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Contrast [[Helping Would Be Killstealing]], for when it's a matter of experience and personal growth rather than honor or revenge.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Happens a few times in ''[[Bleach]]'' with Ichigo; he sets out repeatedly to fight alone, and most of the final battles are just him and the [[Big Bad]]. But his friends and [[The Obi
** However, Ukitake does give Rukia a speech which amounts to this concept and {{spoiler|leads to the death of Kaien}}
** Subverted in some manga chapters where {{spoiler|Ichigo was fighting Aizen and was joined by every single Shinigami or Vizard who could still raise a sword.}}
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** Negi's whole motivation for training like that is so that he ''can'' do everything himself. Although in this case it's not so much for personal validation as that he doesn't want his [[True Companions]] to be in danger because they had to bail him out.
** Played straight during Wilhelm's attack and Chao's invasion, where Evangeline stopped Kaede and Konoemon respectively from interfering because she considered both events "[[Training From Hell]]" for Negi.
* In the second season of the live action ''[[Gokusen]]'' drama, [[The Chick|Takeda]] takes on a college-level boxing champ on a rocky beach. When Yankumi shows up, she tells the rest of the [[True Companions]] not to intervene, even though it's more of a [[No Holds Barred Beatdown]] than a proper fight and [[Family
* Very poignantly done in an episode of ''[[Inuyasha]]'', ''Jinenji, Kind Yet Sad.''
* In ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'', Rika wanted Renamon to assist Impmon in a fight. She refused, because Impmon wanted to do the fight alone.
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* Happens sometimes in ''[[Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple]]'', usually when a challenge fight is being fought, or when somebody desperately wants a rematch. Also interesting is the dynamics of helping and refusing help between Kenichi and Miu: Kenichi is very chivalrous and wants to [[I Will Protect Her|become strong enough to protect Miu]], and sometimes even tries to interfere when she is about to start fighting, but Miu is more skillful fighter than Kenichi (''always'' beating him in sparring matches), and ''she'' is very willing to protect ''him'' when she thinks he is in danger. Kenichi, of course, often refuses such help from Miu, because "this is something a man must do himself".
* In an earlier episode of ''[[Detective Conan]]'', the murder happens at a reunion of Kogoro's old high school judo club, meaning both the victim and the murderer are friends of his. Conan pulls Kogoro aside and is about to tranquilize him as usual when he sees Kogoro's anger about the situation and his resolve to crack the case for his slain friend. Hearing this, Conan puts away his tranq gun and decides that Kogoro needs to solve this one himself, though he does still provide little hints.
* Appropriately, as [[Trigun]] is a [[Space Western|Stranded-On-A-Desert-Planet-For-Three-Generations Western]], Vash [[The Magnificent|the Stampede]] has been known to invoke this trope. For himself, he keeps trying to do things alone and keep everyone else out of the line of fire. More darkly, in the manga Vash ''is standing there watching'' for the horrible, gory, agonizing marathon battle that ends in Wolfwood {{spoiler|dying of overusing his [[Heroic Red Ring of Death|regeneration formula]].}} He does nothing. At all. Despite the incredibly high stakes and the fact that that's his best friend and the fight is clearly completely unfair as well as heartbreaking on several levels. This is apparently his rationale, although it's hard to be sure [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|why Vash]] [[Rule of Cool|does anything]].
** This also serves as a strong distinction between the anime and manga iterations of our hero. The anime is [[Lighter and Fluffier]] enough that its Vash ''could never do that''. '''Ever.''' (His neglect in the corresponding incident consists of being too busy beating himself up for not being able to stop a [[What Measure Is a Mook?|random enemy with no lines]] from [[Eating His Gun]] to notice the blood trail. Not that noticing would have helped. Probably.)
*** Caine the Longshot is, interestingly, apparently the replacement for Livio and Razlo, whose character development is what took those two dozen or so bloody chapters. They gave him a sniper rifle and a mask, and he kills himself when Vash breaks the former. That is it. His whole character. Either really dutiful or really in love with his weapon.
** A lesser example from the anime instead is the guys who take the card-playing rich girl hostage in the saloon in episode 3(?), when beard guy eventually gets his shot at his nemesis, Shinigami Bostalk, who murdered his parents and stole their life's work, and who his hostage knows only as Daddy. Vash respects the avenger's right to the showdown, although he cries with relief when he doesn't shoot to kill.
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* In ''[[Narnia|The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe]]'' (book and movie both), Aslan will not allow the Narnian army to interfere with Peter's fight against one of the White Witch's wolves, saying "Let the prince win his spurs." (book)/"This is Peter's battle." (movie) After Peter emerges victorious all on his own, Aslan dubs him "Sir Peter Wolf's-Bane, Knight of Narnia."
* Lampshaded in ''End Game'' by [[Peter David]] (the finale of the pilot of the ''[[Star Trek New Frontier]]'' novel series), in which [[The Captain]] fights a desperate one-on-one battle on a planet which is blasting itself apart under him. He wins, only to find himself stranded [[Convection Schmonvection|amidst lava flows]]. His second in command then arrives in [[Hover Board|anti-gravity boots]] and rescues him, explaining that she knew he would insist on fighting alone, but now it was time to do things the easy way.
* Throughout the ''[[Harry Potter (Literature)|Harry Potter]]'' series, Ron and Hermione have a tendency to fall by the wayside before [[The Chosen One|Harry]] has a face-to-face confrontation with Voldemort. In the [[Harry Potter (Film)|first film]], Ron gives a "[[
** In fact, Ron and Hermione don't even see Voldemort in person until the last book. (In the [[Harry Potter (Film)|fifth film]], they at least get a glimpse of him, but that part wasn't in the book.)
*** In [[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone|Book one]], Ron is incapacitated by a chess piece and Harry sends Hermoine to summon Dumbledore, reasoning that the two of them don't stand a chance of winning- the only hope is to hold them off long enough for reinforcements. In [[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets|book two]], Hermione is petrified, while Ron is unarmed (his wand is broken) and on the wrong side of a massive cave in. In [[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire|book four]], he's whisked out of a maze and his only backup is killed instantly. In [[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix|book five]], Hermione is critically wounded and Ron is loopy (and Harry rushed off in a revenge-maddened attack).
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** Does it count if you don't notice they're missing in the first place?
* The [[Duel Boss]] in ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]'' between {{spoiler|Lloyd and Kratos}} is one of these, and is set up as one in advance. While either side ''could'' easily bring multiple parties into it, neither side wants to because of the personal catharsis involved. {{spoiler|Sheena}}'s duel with {{spoiler|Kuchinawa}} is another example.
* In ''[[Fire Emblem]] Path of Radiance'', Ike decides to fight the Black Knight by himself {{spoiler|but Mist will run in anyway if she hasn't fallen in battle}}. Then in the sequel ''Radiant Dawn'', both Ike and the Black Knight agree [[
** Ike's weapon is the only weapon that can damage the Black Knight anyways, so it's really a [[Justified Trope]]. Also, the main characters of other Fire Emblem games ''attempt'' to go alone, but other characters insist on helping out.
** Not so. Haar, when power-leveled to a [[Game Breaker|LV 10 Dragonlord or above]] and equipped with a Hammer, can [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|cut the Black Knight's HP in HALF]].
* Yuri of ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'' pulls this card; he leaves the rest of the party at Halure to head to {{spoiler|Zaphias, where Alexei is holding a [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] Estelle. Presumably, the logic is that, since he's proven himself to be a [[Vigilante Man]] who won't hesitate to kill when necessary, he's the only one who will have the guts to put Estelle out of her misery}}. He only makes it halfway when the rest of the party [[Subverted Trope|catches up and beats the crap out of him for doing something so stupid]]. And then he figures out what the right thing to do in this situation is.
** Arguably [[Deconstruction|deconstructed]] with Judith. {{spoiler|Since her father created the deadly Hermes Blastia, she believes that she's the only one who should worry about dealing with them and tried not to get the party involved. This belief is treated as a very bad thing, and in fact causes serious problems for the party at one point.}}
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** Still, it's not like the rest of the gaang just sat down doing nothing while Anng fought Ozai: Zuko and Katara were fighting Azula, Sokka, Suki and Toph were sabotaging the Fire nation fleet while Iroh and the White Lotus were reconquering Ba Sing Se.
* When a few members of the [[Justice League]] end up in the Old West, Jonah Hex prevents them from getting between the local town's hero and the main bad guy, because, in Hex's words: "A man's gotta settle his own accounts".
* In ''[[The Avengers:
{{quote| '''Cap''': You can face Man-Ape alone. Anyone else is fair game.}}
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