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Line 4: This trope covers all kinds of important sneaky departures on behalf of major characters. It's an unplanned (or is it?) one-man variant of [[Let's Split Up, Gang!]]. The hero might just [[I Work Alone\|value their freedom]], despite being a good team player so far. Maybe [[This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself]], or just wants [[~~Its~~It's Not You, ~~Its~~It's My Enemies\|not to endanger the party]], or not to be [[Overshadowed Byby Awesome\|hindered by them]]. Additional points for a [[Heroic Sacrifice]], where he did it to win the [[More Hero Than Thou]] argument in advance, not so many if we have a [[Face Heel Turn]], but even more points for proving to be a [[Fake Defector]]. After all, sometimes [[In the End You Are Onon Your Own]]. Often indicates an upcoming [[Duel Boss]]. On the practical side, the hero might sometimes make a [[Sleeping Dummy]] to distract the team, or resort to [[Percussive Prevention]] if someone insists on tagging along. In RPGs this might lead into a "follow the splitter" episode, or a [[Solo Sequence]] where the player gets to control the splitter. If the splitter is a [[Guest Star Party Member]], they might just [[So Long and Thanks For All ~~The~~the Gear\|leave with very valuable equipment]] on them. Contrast [[Never Split the Party]]. Not to be confused with [[Stealth Hi Bye]]. {{examples~~\|Examples:~~ }} == [[Literature]] == * ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' - Frodo splits, though is soon followed (and joined) by Sam. * In ''[[Azure Bonds]]'', a [[Forgotten Realms]] classic, Alias runs on her own into the besieged Yulash {{spoiler\|and ends up freeing Moander}}. Later, Akabar leaves Olive's company in a similar fashion, invisible. Line 20 ⟶ 21: ** Cloud attempts it early in the game, but Aerith [[Took a Shortcut\|meets him at the entrance to the next Sector]]. * Sagacious Zu in [[Jade Empire]], around the time you infiltrate the Lotus Assassin headquarters, a decision he advised against. * Zelos does this on a few occasions in [[~~Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)\|~~Tales of Symphonia]], including the Tethe'alla Base and Flanoir. {{spoiler\|He's actually a spy for Cruxis and the Renegades}}. * Adelle does this late in [[Final Fantasy Tactics ~~a 2~~A2]]. * In [[Professor Layton and ~~The~~the Unwound Future]], Layton does this {{spoiler\|and when he comes back, it's actually Don Paolo in disguise}}, and so does Luke later on {{spoiler\|due to being upset by his father planning to move, separating him from Layton}}. * Pinocchio in [[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]. While Gepetto says he's happy as long as Pinocchio is around, Pinocchio blames himself for them being stuck inside Monstro and wants to find a way out, sneaking off to do so. == [[Comics]] == * ''[[Tintin]]'' comic "Explorers on the Moon" has Frank Wolff sneak out and {{spoiler\|[[Heroic Sacrifice\|sacrifice himself]] to save oxygen for the rest of the team}}. == [[~~Television~~Western Animation]] == * ''[[Rudolph the Red -Nosed Reindeer]]'': Rudolph feels he's endangering the others because his nose attacts the [[Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti\|Abominable Snowmonster]], so he leaves them in the middle of the night. * In the ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' episode "The Awakening", Aang feels he needs to regain his honor by fighting the firelord alone, and so he sneaks off the ship that the gang is currently hiding out on. Line 36 ⟶ 37: [[Category:Team Shuffle Tropes]] [[Category:Sneaky Departure]] ~~[[Category:Trope]]~~