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* To the film ''[[Thor (Film)|Thor]]'''s credit, the answer is that it is pretty high. {{spoiler|Part of Thor's [[Character Development]] was that he realized that Jotun aren't just a mindless race that he can just stroll in and kill for his entertainment. Near the end of the film, he pleads with Loki to stop his genocidal plan. Ironically, Loki (who had found out he himself was a Frost Giant) calls them "a race of monsters".}}
* ''[[And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird]]'' plays with this. The villain knows that the robot Newman has been [[Haunted Technology|possessed]] by human intelligence Matt, and yet dismantles him. Matt's family regards this with appropriate horror. On the other hand, Matt's son hitting him in an argument isn't treated seriously at all.
* In a rare example of What Measure Is A Non-Living Object, the male and female leads in ''[[National Treasure]]'' both opt to risk the latter's [[Disney Villain Death]] rather than [["Friend or Idol?" Decision|allow an item they're carrying to fall into a pit and be lost forever]]. Justified because they're both die-hard historians, and it's the freakin' ''Declaration of Independence''.
* In the silent movie ''[[The Golem (Film)|The Golem]]'', the Rabbi -- who is essentially a good character -- has no qualms about turning his creation the [[Golem]] on and off according to his convenience, and eventually prepares to destroy him when the latter has fulfilled his purpose. The Golem, [[Non-Malicious Monster|who is not malicious in itself]], more and more takes offense at the way the humans treat him. His resulting rebellion leads up to the climax of the movie.
* In ''Starchaser: The Legend of Orin'', if you are a robot, '''RUN'''. You have a 90% chance of being killed, regardless of how much personality or plot importance you have. If you're a fembot, you're the character who gets kidnapped, mind raped, sold into slavery, and killed. This movie seriously hates robots.
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