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* Justified in ''[[Warrior Cats]]'', where the Warrior Code makes it so that the winning cats have to let the defeated cats escape, to prevent unnecessary bloodshed.

** Also played straight at the end of ''A Dangerous Path'', where Tigerstar just runs away without putting up a fight.

* French Sci Fi novel ''[[Malevil]]'' forces this trope to zig-zag a bit when Malevil comes under siege. With {{spoiler|Vilmain}} dead, his subordinate, {{spoiler|Jean Feyrac}}, leads their men in an orderly retreat back to La Roque, Malevil's defenders watch them depart from the castle ramparts. Subverted when they mount their horses and ride along a hidden trail to cut off the survivors and set up an ambush. Double subverted when it's realized that {{spoiler|Feyrac}} is alone, riding on a bicycle ahead of the soldiers, and Emmanuel must risk letting the leader go to avoid alerting the bulk of the army to the trap. Finally subverted again they remember Colin's bow allows for a silent kill and their enemies walk blindly into the ambush a few minutes later.

* At the end of ''[[Curse of the Wolfgirl]]'' [[Big Bad]] Distikka manages to vanish unseen during the confrontation between our heroes and her [[Scaled Up|Dragon]].