill Ciel before he can, even other demons. In the anime he actually does try to murder Ciel.
* ''[[Gintama]]'' - Kamui [[In Love with Your Carnage|gets excited]] watching Gintoki fight Hosen. He declares Gintoki is his (prey) and that he won't allow anyone else to touch him. He even leaves Yoshiwara alone so that nobody will come after Gintoki, and to a lesser extent Kagura.
* Goemon and Lupin from ''[[Lupin III]]'' is an archetypal example of the [[Heel Face Turn]] variant of this trope in Anime. In addition, Detective Zenigata and Lupin are another example from the same series.
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* Rau Le Cruset in [[Gundam Seed]] believes he is the only one who can kill... [[Dark Messiah|everything]]. Especially Kira.
* Jin and Mugen, mutually, in ''[[Samurai Champloo]]''.
** Becomes the main theme throughout "[[Samurai Champloo]]", especially with the main characters: [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Jin and Mugen]] each live this trope in their [[Friendly Enemy|friendship]] and ardently believes that they are only ones to kill each other. This also is ''the only thing'' that keeps them with Fuu throughout the show as they promised her that they would not kill each other until they help her find "the samurai that smells of sunflowers". Additionally Fuu spends the entire show trying to find the samurai who smells of sunflowers {{spoiler|so that she can exact her revenge against him for abandoning her and her mother when Fuu was little. She is robbed of this pleasure when she finds him dying in the last episode.}}
** Also, the secondary and tertiary characters follow this trope with many of Jin's former dojo partners hunting him down {{spoiler|so they can exact their revenge against him for killing their master}}, all while believing that none should rob them of the opportunity to do so. Mugen too was betrayed by {{spoiler|his friend}} in the past and thus thought that he would be the only one to kill him too. Sheesh, this show must believe that revenge is a dish best served by yourself.
*** Created an interesting situation in which {{spoiler|one of Mugen's old partners shows up and subsequently betrays Mugen, seemingly killing him. Jin proceeds to kill him for killing the man he was supposed to defeat, but when Mugen shows up alive, he is extremely angry at Jin for killing the other man he thought only he was allowed to kill.}}
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* Goku and Vegeta in ''[[Dragon Ball]] Z''. Also, for much of the first two arcs, Piccolo and Goku.
** And what about Piccolo in the last two arcs of Dragonball (pre-Z). The last arc especially.
** In one of the non-canonical movies, Vegeta hilariously shouts ''"Kakarotto wa '''ore no mono da!!'''"'' ("Kakarot is ''mine!''") when Android 13 is beating his rival to death, and charges in to protect Goku. Obviously in context it's something like "he's ''my'' prey, screw off," but it was all too easy for [[Yaoi Fangirl
*** Likewise (but without the [[Ho Yay]] potential), when the main series, Goku (weakened by disease) is being trounced by Android 19, Vegeta comes to his rescue. He then informs 19 that "Nobody kills Kakarot while I'm around! Destiny has reserved that pleasure for me!"
* In the second season of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', the protagonists and antagonists both constantly forsake team combat and outside intervention in favor of fighting the same opponent they faced in the first episode one-on-one. This most notably produces the Fate/Signum rivalry, for which the [[Heel Face Turn]], [[Not So Different]], and [[Antagonist in Mourning]] options are all realized.
* Iscariot is this to ''[[Hellsing]]'', to such an extent that Anderson's squad of [[Church Militant
** Well, that is because of this trope ''and'' the fact that Iscariot is a rival vampire-killing organization anyway.
* In ''[[Afro Samurai]]'', the hero is, literally, the only one allowed to defeat the main villain. In contrast, for the sake of multiple action sequences prior to the climactic battle, just about everyone and his uncle is allowed to challenge the hero. The reason: the main villain has the "Number 1" bandanna, while the hero has the "Number 2" bandanna. Only the Number Two can challenge the Number One, but anyone can challenge the Number Two.
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* In ''[[Rozen Maiden|Rozen Maiden Träumend]]'', the first season's [[Big Bad]] Suigintou gives an entire speech about how she will be the one to ultimately defeat Shinku {{spoiler|while taking a fatal barrage of crystal arrows, shielding Shinku from harm and dying in her arms}}.
* Pixy Misa in ''[[Pretty Sammy|Magical Project S]]'' often talks about how she will be the one to defeat Pretty Sammy and nobody else.
* Kyouko, the main character of the manga ''[[Skip Beat!]]'', views her relationship with Shou in this way.
* This is pretty much Aptom's raison d'etre in ''[[Guyver]]'', his sole goal in life is to defeat Sho in combat.
* Until their promotion in ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]: Best Wishes'', the only reason that the Team Rocket trio continued to exist in the show was for the sole purpose of capturing Pikachu, giving it to their boss, and becoming ridiculously wealthy, according to their fantasies of how well their boss will reward them.
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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.
* [[Hilarity Ensues|Hilariously]] [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] in ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]] [[After Story]]'' episode 2, where Sunohara wrongly imagines himself and Tomoyo to be this:
{{quote|'''Youhei:''' "It's got nothing to do with you."
'''Tomoyo:''' "Exactly. See you." (begins to walk away)
'''Youhei:''' "No! You're supposed to say, 'I don't want to see you lose to anyone other than me.'" }}
* In ''[[Battle B-daman]]'', [[Anti-Hero]] Enjyu is obsessed with defeating [[The Hero]] Yamato Delgato and ends up secretly helping the main gang because doing otherwise would let [[Big Bad]] Marda-B defeat Yamato.
* Yami from ''[[To
** Or it is because, as Yami justifies it, so that she can stay on Earth since she likes it there.
* [[Large Ham|Graham]] [[Hot-Blooded|Aker]] of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' believes that he's the only one allowed to defeat Setsuna F. Seiei (or more to the point, Setsuna's Gundam). Setsuna has more important things to do.
** In the side stories, this trope is how [[Psycho for Hire|Fon Spaak]]'s relationship with Celestial Being begins. In 00P, he manages put together some clues and begins to suspect the existence of some sort of secret organization. He then organizes an ambush and has his ass promptly handed to him a Gundam, but Celestial Being's supercomputer orders the pilot to let Fon go, because he's too good to just kill off and won't leak the information anyway because... well, see the page title.
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* From ''[[Liar Game]]'', it appears that Yokoya is heading towards this path in regards to both Nao and Akiyama. At first, it seemed that he only wanted to crush Nao in an attempt to defeat Akiyama. But after the Pandemic Game, he's got his sights set on defeating Nao as well.
* Suzaku is this to Zero (and, indeed, whoever he feels is "wrong") in ''[[Code Geass]]'', though somewhat subverted in that he does not go out of his way to protect them from others who decide to take the opportunity. He will complain, but that's about it.
** This is pretty much his role in {{spoiler|Zero Requiem}}.
* The jury is still out, but this may have been {{spoiler|Trafalgar Law's}} motivation for saving Luffy in ''[[One Piece]]'' due to him ''frequently'' denying considering Luffy a friend.
** He says he considers Luffy a [[Worthy Opponent]] and thinks it would be "lame" for Luffy to die prematurely.
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* A really weird inverted example in ''[[Corsair]]'', where [[Career Killer|assassin-trained]] [[The Strategist|Kanare]] is only happy once he has [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|repeated assurances]] from his lover [[Badass|master-swordsman]] [[The Stoic|Ayace]] that if he goes on a killing spree Ayace will kill him. [[Sarcasm Mode|Uh-huh.]] [[Love Makes You Dumb|Suuuurrre.]]
* Hayato and Kaga in ''[[Future GPX Cyber Formula]]'', as Kaga sees his rivalry with Hayato as this.
* In the anime version of [[
* Arguably, both played straight and somewhat averted in ''[[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]]''. [[The Hero|Train]] and [[Complete Monster|Creed]] seem to have a mutual attitude along these lines, although neither of them actually go out of their way to help the other. Also, in volume four of the manga, an assassin appears who believes that killing is an art. After witnessing Train shoot '''bullets out of the air''', the assassin ignores his current target and leaves, before flat-out telling Train (paraphrased) "You'd better stay alive, so I can kill you myself." Averted, in that the character never makes another appearance.
* ''[[Medaka Box]]'': Pretty much invoked word for word by all of Medaka's former enemies, including the Plus in support for her against {{spoiler|Kumagawa}}.
* In ''[[Fate/Zero]]'', after Saber and Lancer's duel was interrupted by the other Servants getting in on the action, Lancer developed a major case of this towards Saber, [[I Was Just Passing Through|even going blatently out of his way to save her on numerous occasions.]] Given that, in said duel {{spoiler|she received an incurable wound that will only go away if she defeats him}}, the feeling is probably mutual.
* In chapter 213 of ''[[D.Gray-man]]'' Kanda tells Link "If your mission is to assassinate bean sprout (Allen), I'll cut you down where you stand. I'm the one who'll kill him."
== Comic Books ==
* When [[Superman]] was killed by Doomsday, [[Lex Luthor]] (disguised as his own son; long story) starts attacking the corpse of Superman-killer Doomsday in a rage with a chair. The people present assume it's because he's angry at Superman's murderer. He is, but not for the reasons they think.
** He reacted the same way (and for the same reason) when he thought the Silver Banshee had successfully killed Superman.
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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 (
* 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.
* [[Incredible Hulk|Skaar]] has this for his father the Hulk and it's why he protects Banner while he waits for the Hulk's return. Granted, Skaar isn't a bad guy (He's mainly angry because he thinks he abandoned him) and Banner is training him for when the Hulk returns.
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* [[Doctor Doom]] is perfectly willing to save [[The Fantastic Four]] from certain death at the hands of anyone else, just so that he can kill them himself later. However, he only cares about this if [[Arch Enemy|Reed Richards]] is with them — if only the other three are in danger, he couldn't care less.
* This is Dr. Eggman's attitude toward Sonic in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''. In the 2010 Free Comic Book Day issue, one of the badniks created by the original Eggman/Robotnik is about to kill Sonic...and he proceeds to destroy it so it wouldn't "ruin his time-table", much to [[The Starscream|Snively's]] ''immense'' frustration.
== Film ==
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* ''[[The Road Warrior]]''. Wez decides Max is his target. "No, no, he's ''mine''."
* Luke and Vader in ''[[Star Wars]]''. Yoda even says "You must confront Vader."
* In ''Circus'', Moose is told by his boss that Leo is responsible for killing his mistress. He tracks down Leo, finds him being threatend by a pair of [[Loan Shark
== Literature ==
* [[Harry Potter]] was, in fact, ''prophesied'' to be the only one to defeat Voldemort; it was a [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]], since Voldemort's preemptive strike gave Harry both means and motive.
** Voldemort, however, ''was not'', so his adamant intention to kill the boy personally was [[Idiot Ball|completely ungrounded]] and in the end became his undoing.
** Subverted when Harry returns to Hogwarts in ''Deathly Hallows'' when he invokes something like this - Neville points out that while Harry was off chasing Horcruxes, he'd been fairly effectively leading the resistance in his absence and Luna points out that she'd worked out how to find the penultimate Horcrus before Harry (or even Hermione) had.
* In ''The [[Wheel of Time]]'', Black Sister Elza Penfell destroys one of her superiors (though she is unaware that he is her superior because he is in disguise) who is trying to kill Rand al'Thor, because she believes Rand must stay alive long enough to face (and be destroyed by) the [[Big Bad|Dark One]].
* In one of the ''[[BattleTech]]'' novels, Phelan Kell gives a speech that typifies this trope: "I saved him because if Vlad is going to die, it will be at my hands."
* Sandor Clegane in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' gets particularly irritated when anyone apart from him expresses an interest in killing [[Cain and Abel|his brother]], the pathologically nasty Gregor Clegane, who permanently disfigured Sandor in his youth. As Littlefinger explains to Ned, "Gregor was ''his'' to loathe, not yours to kill."
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* ''[[Redwall]]'''s Marlfoxes are a [[Big Screwed-Up Family]] with no problems killing each other off at the drop of a hat. However, they have a strict "blood for blood" rule if an outsider kills one of them, and they will enthusiastically enforce this rule.
* When the Phoners in Stephen King's ''[[Cell]]'' tell you not to touch one of their enemies, they mean that if you kill one of them, they'll make an example of you
== Live-Action TV ==
* [[Triple H]] and [[Chris Benoit]] in [[WWE]], during their World Championship feud. This reached a point where, when [[Randy Orton]], [[Triple H]]'s protege, defeated Benoit for the title, [[Triple H]] turned on Orton out of jealousy.▼
** This trope applied to [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] and [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] at Backlash 2000, where longtime [[The Rival|rival]] of the Rock helped Rocky beat HHH for the WWF title so that HHH couldn't beat him.▼
* The Master from ''[[Doctor Who]]'', despite often trying to kill the Doctor, agrees to try and save his life in "The Five Doctors", because (in his words) "the cosmos without the Doctor scarcely bears thinking about."
** This is actually a recurring trait with them. During Trial of the Time Lord, the Master actually flat out says he'll help defeat the Valeyard because he wanted to defeat the Doctor himself. Even in the End of Time, the Master, sacrifices himself to save the Doctor from the Time Lords. Add in the epic amounts of ''[[Foe Yay]]'' between these two, and it might just be that all the Master wants is to "keep" the Doctor all for himself, which he actually does in Sound of the Drums/Last of the Time Lords!
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* This is Patrick Jane's attitude about Red John in ''[[The Mentalist]]'', but not to the point of helping him out of other scrapes.
* ''[[Spartacus: Blood and Sand]]'': Crixus expressed this sentiment towards Spartacus during and after the Segovax incident.
== Professional Wrestling ==
▲* [[Triple H]] and [[Chris Benoit]] in [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]], during their World Championship feud. This reached a point where, when [[Randy Orton]], [[Triple H]]'s protege, defeated Benoit for the title, [[Triple H]] turned on Orton out of jealousy.
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== Video Games ==
* Alexander and Zetta in ''[[Makai Kingdom]]''
* Jin Uzuki and Margulis in the ''[[Xenosaga]]'' games.
** Also, Jr. and Albedo - this is stated explicitly in the second game
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* Inversion from the ''[[Suikoden]]'' series: Clive, Kelley, and Elza started as [[Two Guys and a Girl]] being raised by a group of assassins. The story ends pretty much like you'd expect: Elza, [[The Chick]], on the run from Clive after being framed for Kelley's murder. What makes this different: she secretly ''wants'' to be caught, making this a case of "You're The Only One Allowed to Defeat ''Me''". (Naming all the times the trope was played straight in the series could very well overtake the page.)
* Scorpion wants to kill Sub-Zero in ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'', to pay him back for killing him (as illustrated in ''Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero''). At the end of the first Mortal Kombat, he succeeds. Then after discovering that Sub-Zero had a younger brother, Scorpion then subverted this to some extent by vowing to be the younger Sub-Zero's guardian as an act of penance for killing his brother. Quan-Chi then reverts it back to normal for ''[[Mortal Kombat 4]]'' and ''[[Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe|MK vs. DC]]'' by convincing Scorpion that this Sub-Zero was responsible for the death of his clan and family. However, by the 5th game, Scorpion learns the truth and the two end up having another truce.
* In ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star
** ''Starfox Command'' explains this a little better. Because they flew under Andross's colors in other games, Wolf and his teammates have had a bounty placed on their heads by Corneria. And since Starfox used to do mercenary work for the Cornerian army, Wolf can't really be blamed for being a little bit defensive whenever Fox and his team shows up, even if they 'should' be working together against the Big Bad. This doesn't make it any less corny when the big ''[[Enemy Mine]]'' moment actually happens.
* Heather in ''[[Silent Hill 3]]'', when {{spoiler|Claudia eats the baby God fetus, and proceeds to give birth to it (seriously, how does that work?). Shortly afterwords, the God presumably killed Claudia, as she was pulled down the hole at over 300 mph. Heather then proceeds to state, "No! You can't die! I wanted to kill you!"}}
* 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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** Sephiroth has specifically stated Cloud is the "only one" who can destroy him. In every appearance he has had, he has been fought by [[Kingdom Hearts|Sora]], [[Dissidia Final Fantasy|The Warrior of Light]], [[Final Fantasy II|Firion]], [[Final Fantasy X|Tidus]], [[Final Fantasy IV|Cecil]] (all three offscreen), Tifa, [[Crisis Core|Zack Fair]], and countless others...out of all of them, only Sora and the Warrior beat him in a sword duel, but with the cutscenes that follow after Sephiroth makes it clear that they can't '''truly''' beat him.
* ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' has an odd version, where Gilgamesh seems to believe that he's the only one allowed to defeat ''anybody''. He considers the world and everything in it his property, which means that he is allowed to do anything he wants to anybody he wants, but if someone ''else'' starts killing people ''en masse'' he becomes infuriated and will hunt them down for attacking his 'subjects'.
* ''[[
** Kokonoe is an even worse version. She had to be the one to frag Terumi, no one else. Even if she had to use nukes.
* The 8-Bit version of ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'', sees Dr. Robotnik catch Sonic the instant before he falls into a lava pit only to drop him into an adjacent, much less deadly self-devised trap. Can be seen at 1:50 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvKZOZv7iDI here.]
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* Aveline says this regarding Isabela in [[Dragon Age II]] at the end of Act II, {{spoiler|when the Arishok states that they'll only leave Kirkwall with both Isabela and the Tome she stole from them}}.
* Raz in [[Psychonauts]] tells his camp councilors this about the [[Big Bad]] right before they send him away from the battle, claiming that "the grownups should handle this." He's understandably pissed off later.
* In ''[[Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One]]'' when you play as Qwark and Dr. Nefarious, if Qwark is killed, Nefarious will yell, "No one kills Qwark but me!" Also, {{spoiler|Nefarious saves Qwark from being possessed by the [[Big Bad]] towards the end of the game.}}
== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[Antihero for Hire]]'', Wizard to Dechs, Dechs to Hector.
* Seen [https://web.archive.org/web/20100811082534/http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2003-08-01 here] in ''[[Dominic Deegan]]: Oracle For Hire'', but [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] over the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100811081403/http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2003-08-02 next] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100811075840/http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2003-08-04 three] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130511023925/http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2003-08-05 strips], which make it clear that Jacob's motives for killing the Chosen were [[Batman Gambit|purely selfish.]]
* In ''[[Adventurers!]]'', when [[Big Bad]] Khrima (a [[Harmless Villain]]) saves the heroes from [[Knight of Cerebus|Eternion]] in a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment, he does it because he doesn't want another villain upstaging him.
* In ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'', Belkar helps rescuing Elan from bandits who've captured him, because "if anyone is going to get XP from him, it'll be me".
** Also [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] When [[The Rival|Crystal]] is more than willing to let Haley go so that she can take another level of Assassin from all the free XP she gets in order to be at exactly the same level as Haley whenever they meet.
** Elan's father Tarquin inverts this. Elan is the only one he will allow to defeat
** Speaking of Nale, his girlfriend Sabine won't let anyone except her kill Haley, and gets extremely mad at him when he (posing as Elan), seduces Haley with the intent to kill her. Notably, being a succubus, Sabine is more upset about the attempted murder than the seduction, and is only placated when Nale ensures her that he was only going to capture Haley so they could "romantically" kill her together.
* ''[[Narbonic]]'': When Helen hears that the Dave Conspiracy has hired Mell to kill Dr. Narbon, she exclaims, "I don't care if they ''are'' a powerful top-secret conspiracy! No one takes out a hit on my mother! Her head is ''mine'', darn it!"
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* Taken to an extreme in ''[[Spacetrawler]]'': Growp won't allow anyone else to kill Emily. So when his teammates fire at Emily, he shields her from the energy blasts--[[Taking the Bullet|with his own body]].
* In [[Goblins]], Dellyn knows Thaco has some sort of trickery planned when Thaco challenges him to a duel, but still accepts when Thaco points out that [[Batman Gambit|Dellyn would rather kill Thaco personally than let one of his men do it for him]].
== Web Original ==
* In a recent fight between [[Psycho Lesbian|Laeil Burbank]] and [[Evil Redheads|Melina Frost]] in ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'', Madison Conner suddenly appears and attacks Laeil to keep her from killing Melina before she can. Laeil also swears to be the only one to kill Melina, as well as kill anyone who tries to beat her to it. {{spoiler|She fails on both accounts as Melina and her killer [[Mutual Kill|kill each other]]. [[Villainous Breakdown|She doesn't take it well.]]}}
* Near the end of ''[[I'm a Marvel And I'm a DC|Marvel/DC: After Hours]]'', the Green Goblin turns on and beats the hell out of Lex Luthor.
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'': Shego's only mildly annoyed (by her standards, anyway) when she gets imprisoned by Drakken's new alien sidekick. But when she realizes that the new girl has a chance of beating Kim, ''that'' pisses her off enough to break free and put a stop to it.
{{quote|Shego: "I am not gonna let this ''she-thing'' just waltz in and destroy Kimmie! [[Foe Yay|That's
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]''. Skulker is constantly agreeing to work together with Danny and co. in order to save the world, Ghost Zone, or [[The End of the World as We Know It|anything else on a massive enough scale to matter]]. Normally these occurrences are justified by the fact that EVERYONE would die if all the bad guys didn't help, but he tries to make excuses anyway.
* ''[[Transformers]]''. Especially in the Unicron Trilogy, it seems like Megatron always seems to single out Optimus in combat. Also, in the third series of [[The Original Series]], Cyclonus occasionally saved the life of Ultra Magnus because so he could be the one to kill him.
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** Forget the Optimus/Megatron rivalry...Starscream, a [[The Dragon|Dragon]] so treacherous he's [[The Starscream|got his own trope]], is so obsessed with being the only one allowed to defeat, defy or otherwise annoy Megatron; he goes into an apparently righteous rage when Skyfire, Thrust, Sideways and ''the Constructicons'' even allude to an [[Enemy Civil War]]. Hell, he even saves Megatron from someone else's betrayal in "Atlantis, Arise!" It's a safe bet that he only went along with Blitzwing and Astrotrain's plan in "Triple Takeover" because they let him be the one to lead Megatron into the trap.
* ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'': The Monarch and Baron Ãœnderbheit compete for this role against Thaddeus Venture, with The Monarch's unexplained obsession forming the basis of a comical deconstruction of this trope as a form of addiction.
** In general, the Guild of Calamitous Intent arranges these through the villains and protagonists so that there is ''supposed'' to be only one person you can defeat you. This is what gets the Monarch in trouble with the Guild originally, he wasn't the person who was allowed to defeat Venture.
* Proto Man and Mega Man in the US series of ''[[Mega Man (animation)|Mega Man]]''.
** Specifically, in the ''very first episode'' when Wily wants to [[Just Shoot Him|blast Mega Man,]] Proto Man smashes the necessary button before Wily can press it and tells Wily that Mega is "his". And in "Future Shock", Mega's attempt to use the stolen time machine (long story) is thwarted by a low-powered bomb planted in the
* Prince Zuko in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' needs to capture Aang to regain his honor and be allowed back into the Fire Nation. This has led him to rescue Aang from other Fire Nation soldiers.
** Also somewhat inverted later when {{spoiler|Zuko decides the one to kill his father has to be ''Aang'', not himself, even when he [[Kill Him Already|had the opportunity]].}}
** Likewise, in the series finale, {{spoiler|Iroh refuses to fight Fire Lord Ozai (despite being the only other person powerful enough to beat him), because the Avatar has to do it himself to truly achieve peace. The Avatar carries considerably more clout than two exiles, who would be treated as such.}}
* In a literal sense, Demona and [[Macbeth]] in ''[[Gargoyles]]'', who {{spoiler|due to sorcery are immortal unless one kills the other.}}
* In more than one episode of ''[[Batman: The
** Brutally [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in "[[Mad Love]]" when [[Psycho Supporter|Harley]] captures [[Batman]] with the idea of getting him out of the way, so she and "Mistah J" can be together at last. Batman suckers her into calling the Joker, supposedly so that he will have no [[Never Found the Body|doubt]] that [[Killed Off for Real|Batman is indeed dead]]. What the [[Ax Crazy|Joker]] does to her next [[Battle Discretion Shot|has even the Bat disgusted]]. (She tries to calm Joker down by pointing out how he inspired her scheme, [[Don't Explain the Joke|but that doesn't help]].) Earlier in that same episode, after Batman's been caught in a cloud of knock-out gas:
{{quote|'''Harley''': That's a real gasser, huh, Mistah J?
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* Sinedd to D'Jok in ''[[Galactik Football]]'', apparently.
* In the ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (TV series)|Legion of Super Heroes]]'' cartoon, Superman clone Superman X was literally created to fight galactic despot Imperiex; when Brainiac 5 wiped him out with the wave of a hand, X seemed a lot more disturbed by the appropriation of his nemesis than by Brainy's [[Face Heel Turn]] or his subsequent "[[Not Quite Dead|murder]]" of Superman.
* ''[[Batman Beyond]]'': this was the reason given by the Stalker after he rescued Terry.
* In one episode of ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'', a candy salesman gets mad at the duo for eating all the product they were supposed to sell. When he begins attacking the two of them for it, the teacher, Coach Buzzcut, steps in and beats him up, proclaiming, "This is MY class, I do the ass-kicking around here!"
* Zim of ''[[Invader Zim]]'' is out to destroy the Earth, but won't stop at anything to thwart anyone else who tries to do it <s>more</s> competently.
* In the ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "And Then There Were Fewer", {{spoiler|Diane Simmons}} attempts to kill Lois. However, Stewie shoots {{spoiler|Diane}} so that ''he'' can be the one to kill Lois.
* Something similar happens in ''[[Rugrats in Paris]]: The Movie'' when Angelica is telling off [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] Coco LaBouche about what she was doing:
{{quote|'''Angelica''': "Listen, lady, no one messes with my dumb babies 'cept me!"}}
* A less [[Foe Yay]] and more innocent version of this occurs in the cartoon ''[[Arthur]]''. In one episode, the moose kid, George, is being picked on by bullies. Then Binky, the established bully of the series approaches them and says, "Hey! You can't pick on that kid! He's in my class!" George looks relieved, until Binky adds, "Only ''I'' get to pick on him!"
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