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* Any Russian character in a [[Guy Ritchie]] film, ever.
* Watanabe from ''[[Ikiru]]'' keeps on pestering the bureaucracy till they give in and build a park over the mosquito-infested cesspool.
* The title character of ''[[The Book of Eli]]'' takes his '[[Mission
* Vincent "Jerome" Freeman in [[Gattaca]]; judged to have a life expectancy under 31 years and subject to debilitating heart weakness, he nevertheless becomes an astronaut despite everyone, from his mother to the original owner of his donor identity, telling him it's impossible. Also, he gets to come home to Uma Thurman.
* [[The Princess Bride (film)|My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.]]
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* Aguirre in ''[[Aguirre, the Wrath of God]]'', who carries this out as tragically as can be imagined. Actually, a common trope in [[Werner Herzog]]'s films, to the point that the [[Mockumentary]] ''Incident At Loch Ness'' parodied this, with Herzog himself cast in this role as a director determined to complete a [[Troubled Production|disastrous film production]].
* Michael Myers from the ''[[Halloween (film)|Halloween]]'' series spent fifteen years in a mental hospital, waiting for a chance to escape so that he could kill his sister. When he failed in killing her, he then spent the next ten years massacring everybody related to her. Then, depending on which canon you follow, he spent 10-20 years searching for his sister again.
* [[The Hero|P]][[The Chosen One|o]] from [[Kung Fu Panda]] stuck around with Master ShiFu despite [[Training
* [[Firefly|Malcolm Reynolds]] proves himself to be [[The Determinator]] over and over again in his [[Big Damn Movie]]. At one point in [[Serenity]] he takes a sword to the gut and keeps on fighting. That's determination. His antics can also be found on the [[Determinator/Live Action TV|Live Action TV page]].
* Jason in ''[[Mystery Team]]''.
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* Ginger in ''[[Chicken Run]]''.
* Pixar must be fond of these characters. Going down the list, we have:
** Woody. In all three ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' movies. He never really gave up on Andy, even when he gave up on himself and even when the other toys gave up on either him or Andy. Or both.
** How about Marlin from ''[[Finding Nemo]]''? Not exactly a [[Badass]] but VERY persistent.
*** Actually, his persistence does come across as somewhat badass, just [[Badass Unintentional|in a kind of unconventional way]]. And let's not forget Marlin's friend Dory, or Nemo's friend Gill.
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'''Gill:''' Eh, I've lost count. Fish aren't meant to be in a box, kid. }}
** Sully from ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' never gave up on getting Boo home safely.
** [[WALL-E]]. [[The Woobie|Sweet baby Jesus,]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|goddamned]] [[Tear Jerker|Wall-E]]. Didn't give on on winning Eve's heart (and ours), {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice|and gave everything to save humans from an]] [[
** Carl, from ''[[Up]]''. ''Definitely'' don't wanna spoil this one, mostly because it's the third-newest one.
* [[Lord of the Rings|Samwise Gamgee]]. Is Frodo's only companion to stay with him clear from the shire to Mt Doom, in spite of being turned away from Frodo twice, and in spite of Frodo and others twice more secretly conspiring regarding the journey without Sam or the other hobbits. He also saves Frodo from an [[Eldritch Abomination]] and Orcs, then carries him partway up Mt Doom on his own back. The only incentive he gets to do any of this is when Gandalf says "Don't you leave him Samwise Gamgee" once right at the beginning.
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