History Main / ScrewThisImOuttaHere

* In ''TheIronGiant'', Agent Mansley tries to do this, but was stopped by the eponymous Giant. Is a borderline example of this, as, though this particular attempt to leave was against his superiors' orders and fit the trope, most of the villainous actions in the movie ([[spoiler: including the Nuke he just fired at the Giant]]) were caused by him without his superiors' knowledge. Gave us this hilariously great exchange:

** He actually does this in the middle of the rainforest (after beating the shit out to two separate endangered species.) he walks all of twenty feet and ends up immediately running into a logging crew...And he even gets chicken!

->''[[CatchPhrase "Screw you guys, I'm going home."]]''
-->-- '''Eric Cartman''', ''SouthPark''

* Greedy was like this in one episode of ''TheSmurfs'' when he decided to go on strike from being the village cook and leave the village to offer his service for someone who really cares about his craft. Poet and Painter were also like this in another episode.

* Many people who Play "AmnesiaTheDarkDescent" Do this.

* Greedy was like this in one episode of ''TheSmurfs'' when he decided to go on strike from being the village cook and leave the village to offer his service for someone who really cares about his craft. Poet and Painter were also like this in another episode.

* He also does this wordlessly in the first movie, when the credits cut to a scene of him fleeing the battle. He wasn't even there for the second half of it.

** The AudioCommentary for "This Little Piggy" mentions a [[MissedMomentOfAwesome Missed Moment of]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Funny]] that combines this trope with SeenItAllSuicide (minus the suicide, of course). There was a deleted scene where TheJoker and his minions are plotting something when [[TheComecallySerious Batman]] walks by cradling a pig[[hottip:*:WonderWoman, transformed by Circe]] in his arms and talking to it. Seeing this, Joker throws up his arms in defeat and walks off.

* In an episode of BatmanTheAnimatedSeries, Maxie Zeus orders his henchman Alex to attack Batman. Being GenreSavvy, Alex declares that there's no way he can possibly win and tries to leave. Zeus angrily tries to gun him down for his defiance, but he outruns the gunfire and escapes into the swimming pool. Although he disappears for the rest of the episode, he was presumably arrested after the battle.
* [[PinkyAndTheBrain The Brain]]'s fatal flaw is that he often doesn't know when to fold 'em. Just one example: he would have gotten away scot free, plan intact, in "Pinkasso" if he didn't try to make a production out of the last painting he auctioned.

* {{Family Guy}}'s Peter Griffin was apparently present at Tiananmen Square until he decided it just wasn't worth it.

* In the CaptainPlanet episode ''Scorched Earth'', after Captain Planet rips the roof from a building.

* In the DannyPhantom episode ''Pirate Radio'', [[MusicalAssassin Ember McLain]] and [[{{Pirate}} Youngblood]] team up. When the good guys board Youngblood's ship and attack, Ember joins the battle for a while, but after accidentally setting the sail on fire, she jumps overboard and escapes.

* Finally, ''finally'', after two and a half seasons of flip-flopping, [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Zuko]] says "screw this!" to the Fire Nation and heads off to help the good guys.

* In the CaptainPlanet episode ''Scorched Earth'', after Captain Planet rips the roof from a buiding.

* Said word for word in TalesOfVesperia by a commentator in the colliseum.

* In TheOuterLimits episode ''Mind Over Matter'', a doctor hooks a comatose woman to a VR machine so they can communicate with her. He enters the VR world several times and they start getting intimate. One of his colleages is disgusted, and protests the unethical nature of what he is doing. He refuses to listen, and she gets fed up and leaves, [[spoiler: and in doing so, escapes being involved in the OuterLimitsTwist at the end.]]

* Master Vile does this near the end of MightyMorphinPowerRangers, being GenreSavvy enough to realize that his plans weren't going to go anywhere, and he'd be better off sticking to the galaxy where he always wins, instead of that one weird planet where good somehow triumphs. Notably, ''he was the BigBad at the time''.

* In ''Macbeth'', the doctor tending to Lady Macbeth contemplates this while realizing that both of the Macbeths are stark raving insane.

* Opera co-managers Poligny and Debienne at the very start of ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' — once a [[ScoobyDooHoax Phantom]] starts skulking their Opera and delivering {{Blackmail}} demands, they waste no time passing the buck and getting out of the Opera business as fast as they can.

* Wiesler in ''TheLivesOfOthers'' is [[ReassignedToAntarctica opening letters in a basement]] of [[EastGermany Stasi]] headquarters when the radio news announces the BerlinWall has opened. Everyone in the room grops tools, gets up and files out.

* Non-battle version in BarefootInThePark. After Paul and Corie find Corie's mother in bed with their neighbor Victor, Corie reacts with [[BrainBleach horror]]. Instead of trying to comfort his wife, Paul decides that he has had enough craziness and leaves.
* KickAss subverts this. A Mook facing the four foot tall whirlwind of destruction named Hit-Girl shouts a stronger version of the first two words. *beat* "I'm getting the bazooka!"

* Near the end of the ''Masters Of The Universe'' film, when He-Man's allies have broken into Skeletor's fortress and He-Man and Skeletor are having their FinalBattle, [[TheDragon Evil-Lynn]] and what's left of the QuirkyMinibossSquad sneak out the back. May also count as Evil-Lynn being TheStarscream.

** About a minute later, Beni follows suite, screaming "WAIT FOR ME!"

* Hero example: Han Solo famously does this after delivering Luke and Leia to the Rebel base in ''StarWars''. [[spoiler: Naturally, [[ItWasHisSled he returns to save the day]].]]
** [[ItWasHisSled Is that spoiler really necessary?]]