Sole Survivor: Difference between revisions

 

Compare [[Everybody's Dead, Dave]] and [[Final Girl]].

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* In the ''Mellowlink'' anime OAV series, the title character is the Sole Survivor of a mechanized platoon ordered to abandon their machines and take a position as ordinary infantry. Just to show how [[Badass|Bad Ass]] he is, Mellowlink decides to go on his [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] armed only with infantry weapons against the conspirators who gave the bad orders, who have giant robots.

* Claudio Darlton, the leader of the Glaston Knights unit in ''[[Code Geass]]'', is the last one of his unit left after the other four pilots and their mechs were crushed by a base, irradiated and blown up, downed by having a chain-sword driven into them and sliced up, respectively. What makes this worse is the fact that they're all adopted brothers, and that their father died in combat a year ago.

* In the [[Bokurano]] anime, {{spoiler|Kana Ushiro is the only of the chosen kids who lives on. She dies in the two other continuities, though.}}

* Terry Sanders Jr. in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team]]'' suffers from the bad luck of having every team he's in getting wiped out except for him on their third mission together, earning the nickname of "Shinigami" (The Reaper) in the dub).

* Brook in ''[[One Piece]]'' is the last survivor of the Rumbar pirates. Although technically, [[Dem Bones|he died too]].

* Sango is the only survivor of the Demon Slayers' massacre in ''[[Inuyasha]]''.

* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'': {{spoiler|Louise Halevy's entire family was massacred at a wedding. She lost her hand in the attack, but was otherwise the only survivor.}}

** Jamil of ''[[Valkyria Chronicles II]]'' is both the sole survivor of his squad and the sole survivor of his hometown (because it was razed while he was away with the army trying to protect it). Understandably, he has a lot of survivor's guilt and views himself as [[The Jinx]].

** Reila "[[Thirteen Is Unlucky|Number 13]]" from ''[[Valkyria Chronicles III]]'' is the sole survivor of ''multiple squads'', causing her to be viewed as [[The Jinx]] by the regular army. This becomes [[Fridge Brilliance]] when you realize she survived when others didn't because she is unknowingly a Valkyria, a race with supernaturally fast and effective healing powers.

* In [[Call of Juarez]] The Cartel, DEA agent Eddie Guerra is the sole survivor of the bombing incident of the DEA office. Also upon catching up to Alvarez in the final chapter, depending on who you are playing as, if you choose the option of {{spoiler|killing your team mates}}, you will end up as the sole survivor.

* In the beginning of [[Crysis 2]], protagonist Alcatraz was the sole survivor of the United States Marine Corps Force Recon unit when the Ceph attacked the submarine that his unit is on.

** {{spoiler|Shelton is also the only avatar still alive by the end of the simulation in ''Schrodinger's Prisoners''.}}

** When James' team launches a counter assault, a single terrorist gets a shattered kneecap instead of death.

** Noleson is the only survivor of the security team that tries to arrest James and his men. {{spoiler|At least, before Pelvanida is blown up...}}

** When a rocket hits the gunner bay {{spoiler|of an escaping Lab 101}}, everyone inside is killed except Shelton, who was unconscious on the ground. He seems to have a habit of this.