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* Katniss in ''[[The Hunger Games (novel)|The Hunger Games]]'', to an extent. Most of the plot comes together because of her spontaneous decisions, as well as outside characters forcing into situations; she even mentions at the end of the first book that she'd rather just live a normal life.
* Richard Mayhew in ''[[Neverwhere]]''. Survivor really is the word here, as the sole fact that he lived to see the ending is an ample feat of [[badass]]ery.
* Rincewind the 'Wizzard' from ''[[Discworld]]''. The man is a champion runner, great at improvising and never willingly goes along with insane plans.<ref>Except in ''The Last Hero'', where he didn't want to volunteer but knew running meant he'd just be dragged back - and they were short on time.</ref> [[Cosmic Plaything|Not that that stops it from happening]]. Of course, since he is ''literally'' The Lady <s> Luck</s>'s [[Cosmic Plaything|plaything]], the extraordinary coincidences are no accident. At this point, due to some of his companions and their publications, so many people know about him and his penchant for surviving ''anything'' the universe can throw at him that they genuinely believe he is amazingly good at what he does.
{{quote|'''Ridcully:''' I think you're all missing the key point here. Chap survives. Talented.}}
** His personal philosophy is "It doesn't matter where you're running, it only matters where you're running from." Seems like a good mantra for any Action Survivor.
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* Skeeter Jackson, in ''[[Time Scout]]'', as a child finds himself accidentally {{spoiler|in medieval Mongolia}}, where he has to struggle desperately to survive, with no more training than a neglected child of a wealthy, modern family might have.<ref>ie. none</ref>
* [[Well World|Nathan Brazil and Mavra Chang]] go through some horrifying things, like the Holocaust or being temporarily deformed into bastardized farm animals, but they always return to normal in the end. It helps that survivng is their super power, and everything BUT dying can happen to them.
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