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** ''ThePursuitOfHappyness''

* ''ThePrisoner'' wants to escape The Village. The new Number Two wants to keep him there.

** ''TheLongestDay'', ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}''

* There was a {{Superman}} storyarc called ''Panic in the Sky'' which was written specifically to avert VillainsActHeroesReact. Superman and a team of heroes purposefully go after a villain instead of waiting around for the bad guy to act first.

* Most {{Shojo}} comics, being a mix of SliceOfLife and romance are about the heroine finding love while becoming a model/mangaka/singer/circus clown and there are a shitload of mean students/coworkers, {{Alpha Bitch}}es, {{Jerk Jock}}s, and rivals keeping her from doing it. Really, you start [[ParanoiaFuel thinking everyone's out to get you]] reading these stories.

* ''TheHeritageOfShannara'' has a dark take on this. Our heroes are on a quest to gain the various talismans that they will need to stop [[BigBad Rimmer Dall]] and his [[TheHeartless Shadowen]]. [[ManipulativeBastard Rimmer Dall]] for his part seeks only to delay them, because if his final plan succeeds it won't matter what they do. In the individual books this is also true, with Walker Boh seeking to gain the Black Elfstone, but [[TakenForGranite Uhl Belk]], [[SandWorm The Maw Grint]], and [[PsychoForHire Pe Ell]] hindering him, and Wren trying to get the Elves home, but [[SuperPersistentPredator The Wisteron]] and every other monster on Morrowindl delaying her.

** ''{{Apollo 13}}'', ''ThePerfectStorm'' (though you could argue the storm itself is an active villain).

* ''TheHeritageOfShannara'' has a dark take on this. Our heroes are on a quest to gain he various talismans that they will need to stop [[BigBad Rimmer Dall]] and his [[TheHeartless Shadowen]]. [[ManipulativeBastard Rimmer Dall]] for his part seeks only to delay them, because if his final plan succeeds it won't matter what they do. In the individual books this is also true, with Walker Boh seeking to gain the Black Elfstone, but [[TakenForGranite Uhl Belk]], [[SandWorm The Maw Grint]], and [[PsychoForHire Pe Ell]] hindering him, and Wren trying to get the Elves home, but [[SuperPersistentPredator The Wisteron]] and every other monster on Morrowindl delaying her.

** ''TheLongestDay'', ''{{Homeworld}}''

* ''AliceInWonderland'': Alice [[RuleOfThree wants to get home]]. The sheer craziness of the world she's in is hindering her.

* Though YourMileageMayVary on [[LightIsNotGood whether the Night Watch are the heroes]] and [[DarkIsNotEvil the Day Watch, villains]], pretty much all of the plot-moving schemes in the ''NightWatch'' series so far have been instigated by the Night Watch (or affiliated Light Others), with the Day Watch merely reacting to preserve the status quo.

* Most {{Shojo}} comics, being a mix of SliceOfLife and romance are about the heroine finding love while becoming a model/mangaka/singer/circus clown and there are a shitload of mean students/coworkers, [[TheLibby Libbies]], {{Jerk Jock}}s, and rivals keeping her from doing it. Really, you start [[ParanoiaFuel thinking everyone's out to get you]] reading these stories.

* ''TheOdyssey'': Odysseus wants to get home. Every monster and god on the Great Sea is hindering him.

* ''TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'': Dorothy wants to get home. The Wicked Witch stalking her for her shoes is hindering her.

** ''{{Apollo 13}}, ''ThePerfectStorm'' (though you could argue the storm itself is an active villain).

* Many Action Adventure and disaster films don't really have a villain, just obstacles to be overcome.
** ''{{Apollo 13}}, ''ThePerfectStorm'' (though you could argue the storm itself is an active villain)
* War movies and VideoGames in which the heroes are on the offense. The mooks goal is just to wait for you to come to them, and then kill you.

* ''AliceInWonderland'': Alice wants to get home. The sheer craziness of the world she's in is hindering her.

* Most Romantic and Tragic Comedies are boy and girl wants each other and their jobs, jealous rivals and social statuses are keeping them apart.
* Most Shojo comics, being a mix of SliceOfLife and Romance are about the heroine finding love while becoming a model/mangaka/singer/circus clown and there are a shitload of mean students/coworkers, [[TheLibby Libbies]], {{JerkJock}}s, and rivals keeping her from doing it. Really, you start [[ParanoiaFuel thinking everyone's out to get you]] reading these stories.
* Fairy tales where the child had a goal at the beginning: I'd say Little Red Riding Hood, Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, Aladdin

* War movies and Video Games in which the heroes are on the offense. The mooks goal is just to wait for you to come to them, and then kill you.