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Occasionally, a whole [[Hero Secret Service|group of characters]] will jump between the target and the attacker, and the attacker will either back off, intimidated by these numbers or, (if he's a [[Villain with Good Publicity]], having underestimated the hero's popularity versus his own) simply make an incredibly impressive [[Foe-Tossing Charge]].

 

 

A particularly powerful or numerous enemy in this situation usually leads to a [[You Shall Not Pass]] situation. If the defender is so powerful there's a good possibility they'll go through the person being challenged, it's [[I Am Your Opponent]].

If this is said to (or by!) the [[Intangible Man]], expect [[Hilarity Ensues|hilarity to ensue]] as he, she or it is very likely to act as a [[Literal Genie]]. Also in a rare, horror situation, expect the recipient to literally tear the speaker in half and go through.

 

 

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== Anime and Manga ==

* The climax of ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]] a la mode''. Would have been a very emotional moment if their protectee weren't a [[Creator's Pet]].

** [[History Repeats]] later in the manga, when Aion does the very same thing in an attempt to kill {{spoiler|Rosette, who is ''also'' being possessed by Pandaemonium. Yet again he stabs through Chrono, but this time his attack is blocked by the watch, a symbol of Chrono and Rosette's relationship}}.

* During Vash's [[Heroic BSOD]] in the ''[[Trigun]]'' anime, {{spoiler|a whole lynch mob is taking out its frustration and despair on him, especially now that he won't lift a finger to defend himself. In the end, Meryl puts herself between Vash and a gunman to stop the mob from killing Vash, ignoring all pleas from said gunman that he will kill her too if she comes any closer}}.

* In ''[[GaoGaiGar]] FINAL'', the reprogrammed Repli-mobile unit breaks their brainwashing to stand in front of the still-brainwashed Gai and the Goldion Hammer and King J-Der.

** Earlier, Repli-GaoGaiGar is charging GaoFighGar with Hell and Heaven, and right before he connects... '''[[Big Damn Heroes|"ERASER HEAD XL!"]]''' Then the Repli-Jin tries again, and ChoRyuJin just stands there in front of Guy, soaking the attack with his Mirror Chest. ''Bad ass.''

* A variation occurs in ''[[Soul Eater]]''. Soul would normally be very capable of taking the attack without damage (or not as much damage) but since he was {{spoiler|slightly harmed by Chrona and Ragnorak, Maka refuses to [[Equippable Ally|block with him in his weapon form]] causing him to switch to his human form and end up with [[Scars Are Forever|his torso cleaved open]] to block the next attack}}.

** It was more than 'slightly'. Maka couldn't stand up to the physical force of Crona's attacks and was forced back against the door to try and escape "those doors, they open inwards". Soul was bleeding whilst having absolutely no effect on Ragnarok. Under the pressure and fear of the situation Maka had every reason to believe Soul would be ''very'' badly hurt if she used him to block Crona's last attack. In contrast, when Stein turns up all Ragnarok does to Spirit is to create [[Sword Sparks|sparks]].

* In the fourth episode of ''[[Imma Youjo]]'', an assassin tries to kill Maya but is stopped by her servant Anne, who jumps between them. While he contemplates whether or not to kill Anne, as well, Count Pickingel sneaks around and backstabs him [[For Massive Damage]].

* In ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]'' Merle puts herself between Eria and Neria and Van, and stops them because she reminds them of themselves.

* In the second season of ''[[Code Geass]]'', Urabe of the Four Holy Swords does this in order to let Lelouch/Zero and Kallen get away from the Britannian [[Super Prototype]] that's single-handedly holding all three off. Before this, Urabe was generally seen as [[Those Two Guys|That One Guy]] and the least distinct member of the Holy Swords; afterwards, the fandom gave him a posthumous promotion to [[Badass]].

** Hilariously done in the Mahora festival arc, when Negi is possesed by World Tree's magic, and won't stop until he kisses Nodoka (which she requested). Asuna protects Nodoka and shouts: "If you want to kiss [[In-Series Nickname|Honya-chan]], you've gotta kiss me first!" [[Freudian Slip]] much, Asuna?

* Subverted in ''[[One Piece]]'' as it nears the climax of the Enies Lobby Arc. {{spoiler|Luffy, totally worn out from going into Gear Second twice and Gear Third once, is about to be finished by Rob Lucci. Fortunately, Usopp takes off his disguise as Sogeking and tells Luffy to either get back up, or let ''himself'' take Lucci on; both he and Luffy know that he can't win. Luffy gets back up.}}

* In the very first episode of ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'', Ash does this to defend Pikachu from a flock of rampaging Spearow, when the two just met and Pikachu hates his guts. This ultimately earns him Pikachu's respect, and Pikachu jumps into the air and launches a massive Thunderbolt that knocks out the entire flock in one shot.

* In [[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]], Alphonse defends a [[Heroic BSOD]]-ing Hawkeye from Lust by pulling a "Go through me". It doesn't work, because Lust has no qualms about killing a sacrificial candidate, and Al and Hawkeye are only saved by {{spoiler|Mustang's [[Big Damn Heroes|Big Damn Hero]]/KillItWithFire entrance.}}

* ''[[Rosario + Vampire]]'' has Kurumu Kurono and the rest of the gang get in between {{spoiler|[[Our Ghouls Are Creepier|Ghoul]] Tsukune}} and [[Our Vampires Are Different|Inner]] Moka, saying that they won't let her kill him, despite his being beyond redemption. Kurumu is promptly rewarded for her efforts via a slash wound to the chest by the defended.

 

 

* Used in ''[[Batman|Batman Returns]]'', with Max Shreck's son Chip stepping in to save him from the Penguin's Red Triangle gang. The gang are not impressed and pull weapons on him, prompting Chip to say "Dad, go! Save yourself!"

** Admittedly Max was never actually in any danger, since Penguin wanted him alive, but Chip didn't know that.

** ''Children of the Gods,'' the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' première movie, all but directly reproduces this scene with Amonet (currently possessing Daniel's wife) taking the place of the kids.

* At the end of ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: The Curse of the Black Pearl'', Will Turner does this to protect (Captain) Jack Sparrow.

{{quote|'''Mr White:''' If you kill that man you die next, repeat, if you kill that man you die next.}}

** Isn't that more of a [[Mexican Standoff]]? He's not risking his own life to prevent Orange's death, after all...

** And don't forget the Return of the King, where the Nazgul king moves in to finish Theoden and Eowyn steps in.

* The third ''[[RoboCop]]'' movie has the [[Big Bad]] trying to shoot Robocop. The female cop, present in the series from the first movie, has the extremely smart idea of putting her soft squishy body in front of Robocop's metallic armor and declaring "You'll have to go through me first", or somesuch (this troper only watched the Italian dub). {{spoiler|The [[Big Bad]] replies "gladly" (or somesuch) and promptly kills her with a burst of machinegun fire, followed by firing a grenade in Robocop's torso. Most audiences ''really'' didn't like such a major character dying in such a stupid way}}.

* Subverted in ''Harry Potter'', Harry's dad James says that he will hold Voldemort off while his wife takes Harry, only to be killed seconds later by Voldemort. As Voldemort fully intended to kill James anyway, this blunted the heroism of James' sacrifice. James was dead the second Voldemort found him without a wand, he would had died no matter what he did.

** Lily Potter as well, who refuses to stand aside and let Voldemort kill Harry. She's cut down quickly too. However, unlike James, Voldemort did give Lily the chance to step to the side and live. {{spoiler|Because of Snape's request.}} She refused. {{spoiler|This act of sacrifice triggered the magical protection, that she could have walked away, and didn't.}}

'''Ron:''' Didn't you hear me? You'll have to kill all three of us! }}

** Played with in a non-lethal fashion in the first book, where Neville tries to keep Harry and crew from sneaking out at night by threatening to fight them. Of course, Hermione ''[[Apologetic Attacker|apologizes]]'' before temporarily paralyzing him, but...

* Near the end of the [[Horus Heresy]], Horus has badly wounded the Emperor. Right before Horus strikes the final blow a single Imperial Army solder stands in the way. Sure, he's killed in less than a second but it gives the Emperor the opening needed to win the day. Later fluff change this to being a Space Marine

* In ''[[Matthew Reilly|Temple]]'', William Race's bodyguard does this to protect him from his own commander, Colonal Nash. Nash was armed and he wasn't, so the results were [[Anyone Can Die|predictable]]. At least he distracted Nash long enough for the Cavalry to arrive.

 

 

* ''[[True Blood]]'' has a hilarious ''literal example''; when, in the fourth season, the main antagonist Marnie is confronted by Bill and Eric, Marnie's right hand Roy stands up and tells Eric to go through him first. Eric than literally goes through Roy, lunging forward and piercing into the man's chest, ripping out his heart. Counted as a [[Moment of Awesome]] to the fandom.

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "The Satan Pit": "You'll have to kill me first!"

** Before either of those times, it happened to him in "The Age of Steel", after {{spoiler|the Cyber-Controller offers to convert him}}:

{{quote|'''The Doctor''': You might as well kill me.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

 

 

** In ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'', at the end of Sonic's (or Tails') fight with Gamma, [[The Rashomon|regardless of who wins]], Amy intervenes to convince the victor to let the other live.

** In the ''Sonic Adventure'' backstory, Tikal tries to defend the Chaos Emeralds and the Chao from her father and his soldiers. It doesn't work; they just knock her aside. [[Eldritch Abomination|Chaos]], however, proves more effective...

* In ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', [[Hitman with a Heart|Thane]] met his wife Irika while attempting to assassinate a target. She spotted his targeting laser and jumped between Thane and the target. The instance was so jarring that Thane found himself jarred out of the mental state of a trained assassin he'd been in throughout his entire life, and found himself obsessed with finding out who she was. He even explains the exceptional circumstances of the situation to Shepard, explaining that while soldiers are trained to protect others, untrained civilians are not, and how remarkable it would be that someone would unthinkingly shield someone else that they don't even know.

** In the original ''Mass Effect'', during the final battle, several turian battleships position themselves between Sovereign and the Citadel. [[Curb Stomp Battle|Sovereign simply plows through them as though they weren't there]].

== Webcomics ==

* ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'': Suyan is expected to kill Kiya for her thoughtcrime, and his friend Eltu is there to insure that Suyan goes through with it. Suyan instead pulls a combination of this trope and a heroic [[Hannibal Lecture]], convincing Eltu to let them both leave, and report back to the Chief that they both were killed.

 

 

== Web Original ==

* In [[There Will Be Brawl]], {{spoiler|Zelda}} attempts to protect Link from Ganandorf this way. {{spoiler|He kills them both anyway.}}

* [[Kid Appeal Character|Takua]] does this between the [[Mecha-Mooks|Bohrok]] and the residents of Ga- and Po-Koro in ''[[Bionicle]]''. As it turns out, he shouldn't have bothered, as a surge of energy, released when the Bohrok queens were defeated, was about to shut down the Bohrok in a few moments.

* In one episode of ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]'', Chinese gangster Pandabubba sends his goons to raid the Xiaolin Temple Shen Gong Wu vault. There, the goons find Raimundo, who enacts this trope. The thugs just shrug and say, "We're good with that."

* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', [[Shrinking Violet|Fluttershy]], upon seeing the Cutie Mark Crusaders threatened by a cockatrice, orders the girls behind her and makes it clear that she will be a statue before seeing the girls harmed. {{spoiler|Fortunately, the cockatrice did not have as much willpower as it thought it did.}}

 

 

* The world-famous picture of the man standing in front of the Chinese army's tanks during the Tianamen Square Massacre.

* Before assassins came to murder King James I of Scotland, they stole the iron bar that was meant to keep the room locked in case of emergency. One of his wife's ladies-in-waiting, Catherine Douglas, attempted to use her arm as a substitute. She failed and had her arm broken as a result.

* [[wikipedia:Emperor Norton|Emperor Norton I]] Of the United states, from [[The Other Wiki]] : "During the 1860s and 1870s, there were a number of anti-Chinese demonstrations in the poorer districts of San Francisco. Ugly riots, some resulting in fatalities, broke out on several occasions. During one such incident, Norton allegedly positioned himself between the rioters and their Chinese targets, and with a bowed head started reciting the Lord's Prayer repeatedly until the rioters dispersed without incident."

 

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