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{{quote|'''Scarlett:''' Rhett! Rhett, where are you going?
'''Rhett:''' I'm going to Charleston, back where I belong.
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'''Rhett:''' That's your misfortune. ''(turns to walk down the stairs)''
'''Scarlett:''' Oh, Rhett! ''(watches Rhett walk to the door)'' Rhett! ''(runs down the stairs after him)'' Rhett, Rhett! Rhett, Rhett... Rhett, if you go, where shall I go? What shall I do?
'''Rhett:''' [[Precision F-Strike|Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn]].
|''[[Gone with the Wind]]''}}
A [[Stock Phrase]] said by one character desperate for another not to leave. Often said by a very lonely character, or maybe a young character with no one else to look after them. Said by a love interest frequently as well.
May be accompanied by a [[Caught the Heart on His Sleeve]] moment. Many many variations exist, such as "Don't leave me alone again!" "Don't abandon me!" or "You can't go!"
If the person being addressed has to go on alone regardless for whatever reason, expect a [[Tear Jerker]] moment, especially when done coldly, such as with a [[Little No]]. This is also quite common when the person being addressed is dying, in which case this becomes [[How Dare You Die on Me!]]. Can also be [[Stay with Me Until I Die|a plea to prevent]] [[Dying Alone]]. To turn this trope into an instant [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]], just add one [[You Are Not Alone]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Ai Yori Aoshi]]'', Mayu does this to keep Kaoru from going home.
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* Shinji says this to Asuka at one point in ''[[The End of Evangelion]]''.
* Sunao to Sora in ''[[Sukisho]]''.
* Kaede attempts one of these moments with Rin in [[
* Alois to his butler Claude in the first episode of the second season of ''[[Black Butler]]''.
** He also says it to his little brother Luca {{spoiler|when he finds him dead}} and to Claude in episode 8 shortly before {{spoiler|Claude kills him}}.
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* [[Tenshi ni Narumon|Mikael]] says something to that effect to {{spoiler|Raphael at the very end of the series when it looks like Raphael is leaving him behind. Turns out Raphael was only pretending and he eventually takes Mikael with him back to Heaven}}.
** Also, Natsumi said this to her brother, Fuyuki {{spoiler|who is technically Raphael}}, but in this case {{spoiler|he did leave her behind. Tells you a lot about Raphael's preferences, I guess}}.
* In the last episode of ''[[Angel Beats!]]'', {{spoiler|Otonashi asks Kanade to stay with him. However, it turns out that she was there because she wanted to thank him for his heart donations.}} Massive [[Tear Jerker]] ensues when {{spoiler|Kanade thanks him but Otonashi hugs her, screaming to not to say it and stay with him, but eventually she disappears, leaving Otonashi who proceeds to scream her name out loud}}...
* In the last volume of ''[[Hellsing]]'', {{spoiler|when Alucard's disappearing after absorbing Schrodinger, Integra orders him not to. [[Tear Jerker|It doesn't work.]]}}
* Yuma of ''[[Oriko Magica]]'' really, really doesn't want Kyouko to leave her.
* Roy to Riza in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. {{spoiler|Riza gets her throat slit, Roy screams his lungs out at her to not die from where he's being held down by ninja old men. When the old men are finally dealt with, and Roy can reach Riza (who by the way is on the verge of unconsciousness/death), he begs her not to die and leave him. Complete with hug when she is healed, and [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|the fandom squealed their hearts out.]] The trope is even more present in the anime, when Roy - holding her in [[
* [[Axis Powers Hetalia]] has a few.
** Colonial America to England when England has to go back to Europe. America is lonely without his [[Big Brother Mentor]]. [[The American Revolution]] has overtones of this going the other way around, but the words aren't actually said.
** [[Toy Ship|Chibitalia to the Holy Roman Empire]], as Holy Roman Empire goes off to fight in the Napoleonic Wars. They swear they'll see one another again, but the Holy Roman Empire is defeated and dissolved by Napoleonic France. Both a CMOH and [[Tear Jerker]].
** Italy to Germany, sometimes with no impetus at all (he's insecure like that), but most notably after Germany and Russia sign their non-aggression pact and Italy is afraid he's being replaced.
* In [[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]] Sakura says this to Syaoran in the Tokyo arc.
* Although the romanticism is questionable, Nagi uses this in typical [[Tsundere]] method in ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' by implying that Maria and Hayate will eventually leave her (presumably for romantic relationships), and after convincing attempts are made by Hayate, she 'allows' him to continue working as her butler.
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* Issue Seven of the third [[Blue Beetle]] has a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]. Jamie, having vanished for a year, has his family not exactly accepting of him, and so he [http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/2166739.html explains] what's happened, eventually reliving a moment when he cries out "Don't let me die alone!". Which is when they go to him.
* Issue Eleven of The Maxx by Sam Kieth. Julie and Maxx are sitting on a rooftop, where Julie is struggling to find the words to explain to him why she has to move away, with little success. While Maxx stares stoically off into the distance, The sky around him is literally comprised entirely of the words "please please please please...don't leave."
* When [[Watchmen (comics)|Jon Osterman]] is trapped in a lab device that will,
== Fan
* In the ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' fanfic
{{quote|'''Katherine:''' Don't leave me...(falls asleep)
'''Severus:''' I won't. And don't even think about leaving me. }}
* In the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' fanfic
{{quote|'''Roy:''' Don't ever leave me again.
'''Riza:''' I'll do my best, sir. }}
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== [[Film]] ==
* Dory to Marlin in ''[[Finding Nemo]]''.
{{quote|'''Dory:''' "No. No, you can't... STOP. Please don't go away. Please? No one's ever stuck with me for so long before. And if you leave... if you leave... I just, I remember things better with you. I do, look. P. Sherman, forty-two... forty-two... I remember it, I do. It's there, I know it is, because when I look at you, I can feel it. And-and I look at you, and I... and I'm home. Please... I don't want that to go away. I don't want to forget."}}
* ''[[Gone with the Wind]]''. See the title quote.
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* And in what is almost certainly a [[Shout-Out]] to the above, Robert to Giselle in ''[[Enchanted]]''.
* ''9 1/2 Weeks'' just after she walks out.
* ''[[A Face
* In the little-known film ''[[Nocturna]]'', Tim says this to the Cat Shepherd {{spoiler|after the latter [[Disney Death|dies]]}}.
* The Israeli film ''[[Ushpizin]]'', when Moshe runs after his wife, begging her not to leave him.
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* [[The Lion King|"Remember..."]]
* An especially wrenching version in the film ''[[Open Water]]'', where the female lead tearfully screams at her husband, who's dying from the wounds sustained in a shark attack, to "hang on! Don't you leave me out all by myself!" {{spoiler|Sadly, it proves useless. He dies and the heartbroken woman finally gives up hope of rescue and kills herself}}
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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{{quote|"Don't leave me, [[You Called Me "X" - It Must Be Serious|Alec!]]"}}
* In ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'': [[The Movie]], Justin loses his memory, resulting in Alex desperately begging him not to leave her, [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|after she starts crying and telling him that he is everything that she has ever wanted to be]].
* [[Doctor Who]]'s recurring villian coaxes one of these out of the Doctor:
{{quote|'''Master''': [Do you think I would want to] spend the rest of my ''life'', imprisoned with ''you''!?
'''Doctor''': You've got to, come on. It can't end like this. You and me, all the things we've done? Axxons, remember the Axxons? And the Daleks. [[You Are Not Alone|We're the only two left.]] [[Last of His Kind|I've no one else.]] [[Tear Jerker|REGENERATE!]]
'''Master''': How about that? [[Take That|I win!]] [[Not So Stoic|...will it stop, Doctor? The Drumming? Will it stop?]] ''*Dies*'' }}
* During the first two seasons of ''[[Punky Brewster]]'', Allen Anderson was usually the addled tag-along chum. In season three's "Divorce Anderson Style," Allen is consigned to moving away with his mom to another city. As he says his goodbyes, Henry, Mrs. Garrett and Cherie hold up just fine. Punky is another story: when Allen gets to her, she loses it. As Allen leaves, Punky collapses into Cherie's arms, crying her eyes out.
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** House to Wilson when Wilson {{spoiler|decides to give up a part of his liver for a patient.}} "If you die, I'm alone."
* ''[[Criminal Minds]]'': The UnSub of "The Uncanny Valley" says it to {{spoiler|a victim that's trying to escape}}. It manages to be both a [[Tear Jerker]] and the stuff of nightmares.
* ''[[Torchwood]]: Children of Earth''.
{{quote|'''Jack:''' Ianto? Ianto? Don't leave me, please. [[Tear Jerker|Please]].}}
* {{spoiler|Claire}} more than once in season 6 of ''[[Lost]]''.
* An episode of ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' that added much fuel to the [[Les Yay]] fire had Xena screaming, ''"Don't you leave me!"'' while trying to resuscitate a not-breathing Gabrielle.
* Effectively said by Dean in ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' when his brother is dying in his arms at the end of the first part of season one's two-part finale.
* The ''[[Top Gear]]'' Bolivia features a terrifying drive along the cliff-filled Death Road. Afraid of heights and stuck with a car with no headlights, presenter James May begs this, word for word, of his [[Vitriolic Best Buds|Vitriolic Best Bud]] Richard Hammond, whose car does have functioning lights. In a [[Friendship Moment]], Hammond remains.
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{{spoiler|His eyes opened, and he smiled again. "Never...," he whispered. "... my Padawan."}}
{{spoiler|His eyes closed, and he was gone.}} }}
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]] The Two Towers'', from Sam to Frodo: "[[Tear Jerker|Don't go! Don't go where I can't follow!]]"
* [[The Hunger Games|"Stay With Me"]] [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|"Always]]
== [[Music]] ==
* [[
{{quote|''You're my perfect little punching bag.''}}
* "Don't Ever Leave Me" from the musical ''Sweet Adeline''.
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* [[Supertramp]]'s "Don't Leave Me Now."
* [[Pink Floyd]] has a much darker song also called "Don't Leave Me Now," in which the narrator begs his wife to stay with him because he's dependent on abusing her.
* Get Set Go has the song ''"Please Destroy Me"'', where the narrator makes a long list of things they will allow the lover to do ("choke me, bleed me" and "murder everything I am" among others) just so long as the lover will stay with him.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Fatal Frame]] 2'', Mayu says this to Mio when she is locked in the repentance cell. She will also say it if Mio runs too far ahead of her.
* In ''[[Heavy Rain]]'', Ethan tearfully uses a variation of this {{spoiler|when his attempt at CPR on his son seems to fail.}}
* Many comedic examples from [[Guilt Based Gaming]]. ''[[Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri]]'' uses the phrase: "Please don't go! The drones need you! They look up to you!"
** Similarly, although somewhat more meta, the final confirmation for canceling a ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' subscription is accompanied by a picture of an orc with a tear rolling down its face, while the form chides you for "making the peons cry".
* ''[[God of War|God of War: Chains of Olympus]]'' has {{spoiler|Calliope using this on Kratos, when he's forced to leave her forever in order to become the Ghost of Sparta again so he can defeat Persephone}}. The game even twists the knife by {{spoiler|making his pushing her away into a button-mashing minigame}}!
* {{spoiler|Visas'}} dialogue if you walk away after her possible [[Heroic Sacrifice]] during the duel with Nihilus in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]]''.
* In [[
* The end of ''[[Half-Life 2]]: Episode Two'' {{spoiler|where Eli is killed. Alyx cries over his body and says "Don't leave me..."}}.
* In [[Final Fantasy V]], Krile says this to her grandfather Galuf {{spoiler|or rather, his spirit after his [[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}.
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** Biggest. [[Tear Jerker]]. Ever.
* In ''[[Yo-Jin-Bo]]'', this is the usual course of action in the [[Multiple Endings|Bad endings]]. The pendant pulls Sayori away from her chosen man, and leaves them both crying for the other to not leave.
* ''[[Persona 3]] [[Updated Rerelease|Portable]]'': In a [[New Game+]] you can pick a love interest to spend your last moments with. Out of all the love interests only {{spoiler|[[
* In ''[[Mitsumete Knight]]'', {{spoiler|[[Rich Bitch|Linda]]}} says this sentence almost word for word in her Ending:
{{quote|"Don't go... I don't want to lose you... {{spoiler|I don't want money nor fame anymore...}} I just don't want to lose you... {{spoiler|[[A Fool and His New Money Are Soon Parted|All I am now is a woman without merit who has fallen in poverty]], but}} I'd wish to stay by your side... Please... Don't abandon me..."}}
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* As Alexander Graham Bell lay dying, his wife signed, [[Tear Jerker|"Please don't leave me."]] Bell signed the word "No" and died.
* Supposedly, "Please don't leave me" were Chris Farley's last words to a prostitute that was with him during his fatal drug overdose.
* Anne Sullivan, of Helen Keller fame, even as she studied to be a teacher, had to deal with her sick brother James begging her to stay with him in the [[Orphanage of Fear]] where they'd been sent in childhood.
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