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* The climactic final fight in ''Film/{{My Bodyguard}}'' in which the title character, having faced [[spoiler: an adult professional goon brought in by the bully]] coaches the nerdy little rich kid who hired him into [[spoiler: fighting and defeating the bully for himself.]]

* Used to {{Narm}}ful levels in ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive 4'', in Kasumi's ending. Right before the boss fight with [[SNKBossSyndrome Alpha 152]], Ryu is standing there and comments that this is something she has to do herself. And presumably he's still standing there after the jiggly jello ''totally wipes the floor with you'', multiple times. Thanks, Ryu.

* A variant occurs in the climax of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' story arc ''[[ComicBook/TheKangWar Kang Dynasty]]'': Captain America enters into a one-on-one fight with Kang to conclude the war, and Thor prevents their teammates from interfering, insisting that they instead focus on saving survivors from the destruction caused by Kang's crashed ship. The heroes protest vehemently, claiming that a monster like Kang deserves a group beatdown and not an honorable fight. Thor replies solemnly that it is one-on-one not out of respect, but [[BadassBoast because Cap alone will be sufficient]].

* In ''Anime/{{Endride}}'', Demetrio stops Eljuia from interfering with his fight with [[spoiler:Louise]], presumably because he thinks he'll be more effective bringing them back around to their side if it's just one-on-one, and also because he was the one who let them stay even though he knew they were TheMole.
* In ''LightNovel/SoImASpiderSoWhat'' Shiraori understands that her and Ariel's actions have greatly damaged Blow's pride and that his duel with the Hero is both an attempt to restore it and ultimately doomed to failure. She chooses not to interfere as it would ruin his pride even further and she feels [[LivingIsMoreThanSurviving it's more important to have your pride than live without]].

* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'': Kite tests Gon and Killua, children he's only just met, by having them fight their first chimera ants without help. He reasons that if they can't beat the cannon fodder on their own, it would be too dangerous to let them join him in exterminating the queen.
* ''Manga/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime'': When the massive monster Charybdis is coming for Rimiru's town, the demon lord Milim offers to help. Rimiru's underlings politely decline, as it's their problem, and they can't just go running to their friends for every little thing. Rimiru is annoyed, as this is hardly a ''little'' thing, but can't countermand them without looking foolish. Rimiru and his army fight Charybdis in a long and exhausting battle, and while they are winning, he begins to get worried that they might run out of steam before Charybdis does. [[spoiler:Then they realize that Charybdis was after Milim the whole time, and they let her finish it off]].
* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'': In the first arc, Rias manipulates the situation so Issei will fight against Raynare - the Fallen Angel that faked interest in him as a human girl only to nearly kill him later, and that has just killed Issei's {{Protectorate}} Asia - one on one, because Rias knows he needs to prove to himself that he can be powerful and that he can get past the pain Raynare caused him.
* ''Manga/TheLegendOfZelda'': In Ataru Cagiva's ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' adaptation, Rasuka and Leader walk in on Link's fight against Agahnim, but stand aside to let Link fight Agahnim himself.
* ''Manga/HoneyAndClover'': When Takemoto goes on his bike and leaves home to see how far he can go without looking back, the others refuse to help him because they believe he is trying to "find himself." They thought this because apparently Professor Hanamoto tried to do the same thing. Seven times.

* The final confrontation of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' is a one-on-one showdown. [[spoiler:Father has lost all of his power, leaving Edward Elric to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu beat the tar out of Father with his bare hands]]. The rest of the army, including all of Ed's friends, stay back and let Ed wail on Father. They already know they've won, they're just letting Ed have a little catharsis.]]

* ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo'' makes frequent use of this trope, to the point where the [[DysfunctionalFamily Shiseiten]], a group of [[BloodKnight fighters]], has a rule where no member may intervene in another member's fights. (Almost no one else in the series helps another in a one-on-one fight, but, yeah.) This leads to a scene where Akira, the youngest member, has to stand by and watch as the man who raised him in the group, Bontenmaru, is toyed with by [[EnfanteTerrible Tokito]].

---> '''Sasuke''': Don't even think about it, Karin. This is my revenge.

* ''Anime/YuGiOh'':
** In the Duelist Kingdom arc, Mai insists that Jounouchi duel Dinosaur Ryuuzaki without any advice. Jounouchi is willing to do this in order to prove that he can win on his own, but Honda opposes it.
** In the manga, Jonouchi himself tells Yugi this on his own without Mai ever even bringing it up.
** In the Battle City arc, Yugi refuses to let Jonouchi tell him what strategy the Rare Hunter is using preferring to duel him on his own. (This is partially because he considers himself more honorable than the Hunter is, partially because accepting help in the tournament is ''cheating'', and partially because the Rare Hunter threatened to tear up Jonouchi's Red-Eyes Black Dragon card if he tells Yugi. Fortunately, Yugi figures out the guy's strategy on his own.)
** Later in the same arc (original version only), Mai tells Jonouchi to shut up when he tries to give her advice when she duels Jean-Claude, reminding him he isn't allowed to help her.

* In the second season of the live-action ''Manga/{{Gokusen}}'' drama, [[TheChick Takeda]] takes on a college-level boxing champ on a rocky beach. When Yankumi shows up, she tells the rest of the TrueCompanions not to intervene, even though it's more of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown than a proper fight and [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence those rocks look they really hurt to land on]].
* Very poignantly done in an episode of ''Anime/{{Inuyasha}}'', ''Jinenji, Kind Yet Sad.''
* In ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', Ruki wanted Renamon to assist Impmon in a fight with Indramon. She refused because Impmon wanted to do the fight alone. However, Impmon was severely outmatched and on the verge of dying made, so the others intervened anyway because they couldn't just keep watch him being killed.
* In ''Manga/SoulEater'' Sid sees the fight between Black Star and Mifune as this when Nygus wants to intervene. Possibly justified in that Sid recognised the fight could determine whether Black Star risks ending up like his father or could find his own 'path' (it does, and he does), but also moral dissonance considering the honour over reason mentality.

* ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'':
** An interesting example is the dynamics of helping and refusing help between Kenichi and Miu: Kenichi is very chivalrous and wants to [[DeclarationOfProtection become strong enough to protect Miu]], and sometimes even tries to interfere when she is about to start fighting, but Miu is more skillful fighter than Kenichi (''always'' beating him in sparring matches), and ''she'' is very willing to protect ''him'' when she thinks he is in danger. Kenichi, of course, often refuses such help from Miu, because "this is something a man must do himself".
** The Masters will often hang out on the sidelines and watch, even when Kenichi is in serious danger, because they believe that a good Master stays out of his Disciple's fights. They will only intervene if Kenichi has zero chance of escaping the situation on his own.
* In an earlier episode of ''Manga/CaseClosed'', the murder happens at a reunion of Kogoro's old high school judo club, meaning both the victim and the murderer are friends of his. Conan pulls Kogoro aside and is about to tranquilize him as usual when he sees Kogoro's anger about the situation and his resolve to crack the case for his slain friend. Hearing this, Conan puts away his tranq gun and decides that Kogoro needs to solve this one himself, though he does still provide little hints.

* In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' Casca as a child was being sexually assaulted by a nobleman, when [[KnightInShiningArmour Griffith rode up to save the day.]] However, instead of saving her himself, he threw her a weapon and told her to defend herself, then just watched to see what the outcome would be.
* Perhaps one of the only rules of engagement ''Manga/OnePiece'''s Luffy actually pays attention to. Best highlighted early when Zoro fights with Mihawk. Zoro is losing handily, but Luffy refuses to intervene on Zoro's behalf or let anyone else do so. However, it's clear Luffy ''wants'' to jump in, but holds back from attacking Mihawk until the fight is actually over.
* In ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'', toward the end of the ''Little Army'' prequel manga, Miho is struggling to decide on a reason to pilot tanks, [[spoiler:around the same time her friend Emi is set to return to Germany]]. Emi tells her and Miho's mutual friends Chihiro and Hitomi that even though Miho is burdened with doubt because of [[SeriousBusiness her family's philosophy]] it would be bad if Miho forgot that they became friends over tanks. Emi tells them not to tell her what they talked about, because Miho is "an idiot" who is unable to understand her sister Maho's advice to find her own reason for doing tanks.
-->'''Emi''': It won’t be good for her if she can’t be liberated from the Nishizumi style. For her to continue with Panzer would be meaningless if she cannot change herself.
* In ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'', after learning that two of his friends and rival mangakas are threatened with cancellation, Nizuma gets uncharacteristically serious, saying that there's nothing he can do to help them and that only those who have what it takes can succeed. [[spoiler:They ultimately do get cancelled, and Nizuma is shown to be fairly unhappy about that result]].
-->'''Nizuma''': I... can't do anything for them. Only those who have what it takes can stay in this business.
* Tuxedo Mask invokes this in ''Anime/SailorMoon S'' when Haruka and Michiru challenge Usagi over her actions with Hotaru. The other girls aren't happy over the two against one fight and are ready to jump in before he stops them.
* In ''Anime/CardcaptorSakura'', Syaoran wants to help Sakura during The Final Judgement against Yue, but Kero stops him by saying that if anyone helps her she'll automatically lose.

* In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', towards the end of ''Unlimited Blade Works'', Shirou is in a position to have Saber easily defeat Archer. But, having recently learned the truth about Archer's identity, Shirou asks her to stand aside and allow the two of them to fight alone.
* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': In the third movie, Tamama attempts to invoke this while fighting Shivava, but Momoka talks him out of it. They then proceed to curpstomp him together.

* Hilariously subverted and even inverted in ''LightNovel/StrikeTheBlood'', as whenever the normally-mellow Kojou is finally angry enough to finally go all-out in the final showdown with the villain-of-the-week, his sidekick/watcher/leading lady Yukina always manages without fail to interrupt his solo attack (usually a punch) by destroying its momentum as she suddenly stops his forward movement dead in its tracks just as he's about to advance at last: first by blocking his path through the thrusting and twirling of her spear and then by jumping right in front of him and between the villains '''each and every single time'''. It's already become the series' own infamous catchphrase and original ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9fJswUgnGc meme]]'' in the fandom:
-->'''Kojou''': From NOW ON, this is MY fight!
-->'''Yukina''': NO! Sempai! This is OUR fight!
** This is even lampshaded and played with in the series itself when a fed-up Kojou finally wises up in later chapters (on occasion) as he slyly says "OUR fight" instead of "MY fight", preempting a gung-ho Yukina, who always finds herself shocked at being caught off-guard and thus momentarily leaving her at a loss for words. Kojou is naturally most amused at this.

* ''Manga/ShonanJunaiGumi'': In Chapter 107, [[ButtMonkey Makoto]] gets in over his head and has to face a terrifying thug, Samehara, alone. He tries getting his friends [[BashBrothers Eikichi and Ryuji]] (who Samehara had demanded to see in the first place) to help, and when he can't reach them, Kamata and [[BloodKnight Saejima]]. They also refuse, telling him [[FairWeatherFriend it's his fight]] (and they also call [[BloodKnight Katsuyuki]] and warn him not to help either). Makoto eventually beats Samehara, though it wasn't technically "alone": [[spoiler:He used two {{Right Hand Attack Dog}}s named after Eikichi and Ryuji.]]

* In ''VideoGame/Fallout3'', this is forced on the player at the end, when [[spoiler:you're asked to make a moral choice to either save the world and get exposed to lethal radiation or chicken out and have a heroic woman do it for you. At this point, it's possible to have a Super Mutant follower who is completely immune to radiation. If you ask ''him'' to do it, he just says that the cunundrum is something you have to work out for yourself.]]

* {{Subverted}} on ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''--when [[SadClown Amethyst]] realizes that she's a "defective" Quartz, she's convinced that she has to defeat [[TheBrute Jasper]], the "[[BornWinner Ultimate Quartz Warrior]]," alone in order to prove her worth. However, [[CurbStompBattle Jasper really IS far stronger than Amethyst]]. Eventually, [[TheHeart Steven]] snaps her out of this, and they fight her with ThePowerOfFriendship [[spoiler:[[OutsideContextMagic by fusing]]]].

* This is an ongoing theme in ''Literature/HarryPotter'', applying to Harry himself, and his enemy Voldemort. Harry regularly refuses help, because he cannot bear anybody to die on his behalf. Voldemort yells to his allies "Do nothing, he is mine to finish".

* In an earlier episode of ''Manga/DetectiveConan'', the murder happens at a reunion of Kogoro's old high school judo club, meaning both the victim and the murderer are friends of his. Conan pulls Kogoro aside and is about to tranquilize him as usual when he sees Kogoro's anger about the situation and his resolve to crack the case for his slain friend. Hearing this, Conan puts away his tranq gun and decides that Kogoro needs to solve this one himself, though he does still provide little hints.

* In the GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', Aang shows up JustInTime to fight BigBad Ozai before he [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt ends the world as they know it]]. Several of his allies were present and about to have a crack at him, but decide that Ozai is Aang's fight, and proceed to ruin the rest of Ozai's EvilPlan.
** While everyone did acknowledge that defeating Ozai was that Avatar's responsibility (simply because if anyone else killed him, it would be seen as an act of rebels/fighting for the throne, rather than divine intervention), no one (not even Sokka's group) was actually CLOSE enough to have helped if he needed it.
** They were also severely outclassed by comet-empowered Ozai - Aang and Iroh were about the only ones who stood a chance in the first place.
** Still, it's not like the rest of the gaang just sat down doing nothing while Anng fought Ozai: Zuko and Katara were fighting Azula, Sokka, Suki and Toph were sabotaging the Fire nation fleet while Iroh and the White Lotus were reconquering Ba Sing Se.

* In the game ''VideoGame/StarFox64'', near the end of Venom, the final mission, Fox will leave behind his teammates to "go it alone" against the final boss.

-->'''Peppy''': [[OhCrap Fox! Don't!]]
* The DuelBoss in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' between [[spoiler:Lloyd and Kratos]] is one of these, and is set up as one in advance. While either side ''could'' easily bring multiple parties into it, neither side wants to because of the personal catharsis involved. [[spoiler:Sheena]]'s duel with [[spoiler:Kuchinawa]] is another example.
* Hilariously subverted in ''VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria''. The first time Eizen and Zaveid square off, they both yell at Velvet and her party to stay out of it. Velvet just says no and [[MeleeATrois beats them both up]] to get everyone back on task.
** Also played with in regards to Shigure. In the final battle, [[spoiler:after Shigure reveals [[IAmNotLeftHanded he'd been holding back in the past]], Velvet informs Rokurou in no uncertain terms the rest of the party will be fighting with him. Neither brother objects, but once they've slowed Shigure down enough for it to be a fair clash, the rest back off so Rokurou and Shigure can duel to the final strike.]]

* Yuri of ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' pulls this card; he leaves the rest of the party at Halure to head to [[spoiler:Zaphias, where Alexei is holding a BrainwashedAndCrazy Estelle. Presumably, the logic is that, since he's proven himself to be a VigilanteMan who won't hesitate to kill when necessary, he's the only one who will have the guts to put Estelle out of her misery]]. He only makes it halfway when the rest of the party [[SubvertedTrope catches up and beats the crap out of him for doing something so stupid]]. And then he figures out what the right thing to do in this situation is.
** Arguably [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructed]] with Judith. [[spoiler:Since her father created the deadly Hermes Blastia, she believes that she's the only one who should worry about dealing with them and tried not to get the party involved. This belief is treated as a very bad thing, and in fact causes serious problems for the party at one point.]]
* Several ''VideoGame/Persona2'' choices can be made like this. Allowing the interested parties to settle their own accounts at the right moments will net them their evolved Personae, having transcended their issues and unlocking their true potential.

* Hilariously subverted in ''VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria''. The first time Eizen and Zaveid square off, they both yell at Velvet and her party to stay out of it. Velvet just says no and [[MeleeATrois beats them both up]] to get everyone back on task.
** Also played with in regards to Shigure. In the final battle, [[spoiler:after Shigure reveals [[IAmNotLeftHanded he'd been holding back in the past]], Velvet informs Rokurou in no uncertain terms the rest of the party will be fighting with him. Neither brother objects, but once they've slowed Shigure down enough for it to be a fair clash, the rest back off so Rokurou and Shigure can duel to the final strike.]]
* ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' gives you a huge approval bonus with [[spoiler: Nick Valentine]] if you stay out of his fight with [[spoiler: Eddie Winter]].
* Discussed in ''VideoGame/Persona5 Royal''. During a talk with Akechi and the protagonist on the 11th of July in a cafe, when asked by Akechi, Kasumi responds to him that she disagrees with the Phantom Thieves because people should be relying on themselves to solve their own problems and not by other people. This takes a [[spoiler:''very'' ironic twist in the game's final stretch, as "Kasumi" is actually Sumire who felt guilty for her sister, the real Kasumi preventing her from committing suicide because she felt inferior to her in every way. As a result, she asked Takuto to solve her very own problems by turning her into Kasumi via his cognitive manipulation powers, effectively being the ''exact reverse'' of what she told Akechi in the cafe.]]

* ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'' has an explicit rule that battles between Immortals must be one-on-one. This is more due to tradition than something they absolutely have to do. Kell in ''Film/HighlanderEndgame'' has become so powerful partly by assembling a team of immortals, which he uses to kill others. Then [[spoiler:he kills most of them at dinner. Hey, "There can be only one."]] To take down Kell in a one-on-one duel, [[spoiler:both [=MacLeods=] decide it would be a good idea to DueltotheDeath so the victor will receive an immortal stat boost]].

* In ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', Sarah reaches the goblin castle but tells her companions that she has to face Jareth herself, because "that's the way it's done".

* In the climax of ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'', Cloud chases Kadaj after Kadaj has gained the McGuffin, and they start to fight. Cloud's TrueCompanions show up in an airship, but some of them tell the others that they're not going to help him. The reason has something to do with how Kadaj is the (major) remnant of [[BigBad Sephiroth]] and [[HesBack Cloud has found his strength again]], although the logic isn't particularly clear. Anyway, they stay aside. [[spoiler:They remain absent without further explanation when Kadaj uses the McGuffin to transform into Sephiroth, where perhaps the logic changes from "He doesn't need help" to [[HeroKiller "There's nothing we could do but get in the way."]]]]

* In the movie ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons'', where Ridley enters a cave to search for the MacGuffin and the female Elf character prevents others from going too, because "he must do this himself". [[HandWave An explanation is attempted]] with a magical force field that keeps the others from entering.

** In the Battle City arc, Yugi refuses to let Jonouchi tell him what strategy the Rare Hunter is using preferring to duel him on his own. (This is partially because he considers himself more honorable than the Hunter is, and partially because accepting help in the tournament is ''cheating''. Fortunately, Yugi figures out the guy's strategy on his own.)

'''Mal:''' No, [[CombatPragmatist it's not]]!\\

** Subverted in some manga chapters where [[spoiler:Ichigo was fighting Aizen and was joined by every single Shinigami or Vizard who could still raise a sword.]]
** Rukia says it during Ichigo's fight with Grand Fisher(the hollow who killed his mother), having a flashback to the aforementioned speech by Ukitake.
** Averted in the Fullbringer arc where [[spoiler:Ichigo and Uryu team up to fight Ginjo. Unfortunately, Ishida can't do anything to him, but Ichigo didn't seem to have a problem with accepting his help.]]

* In ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', Rika wanted Renamon to assist Impmon in a fight. She refused because Impmon wanted to do the fight alone.

* Subverted on the ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' episode "[[Recap/StargateAtlantisS03E04Sateda Sateda]]" when Ronon tells the rest of the gang that if they kill the Wraith "General", he will kill them. Ronon specifically says he wants to do this himself, as the Wraith leader has destroyed his civilization and then [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame hunted him like an animal]] for seven years. He gets his ass handed to him and only survives because Beckett blows away said Wraith with a drone weapon. Ronon is actually relieved. This is a notable piece of character development, as everyone else expected him to be ''very'' angry.

** In another episode, Teal'c feels weak after an injury (which would leave a human permanently crippled), especially since he now has a normal immune system (provided by the tretonin drug) instead of a larval Goa'uld symbiote with a HealingFactor. At the end of the episode, he manages to rescue his son and teacher (also father figure) from a Goa'uld penal colony and is fighting the abusive Jaffa in charge. When Teal'c son Rya'c attempts to interfere, Master Bra'tac stops him with this trope. Sure enough, Teal'c manages to overpower the guard and finish him off with a NeckSnap, looking ''extremely'' pleased with himself.

* In ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' Paul Atreides is dueling Feyd-Rautha and realizes that he could use a code word that was placed into Feyd-Rautha's subconscious to stun him for a second, thus saving his life. Paul [[spoiler:refuses to do so because This Is Something He's Got To Do Himself. Interestingly, when he says, "No, I won't do it" (meaning use the code word), that is enough to distract Feyd-Rautha so Paul can win]].

* Inverted in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', where Negi initially tried to do everything himself, only to get bailed out by his stronger allies. Although his TrainingFromHell is getting him the point where this won't be the case anymore.

* In Anime/CardcaptorSakura, Syaoran wants to help Sakura during The Final Judgement against Yue, but Kero stops him by saying that if anyone helps her she'll automatically lose.

* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD'': In the first arc, Rias manipulates the situation so Issei will fight against Raynare - the Fallen Angel that faked interest in him as a human girl only to nearly kill him later, and that has just killed Issei's {{Protectorate}} Asia - one on one, because Rias knows he needs to prove to himself that he can be powerful and that he can get past the pain Raynare caused him.

** Subverted in ''Comicbook/SupermansPalJimmyOlsen2019'' #11. A galactic conqueror who claims Jimmy's sort-of-wife, the intersteller jewel thief Jix, as his own, during a fight between all Jimmy's friends from the previous ten issues and the conqueror's laughably inept robot army, challenges Jimmy to single combat to the death for Jix's hand. Jimmy's response:

* This happens in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBy0HjrRr8c Pooh and Ash's Adventures of Scooby-Doo and the Headless Horseman of Halloween]]'' in which Pooh decides to take on [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]] himself. Most of the time, Pooh plays the PinballProtagonist, so he usually doesn't fight. [[spoiler:Soon, Aladdin pulls a BigDamnHeroes moment and gives [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Ash]] the lamp used to seal Jafar, who then gives it to Pooh to use on Jafar]].
* ''FanFic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness Act III'': In chapter 24, during Yukari's DesignatedGirlFight with Apoch and Astreal over Ahakon, Tsukune, in accordance with Yukari's wishes, opts to just let Yukari finish the fight herself, partly because his [[RestrainingBolt Holy Lock]] might crack even more if he does, and partly because if they don't settle things on their own, then it'll just happen again. This decision has near-fatal consequences when Ahakon disrupts a BeamOWar between the three and is seemingly killed in the blast, after which Tsukune confesses that he never thought that Apoch and Astreal would go that far; fortunately, it transpires that [[{{Time Master}} Luna]] intervened and saved Ahakon just in time.

* In Fanfic/ChristianHumberReloaded, Vash stands aside as his Toa allies fight the Visoraks until they start losing, at which point he steps in and helps them by adding his energy to their combined attack, helping to finish off the enemy.
* ''FanFic/InnerDemons'' has Lezard say this to Applejack about [[{{Deuteragonist}} Apple Bloom]] when the latter fights [[spoiler:[[EvilFormerFriend her former friends]]]] during the Battle of Fillydelphia.

* Invoked by Aizen in ''FanFic/UninvitedGuests''.

** Mickey uses this on Donald and Goofy in ''[[{{VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance}} Dream Drop Distance]]'' before he [[spoiler:heads off to find and save Sora and Riku]] since he needs them to stay behind and protect their world.
* Used to [[NarM Narmful]] levels in ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive 4'', in Kasumi's ending. Right before the boss fight with [[SNKBossSyndrome Alpha 152]], Ryu is standing there and comments that this is something she has to do herself. And presumably he's still standing there after the jiggly jello ''totally wipes the floor with you'', multiple times. Thanks, Ryu.

* Discussed in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}} Royal''. During a talk with Akechi and the protagonist on the 11th of July in a cafe, when asked by Akechi, Kasumi responds to him that she disagrees with the Phantom Thieves because people should be relying on themselves to solve their own problems and not by other people. This takes a [[spoiler:''very'' ironic twist in the game's final stretch, as "Kasumi" is actually Sumire who felt guilty for her sister, the real Kasumi preventing her from committing suicide because she felt inferior to her in every way. As a result, she asked Takuto to solve her very own problems by turning her into Kasumi via his cognitive manipulation powers, effectively being the ''exact reverse'' of what she told Akechi in the cafe.]]

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