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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
* 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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* In Bernard Cornwell's Saxon stories, Ragnar the Younger has one of these against his old enemy Kjartan. This trope name is actually invoked by one of the characters when the main character wants to intervene, saying basically, "Its his fight, and he will never forgive you if you interfere."
* 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 "[[It's Up to You|Not me, not Hermione, you]]!" speech essentially to this effect. Ron and Hermione do often tag along despite Harry's insistence that [[I Work Alone]], but the plot [[Contrived Coincidence|nearly always conspires]] to make sure they aren't around when Voldemort shows up.
** 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
*** [[Fridge Brilliance]]: This gives a good reason. Anyone ELSE being around Harry when Voldemort is around would be instant [[Red Shirt]].
** [[Deathly Hallows|The last book]] has the most overt invocation: Harry says to a crowd of people about to watch his final confrontation with Voldemort, "I don’t want anyone else to try to help."
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* In the novel ''Exams'' of the [[Whateley Universe]], massively over-powered characters Tennyo and Fey insist on Jade fighting two (mediocre) supervillains herself, to prove something important about Jade to Jade: she's not really cut out to be a pacifist.
* ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]'' has a memorable subversion. When Tien's best friend/dojo mate is killed by Nappa, Tien attacks furiously to try to avenge him... and promptly starts getting his butt kicked by Nappa. Gohan, watching from the sidelines, asks his [[Mentor]] Piccolo if they should help, but Piccolo replies that this is something Tien has to do himself. We then cut back to Tien, who is getting a [[No
* Lampshaded and subverted during a [[Global Guardians PBEM Universe|Global Guardians]] third year story. Achilles, leader of the titular hero team, discovers the bad guy who has been causing them so much havoc is his own brother. Cue Gunmetal asking "Is this going to end up one of those 'I have to face him alone' things with you?" To which Achilles responds, "Oh hell no. Take his ass down the moment you can get a clear shot."
* In ''[[Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog]]'', the titular [[Villain Protagonist]] refuses an offer of assistance from his henchman because, "The League is watching. This is something I have to do alone."
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