No One Gets Left Behind: Difference between revisions

* Averted like ''hell'' in every staircase sequence in ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' -- if two or more of Athena's Saints arrive at the battleground with a new opponent, one of them will ''insist'' on [[The Rest Shall Pass|staying behind to fight, just so the other can press onwards]] to save the [[Barrier Maiden|goddess]]. And then, if the first Saint's [[Battle Aura|Cosmo]] fades, the other(s) will stop, look back and think about how their friend has just possibly died, and then continue their climb instead of going back to help. Then again, the Saints' utmost priority is to [[Always Save the Girl|protect Athena]], even at the cost of their own lives, so they earnestly believe that continuing the mission is far more important -- even if they have to leave ''everybody'' behind.

* ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'', so much - Kurogane {{spoiler|''cuts off his own arm'' to keep Fai from being left behind in the closing world of Celes}}.

* In the ''[[Pokémon]] Special'' manga, Blue and Sabrina are handcuffed together and fighting Lorelei. Blue is knocked out and Sabrina is hanging on the edge of a cliff. Lorelei suggests that Sabrina save herself by cutting off Blue's cuffed hand and letting her drop. Sabrina responds that, even though she and Blue were once enemies, they are allies now and that she never abandons an ally.

* In ''[[Naruto]]'' this is exemplified by the father of Hatake Kakashi, Hatake Sakumo. While on a critical mission for Konoha during the Third Ninja War, Sakumo given the choice of rescuing his teammates or completing the mission, Sakumo chose to save his team. Unfortunately the failure of the mission was not well recieved. While Sakumo prior was respected on the same level or even above the Sannin, the mission's failure caused such catastrophic losses, that he became reviled afterwards. {{spoiler|The stress was so extreme that he committed suicide in front of Kakashi.}} Kakashi from this experience became an ultra strict rule follower and general jerkass who would also put the mission first. Later Uchiha Obito would naturally adopt this attitude and pass it on to Kakashi. After Obito's death Kakashi would adopt this to the extreme adopting the directive that he wouldn't let anyone on his team die.

* ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "The Galileo Seven". During an attack by aliens Spock is pinned by a boulder. He orders the other Enterprise crewmen to go back to the shuttlecraft and lift off. They refuse and manage to free him, getting everyone to the shuttle safely. While the delay means they have to use the shuttlecraft's boosters to escape, apparently dooming it to be destroyed in re-entry, Spock is the one who comes up with the lifesaving bright idea that enables them to be rescued.

* In their first few appearances on ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', the Borg would collect pieces of their fallen comrades who had been killed, like picking up a black box, and allow the rest of the body to self-destruct.