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* {{spoiler|Duncan}} in ''[[Mystery Team]]''.{{context}}
* In ''[[Dungeons and Dragons: Wrath of The Dragon God]]'' the lich Klaxx flies off the moment Damodar's plan starts to go wrong. Of course he only involved himself with it in the first place [[For the Evulz]].
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** {{spoiler|Hell, ''half of the assembled Death Eaters'' teleport away when Harry "comes back to life". It's actually kind of impressive.}}
* After being shot in the leg the first time he dealt with [[Machete]], a mook who sees him coming back hands him his gun, yells, "I quit!", and walks away. He's the only one who survives.
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** The author also makes it a point to show this at a personal level; often with the deserter(s) giving a short speech to their companions about expecting to live longer.
* The white-faced women do this in ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]''.
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** Also, {{spoiler|Mundungus Fletcher pulls this on Mad-Eye Moody during the escape from Privet Drive in the same book. Moody ends up taking an [[One-Hit Kill|Avada Kedavra]] to the face as a result.}}
* In the ''[[Halo (series)|Halo]]'' [[Novelization]], a grunt named Yayap goes AWOL just before the final battle. He knows that someone's going to destroy the Halo and kill everyone on it, so continuing the fight would be pointless. He is, of course, right. Halo blows up, and kills everyone on it, including him.
* Both [[Deadpan Snarker|Marco]] and [[Team Mom|Cassie]] do this in ''[[Animorphs]]''. {{spoiler|Of course, both return, either because [[It's Personal]] now or because their conscience won't let them go off the hook so easily.}}
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