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1'''Basic Trope''': Character A tries to keep Character B out of trouble by forbidding them to go on their missions, which never works.
2* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Bob]] goes on a mission, and tells [[DamselInDistress Alice]] to stay home because [[StayInTheKitchen he thinks it's "too dangerous for a woman"]]. She accompanies him anyway.
3* '''Exaggerated''': Bob goes on a mission, chains Alice up, locks her in her room, posts several guards out front, inserts a tracking device on her leg, and tells her to stay where she is. She ''still'' somehow gets out.
4* '''Downplayed''': Bob goes to the corner store, and politely asks Alice not to tag along because he needs some alone time. She accompanies him anyway.
5* '''Justified''': Bob loves Alice and knows that, because she is not a trained hero like he is, the mission will be more dangerous for her than it is for him.
6* '''Inverted''': Bob [[GotVolunteered forces Alice to come on the mission with him, against her will]].
7* '''Subverted''':
8** Alice follows Bob when he forbade her to do so. However, [[CrazyPrepared he anticipates this, and uses a teleportation device to cover his tracks]].
9** Alice tries to follow Bob, but she loses him because she knew nothing about the place or direction he was going.
10* '''Double Subverted''':
11** It turns out Alice can follow Bob's teleports. Who knew?
12** Alice finds Bob anyway by dumb luck.
13* '''Parodied''': Bob always tells Alice to stay behind when he goes on expeditions. However, when he reaches his destination, Alice is already there, chilling out.
14* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob teleports to keep Alice from following; Alice teleports with him. However, Bob actually teleported to an airport, gets on a plane, and loses Alice ... or so he thinks, until he gets on the plane and sees Alice.
15* '''Averted''':
16** Bob doesn't care whether Alice accompanies him.
17** Alice has no interest in following Bob at all.
18* '''Enforced''': "We need Alice to come along, but Bob has to be chivalrous and try to keep her safe. So Bob will forbid Alice to come, but she'll come anyway."
19* '''Lampshaded''':
20-->'''Bob''': I thought I told you to stay home.
21-->'''Alice''': Well, you don't get to decide that. What do you think you are, king of the universe?
22* '''Invoked''': Bob wants Alice to come on the adventure, but [[ReversePsychology motivates her to do so by telling her not to come to give her a motivation to do so]].
23* '''Exploited''': [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] sends some of his minions outside of Alice's house for an ambush right after Bob leaves, knowing Alice will try to follow Bob.
24* '''Defied''':
25** Bob, not wanting to go through this rigmarole, and doesn't bother telling Alice what to do.
26** Alice stays home, even though Bob has no right to tell her what to do.
27* '''Discussed''': "Just stay here. This isn't like a TV show where you'll get to have an exciting adventure if you follow me anyway. This is RealLife, where you get killed."
28* '''Conversed''': "Watch this. Now Alice is going to follow Bob for little reason other than that he told her not to."
29* '''Implied''': Bob sighs and [[FacePalm slaps his face]] when Alice follows him.
30* '''Deconstructed''': Alice comes with, but Bob doesn't notice until it's too late, and gets seriously injured, or even dies from whatever Bob warned her about.
31* '''Reconstructed''': Alice is injured, but doesn't die, and learns her lesson.
32* '''Played for Laughs''':
33** Bob has to walk Alice back home at least fifteen times because he doesn't want her to come with him.
34** Alice in a PaperThinDisguise secretly follows Bob, and Bob never finds out.
35* '''Played for Drama''': Alice was killed because she decided to follow Bob, which causes him grief.
36* '''Played for Horror''': [[WalkingDisasterArea Alice]] attracts EverythingTryingToKillYou with her, proving Bob more than justified in rebuffing her.
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