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Even if [[In the End You Are On Your Own]], the Power Of Trust an ally bestows can be just as good as their physical presence.

 

 

See also [[Undying Loyalty]] which can be an end result of this. When trust runs deep, you'll have friends for life.

 

== [[Fan Fiction]] ==

* Pretty much the second-half (so far) [[Story Arc]] of ''[[Misfiled Dreams (Fanfic)|Misfiled Dreams]]''.

* ''[[The Return (Fanfic)|The Return]]'' - Want to get a group of succubae working for your mercenary army? Col. Edwards finds this method works nicely.

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

** This goes both ways with his companions, and can make for some [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Crowning Moments of Heartwarming]]. The "I believe in her" speech from The Satan Pit is a great example of this.

* ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]:'' both ways between Adama and Athena

** But to be fair to Alice, he certainly doesn't ''look'' or ''behave'' like a particularly trustworthy guy.

* ''[[Kamen Rider Blade]]'': All of Hajime's transformations come from being trusted. Really, all of them.

* [[The X-Files (TV)|Mulder and Scully]] trust each other so closely and so intensely that if someone tells one of them something and the other contradicts it, they will pretty much believe the other without even thinking about it. Essentially, ''The X-Files'' is [[The Power of Trust]] turned [[Up to Eleven]]. The show's tagline is "Trust no one"--and they don't. Except each other, no matter what.

** Not always, though, which since this trope is [[Up to Eleven]], causes so much more hurt and confusion than it usually would. A big plot point in season six and part of season seven was Mulder trusting his ex-partner/ex-girlfriend Diana Fowley over Scully. Scully and the Lone Gunmen even had hard proof that she was working for the [[Big Bad]], and Mulder refused to believe it. It almost caused the break-up of the partnership. Of course, that was what Diana Fowley had wanted all along.

* In ''[[Mass Effect 2 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 2]]'', it's only the trust between Shepard and [[The Squad]] members that gets them all through the [[Suicide Mission]] in one piece. Fail to gain their trust and you'll be looking at a long row of caskets.

* Trust is one of the "Spirit Commands" in ''[[Super Robot Wars (Video Game)|Super Robot Wars]]'', and partially recovers the HP of another unit. Or your own unit; believing in oneself is powerful too.

** Note the stronger version is called in Japan "[[The Power of Friendship|Friendship]]".

* Possibly touched upon in ''[[The World Ends With You (Video Game)|The World Ends With You]]''. Neku is told repeatedly to trust his partner, and {{spoiler|after the incident where he had to learn that lesson in the first place}} he does -- even when finding out that one of them was {{spoiler|using him and out to destroy Shibuya.}} That trust may have {{spoiler|caused Joshua's change of heart at the end.}} Or maybe not, the [[Gainax Ending|ending was pretty Gainaxy]]. Anyone else know if this counts?

{{quote| '''Six''' Not even a flinch. You really believe in me that much kid?}}

* ''[[Wolverine and The X-Men (Animation)|Wolverine and The X-Men]]'': A single moment of trust saved the world {{spoiler|and the lack of trust damned it the first time around. Emma betrayed the team, which led to Phoenix running around under the control of the Inner Circle (who just expelled Emma, who wanted to destroy it). She was left tied to a wall when Logan found her. In the first timeline, he left her there. Which meant no one could contain and destroy Phoenix, and thus Phoenix burned the world. A message fragment from Xavier passed back through time was enough to help Logan trust her and free her, allowing her to sacrifice herself for the world.}}

 

== [[Real Life]] ==

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