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* In ''[[LetsPlay/{{Dream}} Dream's]]'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7t5B69G0Dw "3 Hunters Finale Rematch" video]], Sapnap is enraged when Dream murders his wolf as he's helpless to watch, and promptly decides to fight him alone. Sapnap is unarmored and his best weapon is a stone sword. Dream is decked out in full iron gear and he's also considered TheDreaded for very good reasons. [[CurbStompBattle Guess how well that ends for Sapnap]].
** Notably, when Sapnap goes to fight Dream, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere George doesn't even consider trying to help, declaring Sapnap as good as dead the instant Dream first hits him]].

->"''Take whatever booty you can find, but remember, the Beast is ''mine''!"''

** First, it's [[BigDamnHeroes Commander Clash]], after he [[TheCavalry swoops in with a mirror]] and protects Ma-Ti from Zarm's killing ray.
--->'''Commander Clash:''' Out of the way, kid! This one's ''mine''!
** A bit later, when the battle moves to the outside of [[MakesSenseInContext Zarm's spaceship]], Gaia does it to give the Planeteers the time they need to make their rings work again. In her case, it's {{justified|Trope}}, because she's the only one of them all who can possibly match, and even ''outmatch'', Zarm's powers.

* Happened in an old ''Franchise/FantasticFour'' comic, as shown [[http://superdickery.com/images/stories/seduction/sloppy.jpg here]]. Mr. Fantastic tells The Thing to leave Namor to him.

* In ''The Amazing ComicBook/SpiderMan'' #77, the [[Comicbook/FantasticFour Human Torch]] shows up while Spider-Man is battling the Lizard. Spidey tries to tell the Torch to back off and leave things to him; the Torch thinks that he's just being a stupid glory-hound and insists on helping. In fact, Spidey is trying to keep control of the situation to make sure the Lizard doesn't get hurt and/or revealed to be Dr. Connors.

* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': near the end of "Summit to Save Earth, Part 2", ''two'' characters declare this in regards to [[BigBad Zarm]]:
** First, [[BigDamnHeroes Commander Clash]] [[TheCavalry swoops in]] and [[Awesome/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers protects Ma-Ti from Zarm's killing ray]], saying "Out of the way, kid. This one's mine".
** Soon after, when the battle moves to the outside of [[MakesSenseInContext Zarm's spaceship]], Gaia gives the Planeteers the time they need to make their rings work again, saying: "I'll take care of Zarm".

* Uttered by ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' in the episode "Day of Sagittarius". Involves LeeroyJenkins, by the way.

* ''Film/{{Highlander}}'': The Kurgan, the immortal leading the enemy in Connor's first battle, orders him to be left alone, so that he can claim Connor's head and Quickening himself. [[JustifiedTrope Rather sensible]], considering that there was something in it for himself besides mere satisfaction. How the Kurgan knew Connor was an immortal who hadn't faced his first death yet is left unexplained though.

** Othar [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110307 tend to provoke this reaction]].

* Subverted in ''Series/{{Stargate Atlantis}}'' (''Sateda''), Ronon Dex insists Sheppard and Tayla leave the head Wraith to him, and only when it becomes evident Ronon is about to be killed does Beckett come to his aid.

* ''VideoGame/TheSaboteur'' The French Resistance has grown strong enough in Paris to launch a full scale uprising against the Nazis. But with the Germans have superior numbers in firepower and numbers and the leader of the Resistance Luc having just been killed, Sean, the protagonist knows the French will lose. He tells Veronique she needs to lead them, for her people need her. When she inquires about the Nazi who killed Jules, her brother and Sean's best friend, Sean drops the trope. "Leave Dieker to me."

!!Examples

* In ''Manga/{{Gamaran}}'', after joining the Muhou Ryuu and witnessing Gama's skills from afar, [[StalkerWithACrush Muraku]] [[EpicFlail Matsumoto]] gave (offpage) this order regarding Gama to the members of the division assigned to him. When they decide to engage Gama and a wounded Zenmaru in combat, he [[AxCrazy violently murders them all]] for daring to fight with his "beloved Gama" before him. In this case is both because [[BloodKnight of bloodlust]]... [[DepravedHomosexual and actual lust.]]

* During ''ComicBook/BatmanAndCaptainAmerica'', the Joker teamed up with Red Skull, and after discovering he was an actual Nazi, told his minions to back off so he could take him down himself. Declaring that [[EverybodyHasStandards while he's a criminal psychopath he's an ''American'' one]].
* ''WesternAnimation/LaffALympics'': In "The Purple Pig Puzzle," the Scoobys and the Yogis have found the whereabouts of Lucky Starr's ceramic pig. En route to collect the prize money for it, they see Starr taking off with the money (he bet everything on the Really Rottens to find it first).
-->'''Dynomutt''' (''exiting the Falconcar'') Leave him to me! There's a big surprise in store for Mr. Lucky Starr!
* In ''The Amazing ComicBook/SpiderMan'' #77, the [[Comicbook/FantasticFour Human Torch]] shows up while Spider-Man is battling the Lizard. Spidey tries to tell the Torch to back off and leave things to him; the Torch thinks that he's just being a stupid glory-hound and insists on helping. In fact, Spidey is trying to keep control of the situation to make sure the Lizard doesn't get hurt and/or revealed to be Dr. Connors.
* ComicBook/UltimateMarvel
** ''ComicBook/UltimateFF'': Namora wants the Atlanteans to kill all the team, but leave Namor's concubine for her. Sue wonders, why does everyone keep thinking that Namor is her boyfriend?
** ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'': Peter overhears the police about a thief making a shooting at a warehouse, and that he's probably the same guy that killed Uncle Ben. He ran away to deal with him by himself.

* ''Film/InTheLoop'' has [[MagnificentBastard Malcolm Tucker]] instructing Simon to leave Linton Barwick, the world's most boring psychopath, to him. Obviously a dramatic duel is ''not'' what he had in mind since the film is a political satire, but it ends up subverted anyway when [[spoiler:Malcolm's superiors at Number Ten order him to essentially be Linton Barwick's bitch.]]

** It turns out that [[spoiler:Voldemort ''can't'' kill Harry, because using Harry's blood to resurrect himself made Voldemort a keeper of Harry's mother's sacrifice.]]

-->'''Zoe:''' Hold fire! This is [[ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself something the captain has to do for himself.]]\\

* In one story in the ''Literature/{{Ramayana}}'', "Rama and Ravanna in Battle," Ravanna (the villain) tells the giant [[TheDragon Mahodara]] that Rama is his "sole concern", and that if he wants to engage in battle, to take on Rama's brother. [[spoiler: Mahodara disobeys, much to his peril.]]

'''Goomba King''': LeaveHimToMe!

* ''VideoGame/HaloWars'': Towards the end of the game, the crew of the ''Spirit of Fire'' has delivered a makeshift bomb to a key location in the Forerunner Shield World. Naturally, the Covenant don’t want them activating it so they send a horde of Elite Honor Guards and the Arbiter of the time, a massive Elite that dual-wields energy swords to stop them. Sergeant Forge, an ordinary Human marine, orders the three [[SuperSoldier Spartans]] to take care of the Elites, while he personally fought the Arbiter. The amazing part is, despite the Arbiter being almost double Forge’s height, ''he actually wins.''

* Dellyn Goblinslayer from ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' is the only one allowed to defeat Thaco, something that his guards recognize as a FatalFlaw.
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' pulled this one out during a short: See it [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080130 here]].

* Defied and subverted in ThingsIWillDoIfIAmEverTheHero -- the hero will ''not'' say "This one is mine!" and face the BigBad or TheDragon in single combat. On the other hand, saying "This one is mine!" as a prearranged signal for the rest of the hero's team to blast "this one" with everything they've got is perfectly acceptable.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': When faced with the primal Tsukuyomi, [[TheHero the Warrior of Light]] can tell Hien to live her to them, as anyone[[TheGift without the Echo]] is at risk of being turned BrainwashedAndCrazy by a primal's influence. Seeing the reason in this, Hien reluctantly agrees while having Yugiri and his men fall back and evacuate the area while the Warrior stares down Tsukuyomi.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'', BigBad Jenner uses the phrase word for word. However, the context is unusual for this trope; Jenner is busy plotting against Justin and the other good rats, not engaged in battle.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlightOfDragons'' has a heroic variant. When the group prepares to confront the dragons, [[KnightInShiningArmor Sir Orrin]] states: "Let me take [[TheDragon Bryagh]]." This is completely ignored when Bryagh actually arrives, and everyone desperately attacks him with everything they have; but Sir Orrin is the only one who stands a chance anyway.

* After working together to dispatch Angel Eyes' men in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'', Tuco declares to Blondie that "Angel Eyes is mine." Subverted as Angel Eyes has escaped when they burst into the hideout. Also played with when [[spoiler:Blondie disarmed Tuco the night before the gunfight so he could kill Angel Eyes himself]].

* ''Film/BattleOfTheBulge''. During the tank battle, Guffy sees a German tank with a pennant on it, the one belonging to the German tank commander, Colonel Hessler. Angry over the loss of his girlfriend due to the German attack, Guffy tells another American tank commander "This one belongs to me. He's mine." He fires at the German tank but the shell bounces off. Hessler returns fire and blows the turret off of Guffy's tank.
* Sheriff Justice's radio call to the Arkansas State Patrol in ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit'':
-->This is Sheriff Buford T. Justice. I'm in pursuit of a black Trans Am. He's all mine, so ''stay outta the way!''

* %%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample Twice in ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'': Cage and Goro, and Shang Tsung and Liu Kang (arguably necessary to avoid screwing up the bigger plan on a technicality).

* Twice in the first ''Film/MortalKombat'' film: Cage and Goro, and Shang Tsung and Liu Kang (arguably necessary to avoid screwing up the bigger plan on a technicality).

Contrast TheRestShallPass which is the heroic version of this trope. If the hero and villain are on speaking terms, this can manifest itself as TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou.