“ | If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you ... and I will kill you. | „ |
~ Bryan Mills' warning to his daughter's kidnappers. |
“ | Someone tries to hurt my family—someone I love—if there’s another villain out there putting lives in danger—who’s just keep coming at me until they finally succeed…I won’t hesitate to kill them. | „ |
~ Invincible. |
“ | If I see you wasting food like that again, I will kill you. | „ |
~ Kyoko Sakura. |
“ | You betray me, and I will kill you. | „ |
~ Thor to Loki |
“ | WE ARE, THE LETHAL PROTECTOR!!! | „ |
~ Venom/Eddie Brock |
The following are heroes that, while still generally fighting on the good side, are more than willing to kill villains. In order for this to be considered different from cold-blooded murder, the individual said hero kills is almost always corrupt or criminal in some fashion or they kill in self-defense.
These heroes are usually very strict in terms of not killing innocent people and can be considered in some ways like soldiers or Evil exterminators. They will not hesitate to end the life of a wicked or crazed opponent if they feel it will save the lives of themselves or innocent people.
They're the opposite of Merciful and Pacifists, and also the good counterpart of Homicidal villains.
Reasons of a character of being a lethal hero:
- The hero eventually killed the villain who they originally decided to spare after a fight, only for the villain attempted to backstab the hero as they turned their back on the villain that prompt the hero to do so. The way the hero killed the villain may be done out of reluctance.
- The hero reluctantly killed the villain due to non-lethal solutions had been exhausted and that the villain in question proved to be a Pure Evil person that must be destroyed with one way or another.
NOTE: Characters that kill in cold-blood, with no concern about "innocence" are murderers and serial killers, even if misguided. Lethal Heroes always have strict codes concerning who/why they kill and VERY few Lethal Heroes enjoy killing (e.g. Venom, Akeno Himejima), indeed they often hate the act but do so out of duty or survival. However, Pure Good heroes are never lethal, no matter how heinous the villain is. Even if they take at least one life, then that "murder" is either out of self-defense, in equitable fight, as a last resort and/or in wartime situations with regret and remorse, and/or protecting someone and/or even can be an accident. There's also been times where some Pure Goods came off as genuinely lethal or desired to kill in revenge, but eventually lost those traits. If they were to become lethal, they can no longer be. If those are the cases, they should go under Dreaded, Vengeful, Wrathful, Military, Fighters, and/or Chaotic Good instead of this category. (e.g. Padmé Amidala, General Hubert Galeforce, Tommy Oliver, Goku, Athena, Kasumi, Geki, Mario, Kirby, Pit, Corinne D'Artagnan, Liu Kang, Captain America, Black Panther, Spider-Man from Marvel Cinematic Universe, Samurai Jack, She-Ra/Adora, Madoka Kaname, Preston Garvey, Fox McCloud, Mipha, Yoda, Link, Marth, Fa Mulan, Jonathan Joestar, Captain Rex, Princess Zelda, Ronald "Red" Daniels, Jack Cooper, Qui-Gon Jinn, Aragorn, Nepgear, Po, Superman, Anne Boonchuy, and Gizmo).
- However, lethal heroes can still be sympathetic if their lethalness is limited and usually kind and benevolent toward everyone else (e.g. Sidney Prescott, SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, Mr. Wolf, Claude von Riegan, Urbosa, Wyldstyle, Korra, Sailor Moon, Ajay Ghale, Invincible, Banjo, Clementine, Rey, Rango and Alan Grant).
Heroes do not necessarily have to kill someone to qualify, some of them just have the potential to do so and can be seen violently attacking someone else (e.g. Hiroki Sugimura and Mr. Wolf).
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- A (Naruto)
- A (Xenoblade Chronicles)
- A Ka Kin
- A Kou
- A.J. the Alien
- A.K. Waters
- A.R.G.U.S. (Arrowverse)
- Aaron (The Walking Dead)
- Aasim
- Aatami Korpi
- Abby (Let Me In)
- Abby Anderson
- Abel (Street Fighter)
- Abigail Jones
- Abigail Roberts
- Abigail Walker
- Abigail Whistler (Live-Action Marvel Universe)
- Abraham Ford
- Abraham Van Helsing (Bram Stoker)
- Accelerator
- Ace Ukiyo
- Achilles
- Achilles (Fate)
- Ada (Brawlhalla)
- Ada Wong
- Adaline Pratt
- Adam "Kane" Marcus
- Adam Clay (The Beekeeper)
- Adam Jensen
- Adam Park
- Add (Elsword)
- Addam Velaryon
- Adelaide Wilson
- Adelheid Bernstein
- Adonis (The Kingdom of Ruin)
- Adorabat
- Adrian Shephard
- Adu Du
- Adéwalé
- Aech
- Afro Samurai
- Agamemnon (Age of Mythology)
- Agatha (Netflix)
- Agent (Elfen Lied)
- Agent 47
- Agent Bishop (TMNT 2003)
- Agent G
- Agent J
- Agent Kallus
- Agent Kramer
- Agent L
- Agent Phil Coulson
- Agents (Crackdown)
- Agito Makishima
- Agnese Sanctis
- Agni
- Agni & Rudra
- Ahri
- Ai Sen
- Aiden (Beyond: Two Souls)
- Aiden Pearce
- Aina Sahalin
- Ainsley Whitly
- Aisha Campbell
- Ajax (Age of Mythology)
- Ajax (Genshin Impact)
- Ajay Ghale
- AK-12
- AK-15
- Akaba
- Akame (Akame ga Kill!)
- Akane Aoi
- Akane Hiyama
- Akane Nishino
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- Akatsuki (Akatsuki Blitzkampf)
- Akatsuki (Log Horizon)
- Akeno Himejima
- Aki Hayakawa
- Aki Narukami
- Akihiro Altland
- Akira Date
- Akito Hyuga
- Akito Sohma
- Akiyama Rinko (TY)
- Akiyu
- Akshan
- Akuma
- Alakazam
- Alan Abernathy
- Alan Grant
- Alan Schaefer
- Alastor (Hazbin Hotel)
- Alastor (Shakugan no Shana)
- Alastor Moody
- Alatus
- Alba Meira
- Albert Frazer
- Aldebaran
- Aldo Raine
- Alear
- Alec Mason
- Alejandro Vargas
- Alena (Encantadia)
- Aleph (Shin Megami Tensei II)
- Alex (DarkHarvest00)
- Alex (Dragalia Lost)
- Alex (Lockout)
- Alex (Madagascar)
- Alex Danvers
- Alex Keller
- Alex Mason
- Alex Mercer
- Alex Munday
- Alex Norwood
- Alex Rider
- Alex Shepherd
- Alex Standall
- Alex Van Helsing
- Alex Wilder (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Alexander Anderson
- Alexandra Trese
- Alfred (Fire Emblem)
- Alfred J. Kwak
- Alfred Pennyworth (Gotham)
- Alhaitham
- Alias
- Alice (American McGee's Alice)
- Alice (Pandora Hearts)
- Alice (Resident Evil)
- Alice Swayne
- Alice Warren
- Alice Zuberg
- Alicia Kheng
- Alicia Winston
- Alien Hominid
- Aliens (Alien Hominid)
- Alisa Bosconovitch
- Alistair (Dragon Age)
- Alister Azimuth
- Alita (2019)
- Allen Hale
- Allen the Alien
- Allied Forces
- Allo
- Alluka Zoldyck
- Allyson Nelson
- Alopex (IDW)
- Alopex (TMNT 2012)
- Alpha Tango
- Alpha Twins
- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
- Alto Clef
- Alucard (Hellsing)
- Alucard (Netflix's Castlevania)
- Alvin (The Walking Dead)
- Alvin Jr.
- Alvis
- Alyx Vance
- Amanra
- Amara (Borderlands)
- Amara Namani
- Amaya (The Dragon Prince)
- Amber (Crimson Tears)
- Amber (Sucker Punch)
- Amelia (Underworld)
- Amicia de Rune
- Amicus
- Amilyn Holdo
- Amleth
- Amuro Ray
- Amy Crystal
- Amy Pond (Doctor Who)
- Amy Rose (Archie Comics)
- An Shan
- Anais Watterson
- Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars)
- Anakin Solo
- Ancient (BIONICLE)
- Andreas Sanchez
- Andrei Sergeivich Kalinin
- Andrew Norris
- Android 17
- Andy (Undead Unluck)
- Andy Barclay
- Andy Bogard
- Andy Carver
- Andy Law
- Angel (Buffy)
- Angel Devil
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- Angela (comics)
- Angela (Mana)
- Angela Childs