This Is as Far as I Go: Difference between revisions

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== Anime ==

* In one ''[[Ghost in ~~The~~ Shell Stand Alone Complex]] 2nd Gig'' episode, Togusa and a woman are looking for a man in a refugee city. They happen upon a teenage who worked with the man in a coal mine and owes his life to him for getting him out in time before the mines were sealed shut after an incident, with many workers trapped inside. When asked if he would take them to the mine entrance, the teenager initially refuses. But after some prodding, reluctantly leads the two there before stating he won't go any further.

* In one ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]] 2nd Gig'' episode, Togusa and a woman are looking for a man in a refugee city. They happen upon a teenage who worked with the man in a coal mine and owes his life to him for getting him out in time before the mines were sealed shut after an incident, with many workers trapped inside. When asked if he would take them to the mine entrance, the teenager initially refuses. But after some prodding, reluctantly leads the two there before stating he won't go any further.

== Comics ==

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== [[Film]] ==

* Very common in old horror films, particularly the various versions of ''[[Frankenstein]]''. The protagonist would ask for a ride to the [[Mad Scientist]]'s castle, and whatever frightened villager would be foolhardy enough to oblige would stop at the long road up to the castle, then explain that "I can take you this far and no further."

* ''[[Hellboy (~~Film~~)|Hellboy II: The Golden Army]]''

* ''[[Hellboy (film)|Hellboy II: The Golden Army]]''

{{quote| '''Goblin''': Here we are... and there they are. Seventy times seventy soldiers. Sometimes I wish we'd never created them. Bim-bam went the hammers! Whoosh went the furnaces! One of those fires took my legs off. This is as far as I go. I'm not very good with steps. But if you're here to stop him, the Prince, I wish you luck. The Golden Army must not awaken. Undo what we did.}}

* A variant in ''[[Wild Wild West (~~Film~~)|Wild Wild West]]''. Coleman (the engineer of the protagonists' train) has been with them through several encounters with Loveless' forces. Now the heroes are about to take to the air in a primitive flying machine.

* A variant in ''[[Wild Wild West (film)|Wild Wild West]]''. Coleman (the engineer of the protagonists' train) has been with them through several encounters with Loveless' forces. Now the heroes are about to take to the air in a primitive flying machine.

{{quote| '''Coleman''': Here's a little bon voyage present for you guys. Gunpowder, nitroglycerine and .44 caliber primers.<br />

'''Gordon''': How the devil do you know about explosives?<br />

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{{quote| '''Aragorn''': ''(to Frodo)'' I would have gone with you to the end. Into the very fires of Mordor.<br />

'''Frodo:''' I know. }}

* In ''[[~~Clockstoppers (Film)|~~Clockstoppers]]'', Zack Gibbs enlists the help of Dr. Earl Dopler to rescue his dad from Quantum Tech. But when they reach the organization's headquarters, Dopler refuses to go any farther. He claims he is too traumatized by his previous imprisonment at QT to go back. But he apparently has a change of heart, as he reappears in the ending to help out at a critical point.

* In ''[[Clockstoppers]]'', Zack Gibbs enlists the help of Dr. Earl Dopler to rescue his dad from Quantum Tech. But when they reach the organization's headquarters, Dopler refuses to go any farther. He claims he is too traumatized by his previous imprisonment at QT to go back. But he apparently has a change of heart, as he reappears in the ending to help out at a critical point.

* In [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]] [[The Movie]], the rangers went to another planet to seek the power to defeat Ivan Ooze. There, they met a warrior who agreed to guide them around but reached a spot where she said she'd grow older than Zordon if she ever went further.

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== [[Literature]] ==

* Gandalf does this in ''[[The Hobbit]]''.

* In ''[[Harry Potter and The ~~Philosopher's Stone|Harry Potter and the~~ Philosopher's Stone]]'', Ron and Hermione stay behind when Harry goes on to face Voldemort. In the movie, it's made explicitly clear that this is because they know he is the [[Chosen One]].

* In ''[[Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone]]'', Ron and Hermione stay behind when Harry goes on to face Voldemort. In the movie, it's made explicitly clear that this is because they know he is the [[Chosen One]].

* In ''Northern Lights'' (aka ''[[The Golden Compass]]''), Iorek cannot cross the ice bridge, and thus Lyra must go alone to face her father.

* In [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s "Red Dog" Kaa the python helps Mowgli in his plan to attack the invading dogs and transports him safely down a raging river, but leaves before the surviving dogs reach Mowgli's wolf pack because it's not his fight.

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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* In an episode of ''[[Ben 10 Ultimate Alien]]'', Paradox takes the protagonists to the edge of a section of space he's no longer allowed in because of an intergalactic treaty, but leaves before he draws attention to himself.

* In an episode of ''[[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien]]'', Paradox takes the protagonists to the edge of a section of space he's no longer allowed in because of an intergalactic treaty, but leaves before he draws attention to himself.

* Spoofed on ''[[Futurama]]'', "The Honking", where the villager says the phrase at the front door of the castle.

* In [[~~Dexters~~ Laboratory]] Ego Trip, Dexter and his 22-year-old future self went further into the future to see the utopia they'll create with their neurotomic stabilizer. A guide showed them the way to the home of an elderly Dexter but wouldn't enter for considering himself unworthy.

* In [[Dexter's Laboratory]] Ego Trip, Dexter and his 22-year-old future self went further into the future to see the utopia they'll create with their neurotomic stabilizer. A guide showed them the way to the home of an elderly Dexter but wouldn't enter for considering himself unworthy.

== [[Real Life]] ==