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{{quote|"Embrace your worst fear; become one with the darkness." |'''[[Cynical Mentor|Henri Ducard]]''', ''[[Batman Begins]]''}}
[[Primal Fear (trope)|Everybody has something that scares the ever-loving crap out of them]]. [[Fear of Thunder|Thunder]], [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|reptiles]], or maybe [[Killed Off for Real|bloody, painful death.]] Rest assured that in fiction land, if it scares you, you will either end up somewhere where said fear is everywhere, or be [[Stern Chase|relentlessly pursed by said fear]]. Reactions will not vary, with said character wanting nothing to do with this terrifying thing in any way, shape or form.▼
▲[[Primal Fear|Everybody has something that scares the ever-loving crap out of them]]. [[Fear of Thunder|Thunder]], [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|reptiles]], or maybe [[Killed Off for Real|bloody, painful death.]] Rest assured that in fiction land, if it scares you, you will either end up somewhere where said fear is everywhere, or be [[Stern Chase|relentlessly pursed by said fear]]. Reactions will not vary, with said character wanting nothing to do with this terrifying thing in any way, shape or form.
And then something changes.
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This is a Subtrope of a [["What Do They Fear?" Episode]], and a [[Super-Trope]] of [[Cowardly Lion]], who deals with this often. See also [[Not Afraid of You Anymore]] which is a verbal [[Invoked Trope|invoking of this trope]].
{{examples|Examples }}▼
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Pretty much the entire theme of ''[[Soul Eater]]'' (particularly the anime version). Indeed the Big Bad's main failing was cowardice.
== [[
* This is the whole point of the Trial of Heart in an early ''[[Elf Quest]]'' story: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212517/http://www.elfquest.com/comic_viewer.php?fd=
* This is basically a major theme of [[Green Lantern]] and its adaptations (especially the [[Live Action Adaptation]]). Basically, there's a warning to the worshipers of Evil's might: when a Green Lantern learns to do that, Beware his power!
** The Sinestro Corps work using the opposite. Just like Green Lanterns must face their worst fears, so they can overcome them and use the full potential of their rings, the Sinestros must embrace them. Usually, they fight using their own fears as well as the ones of their victims.
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* In ''[[Mortal Kombat (film)|Mortal Kombat]]'', Raiden talks to Sonya Blade, Johnny Cage and Liu Kang about confronting their own fears: fear to admit the need of help, fear to being a fake, and fear to destiny, respectively. The latter is important to the plot, though, as {{spoiler|Shang Tsung tries to exploit it near the end, with no results.}}
{{quote|'''Raiden:''' ''Goro can be killed, and Shang Tsung's power can be destroyed by Mortal men and women. You can overcome any adversary, no matter what they are or what their powers may seem there is always a way. There is only one thing that can beat you: your own fear.'' }}
* Jason Voorhees ends up facing his fear of water in ''[[Freddy vs. Jason]]'', and Freddy has to face his fear of fire... sort of. It should be noted that Jason apparently faced that same fear in ''[[Friday the 13th]] Part 4'', with better results.
* In [[Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara]], turns out that each activity in the travel that each one of the friends was planned was purposefully chosen to help their friend(s) to get over their fears. {{Spoiler|Kabir chose submarinism so Arjun could get over their fear of water due to not knowing how to swim, Arjun chose skydiving so Imran could confront his acrophobia for once and all, and Imran chose the Running of the Bulls as he knew his friends were commitophobic unable to live the moment and needed to confront an actual danger to get some perspective.}}
== [[Literature]] ==
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His heart seemed to be leaping when his first rattler disputed the trail with him, but he mustered courage to attack it with his club. After its head had been crushed, he mastered an Irishman's inborn repugnance for snakes sufficiently to cut off its rattles to show Duncan. With this victory, his greatest fear of them was gone. '' }}
== [[Live
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' had Xander punch [[Monster Clown|an evil knife-wielding clown]] right in its evil knife-wielding clown face during a fear-based episode in one of the earlier seasons. In fact all the characters had to face their fears, but he was the only one who literally knocked his out.
* Joey on ''[[Friends]]'' advocated facing your fears:
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
* ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' has some moments when the [[Cowardly Lion|titular]] [[Lovable Coward|character]] would realize he was the only thing standing between his friends and the villain, and promptly curbstomps them in an incredible display of courage. One example is the second live-action movie, ''Monsters Unleashed'', where, backed into a corner he pretty much saves the day.
* ''[[Recess]]'': When TJ develops a fear of "The Box" (which is basically solitary confinement), Gretchen suggests framing TJ for a crime so he'll have to face his fear. However, she does lampshade the fact that this would either force him to face his fear or just make things worse.
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[[Category:Fear Tropes]]
▲[[Category:Face Your Fears]]
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