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{{quote|''"And God spake all these words, saying...
''[[Trope Namer|Thou shall not kill]]"''
|'''[[The Bible]]''', ''[[Book of Exodus|Exodus]] 20:1,13''}}
When the first [[Superhero
However, with the formation of the [[Comics Code]], it was no longer allowed to show a character taking the life of another, [[Moral Dissonance|justified or not]]. This, along with the younger audience reading comics during [[The Silver Age of Comic Books]], led to not killing becoming an ingrained part of the [[Superhero]] [[The Fettered|code]].
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On one level, this makes sense. The heroes may have been vigilantes, but they left the punishment of the criminal where it belonged, in the courts. People, it seems, felt okay that there were immensely powerful people with secret identities patrolling their streets, as long as they didn't become [[Judge, Jury, and Executioner]]. Of course, it gets a bit ridiculous when the hero who refuses to kill is a soldier.
Eventually the Code loosened, and it was allowed for villains, at least, to kill people. Comics were getting [[Darker and Edgier]], and [[Anti-Hero|antiheroes]] started showing up who ''would'' kill villains. This led to the [[Nineties Anti
Nevertheless, in [[Superhero]] universes that have been around long enough, there exists a long-entrenched bias against killing. The Huntress was kicked out of the [[Justice League of America]] for attempting to kill an enemy; [[Joker Immunity]] remains; and those characters who do kill are mistrusted almost universally by their peers. That has led some heroes to practicing [[Cruel Mercy]] on on their enemies, often making them ''wish'' they'd been killed; or, alternatively, they consign villains to something that has the same general effect as death [[Technical Pacifist|but technically isn't]] (eternal cryogenic stasis being popular). That is, when they aren't facing a [[Self-Disposing Villain]] to begin with.
Note that [[Ultimate Universe
[[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|Opinions differ on how this applies to sentient life other than humans.]] In general, it's still up to [[Big Damn Villains]] to kill other villains. It's perfectly fine to [[Immortal Life Is Cheap|"kill" immortals though]] as it is to kill the undead. The [[Mercy Kill]] sometimes winds up as an exception.
Much of the problem here is from a misconception about the King James Bible. In King James' time, "kill" meant "murder", and "slay" meant "kill"
[[Thou Shalt Not Kill]] is closely related to [[Joker Immunity]]. Whilst many writers believe a never-kill creed makes the hero more likable and righteous, on another level it might simply be a plot device to prevent the hero from killing off popular recurring villains. This trope is more common in serial fiction, such as TV shows and comic books, rather than one-shots like movies. In action movies it is common and acceptable for the hero to kill the villain because there is usually no planned sequel for the villain to appear in.
Whatever the moral case is, this trope is often used to show off the
See also [[Kick Them While They Are Down]], [[Actual Pacifist]], [[Reckless Pacifist]], [[Technical Pacifist]], [[Non
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[
** Other members of the crew, namely Zoro and Robin, are willing to kill off their foes. They never actually ''do'' end up killing anyone except [[What Measure Is a Mook?|some incredibly marginal characters]], but they're definitely not holding anything back.
** ''4Kids'' forces this on their ''[[
** Fishman pirate Fisher Tiger held this as a strict rule among his Pirates of the Sun. It wasn't out of altruism. Instead he felt [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|Humans Are Bastards]] and didn't want his crew falling to that level. He also hoped to avert encouraging a [[Cycle of Revenge]].
* Vash's quest to live without killing is essentially the main subject of ''[[
* Rushuna of ''[[Grenadier]]'' does more or less the same thing (with more [[Gainaxing]]).
* ''[[
* ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' has a similar plot, where the main character (a former assassin) has sworn to never kill again, and uses a specially designed sword that faces the wrong way, so opponents won't get cut by it, normally. Get him to switch the sides of the sword and/or unleash his [[Super-Powered Evil Side]], and you may have a problem.
* In ''[[Claymore]]'', the Claymores are forbidden from killing humans, even if it's an accident or is done to protect another human. The punishment is immediate execution. However, there have been Claymores who are perfectly willing to kill humans. For example, {{spoiler|Teresa}} slaughtered a group of bandits to protect {{spoiler|Clare}} then went rogue and there was Ophelia who took sadistic pleasure in torturing and killing humans and fellow Claymores, but was just sure to kill all the witnesses so no one would find out.
* In ''[[Ikki Tousen]]'', Sonsaku Hakufu refuses to kill her rivals, saying that [[Blood Knight|she only wants]] [[Boisterous Bruiser|to fight them]] but not take their lives.
* In ''[[Detective Conan]] / [[Case Closed]]'', Conan/Shinichi always refuse to let a suspect end up dead, even the suspect tries to kill him. He would even try to save the suspect's life even if it risks his own life.
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', bizarrely enough, has a ''villain'' (well, [[Anti-Villain]]) with a
* Nanoha Takamachi of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''. Very skilled at using [[Stun Guns|Magical Damage]], which lets her create a lot of flashy explosions without ever killing anyone, even sentient non-humans. By contrast, the Wolkenritter have no personal qualms about using lethal force when needed, but they also followed this code when they were [[Hero Antagonist|antagonists]] in the second season since they didn't want Hayate's name to be defiled with blood.
** One has to also understand that in a world where [[Defeat Means Friendship]] is the 45th law of physics, exterminating one's enemies permanently can be downright wasteful.
* The ''[[Rave Master]]'' and his [[True Companions|allies]] hold to this as a central philosophy. While they don't shy away from doing it when it's necessary, they will generally do all in their power to resolve their battles without killing.
* In ''[[Bleach]]'', most of the main cast members [[Shinigami|who aren't dead]] at least ''try'' to follow this, save for when fighting run-of-the-mill [[The Heartless|Hollows]]. [[The Medic|Inoue Orihime]] not only hasn't harmed anyone seriously since her powers first emerged, but ''can't'' due to her personality. Unfortunately, she tends to believe that this makes her a burden on her friends, despite that {{spoiler|she can ''[[Reality Warper|reject reality]]'' to the point where she can heal a corpse with half of their brains blown out. The fact that it was someone who had shown up simply to try and ''torture'' her for no reason other than spite is just icing on the cake}}.
** Oddly enough, Ichigo didn't kill a single Arrancar in his invasion of Hueco Mundo, at least not consciously; he let [[Blood Knight|Grimmjow]] live, his [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] took out [[Noble Demon|Ulquiorra]], and the mooks he cut down were revealed to be fakes generated by another arrancar. This is somewhat jarring when compared with Fake Karakura Town, where both of the Espada's [[Token Good Teammate
*** It's debateable whether Ichigo avoids killing because he's following a code, or because he just doesn't feel like it. In one arc the villain is revealed to have altered the past of Ichigo's friends and family, making them believe him to be their friend and turning on Ichigo when he attacks him. Once Ichigo hears the details, the first thing he asks if if they'll change back if he kills the person who did it. He looks quite scary when he says it.
*** Ichigo himself has issues with this. He has no will to kill anyone, and it's even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by Urahara. During his fight with Renji, he gets over it. Renji still lives, but Ichigo was able to put the thoughts behind him and kill him if necessary.
* Tenma's motto, often tried in ''[[Monster (
* ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' plays with this trope when Yusuke fights Doctor Kamiya, a follower of Shinobu Sensui. Kamiya brings up that Yusuke has never killed humans before, only demons, and thus believes that Yusuke is going to hesitate before trying to kill him. {{spoiler|He doesn't, and is only stopped when Kamiya takes a passing nurse as a hostage. Turns out the "nurse" is really Yana in disguise, and Murota informing Yusuke that the Doc was lying about a cure and really planned to finish him off, prompts Yusuke to cross the line. Killing Kamiya breaks his psychic territory and saves everyone in the hospital, and Yusuke's conscience is eased when Genkai quickly revives Kamiya with a chest compression.}}
* {{spoiler|Abel}} from ''[[Trinity Blood]]''
* Somehow, holding to this trope makes [[Franken Fran]] ''[[Fate Worse Than Death|even scarier]]''.
* In ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'', the Digidestined are afraid of killing Digimon, and avoid it whenever possible (unlike in the first one, when fighting the forces of Etemon, Myotismon, and the Dark Masters). The only exceptions are Control Spire Digimon (as they are not considered "alive"), Kimeramon (who was created by the Digimon Emperor), MaloMyotismon (as he is pure evil and the main villain behind everything in Season 2), and Airdramon (for unknown reasons). They are forced to kill SkullSatamon, LadyDevimon, and MarineDevimon, and Yolei and Cody are shocked when this happens (though Cody knew they'd have to destroy MarineDevimon), though TK and Kari reassure them it was the right thing to do.
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''
** In the final story arc of the manga and Brotherhood {{spoiler|Mustang and crew also subscribe to this policy, at least in regard to human enemies. However, their allies, the Briggs soldiers, do not.}}
* In ''[[Saiyuki]] Gaiden'' the heavens have to abide by this rule and do so to varying degrees. Konzen is vegeterian however Kenren thinks its fine to eat fish but has to fight in the army with a stun gun...yet Tenpou has a katana but presumably still obeys the rule of course {{spoiler|all of that goes out the window in the end}}. In the main series the merciful goddess had essentially sent four guys to India killing demons on their way.
* Roger Smith in ''[[
* In ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' the Heroes employed by Hero TV refrain from killing criminals. However, the public seems to have gotten tired of this "soft" method of dealing with criminals. When a [[Vigilante Man]] NEXT calling himself Lunatic starts killing criminals, the public ''loves'' him.
* [[Yami no Aegis]]:
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* Juvia of ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' admits to live by this philosophy when she fights Meredy, and she states that the other Fairy Tail members do the same. Ironically, Juvia was a former member of the rival guild Phantom Lord which members (at least most of them) didn't seem to hesitate killing their opponents. It's unknown if Juvia also had her no-killing moral code when she was a Phantom Lord member, of if she undertook it after her [[Heel Face Turn]]. Interestingly, another Fairy Tail member, Gajeel, also pulled a [[Heel Face Turn]] from being a Phantom Lord member, and when he was a villain he didn't shy away from trying to kill the heroine Lucy. He has still shown to be quite [[Ax Crazy]] even after turning good, so it's definitely not sure that he refuses to kill his opponents even though he might not do it in cold blood.
* In ''[[Ginga Densetsu Weed]]'', Weed (the [[Kid Hero|Pup Hero]]) strongly believes in releasing enemies after they had enough. Doesn't stop him from killing a wild boar that threatens his pack, though.
* Despite him beating his enemies to a pulp, Ise the protagonist of ''[[
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* In the [[Wildstorm Comics]] imprint, in one issue of ''[[The Authority]]'', it was mentioned that an alternate earth was essentially destroyed when the Hero refused to kill their enemies no matter what, and the villains killed every single one of them. They attacked the Authority's Earth, and were quickly killed, much to their surprise, saying "Superheroes don't kill". Unfortunately for them, The Authority did. This universe in general, and ''The Authority'' especially, fall on the cynical side.
* In ''[[Astro City]]'', the Street Angel, a Batman-like vigilante who had recently become [[Darker and Edgier]] but who still refused to kill, receives a nice bit of smack-talk from murderous [[Anti-Hero|antiheroine]] Black Velvet. She notes that, although he still claims that he never kills, [[Technical Pacifist|he leaves an awful lot of people with severe internal injuries]] without actually checking to see whether they survive or receive medical attention. (After she says this, a [[Beat Panel]] follows as this sinks in...)
* [[Superman]] has taken a solemn vow ''never'' to kill. It's strongly implied - and outright [[Invoked Trope]] in ''[[Whatever Happened to
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** A [[Post-Crisis]] [[Superman]] story had the hero face such a situation when an abusive husband, whom Supes gave a deserved thrashing, later murdered his wife. Superman later caught him secretly viewing her funeral and was sorely tempted to kill him right there and then. However, the relatives of both husband and wife began to plead for Superman to spare him and kill him respectively. Superman, holding the murderer while this argument is raging, painfully realized that he was in no position to make such monumental decisions and decided to simply hand the criminal to the police so the justice system can handle the matter.
** Another Superman story, "What's So Funny 'Bout Truth, Justice, and the American Way?" famously had him forced to deal with the arrival of "The Elite" (a [[Alternate Company Equivalent|thinly-veiled copy]] of [[The Authority]]), superheroes with absolutely no qualms about killing villains. Over the course of the issue, he watched them become more and more popular, despite their excessive use of force. In the end, he challenged them to a fight - and proceeded (after giving them a [[Hope Spot]]) to subdue them more or less harmlessly. Though it sure dang LOOKED like he killed them, until he revealed that he used painful-looking non-lethal techniques.
** And another Superman story had him actually killing (well, executing) three Kryptonians on an alternate Earth who had annihilated all life on the planet. Despite the circumstances which almost anyone else would deem it both just and
** This trope is somewhat justified in another story where Superman explains to the Ultramarines, a team of superheroes known for their use of lethal force, after the Justice League has pulled them out of a situation they were unable to handle, that their "'no-nonsense' solutions [[Back
** Superman has shown to be one of the most extreme examples of never killing. In one case he saved [[Darkseid]]'s life (Darkseid helped him stop the threat that put him near death, granted, but come on, it's freaking ''Darkseid'') and in another instance, he was trapped in a dimension where he was forced to go to war with demons for a thousand years, but still refused to kill them. He even initially objected to [[Wonder Woman]] killing them, but didn't have an answer when she asked him what she was supposed to do.
** Though it's often overlooked, during his final fight with Doomsday at the end of "[[The Death of Superman]]" storyline, he was trying to kill him. If he hadn't, Doomsday likely would've destroyed Metropolis and everyone in it. It probably helps that Doomsday's mind was read a couple of times in the story, and was revealed to be nothing but rage and bloodlust. This was followed up in ''Hunter Prey'', as Superman, after finding out that Doomsday was now far more powerful than himself, and constantly growing in might, he could come up with no other available options than letting Waverider exile the beast to the end of the universe, to let entropy consume it. Doomsday was later rescued by Brainiac, keeps coming back after being killed, and heals all other injuries instantly, so breaking his neck has the same effect as knocking a regular villain out, which, in combination with being more than Superman can handle upfront, is the reason why he can be the exception.
** ''[[Kingdom Come]]'' revolved around the fact Superman abandoned humanity when he realized the public approved Magog's murder of [[The Joker]].
** In the pre-Crisis mini-series ''Phantom Zone'' Superman confronts General Zod, who laughs that Kal-El won't kill him. He's right. To quote: "I can't take your life, much as I'm tempted. But my code doesn't say a '''''damn''''' thing about not battering you to within an inch of it, ''murderer!''" Once Zod is out cold for a long, long time, Superman, still holding him by the tunic, thinks "And there are times I've considered chucking that code entirely."
** Played with in the ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (
* The [[Post-Crisis]] version of [[Wonder Woman]] has trained as a classical Greek warrior with a fighting practicality of that time. That means while she is willing to control herself in combat when possible, when she decides that lethal force is necessary, she will use it without any regrets as seen when she beheaded the demigod Deimos in order to help her friends in peril.
** In a [[Crossover]] series, [[Wonder Woman]] cold-bloodedly executed Maxwell Lord by breaking his neck. Although some other heroes have accepted the justification (Lord had telepathic control over Superman, had killed [[Blue Beetle]], and was at the heart of a planet-wide conspiracy), she was wanted for murder by some authorities as the act was broadcast.
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* In recent years comics have tended towards a greater degree of [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism|cynicism]], with the result that most heroes have ended up killing at least once. Probably the only major character who hasn't been forced to it at some point is ironically one of the most gritty heroes, Batman.
** Which is peculiar when you look at Batman's first appearances back in Detective Comics where, in true pulp style, he kills the bad guys when circumstances require, though he is shown as being reluctant to do so. It's not till the boy hostage shows up as the first teen sidekick that Batman begins to soften and not until he kills some giants (with guns no less) in the first Batman comic that the decision that he stop killing (and using guns) is made. Not by the creator, you'll notice.
** ''[[Final Crisis]]'' has [[Incredibly Lame Pun|finally]] shown us the only person so evil and dangerous Batman was willing to kill him: {{spoiler|Darkseid. Which just makes the Superman example above even funnier}}. By the time Batman kills {{spoiler|Darkseid}} the villain has taken several [[Took a Level
** Batman has outright stated that he's tempted to take lives all the time, but doesn't because he knows that if he finally takes one, he's NOT going to stop there and probably never would stop.
* The bylaws of the ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' firmly forbid killing any sentient - unsurprising, since they were created during the Silver Age. The tradition has been retained throughout the Legion's various continuities; even in the [[Darker and Edgier]] ''Legion Lost'' limited series, Live Wire officially resigned from the Legion before performing a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to kill the Progenitor, an [[Omnicidal Maniac]] with [[A God Am I|the power to control matter on a cosmic scale]], in order to allow his teammates to escape without the Progenitor following them back and taking over their universe.
** The Legion Constitution was once published in the comics, in its entirety. The section in question says that "[n]o Legionnaire shall take the life of any sapient being, save as a provable only alternative to the death of the Legionnaire, or the deaths of other sapient beings." The writers usually have the Legionnaires treat the question of lethal force more strictly than their constitution actually requires.
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[[
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'''Invincible''': Right... and '''I'm''' supposed to be the new guy.
'''Robot''': It is not mathematically inconceivable that at some point we encounter an adversary that realizes the error of their ways and gives up their plans for revenge.
'''Invincible''': I hope you're right. }}
* ''[[Daredevil]]'' used to have a typical view of killing, claiming that it wasn't his place to pass judgment. During [[Frank Miller]]'s run, which redefined the character, Daredevil eventually went against his principles when he tried to kill his archenemy Bullseye. He's killed people several times, and he hasn't tormented himself for issues on end because of it, perhaps the only "regular" superhero who can make this claim.
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** These days they are a little more flexible about this rule.
* [[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]] is also strongly against killing anyone.
* In ''[[X-Men]],'' the rule against killing is partially due to the usual reasons, and partially due to human/mutant relations. Mutants have a hard enough time ''without'' [[Wolverine]] carving people up on the six o'clock news, so you'd better stifle any [[Darker and Edgier]] tendencies, ''especially'' while wearing an X symbol. However, it's not as absolute as it is with Batman or Superman, as individual members can fall anywhere from [[The Cape (trope)]] to [[Nineties Anti
** In a recent{{when}} issue, Cyclops explicitly refutes this trope with regard to villains over Storm's objections when they're looking for a villain who may have perished in a fight with the team; he states that he doesn't take killing lightly, but at the same time isn't going to waste any tears over someone who poses a clear risk to his team and students and has no compunction about attacking and killing them.
** Nineties anti-hero [[
* ''[[Batman]]'' is the poster boy for this trope. In fact, it's been heavily implied that his almost psychotic compulsion to never kill is the only thing keeping him from being one of the psychopaths he regularly fights.
** Cassandra Cain/[[Batgirl]] II had an even deeper aversion to killing as she could read human body language perfectly. After seeing death once she vowed to never see it again and tried to save a death row inmate to uphold that oath.
** In ''[[Final Crisis]]'' {{spoiler|Batman finally subverted this principle by shooting Darkseid with a [[New Gods]] killing Radion bullet. While this didn't kill Darkseid immediately, it did allow others to [[Deader Than Dead|finish him off for good]] ([[Death Is Cheap|for now]]). Notably, Batman dies in the process. Well, [[Only Mostly Dead|sort of]]. Ok, [[Timey-Wimey Ball|not at all, really]], but it's LIKE he's dead. [[Unexplained Recovery|Until he comes back]].}}
** This is so inherent to his character that it's called '[[Trope Namer|the Batman rule]]' by other characters, specifically [[Batwoman]] and her father.
** Batman came close to compromising his vow during ''[[No Man's Land]]''. After the Joker murdered Gordon's wife, Batman still refused to execute the villain, but told Gordon that he would ''not'' stop him from doing so. Gordon nearly did so, but changed his mind at the last second, saying the crisis had caused too much bloodshed already.
* Invoked to an almost headache-inducing degree in the early 2000s run of ''[[Justice Society of America]]''. [[Black Adam]], having gotten utterly fed up with villains who don't give a damn about the lives of people being allowed to go free again and again, gathers up a small crew of like-minded people and goes off to smash the brutally dictatorial regime that's set itself up in his home country. Even though one (''one'') JSA member acknowledges that they and the US government had turned a blind eye to the fact that these people had been conducting murder sprees and enslaving children, the ''entire team'' nonetheless goes after Adam's crew for taking them out. And then when Hawkman's methods for dealing with ''Black Adam's'' allies proves too brutal for their taste, they turn on ''him''. All in about five issues.
* The [[Green Lantern]] Corps ''used'' to follow this policy. The Guardians revoked it in order to defeat the [[Sinestro]] Corps. {{spoiler|[[Xanatos Gambit|Apparently this was Sinestro's goal all along.]] Whether the Sinestros won or lost, a more lethal and fearsome Corps would be policing the cosmos.}} Part of the writers' reasoning was that real-life police are permitted to shoot to kill; [[Space Police]] shouldn't be any different.
** This is actually one of the few times both sides are given fair consideration. Some Green Lanterns are against it, some are all for it, but neither side is presented as wrong and the ones against killing can't deny that being able to kill was the main reason they won the war. (Though needless murder is right out.)
** There was a subversion in the case of [[Nineties Anti
* The ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (
** In issue 225 Robotnik {{spoiler|mocks Sally for showing mercy on all the times she could've finished him, as doing so allowed him to stay a threat. A few pages later, he seemingly killed her, then reset the Universe.}}
* During [[Dark Reign (
* Used for great dramatic effect in ''[[Elf Quest]]''. The main tribe of the story, the Wolfriders, have one simple rule: elves don't kill elves. It's a concept so ingrained in their culture, killing others of their kind would not even occur to them. Until one elf from a different tribe, Kureel from the Gliders, ends up kidnapping a young Wolfrider and threatens to kill him. The boy's father (the tribe's archer) shoots and kills Kureel. He goes into a complete [[Heroic BSOD]] until he's finally able to ask Kureel's spirit for forgiveness many months later.
** Interestingly, at the very start of the series, the Wolfriders seem to treat death ''much'' more casually, briefly considering killing Rayek because he looks at them funny. This is, however, shortly after the humans burnt down their home and the trolls betrayed them and left them to die in the desert, and while they were still figuring out what to make of these strange new elves who walked around in broad daylight, had huts, and actually ''cooked'' their meat just like their old human enemies did. (It's telling that the Wolfriders decided to 'introduce' themselves to the Sun Village by raiding it for food rather than just walking up and saying hello. Thankfully for both sides, that didn't last long.)
** Also interestingly, in the very early days of the Wolfrider tribe, there were many elves born with wolf-blood and just as many wolves born with elf-blood (it's not as icky as it sounds - the first elves were shapeshifters lost on a low-magic planet. Mating with the local fauna was their way of bonding with the new land). Timmorn, the first Chief and first mix between elf and wolf, took on the task of deciding what was elf, what was wolf, and what should just be killed instantly.
** Two-Spear didn't have too many qualms either about killing his own daughter. But (a) Two-Spear tried to be more wolf than elf, using the pack's way of life as an excuse to act violently insane, and (b) the story in which he thinks he's killed his daughter was a case of [[Running the Asylum]] anyway.
* Obviously, [[The Punisher]] has no business with the standard version of this. However, he will absolutely under no circumstances ever kill someone who isn't a criminal or otherwise corrupt. He'll go out of his way to prevent bystander casualties and will even let a bad guy slip if he has to. ([[Depending
** In [[Young Avengers]], Hawkeye (Kate Bishop) notes that the Punisher is considered a [[Serial Killer]] by almost all of the superhero community by now, and most would bring him down if they got the chance.
* With the exceptions of truly mindless incarnations of the character, the [[
* In ''[[
* ''[[Birds of Prey]]'' member [[Huntress]] had no time for this early in her vigilante career. She's getting better, but she still doesn't seem to have too much of a problem with killing criminals. It's the main reason [[Batman]] doesn't trust her. Oracle, being more forgiving and willing to offer second chances, does trust her. Oracle does, however, use this excuse to treat her like crap.
* [[Green Arrow]] is a big believer in this. It's why he uses so many trick arrows, like the infamous boxing glove arrow, instead of actual arrows. The downward spiral that culminated in his first death started the night he actually killed someone. {{spoiler|He made an exception for Prometheus after the latter attacked Star City with a [[Kill Sat]] and killed thousands, including his granddaughter Lian Harper.}}
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* [[Moon Knight]] is a strange case. Being Batman wearing white and an obsession with Egyptian moon gods of vengance, he has a disdain towards killing. However, it's not so much he doesn't want to be like the people he fights, it's that he is ''extremely'' tempted, to the point of addiction, to killing, and wants to fight it. Doesn't stop him from torture, maiming, and cutting off a guy's face ''[[Crossing the Line Twice|and wearing it]]'' for the sake of the moment.
* In the Justice League/Naruto crossover [
▲== Fan Fiction ==
* The four in ''[[
▲* In the Justice League/Naruto crossover [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/ConnectingTheDots "Connecting the Dots"], the superheroes have a very hard time getting the ninjas (who are essentially underage soldiers) to understand this concept.
▲* The four in ''[[With Strings Attached (Fanfic)|With Strings Attached]]'', being [[Actual Pacifist|Actual Pacifists]], are very much committed to this stance, sometimes to the point of having to get really creative to solve a problem because the opponent's death, or even the opponent's ass-whooping, is not an option. The irony is that collectively they have been gifted with enough power to wipe out a city before breakfast.
** Though at least two of them were not averse to handing out a good nonlethal ass-kicking in revenge for heavy abuse (of themselves or their [[True Companions]]) at the hands of some baddies.
* Averted in ''[[Drunkard's Walk]]''. Main character Doug Sangnoir has super powers and wears something that can be seen as a costume of sorts, but considers himself a solder, and a [[Combat Pragmatist]] at that; the team to which he belongs in his home timeline makes a practice of utterly overwhelming and ''crushing'' its opposition, and he is of that personal opinion that any enemy you leave alive is an enemy who can come back to attack you again -- a principle whose importance he impresses upon (among others) [[Harry Potter]]'s Defense Association and the [[Sailor Moon|Sailor Senshi]].
== Film ==
* The [[Tim Burton]]/[[Joel Schumacher]] ''[[Batman (
** In ''[[
** By ''[[The Dark Knight Saga]]'' his moral philosophy appears to have evolved somewhat, as towards the end {{spoiler|he goes out of his way to save [[The Joker]]'s life. On the other hand, the Joker ''was'' trying to drive Batman to murder, so this looked like the only way to beat him.}}
** He also has another justification besides personal philosophy: he's a [[Hero
** This is in comparison to ''[[Batman:
* One of the three "Genie Rules" stated by the Genie from ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' prohibits him from killing anyone. Kinda sucks for {{spoiler|Jafar}}... On the other hand... {{spoiler|Jafar}} doesn't have any real problem with the rule, since {{spoiler|he can still invoke a fate worse than death in either case or cause circumstances that result in a person's death as long as he isn't the one directly pulling it off.}} A [[Running Gag]] in the movie is, after mentioning that Genies can't kill, someone says "You'd be surprised at what you can live through!"
* [[Butch Cassidy and
** Ironically, this is just after the two of them have quit their criminal lives for a legit job.
* In ''[[Warriors of Virtue]]'', the Warriors cannot kill. In fact, when Ryan arrives, he learns that their leader, Yun, is in the middle of a [[Heroic BSOD]] because he accidentally broke that code in the heat of battle. {{spoiler|The fact that the soldier he killed was actually Elysia's ''brother'' probably didn't help his mindset much.}}
* Subverted in ''[[Mystery Men]]''. The Bowler, a woman whose bowling ball has her father's spirit within, confronts her father's killer. He taunts her, saying that she doesn't have the nerve to take her revenge. He is right; she's a hero and as such above that. Her father, however, is dead and pretty pissed about it and is something of a prick, so he really has no problem killing the guy.
** But played ''perfectly'' straight with Dr.
* In the ''[[Terminator]]'' series, [[The Messiah|John Connor]] orders the T-800 to not kill anybody. This carries over to ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]''.
** ...where both John and Sarah try to live by this, but over the course of the series are forced into taking a life each (see below).
* In ''[[Blue Thunder]]'', protagonist Frank Murphy is a police helicopter pilot, and he naturally goes to some lengths not to kill anyone (except the [[Big Bad]]) even while they're trying to shoot him out of the sky. This despite being in command of a heavily armored [[Black Helicopter]] armed with a [[BFG|20-mm]] [[Gatling Good|rotary]] [[More Dakka|cannon]], which has an [[Magic Bullets|uncanny ability]] to blow away cars, choppers, and aircraft without harming the people inside.
* In ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'', Nicholas Angel aims for incapacitating shots in the final shootout. Despite the several gory murders before, the final shootout sees no deaths.
** Angel's shooting skills were purposely laid out as a [[Chekhov's Skill]] early in the film, so it's justified. [[I Just Shot Marvin in
* Recited verbatim by Brother Gilbert in ''[[Dragonheart]]'' before deciding to kill the evil king Einon.
* Surprisingly averted in [[The Adventures of Captain Marvel]], where the titular hero kills no less than 3 people over the course of the 12 chapter film serial. Given this take on Cap was more of two fisted pulp adventurer than a traditional superhero it makes sense, and he does spare the lives of most of the villains he faces.
* [[Megamind]] knew that Metro Man went by this rule, always sending him to jail. It was one of things that made their battles seem like a game to him. Unfortunately, when he created Titan to take Metro Man's place, he didn't anticipate Titan making his own rules.
* Averted in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]]. So far the only heros who even possibly holds to this belief is [[The Incredible Hulk (
== Literature ==
* Technically, [[
** Killing in self-defense of your own life, or killing someone who is currently attempting to murder someone else, is likewise permissible and obligatory under Biblical law, as elaborated in the [[
** In the New Testament, Paul quotes that commandment as "Thou shalt not murder". This disagreement might have something to do with the fact that not only did the translators write in an outdated style (for the day, that is), not all of them spoke English on a regular basis. It easily meshes with Christ's teachings as well when you think about it: He said to turn the other cheek when struck, not to offer up the other kidney when stabbed. Sufficient to say, like many parts of the Bible, there [[Actual Pacifist|are other interpretations]] [
* In ''[[The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant]]'', the Oath of the Land plays with the ideal of Thou Shalt Not Kill, and takes it further:
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Do not wound when hurting is enough
Do not maim when wounding is enough
And kill not when maiming is enough
The greatest warrior is he who does not need to kill }}
* In [[
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** This really comes down to the difference between killing an enemy in battle (which neither Frodo nor Gandalf shows any aversion to) and ''[[Kick Them While They Are Down|executing]]'' [[Kick Them While They Are Down|a defeated foe]]. {{spoiler|And as it turns out, Frodo fails in his quest to destroy the One Ring, with Gollum completing it for him... by accident.}} Which could tie into some translations of the trope-naming commandment using "murder" instead of "kill".
** The same mercy is shown to Grima Wormtongue (twice!) and Saruman as well. Both cannot comprehend mercy, thinking it's a trick. {{spoiler|As a contrast, Grima kills Saruman at the end.}}
** This is spoofed in the prologue to ''[[
* Dorden, [[The Medic]] from [[Dan Abnett]]'s ''[[Warhammer
* The [[Seekers of Truth]] use this, as they work with the law enforcement and justice system. A couple of them violate this rule once, which as it turns out is one time too many.
* Interesting subversion in ''[[Warrior Cats]]'', where the warrior code says: "An honorable warrior does not need to kill other cats to win his battles, unless they are outside the warrior code or it is necessary for self-defense.", so
* Pulp hero [[Doc Savage]] started out killing bad guys left and right, but evolved a pragmatic "don't kill unless there's no other way" policy after the first few stories. Many a villain ended up fatally [[Hoist
* An alien race in [[Tom Holt]]'s ''Falling Sideways'' had this as a rule. They also had a very high level of technology and the collective mindset of a [[Rules Lawyer]]. As in, it's OK to make people believe themselves to be frogs and eat nothing but flies, because they have a rule saying "
* In ''[[The Mysterious Benedict Society]]'' books, Kate's father, Milligan, always works to find solutions that would avoid killing his opponents (generally the vicious Ten Men) no matter how savagely they try to kill him or others. When asked about this by his daughter, Kate, he tells her simply "We're not like them." Indeed, when Kate later has the opportunity to toss a bomb at them and their leader, Mr. Curtain, she instead tosses it away into the water where it can do no harm.
* In the ''[[Harry Potter (
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'''Harry:''' "We were hundreds of feet up! If I Stunned him and he'd fallen, he'd have died the same as if I'd used ''Avada Kedavra''!" }}
** When it comes to ultimately dealing with the [[Big Bad]], {{spoiler|[[Karmic Death]] does the trick}}.
** The magical world apparently has extremely dim views about killing, since murder can literally ''rip your soul in half''.
* [[
* [[Brandon Sanderson]]'s ''[[Mistborn]]''-trilogy features the Kandra. A race of [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|shape-shifters]] whose own laws forbid them from killing humans. Kandra who break this law are punished by death.
* In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', the First law of Magic specifies that Thou Shalt Not Kill ''With Magic''. Violating this law generally leads to execution by the White Council, except in rare cases where the wizard responsible was judged to be acting in self-defense ''and'' another wizard is willing to mentor the killer. Killing people without magic is allowed if circumstances dictate though. The sole exception to this is {{spoiler|the Blackstaff, who is allowed to kill if it is deemed absolutely necessary}}. Also, the Law specifically states that it is illegal to kill ''humans''. Killing supernatural creatures such as faeries and vampires with magic is allowed, as the Laws only exist to protect humans.
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* In ''[[Wearing the Cape]]'' Hope's expectation is that superheroes follow the Golden Age superhero code, and this is strengthened by Ajax' statement that "heroes don't use guns." But in her first fight she discovers that Atlas is perfectly willing to {{spoiler|let the bad guys kill each other}}, and in the surprise-attack on Whittier Base {{spoiler|half the team breaks out automatic pistols, the better to cap their attackers}}. Hope herself {{spoiler|kills an unspecified number of terrorists in the heat of combat, then kills two ''heroes'' in the Dark Anarchist's secret base}}.
* In the ''[[Prydain Chronicles]]'', Lord Pryderi taunts the enchanter Dallben, believing that he "secret to his power" is that Dallben cannot kill. Dallben says he has never killed anyone, but that doesn't mean he ''can't.'' {{spoiler|The issue is never settled, since Pryderi [[Karmic Death|dies shortly thereafter]] without Dallben's intervention.}}
* In ''[[
* The First Law of [[Isaac Asimov]]'s [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Three_Laws_of_Robotics Three Laws of Robotics] states that "A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm." Thus this Trope applies to any robot that is programmed to be [["Three Laws"-Compliant]] - [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot|hopefully.]]
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': Slayers are definitely not ''supposed'' to kill humans (even villainous humans). Vampires and other assorted demons are fair game. Although there were a number of [[Karmic Death
** After {{spoiler|Faith accidentally kills a human with a wooden stake while still on a massive adrenaline rush after a fight, seconds after Buffy tries to warn her}} Giles actually tells Buffy that due to the high-stress nature of the Slayer's job, the Watcher's Council expects one or two accidents and has ways of dealing with them. This doesn't stop the angst on the part of the accidental murderer, though. {{spoiler|An episode soon after shows Buffy stopping just short of the killing blow to a vampire after Willow cries out, in exact parallel to the situation with Faith, showing that Faith could have avoided killing the deputy mayor if she had a clearer head.}} Shortly afterwards, {{spoiler|Faith's poisoning of Angel drove Buffy to nearly kill her so that her blood could be used as an antidote. Thankfully, Faith was only put in a coma and Buffy snapped out of killer mode, though actually entering it in the first place haunts her for a good long while.}}
** The same rule also generally applied to ''[[Angel]]'', though he had quite a few "exceptions" to it throughout the series' course. Humans were excluded if they had supernatural powers. Even then there was the episode "Conviction" where Angel killed a special ops soldier who was technically his employee by kicking him causing him to shoot himself in the head, just to make a point that the soldier's way of doing things wasn't going to be tolerated anymore under Angel's management.
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'': Matt Parkman had ample justification to kill Emil Danko, who is heading a program started by Nathan Petrelli to round up persons with special abilities. First, Danko's operatives {{spoiler|shoot Matt's girlfriend Daphne.}} Then when Danko takes control of the operation {{spoiler|he removes the still-living Daphne from the medical facility. Consequently, Daphne develops sepsis, leading to her death.}} Parkman seeks to get even by taking away the most important person in Danko's life, a call girl named Elena who knows Danko as "Jakob Pradasa". He {{spoiler|telepathically forces Danko to divulge his true identity, to admit what he does (hunting and abducting people), and to confess that he let Daphne die.}} Parkman then {{spoiler|points his gun at Elena, but cannot bring himself to shoot her.}}
* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'': Hunters are supposed to kill evil monsters and protect humans, but just like ''[[Buffy]]'' example above, killing humans is not acceptable. The one time the Winchesters considered killing a human, [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] Gordon Walker (who thinks Sam is purposely evil), he gets [[Karmic Transformation|turned into a vampire]] (his specialty) so that Sam can kill him without feeling really guilty about it.
** However, when up against [[Complete Monster|truly]] [[Humans Are
* ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' starts off with John and Sarah like this. Derek and Cameron, not so much. Sarah frequently orders either or both of them not to kill (they tend to take it under advisement). The first season features Sarah's reluctance to kill a man she believes will one day create Skynet, and is shown dwelling on it. A common theme throughout the series is the importance of human life. However, Sarah ends up being forced to kill a man midway through season two and John even earlier.
* This is [[Doctor Who
** Of course, depending on just how far an enemy pushes him, he might make [[Be Careful What You Wish For|them]] [[Oh Crap|genuinely]] [[Fate Worse Than Death|wish]] [[Beware the Nice Ones|he]] [[And I Must Scream|just]] [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|killed]] them.
* In ''[[Smallville]]'', Clark Kent refuses to kill enemies, but he does not consider [[Karmic Death]] or accidental death to be murder. The one time he attacked an opponent (Titan) with the intent to kill, he was haunted after he did the deed.
* In the 1998 miniseries ''[[Merlin
* The [[Eldritch Abomination|Leviathans]] of ''[[Dark Shadows (TV series)|Dark Shadows]]'' have this as a rule. Not due to any sort of morality, but rather because anyone they kill will become a [[Badass Abnormal]] ghost, capable of hindering their plans even further. At least that's how it's supposed to work, but due to [[Real Life Writes the Plot]] issues the matter was rather derailed.
* Michael from ''[[Prison Break]]'' fluctuates between this and [[Technical Pacifist]].
* In ''[[Have Gun — Will Travel]]'', Paladin will avoid killing if possible, and more than one episode ends without anyone dying. When it becomes necessary, however, he won't hesitate.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[GURPS]]'' has the Pacifist disadvantage, which comes in several flavors, one of which is Cannot Kill. Characters with the "Cannot Kill" disadvantage can start fights and use any tactics they like, but they cannot kill, or be responsible for a death, or leave a wounded enemy to die. They also cannot stand by while their teammates administer the [[Coup De Grace]]. If they do, they [[Angst]] about it for days and are effectively rendered useless to the team.
* Some Superhero [[RPG
* ''[[Dungeons
* Anyone with Compassion 5 in ''[[
* "Code vs. Killing" is one of the most commonly seen Psychological Limitations in ''[[Champions]]'', usually bought as "total commitment" (i.e. the character can't bring him- or herself to kill at all and won't stand idly by while others do it either). Normal people are already assumed to be "reluctant to kill" by default (being [[Ax Crazy]] would be its own different Limitation); the code, if taken, is intended to go beyond well beyond that to proper comic book levels. Of course, being a Limitation that you get points for, it's also ''supposed'' to cause your character trouble from time to time.
== Video Games ==
* The MMORPG ''[[City of Heroes]]'' takes this to its natural extreme: the player-characters are always sent to "arrest", "defeat", or just plain "stop" the villainous [[NPC
*** [[Word of God]] has stated that it's up to players what happens to the [[Mooks]]
** ''[[City of Villains]]'', however, sees it quite differently: There are several missions where you're explicitly told to 'kill' someone, or to '[[Leave No Witnesses]]'.
* Used occasionally in ''[[Fire Emblem]]: Path of Radiance'', funnily enough. In chapter 15, you get bonus points for not killing any enemies except the boss (except you don't really kill him), and in chapter 22 you get bonus points and a gift for not killing any priests.
** [[The High Queen|Queen]] [[Friend to All Living Things|Elincia]] in ''[[Fire Emblem Tellius|Radiant Dawn]]'' has a unique special skill called [[Exactly What It Says
* Maintaining the same belief in the comics, Batman in ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' never kills. According to his detective mode, his enemies always wind up unconscious. Yes, even the ones who have been punched in the face, or had a wall they were standing in front of blown up. Unconscious, every one.
** The game has many ways of preventing you from killing enemies, bordering on [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]] territory. Knock a guy off a tower, and Batman automatically attaches a cable to his foot. Throw a Mook down a bottomless pit and you hear a splash right away, implying that there's water just out of sight. There's even an invisible wall around the pool of electrified water, so you can't throw anyone in (Batman can still fall in himself, though).
*** The sequel ''[[Arkham City]]'' extends this selective invisible wall to all of the many rooftops Batman fights on..
* In ''[[
* ''[[Touhou]]'' features a Spellcard System that is explicitly designed to [[Non-Lethal KO|prevent the death of anyone using its rules]]. This allows the [[Youkai]] the ability to try and kill the [[Barrier Maiden]] heroine, without the risk of destroying their world, while giving Reimu a fighting chance at defeating [[Physical God|absurdly overpowered monsters]] with abilities like [[Superpower Lottery|the ability to kill with just a thought, total immortality,]] and [[Ret
* ''[[
* It is strongly implied in ''[[Spider
* In [[Thief the Dark Project]], higher difficulty levels prohibit players from killing the guards, presumably not out of morality but for the sake of stealth and forcing them to rely on other means of defeating or evading them.
* In [[Ryu ga Gotoku]], no matter how much of a criminal the main characters are. They do not have the murderous impulses of their [[Crime Sandbox]] brethren. It is often used to separate the honorable and dishonorable characters.
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== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', Torg made Oasis swear one of these vows. She sorta forgets it for a while and becomes an [[All Crimes Are Equal]] vigilante. When she remembers, she cries, "I've broken my promise! There can be no wedding! ''Why does love bring me nothing but pain?''" Ironically, Torg himself doesn't really subscribe to this philosophy, as he was perfectly willing to go in guns blazing and swords swinging during "The Stormbreaker Saga" and "Dangerous Days" arcs.
* In ''[[
== Web Original ==
* This trope was actively enforced in the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]''. Player characters who were [[Axe Crazy|casual killers]] were absolutely not welcome, and those that became it later were booted from the game. Accidents still happened, but for the most part the idea the various campaigns operated under was that real heroes didn't kill criminals. The single exception was the ''Big Easy'' campaign, but as that campaign was based on [[The Dark Age of Comic Books]], it got a pass.
* Shortly after 9/11, [[The Onion]] reported that [[God]] [http://www.theonion.com/articles/god-angrily-clarifies-dont-kill-rule,222/ held a press conference] to remind everyone exactly what He meant by "
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Batman: The Animated Series
** In "The Underdwellers", the villain Sewer King uses a small army of abandoned children to steal and commit crime for him, punishing them cruelly when they fail. Batman corners him at the end of the episode and angrily shouts that although he realizes that passing judgment is a matter for the courts, he's ''sorely tempted'' to take matters into his own hands.
** In "His Silicon Soul", the robot copy of Batman that Hardac created in a final attempt to gain revenge on Batman and [[Kill All Humans]] follows his human template's example all too well. The robot has a [[Heroic BSOD]] when it thinks it killed Batman during their fight and sacrifices itself to foil the scheme it had earlier set in motion when it realizes more people will die because of it.
* In ''[[
* In the infamous flashback scene in ''[[Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker]]'', the Joker plays a [[Berserk Button|Berserk Organ]] with [[Moral Event Horizon/Western Animation|what he did to Tim "Robin" Drake]]. Just seeing the boy made Bruce [[Unstoppable Rage|beyond pissed]]; hearing the Joker's tale about how it all happened... he really was tempted to "break him in two". The film implies he actually ''would have done it,'' {{spoiler|if Tim hadn't killed him first.}}
* In ''[[Justice League]]'', an alternate universe episode sees the Flash die by Lex Luthor's hand, to which Superman responds by killing his archvillain in a gruesome fashion. These events eventually draw the default universe's Lex Luthor to try to ruin Superman by goading him into the same murderous rage. Late in this arc, the Flash appears to sacrifice himself to stop Lex's grandest scheme, to which Lex defiantly gloats. Superman hoists Luthor in front of his face and bitterly growls, "I'm ''not'' the Superman who killed Lex Luthor. Right now, I wish to heaven I were, but I'm ''not''."
** The prime universe Superman made an exception for Darkseid in "Twilight". After Darkseid's latest gambit to conquer the universe, Superman has had it with the tyrant and stays behind on the exploding asteroid so he can kill Darkseid with his bare hands. The only reason he doesn't manage it is because Batman pulls him and Orion into a Boom Tube to save them. As it stands, Superman does manage to kill Darkseid by trapping him on the self destructing asteroid. It even sticks for four whole seasons. Notably, he spared Darkseid the first time he beat him, and this is when Darkseid had nearly (indirectly) killed Supergirl.
** In the series finale, Superman subtly expresses his hopes that Darkseid and Lex Luthor are dead for good, without his having to kill them. He is so hopeful that five of the other founding seven have to [[Death Is Cheap|convince him otherwise]]. According to [[Word of God]], {{spoiler|Superman was actually right this time. Darkseid and Luthor both became part of the Source Wall.}}
* ''[[He-Man and
* Aang from ''[[
** Makes up a big part of the [[Grand Finale]], where he can't bring himself to kill the [[Big Bad]] but realizes that leaving him to wage war on the world is just as immoral. Even one of his past lives, with the same
** Meanwhile, Sokka and Toph kill like 500 guys with a massive aerial explosion.
** Aang is [[Reckless Pacifist]]. The rest of the Gaang seems to advert this trope. It's not shown on srceen, but it would be hard for some of their actions to end without deaths of Mooks. They are [[Child Soldiers]] [[One-Man Army|skilled in combat]] fighting in a war after all.
** Aang does admit that he's killed a lot of fire nation mooks before in self-defense. He just doesn't want to purposely kill anyone.
* ''[[
** Averted near the end of the series where a family hunting Demona nearly kill Goliath's daughter. He declares that he will "hunt them down. And I will ''kill'' them." He doesn't (initially) change his mind either; the next time he sees them, he tries to kill them by hurling them into a wall of electrical equipment. They only survived because they had special armor on that absorbed the damage. Apparently, the writers had to fight tooth and nail to let [[Never Say "Die"|that line]] stay in as it was.
*** It's even more complicated. From a cultural standpoint, revenge is an acceptable response within Gargoyle society, to the point of it being honorable (at least for the Scottish Clan). Probably for the sake of family-friendliness, one of the first lessons the Gargoyles seem to absorb is that the modern day justice system is now the proper outlet for punishing transgressors. But as mentioned above, that isn't always good enough for the heroes.
* In ''[[Captain Simian
* In ''[[Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo]]'' Robin gets in some trouble with the law when it looks like he killed the supervillain he was fighting. In [[Teen Titans (
* In the 1960s cartoon ''[[
* Although killing is rarely touched upon in the show, ''[[Codename
* A ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' skit had Batman managing to get past his code by giving the courts a testimony that ends with the Joker getting the death sentence.
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