History Main / HatesBeingAlone

* Akito Sohma from ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' fears being alone/abandoned so much that he rules the Zodiac by fear to keep them from leaving. [[spoiler:The whole "being forced to live as a guy" thing probably doesn't help much, either.]]

* As revealed later on in ''Manga/SazanEyes'', this is Yakumo's greatest phobia, stemming from his awful infancy (his father was detached and rarely at home, his mother was too young and often beat him up under stress). Yakumo's genuinely helpful character is secretly his way to be of use to others so that they won't leave him. [[spoiler: When he finds out that Pai has been kidnapped and his adoptive parent figure and former crush have been turned into soulless husks, he has a complete breakdown, to the point that his technically-enemy Wu Gui does give him a CooldownHug.]]

--->'''Lestat''': I wait on my balcony every night. You've been avoiding me. [...] [[{{Understatement}} And I don't take kindly to being avoided]].

-->-- '''Holo''', ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf''

** Also implied with Tohru. [[StepfordSmiler She would never actually admit it]], of course, but every time she's left alone, [[StoicWoobie she starts crying]].

* Issei Hyoudou of ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'', most obviously when he can't sleep properly without someone else in the bed. Despite his usual bedmates being his stonking hot [[SheIsTheKing King]] [[LoveInterest Rias Gremory]] and hopelessly lovestruck [[TheCutie Asia Argento]], and his status as a LovableSexManiac, this isn't sexual. [[spoiler:Past experiences and deeply-buried but crushing self-worth issues mean waking up alone and thinking he'd dreamed all the girls around him is a terrifying thought he never completely gets over.]]

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': Despite Akira's insistence on working alone, he's gotten used to having [[VirtualSidekick Alpha]] at his side to guide him along the way. He's painfully lonely and scared when she isn't around to help him and is relieved whenever she comes back, but he never admits this to her because it'd open him to her teasing.
* As revealed later on in ''Manga/SazanEyes'', this is Yakumo's greatest phobia, stemming from his awful infancy (his father was detached and rarely at home, his mother was too young and often beat him up under stress). Yakumo's genuinely helpful character is secretly his way to be of use to others so that they won't leave him. [[spoiler: When he finds out that Pai has been kidnapped and his adoptive parent figure and former crush have been turned into soulless husks, he has a complete breakdown, to the point that his technically-enemy Wu Gui does give him a CooldownHug.]]
* In ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', Shana fought for years with only the bodiless Alastor for company. She meets Yuji and gradually falls in love with him. At one point, she fights a monster by herself. Yuji shows up right as she wins. Shana cries against him and says it now hurts whenever she's alone.
* Holo from ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf'' is characterized by an intense fear of loneliness due to the hundreds of years she spent in solitude while watching the humans around her grow old and die.

* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': Tash Arranda shows signs of this early in ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear''. She's bookish and likes some quiet, but becomes anxious when she's left alone. This is explicitly because she's an Alderaanian orphan and half believes that when people leave her, she's not going to see them again. As the series progresses she becomes more comfortable with it.

* Lucy from ''Manga/FairyTail'' grew up without friends, was neglected by her father, and lost her mother at a young age. She had nobody to talk to throughout most of her childhood except her Celestial spirit [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Aquarius]] who treated her poorly most of the time. One reason why she puts up with the crazy wizards at her guild is because they're the closest friends she's ever had.

* Ryou of ''Manga/GourmetGirlGraffiti'' doesn't really recognize she is this in the beginning, thinking her food no longer taste as good was a problem of her cooking skills rather than this trope. She only noticed that in episode 4, when her cousin skipped her weekend visits ans Ryou found her cooking turning bland again.

* The ''Anime/{{Mazinger|Z}}'' saga: ''[[Anime/GreatMazinger Tetsuya Tsurugi]]'' is arrogant, prideful and loud to annoying extremes. This is justified, since he is an orphan, and he thinks people only value him because of [[AcePilot his skill in piloting]] [[HumongousMecha Great]] [[SuperRobot Mazinger]]. At the end of the series, when ''[[Anime/MazingerZ Kouji Kabuto]]'' [[TheBusCameBack returns]], he gets incredibly jealous because he thinks everyone will replace him with Kouji and will forget him. And then he would be alone again, and he... can not stand the thought of it.

* As revealed later on in ''Manga/SazanEyes'', this is Yakumo's greatest phobia, stemming from his awful infancy (his father was detached and rarely at home, his mother was too young and often beat him up under stress). Yakumo's genuinely helpful character is secretly his way to be of use to others, so that they won't leave him. [[spoiler: When he finds out that Pai has been kidnapped and his adoptive parent figure and former crush have been turned into soulless husks, he has a complete breakdown, to the point that his technically-enemy Wu Gui does give him a CooldownHug.]]

* ''Manga/YuGiOh'': Yami Yugi and Mai. In the former case, it's almost directly stated -- he sometimes needs to know his friends are supporting him before he can persevere during a tight spot in a high stakes duel, and Yugi at one point notes how lonely he must've been waiting in the Millennium Puzzle in the dark of his tomb for thousands of years. WordOfGod said the isolation was the cause of his more KnightTemplar attitude when he was first released, and that his friends are his strength. With Mai it's more the case that she grew up surrounded by people she couldn't trust and isolates herself as an adult, [[IJustWantToHaveFriends but secretly wants friends]] and is easily swayed into hanging out with the group.

** In ''Comicbook/ManyHappyReturns'', Superman tells Linda he feels very alone because -even though he's greatest and most loved hero in the world-, he has no social life.
** Superman feeling alone and without friends plays out in modern stories such like ''Comicbook/KingdomCome'' -in where he had lost his parents, wife, cousin and friends-, and ''Comicbook/SupermanSecretOrigin'' -in where he didn't dare play with anyone for fear of hurting them-.
** In ''Comicbook/{{Batgirl 2009}}'', ''[[Comicbook/{{Supergirl 2005}} Kara]]'' and her friend Stephanie Brown -the then-current Comicbook/{{Batgirl}}- watch a cheesy movie. Most of audience laughs out loud when Dracula cries out he is alone, but both girls cannot laugh about it. They know what being alone is like, and they don't find it funny at all.
** ''[[Comicbook/{{Supergirl 2011}} Post-Flashpoint Supergirl]]'' was a lonely, angry teenager. Her family and friends were dead, she could not bring herself to trust her cousin, she didn't manage to make friends or fit in with humans. Her issues of alienation, grief and anger got worse until ''[[Comicbook/RedDaughterOfKrypton she flew off the handle]]''.

* ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': At the beginning of the fic Asuka declares that she is alone and she needs nobody. Her older self swiftly replies that both know that that is a lie: She hates being alone but is too afraid and wrecked to try anymore.

* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': Before meeting Shinji Asuka was alone and she said herself she was right with that. But after hooking up with Shinji she can not lie to herself anymore and she admits she hates it.

* England in many ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfics, including (but not limited to) ''Fanfic/FamilyTies'' and ''What a Brother, What a Bother''. This takes his canonical loneliness and wish to be closer to some people (such as America) to a logical conclusion- that he hates perceived abandonment from anyone and truly hates that he's pushed everyone he cares about away.

* Tsuruya in ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'' is portrayed that way. Having lived all her life as a {{Lonely Rich|Kid}} YakuzaPrincess and just recently finding not only friends but TrueCompanions she reacts strongly to anything which may threaten them or her relationship with them. This comes to a head in when she (almost [[PleaseDontLeaveMe desperately]]) seeks for a way to make amends for something that Haruhi will later admit it was just her own bottled up jealousy getting the better of her.
* ''Fanfic/TheOneILoveIs'': The three Children suffered of this in the original series, but it greatly increases cause the events of the fic. Rei no longer wants to be alone, and Shinji and Asuka (who was good pretending otherwise) hate it now. The former tells he was used to be alone before, but after being in a LoveTriangle he can not stand it. And the latter sobs to Shinji she is sick of being alone during a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to herself.
* ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'': This was a big part of Shinji and Asuka's personalities in the original series: they hated being hurt by other people but they also hated loneliness. At the same time, it was one of the hindrances to their relationship. Now they have finally got over their fear to each other, their fear to loneliness has intensified, and spending any lapse of time not knowing what has happened to each other drives them crazy.

** Shinji's greatest desire was finding someone cared for him. He didn't want to be alone ever again.

* In ''Fanfic/TheEarthAdventuresOfMonStar'', Star does not want to sleep alone because she is cold-blooded, being able to sleep better with Marco is with her to provide body-heat.
* Yang in ''Fanfic/RWBYScars'' has abandonment issues after her biological mother left when she was a baby and her step-mother died when she was only a few years older. Yang's abandonment issues begin to come to light more after [[spoiler:her sister and two friends begin dating while she stays single]].

** Like in canon, Grace Monroe made the Apex beause she didn't want to feel this because of not having her parents' love and a lack of friends. But she did this by creating the Apex, teaching them that they should hurt others in an attempt to be superior and give her a sense of superiority and pride. Unfortunately, the actions she made in order to avoid being alone ends up with her more alone than ever, especially upon learning how messed up her philosophy was.

* In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', there's a variation where Harry tells Dumbledore he's figured out that he can't just lock himself away and mourn Sirius, because Sirius would hate Harry to be alone.

* ''Literature/RWBYFairyTalesOfRemnant'': In "The Two Brothers", the Old God found himself alone in an empty universe, no matter how far he travelled or how many planes and realms he visited, he found no sign of life beyond himself. He was so lonely that he split himself in half to create a companion. However, this act destroys him as an entity, and the two beings that result are entirely new entities. Each brother things they are the original and the other is the "companion", and the often end up at war with each other. They decide to combat their loneliness by creating the world of Remnant, and the creation of humanity is their attempt to call a truce to their warring by creating something together.

* ''Series/TheAquabatsSuperShow'': Jimmy the Robot seems to have a problem with separation anxiety, becoming distressed when he wakes up to an empty Battletram in [[Recap/TheAquabatsSuperShowS1E10FloatingEyeOfDeath Floating Eye of Death.]] In fact, he's so sensitive about being left alone that he doesn't seem bothered at all when [[spoiler:he's forced to spend weeks as a caretaker for his mindless, zombified team mates (plus a concussed Crash).]] If anything, he seems delighted: his entire team may be incapacitated, but he gets to spend time with his best friends.
* Season 2 of ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'' shows that Josh is this -- though he tries to insist that he's okay being single, when he's left alone with his thoughts in "Thought Bubbles" they quickly turn... dark. By the end of the episode he's started dating the first girl to show interest in him.

* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': Ironically, even though [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer Sherlock]] never knew what it was like to have friends, when he met John, he didn't want to be alone again. As in, he didn't want to be abandoned by him, and even if he didn't, he didn't want him to get killed. John is this, too. Before he met Sherlock, he was so alone, and-yeah.

** In "The Trunk", Willy Gardner is an extremely shy and introverted man who manages the rundown Hotel Winchester. He has no friends ([[IntrovertedCatPerson other than a cat]]) and has spent most of his life waiting for human companionship. Willy is a frequent object of fun for the local hoodlums Danny, Rocco and Cap and is disrespected by everyone with the exception of Mrs. Kudaba, an elderly permanent resident of the hotel. When he finds a trunk that grants wishes, Willy thinks that he can finally end his loneliness but it doesn't take him long to realize that [[FalseFriend his new friends are only interested in him because of what they think he can do for them]].

* The Music/{{REM}} song "World Leader Pretend" is about struggling with a self-imposed isolation/loneliness.

* Laharl from ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' has some huge abandonment issues that he deals with on a regular basis in series. It has been with him since his mother sacrificed her life to save him, because Laharl feels like she abandoned him. It is even lampshaded in ''VisualNovel/DisgaeaInfinite'', where a Prinny servant states:

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', Kana, the Avatar's child, has this trait. As with all the second generation characters, their parents had to hide their kids safely in a PocketDimension, to prevent monsters from killing them. Kana apparently was hit the hardest by this, as seen at the end of their recruitment chapter. The Avatar doesn't think Kana is ready for combat, and decides to leave him/her behind after giving them their dragonstone to control their ability to transform into a dragon. Kana then tearfully begs to join the party, saying they really want to go along with the Avatar, and that they hate continuing to wait while thinking the Avatar may never return. The Avatar apologizes, having had no idea that their child felt this way from the beginning. Kana then joins the party.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', the Skull Kid is revealed to be characterized by this in his backstory (as recounted by Anju's grandmother) after he was forced to part with his good friends the Four Giants one day. Feeling lonesome and frustrated by his loss, he apparently took out his anger on the rest of Termina until he eventually got banished by the Four Giants for his behavior. Later on, however, he manages to find new friends in Tatl and Tael after meeting them on a particular rainy day, and also [[spoiler:happily befriends Link at the end of the game, after he is finally rid of the effects of the Majora's Mask. Much to his delight, he also reaffirms his friendship with the Four Giants in the epilogue as well.]]

* Ess from ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoTetris'', as shown when she yells at Tee for when he runs off without her. According to [[WordOfGod Yoshino Utako, the game's scenario writer]], this is due to Ess still being traumatized by losing [[spoiler:Ex, her real father]]; it gave her a terminal fear of being left alone. This usually characterizes itself as extreme possessiveness of those she does love, claiming that they "belong to her".

* This is pretty much the PrimalFear of most protagonists in ''Franchise/SilentHill'' games. Which doesn't help since they're always exploring a desolate ghost town that have non-sentient creatures hiding around every corner with the urge to kill.

* Fuzzy from ''WebComic/SamAndFuzzy'' hates being abandoned, left out of the loop, ignored, overlooked or in any ways being alone with no-one to depend on (especially if it's due to 'betrayal' by the other person, which is his BerserkButton due to his MysteriousPast).

** When Mikkel sneaks out on a escapade, Tuuri wants to follow him, but Reynir is perfectly fine staying in the tank until Mikkel comes back. Tuuri manipulates Reynir into coming with her anyway, one day after one of the PlagueZombie monsters roaming outside the tank almost bit Reynir.
** In a flash-back to her childhood, Tuuri assumes her older brother will like the idea of stealing a boat from the harbor of their safe island and going to explore one of the nearby unsettled, possibly PlagueZombie infested islands. Her brother responds by dragging her away from the harbor with plans to tell their parents about it.

* [[spoiler: Marcy Wu]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' reveals that [[spoiler: she sent herself and her friends to Amphibia on purpose, because she learned her dad got a new job out of state and was planning to move. Not wanting to leave her only friends, she hoped that she and her friends could have adventures forever. However, when her secret is revealed, she breaks down crying, admitting she didn't want to be alone]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'', Powder has had a serious problem with being alone ever since her parents died. When Vi and her brothers leave her behind on a mission, she swiftly descends into a screaming meltdown. After losing her second family, she's so emotionally devastated that she throws herself at [[spoiler:Silco, the guy who was just trying to kill her family moments ago and was preparing to kill her, becase she needs ''someone'' to cling to.]] Throughout Acts 2 and 3 of the first season, she finds herself having to choose between her surrogate father and her sister and the threat of losing either wreaks havoc on her already fragile mental state. In the end, [[spoiler:after she's accidentally killed Silco and realized that she and Vi have changed too much for things to go back to the way they used to be, she is left alone again, and ignites war between Piltover and Zaun out of grief and rage.]]

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'', [[TheSnarkKnight Daria]] and [[CoolLoser Jane]] are an OnlyFriend example -- Daria especially, since Jane is generally more willing to socialize. This is best seen in "See Jane Run" (Daria is clearly cracking after Jane starts hanging out with friends from the track team) and "Is It Fall Yet?" (where a temporary break-up in their friendship leaves both lost).

* Beef Tobin from ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatNorth'' has this fear after his wife cheated on him and left him for another man and moved to Pennsylvania with him. He became determined to keep the rest of his family together because he's afraid of them leaving him too.

** Twilight Sparkle plays with this, since she started out very aloof and uninterested in making friends for most of her life. But when she finally learns to bond with others, she likes what she finds, and while still liking occasional seclusion, she is often shown to have huge insecurities at the thought of losing her friends and being alone again.

* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': Jet secretly fears being alone. Even when his parents or friends aren't around, he still usually has someone with him -- Sunspot. Jet is a very social person and wants to be friends with everyone. In "My Three Suns", he has a daymare about him being abandoned by Sean and Sydney. He's left all alone in a dark void, and screams in anguish. And in "Jet 2" he gets very upset because he thinks Sean and Sydney don't want to be friends with him anymore.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': At the start of “O Titan Where Art Thou”, [[spoiler: King’s dream-self gets transported into the In-Between realm from “Yesterday’s Lie”. There, he sees the Collector, in some sort of spherical prison high above him. The Collector is laughing to himself, obviously overjoyed at the prospect of leaving his prison, until he noticed King. As King starts to wake up, the Collector begs him not to leave him alone.]] [[RewatchBonus Rewatch Bonus]] for Yesterday’s Lie, where it’s been pointed out that [[spoiler: as Luz explores the In-Between realm, you can hear a voice whispering “Stay here. Stay here.”]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Collector]]''': ''[Laughs]'' Almost free, almost free!
-->'''King''': Luz? Hooty? ''[Floating]'' Whoa! Whoa! Is someone there?
--> '''[[spoiler:Collector]]''': I won’t be alone. I won’t be alone anymore!''[Laughs]''
--> '''King''': Hello? Hello?
--> '''[[spoiler:Collector]]''': Who said that? Who’s there?
--> '''King''': What?
--> ''[King starts to wake up]''
--> '''[[spoiler:Collector]]''': ''[Increasingly desperate]'' Wait! Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! Don’t leave, come back!

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':Salem was trapped in a tower, isolated and alone, by a cruel father until rescued by a hero with whom she fell in love. Unable to cope with his premature death from sickness, she attempts to trick the gods into resurrecting him; [[BarredFromTheAfterlife punished]] for her crime, she turns humanity against the gods, who increase her punishment by leaving alone, [[CompleteImmortality unable to die]], on an empty planet. [[spoiler:When the God of Light [[ResurrectiveImmortality reincarnates her lover]] to guide humanity to redemption, they reunite and raise a family until Ozma realises how evil she's become and attempts to take away their children for their own safety. This triggers a battle so brutal that their children die in the crossfire; both immortal, she and Oz have been trapped in a [[ForeverWar cycle of pain and violence]] ever since, with the fate of humanity at stake.]]

* In "Darkest Part" by Music/{{Red}}, the narrator says he's so afraid to be alone.

* Fubuki from ''Anime/InazumaEleven'' cites this trope when Gouenji leaves him alone in the rain.

--> '''[[spoiler:Collector]]''': ''[Increasingly desperate]'' Wait! Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! Don’t leave, come back!]]

* ''Literature/RWBYFairyTalesOfRemnant'': In "The Two Brothers", the Old God found himself alone in an empty universe, no matter how far he travelled or how many planes and realms he visited, he found no sign of life beyond himself. He was so lonely that he split himself in half to create a companion. However, this act destroys him as an entity, and the two beings that result are entirely new entities. However, each brother things they are the original and the other is the "companion", and the often end up at war with each other. They decide to combat their loneliness by creating the world of Remnant, and the creation of humanity is their attempt to call a truce to their warring by creating something together.

* Salem from ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' was forced to live an isolated existence, trapped in a lonely tower by her cruel father. [[spoiler:She was eventually rescued by the hero, Ozma, and falls deeply in love with him. When he dies, she falls apart and begs the gods to restore his life. Angry with her manipulations, they curse her with immortality, preventing her from reuniting with Ozma in the afterlife. Isolated and alone again, she blames the gods and tries to incite humanity into overthrowing them. Instead, they destroy humanity, leaving Salem completely alone in the world and unable to die. When the God of Light brings back humanity to give them a second chance at redemption, he sends Ozma back to guide humanity to that redemption. Although Salem and Ozma live together for a while and raise a family, Ozma is troubled by his task. When he realises that Salem's plan for 'uniting' humanity is to kill everyone who doesn't follow them, he attempts to take their children and sneak away in the middle of the night, leaving her alone once more. Salem catches him red-handed and tries to kill him. The battle is so brutal that it destroys their lives, their home, and their children. However, because Salem cannot die and Ozma reincarnates, they've been trapped in a cycle of pain and vengeance ever since.]]

* All Yordles from ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' have this trait.

* [[spoiler: Marcy Wu]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' reveals that [[spoiler: she sent herself and her friends to Amphibia on purpose, because she learned her dad got a new job out of state and was planning to move. Not wanting to leave her only friends, she hoped that she and her friends could have adventures forever. However, when her secret is revealed, she breaks down crying, admitting she didn't wanted to be alone]].
* ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020'': "Fear and Laughter in Burbank" seems to suggest being alone, with [[SadClown no one to laugh at his jokes]], is Yakko's greatest fear. When he's lured into an empty office building, Yakko freaks out and nearly gets his soul eaten by Nickelwise the clown.

* [[spoiler: Marcy Wu]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' reveals that [[spoiler: she sent herself and her friends to Amphibia on purpose, because she learn her dad got a new job out of state and were planning to move. Not wanting to leave her only friends, she hope that she and her friends can have adventures forever. However, when her secret is reveal, she breaks down crying admitting she didn't wanted to be alone.]]

* Ess from ''[[VideoGame/PuyoPuyo Puyo Puyo Tetris]]'', as shown when she yells at Tee for when he runs off without her. According to [[WordOfGod Yoshino Utako, the game's scenario writer]], this is due to Ess still being traumatized by losing [[spoiler:Ex, her real father]]; it gave her a terminal fear of being left alone. This usually characterizes itself as extreme possessiveness of those she does love, claiming that they "belong to her".

* Sheila the Thief from ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons'' turns out to be this, specially in the episode that exposes the kids to [[WhatDoTheyFearEpisode what they fear the most]]. Sheila's biggest fear is to be alone, so she's dropped in a large desert where she's the only living being -- by the time the spell is done, the poor girl is in a TroubledFetalPosition and crying her heart out.

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* Holo from ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf'' is characterized by an intense fear of loneliness due to the hundreds of years she spent in solitude while watching the humans around her grow old and die.
* The ''Anime/{{Mazinger|Z}}'' saga: ''[[Anime/GreatMazinger Tetsuya Tsurugi]]'' is arrogant, prideful and loud to annoying extremes. This is justified, since he is an orphan, and he thinks people only value him because of [[AcePilot his skill in piloting]] [[HumongousMecha Great]] [[SuperRobot Mazinger]]. At the end of the series, when ''[[Anime/MazingerZ Kouji Kabuto]]'' [[TheBusCameBack returns]], he gets incredibly jealous because he thinks everyone will replace him with Kouji and will forget him. And then he would be alone again, and he... can not stand the thought of it.
-->'''Tetsuya:''' All the battles I have fought so far… I have fought them to prove to the world that I exist!
* The eponymous character from ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'' grew up deprived of any friends or much familial support, so he often tries [[AttentionWhore drawing excessive attention to himself]] by causing all kinds of mischief to make people notice him.
* In ''Manga/PhantomThiefJeanne'', Maron is introduced as a lonely girl who has been living by herself in an apartment while her parents have been working abroad for years. Although she tries to [[StepfordSmiler pretend to be strong and plucky]], she is actually quite fragile inside and easily falls apart when [[spoiler:she learns her parents have divorced after they unexpectedly contact her one day over the telephone]]. Also, while she does have a social circle of people who care for her, she is still absolutely terrified of feeling abandoned again (after her parents), and later entreats her love interest, Chiaki, not to leave her alone while she cries into his chest.
* In ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', Mami reveals how lonely she feels having to work alone as a MagicalGirl and becomes overjoyed upon hearing Madoka say she wants to become a Magical Girl and fight alongside her. So overjoyed, in fact, that [[spoiler:she gets reckless in her fight against a [[EldritchAbomination Witch]] and is brutally killed]].
* Most of the cast of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' have abandonment issues. One of the series' overhanging themes is that people are afraid of being alone but they are also afraid of being hurt by others. [[ClassicalAntiHero Shinji]] [[OfficialCouple and]] [[FieryRedhead Asuka]] are especially prone to this behavior and serve as the series' crowning examples. [[AllThereInTheManual According to supplementary material]], the reason that [[spoiler:Asuka returned to the real world alongside Shinji]] at the end of [[TheMovie End of Evangelion]] was because he needed her above all, even if they had hurt each other.
* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': Despite Akira's insistence on working alone, he's gotten used to having [[VirtualSidekick Alpha]] at his side to guide him along the way. He's painfully lonely and scared when she isn't around to help him and is relieved whenever she comes back, but he never admits this to her because it'd open him to her teasing.
* ''Manga/YuGiOh'': Yami Yugi and Mai. In the former case, it's almost directly stated - he sometimes needs to know his friends are supporting him before he can persevere during a tight spot in a high stakes duel, and Yugi at one point notes how lonely he must've been waiting in the Millennium Puzzle in the dark of his tomb for thousands of years. WordOfGod said the isolation was the cause of his more KnightTemplar attitude when he was first released, and that his friends are his strength. With Mai it's more the case that she grew up surrounded by people she couldn't trust and isolates herself as an adult, [[IJustWantToHaveFriends but secretly wants friends]] and is easily swayed into hanging out with the group.

* The anime adaptation of [[Anime/Persona4TheAnimation Persona 4]] does this with [[spoiler: the protagonist, of all people. It's ''heavily'' implied in episode 12, and pretty much confirmed in the True Ending episode.]]
** The adaptation of [[Anime/Persona3TheMovie Persona 3]] follows suit with [[spoiler:the protagonist as well]], although it doesn't become obvious until the 2nd movie.
* The main character in ''Manga/{{Othello}}'' is so afraid of being left without friends that she'd rather spend time with girls who only bully and take advantage of her due to her shy, non-confrontational nature.
* AxCrazy PyroManiac PsychoForHire Dilandau Albatou from ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'' suffers from an extreme pathological case of this, considering all the trauma he went through via the Sorcerers [[spoiler: and the fact that he was originally Allen's younger sister Selena who got kidnapped and mutilated by said Sorcerers through experiments, had her ParentalSubstitute Jajuka forcibly taken away right before said experiments, and nobody came to save her.]]
* In ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', Shana fought for years with only the bodiless Alastor for company. She meets Yuji and gradually falls in love with him. At one point, she fights a monster by herself. Yuji shows up right as she wins. Shana cries against him and says it now hurts whenever she's alone.

* The main characters of ''Manga/YugamiKunNiWaTomodachiGaInai'' play with this trope.
** [[NiceGirl Chi]][[IJustWantToHaveFriends hiro]] is a more downplayed example. Because her family moved around a lot growing up, she's [[FriendlessBackground never had any close friends]] and even went through a period where she [[SafetyInIndifference wouldn't associate with others]] because she knew she'd have to move away soon. At the start of the series, her family's moved into a town where they'll stay for years to come and this causes her to want to make friends again. She even says that having nobody to speak to at her new school could cause her [[GoMadFromTheIsolation psychological damage]], but this is PlayedForLaughs.
** Conversely, [[TheProtagonist Yu]][[LonersAreFreaks gami]], who sits beside her in class, averts this trope as he has no qualms with being isolated by his peers and is astonishingly optimistic.
* Ryou of ''Manga/GourmetGirlGraffiti'' doesn't really recognize she is this in the beginning, thinking her food no longer taste as good was a problem of her cooking skills rather than this trope. She only noticed that in episode 4, when her cousin skipped her weekend visits ans Ryou found her cooking turning bland again.
* Issei Hyoudou of ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'', most obviously when he can't sleep properly without someone else in the bed. Despite his usual bedmates being his stonking hot [[SheIsTheKing King]] [[LoveInterest Rias Gremory]] and hopelessly lovestruck [[TheCutie Asia Argento]], and his status as a LovableSexManiac, this isn't sexual. [[spoiler:Past experiences and deeply-buried but crushing self-worth issues mean waking up alone and thinking he'd dreamed all the girls around him is a terrifying thought he never completely gets over.]]
* Lucy from ''Manga/FairyTail'' grew up without friends, was neglected by her father, and lost her mother at a young age. She had nobody to talk to throughout most of her childhood except her Celestial spirit [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Aquarius]] who treated her poorly most of the time. One reason why she puts up with the crazy wizards at her guild is because they're the closest friends she's ever had.

* Fubuki from ''Anime/InazumaEleven'' cites this trope when Gouenji leaves him alone in the rain.
* Ryuuichi from ''Manga/GakuenBabysitters'' is shown to be this after a fever-induced nightmare about his parents on the day of their ill-fated plane crash, only in the dream they take Kotaro with them, and Ryuu is stopped from getting him back by an invisible wall. Kotaro is Ryuu's only blood relative, and being orphaned was traumatic enough for Ryuu that he's terrified of losing [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Kotaro]] as well.
* This is why Yuni from ''Anime/{{Mewkledreamy}}'' made Tsugi and Hagi. [[spoiler: He was never found by anybody after falling down the sky until The Nightmare Queen decided to give him life right away. He just had to literally make his own friends so he can never be alone again.]]
* As revealed later on in ''Manga/SazanEyes'', this is Yakumo's greatest phobia, stemming from his awful infancy (his father was detatched and rarely at home, his mother was too young and often beat him up under stress). Yakumo's genuinely helpful character is secretly his way to be of use to others, so that they won't leave him. [[spoiler: When he finds out that Pai has been kidnapped and his adoptive parent figure and former crush have been turned into soulless husks, he has a complete breakdown, to the point that his technically-enemy Wu Gui does give him a CooldownHug.]]

* Delia has abandonment issues in ''LightNovel/PocketMonstersTheAnimation'' because her father [[DisappearedDad abandoned her]] and later her husband did as well. Delia, however, [[StepfordSmiler refuses to show]] her pain.
* ''Literature/MonsterOfTheMonthClub'': "Doesn't like to be alone" is a trait noted on the card that came with Sweetie Pie, the February Selection, and she proves it by not wanting Rilla to leave her in the attic (apparently she doesn't consider Icicle as company).

* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'': Michonne discovers that she's no longer capable of working alone anymore because she formed a strong bond with Rick and his friends while surviving the zombie apocalypse together.
* Season 2 of ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'' shows that Josh is this - though he tries to insist that he's okay being single, when he's left alone with his thoughts in "Thought Bubbles" they quickly turn...dark. By the end of the episode he's started dating the first girl to show interest in him.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', the Skull Kid is revealed to be characterized by this in his backstory (as recounted by Anju's grandmother) after he was forced to part with his good friends the Four Giants one day. Feeling lonesome and frustrated by his loss, he apparently took out his anger on the rest of Termina until he eventually got banished by the Four Giants for his behavior. Later on, however, he manages to find new friends in Tatl and Tael after meeting them on a particular rainy day, and also [[spoiler:happily befriends Link at the end of the game, after he is finally rid of the effects of the Majora's Mask. Much to his delight, he also reaffirms his friendship with the Four Giants in the epilogue as well.]]

* Flora, VideoGame/ProfessorLayton's adopted daughter, absolutely hates to be left behind by herself and will sneak along on his various cases to avoid it. She even tells him in the second game, when he figures out that it's her in disguise, that "I just didn't want to be all alone again." Considering that she grew up a LonelyRichKid and a literal GirlInTheTower following the deaths of her parents, her feelings are understandable.
* Subaru of ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'' is a PerpetualSmiler who never seems to worry about anything and is described as a natural genius in both school and idol work, but he ''needs'' to be around other people or his mood drops immediately, as is shown in the last part of the Main Story. In "Onibi" when the others discuss their fears he can't really think of anything - until, that is, the group is separated and he is left alone in the darkness. He immediately freaks out and gets scared, not regaining his typical cheer until Kouga retrieves him.
* In ''VideoGame/DontChatWithStrangers'', Lucy [[BerserkButton gets very angry]] if you disappear on her.
-->YOU LEFT ME
* Ess from ''[[VideoGame/PuyoPuyo Puyo Puyo Tetris]]'', as shown when she yells at Tee for when he runs off without her. According to [[WordOfGod Yoshino Utako, the game's scenario writer]], this is due to Ess still being traumatized by losing [[spoiler:Ex, her real father]]; it gave her a terminal fear of being left alone. This usually characterizes itself as extreme possessiveness of those she does love, claiming that they "belong to her".
* The Brooding Mawlek boss in ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' is described in the Hunter's Journal as being an extremely social creature, which only becomes aggressive when left alone for too long. Unfortunately, the one you find is seemingly the SoleSurvivor of its colony, given the corpses scattered around its room, giving you no choice but to defend yourself with force.

* Rika from ''VisualNovel/MysticMessenger.'' [[spoiler: Her horrific childhood led her to develop a severe fear of being "forsaken" and abandoned, and to cope, she built up both a [[StepfordSmiler shiny happy facade of boundless optimism]] to go along with her compulsion to help people she felt had been forsaken just like her, and a willingless to intimidate others to keep herself safe when she felt threatened, which only fed into her self-loathing and SanitySlippage that led to the main game's events.]]

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'', [[TheSnarkKnight Daria]] and [[CoolLoser Jane]] are an OnlyFriend example-- Daria especially, since Jane is generally more willing to socialize. This is best seen in "See Jane Run" (Daria is clearly cracking after Jane starts hanging out with friends from the track team) and "Is It Fall Yet?" (where a temporary break-up in their friendship leaves both lost).
* Sheila the Thief from ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons'' turns out to be this, specially in the episode that exposes the kids to [[WhatDoTheyFearEpisode what they fear the most]]. Sheila's biggest fear is to be alone, so she's dropped in a large desert where she's the only living being - by the time the spell is done, the poor girl is in a TroubledFetalPosition and crying her heart out.

* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': Jet secretly fears being alone. Even when his parents or friends aren't around, he still usually has someone with him - Sunspot. Jet is a very social person and wants to be friends with everyone. In "My Three Suns", he has a daymare about him being abandoned by Sean and Sydney. He's left all alone in a dark void, and screams in anguish. And in "Jet 2" he gets very upset because he thinks Sean and Sydney don't want to be friends with him anymore.

* The season 2 BigBad of ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' [[spoiler:Qilby the Traitor]] is secretly afraid of being alone. [[VillainBall This is why he never actually finished off Yugo and the Dragons despite having many opportunities to do so]] and [[ComplexityAddiction engaged in completely unnecessary schemes instead]]: deep down he really just wanted to convince them that he was right so they could be friends again.
* One of ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'''s defining traits, to the point that the first season had him [[spoiler: sabotaging Todd's rock opera]] in order to keep him as [[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave an unwanted houseguest]].
* Beef Tobin from ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatNorth'' has this fear after his wife cheated on him and left him for another man and moved to Pennsylvania with him. He became determined to keep the rest of his family together because he's afraid of them leaving him too.

* Rika from ''VisualNovel/MysticMessenger.'' [[spoiler: Her horrific childhood led her to develop a severe fear of being "forsaken" and abandoned, and to cope, she built up both a [[StepfordSmiler shiny happy facade of boundless optimism]] to go along with her compulsion to help people she felt had been forsaken just like her, and a willingless to use fear to keep herself safe when she felt threatened, which only fed into her self-loathing and SanitySlippage that led to the main game's events.]]

** Also implied with [[NotSoDifferent Tohru]]. [[StepfordSmiler She would never actually admit it]], of course, but every time she's left alone, [[StoicWoobie she starts crying]].

** [[BigBad Pitch]] is NotSoDifferent from Jack.
--->'''Pitch:''' I don't know what it's like to be cast out? To not be believed in! To long for... a family...