History Determinator / Film

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/127_Hours 127 Hours]]: Aron Ralston (also under Real Life examples). His arm is crushed under a boulder while he's hiking, trapping him in a crevice with only the food and water he'd brought for a one day hike. Just surviving as long as he does (five days!) is a feat unto itself, even if he hadn't [[spoiler: amputated his own arm with a dull multitool, rappelled down a cliff, and walked for eight miles before he found rescue]].

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Grit_%282010_film%29 Mattie Ross]]. That is all.

* [[{{SpiritStallionOfTheCimarron}} Spirit]]. As in, the horse. There are scenes in which it ''looks'' like his spirit's been broken, [[{{CrowningMomentOfAwesome}} only for him to fight back again with renewed vigor]].

* Abbot Cellach in ''TheSecretOfKells.'' [[spoiler: He gets shot by an arrow that's ''on fire'', stabbed through with a sword, is left for dead during a winter night, and he lived for over a decade afterwards.]]

* Rocky Balboa of the ''{{Rocky}}'' films, as summed up in this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1tXhJniSEc speech to his son]].

* Jason in ''MysteryTeam''.

* [[{{Firefly}} Malcolm Reynolds]] proves himself to be TheDeterminator over and over again in his BigDamnMovie. At one point in {{Serenity}} he takes a sword to the gut and keeps on fighting. That's determination. His antics can also be found on the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Determinator/LiveActionTV Live Action TV page]].

* [[TheHero P]][[TheChosenOne o]] from KungFuPanda stuck around with Master [=ShiFu=] despite TrainingFromHell that was specially designed to drive him out of the temple. And he was an unfit panda with next to no kung fu training who was undergoing stuff that kung fu masters many times his level did. Not to mention the fact that he was once kicked off the temple and had to climb up a few thousand steps to return. [[spoiler: He TookALevelInBadass when his natural kung fu abilities were discovered.]]

** {{Patch Adams}} has a wierd vibe on this. Adams is "determined" not to do simple things like obey the rules in a hospital or dress up in clothes for his graduation ceremony because he believes that giving people joy override everything else. It's ironic because he doesn't understand that basic people skills like not alienating your professor to the point where he wants to expel you, will also allow you to go far with your goals.
** {{Rudi}} was about a guy who never gave up and that was his redeeming quality. The real-life story is also interesting. He was so determined to make a movie about his life, that the coach agreed to let himself be portrayed as a villain so that the movie would be greenlit
** This is the basis of the Clousseau's success in {{The Pink Panther}} according to David Niven's character. He says in an interview in the last sequel to The Pink Panther, he says that Clousseau was a bumbling idiot but he succeeded because he obeyed "The 11th Commandment. Never Give Up." This doesn't really make sense, Clousseau succeeded because the writer's needed him to succeed because he was the hero. But it's a nice afterthought.

* Michael Myers from the ''{{Halloween}}'' series spent fifteen years in a mental hospital, waiting for a chance to escape so that he could kill his sister. When he failed in killing her, he then spent the next ten years massacring everybody related to her. Then, depending on which canon you follow, he spent 10-20 years searching for his sister again.

* Michael Myers from the ''{{Halloween}}'' series spent fifteen years in a mental hospital waiting for a chance to escape in order to kill his sister. When he failed in killing her, he then spent the next ten years massacring everybody related to her.

* Michael Myers from the ''{{Halloween}}'' series spent fifteen years in a mental hospital waiting for a chance to escape in order to kill his sister. When he failed in killing her, he then spent the next ten years trying to kill everybody related to her.

* Michael Myers from the ''{{Halloween}}'' series spent fifteen years in a mental hospital waiting for a chance to escape in order to kill his sister. When he failed, he then spent the next ten years trying to kill everybody related to his sister.

* Aguirre in ''AguirreTheWrathOfGod'', who carries this out as tragically as can be imagined. Actually, a common trope in WernerHerzog's films, to the point that the {{Mockumentary}} ''Incident At Loch Ness'' parodied this, with Herzog himself cast in this role as a director determined to complete a [[TroubledProduction disastrous film production]].

** [[CompleteMonster He's not pitiable at all]].

** Subverted at the end of the original, where he and Tack are fighting over the balls, and the Thief just decides that they're not worth it and walks away.

** And Norman, in the battle. Right after getting killed as an Avatar, which was almost fully YourMindMakesItReal, he picked up a machine gun an charged back to the battle in his puny human body.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Grit_%282010_film%29 Mattie Ross]]. That is all.

* [[WintersBone Winter's Bone:]] Nothing will stop Ree from saving the family home. Nothing.

{{Godzilla}} He is a prime example of a Determinator, fighting to the death even when its clear he's gonna lose and has a tendency to solve any problem he's faced with with Brute force or cunning. Flying Enemy? No problem, use atomic breathe to propel you. World destroyer in your base killing ur dudez? Gather up the posse and take it down.

* No Mention of [[Godzilla Godzilla]] yet? He is a prime example of a Determinator, fighting to the death even when its clear he's gonna lose and has a tendency to solve any problem he's faced with with Brute force or cunning. Flying Enemy? No problem, use atomic breathe to propel you. World destroyer in your base killing ur dudez? Gather up the posse and take it down.

* The Bride in KillBill.

* Obviously, [[TheTerminator De Terminator]]. As well as the quote formerly at the top of this page:

* Ahem. {{Die Hard}} anybody? John [=McClane=] folks?

* Anton Chigurh from ''NoCountryForOldMen'' has a belief system that revolves around this trope.

* Ahem. {{Die Hard}} anybody? John McClane folks?

* The protagonist from ''{{Taken}}'':