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* [[Naruto]] and Gaara are ( {{spoiler|or in Gaara's case was}}) Jinchuuriki, living containers of [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can|powerful demons]]. They grew up [[All of the Other Reindeer|isolated and lonely because most people were afraid of them]].

* Arthur and Trillian in ''[[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy]]'' are the only two humans left - for a while at least.

* It's somewhat understated, but this forms part of Harry's bond with Ginny in the ''[[Harry Potter (Literaturenovel)|Harry Potter]]'' series -- she is the only other person he knows who understands how it feels to have been possessed by Voldemort.

* Buffy and Kendra/ Buffy and Faith in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' have a few conversations about how they're the only ones who understand what it's like to be the Slayer (at least before "Chosen").

* Angel and Spike in Season 5 of ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'' - they have a shared history as well as being the only two vampires with souls in the world.

* Lister and Rimmer in ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]'' (series 1-7) are the only two left who remember Red Dwarf before the accident. And Lister and Kochanski in series 7 are the only two humans.

* Odo from ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'' is sort of like this, yearning to find his people, until he does and learns they're dicks (although this doesn't stop him wishing he ''could'' rejoin them). This trope is also used as the basis for the bond that ends up forming between him and Garak who, as the only Cardassian on the station, also yearns to be rejoined with his people. His separation from his people is entirely different to Odo's (for a start it [[Mysterious Past|possibly]] may be his own fault he's in exile) but the knowledge that they'd both do almost anything to rejoin their people and that there's a line they can't bring themselves to cross (no-one is more surprised to learn [[Torture Technician|Garak]] has one of these lines than [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard|Garak]] himself) in pursuit of this desire which keeps them separated from their kin culminates in a [[Torture Always Works|stunning scene]] that should have driven them apart forever but which instead is the [[Despair Event Horizon|basis]] out of which their friendship forms. The look on Garak's face when he finally gets Odo to confess his deep secret about the Founders ("HOME! I want to go HOME!") says it all, followed shortly thereafter by a [[What Have I Done]] expression when he realizes how similar they are (and that he too, can't go home without crossing the [[Moral Event Horizon]]).

* [[Planescape: Torment]] uses this trope. While the members of your party aren't immortal beings with memory problems like you, {{spoiler|they are bound to you by their personal torments.}}