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* In ''[[Bleach]]'' Ichigo tells Orihime and Uryu to wait for him during the Ulquiorra fight, {{spoiler|she doesn't, the resulting crossfire probably saves Ichigo's life… And causes his [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] to give Uryu a nearly mortal wound}}.

* Lampshaded in the [[Gag Dub]] of ''[[Ghost Stories]]''.

“Okay. God bless him. Leaving me here alone and defenseless in a cemetery. What a guy.” - Momoko }}

 

* ''[[Last Action Hero]]'' goes into this at length, but Jack provides a very pragmatic solution: ''a gun'' in the glove compartment. Unfortunately, it also gives Daniel enough leverage to follow him… and get captured.

* Spoofed in ''[[Serenity]]'' when Mal goes to meet Inara, knowing it's a trap:

'''Mal''': “I mean it. It's cold out there. I don't wanna get left.” }}

* ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]'' uses the sidekick rescue variant when Axel Foley (lead Eddie Murphy) goes into a warehouse, telling Billy (Judge Reinhold) to stay put, because he doesn't have probable cause. The strictly by-the-book Billy gets increasingly nervous as the [[Big Bad]] and his thugs show up then leave with the [[Love Interest]] in tow, and finally gets up the nerve to go in. The resulting [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment sets up his [[Character Development]] arc for the rest of the movie and the sequel.

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' TOS episode ''Still Valley''. A Confederate scout gives orders to his partner.

* Dawn in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' often fell into this. (“Dawn's in trouble; [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall|must be Tuesday…]]”) Although to be fair, Xander had this happen to him occasionally (at least twice a season.)

* Mickey and Rose do this in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode ''The Girl in the Fireplace'', wandering off to explore after he just told them not to run off.

** He points this out at the beginning of the season 2 premiere.

** It's gotten to the point where Chuck heavily lampshades this.

* At every crime scene, Detective Beckett orders [[Castle]] to wait in the car... and he ''never fails'' to get mixed up in the final confrontation of the perp. Subverted in "Home is Where the Heart Stops," when he actually ''does'' wait in the car... and the perp lands on his windshield and drags him out anyway.

'''Castle''': “[[Sarcasm Mode|Yes, we've seen how well that works out.]]” }}

* In ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]'''s prequel movie, Shotaro's boss Sokichi tells him “don't move a damn step from here” during a dangerous mission. Being an impulsive kid, Shotaro moves, and unintentionally causes Sokichi's death, which becomes [[My Greatest Failure|his greatest failure]].

* Yoda to Padme in ''[[Clone Wars]]''. To her credit, Padme does get out of the situation herself by taking out a couple of invisible mooks.

* April O'Neil does this in the ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon, but is at least slightly justified, in that if she listened to the turtles and stayed put, she wouldn't get a story. This was lampshaded in one episode when she trailed some thugs to a warehouse and she calls the turtles for reinforcements.

'''April''': “Okay. I won't wait.” }}

* Disney's ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''. While the title character and his monkey Abu are exploring the caves full of treasure, Aladdin tells Abu to “wait here” while he goes to get the lamp. As you'd expect, Abu sees a huge gem and goes to grab it, ignoring the warning they received to "[[Forbidden Fruit|touch nothing but the lamp]]" and setting off a lava flow apocalypse.