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** Notably, the Peep tactical officer on the scene, Shannon Foraker, is good enough that even this doesn't fool her entirely. Both she and her commander, Vice-Admiral Tourville, simply fail to voice any suspicions to their superiors, and delete the data in question that might lead to a more in depth investigation.
*** Closer to the trope, Haven's leadership as a whole has a colossal backfire from this when not only does Honor come back, but comes back after they broadcast her faked execution over every major network. It's hard to say whether the people she rescued or her own survival hurt Haven more.
* In the novel ''Relentless'', Morgan's lover Payton pushed her out of the way of a cave in. Unable to find help or to free him on her own, she held his hand until [[He's Dead, Jim|it went cold]], and then left. When he shows up years later {{spoiler|as The Thresher}}, she is understandably astonished, and he, of course, resentful that she didn't try hard enough to save him.
* This happends quite a bit across the enitre ''[[Dune]]'' series, though most notable when [[The Hero|Paul]] and [[Action Mom|Jessica]] are left for dead after flying right into a storm that was meant to [[Theres No Kill Like Overkill|carve the flesh off their bones and then destroy the bones]]. [[Big Bad|The Baron]] assumes they're dead, and pays them no mind. [[Curb Stomp Battle|It ends badly for him, his family, his allies]], [[God-Emperor|and eventually the entire universe]].
* The Japanese novel ''Black Rain'' by Masuji Ibuse follows a Hiroshima family who were victims of the nuclear bomb. At one point they encounter another family who, panicking and unable to free their nine-year-old son from their burning house, flee and leave the boy for dead. Eventually the kid manages to free himself, and, in what must surely be the [[Understatement]] of the year, his reunion with his family is described as "rather awkward".
== Live Action TV ==
* In the ''[[Lost]]'' season 4 finale, the Others, who really ought to know better, leave {{spoiler|Keamy for dead, not taking into account the body armor he's wearing.}}
* In ''[[Supernatural]]'' - ''Born Under A Bad Sign'', if [[Demonic Possession|Meg!Sam]] had actually checked that Dean had actually drowned instead of checking and then leaving, s/he could have enjoyed Sam's body for a hell of a lot longer.
* In the ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' season 1 finale, Sylar is [[Left for Dead]] after being run through with a samurai sword... and at the very end, no one seems to notice his body has suddenly disappeared, with a trail of blood leading to an open manhole nearby.
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* Kusari [http://beta.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=010304 leaves Oasis for dead] after their first battle in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]''. Oasis actually ''does'' die from her wounds, but dying has [[Death Is Cheap|never slowed her down much]].
* Luke from ''[[Freak Angels]]'' took a shotgun to the chest at point blank range. Averted when Jack followed this up by putting a bullet directly through his brain before dumping him in an alley {{spoiler|And then he came back anyway.}}
** {{spoiler|Mark}} also comes back after being {{spoiler|shot, dumped in a river, and}} supposed dead.
** In fact, {{spoiler|it turns out ANY Freakangel who ever dies will just come back.}}
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