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* ''Literature/TheGoldenHamsterSaga'': In ''I, Freddy'', the titular hamster becomes the pet of a six-year-old girl named Sophie. Sophie's mom grudgingly tolerates Freddy at first, but when she discovers she's allergic to his fur, she makes Sophie give him to their family friend Mr. John.
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* ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'': In Tommy's April 29th stream, he and Ghostbur visited [[TheAlcatraz Pandora's Vault]] to try and kill [[BigBad Dream]]. Upon visiting the prison, Friend, Ghostbur's pet [[SweetSheep sheep]], was kept in the Nether entrance hall of the prison, with Ghostbur promising he would be back for him. [[spoiler:When Tommy was forced out of the prison after his attempt to kill Dream failed, with Ghostbur "[[DeathOfPersonality dying]]" in the process of [[BackFromTheDead reviving]] Wilbur, he comes across Friend again in the entrance hall. [[TearJerker Cue the waterworks.]]]]
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* ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'': In Tommy's April 29th 2021 stream, he and Ghostbur visited [[TheAlcatraz Pandora's Vault]] to try and kill [[BigBad Dream]]. Upon visiting the prison, Friend, Ghostbur's pet [[SweetSheep sheep]], was kept in the Nether entrance hall of the prison, with Ghostbur promising he would be back for him. [[spoiler:When Tommy was forced out of the prison after his attempt to kill Dream failed, with Ghostbur "[[DeathOfPersonality dying]]" in the process of [[BackFromTheDead reviving]] Wilbur, he comes across Friend again in the entrance hall. [[TearJerker Cue the waterworks]].]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/HelpImAFish'', Stella has to send Sasha away (who for a good part of the movie had acted as Stella's HorseOfADifferentColor and {{Team Pet}}), before going back into [[AbsentMindedProfessor Professor MacKrill's]] labratory. What makes it sadder though, is that Stella is a little girl, about five.
* One of the saddest moments in ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'' has a teary-eyed Widow Tweed leaving Tod in the wild, silently gesturing at him not to follow her back as she leaves.
* One of the saddest moments in ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'' has a teary-eyed Widow Tweed leaving Tod in the wild, silently gesturing at him not to follow her back as she leaves.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/HelpImAFish'', Stella has ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'': After realizing that her pet fox Tod is no longer safe with her, as her {{Jerkass}} neighbor intends to send Sasha away (who for kill him, Widow Tweed releases Tod into a good part of the movie had acted as Stella's HorseOfADifferentColor and {{Team Pet}}), before going back into [[AbsentMindedProfessor Professor MacKrill's]] labratory. What forest where hunting is not allowed. The accompanying song makes it sadder though, is that Stella is a little girl, about five.
* One of the saddest moments in ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'' has a teary-eyed Widow Tweed leaving Tod in the wild, silently gesturing at him not to follow her back as she leaves.hundred times sadder.
* One of the saddest moments in ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'' has a teary-eyed Widow Tweed leaving Tod in the wild, silently gesturing at him not to follow her back as she leaves.
* In ''WesternAnimation/HelpImAFish'', Stella has to send Sasha away (who for a good part of the movie had acted as Stella's HorseOfADifferentColor and {{Team Pet}}), before going back into [[AbsentMindedProfessor Professor MacKrill's]] labratory. What makes it sadder though, is that Stella is a little girl, about five.
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* In the first ''VideoGame/{{Halo|Combat Evolved}}'' game some were doing this. A few were doing this with the Marines, but many were doing it with their armless Flood Buddies. Yes, Flood.
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* In ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor: Overclocked'', at the first ''VideoGame/{{Halo|Combat Evolved}}'' game beginning of Naoya's 8th day, you have a choice about whether to kill opposing demon tamers or not. Choosing to do so will cause Kaido to kick Mari out of the party so she doesn't have to sully her honor with such DirtyBusiness (despite being willing to go through with it).
* [[GentleGiant Jungo]] does this in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'' at the 5th stage of his [[LevelUpAtIntimacy5 FATE route]] with a stray cat he took care of when it was wounded. When the cat is fully healed he sets it free -- as keeping the animal with him would only needlessly endanger it -- and quickly runs off, while the cat frantically looks and cries for its master until it eventually realizes that he's gone...
** The next and final event in his FATE route has Jungo secretly check up on the cat. The Protagonist can then suggest that he adopts the cat... [[spoiler:which Jungo does, but only in the GoldenEnding.]]
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', if you leave Dog behind for the final battle, every line you can give it is a nod to this trope.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': [[spoiler:After killing your father and kidnapping both you and Prince Harry, Ladja]] lets your pet Sabercat loose to get rid of it.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII'' has this potentially occur in Loomin with Sieble and his pet larval Hellworm, Chibi. The rest of the town is getting antsy about his exotic taste in pets, particularly since [[DoomMagnet they've already had somewere doing this. A few were doing this with nasty luck recently]]; if you warn him about this, he tries to release Chibi into the Marines, wild and shoo him away. Alternately, you can [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential sneak into his house and kill Chibi for the villagers]], but many were doing it with their armless Flood Buddies. Yes, Flood.[[WhatTheHellHero why would you do that? Seriously]]. [[spoiler:Unless you ''want'' the villagers to suffer karmic backlash and Sieble end up as the SoleSurvivor...]]
* [[GentleGiant Jungo]] does this in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'' at the 5th stage of his [[LevelUpAtIntimacy5 FATE route]] with a stray cat he took care of when it was wounded. When the cat is fully healed he sets it free -- as keeping the animal with him would only needlessly endanger it -- and quickly runs off, while the cat frantically looks and cries for its master until it eventually realizes that he's gone...
** The next and final event in his FATE route has Jungo secretly check up on the cat. The Protagonist can then suggest that he adopts the cat... [[spoiler:which Jungo does, but only in the GoldenEnding.]]
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', if you leave Dog behind for the final battle, every line you can give it is a nod to this trope.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': [[spoiler:After killing your father and kidnapping both you and Prince Harry, Ladja]] lets your pet Sabercat loose to get rid of it.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII'' has this potentially occur in Loomin with Sieble and his pet larval Hellworm, Chibi. The rest of the town is getting antsy about his exotic taste in pets, particularly since [[DoomMagnet they've already had some
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* The good ending to ''VideoGame/RuleOfRose'' can be seen as this in a metaphorical sense. Over the course of the game, it's revealed the player's best friend is in fact [[spoiler:the BigBad]], having [[spoiler:arranged the deaths of every other character]] because she [[spoiler:felt abandoned]] because the player was [[spoiler:spending more time with her pet dog than with her.]] The epilogue is a flashback/dream sequence where the player is sent back before the whole thing began and chains the dog inside a shed to metaphorically protect him, along with her other precious memories.
* Claire Redfield's "epilogue" (all of which are more of a SequelHook than anything) in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' shows that Leon was forced to do this with her shortly after the events of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2''. Realizing something was amiss about the Feds coming to rescue them and they likely were ''not'' going to be allowed to go free any time soon, he urges Claire to escape while she can and continue searching for her brother, to the point of actually being harsh with her. Leon's hunch proves to be right, as he and Sherry are quickly taken into government custody, with her being turned over to researchers for study (which would eventually pay off in ''6''), while Leon is essentially blackmailed into working as a government agent, setting up his return in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''.
* The Chao in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' give you a [[PlayerPunch tremendously sad]] sequence when you're ready to get rid of one or a few.
* Claire Redfield's "epilogue" (all of which are more of a SequelHook than anything) in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' shows that Leon was forced to do this with her shortly after the events of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2''. Realizing something was amiss about the Feds coming to rescue them and they likely were ''not'' going to be allowed to go free any time soon, he urges Claire to escape while she can and continue searching for her brother, to the point of actually being harsh with her. Leon's hunch proves to be right, as he and Sherry are quickly taken into government custody, with her being turned over to researchers for study (which would eventually pay off in ''6''), while Leon is essentially blackmailed into working as a government agent, setting up his return in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''.
* The Chao in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' give you a [[PlayerPunch tremendously sad]] sequence when you're ready to get rid of one or a few.
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* The good ending Often has to ''VideoGame/RuleOfRose'' can be seen as this done with excess Heroes in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' due to limited barrack space, where shooing Heroes you summoned back to their world will give you a metaphorical sense. Over the course of the game, it's revealed the player's best friend is Combat Manual or hero feathers.
* Kratos finally reunites with his long dead daughter infact [[spoiler:the BigBad]], having [[spoiler:arranged the deaths of every other character]] because she [[spoiler:felt abandoned]] because the player was [[spoiler:spending more time ''VideoGame/GodOfWarChainsOfOlympus'' but realizes that staying with her pet dog than with her.]] The epilogue is a flashback/dream sequence where will destroy the player is sent back before the whole thing began world and chains the dog inside a shed to metaphorically protect him, eventually her along with her other precious memories.
* Claire Redfield's "epilogue" (all of which are more ofit. What follows is a SequelHook than anything) in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' shows that Leon was forced to do this with her shortly after the events of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2''. Realizing something was amiss about the Feds coming to rescue them long and they likely were ''not'' going to be allowed to go free any time soon, he urges Claire to escape while she can and continue searching for her brother, to the point [[TearJerker painful]] series of actually being harsh with her. Leon's hunch proves to be right, as he and Sherry are quickly taken into government custody, with her being turned over to researchers for study (which would eventually pay off in ''6''), while Leon is essentially blackmailed into working as a government agent, setting up his return in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''.
* The Chao in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' give you a[[PlayerPunch tremendously sad]] sequence when you're ready button-mashing mini games]] to get rid of one or a few.shove the crying little girl away as she desperately clings to her father.
* In the first ''VideoGame/{{Halo|Combat Evolved}}'' game some were doing this. A few were doing this with the Marines, but many were doing it with their armless Flood Buddies. Yes, Flood.
* Kratos finally reunites with his long dead daughter in
* Claire Redfield's "epilogue" (all of which are more of
* The Chao in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' give you a
* In the first ''VideoGame/{{Halo|Combat Evolved}}'' game some were doing this. A few were doing this with the Marines, but many were doing it with their armless Flood Buddies. Yes, Flood.
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* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', if you leave Dog behind for the final battle, every line you can give it is a nod to this trope.
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* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': [[spoiler:After killing your father and kidnapping both you and Prince Harry, Ladja]] lets your pet Sabercat loose to get rid of it.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII'' has this potentially occur in Loomin with Sieble and his pet larval Hellworm, Chibi. The rest of the town is getting antsy about his exotic taste in pets, particularly since [[DoomMagnet they've already had some nasty luck recently]]; if you warn him about this, he tries to release Chibi into the wild and shoo him away. Alternately, you can [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential sneak into his house and kill Chibi for the villagers]], but [[WhatTheHellHero why would you do that? Seriously]]. [[spoiler:Unless you ''want'' the villagers to suffer karmic backlash and Sieble end up as the SoleSurvivor...]]
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': [[spoiler:After killing your father and kidnapping both you and Prince Harry, Ladja]] lets your pet Sabercat loose to get rid of it.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII'' has this potentially occur in Loomin with Sieble and his pet larval Hellworm, Chibi. The rest of the town is getting antsy about his exotic taste in pets, particularly since [[DoomMagnet they've already had some nasty luck recently]]; if you warn him about this, he tries to release Chibi into the wild and shoo him away. Alternately, you can [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential sneak into his house and kill Chibi for the villagers]], but [[WhatTheHellHero why would you do that? Seriously]]. [[spoiler:Unless you ''want'' the villagers to suffer karmic backlash and Sieble end up as the SoleSurvivor...]]
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* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': [[spoiler:After killing your father and kidnapping both you and Prince Harry, Ladja]] lets your pet Sabercat loose to get rid of it.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII'' has this potentially occur in Loomin with Sieble and his pet larval Hellworm, Chibi. The rest ofPreposterously common throughout the town ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' franchise, even besides the video games. This is getting antsy about his exotic taste in pets, particularly since [[DoomMagnet they've already had some nasty luck recently]]; if you warn him about this, he tries mainly because there is no reason to release Chibi into a Pokémon in the game unless you bottlenecked on your limit and really have no more use for them. Most people who release Pokémon are releasing either early-route com mons obtained from the Wonder Trade (Zigzagoon was a ''notorious'' example) or the ones that they bred (at level 5 or 1 depending upon which generation you are breeding) and waiting for the one that they really want. In the Pokémon world, it would be like throwing helpless Pokémon out onto the street and/or to be killed by other wild and shoo him away. Alternately, Pokémon. However, given that you can [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential sneak into his house and kill Chibi [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction breed]] for the villagers]], but [[WhatTheHellHero why would you do that? Seriously]]. [[spoiler:Unless you ''want'' the villagers to suffer karmic backlash and Sieble end up as the SoleSurvivor...]][[LegoGenetics moves]], it can [[PintsizedPowerhouse take care]] of itself.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': [[spoiler:After killing your father and kidnapping both you and Prince Harry, Ladja]] lets your pet Sabercat loose to get rid of it.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII'' has this potentially occur in Loomin with Sieble and his pet larval Hellworm, Chibi. The rest of
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* Kratos finally reunites with his long dead daughter in ''VideoGame/GodOfWarChainsOfOlympus'' but realizes that staying with her will destroy the world and eventually her along with it. What follows is a long and [[TearJerker painful]] series of [[PlayerPunch button-mashing mini games to shove the crying little girl away as she desperately clings to her father.]]
* In ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor: Overclocked'', at the beginning of Naoya's 8th day, you have a choice about whether to kill opposing demon tamers or not. Choosing to do so will cause Kaido to kick Mari out of the party so she doesn't have to sully her honor with such DirtyBusiness (despite being willing to go through with it).
* [[GentleGiant Jungo]] does this in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'' at the 5th stage of his [[LevelUpAtIntimacy5 FATE route]] with a stray cat he took care of when it was wounded. When the cat is fully healed he sets it free -- as keeping the animal with him would only needlessly endanger it -- and quickly runs off, while the cat frantically looks and cries for its master until it eventually realizes that he's gone...
** The next and final event in his FATE route has Jungo secretly check up on the cat. The Protagonist can then suggest that he adopts the cat... [[spoiler: which Jungo does, but only in the GoldenEnding.]]
* Preposterously common throughout the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' franchise, even besides the video games. This is mainly because there is no reason to release a Pokémon in the game unless you bottlenecked on your limit and really have no more use for them. Most people who release Pokémon are releasing either early-route com mons obtained from the Wonder Trade (Zigzagoon was a ''notorious'' example) or the ones that they bred (at level 5 or 1 depending upon which generation you are breeding) and waiting for the one that they really want. In the Pokémon world, it would be like throwing helpless Pokémon out onto the street and/or to be killed by other wild Pokémon. However, given that you can [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction breed]] [[LegoGenetics for moves]], it can [[PintsizedPowerhouse take care]] of itself.
* Often has to be done with excess Heroes in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' due to limited barrack space, where shooing Heroes you summoned back to their world will give you a Combat Manual or hero feathers.
* In ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor: Overclocked'', at the beginning of Naoya's 8th day, you have a choice about whether to kill opposing demon tamers or not. Choosing to do so will cause Kaido to kick Mari out of the party so she doesn't have to sully her honor with such DirtyBusiness (despite being willing to go through with it).
* [[GentleGiant Jungo]] does this in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'' at the 5th stage of his [[LevelUpAtIntimacy5 FATE route]] with a stray cat he took care of when it was wounded. When the cat is fully healed he sets it free -- as keeping the animal with him would only needlessly endanger it -- and quickly runs off, while the cat frantically looks and cries for its master until it eventually realizes that he's gone...
** The next and final event in his FATE route has Jungo secretly check up on the cat. The Protagonist can then suggest that he adopts the cat... [[spoiler: which Jungo does, but only in the GoldenEnding.]]
* Preposterously common throughout the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' franchise, even besides the video games. This is mainly because there is no reason to release a Pokémon in the game unless you bottlenecked on your limit and really have no more use for them. Most people who release Pokémon are releasing either early-route com mons obtained from the Wonder Trade (Zigzagoon was a ''notorious'' example) or the ones that they bred (at level 5 or 1 depending upon which generation you are breeding) and waiting for the one that they really want. In the Pokémon world, it would be like throwing helpless Pokémon out onto the street and/or to be killed by other wild Pokémon. However, given that you can [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction breed]] [[LegoGenetics for moves]], it can [[PintsizedPowerhouse take care]] of itself.
* Often has to be done with excess Heroes in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' due to limited barrack space, where shooing Heroes you summoned back to their world will give you a Combat Manual or hero feathers.
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* Kratos finally reunites with his long dead daughter Claire Redfield's "epilogue" (all of which are more of a SequelHook than anything) in ''VideoGame/GodOfWarChainsOfOlympus'' but realizes ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' shows that staying Leon was forced to do this with her will destroy shortly after the world events of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2''. Realizing something was amiss about the Feds coming to rescue them and they likely were ''not'' going to be allowed to go free any time soon, he urges Claire to escape while she can and continue searching for her brother, to the point of actually being harsh with her. Leon's hunch proves to be right, as he and Sherry are quickly taken into government custody, with her being turned over to researchers for study (which would eventually pay off in ''6''), while Leon is essentially blackmailed into working as a government agent, setting up his return in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''.
* The good ending to ''VideoGame/RuleOfRose'' can be seen as this in a metaphorical sense. Over the course of the game, it's revealed the player's best friend is in fact [[spoiler:the BigBad]], having [[spoiler:arranged the deaths of every other character]] because she [[spoiler:felt abandoned]] because the player was [[spoiler:spending more time with her pet dog than with her]]. The epilogue is a flashback/dream sequence where the player is sent back before the whole thing began and chains the dog inside a shed to metaphorically protect him, along withit. What follows is her other precious memories.
* The Chao in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' give you along and [[TearJerker painful]] series of [[PlayerPunch button-mashing mini games to shove the crying little girl away as she desperately clings to her father.]]
* In ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor: Overclocked'', at the beginning of Naoya's 8th day, you have a choice about whether to kill opposing demon tamers or not. Choosing to do so will cause Kaido to kick Mari out of the party so she doesn't have to sully her honor with such DirtyBusiness (despite being willing to go through with it).
* [[GentleGiant Jungo]] does this in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'' at the 5th stage of his [[LevelUpAtIntimacy5 FATE route]] with a stray cat he took care oftremendously sad]] sequence when it was wounded. When the cat is fully healed he sets it free -- as keeping the animal with him would only needlessly endanger it -- and quickly runs off, while the cat frantically looks and cries for its master until it eventually realizes that he's gone...
** The next and final event in his FATE route has Jungo secretly check up on the cat. The Protagonist can then suggest that he adopts the cat... [[spoiler: which Jungo does, but only in the GoldenEnding.]]
* Preposterously common throughout the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' franchise, even besides the video games. This is mainly because there is no reasonyou're ready to release a Pokémon in the game unless you bottlenecked on your limit and really have no more use for them. Most people who release Pokémon are releasing either early-route com mons obtained from the Wonder Trade (Zigzagoon was a ''notorious'' example) or the ones that they bred (at level 5 or 1 depending upon which generation you are breeding) and waiting for the get rid of one that they really want. In the Pokémon world, it would be like throwing helpless Pokémon out onto the street and/or to be killed by other wild Pokémon. However, given that you can [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction breed]] [[LegoGenetics for moves]], it can [[PintsizedPowerhouse take care]] of itself.
* Often has to be done with excess Heroes in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' due to limited barrack space, where shooing Heroes you summoned back to their world will give you a Combat Manualor hero feathers.a few.
* The good ending to ''VideoGame/RuleOfRose'' can be seen as this in a metaphorical sense. Over the course of the game, it's revealed the player's best friend is in fact [[spoiler:the BigBad]], having [[spoiler:arranged the deaths of every other character]] because she [[spoiler:felt abandoned]] because the player was [[spoiler:spending more time with her pet dog than with her]]. The epilogue is a flashback/dream sequence where the player is sent back before the whole thing began and chains the dog inside a shed to metaphorically protect him, along with
* The Chao in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' give you a
* In ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor: Overclocked'', at the beginning of Naoya's 8th day, you have a choice about whether to kill opposing demon tamers or not. Choosing to do so will cause Kaido to kick Mari out of the party so she doesn't have to sully her honor with such DirtyBusiness (despite being willing to go through with it).
* [[GentleGiant Jungo]] does this in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'' at the 5th stage of his [[LevelUpAtIntimacy5 FATE route]] with a stray cat he took care of
** The next and final event in his FATE route has Jungo secretly check up on the cat. The Protagonist can then suggest that he adopts the cat... [[spoiler: which Jungo does, but only in the GoldenEnding.]]
* Preposterously common throughout the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' franchise, even besides the video games. This is mainly because there is no reason
* Often has to be done with excess Heroes in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' due to limited barrack space, where shooing Heroes you summoned back to their world will give you a Combat Manual
* Lana Skye tries to do this to her younger sister Ema in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', but Ema refuses to accept that her sister is guilty, and together, she and Phoenix find the truth behind the murder and the reason for Lana's cold actions.
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* Lana Skye tries to do this to her younger sister Ema in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', but Ema refuses to accept that her sister is guilty, and together, she and Phoenix find the truth behind the murder and the reason for Lana's cold actions.
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* WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog: After freezing Captain Hammer with his Death Ray, Dr. Horrible expresses relief that Penny isn't there to see him commit this act of villainy, and possibly because he doesn't want her to get hurt. Unfortunately, he'd accidentally outed himself as Billy in the process, which has tragic consequences: Hammer, whose paralysis has worn off due to Horrible's failure to finish him, destroys the ray, which explodes and results in the death of Horrible's LoveInterest and MoralityChain.
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* WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog: ''WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'': After freezing Captain Hammer with his Death Ray, Dr. Horrible expresses relief that Penny isn't there to see him commit this act of villainy, and possibly because he doesn't want her to get hurt. Unfortunately, he'd accidentally outed himself as Billy in the process, which has tragic consequences: Hammer, whose paralysis has worn off due to Horrible's failure to finish him, destroys the ray, which explodes and results in the death of Horrible's LoveInterest and MoralityChain.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': [=SpongeBob=] had to give up his seahorse, Mystery, who seemed rather apathetic about the whole thing. And after it, accidentally, Patrick.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': I know it's hard for you to understand, but Mr. Krabs is right. You belong in the wild.\\
[''Mystery just casually trots off'']\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]''': (''while looking in the opposite direction'') Well, what're you waiting for? Can't you see I don't want you anymore?\\
[''Patrick walks up to a sobbing [=SpongeBob=] with a board on his head'']\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]''': Just get out of here, you stupid, dumb animal!\\
[''Patrick walks away with the same look on his face'']
* Brock Samson of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' tries to do this to the Venture family in the season 3 finale to get rid of them. Hank sees through it.
** On the other hand, Brock watches Hank and Dean die on a regular basis, and is he prepared to kill Dr. Venture. This might actually be an inversion of this trope because Brock legitimately doesn't care.
*** Note that while he ''is'' prepared to kill Dr. Venture, he's noticeably relieved when he doesn't have to, and tries to get them to safety soon afterward despite the termination of his mission. Although [[spoiler:his nonchalance about Hank and Dean's repeated deaths because of the existence of their clones]] is misleading, it's quite clear that he does care about the Venture family.
* In a [[TearJerker Crowning Moment Of Tearjerking]] for ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'', Widow Tweed realizes that her pet fox Tod is no longer safe with her and releases him into a part of the forest where hunting is not allowed. The accompanying song makes it a hundred times sadder.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': I know it's hard for you to understand, but Mr. Krabs is right. You belong in the wild.\\
[''Mystery just casually trots off'']\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]''': (''while looking in the opposite direction'') Well, what're you waiting for? Can't you see I don't want you anymore?\\
[''Patrick walks up to a sobbing [=SpongeBob=] with a board on his head'']\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]''': Just get out of here, you stupid, dumb animal!\\
[''Patrick walks away with the same look on his face'']
* Brock Samson of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' tries to do this to the Venture family in the season 3 finale to get rid of them. Hank sees through it.
** On the other hand, Brock watches Hank and Dean die on a regular basis, and is he prepared to kill Dr. Venture. This might actually be an inversion of this trope because Brock legitimately doesn't care.
*** Note that while he ''is'' prepared to kill Dr. Venture, he's noticeably relieved when he doesn't have to, and tries to get them to safety soon afterward despite the termination of his mission. Although [[spoiler:his nonchalance about Hank and Dean's repeated deaths because of the existence of their clones]] is misleading, it's quite clear that he does care about the Venture family.
* In a [[TearJerker Crowning Moment Of Tearjerking]] for ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'', Widow Tweed realizes that her pet fox Tod is no longer safe with her and releases him into a part of the forest where hunting is not allowed. The accompanying song makes it a hundred times sadder.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': [=SpongeBob=] had to give up his seahorse, Mystery, who seemed rather apathetic about In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', the whole thing. And after it, accidentally, Patrick.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': I know it's hard for you to understand, but Mr. Krabs is right. You belong[[AmazonBrigade Kyoshi Warriors]] find [[HorseOfADifferentColor Appa]] injured in the wild.\\
[''Mystery just casually trots off'']\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]''': (''while looking in the opposite direction'') Well, what're you waiting for? Can't you see I don't want you anymore?\\
[''Patrick walks up to a sobbing [=SpongeBob=] with a board on his head'']\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]''': Just get out of here, you stupid, dumb animal!\\
[''Patrick walks away with the same look on his face'']
* Brock Samson of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' tries to do this to the Venture family in the season 3 finale to get rid of them. Hank sees through it.
** On the other hand, Brock watches Hank and Dean die on a regular basis, and is he prepared to kill Dr. Venture. This might actually be an inversion of this trope because Brock legitimately doesn't care.
*** Note that while he ''is'' prepared to kill Dr. Venture,woods after he's noticeably relieved when he doesn't have to, separated from Aang and tries nurse him back to get them to safety soon afterward despite the termination of his mission. Although [[spoiler:his nonchalance about Hank health... and Dean's repeated deaths because of the existence of their clones]] is misleading, it's quite clear that he does care about the Venture family.
* In a [[TearJerker Crowning Moment Of Tearjerking]] for ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'', Widow Tweed realizes that her pet fox Tod is no longer safethen [[spoiler:[[TheDragon Azula]] finds ''them'', forcing Suki to shoo away Appa with her a torch]].
** Avatar Roku also tried to shoo his dragon Fang away from an erupting volcano, [[spoiler:but the dragon instead curled up around his beloved master andreleases him into a part of the forest where hunting is not allowed. The accompanying song makes it a hundred times sadder.died with him.]]
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': I know it's hard for you to understand, but Mr. Krabs is right. You belong
[''Mystery just casually trots off'']\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]''': (''while looking in the opposite direction'') Well, what're you waiting for? Can't you see I don't want you anymore?\\
[''Patrick walks up to a sobbing [=SpongeBob=] with a board on his head'']\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]''': Just get out of here, you stupid, dumb animal!\\
[''Patrick walks away with the same look on his face'']
* Brock Samson of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' tries to do this to the Venture family in the season 3 finale to get rid of them. Hank sees through it.
** On the other hand, Brock watches Hank and Dean die on a regular basis, and is he prepared to kill Dr. Venture. This might actually be an inversion of this trope because Brock legitimately doesn't care.
*** Note that while he ''is'' prepared to kill Dr. Venture,
* In a [[TearJerker Crowning Moment Of Tearjerking]] for ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'', Widow Tweed realizes that her pet fox Tod is no longer safe
** Avatar Roku also tried to shoo his dragon Fang away from an erupting volcano, [[spoiler:but the dragon instead curled up around his beloved master and
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* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', the [[AmazonBrigade Kyoshi Warriors]] find [[HorseOfADifferentColor Appa]] injured in the woods after he's separated from Aang and nurse him back to health... and then [[spoiler:[[TheDragon Azula]] finds ''them'', forcing Suki to shoo away Appa with a torch.]]
** Avatar Roku also tried to shoo his dragon Fang away from an erupting volcano, [[spoiler:but the dragon instead curled up around his beloved master and died with him.]]
* Subverted at the end of the ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures'' episode "Fish Out of Water." Orange Blossom finally realizes that the best way to care for her pet frog, Tad, is to let him to back to the wild. She gears herself up for a heartfelt goodbye, only for Tad to hop away happily the moment she takes off his leash.
** Avatar Roku also tried to shoo his dragon Fang away from an erupting volcano, [[spoiler:but the dragon instead curled up around his beloved master and died with him.]]
* Subverted at the end of the ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures'' episode "Fish Out of Water." Orange Blossom finally realizes that the best way to care for her pet frog, Tad, is to let him to back to the wild. She gears herself up for a heartfelt goodbye, only for Tad to hop away happily the moment she takes off his leash.
* Hilariously PlayedWith in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017''. In the episode ''The Other Bin of Scrooge [=McDuck=]!'', Huey seemingly helps out a hurt bigfoot in the forest. Said bigfoot, who Huey named "Tenderfeet", acts like a GentleGiant with animal-like intelligence, but is actually a {{fratbro}} named Gavin who is conning the nephews into giving him free food and luxury, with only Louie catching on. Trying to con a con didn't work out though, and Louie makes his brothers think that "Tenderfeet" needs to leave or else he would begin to die, making up a [[SpoofAesop sappy fake aesop]] and pretending to pull off this trope when setting "Tenderfeet" free... by slapping him in the face. Multiple times.
-->'''Louie:''' ''(crying CrocodileTears)'' Now go back from whence you came! This is for your own good! ''(slap)'' Go on! ''(double slap)'' Get out of here! Go! ''(Gavin runs off and Louie swings at air)'' Go! ''(waterworks stop)'' Bye, Tenderfeet, I love you, have fun living in the gross woods and not our awesome mansion anymore!\\
'''Gavin:''' ''(grumbling as he sulks off)'' Stupid duck with a hoodie...
-->'''Louie:''' ''(crying CrocodileTears)'' Now go back from whence you came! This is for your own good! ''(slap)'' Go on! ''(double slap)'' Get out of here! Go! ''(Gavin runs off and Louie swings at air)'' Go! ''(waterworks stop)'' Bye, Tenderfeet, I love you, have fun living in the gross woods and not our awesome mansion anymore!\\
'''Gavin:''' ''(grumbling as he sulks off)'' Stupid duck with a hoodie...
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* Hilariously played with in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017''. In the episode ''The Other Bin of Scrooge [=McDuck=]!'', Huey seemingly helps out a hurt bigfoot in the forest. Said bigfoot, who Huey named "Tenderfeet," acts like a GentleGiant with animal-like intelligence, but is actually a {{fratbro}} named Gavin who is conning the nephews into giving him free food and luxury, with only Louie catching on. Trying to con a con didn't work out though, and Louie makes his brothers think that "Tenderfeet" needs to leave or else he would begin to die, making up a [[SpoofAesop sappy fake aesop]] and pretending to pull off this trope when setting "Tenderfeet" free... by slapping him in the face. Multiple times.
-->'''Louie:''' ''[crying CrocodileTears]'' Now go back from whence you came! This is for your own good! ''[slap]'' Go on! ''[double slap]'' Get out of here! Go! ''[Gavin runs off and Louie swings at air]'' Go! ''[waterworks stop]'' Bye, Tenderfeet, I love you, have fun living in the gross woods and not our awesome mansion anymore!
--> '''Gavin:''' ''[grumbling as he sulks off]'' Stupid duck with a hoodie...
* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', after TeamPet Silkie grows into a giant monster Starfire is forced to take him away to a remote island and leave him there. When he tries to grab her to stop her from leaving, she's left with no choice but to shoot him with her powers to make him let go.
* This sort of shameless emotional manipulation is spoofed HARD in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS4E13HelenKellerTheMusical Helen Keller: The Musical]]". [[InspirationallyDisadvantaged Timmy]] [[ABoyAndHisX adopts a turkey]] named Gobbles near Thanksgiving, then is forced to chase him out of town so that he won't be taken away by animal control. The scene then pans to a father and son crying over their dead mother and wife, an old man being comforted by his son over his wasted life, a young girl crying over a dead dog, and a couple struggling with infidelity crying over their shattered marriage. The scene ends with a woman [[BreakingTheFourthWall asking the audience]], "Have you done the right things in your life?"
-->'''Louie:''' ''[crying CrocodileTears]'' Now go back from whence you came! This is for your own good! ''[slap]'' Go on! ''[double slap]'' Get out of here! Go! ''[Gavin runs off and Louie swings at air]'' Go! ''[waterworks stop]'' Bye, Tenderfeet, I love you, have fun living in the gross woods and not our awesome mansion anymore!
--> '''Gavin:''' ''[grumbling as he sulks off]'' Stupid duck with a hoodie...
* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', after TeamPet Silkie grows into a giant monster Starfire is forced to take him away to a remote island and leave him there. When he tries to grab her to stop her from leaving, she's left with no choice but to shoot him with her powers to make him let go.
* This sort of shameless emotional manipulation is spoofed HARD in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS4E13HelenKellerTheMusical Helen Keller: The Musical]]". [[InspirationallyDisadvantaged Timmy]] [[ABoyAndHisX adopts a turkey]] named Gobbles near Thanksgiving, then is forced to chase him out of town so that he won't be taken away by animal control. The scene then pans to a father and son crying over their dead mother and wife, an old man being comforted by his son over his wasted life, a young girl crying over a dead dog, and a couple struggling with infidelity crying over their shattered marriage. The scene ends with a woman [[BreakingTheFourthWall asking the audience]], "Have you done the right things in your life?"
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* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' episode "Mort: Ragnarick", where after the duo befriend [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Bigfoot]] the episode ends with them tearfully sending him back to the woods... after they had turned him human through BrainUploading. He questions why they don't just help him get a job instead, but gives up after they repeatedly throw cans at him.
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* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' episode "Mort: Ragnarick", where after the duo befriend [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Bigfoot]] the episode ends with them tearfully sending him back to the woods... after they had turned him human through BrainUploading. He questions why they don't just help him get a job instead, but gives up after they repeatedly throw cans at him.
* This sort of shameless emotional manipulation is spoofed HARD in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS4E13HelenKellerTheMusical Helen Keller: The Musical]]". [[InspirationallyDisadvantaged Timmy]] [[ABoyAndHisX adopts a turkey]] named Gobbles near Thanksgiving, then is forced to chase him out of town so that he won't be taken away by animal control. The scene then pans to a father and son crying over their dead mother and wife, an old man being comforted by his son over his wasted life, a young girl crying over a dead dog, and a couple struggling with infidelity crying over their shattered marriage. The scene ends with a woman [[BreakingTheFourthWall asking the audience]], "Have you done the right things in your life?"
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': [=SpongeBob=] had to give up his seahorse, Mystery, who seemed rather apathetic about the whole thing. And after it, accidentally, Patrick.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': I know it's hard for you to understand, but Mr. Krabs is right. You belong in the wild.\\
''(Mystery just casually trots off)''\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]''': ''(while looking in the opposite direction)'' Well, what're you waiting for? Can't you see I don't want you anymore?\\
''(Patrick walks up to a sobbing [=SpongeBob=] with a board on his head)''\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]''': Just get out of here, you stupid, dumb animal!\\
''(Patrick walks away with the same look on his face)''
* {{Subverted|Trope}} at the end of the ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures'' episode "Fish Out of Water." Orange Blossom finally realizes that the best way to care for her pet frog, Tad, is to let him to back to the wild. She gears herself up for a heartfelt goodbye, only for Tad to hop away happily the moment she takes off his leash.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', after TeamPet Silkie grows into a giant monster Starfire is forced to take him away to a remote island and leave him there. When he tries to grab her to stop her from leaving, she's left with no choice but to shoot him with her powers to make him let go.
* This sort of shameless emotional manipulation is spoofed HARD in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS4E13HelenKellerTheMusical Helen Keller: The Musical]]". [[InspirationallyDisadvantaged Timmy]] [[ABoyAndHisX adopts a turkey]] named Gobbles near Thanksgiving, then is forced to chase him out of town so that he won't be taken away by animal control. The scene then pans to a father and son crying over their dead mother and wife, an old man being comforted by his son over his wasted life, a young girl crying over a dead dog, and a couple struggling with infidelity crying over their shattered marriage. The scene ends with a woman [[BreakingTheFourthWall asking the audience]], "Have you done the right things in your life?"
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': [=SpongeBob=] had to give up his seahorse, Mystery, who seemed rather apathetic about the whole thing. And after it, accidentally, Patrick.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': I know it's hard for you to understand, but Mr. Krabs is right. You belong in the wild.\\
''(Mystery just casually trots off)''\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]''': ''(while looking in the opposite direction)'' Well, what're you waiting for? Can't you see I don't want you anymore?\\
''(Patrick walks up to a sobbing [=SpongeBob=] with a board on his head)''\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]''': Just get out of here, you stupid, dumb animal!\\
''(Patrick walks away with the same look on his face)''
* {{Subverted|Trope}} at the end of the ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures'' episode "Fish Out of Water." Orange Blossom finally realizes that the best way to care for her pet frog, Tad, is to let him to back to the wild. She gears herself up for a heartfelt goodbye, only for Tad to hop away happily the moment she takes off his leash.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', after TeamPet Silkie grows into a giant monster Starfire is forced to take him away to a remote island and leave him there. When he tries to grab her to stop her from leaving, she's left with no choice but to shoot him with her powers to make him let go.
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* Brock Samson of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' tries to do this to the Venture family in the season 3 finale to get rid of them. Hank sees through it.
** On the other hand, Brock watches Hank and Dean die on a regular basis, and is he prepared to kill Dr. Venture. This might actually be an inversion of this trope because Brock legitimately doesn't care.
*** Note that while he ''is'' prepared to kill Dr. Venture, he's noticeably relieved when he doesn't have to, and tries to get them to safety soon afterward despite the termination of his mission. Although [[spoiler:his nonchalance about Hank and Dean's repeated deaths because of the existence of their clones]] is misleading, it's quite clear that he does care about the Venture family.
** On the other hand, Brock watches Hank and Dean die on a regular basis, and is he prepared to kill Dr. Venture. This might actually be an inversion of this trope because Brock legitimately doesn't care.
*** Note that while he ''is'' prepared to kill Dr. Venture, he's noticeably relieved when he doesn't have to, and tries to get them to safety soon afterward despite the termination of his mission. Although [[spoiler:his nonchalance about Hank and Dean's repeated deaths because of the existence of their clones]] is misleading, it's quite clear that he does care about the Venture family.
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* A human example in ''Anime/{{Godannar}}''. [[LittleMissBadass Lou]] was just about ready to defend her [[DoomedHometown base]] alongside her father... who suddenly set her mecha to launch to Earth, abandoning him to die in a hopeless fight. He still has time to say about the things listed in this trope, much to her dismay.
* In ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'', Yuuichi remembers caring for (and becoming quite attached to) a fox that had broken its leg, but once healed he has to take it back in the wild because he has to leave town. Needless to say, both parties are quite distraught. [[spoiler:The fox finds Yuuichi upon his return as the human girl, Makoto. Her feeling of loss at their parting is why she is so beset by irrational anger at him.]]
* In ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'', Yuuichi remembers caring for (and becoming quite attached to) a fox that had broken its leg, but once healed he has to take it back in the wild because he has to leave town. Needless to say, both parties are quite distraught. [[spoiler:The fox finds Yuuichi upon his return as the human girl, Makoto. Her feeling of loss at their parting is why she is so beset by irrational anger at him.]]
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* Ace attempts to do this for Luffy in ''Manga/OnePiece'' [[spoiler:as Luffy plunges headfirst into the battle at Marineford and is attacked on all sides by the [[PsychoForHire Seven Warlords of the Sea]] and [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership Marine officers]] in an attempt to [[RescueArc rescue Ace from his execution]]. Ace shouts for Luffy to go away, stating that they have their own crews and Luffy is under no obligation to rescue him. He even states that it would be "humiliating" to be saved by a "weakling" like Luffy, all the while silently begging for Luffy not to involve himself in Ace's mistake. [[IdiotHero Luffy]] of course just ignores this and shouts that he's Ace's little brother and promises to save Ace even if it killed him. Awww!]]
** Done even earlier with Nami and Robin, who, despite having become attached to Luffy and the rest of the crew in spite of being inclined to view their association with him as a temporary alliance, don't think he is willing or able to overcome their problems. Nami in particular does this by stealing the ship and pretending to kill Usopp to save his life from Arlong, which actually temporarily succeeds in convincing Zoro into thinking that Nami is truly evil (but by the time Robin is thought to have betrayed the Straw Hats, he remains open to either possibility being true).
** Chopper gets this from Hiruluk in his backstory after he recovers from his injuries, as Hiruluk is SecretlyDying from an uncurable [[BloodFromTheMouth disease]], and to avoid having Chopper see him die, he kicks him out of his house and even shoots at him when he tries to return. After learning this, Chopper sets off to find a cure, only to end up accidentally fatally poisoning Hiruluk, who goes off into a trap and [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled chooses to die on his own terms]].
** Sanji has a BreakHisHeartToSaveHim act with the Straw Hats in the Whole Cake Island arc, which works with Nami (hypocritical as it is) but doesn't do anything against Luffy. A bit justified, since staying by his side would invoke the wrath of one of the [[EliteFour Four Emperors]]. Luffy disagrees.
* Utakata, host of the Six-Tailed Slug does this to his student Hotaru in the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' {{filler}} arcs [[spoiler:because he is a fugitive for killing his master. He eventually comes to terms with his issues, then when he's prepared to train her, gets captured by Pain and has his Tailed Beast extracted, killing him]].
* Misato decides to send Pen Pen off to live with Hikari's family in episode 24 of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' because she doesn't know if their apartment will stay safe from another incident like [[spoiler:EVA-00's self-destruction]].
** Done even earlier with Nami and Robin, who, despite having become attached to Luffy and the rest of the crew in spite of being inclined to view their association with him as a temporary alliance, don't think he is willing or able to overcome their problems. Nami in particular does this by stealing the ship and pretending to kill Usopp to save his life from Arlong, which actually temporarily succeeds in convincing Zoro into thinking that Nami is truly evil (but by the time Robin is thought to have betrayed the Straw Hats, he remains open to either possibility being true).
** Chopper gets this from Hiruluk in his backstory after he recovers from his injuries, as Hiruluk is SecretlyDying from an uncurable [[BloodFromTheMouth disease]], and to avoid having Chopper see him die, he kicks him out of his house and even shoots at him when he tries to return. After learning this, Chopper sets off to find a cure, only to end up accidentally fatally poisoning Hiruluk, who goes off into a trap and [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled chooses to die on his own terms]].
** Sanji has a BreakHisHeartToSaveHim act with the Straw Hats in the Whole Cake Island arc, which works with Nami (hypocritical as it is) but doesn't do anything against Luffy. A bit justified, since staying by his side would invoke the wrath of one of the [[EliteFour Four Emperors]]. Luffy disagrees.
* Utakata, host of the Six-Tailed Slug does this to his student Hotaru in the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' {{filler}} arcs [[spoiler:because he is a fugitive for killing his master. He eventually comes to terms with his issues, then when he's prepared to train her, gets captured by Pain and has his Tailed Beast extracted, killing him]].
* Misato decides to send Pen Pen off to live with Hikari's family in episode 24 of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' because she doesn't know if their apartment will stay safe from another incident like [[spoiler:EVA-00's self-destruction]].
* A human example in ''Anime/{{Godannar}}''. [[LittleMissBadass Lou]] was just about ready to defend her [[DoomedHometown base]] alongside her father... who suddenly set her mecha to launch to Earth, abandoning him to die in a hopeless fight. He still has time to say about the things listed in this trope, much to her dismay.
* In ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'', Yuuichi remembers caring for (and becoming quite attached to) a fox that had broken its leg, but once healed he has to take it back in the wild because he has to leave town. Needless to say, both parties are quite distraught. [[spoiler:The fox finds Yuuichi upon his return as the human girl, Makoto. Her feeling of loss at their parting is why she is so beset by irrational anger at him.]]
* Utakata, host of the Six-Tailed Slug does this to his student Hotaru in the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' {{filler}} arcs [[spoiler:because he is a fugitive for killing his master. He eventually comes to terms with his issues, then when he's prepared to train her, gets captured by Pain and has his Tailed Beast extracted, killing him]].
* Misato decides to send Pen Pen off to live with Hikari's family in episode 24 of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' because she doesn't know if their apartment will stay safe from another incident like [[spoiler:EVA-00's self-destruction]].
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** Ace attempts to do this for Luffy as [[spoiler:Luffy plunges headfirst into the battle at Marineford and is attacked on all sides by the [[PsychoForHire Seven Warlords of the Sea]] and [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership Marine officers]] in an attempt to [[RescueArc rescue Ace from his execution]]. Ace shouts for Luffy to go away, stating that they have their own crews and Luffy is under no obligation to rescue him. He even states that it would be "humiliating" to be saved by a "weakling" like Luffy, all the while silently begging for Luffy not to involve himself in Ace's mistake. [[IdiotHero Luffy]] of course just ignores this and shouts that he's Ace's little brother and promises to save Ace even if it killed him. Awww!]]
** Done even earlier with Nami and Robin, who, despite having become attached to Luffy and the rest of the crew in spite of being inclined to view their association with him as a temporary alliance, don't think he is willing or able to overcome their problems. Nami in particular does this by stealing the ship and pretending to kill Usopp to save his life from Arlong, which actually temporarily succeeds in convincing Zoro into thinking that Nami is truly evil (but by the time Robin is thought to have betrayed the Straw Hats, he remains open to either possibility being true).
** Chopper gets this from Hiruluk in his backstory after he recovers from his injuries, as Hiruluk is SecretlyDying from an uncurable [[BloodFromTheMouth disease]], and to avoid having Chopper see him die, he kicks him out of his house and even shoots at him when he tries to return. After learning this, Chopper sets off to find a cure, only to end up accidentally fatally poisoning Hiruluk, who goes off into a trap and [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled chooses to die on his own terms]].
** Sanji has a BreakHisHeartToSaveHim act with the Straw Hats in the Whole Cake Island arc, which works with Nami (hypocritical as it is) but doesn't do anything against Luffy. A bit justified, since staying by his side would invoke the wrath of one of the [[EliteFour Four Emperors]]. Luffy disagrees.
* In ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'', Yuuichi remembers caring for (and becoming quite attached to) a fox that had broken its leg, but once healed he has to take it back in the wild because he has to leave town. Needless to say, both parties are quite distraught. [[spoiler:The fox finds Yuuichi upon his return as the human girl, Makoto. Her feeling of loss at their parting is why she is so beset by irrational anger at him.]]
* Utakata, host of the Six-Tailed Slug does this to his student Hotaru in the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' {{filler}} arcs [[spoiler:because he is a fugitive for killing his master. He eventually comes to terms with his issues, then when he's prepared to train her, gets captured by Pain and has his Tailed Beast extracted, killing him]].
* Misato decides to send Pen Pen off to live with Hikari's family in episode 24 of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' because she doesn't know if their apartment will stay safe from another incident like [[spoiler:EVA-00's self-destruction]].
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** Ace attempts to do this for Luffy as [[spoiler:Luffy plunges headfirst into the battle at Marineford and is attacked on all sides by the [[PsychoForHire Seven Warlords of the Sea]] and [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership Marine officers]] in an attempt to [[RescueArc rescue Ace from his execution]]. Ace shouts for Luffy to go away, stating that they have their own crews and Luffy is under no obligation to rescue him. He even states that it would be "humiliating" to be saved by a "weakling" like Luffy, all the while silently begging for Luffy not to involve himself in Ace's mistake. [[IdiotHero Luffy]] of course just ignores this and shouts that he's Ace's little brother and promises to save Ace even if it killed him. Awww!]]
** Done even earlier with Nami and Robin, who, despite having become attached to Luffy and the rest of the crew in spite of being inclined to view their association with him as a temporary alliance, don't think he is willing or able to overcome their problems. Nami in particular does this by stealing the ship and pretending to kill Usopp to save his life from Arlong, which actually temporarily succeeds in convincing Zoro into thinking that Nami is truly evil (but by the time Robin is thought to have betrayed the Straw Hats, he remains open to either possibility being true).
** Chopper gets this from Hiruluk in his backstory after he recovers from his injuries, as Hiruluk is SecretlyDying from an uncurable [[BloodFromTheMouth disease]], and to avoid having Chopper see him die, he kicks him out of his house and even shoots at him when he tries to return. After learning this, Chopper sets off to find a cure, only to end up accidentally fatally poisoning Hiruluk, who goes off into a trap and [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled chooses to die on his own terms]].
** Sanji has a BreakHisHeartToSaveHim act with the Straw Hats in the Whole Cake Island arc, which works with Nami (hypocritical as it is) but doesn't do anything against Luffy. A bit justified, since staying by his side would invoke the wrath of one of the [[EliteFour Four Emperors]]. Luffy disagrees.
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* Twisted in the Richard Corben story "Bowser" (''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'' #54, Sept. 1976). Little Timmy shoos Bowser away when his parents fear he's going to have to be put down [[spoiler: because Bowser is an EldritchAbomination and just ate a couple people. Turns out Bowser was extra hungry because [[YourTomcatIsPregnant he-- she?-- it was getting ready to have a litter of "puppies"!]]]] You can read this disgusting yet strangely heartwarming story [[http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2011/04/bowser.html here.]]
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* Twisted in the Richard Corben story "Bowser" (''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'' #54, Sept. 1976). Little Timmy shoos Bowser away when his parents fear he's going to have to be put down [[spoiler: because [[spoiler:because Bowser is an EldritchAbomination and just ate a couple people. Turns out Bowser was extra hungry because [[YourTomcatIsPregnant he-- she?-- it was getting ready to have a litter of "puppies"!]]]] You can read this disgusting yet strangely heartwarming story [[http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2011/04/bowser.html here.]]here]].
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'''Hudson:''' ''[to the mailman]'' Well, there you go. Go on. Look, one of them is a female. Doesn't she look enticing?\\
'''Hudson:''' ''[shouting]'' Go! We don't love you anymore! Don't turn back! Just go! Go! ''[mailman leaves]''\\
'''Hudson:''' ''[shouting]'' Go! We don't love you anymore! Don't turn back! Just go! Go! ''[mailman leaves]''\\
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'''Hudson:''' ''[to ''(to the mailman]'' mailman)'' Well, there you go. Go on. Look, one of them is a female. Doesn't she look enticing?\\
'''Hudson:'''''[shouting]'' ''(shouting)'' Go! We don't love you anymore! Don't turn back! Just go! Go! ''[mailman leaves]''\\''(mailman leaves)''\\
'''Hudson:'''
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'''Hudson:''' ''[sniff]'' Goodbye, mailman. May all your letters have correct postage...
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'''Hudson:''' ''[sniff]'' ''(sniff)'' Goodbye, mailman. May all your letters have correct postage...
* Maurice attempts this with his daughter Belle in ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' once she finds him in the Beast's castle. He begs her to leave him and get away before the Beast discovers her presence, but she refuses to leave him.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIllusionist2010'' [[spoiler:the titular character decides to give up being a magician and abandons his faithful rabbit on a hillside, where there are a lot of similar looking rabbits. The rabbit looks at his leave in confusion, having no idea what to do]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiritStallionOfTheCimarron'''s invokes this briefly with Spirit and Little Creek. It comes up again towards the end, this time with [[spoiler:Little Creek and his own mare, Rain]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiritStallionOfTheCimarron'''s invokes this briefly with Spirit and Little Creek. It comes up again towards the end, this time with [[spoiler:Little Creek and his own mare, Rain]].
* One of the saddest moments in ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'' has a teary-eyed Widow Tweed leaving Tod in the wild, silently gesturing at him not to follow her back as she leaves.
* ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'':
** Elsa from ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' shuts her little sister Anna out for 13 years after a troll's warning leads their parents to worry enough about [[BurnTheWitch what people might do to her if word of her magic powers gets out]] that they want to keep it secret even from Anna. Elsa also worries that her powers could kill Anna like she almost did when they were children.
** In ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'', she pushes Anna and Olaf away by sending them sliding on an ice boat before trying to cross the Northern Sea [[spoiler:which had claimed their parents]] all by herself.
* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'' ends on a note similar to the book; [[spoiler:Hiccup realizes that as long as there are dragon hunters like the remains of Drago's empire, dragons will always be in danger. So he has Toothless take all of the dragons away from Berk to the Hidden World so they'll be safe, and wait for the day when humans and dragons can coexist together in peace. However, an epilogue shows that they can visit each other occasionally...]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIllusionist2010'' [[spoiler:the titular character decides to give up being a magician and abandons his faithful rabbit on a hillside, where there are a lot of similar looking rabbits. The rabbit looks at his leave in confusion, having no idea what to do]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' has Mowgli's adoptive wolf family and Bagheera deciding during a council meeting to send Mowgli to live in a nearby man village for his own safety after learning that [[BigBad Shere Khan]] has returned to his..and their...hunting grounds. Closer to the climax, Baloo also agrees with Bagheera that it's too dangerous for Mowgli to remain with him in the jungle. Of course, Mowgli sees this as a betrayal and runs off instead, which nearly gets him eaten/killed by first Kaa, and later by Shere Khan himself.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'', in a misguided attempt to protect his new family, Batman locks them in the Scuttler and tells the Batcomputer to take them to a taco stand on the border of Gotham and Bludhaven until the Joker's attack on Gotham is over. When they protest about it, Batman has to shoo the Scuttler away like a dog.
* ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'':
** Elsa from ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' shuts her little sister Anna out for 13 years after a troll's warning leads their parents to worry enough about [[BurnTheWitch what people might do to her if word of her magic powers gets out]] that they want to keep it secret even from Anna. Elsa also worries that her powers could kill Anna like she almost did when they were children.
** In ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'', she pushes Anna and Olaf away by sending them sliding on an ice boat before trying to cross the Northern Sea [[spoiler:which had claimed their parents]] all by herself.
* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'' ends on a note similar to the book; [[spoiler:Hiccup realizes that as long as there are dragon hunters like the remains of Drago's empire, dragons will always be in danger. So he has Toothless take all of the dragons away from Berk to the Hidden World so they'll be safe, and wait for the day when humans and dragons can coexist together in peace. However, an epilogue shows that they can visit each other occasionally...]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIllusionist2010'' [[spoiler:the titular character decides to give up being a magician and abandons his faithful rabbit on a hillside, where there are a lot of similar looking rabbits. The rabbit looks at his leave in confusion, having no idea what to do]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' has Mowgli's adoptive wolf family and Bagheera deciding during a council meeting to send Mowgli to live in a nearby man village for his own safety after learning that [[BigBad Shere Khan]] has returned to his..and their...hunting grounds. Closer to the climax, Baloo also agrees with Bagheera that it's too dangerous for Mowgli to remain with him in the jungle. Of course, Mowgli sees this as a betrayal and runs off instead, which nearly gets him eaten/killed by first Kaa, and later by Shere Khan himself.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'', in a misguided attempt to protect his new family, Batman locks them in the Scuttler and tells the Batcomputer to take them to a taco stand on the border of Gotham and Bludhaven until the Joker's attack on Gotham is over. When they protest about it, Batman has to shoo the Scuttler away like a dog.
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* Maurice attempts this with his daughter Belle in ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' once she finds him in the Beast's castle. He begs her to leave him and get away before the Beast discovers her presence, but she refuses to leave him.
* One of the saddest moments in ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'' has a teary-eyed Widow Tweed leaving Tod in the wild, silently gesturing at him not to follow her back as she leaves.
* ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'':
** Elsa from ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' shuts her little sister Anna out for 13 years after a troll's warning leads their parents to worry enough about [[BurnTheWitch what people might do to her if word of her magic powers gets out]] that they want to keep it secret even from Anna. Elsa also worries that her powers could kill Anna like she almost did when they were children.
** In ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'', she pushes Anna and Olaf away by sending them sliding on an ice boat before trying to cross the Northern Sea [[spoiler:which had claimed their parents]] all by herself.
* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'' ends on a note similar to the book; [[spoiler: Hiccup realizes that as long as there are dragon hunters like the remains of Drago's empire, dragons will always be in danger. So he has Toothless take all of the dragons away from Berk to the Hidden World so they'll be safe, and wait for the day when humans and dragons can coexist together in peace. However, an epilogue shows that they can visit each other occasionally...]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' has Mowgli's adoptive wolf family and Bagheera deciding during a council meeting to send Mowgli to live in a nearby man village for his own safety after learning that [[BigBad Shere Khan]] has returned to his..and their...hunting grounds. Closer to the climax, Baloo also agrees with Bagheera that it's too dangerous for Mowgli to remain with him in the jungle. Of course, Mowgli sees this as a betrayal and runs off instead, which nearly gets him eaten/killed by first Kaa, and later by Shere Khan himself.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'', in a misguided attempt to protect his new family, Batman locks them in the Scuttler and tells the Batcomputer to take them to a taco stand on the border of Gotham and Bludhaven until the Joker's attack on Gotham is over. When they protest about it, Batman has to shoo the Scuttler away like a dog.
* One of the saddest moments in ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'' has a teary-eyed Widow Tweed leaving Tod in the wild, silently gesturing at him not to follow her back as she leaves.
* ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'':
** Elsa from ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' shuts her little sister Anna out for 13 years after a troll's warning leads their parents to worry enough about [[BurnTheWitch what people might do to her if word of her magic powers gets out]] that they want to keep it secret even from Anna. Elsa also worries that her powers could kill Anna like she almost did when they were children.
** In ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'', she pushes Anna and Olaf away by sending them sliding on an ice boat before trying to cross the Northern Sea [[spoiler:which had claimed their parents]] all by herself.
* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'' ends on a note similar to the book; [[spoiler: Hiccup realizes that as long as there are dragon hunters like the remains of Drago's empire, dragons will always be in danger. So he has Toothless take all of the dragons away from Berk to the Hidden World so they'll be safe, and wait for the day when humans and dragons can coexist together in peace. However, an epilogue shows that they can visit each other occasionally...]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' has Mowgli's adoptive wolf family and Bagheera deciding during a council meeting to send Mowgli to live in a nearby man village for his own safety after learning that [[BigBad Shere Khan]] has returned to his..and their...hunting grounds. Closer to the climax, Baloo also agrees with Bagheera that it's too dangerous for Mowgli to remain with him in the jungle. Of course, Mowgli sees this as a betrayal and runs off instead, which nearly gets him eaten/killed by first Kaa, and later by Shere Khan himself.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'', in a misguided attempt to protect his new family, Batman locks them in the Scuttler and tells the Batcomputer to take them to a taco stand on the border of Gotham and Bludhaven until the Joker's attack on Gotham is over. When they protest about it, Batman has to shoo the Scuttler away like a dog.
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* Maurice attempts ''WesternAnimation/SpiritStallionOfTheCimarron'''s invokes this briefly with his daughter Belle in ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' once she finds him in Spirit and Little Creek. It comes up again towards the Beast's castle. He begs her to leave him end, this time with [[spoiler:Little Creek and get away before the Beast discovers her presence, but she refuses to leave him.
* One of the saddest moments in ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'' has a teary-eyed Widow Tweed leaving Tod in the wild, silently gesturing at him not to follow her back as she leaves.
* ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'':
** Elsa from ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' shuts her little sister Anna out for 13 years after a troll's warning leads their parents to worry enough about [[BurnTheWitch what people might do to her if word of her magic powers gets out]] that they want to keep it secret even from Anna. Elsa also worries that her powers could kill Anna like she almost did when they were children.
** In ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'', she pushes Anna and Olaf away by sending them sliding on an ice boat before trying to cross the Northern Sea [[spoiler:which had claimed their parents]] all by herself.
* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'' ends on a note similar to the book; [[spoiler: Hiccup realizes that as long as there are dragon hunters like the remains of Drago's empire, dragons will always be in danger. So he has Toothless take all of the dragons away from Berk to the Hidden World so they'll be safe, and wait for the day when humans and dragons can coexist together in peace. However, an epilogue shows that they can visit each other occasionally...]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' has Mowgli's adoptive wolf family and Bagheera deciding during a council meeting to send Mowgli to live in a nearby man village forhis own safety after learning that [[BigBad Shere Khan]] has returned to his..and their...hunting grounds. Closer to the climax, Baloo also agrees with Bagheera that it's too dangerous for Mowgli to remain with him in the jungle. Of course, Mowgli sees this as a betrayal and runs off instead, which nearly gets him eaten/killed by first Kaa, and later by Shere Khan himself.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'', in a misguided attempt to protect his new family, Batman locks them in the Scuttler and tells the Batcomputer to take them to a taco stand on the border of Gotham and Bludhaven until the Joker's attack on Gotham is over. When they protest about it, Batman has to shoo the Scuttler away like a dog.mare, Rain]].
* One of the saddest moments in ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'' has a teary-eyed Widow Tweed leaving Tod in the wild, silently gesturing at him not to follow her back as she leaves.
* ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'':
** Elsa from ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' shuts her little sister Anna out for 13 years after a troll's warning leads their parents to worry enough about [[BurnTheWitch what people might do to her if word of her magic powers gets out]] that they want to keep it secret even from Anna. Elsa also worries that her powers could kill Anna like she almost did when they were children.
** In ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'', she pushes Anna and Olaf away by sending them sliding on an ice boat before trying to cross the Northern Sea [[spoiler:which had claimed their parents]] all by herself.
* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'' ends on a note similar to the book; [[spoiler: Hiccup realizes that as long as there are dragon hunters like the remains of Drago's empire, dragons will always be in danger. So he has Toothless take all of the dragons away from Berk to the Hidden World so they'll be safe, and wait for the day when humans and dragons can coexist together in peace. However, an epilogue shows that they can visit each other occasionally...]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' has Mowgli's adoptive wolf family and Bagheera deciding during a council meeting to send Mowgli to live in a nearby man village for
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'', in a misguided attempt to protect his new family, Batman locks them in the Scuttler and tells the Batcomputer to take them to a taco stand on the border of Gotham and Bludhaven until the Joker's attack on Gotham is over. When they protest about it, Batman has to shoo the Scuttler away like a dog.
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* {{Inverted|Trope}} in ''Film/TheJerk'', where the dog very clearly wants to leave, but poor Navin is too overcome with emotion to let him go.
* ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' did this with a (comparatively) giant ant, who eventually came back to pull a HeroicSacrifice and save the titular kids from a (comparatively) giant scorpion.
* Happens in ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'', but the goddamn dog refuses to leave, leading directly to the hero's first act against the government..
* ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' did this with a (comparatively) giant ant, who eventually came back to pull a HeroicSacrifice and save the titular kids from a (comparatively) giant scorpion.
* Happens in ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'', but the goddamn dog refuses to leave, leading directly to the hero's first act against the government..
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* At the end of the movie ''Film/{{Hidalgo}}'' the main character releases the titular horse back into the wild, but without either of them being upset (in a good way).
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* At In ''Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues'', Ron and his family nurse the end of the movie ''Film/{{Hidalgo}}'' the main character releases the titular horse baby shark Doby back to health and release it into the wild, but without either of them being upset (in complete with a good way).musical number.
* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': When Andrew asks for freedom, Sir banishes him from the house, giving him ''total'' independence rather than pseudo-freedom. The trope is played super-straight, as Sir looks like he's cutting off his own arm having Andrew leave for good. When he's dying, he [[DeathbedConfession apologizes for sending Andrew away]].
* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': When Andrew asks for freedom, Sir banishes him from the house, giving him ''total'' independence rather than pseudo-freedom. The trope is played super-straight, as Sir looks like he's cutting off his own arm having Andrew leave for good. When he's dying, he [[DeathbedConfession apologizes for sending Andrew away]].
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* Parodied in ''Film/KungFuHustle'', when the hero has to follow the trope to get rid of his dim-witted but well-meaning ''sidekick''.
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* Parodied A mild example in ''Film/KungFuHustle'', ''Film/ADogsPurpose'': When Ethan leaves for college, he tells his mom to hold his dog Bailey because he'll think he can go for a ride in the car and won't understand why he can't. The dog breaks away, tears through a field and catches up to Ethan, jumping in through the open car window. Ethan stops and throws a football for Bailey to fetch, and when the hero has dog brings it back to follow the trope road, the car is too far away for him to follow.
* Happens in ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'', but the goddamn dog refuses to leave, leading directly to the hero's first act against the government..
* ''Film/FinalDestination1'': Despite being in danger, Clear Rivers makes sure her dog doesn't getrid electrocuted by shooing him away.
* ''Film/FinalDestination4'': People are dying in the same order they did in Nick's premonition, and about two thirds ofhis dim-witted but well-meaning ''sidekick''.the way through the movie, Nick's girlfriend Lori's turn is coming up. She urges Nick to go far away from her so that he'll have a chance of surviving longer. He refuses and they both make it to the final scene, although that doesn't mean much in a series known for {{Bolivian Army Ending}}s or flat out {{Downer Ending}}s.
* Happens in ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'', but the goddamn dog refuses to leave, leading directly to the hero's first act against the government..
* ''Film/FinalDestination1'': Despite being in danger, Clear Rivers makes sure her dog doesn't get
* ''Film/FinalDestination4'': People are dying in the same order they did in Nick's premonition, and about two thirds of
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* There's a human example in ''Film/AManForAllSeasons''. Thomas More is in serious trouble with the King, and his friend the Duke of Norfolk is feeling the heat. More can't convince Norfolk to break off their friendship, so instead, he attacks him verbally until Norfolk actually lashes out. It pains More terribly to do this, but it works: his friend stays away from him after that and is spared the King's wrath. Of course, Norfolk is no dog (he's just fond of water spaniels), but the scene hits all the same beats as the examples above.
%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* There's a Shoo The Dog moment in ''Film/AirBud'' as well, but it doesn't last.
* In a cruel twist of SparedByTheAdaptation, in the beginning of ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', Harry lets Hedwig fly away. She comes back later when there are Death Eaters chasing after the rescue crew and takes a blow for Harry. Still, it is better than in the book. In the book, all the other Harrys had stuffed owls in cages and Harry had Hedwig with him. She takes a Killing Curse, but as collateral damage. At least in the movie, she ''chooses'' to save Harry.
* Near the end of ''Film/TheJourneyOfNattyGann,'' Natty encourages her [[CanineCompanion wolf friend]] to follow the call of another wolf back into the wild.
%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* There's a Shoo The Dog moment in ''Film/AirBud'' as well, but it doesn't last.
* In a cruel twist of SparedByTheAdaptation, in the beginning of ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', Harry lets Hedwig fly away. She comes back later when there are Death Eaters chasing after the rescue crew and takes a blow for Harry. Still, it is better than in the book. In the book, all the other Harrys had stuffed owls in cages and Harry had Hedwig with him. She takes a Killing Curse, but as collateral damage. At least in the movie, she ''chooses'' to save Harry.
* Near the end of ''Film/TheJourneyOfNattyGann,'' Natty encourages her [[CanineCompanion wolf friend]] to follow the call of another wolf back into the wild.
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%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* There's a Shoo The Dog moment in ''Film/AirBud'' as well, but it doesn't last.
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* ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' did this with a (comparatively) giant ant, who eventually came back to pull a HeroicSacrifice and save the titular kids from a (comparatively) giant scorpion.
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* ''Film/FinalDestination1'': Despite being in danger, Clear Rivers makes sure her dog doesn't get electrocuted by shooing him away.
* ''Film/FinalDestination4'': People are dying in the same order they did in Nick's premonition, and about two thirds of the way through the movie, Nick's girlfriend Lori's turn is coming up. She urges Nick to go far away from her so that he'll have a chance of surviving longer. He refuses and they both make it to the final scene, although that doesn't mean much in a series known for {{Bolivian Army Ending}}s or flat out {{Downer Ending}}s.
* Attempted in a climatic battle scene in ''Film/JohnCarter'' but [[UndyingLoyalty Woola chooses to stay and fight beside John Carter.]]
* From ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}'', when the family he's helping is too shellshocked to do anything but thank him:
-->'''Sanjurou:''' Take the gold and run. Start a new life. ''[the family can hardly move for emotion, but all bow in respect]'' Just ''go!'' Stop groveling, I hate beggars. Run ''now'' or I swear I'll kill you myself!
* In ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'', Brooks has to send his pet crow, Jake, away.
* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': When Andrew asks for freedom, Sir banishes him from the house, giving him ''total'' independence rather than pseudo-freedom. The trope is played super-straight, as Sir looks like he's cutting off his own arm having Andrew leave for good. When he's dying, he [[DeathbedConfession apologizes for sending Andrew away]].
* ''Film/FinalDestination4'': People are dying in the same order they did in Nick's premonition, and about two thirds of the way through the movie, Nick's girlfriend Lori's turn is coming up. She urges Nick to go far away from her so that he'll have a chance of surviving longer. He refuses and they both make it to the final scene, although that doesn't mean much in a series known for {{Bolivian Army Ending}}s or flat out {{Downer Ending}}s.
* Attempted in a climatic battle scene in ''Film/JohnCarter'' but [[UndyingLoyalty Woola chooses to stay and fight beside John Carter.]]
* From ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}'', when the family he's helping is too shellshocked to do anything but thank him:
-->'''Sanjurou:''' Take the gold and run. Start a new life. ''[the family can hardly move for emotion, but all bow in respect]'' Just ''go!'' Stop groveling, I hate beggars. Run ''now'' or I swear I'll kill you myself!
* In ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'', Brooks has to send his pet crow, Jake, away.
* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': When Andrew asks for freedom, Sir banishes him from the house, giving him ''total'' independence rather than pseudo-freedom. The trope is played super-straight, as Sir looks like he's cutting off his own arm having Andrew leave for good. When he's dying, he [[DeathbedConfession apologizes for sending Andrew away]].
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* ''Film/FinalDestination1'': Despite being {{Inverted|Trope}} in danger, Clear Rivers makes sure her ''Film/TheJerk'', where the dog doesn't get electrocuted by shooing very clearly wants to leave, but poor Navin is too overcome with emotion to let him away.
* ''Film/FinalDestination4'': People are dying in the same order they did in Nick's premonition, and about two thirds of the way through the movie, Nick's girlfriend Lori's turn is coming up. She urges Nick to go far away from her so that he'll have a chance of surviving longer. He refuses and they both make it to the final scene, although that doesn't mean much in a series known for {{Bolivian Army Ending}}s or flat out {{Downer Ending}}s.
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* Attempted in a climatic battle scene in ''Film/JohnCarter'' but [[UndyingLoyalty Woola chooses to stay and fight beside JohnCarter.]]
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*From ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}'', when In ''Film/JojoRabbit'', [[ChildSoldiers eleven year old Jojo]] is rounded up with the family other German soldiers because he's helping wearing a Nazi jacket. Captain Klenzendorf takes Jojo's jackets, spits at Jojo and claims Jojo is too shellshocked Jewish to do anything but thank him:
-->'''Sanjurou:''' Takethe gold and run. Start a new life. ''[the family can hardly move for emotion, but all bow Allied soldiers in respect]'' Just ''go!'' Stop groveling, I hate beggars. Run ''now'' or I swear I'll kill you myself!
* In ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'', Brooks hasorder to send his pet crow, Jake, away.
* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': When Andrew asks for freedom, Sir banishesspare him from being executed.
* Near thehouse, giving end of ''Film/TheJourneyOfNattyGann'', Natty encourages her [[CanineCompanion wolf friend]] to follow the call of another wolf back into the wild.
* In ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'', after learning from Bagheera that [[BigBad Shere Khan]] is hunting Mowgli, Baloo tries to make Mowgli go to the man village by telling him''total'' independence rather than pseudo-freedom. The that they were never friends, that he was just using him to get extra food for the winter. Mowgli storms off as a result, and Baloo tells Bagheera that this was the hardest thing he had ever done.
* In ''Film/TheKilling'', Nikki befriends the black parking lot attendant a little too well, causing the attendant to keep showing up to chat when Nikki is getting ready to take his shot. Nikki eventually has to call him a nigger to get rid of him.
* Parodied in ''Film/KungFuHustle'', when the hero has to follow the tropeis played super-straight, as Sir looks like he's cutting off to get rid of his own arm having Andrew leave for good. When he's dying, he [[DeathbedConfession apologizes for sending Andrew away]].dim-witted but well-meaning ''sidekick''.
* ''Film/FinalDestination4'': People are dying in the same order they did in Nick's premonition, and about two thirds of the way through the movie, Nick's girlfriend Lori's turn is coming up. She urges Nick to go far away from her so that he'll have a chance of surviving longer. He refuses and they both make it to the final scene, although that doesn't mean much in a series known for {{Bolivian Army Ending}}s or flat out {{Downer Ending}}s.
* Attempted in a climatic battle scene in ''Film/JohnCarter'' but [[UndyingLoyalty Woola chooses to stay and fight beside John
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* In ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'', after learning from Bagheera that [[BigBad Shere Khan]] is hunting Mowgli, Baloo tries to make Mowgli go to the man village by telling him
* In ''Film/TheKilling'', Nikki befriends the black parking lot attendant a little too well, causing the attendant to keep showing up to chat when Nikki is getting ready to take his shot. Nikki eventually has to call him a nigger to get rid of him.
* Parodied in ''Film/KungFuHustle'', when the hero has to follow the trope
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'''Maleficent:''' ''[dryly amused]'' I ''can'' hear you.
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'''Maleficent:''' ''[dryly amused]'' ''(dryly amused)'' I ''can'' hear you.you.
* There's a human example in ''Film/AManForAllSeasons''. Thomas More is in serious trouble with the King, and his friend the Duke of Norfolk is feeling the heat. More can't convince Norfolk to break off their friendship, so instead, he attacks him verbally until Norfolk actually lashes out. It pains More terribly to do this, but it works: his friend stays away from him after that and is spared the King's wrath. Of course, Norfolk is no dog (he's just fond of water spaniels), but the scene hits all the same beats as the examples above.
* There's a human example in ''Film/AManForAllSeasons''. Thomas More is in serious trouble with the King, and his friend the Duke of Norfolk is feeling the heat. More can't convince Norfolk to break off their friendship, so instead, he attacks him verbally until Norfolk actually lashes out. It pains More terribly to do this, but it works: his friend stays away from him after that and is spared the King's wrath. Of course, Norfolk is no dog (he's just fond of water spaniels), but the scene hits all the same beats as the examples above.
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* In ''Film/TheKilling'', Nikki befriends the black parking lot attendant a little too well, causing the attendant to keep showing up to chat when Nikki is getting ready to take his shot. Nikki eventually has to call him a nigger to get rid of him.
* In ''Film/{{The Jungle Book|2016}}'' (2016), after learning from Bagheera that [[BigBad Shere Khan]] is hunting Mowgli, Baloo tries to make Mowgli go to the man village by telling him that they were never friends, that he was just using him to get extra food for the winter. Mowgli storms off as a result, and Baloo tells Bagheera that this was the hardest thing he had ever done.
* In ''Film/JojoRabbit'', [[ChildSoldiers eleven year old Jojo]] is rounded up with the other German soldiers because he's wearing a Nazi jacket. Captain Klenzendorf takes Jojo's jackets, spits at Jojo and claims Jojo is Jewish to the Allied soldiers in order to spare him from being executed.
* A mild example in ''Film/ADogsPurpose'': When Ethan leaves for college, he tells his mom to hold his dog Bailey because he'll think he can go for a ride in the car and won't understand why he can't. The dog breaks away, tears through a field and catches up to Ethan, jumping in through the open car window. Ethan stops and throws a football for Bailey to fetch, and when the dog brings it back to the road, the car is too far away for him to follow.
* In ''Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues'', Ron and his family nurse the baby shark Doby back to health and release it into the wild, complete with a musical number.
* In ''Film/{{The Jungle Book|2016}}'' (2016), after learning from Bagheera that [[BigBad Shere Khan]] is hunting Mowgli, Baloo tries to make Mowgli go to the man village by telling him that they were never friends, that he was just using him to get extra food for the winter. Mowgli storms off as a result, and Baloo tells Bagheera that this was the hardest thing he had ever done.
* In ''Film/JojoRabbit'', [[ChildSoldiers eleven year old Jojo]] is rounded up with the other German soldiers because he's wearing a Nazi jacket. Captain Klenzendorf takes Jojo's jackets, spits at Jojo and claims Jojo is Jewish to the Allied soldiers in order to spare him from being executed.
* A mild example in ''Film/ADogsPurpose'': When Ethan leaves for college, he tells his mom to hold his dog Bailey because he'll think he can go for a ride in the car and won't understand why he can't. The dog breaks away, tears through a field and catches up to Ethan, jumping in through the open car window. Ethan stops and throws a football for Bailey to fetch, and when the dog brings it back to the road, the car is too far away for him to follow.
* In ''Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues'', Ron and his family nurse the baby shark Doby back to health and release it into the wild, complete with a musical number.
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* In ''Film/TheKilling'', Nikki befriends the black parking lot attendant a little too well, causing the attendant to keep showing up to chat when Nikki is getting ready to take his shot. Nikki eventually ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'', Brooks has to call him a nigger to get rid of him.
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* In ''Film/JojoRabbit'', [[ChildSoldiers eleven year old Jojo]] is rounded up with the other German soldiers becausefamily he's wearing a Nazi jacket. Captain Klenzendorf takes Jojo's jackets, spits at Jojo and claims Jojo is Jewish to the Allied soldiers in order to spare him from being executed.
* A mild example in ''Film/ADogsPurpose'': When Ethan leaves for college, he tells his mom to hold his dog Bailey because he'll think he can go for a ride in the car and won't understand why he can't. The dog breaks away, tears through a field and catches up to Ethan, jumping in through the open car window. Ethan stops and throws a football for Bailey to fetch, and when the dog brings it back to the road, the carhelping is too far away for him shellshocked to follow.
* In ''Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues'', Rondo anything but thank him:
-->'''Sanjurou:''' Take the gold andhis run. Start a new life. ''(the family nurse the baby shark Doby back to health and release it into the wild, complete with a musical number.can hardly move for emotion, but all bow in respect)'' Just ''go!'' Stop groveling, I hate beggars. Run ''now'' or I swear I'll kill you myself!
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* In ''Film/JojoRabbit'', [[ChildSoldiers eleven year old Jojo]] is rounded up with the other German soldiers because
* A mild example in ''Film/ADogsPurpose'': When Ethan leaves for college, he tells his mom to hold his dog Bailey because he'll think he can go for a ride in the car and won't understand why he can't. The dog breaks away, tears through a field and catches up to Ethan, jumping in through the open car window. Ethan stops and throws a football for Bailey to fetch, and when the dog brings it back to the road, the car
* In ''Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues'', Ron
-->'''Sanjurou:''' Take the gold and
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* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', nine-year-old Arya Stark parts ways with her pet direwolf, who's been sentenced to death for defending her from Prince Joffrey. She has to throw rocks to make it stop following her. [[spoiler:She still becomes the direwolf when she dreams, though, as all the Stark children share a PsychicLink with their wolves.]]
* In ''Honored Enemy'' from ''Literature/TheRiftwarCycle'', the elf Tinuva must go and duel his brother to put an end to a centuries-long vendetta and buy time for his human allies to escape. His friend Gregory refuses to leave him, even when Tinuva points out that there is no possible way he could help and that he would only be killed out of hand. Tinuva goes as far as slashing his hand to keep him from using his bow and threatening to cut his other hand so badly that he'll never draw a bow again - and only then does Gregory accept that there's no way he'll be able to accompany Tinuva.
* In ''Literature/TheYearling'' the protagonist has to do this to his pet deer to save its life after it's eaten a corn crop. Unfortunately, the deer in question comes back and eats another corn crop, so the kid finally has to [[ShootTheDog shoot the deer]], which he insists on doing himself.
* Richard and Kahlan from ''Literature/TheSwordOfTruth'' series when Kahlan tells him she doesn't love him in order to save his life by forcing him to leave with a priestess of the light, Verna. Later on, Richard breaks out of his depression when he does the same thing to his pet Gratch and realizes Kahlan was doing the whole thing for Richard's sake.
* Sam does this to Bill the pony in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' when the Fellowship has to go through the Mines of Moria. Subverted, though - at least in the books - as before this actually happens the Watcher in the Water attacks, and Bill promptly [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere flees]] rather than needing to be sent away. Also, he finds his way back to Bree, where they pick him up on their way back to the Shire, and proves to still be the most awesome pony in Middle-earth. [[CoolHorse And that's saying something.]]
* Unit 1 of the ''Literature/CambridgeLatinCourse'' is set in Pompeii, so [[RocksFallEveryoneDies it could only have ended one way]]. As the main character, Caecilius, lies trapped under a fallen wall, he convinces his slave Clemens to escape... but Cerberus, the family dog, won't budge. [[TearJerker He watches over his master till the end.]]
* ''Literature/TheHypnotists'': Each of the first two books ends with Jax hypnotizing his best friend in his current school into forgetting about most of their friendship and shared secrets due to being involved with dangerous forces, although Tommy from the first book comes BackForTheFinale.
* Happens in ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen'', when [[spoiler:Lennie has just killed Curly's wife [[AndCallHimGeorge by accident]], and George shoots him to save him from the angry mob which would have pretty much lynched him.]]
* Inverted in ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'': When Atreyu's pony gets stuck in the swamps of desperation, he wants to save it, but it tells him in no uncertain terms that the mission (saving Phantasia) is more important and he must move on alone.
* In ''Honored Enemy'' from ''Literature/TheRiftwarCycle'', the elf Tinuva must go and duel his brother to put an end to a centuries-long vendetta and buy time for his human allies to escape. His friend Gregory refuses to leave him, even when Tinuva points out that there is no possible way he could help and that he would only be killed out of hand. Tinuva goes as far as slashing his hand to keep him from using his bow and threatening to cut his other hand so badly that he'll never draw a bow again - and only then does Gregory accept that there's no way he'll be able to accompany Tinuva.
* In ''Literature/TheYearling'' the protagonist has to do this to his pet deer to save its life after it's eaten a corn crop. Unfortunately, the deer in question comes back and eats another corn crop, so the kid finally has to [[ShootTheDog shoot the deer]], which he insists on doing himself.
* Richard and Kahlan from ''Literature/TheSwordOfTruth'' series when Kahlan tells him she doesn't love him in order to save his life by forcing him to leave with a priestess of the light, Verna. Later on, Richard breaks out of his depression when he does the same thing to his pet Gratch and realizes Kahlan was doing the whole thing for Richard's sake.
* Sam does this to Bill the pony in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' when the Fellowship has to go through the Mines of Moria. Subverted, though - at least in the books - as before this actually happens the Watcher in the Water attacks, and Bill promptly [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere flees]] rather than needing to be sent away. Also, he finds his way back to Bree, where they pick him up on their way back to the Shire, and proves to still be the most awesome pony in Middle-earth. [[CoolHorse And that's saying something.]]
* Unit 1 of the ''Literature/CambridgeLatinCourse'' is set in Pompeii, so [[RocksFallEveryoneDies it could only have ended one way]]. As the main character, Caecilius, lies trapped under a fallen wall, he convinces his slave Clemens to escape... but Cerberus, the family dog, won't budge. [[TearJerker He watches over his master till the end.]]
* ''Literature/TheHypnotists'': Each of the first two books ends with Jax hypnotizing his best friend in his current school into forgetting about most of their friendship and shared secrets due to being involved with dangerous forces, although Tommy from the first book comes BackForTheFinale.
* Happens in ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen'', when [[spoiler:Lennie has just killed Curly's wife [[AndCallHimGeorge by accident]], and George shoots him to save him from the angry mob which would have pretty much lynched him.]]
* Inverted in ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'': When Atreyu's pony gets stuck in the swamps of desperation, he wants to save it, but it tells him in no uncertain terms that the mission (saving Phantasia) is more important and he must move on alone.
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* Unit 1 of the ''Literature/CambridgeLatinCourse'' is set in Pompeii, so [[RocksFallEveryoneDies it could only have ended one way]]. As the main character, Caecilius, lies trapped under a fallen wall, he convinces his slave Clemens to escape... but Cerberus, the family dog, won't budge. [[TearJerker He watches over his master till the end.]]
* Creator/GeraldDurrell was once forced to let some animals his expedition captured go. Most of the animals promptly sat on top of their cages and demanded to be fed, until he was eventually forced to let them back inside.
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--> Suddenly a shadow fell across his path. Moreno turned, then stiffened. The murderer stood there, ten feet away. Nothing was said. "Boys," said Moreno, his voice suddenly lifeless. "Go down to the courtyard." [[WouldHurtAChild He saw the murderer shift.]] "[[PrivacyByDistraction Go look at the cannonballs]]." Armando and Felipe scampered off. Moreno remained where he was. He knew quite well he was looking at death.
* ''Literature/StarWarsKenobi'': Near the end of the story, Obi-Wan tells [[spoiler:Annileen and her family]] to leave Tatooine, for fear that [[spoiler:the townsfolks' ire will be raised towards her as an associate of the embezzler Orrin]]. He arranges with Bail Organa to have an Alderaanian university accept [[spoiler:Annileen's]] long-dormant application to their xenobiology satellite program on Naboo. This inverts Ben's character role of TheDrifter; because he has to stay to look after Luke Skywalker, he can't simply say ButNowIMustGo.
* ''Literature/StarWarsKenobi'': Near the end of the story, Obi-Wan tells [[spoiler:Annileen and her family]] to leave Tatooine, for fear that [[spoiler:the townsfolks' ire will be raised towards her as an associate of the embezzler Orrin]]. He arranges with Bail Organa to have an Alderaanian university accept [[spoiler:Annileen's]] long-dormant application to their xenobiology satellite program on Naboo. This inverts Ben's character role of TheDrifter; because he has to stay to look after Luke Skywalker, he can't simply say ButNowIMustGo.
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* Sam does this to Bill the pony in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' when the Fellowship has to
* Happens in ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen'', when [[spoiler:Lennie has just killed Curly's wife [[AndCallHimGeorge by accident]], and George shoots him to save him from the angry mob which would have pretty much lynched him]].
* ''Literature/TheMonsterGarden'': When Monnie first comes to life, it can live comfortably on dry land, but as it grows it starts to shed its gelatinous coating, revealing skin that quickly dehydrates if it doesn't get to swim regularly. Frankie knows it can't
* Inverted in ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'': When Atreyu's pony gets stuck in the swamps of desperation, he wants to save it, but it tells him in no uncertain terms that the mission (saving Phantasia) is more important and he must move on alone.
* In ''Honored Enemy'' from ''Literature/TheRiftwarCycle'', the elf Tinuva must go and duel his brother to put an end to a centuries-long vendetta and buy time for his human allies to escape. His friend Gregory refuses to leave him, even when Tinuva points out that there is no possible way he could help and that he would only be killed out of hand. Tinuva goes as far as slashing his hand to keep him from using his bow and threatening to cut his other hand so badly that he'll never draw a bow again - and only then does Gregory accept that there's no way he'll be able to accompany Tinuva.
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* In ''Literature/TheMonsterGarden'': When Monnie first comes to life, it can live comfortably on dry land, but as it grows it starts to shed its gelatinous coating, revealing skin that quickly dehydrates if it doesn't get to swim regularly. Frankie knows it can't live in her garden much longer. [[spoiler:She runs away with it to Mendicote Woods, planning to set it up in the summer cottage near the creek and teach it how to fish. But just outside the forest, some boys start throwing rocks at Monnie, and by the time Frankie chases them away, Monnie has run off. Frankie runs into the woods and finds signs that Monnie has been near the mouth of the stream. She swims into the sea to look for it, but accidentally goes too far from shore, loses strength, and passes out. Monnie carries her back to shore before swimming away forever.]]
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* In ''Literature/TheMonsterGarden'': When Monnie first comes to life, it can live comfortably on dry land, but as it grows it starts to shed its gelatinous coating, revealing skin that quickly dehydrates if it doesn't get to swim regularly. Frankie knows it can't live in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', nine-year-old Arya Stark parts ways with her garden much longer. pet direwolf, who's been sentenced to death for defending her from Prince Joffrey. She has to throw rocks to make it stop following her. [[spoiler:She runs away still becomes the direwolf when she dreams, though, as all the Stark children share a PsychicLink with it to Mendicote Woods, planning to set it up in their wolves.]]
* ''Literature/StarWarsKenobi'': Near thesummer cottage near the creek and teach it how to fish. But just outside the forest, some boys start throwing rocks at Monnie, and by the time Frankie chases them away, Monnie has run off. Frankie runs into the woods and finds signs that Monnie has been near the mouth end of the stream. She swims into story, Obi-Wan tells [[spoiler:Annileen and her family]] to leave Tatooine, for fear that [[spoiler:the townsfolks' ire will be raised towards her as an associate of the sea embezzler Orrin]]. He arranges with Bail Organa to have an Alderaanian university accept [[spoiler:Annileen's]] long-dormant application to their xenobiology satellite program on Naboo. This inverts Ben's character role of TheDrifter; because he has to stay to look for it, but accidentally goes too far after Luke Skywalker, he can't simply say ButNowIMustGo.
* Richard and Kahlan fromshore, loses strength, ''Literature/TheSwordOfTruth'' series when Kahlan tells him she doesn't love him in order to save his life by forcing him to leave with a priestess of the light, Verna. Later on, Richard breaks out of his depression when he does the same thing to his pet Gratch and passes out. Monnie carries her realizes Kahlan was doing the whole thing for Richard's sake.
* In ''Literature/TheYearling'' the protagonist has to do this to his pet deer to save its life after it's eaten a corn crop. Unfortunately, the deer in question comes back and eats another corn crop, so the kid finally has toshore before swimming away forever.]][[ShootTheDog shoot the deer]], which he insists on doing himself.
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* In ''[[Manhua/RavagesOfTime The Ravages of Time]]'', after the Sima merchant clan suffers under the "patronage" of Prime Minister Cao Cao, Sima Yi eventually cuts the clan's ties to his business partners and even his clan's assassin coterie so as to protect them from collateral damage. [[spoiler:In the end his clan is indeed subsequently purged, but while said assassin coterie gets it too it seems that his business partners were indeed spared.]]
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* ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'': In Tommy's April 29th stream, he and Ghostbur visited [[TheAlcatraz Pandora's Vault]] to try and kill [[BigBad Dream]]. Upon visiting the prison, Friend, Ghostbur's pet [[SweetSheep sheep]], was kept in the Nether entrance hall of the prison, with Ghostbur promising he would be back for him. [[spoiler:When Tommy was forced out of the prison after his attempt to kill Dream failed, with Ghostbur "[[DeathOfPersonality dying]]" in the process of [[BackFromTheDead reviving]] Wilbur, he comes across Friend again in the entrance hall. [[TearJerker Cue the waterworks.]]]]
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* ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'': ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'': In Tommy's April 29th stream, he and Ghostbur visited [[TheAlcatraz Pandora's Vault]] to try and kill [[BigBad Dream]]. Upon visiting the prison, Friend, Ghostbur's pet [[SweetSheep sheep]], was kept in the Nether entrance hall of the prison, with Ghostbur promising he would be back for him. [[spoiler:When Tommy was forced out of the prison after his attempt to kill Dream failed, with Ghostbur "[[DeathOfPersonality dying]]" in the process of [[BackFromTheDead reviving]] Wilbur, he comes across Friend again in the entrance hall. [[TearJerker Cue the waterworks.]]]]
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* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' episode "Ragnarick", where after the duo befriend [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Bigfoot]] the episode ends with them tearfully sending him back to the woods... after they had turned him human through BrainUploading. He questions why they don't just help him get a job instead, but gives up after they repeatedly throw cans at him.
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* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' episode "Ragnarick", "Mort: Ragnarick", where after the duo befriend [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Bigfoot]] the episode ends with them tearfully sending him back to the woods... after they had turned him human through BrainUploading. He questions why they don't just help him get a job instead, but gives up after they repeatedly throw cans at him.
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* The Boss does this to Naked Snake for all of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'' (complete with him trying to follow her like a lost puppy). She breaks his arm, stomps on his foot with her horse, shoots him in the leg... she even chucks him off a bridge. However, this is all because if she ''didn't'' do these things, he would have surely been killed by Volgin; compared to that, he actually has a chance to survive the other things she does. This is only made worse when the player and Snake find out that [[spoiler:she was the good guy all along and presumably wanted to protect you from being hurt/test you by hurting you]].
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* The Boss does this to Naked Snake for all of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'' ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' (complete with him trying to follow her like a lost puppy). She breaks his arm, stomps on his foot with her horse, shoots him in the leg... she even chucks him off a bridge. However, this is all because if she ''didn't'' do these things, he would have surely been killed by Volgin; compared to that, he actually has a chance to survive the other things she does. This is only made worse when the player and Snake find out that [[spoiler:she was the good guy all along and presumably wanted to protect you from being hurt/test you by hurting you]].
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* Claire Redfield's "epilogue" (all of which are more of a SequelHook than anything) in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' shows that Leon was forced to do this with her shortly after the events of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2''. Realizing something was amiss about the Feds coming to rescue them and they likely were ''not'' going to be allowed to go free any time soon, he urges Claire to escape while she can and continue searching for her brother, to the point of actually being harsh with her. Leon's hunch proves to be right, as he and Sherry are quickly taken into government custody, with her being turned over to researchers for study (which would eventually pay off in ''6''), while Leon is essentially blackmailed into working as a government agent, setting up his return in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''.
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* Early in the B-plot of ''The Maltese Iguana'' by Creator/TimDorsey, a cop in Honduras frames a U.S. State Department bureaucrat friend of his for drug possession but agrees to drop the charges if he leaves the country immediately. He does this not out of corruption or contempt for the bureaucrat, but in an attempt to get him out of the country before he gets killed trying to investigate a notoriously violent cartel.
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* ''Literature/SergeStorms'': Early in the B-plot of ''The Maltese Iguana'' by Creator/TimDorsey, Iguana'', a cop in Honduras frames a U.S. State Department bureaucrat friend of his for drug possession but agrees to drop the charges if he leaves the country immediately. He does this not out of corruption or contempt for the bureaucrat, but in an attempt to get him out of the country before he gets killed trying to investigate a notoriously violent cartel.
