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* Sands (Johnny Depp) in ''[[Once Upon a Time In Mexico]]''. Halfway through the film, the villains start to catch on and decide to {{spoiler|drill his eyes out}}. It doesn't stop him. AT ALL.
* ''[[Apollo 13]]''. Pretty much everyone in NASA will not give up until the astronauts make it home. Gene Kranz in particular. "Failure is NOT an option."
* Many examples from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', but particularly Sam. He wades into a river chasing Frodo even though he can't swim, resists the lure of [[Artifact of Attraction|the Ring]], and literally carries Frodo through the last leg of the journey even though both are near death from exhaustion.
{{quote|'''Sam''': I can't carry it for you... But I ''can carry you!''
(cue [[Crowning Music of Awesome|Reprise of Awesome]] of the Fellowship [[Leitmotif]]) }}
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** [[WALL-E]]. [[The Woobie|Sweet baby Jesus,]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|goddamned]] [[Tear Jerker|Wall-E]]. Didn't give on on winning Eve's heart (and ours), {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice|and gave everything to save humans from an]] [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot|insane, demented, or just plain evil autopilot]]}}. He's been {{spoiler|electrocuted}}, {{spoiler|dropped into a trash compactor}}, and finally {{spoiler|crushed to death in one of the most literal displays of [[Button Mashing]] known to man}}. Surviving on the seemingly barren wasteland formerly known as earth for seven-hundred years is no small feat either, even if you ''are'' a robot.
** Carl, from ''[[Up]]''. ''Definitely'' don't wanna spoil this one, mostly because it's the third-newest one.
* [[The Lord of the Rings|Samwise Gamgee]]. Is Frodo's only companion to stay with him clear from the shire to Mt Doom, in spite of being turned away from Frodo twice, and in spite of Frodo and others twice more secretly conspiring regarding the journey without Sam or the other hobbits. He also saves Frodo from an [[Eldritch Abomination]] and Orcs, then carries him partway up Mt Doom on his own back. The only incentive he gets to do any of this is when Gandalf says "Don't you leave him Samwise Gamgee" once right at the beginning.
* The final assassin (Yan Xiaogou) from ''Bodyguards and Assassins'' is a realistic version: As a highly-skilled martial artist [[Instant Death Radius|he is unstoppable in close quarters]] against the mostly untrained opponents he fights. After mowing down a lot of bodyguards, though, including major named character - who admittedly [[You Can Barely Stand|Could Barely Stand]] - one of the last few {{spoiler|empties a pistol into him. [[Reality Ensues]].}}
** {{spoiler|"Empties a pistol into him" means that the gunner hit him twice out of 6 or 8 shots.}} Also, for a relatively "realistic" movie, there are multiple examples. Shen Chongyang (naturally, this being about the only role [[Donnie Yen]] ever plays) and the guy he dueled. Fang Hong. Wang Fuming aka [[It Makes Sense in Context|"Stinky Tofu".]] Deng Sidi for the non-combatant version. Of course, this being something of a patriotic film about men struggling to be free from oppression...
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