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** The crimewave is so large that the police are spread thin over the city. The hero is just one cop going after one gang while [[HeroOfAnotherStory the other officers are delaing with gangs elsewhere.]]

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** The crimewave is so large that the police are spread thin over the city. The hero is just one cop going after one gang while [[HeroOfAnotherStory the other officers are delaing dealing with gangs elsewhere.]]
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** TheCavalry arrives and fends off the crimewave - the hero was a distraction.
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* '''Enforced''': The writer wants to show how BadAss the hero is by showing how incompetent the other cops are, so he can save the day by himself.

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* '''Enforced''': The writer wants to show how BadAss badass the hero is by showing how incompetent the other cops are, so he can save the day by himself.
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'''Basic Trope''': A single hero is the only person who can handle a problem even when there should idealy be a few more experts around to help.

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'''Basic Trope''': A single hero is the only person who can handle a problem even when there should idealy ideally be a few more experts around to help.



* '''Exaggerated''': An enemy army invades a country and only one, [[OneManArmy single soldie]]r goes in to defend while the rest of the military is nowhere to be found with no explanation.

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* '''Exaggerated''': An enemy army invades a country and only one, [[OneManArmy single soldie]]r soldier]] goes in to defend defend, while the rest of the military is nowhere to be found with no explanation.
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* '''Exaggerated''': An enemy army invades a country and only one, single soldier goes in to defend while the rest of the military is nowhere to be found with no explanation.

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* '''Exaggerated''': An enemy army invades a country and only one, [[OneManArmy single soldier soldie]]r goes in to defend while the rest of the military is nowhere to be found with no explanation.

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* '''Implied''': The hero fights the bad guys and someone asks why he's alone. The answers, "Trust me. He's all we need."



* '''Implied''': The hero fights the bad guys and someone asks why he's alone. The answers, "Trust me. He's all we need."

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Only one officer seems available to fight the crimewave but it turns out, the rest of the force were going undercover to stop the crimewave from within, but after they are killed, the lone officer is again left to stop the bad guys.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Only one officer seems available to fight the crimewave but it turns out, the rest of the force were going undercover to stop the crimewave from within, but after they are killed, the lone officer hero is again left to stop the bad guys.alone.



* '''Exploited''': The government has a secret mission to be carried out by a single operative, so they send in their best guy.

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* '''Exploited''': The government has chief is actually a secret mission DirtyCop working for the bad guys. He plans to be carried take out by a single operative, so they send in their best guy.cop by continually sending him out on dangerous missions alone in hopes of getting rid of him.

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* '''Exploited''':

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* '''Exploited''': The government has a secret mission to be carried out by a single operative, so they send in their best guy.

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** All the other experts who could potentially help the situation are [[TheyreAllDeadDave dead]], leaving a single hero to save the day.

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** All the other experts who could potentially help the situation are [[TheyreAllDeadDave [[EverybodysDeadDave dead]], leaving a single hero to save the day.

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'''Basic Trope''': A single hero is the only person who can handle a problem even when there should idealy be a few more experts around to help.
* '''Straight''': A single New York cop has to stop a crime wave from engulfing the city. If other cops show up to help, they are RedShirts and are killed swiftly.
* '''Exaggerated''': An enemy army invades a country and only one, single soldier goes in to defend while the rest of the military is nowhere to be found with no explanation.
* '''Downplayed''': The cop is the first officer on the scene and fights against the crimewave but he comes across a few officers here and there who offer assistance.
* '''Justified''':
** The crimewave is so large that the police are spread thin over the city. The hero is just one cop going after one gang while [[HeroOfAnotherStory the other officers are delaing with gangs elsewhere.]]
** The crimewave happens in a small town with only one sheriff dealing with the mess. Any help would be too far away.
** The hero finds himself in the wilderness with no one else around to help.
** All the other experts who could potentially help the situation are [[TheyreAllDeadDave dead]], leaving a single hero to save the day.
* '''Inverted''':
** A FailureHero struggles to do anything right during the crimewave while the other officers deal with the criminals.
** A single villain shows up to attack while every cop or soldier in the area come in to fight him off.
* '''Subverted''': A cop goes in to fight the crimewave but has several partners with specialized talents to back him up when the situation calls for it.
* '''Double Subverted''': The partners are all killed and the hero is left alone.
* '''Parodied''': DaChief sends all of his officers out to confront the crimewave, only for each and every one of them to be unavailable for goofy reasons: one is too sick to come to work, one ran off and married his girlfriend, one turned and ran when he saw the large number of bad guys, one gets killed in a BloodyHilarious way, etc., leaving one cop. Chances are, it will be the dumbest guy on the force.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Only one officer seems available to fight the crimewave but it turns out, the rest of the force were going undercover to stop the crimewave from within, but after they are killed, the lone officer is again left to stop the bad guys.
* '''Averted''': The crimewave is stopped by a crack team of experts who all have a role to play in stopping the bad guys.
* '''Enforced''': The writer wants to show how BadAss the hero is by showing how incompetent the other cops are, so he can save the day by himself.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Why is it, I'm always the only one available to stop the bad guys?"
* '''Invoked''': A villain wants revenge on the hero for putting him in prison so he holds the entire city hostage with bombs, all set to go off unless the hero shows up alone to fight.
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': The hero has one or more partners helping him.
* '''Discussed''': Citizens in the city wonder why the other cops can never solve the problems and they have to rely on one guy all the time.
* '''Conversed''': "This movie is awful! They're in New York! There should be a more than one cop in that city!"
* '''Deconstructed''': The hero goes in alone and ends up making a mess since he can't take care of the situation by himself.
* '''Reconstructed''': As it turns out, it was all just a BatmanGambit. He made himself look as if he failed so that the BigBad would get overconfident and make a series of mistakes, allowing the hero to defeat him.
* '''Played For Laughs''': A crimewave hits the city with an army of criminals rampaging through the streets. A brave, young officer rushes into his precinct, expecting his fellow officers to be gearing up for the oncoming battle. Instead, he finds an empty building with a single note on the door reading, "Sorry, you're on your own."
* '''Played For Drama''': A cop barely survives a terrifying attack on the precinct, resulting in all the other officers getting killed. He tries to do the best he can in a traumatic situation.
* '''Implied''': The hero fights the bad guys and someone asks why he's alone. The answers, "Trust me. He's all we need."
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