Bring Them Around

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• Bleach: In the first Filler arc of the anime, one of the Bount is reluctant to try their Soylent Green Super Serum. Then he tries it anyway and turns into a massive prick. Well actually it was Force fed to him by Kariya, and it made him drunk on power.
• My Hero Academia: In the Kamino Ward arc, Izuku Midoriya is determined to rescue Bakugo from the League of Villains the moment he recovers. He and his classmates have a heated argument, with most of them rather leaving the pro heroes to do their jobs and not interfere. Midoriya pleads to them to no avail. However, when the crowd disperses, it seems that his words managed to sway Kirishima. They ask Momo to create a copy of the tracker she put on one of the Nomus. She's reluctant but, along with Iida, ends up supporting and accompanying them in the hopes of curbing Midoriya and Kirishima's recklessness and ensuring they don't hinder the pro heroes. Once they arrive at the location, they are faced with a new disjunctive—once more, Midoriya convinces his classmates to extract Bakugo using their Quirks so All Might can go all out fighting All for One.
• Naruto: After he defeats Orochimaru, Sasuke Uchiha eliminates most of his forces except for three he's interested in because of their abilities. Sasuke convinces Suigetsu, a former test subject, to join him by promising him they'll retrieve the Seven Swords of the Mist. Karin, the warden of the north lair, is easily recruited because of her crush on Sasuke. Jugo, on the other hand, is a classic case of Defeat Means Friendship—the guy will only bow to someone who can stop and control his kekkei genkai-induced rampages. Together, they form Team Hebi.

• Winx Club Magazine: Upon realizing that Lothar and his men have gotten their hands on a rock-sized chunk of the magic-cancelling Shaab Stone, the fairy-witch-Specialist team panics. Riven tries to convince them to act now so they can snatch the Stone back while the enemy celebrates and prevent it from falling into Belizarius' evil hands. Helia, however, as the mission commander, is not convinced and orders the team to keep gathering intel. Later, Riven gets Timmy out of his hiding spot to force him to help with the plan, and the two of them are caught.

• The Multiverser Saga:
  • If Michael believes that an enemy can be saved and redeemed, he'll take that chance. This has led to a few members of his harem involving former enemies.
  • Merlin from The Seven Deadly Sins is revealed to be the biological sister of Meliodas and Elizabeth.
  • Thanks to his Aspect, Dexter has a good idea of how to do this with people from the moment he meets them. Whether or not he thinks you deserve it, however, is another matter entirely.
  • Lanoe tries, succeeds, and fails at this multiple times with his crew throughout Forgotten Worlds and Forbidden Suns.

My Hero Academia

• The Best Case Scenario, if you're being "realistic": Much like in canon, Momo manages to put a tracker on one of the nomus during the Summer Camp Attack, which prompts one of her classmates to ask her to duplicate so they can rescue a kidnapped Bakugou. This time, however, it's Kirishima, who is the only one still willing to risk his neck and vouch for the caustic Bakugou. This means that, unlike canon, he fails to convince Momo. As a result, he only becomes pushier and tries to coerce with social pressure, which also fails. As the others point out, not only is the plan risky, but given that a classmate died in the Hosu Incident for disregarding the pro heroes' orders, it's also insensitive.

Naruto

• lie in reverse: When teen Sasuke discovers that he cannot physically get separated from his younger self by more than a few meters, he resolves to convince the pre-teen to support his endeavors. He tells him the truth behind the Uchiha Massacre and uses that as a reason to destroy the village. His younger self, however, is not nearly as crazed by guilt and grief as to go to such extremes; so they remain at odds on the matter. What they do agree is to force the village to reinstate Itachi and clear his name, which Tsunade, a far better authority figure, accepts.

Potter Verse

• A Brand New Start:
  • Hydrus instructs Sirius to use his status as the Black male heir to garner political allies for their cause. When his convictions sway his grandfather Arcturus into naming him Lord Black in a show of support, he's tasked with reuniting the Black family under his banner. Arcturus wants the Blacks to be as admired and respected as they used to be. It's slowly going but, in the end, all Blacks are no longer affiliated with Dark wizards but proud supporters of a squib orphanage and a force to be reckoned with in the Wizengamot.
  • Neither of Harry's acquaintances is fine with Harry's ruthless streak. Consequently, he has to convince them whenever he wants to enact that plan involving illegal activities such as kidnapping. This means that he never ends up disclosing to Hermione his revenge plots and that Sirius and Remus are wary of him actually killing people. The only reason they get on board with his method of making Death Eaters disappear so they can win the war is when he promises not to purposefully kill them. He leaves them in a coma or transfigures them into inanimate objects until they can be dealt with.
• Enchanting Melodies:
  • Lily Evans designed a ritual to not exactly cure Lycanthropy but make it considerably more bearable and stop it from being transmitted in any way. Her first successful patient is Remus Lupin who, on her instructions, goes to the werewolf settlements he's aware of to offer them his benefactor's "cure". He assuages any skepticism and tells them that his benefactor won't ask them to become "her attack dogs" in exchange. One of the settlements he visits is led by a man named Gideon, who helped Lupin out a lot in his youth.
  • Lily Evans was robbed of her childhood and family by the Department of Mysteries, so she seeks to destroy it. To that effect, she persuades her old friend Severus Snape to help her by revealing to him that they were the reason she was forced to stop being friends with him and, moreover, they had a hand in the attack that killed her family and countless others in Godrick Hollow.
• A Wizard's Guide to 'Banking': Graham's plan to eradicate Muggleborn prejudice by social engineering is extremely morally gray, so he always finds himself needing to convince friends and potential allies of how it's the only permanent solution to the issue. Most of the time, his strongest argument is that blood purism existed well before Voldemort and brewed the right climate for him to commit genocide against Muggleborns and half-humans. This is reinforced by how, even after the war, politicians and institutions keep favoring purebloods. The first two people he convinces are fellow Muggleborns, Lily Evans and Jessica. Alongside Lily, follow the Marauders. Some years later, when they are discovered by Amelia Bones, Sirius gives her the same arguments so she'll turn a blind eye to their operation. Amelia puts the condition that they keep her informed and that she can veto ideas she finds too morally dark.

WinxVerse

• Phoenix's Secret: The first chapter consists of Helia, who is also Lord Darkar in this continuity, reassuring Bloom that they need to resurrect Valtor to save the world, making it an Implied Trope. Later, it's played straight when Helia not only pulls rank on Valtor, who has to obey him, but also offers him an explanation, which is the only condition Valtor can afford to put.
• Ranger General: The first night Sylvanas finds herself having been brought back in time, Elune appears before her to reveal that she was responsible for that. Elune wants Sylvanas to be her champion in Azeroth against forces like the Burning Legion. Sylvanas remains distrustful and is not convinced. The following night, Elune asks whether Sylvanas accepts the gift of a second chance given to her. Like the benevolent being she is, Elune convinces her not only by being upfront in her intentions but also because she restored Sylvanas to a time when she used to be happy, making it a timeline she'll fight tooth and nail to protect.

• Serenity: Malcolm's Breaking Speech before the suicide run to Miranda. He threatens whom he disdainfully calls "these bungers" to help him beat Miranda.
  Malcolm: I mean to confound these bungers. Take my shot at getting to Miranda. Maybe find something I can use to get clear of this. So I hear a word out of any of you that ain't helping me out or taking your leave, I will shoot you down. [beat] Get to work!

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Seeing that Britain's magical populace refuses to believe that Voldemort has returned and the woefully inadequate instruction provided by the newest Defense Against the Dark Arts, Hermione proposes to create a (later) illegal student club at Hogwarts. Regardless of their opinion on the Voldemort matter, the students still need to learn to defend themselves when war breaks out and practice enough to pass their O.W.L examinations. She eventually persuades Harry to be the leader of said club, Dumbledore's Army, and they meet with everyone interested at the Hog's Head pub. Gryffindor's Quidditch team and Harry's friends quickly agree to join, while much of the rest is convinced after Harry confides in them his many near-death experiences at the hands of Voldemort or his followers. He tells them it was sheer dumb luck he survived and that ought to prove they need to prepare themselves.
• Honor Harrington: In On Basilisk Station, Honor's crew blames her for their assignment to the worst post in the fleet, and she has to win them back through sheer force of will. She eventually brings everyone around except for her First Officer (who's jealous of her being given the command he wanted) and the Chief Medical Officer (who's just lazy and doesn't like Honor making her do any work).
• Making Money: A professor must cajole students into a necromantic rite. He starts with What Is Evil? — and then promises all As. Whereupon one student realizes that this transcends mundane rules about good and evil.
• The Mortal Instruments: Upon having witnessed Valentine Morgenstern get his hands on a Mortal Instrument, Clary and company travel to Idris to try and convince the Shadowhunters' governing body of two things. First, that they are telling the truth, and second, that they ought to ally with Downworlders if they hope to stand a chance against legions of demons. It's a very hard sell for the Clave, especially considering that there are Valentine loyalists in their midst. Clary's unique skill to create new runes is what ends up swaying them in her favor.
• The Night's Dawn Trilogy: Quinn binds the rest of ivets to himself and his cult through increasingly dark means. Firstly, by offering items as simple as new shoes. Then abusing them with forced drugging and violence until they submit. The more resistant ivets are broken by Quinn forcing them to perform Human Sacrifice rituals.
• Paradise Lost: The Devil's secessionary rhetoric against the Christian god proves very appealing to a lot of angels who, as a result, fall alongside him. His main thesis is questioning how their god can treasure the imperfect humans more when he and the other angels have never failed to worship him.
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians: In The Last Olympian, Nico goes to great lengths to persuade Hades to come and help the Olympians fight; whatever they had done to each other, they were family.
• The Tide Child: Initially, Meas lies to her crew about the two black ships from the Gaunt Isles and their true mission to kill the Keyshan, instead of protecting it. But after passing to the other side of Skeariths Spine she decides to reveal their true purpose and hopes to bring the crew around with her. It works but with a few exceptions. On one of the ships from the Gaunt Isles the same thing fails and an Anti-Mutiny is the result.
• Vorkosigan Saga: In both The Warrior's Apprentice and The Vor Game, Miles Vorkosigan uses a wide variety of these techniques to control a mercenary fleet.
• Warhammer 40,000:
  • In Gav Thorpe's story "Renegades", after Gessert killed some Rebellious Rebels and saw another one flee his ship (to Bring News Back), he demanded that the rest paint over their chapter insignia to show they knew they were renegades. Some falter, but it is clear that he will kill anyone who fails.
  • In Ben Counter's story "Words of Blood", Athellenas orders his Black Templar Space Marines repeated retreats. When Valerian objects to the dishonor, preferring a Last Stand, Athellenas threatens him with not only execution but depriving him of honors due the dead and not fighting in the final battle at the end of the universe. After his obedience, and the enemy's falling upon each other, Athellenas asserts that first, he, being captain, did not need to explain, and then explains that victory was the most important thing — and then learns that it had, indeed, been that crucial, because they were the only thing standing between this force and massacre.

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Xander reveals that he's bribed Willy to help them. He initially tries to boast he's beaten him to accomplish it so he looks more badass, but quickly ends up telling the truth.
  Xander: Got the address. I beat it out of Willy the snitch personally.
  Buffy: You beat up Willy?
  Xander: Sure. Well actually, let's just say I applied some pressure. Or more accurately, I asked politely and then... okay, I bribed him.
• Star Trek: The Next Generation: In the series finale, "All Good Things...", Picard realizes he has to fly the Enterprise into a Negative Space Wedgie which will otherwise retroactively erase all humanity. The present-day and future crews are on board, but he also has to deal with the Enterprise crew of the past, and from their point of view, he's been acting utterly bizarre and inexplicable, never mind suggesting flying into the unstable rift. Since this is Picard, he gives a speech about how he trusts them as the finest crew. That works.

• She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: In "Razz", Glimmer hopes to use the resurgence of She-Ra as a selling point to revive the Princess Alliance. She asks Adora to transform in front of Queen Angella, Netossa, and Spinnerella. Unfortunately, Adora can't summon her transformation on command just yet. She manages to do so in the end, though, proving Glimmer right.
• Star Trek: Lower Decks: In "Dos Cerritos", Mariner is knocked out by an alternate version of herself who plans to flee her own reality due to the self-inflicted pressure of being captain. Mariner manages to escape, and tries to plead with the alternate Cerritos crew to help her. They realize she's not their version simply because she said "please", something Captain Becky would never do.
• Winx Club: Subverted Trope in "Morgana's Secret". After Nabu's death in "The Day of Justice", Aisha tries to convince her friends to help her kill the Wizards of the Black Circle in revenge. The other five Winx are all for capturing them and bringing them to justice, but they think killing them will only poison Aisha's soul. So, while they sympathize with her, they try to get her to see reason and don't join her and Morgana.