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{{quote|"You would not ask me to break faith with him?"}}
* ''Horton Hatches the Egg'', by [[Dr. Seuss]]: "I meant what I said, and I said what I meant; an elephant's faithful, one hundred percent." Horton sticks with his agreed-upon egg-sitting, no matter how much suffering it puts him through, and no matter how much the bird is abusing it.
* In [[J. K.
** Also, see The Unbreakable Vow, a more literal version of this trope.
*** To be more specific, the Unbreakable Vow is a spell that forces a person into this trope. If the person who gives his word goes back on it, he/she dies. Period.
*** In other words, he has the option of a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] or this trope.
** In many ''Harry Potter'' [[Fanfic
* In [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]'s ''[[John Carter of Mars|A Princess of Mars]]'', when Dejah Thoris is chained, John Carter tries to get the key. Tars Tarkas tells him he may have it for giving his word that neither he nor she would try to escape. John Carter tells him to keep it.
** Thuvia in ''[[John Carter of Mars|Thuvia, Maid of Mars]]'' and Tara in ''[[John Carter of Mars|The Chessmen of Mars]]'' are deeply distressed at falling in love with the hero while promised to another man.
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