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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''But even as hope died in Sam, or seemed to die, it was turned to a new strength. Sam's plain hobbit-face grew stern, almost grim, as the will hardened in him, and he felt through all his limbs a thrill, as if he was turning into some creature of stone and steel that neither despair nor weariness nor endless barren miles could subdue.''|''[[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)|The Lord of the Rings]]'': ''Return of the King''}}
A character - good guy or bad, male or female, young or old - who never gives up. ''Ever''. No matter what.
There is no stopping the '''Determinator'''. They do not understand tact. They do not [[Know When to Fold
[[The Fettered|The nobility of their goal]] is ''not'' necessarily proportionate to their persistence. This is just as often an obsessive rival with a grudge as it is a hero on a chivalrous quest, and where their willpower ultimately leads them will depend both on their role and on where the work stands on the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]. Heroes- especially [[Badass Normal|Badass Normals]] with a [[Screw Destiny]] attitude- will defeat villains by virtue of being too stubborn to stay down. [[Anti-Hero|Anti Heroes]] will [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope|Jump Off The Slippery Slope]], forsake The Powers of [[The Power of Love|Love]] and [[The Power of Friendship|Friendship]], [[He Who Fights Monsters|become like that which they fight]] and walk the thin line between victory and tragedy. Villains will refuse to admit defeat, [[No One Should Survive That|resist seemingly fatal punishment]], [[Super
In the [[Shonen]] anime, it's comparatively rare to find a main character who ''isn't'' one of these.
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