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* In ''Manga/AiYoriAoshi'', Mayu does this to keep Kaoru from going home.

* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', [[spoiler: Carla Jaegar]]'s last words are a plea to not be left alone, which she keeps as quiet as possible so her children, [[IWillOnlySlowYouDown whom she'd just been demanding to flee without her]], won't hear and try to come back to the Titan that's about to eat her.

* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', Lelouch has a moment of this in the second season. [[spoiler:When Shirley's been shot through the stomach, [[DyingDeclarationOfLove she gives him a dying speech about how she'll always fall in love with him, even in the next life]]. Lelouch doesn't want her to go, so he tries using his {{Geas}}s to keep her alive, at one point screaming "No, don't die! ''I order you not to die!''" It doesn't work; Shirley knows she's done for, and his mind control effect does absolutely nothing.]]

---> '''Nunnally:''' You can't leave me! You ''can't!'' [[spoiler:[[PleaseWakeUp Please open your eyes, Big Brother, please!]] '''''[[SayMyName BIG BROTHER!!!]]''''']]

** Sandra pleading with Jeremy to stay with her also qualifies as this.
* Shinji says this to Asuka at one point in ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion The End of Evangelion]]''.
* In ''Manga/FruitsBasket'':

* ''Manga/GameXRush'' has [[spoiler: Miyuki]] give the tearful, desperate version to [[spoiler: Yuuki -- whom she thinks is Memori -- shortly after the ''real'' Memori gives the angry "I'll kick your ass if you try to leave, so stay here with me!" version to Yuuki]]. Neither speech is romantic. We think.
* ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'', episode 24: Grave is about to leave Mika [[spoiler: permanently because his necro-rise is wearing off with no hope of getting a transfusion]], and since Mika's become rather attached to him, naturally she pleads with him to not leave her alone.

* Yuma of ''Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica'' really, really doesn't want Kyouko to leave her.
* In Manga/TheQuintessentialQuintuplets, [[spoiler:after [[WhenYouComingHomeDad her father Maruo informs her that he wont be coming home yet again]], along with her mother being dead and her sister Ichika seemingly leaving, Nino begs Fuutarou not to leave her, fearing that everyone else will eventually leave as well. And this is after he decides to leave after [[{{Tsundere}} her push-pull technique]] [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere backfires.]]]]

* Kaede [[InvokedTrope attempts]] one of these moments with Rin in ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}'' by getting in bed next to him while naked, and trying to give him a kiss at the same time. Instead of working, [[spoiler: it freaks him out, causes him to leave the room, and later decide to move out of her house.]]

* In ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' Tsukiyama tries to prevent Kaneki from essentially going on a suicide mission and breaks down crying when he fails, begging him "For dear life Kaneki. Would you please not go?"

* ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'': In ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle2006'' #7, Jamie, having vanished for a year, has his family not exactly accepting of him, and so he explains what's happened, eventually reliving a moment when he cries out "Don't let me die alone!". Which is when they go to him.

* ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'': At the end of the second trial, the students have deduced the killer is [[spoiler:Peko]], who killed Mahiru on behalf of [[spoiler:Fuyuhiko, as she's been his bodyguard, companion, and assassin since they were kids and was raised to see herself as just his tool]]. As she prepares to go to her execution, [[spoiler:Fuyuhiko finally reveals that he never wanted a tool and just wanted ''her'', before breaking down with this]]:

* Miu Iruma in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' is suggested to have severe abandonment issues. In her Love Suite Event with Shuichi, she tries to get Shuichi to make a baby with her, believing that it is the only sure way he will not abandon her.

* [[spoiler:Visas']] dialogue if you walk away after her possible HeroicSacrifice during the duel with Nihilus in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic''.

* ''VideoGame/Persona3 [[UpdatedRerelease Portable]]'': In a NewGamePlus you can pick a love interest to spend your last moments with. Out of all the love interests, only [[spoiler: [[MayDecemberRomance Ken Amada]]]] seems to realize that the protagonist performed a HeroicSacrifice and asks her to stay with him. Granted [[spoiler: [[YouKilledMyFather he lost his mom]] but some of the others have missing parents and Dead Little Sisters too. Children Are Observant? Actually yes. FridgeBrilliance reminds us that [[TarotMotifs Justice]] sometimes represents clarity and that is Ken's arcana.]]
* Chie says this almost verbatim towards the end of ''VideoGame/Persona4'' when [[spoiler:you've died and are getting encouragement from every character with whom you've maxed out your Social Link.]]

* In the ending of "VideoGame/{{SOMA}}".

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* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', we have Betty's heartbroken reaction as [[spoiler:her fiancee, Simon Petrikov (who would later become the Ice King) goes insane due to the influence of [[ArtifactOfDoom the crown he's wearing]]]]:

* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' ''Unlimited'', [[RealityWarper Ace]] begs Franchise/{{Batman}} to stay with her in her final moments before the same condition that gave her powers ultimately kills her. He does.
* ''WesternAnimation/MrMagoosChristmasCarol'': Magoo (as Ebenezer Scrooge) to the Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come, when the latter abandons him in a cemetary.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/OscarsOasis'' episode Lost, Harchi does this to Oscar when he gets separated from his friends.
* WesternAnimation/BugsBunny does this in "WesternAnimation/AWildHare" during his "death" scene, which makes Elmer Fudd wallow in self-pity after Bugs "dies."

* At the end of ''ComicBook/X23InnocenceLost'', X-23 kills her mother in a chemically-induced berserker rage, just as they destroy and escape the Facility that bred her. As Sarah Kinney dies and tells Laura that she loves her, for a moment she stops being a weapon and is just a little girl again, [[TearJerker hopelessly begging, "please don't leave me."]]
* In a flashback scene in ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine'' #7, Laura begs this of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} when he rides off after leaving her at the Xavier School, claiming that it's the best and safest place for her to be and that he can't offer her the sort of family life she wants. Later, Gabby says the same thing about Laura's intentions to send ''her'' away to find somewhere safe for her to live a normal life. It triggers Laura's memories of Logan, and twists the knife even further about the guilt she's feeling about the entire situation. [[spoiler: Eventually she decides otherwise, in part for that very reason.]]

* ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'': In Vol. 3 issue #7, Jamie, having vanished for a year, has his family not exactly accepting of him, and so he explains what's happened, eventually reliving a moment when he cries out "Don't let me die alone!". Which is when they go to him.
* At the end of "Get Mystique", Raven, grievously wounded by Wolverine, begs him not to walk away without finishing her off. He ignores her, and walks away, leaving her to expire slowly and painfully, screaming and cursing at him (don't worry, she gets better).
* In the seventh issue of ''Comicbook/InfiniteCrisis'', as [[spoiler:her cousin Golden Age Franchise/{{Superman}} is dying]], ''Comicbook/PowerGirl'' cries out "please, don't leave me alone".

* At the end of ''Innocence Lost'', ComicBook/{{X 23}} kills her mother in a chemically-induced berserker rage, just as they destroy and escape the Facility that bred her. As Sarah Kinney dies and tells Laura that she loves her, for a moment she stops being a weapon and is just a little girl again, [[TearJerker hopelessly begging, "please don't leave me."]]
* ''All-New Wolverine'': In a flashback scene in the seventh issue, Laura begs this of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} when he rides off after leaving her at the Xavier School, claiming that it's the best and safest place for her to be and that he can't offer her the sort of family life she wants. Later, Gabby says the same thing about Laura's intentions to send ''her'' away to find somewhere safe for her to live a normal life. It triggers Laura's memories of Logan, and twists the knife even further about the guilt she's feeling about the entire situation. [[spoiler: Eventually she decides otherwise, in part for that very reason.]]
* Issue Eleven of ''ComicBook/TheMaxx'' by Sam Kieth. Julie and Maxx are sitting on a rooftop, where Julie is struggling to find the words to explain to him why she has to move away, with little success. While Maxx stares stoically off into the distance, The sky around him is literally comprised entirely of the words "please please please please...don't leave."
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' story ''ComicBook/TheLifeStoryOfSuperman'': When Pa Kent dies, Clark cries and begs him to not leave him (again, since he was losing his second father).

* In ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', when Jon Osterman is trapped in a lab device that will, [[spoiler:as far as he knows]], kill him in a few seconds when it switches on, he breaks down and begs Janey Slater not to leave him. She does, though - she says that she can't stand to watch.

* In the last volume of ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', [[spoiler: when Alucard's disappearing after absorbing Schrodinger, Integra orders him not to. [[{{Tearjerker}} It doesn't work.]]]]

* A platonic example in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' occurs halfway through the game, from Raiden to [[BigBrotherMentor Solid Snake]].

* In the final scene of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', Po says this to [[spoiler:Shifu]] when he thinks that he's succumbing to [[spoiler:MentorOccupationalHazard]]. HilarityEnsues.
-->'''Po:''' Don't die, [[spoiler:Shifu]], don't die...
-->'''[[spoiler:Shifu]]''' I'm not dying, you idiot! ({{beat}}) [[spoiler:Dragon... Warrior...]]

--> '''Shifu:''' [[spoiler:Master! You can't leave me!]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei's red panda spirit is practically bawling its eyes out as Mei goes through the red moon ritual to banish it into a talisman. This forces her to rethink and relive all of the happy moments it has brought her and her friends. Mei refuses to separate from it, acknowledging that the red panda is part of her.

* ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'': At the end of the second trial, the students have deduced the killer is [[spoiler:Peko]], who killed Mahiru on behalf of [[spoiler:Fuyuhiko, as she's been bodyguard, companion, and assassin since they were children and raised to see herself as merely his tool]]. As she prepares to go to her execution, [[spoiler:Fuyuhiko finally reveals that he never wanted a tool and just wanted ''her'', before breaking down with this]]:
-->[[spoiler:'''Fuyuhiko''']]: Please don't go, [[spoiler:Peko]]! I need you! ''Don't leave me!''

-->"Oh! you said you cared nothing for my sufferings! And I pray one prayer – I repeat it till my tongue stiffens – Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest as long as I am living; you said I killed you – haunt me, then! The murdered do haunt their murderers, I believe. I know that ghosts have wandered on earth. Be with me always – take any form – drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!"

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': After [[ItMakesSenseInContext pretending he and Monica had got divorced]], [[HappilyMarried Chandler]] says this to her.

-->'''Dory:''' No. No, you can't...Stop! Please don't go away. Please? No one's ever stuck with me for so long before. And if you leave...if you leave...I just, I remember things better with you. I do, look; P...Sherman, forty...two...forty-two...I remember it, I do. It's there, I know it is, because when I look at you, I can feel it. When I look at you...I'm home. Please, I don't want that to go away. I don't want to forget.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Heavily deconstructed with Charlotte "Big Mom" Linlin. When she as an orphan, she was party of an orphanage under the care of Mother Caramel. When Mother Caramel and the other orphans disappeared on the day of her sixth birthday [[spoiler:with the heavy implication being that she ''ate'' them]], she was left depressed and hurt at the belief that they abandoned her, which would help shape her into the tyrannical ruler she would grow up to be, as she would ''kill'' anyone who ever tried to leave Totland.

* In ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', John Connor begs the Terminator to not leave him.
** Earlier in the film, Sarah asks her hallucination of [[TheLostLenore Kyle]] to stay with her. Particularly tragic since he's already dead, and this is the only way she can see him.

* In a C.S. Friedman novel, the protagonist, a young woman orphaned and homeless because of war, becomes the mistress of a soldier who is very much in love with her but whom she doesn't love at all, though she is deeply grateful for his kindness and protection. As he lies dying, she engages in a bit of method-acting, remembering how much she loved her mother and how desperately she misses her, and with all that emotion in her voice cries out: 'I love you, don't leave me!'.

* In ''Wuthering Heights'', Heathcliff begs this of Cathy, oddly enough, after she is already dead.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E17Passion Passion]]", after Angelus murders his LoveInterest Jenny Calender, Buffy's Watcher goes on a SuicideMission to kill Angelus, only to be saved at the last minute by Buffy. Giles rages at her that this wasn't her fight; Buffy slugs him, then gives Giles a CooldownHug, crying and saying "You can't leave me. I can't do this alone."

* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': The [=UnSub=] of "The Uncanny Valley" says it to [[spoiler:a victim that's trying to escape]].

* All over the place in the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' saga.

* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', a couple of the Pokémon departures fall into this category in terms of the behavior of said Pokémon:
** Team Rocket's Arbok and Weezing were a total wreck when forced to leave their trainers with a group of other Pokemon to get away from a poacher.
** Jessie's Dustox in the Sinnoh episode "Crossing Paths" fell in love with a Shiny Dustox. But when it was time for them to leave to participate in a breeding migration with other Dustox, Jessie's Dustox tried to remain with Jessie, not wanting to leave her. Jessie had to resort to crushing her Poké Ball underfoot in order to sever her bond and force her to leave.

* ''Literature/{{Hurog}}'': When Oreg is separated from Ward (to whom he is bound as a slave by ancient magic), he suffers so horribly that, once reunited, he clings to Ward's leg and begs him never to leave him again. There is some amount of FridgeHorror, as his suffering when spending too much time too far away from his "owner" is likely an ''intentional'' side-effect of the magic that binds him.

* ''Film/AFaceInTheCrowd'' ended with Lonesome Rhodes screaming "Don't leave me, Marcia," even after his BeleagueredAssistant had admitted she'd been the one to sabotage his career, over frustration with his raging ego, and told him to never call her again.

* In the 11th chapter of Bearquarter's Toy Story 2, Mabel and Sherman share a tearful argument before Jimmy delivers a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheReasonYouSuckSpeech reminder of what Sherman went through to get him and Jimmy reunited]] with Trent Cooper.

* In Chapter 53 of ''Manga/MyCluelessFirstFriend'', a sick and feverish [[FriendlessBackground Nishimura]] is being visited by her friends, and, thinking its a dream, [[CaughtTheHeartOnHisSleeve grabs Takada's sleeve]] when he tries to leave, telling him she'll be lonely and begging him to stay in front of their friends. Cue [[LuminescentBlush furious blushing from all present]]. Naturally, Nishimura is extremely embarrassed the next day when she realizes it wasn't a dream.

* In Chapter 53 of ''Manga/MyCluelessFirstFriend'', a sick and feverish [[FriendlessBackground Nishimura]] is being visited by her friends, and [[CaughtTheHeartOnHisSleeve grabs Takada's arm]] when he tries to go, telling him she'll be lonely and begging him to stay in front of their friends. Cue [[LuminescentBlush]] from Takada. Naturally, Nishimura is extremely embarassed the next day when she realizes it wasn't a dream.

* ''LightNovel/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'': In Volume 8, when Tatsuya is about to leave to [[spoiler:take on the invading army]], Miyuki says this to him. She's initially reluctant, [[GenreSavvy thinking that it sounds too much like what a lover would say]], but decides that his safety is more important. Tatsuya still heads out, though.

* Mashiro plays with this trope towards Sorata in episode 4 of ''LightNovel/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou''. When Sorata looks at the manga Mashiro was making, he finds out it's about his situation with her, except with the gender roles reversed. The editor tells him that the ending where the girl leaves is depressing, and suggested Mashiro revise it. When he goes to her room later, he finds her napping after working on a revised ending, where the girl decides that she wants to stay, and he begins to realize that he doesn't want to leave Sakura Hall after all.

%%* Sunao to Sora in ''LightNovel/{{Sukisho}}''.