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* 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."
* 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.}}
{{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 />
{{quote|'''Coleman''': Here's a little bon voyage present for you guys. Gunpowder, nitroglycerine and .44 caliber primers.
'''Gordon''': How the devil do you know about explosives?<br />
'''Gordon''': How the devil do you know about explosives?
'''Coleman''': U.S. Marshal Coleman. The President wanted me to look after you. But I draw the line at defying gravity, so good luck. }}
'''Coleman''': U.S. Marshal Coleman. The President wanted me to look after you. But I draw the line at defying gravity, so good luck. }}
* Inverted in the film version of ''[[The Lord of the Rings|The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring]]'' when [[The Hero]], Frodo, ''chooses'' to go on alone into Mordor, although his far more experienced companions would willingly have gone with him.
* Inverted in the film version of ''[[The Lord of the Rings|The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring]]'' when [[The Hero]], Frodo, ''chooses'' to go on alone into Mordor, although his far more experienced companions would willingly have gone with him.
{{quote| '''Aragorn''': ''(to Frodo)'' I would have gone with you to the end. Into the very fires of Mordor.<br />
{{quote|'''Aragorn''': ''(to Frodo)'' I would have gone with you to the end. Into the very fires of Mordor.
'''Frodo:''' I know. }}
'''Frodo:''' I know. }}
* 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 ''[[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.
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== [[Theater]] ==
== [[Theater]] ==
* ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'', as Madame Giry leads Raoul to the Phantom.
* ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'', as Madame Giry leads Raoul to the Phantom.
{{quote| '''Madame Giry:''' This is as far as I dare go, sir.}}
{{quote|'''Madame Giry:''' This is as far as I dare go, sir.}}


== [[Video Games]] ==
== [[Video Games]] ==
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