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* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': By analysing her targets, Maria realizes that Kowase and Kumiru would skip town the second they realized that someone was hunting them down. [[DefiedTrope She works around this by targeting them first]], as [[GottaKillThemAll she has no intention of letting any of Okaya's friends escape her]].

* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': By analysing her targets, Maria realizes that Kowase and Kumiru would skip town the second they realized that someone was hunting them down. [[DefiedTrope She works around this by targeting them first]], as [[LeaveNoSurvivors she has no intention of letting any of Okaya's friends escape her]].

* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': {{Defied|Trope}} by Mari Nagare/Maria Akeboshi, who explicitly targets Kowase and Shikimi first because she knows that, unlike the rest of the gang, the two would try to run away the second they realized someone was after them. And Maria has no intention of letting any of them escape her wrath.

** In chapter 1084. Wapol, once he [[spoiler:Witnesses [[ShadowDictator Imu]] killing King Cobra to [[HeKnowsTooMuch leave no witnesses]]]] He immediately runs for his life realizing that he's next if he's caught.

* In ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'', this is Akira's reaction when he gets a notice of several highly dangerous bounty monsters being sighted in the wasteland. Knowing [[BornUnlucky his luck]], he decides to turn around and go home to study, since he's almost certainly going to run into one of those monsters while trying to do something else.

* The titular character of ''LightNovel/KinosJourney'' [[TrueNeutral practically embodies]] this trope, especially when a country she's visiting becomes too dangerous, too unpredictable, or too downright weird.

* One of the omakes in ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' features younger versions of all the main characters... all except Dutch, that is. He simply left a note saying "Don't bother looking for me" before running off. Apparently there's things in his youth he'd rather keep secret. May or may not tie into his unknown past.

* In ''Anime/TheBoyAndTheBeast'', the delinquent girls who insult Kaede and Kyuta make a quick break for it when the latter [[CurbStompBattle effortlessly beats up their boyfriends]].

** In ''Sun and Moon'', Guzma's Golisopod has the Ability Emergency Exit, which allows it to switch out to a teammate if it's taken too much damage. Usually Guzma would use that to call off a battle, but in a Pokemon League battle he couldn't use that excuse when his giant water bug facing a potentially knockout Fire Blast decided to activate it, switching out to [[KillItWithFire Scizor]] to take the hit.

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* ''LightNovel/BanishedFromTheHerosParty'': Unable to cope with Ruti's SanitySlippage and Ares's condescending behavior, two members of the Hero party left with one intending to search for Gideon. Yarandrala leaves having come to suspect that Ares had Gideon killed, while Danan goes in search of Gideon after realizing how badly his absence has affected the group.