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== [[Literature]] ==
* This is a recurring motif in ''The Lies of Locke Lamora'' by Scott Lynch. Locke doesn't have to hold out forever, only until Jean gets to him...
* From the beginning of ''[[
{{quote|'''Mr. Prosser:''' "You can't lie in front of the bulldozers indefinitely."
'''Arthur Dent:''' "I'm game, we'll see who rusts first." }}
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*** Well, if Arthur had stayed there another half an hour, the planet would have been destroyed before Prosser could get around to bulldozing the house.
* In ''Heroes of the Valley'' by [[Jonathan Stroud]], one of the titular heroes says almost that exact phrase to the others as they are overwhelmed in their final fight to the death against a nigh unstoppable enemy.
* In ''Miya Black, Pirate Princess IV: This Impossible World, This Impossible Girl'', Miya utilises this tactic twice; she almost gets herself killed in the fight against Flynn before ending it with a single unspectacular move ("You show off. I watch."), then reveals that the fight was both a distraction and a delaying tactic.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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