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* ''[[The Last Starfighter]]'' is the [[Trope Namer]] |
* ''[[The Last Starfighter]]'' is the [[Trope Namer]] |
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* ''[[The Rock]]'', although it was two, but everyone else on the team was killed. |
* ''[[The Rock]]'', although it was two, but everyone else on the team was killed. |
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* ''[[Rambo]]: First Blood Part II'' was sort of this. Rambo himself even mentions the wisdom behind going in alone when you're outnumbered. |
* ''[[Rambo]]: First Blood Part II'' was sort of this. Rambo himself even mentions the wisdom behind going in alone when you're outnumbered. |
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** In ''Rambo III'', Rambo and the Colonel who trained him are attacked and cornered by what seems to be the entire Soviet army. |
** In ''Rambo III'', Rambo and the Colonel who trained him are attacked and cornered by what seems to be the entire Soviet army. |
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{{quote|'''Colonel:''' "Got any ideas?" |
{{quote|'''Colonel:''' "Got any ideas?" |
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'''Rambo:''' "Well, surrounding 'em's out." }} |
'''Rambo:''' "Well, surrounding 'em's out." }} |
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* Most single-player FPS's other than tactical and squad types. |
* Most single-player FPS's other than tactical and squad types. |
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* In [[Halo]], the Master Chief is one of a very small handful of surviving SPARTAN II [[Super Soldier]]s (and generally the only one available in his combat theater). |
* In [[Halo]], the Master Chief is one of a very small handful of surviving SPARTAN II [[Super Soldier]]s (and generally the only one available in his combat theater). |
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* In Doom you play the lone space marine who was left on guard duty at the ship, now the only thing standing against the hordes of hell. |
* In Doom you play the lone space marine who was left on guard duty at the ship, now the only thing standing against the hordes of hell. |
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* Kirby in his own [[Kirby |
* Kirby in his own [[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!|self-titled anime]] is a Star Warrior destined to fight off the [[Big Bad]] of the universe. |
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* [[Star Wars]]: |
* [[Star Wars]]: |
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** For the villain version of this, the Rule of Two, in which the vast hordes of Sith and their armies are reduced to just one master and apprentice at a time for a thousand years. |
** For the villain version of this, the Rule of Two, in which the vast hordes of Sith and their armies are reduced to just one master and apprentice at a time for a thousand years. |
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