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{{quote|"There is a word for a lone hero fighting against incredible odds. That word is ''Dead''."|Player's Manual for ''[[Wizardry (Video Game)|Wizardry]]: Proving Grounds Of The Mad Overlord''}}

 

 

Can occur as an inverse to [[The Chosen Many]]; there were once many, but now there is only one. Sometimes the heroic inversion of the [[Conservation of Ninjitsu]], where [[The Hero]] becomes the ninja in question against the Army Of [[Mooks]].

 

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=== '''Examples:''' ===

* ''[[Rogue Trooper]]'' is the last living Genetic Infantryman, if you don't count his biochip buddies.

* Len from [[Kamen Rider Dragon Knight]] not only starts ''out'' like this, he wants to ''keep it that way'' at first because he doesn't believe anyone from Earth can be trusted with the Kamen Rider Advent Decks, particularly Kit, who is the mirror twin of the Rider who betrayed the team. The fact that most of the Earth Riders actually tend to be bad guys (though a few are innocently duped or framed) doesn't help matters any. He gets better about it as the series goes on, and then it's revealed that he ''wasn't'' the last of the Ventaran Riders to escape being vented anyway.

* In ''[[Mystery Men]]'', Captain Amazing would normally be more than enough to thwart the evil Casanova Frankenstein's plans for mass destruction ... except he's dead now. Our only hope is a bunch of rag-tag superhero wannabes.

{{quote| '''The Shoveler:''' "Amazing is gone. There's no use waiting for the cavalry, because as of this moment, the cavalry is us. This is our fight, whether we like it or not. Just we few. We're not your classic superheroes. We're not the favorites. We're the other guys. We're the guys nobody ever bets on."}}

* In ''[[Dragon Age]]: Origins'', the player is a newly-recruited Grey Warden of just a dozen in [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|Ferelden]] alone. Then all but two in Ferelden are killed in battle, leaving just the player and another Warden who is nearly as new. Their goal is to unite all the races in the fight against the [[Our Orcs Are Different|Darkspawn]] and defeat [[Big Bad|the Archdemon]].

* [[Only You Can Save Mankind]] gleefully subverts this. {{spoiler|You respawn, while the aliens are [[Killed Off for Real]]. Also, you're not the only one who can save mankind. Not that it needs saving, anyway.}}

* ''[[Demon Knight]]''. The Demon Knight is a [[Legacy Character]]. One Demon Knight, One Collector.