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{{quote|''"It's like a blind spot. It's something you don't see, or can't see, or your brain doesn't let you see because it assumes that it's [[Trope Namer|Somebody. Else's. Problem]]."''
|'''Ford Prefect''', ''Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' (though this is actually describing a [[Perception Filter]])}}
Does somebody need a million dollars to pay off a loan shark? Is he bleeding to death on the street? Will a nuclear war start if he doesn't get the launch codes? [[Torture Cellar|Has he found out that young girls are vanishing into a house where the windows are coated with human blood]]? Whatever it is, he begs people for help—but no help is forthcoming. As far as they're concerned, it's '''Somebody Else's Problem'''. They're [[Apathetic Citizens]] and have more important things to worry about, like their [[Seinfeldian Conversation|back pains]].
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{{noreallife|avert the trope and tell the police, not us.}}
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[Code Geass]]'': "My mother is dead!" "Old news, what of it?" {{spoiler|This dialogue took place between a boy and his father. Just days after it happened.}}
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* This is a regularly occurring concept in the Marvel and DC universes. Even in places where several super-powered heroes or organizations of heroes coexist, most notably the Marvel Universe's New York City metropolitan area, they tend to let everybody deal with their respective Rogue Gallery, regardless of the possible threat to civilians. This is averted on a fairly regular basis, but is still noticeable.
* In ''[[DMZ]]'', Wilson has kept [[The Triads and the Tongs|his army of "grandsons"]] out of several fights and military incidents because it either isn't their fight, isn't their war, isn't something that concerns them, etc. Wilson's only concern is building up his power in China Town/among the Chinese, and working towards being the most powerful force in Manhattan.
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* In ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', Kyon performs a more limited version of this trope. He doesn't want to rely too much on Yuki and Haruhi has a limit on her reality-warping, so he dumps all the problems he can't fix to Koizumi and his organization. What Kyon's guile can't fix, Koizumi's organization usually has the connections and resources to pull off.
== Film ==
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