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Of course, none of this will keep our heroes from fighting it sooner or later. If encountered early in the story, it may require a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] from one character to allow the rest to escape. If the sacrificial character is wounded, he may insist that [[I Will Only Slow You Down]]; either way, expect him to tell the enemy that [[You Shall Not Pass]] before making his [[Last Stand]]. If no sacrificial characters are available, then [[Big Damn Heroes|someone may show up unexpectedly]] and tell the heroes to [[Come with Me If You Want to Live]]. If the foe isn't fought until later in the story, it will probably be after the heroes have discovered its [[Achilles' Heel]], or somehow dramatically increased their [[Power Level]] (though a [[Super Mode]], [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]], or whatever), and it will ''still'' be a difficult fight. If it's fought both early and late, then the latter fight will be a [[Heroic Rematch]].
In [[Video Games]], may be a [[Hopeless Boss Fight]] where dying doesn't result in the plot continuing. See also [[Fear Is the Appropriate Response]].
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== Comic Books ==
* An early [[The Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age]] ''[[Captain America (comics)|Captain America]]'' story has Rick Jones seeing Cap is in trouble and a [[Mooks|Mook]] tries to silence him. Rick manages to take him down and a mate with a club as well, but as others are approaching, Rick remembers Cap's lesson that only a fool fights impossible odds. So, Rick decides he must make a break for it to get help and manages to escape. Just as the goons decide that they can subdue Captain America and get away before [[The Cavalry]] can arrive, Cap appears and takes them on considering for a [[One-Man Army]] like himself, two dozen to one is hardly impossible odds to him.
== Fan Work ==
* Episode 2 of ''[https://my.w.tt/JTyRFCy6EU Final Stand of Death]'', [[Blink-182| Mark]] is told do this after he [[Too Dumb to Live| made some chainsaw noises, just as Spur was getting up.]] This trigger the events that had led to her "human" death and current stage, which the in-story viewers [[Captain Obvious| points out ''Deathbowl 98'']] to be exact. When Mark learns that Spur, who [[KISS| Gene]] figure it was {{spoiler| Emma}}, was [[Right Behind Me| right behind him]], Mark and his crew realizes they should make a run for it.
** Episode 5 has Evander yelling at the crowd to run as a wave, caused by the shenanigans of Fusion Gundam and Spur not realizing how fast she was going. Many at the prier, [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight| doesn't seems to be bother]] as they were engaged an arm wresting match between [[The Undertaker]] and [[Jack Nicholson]].
== Film ==
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* In the original ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', Gandalf simply says of the Balrog "The counter-spell was terrible. It almost broke me... swords are no use here!" and a little later "this foe is beyond any of you." In [[The Lord of the Rings (film)|the film]], [[Talking Is a Free Action|after explaining to them]] [[Mr. Exposition|what a Balrog is]], he helpfully adds ''"...RUN!"''
* Phantoms from ''[[Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within|Final Fantasy the Spirits Within]]''. They're limitless in number and their touch is instantly lethal (via ''pulling out your soul''); any fight against them is necessarily a delaying action until you can retreat... or a [[Last Stand]].
* In ''[[Spice World]]'', the women encounters aliens, Geri tells the others to ''MAKE A RUN FOR IT'', [[Oh Crap| only for Emma to tell her]] [[Deer in the Headlights| none of them can move,]] [[Mass "Oh Crap"| as they're in fear, even Melanie C]]. Luckily for them, the aliens were friendly.
== Literature ==
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