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{{quote|''"I got this, Mung. '''''I GOT THIS!'''"|'''[[Chowder]]'''}}
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The good guys are on their way to kill the [[Big Bad]] or rescue the [[Distressed Damsel in Distress]], but they only make it so far before a bad guy pops up and gives them the old [[You Shall Not Pass]]. Inevitably, one of the team will step up and say, "You guys go on ahead. I'll take care of this guy." He then stays behind to fight the villain while the rest of the group moves on.
 
Often, [[Plot Tailored to the Party|this process will repeat itself]] until only one team member is left… and he has to face the [[Big Bad]] ''[[In the End You Are on Your Own|alone]]''! ...[[Battle Royale With Cheese|Or not.]]
 
Contrast with [[You Shall Not Pass]]. Usually leads to massive amounts of [[I Am Your Opponent]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Naruto]]'' uses this trope during the Sasuke Retrieval arc and in the third movie.
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* ''[[Soul Eater]]'' uses when the bad guys have a headstart to [[Sealed Evil in a Can|an evil can]]. Stein makes the plan based his unit's strengths compared to their's. As per the Description, there are two [[I Am Your Opponent]] momments.
** This plays out even though Stein's plan is ignored by Maka and Black*Star, and results in all Kid Heroes facing the evil 'can' together even though their efforts are dashed once [[Humanoid Abomination|its occupant]] [[It Got Worse|wakes up]].
* The first ''[[Ranma ½|Ranma 1/2]]'' movie has this. There are a series of gates that lead up to where the kidnapped Akane is being held. Each gate is guarded by one of the Seven Lucky Gods martial artists. Members of Ranma's group gradually break off to deal with these guardians.
* Almost required in any given fight of ''[[GetBackers]]''.
* Several times in rapid succession in the Finale of ''[[Mai-Otome]]''.
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* Happens multiple times in almost any given arc in ''[[One Piece]]''. Usually the protagonists square off against a group (be it another pirate crew, a group of Marines, or whoever), and it inevitably comes down to Luffy taking the leader and his crew taking care of the subordinates. This also happened constantly in Marineford, with everybody clearing a path for Luffy to get to Ace.
* Happens in ''[[D.Gray-man]]'' during the Ark arc.
* In ''[[Durarara!!]]'' Shizuo tells Celty to go on ahead while he deals with Seiji, and cheerfully points it out with an "I always wanted to say that!"
* In ''[[Mazinkaiser]]'', Tetsuya does this to allow Kouji to go fight Dr. Hell in the end.
* ''[[Hanaukyo Maid Tai]] La Verite'' episode 11. As Taro, Konoe and Yashima use the elevator to go down and save Mariel, Ryuuka, Ikuyo Suzuki and Grace stay at the top to hold off the mansion's security maids. When Taro, Konoe and Yashima confront Konoe's sister, Konoe and Yashima fight her to give Taro a chance to rescue Mariel from her [[People Jars|People Jar]].
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== [[Fan FictionWorks]] ==
* This has happened in ''[[The Tainted Grimoire]]''. When {{spoiler|Crow}} appears while Clan Gully and their comrades is trying to rescue {{spoiler|Baron Beltorey and Cid}}, Luso takes him on alone and the rest of his group moves on.
* Happens in the ''[[Pokemon]]'' fanfic ''[[Blood in The Water]]'': All of the 'Dex Holders appear as [[The CalvalryCavalry]], but then it is revealed that [[The Starscream|Franz]] has sent the remaining Elite Four members and the hypnotized Gym Leaders after the protagonists. This changes the possible outcome of the scenario entirely, as now the inexperienced Trainers are the only ones left to face the [[Big Bad]]. As the three protagonists leave, the audience is greeted with this badass scene:
{{quote|'''Blue:''' *draws a Pokeball from her pocket* Do you think they'll be okay?
'''Green:''' They're decent enough trainers. *enlarges a Pokeball in his hand*
'''Gold:''' Not as good as us though, right? *grins*
'''Silver:''' *scoffs*
'''Red:''' *silently staring at the approaching enemy*
'''Green:''' Go! *all Dex Holders throw their Pokeballs simultaneously* }}
** It later happens again: Anna and Siobhan are forced to stay behind and battle Franz himself, while Haleigh goes on to fight Josh.
 
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* ''[[The Phantom Menace]]:''This trope is how Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi react to Darth Maul during the liberation of Naboo.
* This happened in ''[[Rush Hour|Rush Hour 2]]'' Carter tells Lee to go after Ricky Tan while he fights [[Dragon Lady|Hu Li]].
* Also, in ''[[Alien|Aliens]]s'', Lt. Gorman tells Hicks to go on to landing craft while he goes back to try and help the injured Vasquez.
* In ''[[Shrek]] 2'', Puss in Boots stays behind to fight off the guards while Shrek runs to save Fiona.
* In ''[[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs]]'', <s>Baby</s> Chicken Brent fights off the giant chickens while Sam and Flint got to stop the food-making machine.
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== Literature ==
* [[Older Than Radio]] example combined with [[Rule of Three]] in ''[[The Three Musketeers (novel)|The Three Musketeers]]'': when d'Artagnan and his friends are in secret mission to London, the Cardinal's agents try three times to ambush or derail them in different ways. Each time one of the musketeers is left behind taking care of the enemies while the rest carry on, until at the end d'Artagnan is the only one who arrives to London.
* ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and Thethe Philosopher's Stone (novel)|Harry Potter Andand Thethe Philosopher's Stone]]'': Ron takes charge of {{spoiler|the chess game and sacrifices himself}}, Hermione solves {{spoiler|the potion riddle}}, leaving Harry to deal with {{spoiler|the Mirror and Voldemort}}.
** Which doesn't translate so well into the film where the potion scene doesn't happen, and Hermione leaves... just because.
 
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== Webcomic ==
* ''[[No Need for Bushido]]'' has [https://web.archive.org/web/20130717101705/http://noneedforbushido.com/2009/comic/359/ NoNeedForBushido] has an instance] of this... done by a random enemy mook, with predictable results.
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* Used in ''Pryde of the [[X-Men]]''.{{context}}
 
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