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* The undaunted police commissioner Corrado Cattani from the Italian TV series ''{{La Piovra}}'' (''The Octopus'') may be the walking embodiment of this trope. They have blackmailed him, threatened him, set him up, killed his friends, colleagues and even his [[spoiler: daughter and his wife]], but all that made him even more determined in his [[KnightInShiningArmor crusade]] against the TheMafia.

* There are multiple examples of this in [[HellsKitchen Hell's Kitchen]]. In season 2, there was Heather West, who seriously burned her hand early in the season. However, instead of giving up, she had a medic check on her hand, put it in ice water, then started to direct her team to help them cover her station, as she was unable to cook, and did not leave until forced to by the medic. To an even greater degree, season 6 had Dave Levey, who broke his wrist in the third episode. Not only did he keep going and cooking with one arm in a cast, he ended up winning that entire season literally single-handedly, telling Chef Ramsey in the final four, paraphrased, "Chef, I don't want you to take me out of this competition because of this wrist. If you want me out because I fuck up, that's fine, but don't take me out because of my injury." There is a reason those are two of the fans' most well-liked chefs in the run of the show.

* ''DoctorWho'' has quite a few:

*** And for Rory, that's just a ''starting point''. When he really gets going, he can make a Cyberman armada ba
ck down pretty much with pure force of will. [[spoiler: River Song obviously gets certain things from her Dad]]. Hell, not even death is enough to stop him. So far he's been dissolved, shot, erased from existence, burned alive, shot ''again'', taken by a vengeful spirit, drowned, and aged to death. [[DeathIsCheap And he just keeps coming back.]]

*** And for Rory, that's just a ''starting point''. When he really gets going, he can make a Cyberman armada back down pretty much with pure force of will. [[spoiler: River Song obviously gets certain things from her Dad...]].

** Then there's Starbuck. As she says when someone asks what they're going to do at the end of season two: "Do what we always do. Fight 'em till we can't." In the following months, we see how far she takes it (specifically, to the point where she kills the same Cylon ''five times'' despite being imprisoned and [[ImprovisedWeapon deprived of anything her captor thinks could serve as a weapon]], including eating implements).

* Several characters from ''{{Babylon 5}}'', though none as much as G'Kar. Over the course of one arc, he takes off in search of a friend, is captured by his enemy, tortured repeatedly (only screaming once, and that was rather than die), ''has an eye plucked out'', and breaks out of "unbreakable" chains.

** Then there's Starbuck. As she says when someone asks what they're going to do at the end of season two: "Do what we always do. Fight 'em till we can't."

* There are multiple examples of this in [[Hell'sKitchen Hell's Kitchen]]. In season 2, there was Heather West, who seriously burned her hand early in the season. However, instead of giving up, she had a medic check on her hand, put it in ice water, then started to direct her team to help them cover her station, as she was unable to cook, and did not leave until forced to by the medic. To an even greater degree, season 6 had Dave Levey, who broke his wrist in the third episode. Not only did he keep going and cooking with one arm in a cast, he ended up winning that entire season literally single-handedly, telling Chef Ramsey in the final four, paraphrased, "Chef, I don't want you to take me out of this competition because of this wrist. If you want me out because I fuck up, that's fine, but don't take me out because of my injury." There is a reason those are two of the fans' most well-liked chefs in the run of the show.

* There are multiple examples of this in ''{{Hell'sKitchen}}''. In season 2, there was Heather West, who seriously burned her hand early in the season. However, instead of giving up, she had a medic check on her hand, put it in ice water, then started to direct her team to help them cover her station, as she was unable to cook, and did not leave until forced to by the medic. To an even greater degree, season 6 had Dave Levey, who broke his wrist in the third episode. Not only did he keep going and cooking with one arm in a cast, he ended up winning that entire season literally single-handedly, telling Chef Ramsey in the final four, paraphrased, "Chef, I don't want you to take me out of this competition because of this wrist. If you want me out because I fuck up, that's fine, but don't take me out because of my injury." There is a reason those are two of the fans' most well-liked chefs in the run of the show.

* There are multiple examples of this in ''Hell'sKitchen''. In season 2, there was Heather West, who seriously burned her hand early in the season. However, instead of giving up, she had a medic check on her hand, put it in ice water, then started to direct her team to help them cover her station, as she was unable to cook, and did not leave until forced to by the medic. To an even greater degree, season 6 had Dave Levey, who broke his wrist in the third episode. Not only did he keep going and cooking with one arm in a cast, he ended up winning that entire season literally single-handedly, telling Chef Ramsey in the final four, paraphrased, "Chef, I don't want you to take me out of this competition because of this wrist. If you want me out because I fuck up, that's fine, but don't take me out because of my injury." There is a reason those are two of the fans' most well-liked chefs in the run of the show.

* Jack from ''Lost'' when it comes to saving fellow survivors. Notable examples include his attempts to resuscitate Charlie after he's hanged from a tree and pouring his own blood into Boone after his accident.

* Comedy example: Jack Donaghy of ''[=~30 Rock~=]''. Among other things, he's grown an inch and a half and defeated a killer peanut allergy on pure willpower. Potentially increasing the impressiveness of the feat and making it much more disturbing to share, he specifically says he's grown an inch and a half - he does not say 'in height'.

** How about the Doctor himself? If there's a wrong to be righted [[InHarmsWay and there always is]], he absolutely will not stop until it is. Lampshaded by [[TheNthDoctor three Doctors at once]] in ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho050Zagreus Zagreus]]'':

* Sue from TheMiddle. No matter how many times she fails to make any team or club, she never gives up. This extends far enough that, in that SeasonFinale, she "runs" five laps around a cross-country track with a twisted (and possibly broken) ankle, only for it to start raining while she's on her final lap. Then, after being splashed with mud and grass and losing a crutch, she drags herself across the finish line with only her arms.

--->'''Omet'iklan''':I am First Omet'iklan, and I am dead. As of this moment, we are all dead. We go into battle to reclaim our lives. This we do gladly, for we are Jem'Hadar. Remember, victory is life.

--->'''Miles O'Brien''':I am Chief Miles Edward O'Brien. I am very much alive, and I intend to stay that way!

* Omar Little from ''The Wire''has robbed Baltimore's most notorious drug crews for almost a decade, but in Season 5 he amps it up by taking on a whole crew out to kill him by himself, escapes an ambush by jumping out of a 6 story window and keeps on going despite having to walk with a broken leg. Even more amazingly, the person hes based on escaped the same situation by jumping from an even higher window, but this was viewed as being too unbelievable for the audience so was tuned down.

** James T. Kirk. In ''StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'', it is pointed out that he is so determined to win that he cheated in his "Kobayashi Maru Test", an intentional no-win situation designed to test the character of officers-in-training. He won. The CharacterDevelopment of the film is that he must deal with losing Spock, there is no way he can keep Spock from dying.

* It's a wonder why Robbie Rotten even bothers with his schemes to get Sportacus to leave ''{{LazyTown}}'' anymore, since he has failed so many times before. His plans might not be up to scratch, but you can't fault his determination.

* ''DueSouth'' presents us with Benton Fraser, who is such a Determinator that he makes others into Determinators even when they think they don't want to be.

* ''Due South'' presents us with Benton Fraser, who is such a Determinator that he makes others into Determinators even when they think they don't want to be.

* On season 6 of ''TheAmazingRace'' there was Lena. While doing the infamous hay bale Roadblock, she unrolled hay bales for ''8 hours'', long after all the other teams had come and gone. She unrolled over one hundred bales without finding a clue, and did not stop until Phil came out to the field to eliminate her and her sister.