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The good guys are on their way to kill the [[Big Bad]] or rescue the [[Distressed Damsel]], 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
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.
* ''[[
** In the Soul Society arc, Captain Zaraki Kenpachi fights against two other Captains so the rest of the party can continue on to save Rukia.
** Happens multiple times in episode 185.
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* The final showdown in ''[[Outlaw Star]]'' is a great example of this.
* The end of the first ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' series did that so that Sailor Moon would be on her own when she finally encounters Beryl.
* Near the end of ''[[
* ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' abused this trope in every single arc. The Poseidon arc spiced things up by splitting everyone up to head in a different direction, instead of following them along a linear path, but the principle is the same.
* ''[[Soul Eater]]'' uses when the bad guys have a headstart to [[Sealed Evil in
** 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 One Half|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 ''[[
* Several times in rapid succession in the Finale of ''[[Mai-Otome]]''.
* In the third ''[[Pokémon (
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. Roy Mustang uses it when he finally comes face to face with Envy, {{spoiler|his best friend's killer.}} He wanted to have the [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] all to himself but Ed and {{spoiler|Scar}} come back for him before he can lose himself in his anger.
* Possible variation in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'': during the final battle, the titular mecha is being fried by the Grand Zamboa's [[Wave Motion Gun|Infinity Big Bang Storm]]. The heroes open up a can of [[Heroic Resolve]]... then Lordgenome steps up and says "Simon, [[Genre Savvy|leave this one to me]]." He summons the Lazengann and [[Heroic Sacrifice|sucks the attack into himself]], converting it into enough spiral energy for the heroes to turn the tables on the Anti-Spiral.
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* Played with in ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'': in the Kyoto arc, [[The Shinsengumi|Saito]] tells [[The Hero|Kenshin]] and [[The Lancer|Sano]] to go on ahead while he takes care of [[Super Senses|Usui]] of the Juppongatana. When Usui comments that Saito is being nice to Kenshin, Saito explains that he only did it to make sure [[Thou Shalt Not Kill|Kenshin]] was out of the room so that Saito could kill Usui.
* 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
* 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.
* ''[[
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== [[Fan Fiction]] ==
* This has happened in [[
* Happens in the Pokemon fanfic [[Blood in The Water]]: All of the 'Dex Holders appear as [[The Calvalry]], 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?<br />
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* Also, in ''[[Alien|Aliens]]'', 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
* In ''[[Sky High]]'', when faced with Lash, Speed and Penny, the heroes have Will go on ahead and fight Royal Pain while Warren, Ethan and Layla stay to fight and Zach and Magenta take cover.
* In ''[[Prince Caspian]]'', [[The Archer|Susan]] stays behind to shoot down Telmarines while Lucy gallops on to reach Aslan.
* ''[[The Matrix]] Reloaded'': Neo versus the new Agents. Later, Neo versus the Merovingian's goons.
{{quote| '''The Merovingian:''' ''Handle'' us. You'll ''handle'' us? You know, your predecessors had much more respect.}}
* ''[[The Three Musketeers (1973
== Literature ==
* [[Older Than Radio]] example combined with [[Rule of Three]] in ''[[The Three Musketeers (
* ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone|Harry Potter And The 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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== Video Games ==
* Happens literally ''seven times in a row'' in ''[[
** Six; the first party member, {{spoiler|Zelos, leaves as a [[Fake Defector]] (or is revealed to be [[The Mole]] if you make certain choices, but the [[Fake Defector]] version is considered [[Canon]]).}}
** Five; {{spoiler|Colette's been kidnapped at the time.}}
* Bill says this in ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'''s online comic "The Sacrifice" before jumping into a horde with 3 tanks. {{spoiler|He doesn't make it back, but it's called The Sacrifice, you should know this already.}}
** In the game, if you choose to sacrifice Zoey, most of her lines are something like this, "I got this, guys! No big deal! ... Shit, shit!"
* This tends to happen at the end of ''[[
* This is how ''[[
* The stock response from any security guard in ''[[Half Life]]''. Well, ''one'' of the stock responses.
* In the last ''[[Onimusha]]'' game, the four characters storm the [[Definitely Final Dungeon]]. After some initial skirmishing, each character finds an arch-enemy and stays behind to fight him, leaving the main [[Player Character]] to carry on alone.
* Happens in ''[[
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