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Usually accompanied by scrambling to find enough armor or other equipment to cover everybody.
In a horror movie, there is sometimes a point during which the party splits into individual members in order for each to investigate [[Fine, You Can Just Wait Here Alone|alone]]. Usually accompanied by dying horribly while [[Exploring the Evil Lair]] or getting [[Dwindling Party|picked off one by one]]. [[Dead Unicorn Trope|This doesn't happen nearly as often as you likely think it does]], though.
When just one person suddenly leaves the party without warning, it's a [[Sneaky Departure]]. For the opposite, see [[Never Split the Party]]. Compare [[The Fellowship Has Ended]], where the team permanently splits up after fulfilling their mission.
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* In ''[[Power Rangers Operation Overdrive]],'' when the Rangers do this, Dax says that this is just like the part in a horror movie where everyone splits up and gets picked off one by one. Nobody listens to him. (They don't get picked off one by one, but one Ranger ''does'' get kidnapped.)
** Goes back to the original: The Green Ranger storyline had Tommy kidnap Jason at one point, then [[Curb Stomp Battle|defeat both sides]]. Later, during the green candle episodes, the party was again split, with Tommy fighting a monster and Jason trying to capture the eponymous candle.
* ''[[Doctor Who
{{quote| '''Ian''': Why don't we seperate and go different ways and meet back here in ... say ... ten minutes, alright?<br />
'''Barbara''': Alright, I'll go this way.<br />
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** ''[[Mass Effect]]'' would appear to be the exception. You're never limited in your choice of party {{spoiler|if they're still alive, and at least one will be dead by the end of the game}} and they stick to you like glue up to and including the final showdown with the [[Big Bad]].
** ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', on the other hand, makes extensive use of this trope. During the final mission, you split into three groups (two strike teams plus a tech specialist), meet up halfway through, split up again (diversion team and strike team with a biotic specialist), only to meet up one more time before splitting up so your crew can [[Hold the Line]], while you fight the [[Final Boss]]. And it can either go horribly wrong as per the stereotype, or [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|turn out]] [[Everybody Lives|brilliantly]], depending on who leads which team.
** Also, earlier in the game, you are [[But Thou Must!|forced]] to load every crew member who can fight onto a shuttle to go on some ill-defined mission, leaving Joker to fend for himself as the rest of the crew are abducted by the Collectors.
** ''[[Dragon Age Origins]]'' has a minor instance during the [[Final Battle]], when the Warden and three party members go after the Archdemon, the rest stay behind to [[Hold the Line]]. When the Warden approaches Fort Drakon, the control [[And Now for Someone Completely Different|suddenly shifts to the party members you left behind]] and you have to repel a wave of Darkspawn at the city gates (it is also notable for being the last instance when you see {{spoiler|Morrigan}}).
*** Also in ''[[Dragon Age]]'', there's a part were the protagonist is captured, and you're presented with two options: Break out yourself, or select two companions to control and break you out in [[The Infiltration]]. Choosing the latter will lead to several of the funniest moments in the game, like Oghren and Sten's circus act, as well as ''every'' other bluffing attempt.
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* In ''[[Summoner]]'', there is a part of the plot which requires Flece to act alone. Then it's Flece and Joseph, then Flece, Joseph and Rosalind, then the whole party again. Later there's a point where Jekhar and Rosalind have to fight alone; they're typically the least leveled, so I suggest level grinding here.
** In ''[[Summoner 2]]'', there are a couple of plotlines which require you to split up the party. You need to split up into pairs to activate switches at one point, and in the final dungeon the party splits up into pre-ordained groups to follow different enemies.
** ''[[Republic Commando]]'' makes use of this at least once per mission, allowing the player the chance to be a [[One-Man Army]] without your squadmates [[Your Mileage May Vary|either]] [[Artificial Brilliance|doing all the work for you]] [[Your Mileage May Vary|or]] [[Artificial Stupidity|getting in]] [[Stop Helping Me!|your way]].
* In ''[[Corpse Party]]'', the protagonists are split up against their will. They're cast into separate "closed spaces". Part of the plot is figuring out how to reach each other.
* In ''[[Evolva (Video Game)|Evolva]]'', you're forced to split your four-men party several times. Level 5 forces you to split it into two groups, as at least one of your Genohunters (and it's recommend two) has to stay watching over a tunnel entrance. In level 6, two Genohunters are initially apart from the others, and in levels 9 and 11 each Genohunter starts on his own.
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* A little rant from ''[[Bite Me]]'' [http://girlamatic.com/biteme/2003/12/05/112/ here]
* In ''[[Impure Blood]]'', [http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Chapter002/ib010.html Dara orders Elnor to deal with the guards while she and Roan go on.] Justified in that Roan [[Bothering By the Book|must be outside the gates by]] [[Celestial Deadline|dawn]], but there's no such need for Elnor.
* Played with in ''[[Necessary Monsters]]'', when Gravehouse's team splits up to investigate the inside of a warehouse. Said team is made up of: a [[Friday the
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Scooby Doo]]'', [[Trope Namer|obviously]]. Every episode they end up splitting up.
** Which almost always ends in Daphne getting kidnapped, Velma losing her glasses, and Shaggy and Scooby getting chased by the monster (usually [[Scooby
** And ,of course every [[Scooby Doo]] imitator does the same: ''[[Josie and The Pussycats]], [[Jabberjaw]], [[Speed Buggy (Animation)|Speed Buggy]]'', etc.
** ''[[A Pup Named Scooby Doo]]'' liked to parody this by having Fred suggest it even when it made absolutely no sense. For example:
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