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* ''[[Eraser]]''. Kruger refuses to work with other agents in the Witness Protection program to prevent the possibility of a leak. (It turns out his caution is more than justified).
{{quote|'''Kruger:''' "I work alone. If anyone comes to you and claims that I sent them... ''(hands witness a revolver)''...use this."}}
* Det. Banks reaction to being assigned a new partner in ''[[Saw|Spiral: From the Book of Saw]]''
== Literature ==
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** Then subverted with ''End of Time''.
{{quote|'''Wilf''': Have you got anyone?
'''The Doctor''': No. Traveling alone. I thought it was better, I thought... but I did some things, they went wrong... I need...
* Abby of [[NCIS]]. Her bosses occasionally forced her to take on lab assistants, but she drove them away. After one of them {{spoiler|tried to stab her}}, management decided to leave well enough alone.
* ''[[Burn Notice]]'': Jesse has this problem. He used to be out in the field but got put behind a desk mainly because he didn't work well with others.
* ''[[Dexter]]'': Dexter tells Miguel this in season three and Lumen in season five, but it didn't really work out either time.
* On [[The X-Files]], Mulder is originally portrayed this way. He hates the fact that he's been partnered with Scully and spends most of the first season alternating between annoying the hell out of her and being nice to her. By season two, though, he doesn't work alone...he just works with Scully. And if he can't work with Scully, he wants to work alone. He doesn't like be partnered with anyone else even for a short time. Scully does the same thing in season 8 when partnered with John Doggett.
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' Buffy herself is, of course, an Aversion, having the Scoobies for backup, but as far as Slayers go, she is the odd one out. Kendra had [[No Social Skills]] to begin with and was suspicious of Willow for even talking to Buffy. She has even isolated herself from her parents, never attended any public school, and while she does have [[The Mentor| a Watcher]], she has [[The Ghost|never seen him in person]]. Historically, most Slayers were loners, mostly out of necessity. In one episode where Buffy meets the spirit of Sineya - the very first Slayer - Sineya clearly disapproves of such a habit; Buffy of course, was just as disapproving of Sineya's method, implying such means were outdated - mocking her appearance in the process. [[Let's You and Him Fight|Naturally, this leads to a fight]], but the two manage to part on - reasonably - good terms.
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== Western Animation ==
* In ''[[The Batman]],'' Batman is actually the one to suggest to [[Superman]] that he should join the [[Justice League (animation)|Justice League]], but Superman is the one to say "I work alone": An intentional flip of their usual interaction. Cue that annoying gnawing at the back of your head (there's a special shampoo for that). Less than 24 hours ago Batman saved Superman from another [[Kryptonite Factor|kryptonite-laden]] disaster and Supes is right back to the notion that friends don't help in no time. [[The Power of Friendship|Guess what the rest of the episode was about]].
''[[The Batman]]'', ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'', and ''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League]]'' have splurged this line about a million times each. In one memorable
Bats has the most extended crime-fighting family in [[The DCU]], save possibly the [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]. Nightwing, Robin, Oracle, Batgirl, Spoiler, Huntress, Alfred, the Outsiders, etc. And yet he's constantly trying to sell himself as a lone-wolf-type. At least sometimes he says, "I work ''best'' alone."
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