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{{quote|''"Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread."''
|'''Alexander Pope'''
You're playing your favorite [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]], [[First-Person Shooter]] or other online combat game. You and your team have come up with a workable strategy for how to tackle a challenging opponent. It will require organization and good timing, but you're sure it will work if you get everything set up in advance... wait, did KillerMonkeyz548 just open fire? Congratulations, [[Spanner in the Works|your brilliant plan has just been ruined in one move]] by a '''Leeroy Jenkins'''.
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** Marcus of ''[[Digimon Savers]]'' is an outright example, to the point of leaping off highrise buildings to punch [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|giant mons]]. Apparently, [[Catch Phrase|that's how a man lives]].
* Natsu from ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' almost never pays attention to mission briefings and will rush off to confront the enemy alone. He also seems to have no concept of stealth. This attitude nearly gets him killed in the Edolas arc because he keeps forgetting that his powers don't work.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'':
** From [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (Toei anime)|the original anime]]; Yugi himself (as in, actual Yugi, not Yami) did this in the early episode "Evil Spirit of the Ring" where the eponymous villain that had possessed Bakura first made his presence known, and it was a rather bad time to have done something so foolish. Bakura had sealed the souls of Yugi and his friends in their favorite cards, forcing Yami to use them as pieces in a Shadow Duel; Yugi got angry eventually, both from Bakura's taunting and Joey calling him "puny" (compared to Yami) and recklessly directed an attack towards Bakura's set monster, which turned out to be an Electric Lizard. Fortunately, he and the others wised up after that.
** Judai Yuki from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' ends up pulling a couple of reckless moves in Seasons 2 and 3 as his status as an [[Indy Ploy]]-pulling ace starting to take a detrimental toll.
** In an episode of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'', Jack Atlas is confronted by Ushio (who was [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] due to Rudger's spell), and because his arm is broken, needs Carly's help to duel him. Unfortunately, Carly became too excited, and quickly became somewhat of a Leeroy Jenkins, ordering Jack's monster to attack without asking him (which, as it turned out, was a bad idea). Again, she quickly learned from that mistake — for the most part.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* In the [[Cory Doctorow]] novel ''[[For the Win]]'', one of the only American characters in the book likes to make money by working with a group of Chinese gamers that help rich westerners with tough MMO battles for a living. Their "customer" in this case plays the trope completely straight, charging recklessly into the boss chamber and ruining the team's careful plans.
* In ''[[The Icemark Chronicles|The Cry of the Icemark]]'', some militia breaking ranks to pursue the enemy at the wrong moment results in {{spoiler|the loss of an entire elite regiment.}}
* In his first appearance in ''[[
* In ''[[King Arthur|Le Morte d'Arthur]]'', Sir Gawaine starts a battle by ''beheading a Roman knight who insulted him at a parley''; the trope is subverted in that Gawaine survives and the battle is won.
* [[Shout-Out|Namechecked]] in [[Walter Jon Williams]]' ''Implied Spaces'': when Grax the Troll's battle cry turns out to be "Grax the Troll!!!!", the protagonist's cat remarks, "Not exactly 'Leeroy Jenkins', but I suppose it will do.".
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** A Red Burn deck uses this concept for the player. It essentially is filled up with a lot of direct damage spells, and hopes that you draw enough of them to kill the opponent with sheer momentum. The problem with this deck is no matter what the game will end on Turn 6; either they kill the opponent with their spells or die from the inevitable counter attack, since burn decks seldom to have any creatures to actually defend the player. The reason this is still considered a "noob" deck is that there is very little strategy beyond "draw and pay for as many cards as you can each turn".
* The ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (Tabletop Game)|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' card game has a few cards of this type. Berserk Gorilla, for instance, must attack if at all possible, and Battle Mania, a trap that [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's|Yusei]] once used, forces all of your opponent's monsters into attack mode, and forces them to attack during the Battle Phase.
* ''[[Planescape]]'':
** In this campaign, one of the major Factions, the Transcendent Order (or the Ciphers) has a requirement for being a member: you must always act on your first impulse. For a Player Character who joins, this gives the Player a rather unique penalty: once he has decided on an action, he is not allowed to change his mind. (In other words, this is where a "no takebacks" rule is mandatory for a player). This does not mean the Player will always become a Leeroy Jenkins, but it might increase the risk or it happening.
** As opposed to the well-disciplined war mongers that make up the infernal armies of Hell, their chaotic counterparts the demons are like this, having no other plans but "scream and charge".
== [[Toys]] ==
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