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A [[Stock Phrase]]. Some characters will occasionally utter this phrase. They're usually people who decide to do something their subordinates failed to do on their behalf. Never send an amateur to do a job you need an expert for, namely, the guy in charge.
The hero, anti-hero, or sidekick was about to day when he finds out that his fellow [[Five-Man Band]] dropped the [[Villain-Beating Artifact|holy gem]] needed to defeat the god villain, gotten killed off, or missed the plane. Sighing, "If you want something done right, do it yourself."
If it's a villain, anti-villain, or the last
Whatever the case, someone - possibly a [[Non-Action Guy]], [[Non-Action Big Bad]], [[Retired Badass]], or someone who otherwise avoids getting involved is sick of having to relay the important tasks to incompetent underlings [[Surrounded by Idiots| who keep messing up]]. [[You Have Failed Me| Punishing or berating them]] doesn't help, [[We Have Reserves| and the replacements are just as bad]]. Whatever his reasons are for avoiding it, he can't any longer. [[Orcus on His Throne| Time for Orcus to get off his throne.]]
If [[Authority Equals Asskicking]], then this is a character's chance to prove it; otherwise, he may prove to be a [[Paper Tiger]]. In short, this may lead to a rather potent and epic confrontation, or it may lead to whoever it is remembering just ''why'' he doesn't do it more often. One way or another, however, it's going to end differently.
Compare [[Risking the King]].
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