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When the hero lets the [[Big Bad]] go, or refuses to [[Kill Him Already|off]] a dangerous character (thanks to the [[Karmic Death]] scenario), he will sometimes be quite depressed that justice wasn't served. Invariably, his [[The Lancer|Lancer]] will tell him, "
A common subversion is to have the
Also see [[I Did What I Had to Do]].
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*** Subverted. It left no reassurance for her. [[Glurge|She even questions why she did it.]]
{{quote|''' {{spoiler|Katara:}}''' "Was it because I was too weak, or because I was strong enough not to?" }}
* When Anakin ends up beheading Count Dooku, he gets a bit bent up about it considering it wasn't the Jedi way. [[Evil Mentor|Palpatine]], however, ensures him that
* Said by Midori to Mai in ''[[Mai-HiME]]'' at the start of the [[There Can Be Only One|HiME Carnival]] arc when Nao reminds her of what happened to Alyssa. After she leaves, Midori told Mai that she had no choice, since Alyssa was planning to nuke the school from orbit (it was the only way to be sure).
** And the fact that they didn't know {{spoiler|what destroying a Child does}} at the time.
* On ''[[Babylon 5]]'', Zack is acting as a double agent between the legitimate forces of government and the [[Knight Templar]] forces looking to overthrow them (which is which is debatable, though the author's sympathies are clear). Just about everyone tells him he's doing the right thing at one time or another. He finds this less than comforting.
** In an earlier episode, a doctor kills an escaped prisoner in self-defense. Franklin tells her "
* Used by Slim at the end of ''[[Of Mice and Men]]''
** "You hadda, George. I swear you hadda."
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