'''Basic Trope''': The crazy leader of the party decides to continue down the path despite everyone else thinking they should stop and save themselves.
* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Hiro]] insists on continuing his expedition into the jungle, despite the fact that his party members are exhausted, sick, or dying.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Hiro insists on continuing his expedition into EldritchAbomination's lair, even though almost everyone in the party is on the brink of dying.
** Hiro would rather kill off his injured crewmen so they don't get in the way rather than go back get some help.
* '''Downplayed''': Hiro is suffering from [=PTSD=] and their raft has some problems over rapids, but neither affect the outcome of the events too much.
* '''Justified''':
** Whatever the party is after, or needs to do, will prevent the world from being destroyed.
** After being ChasedByAngryNatives, Hiro and co. are forced into using a randomly picked raft and go upstream, where the natives won't dare to follow. Leaving a few people behind had its toll on Hiro's mind.
* '''Inverted''': Hiro's party members want to continue the expedition, but Hiro thinks it's a horrible idea.
* '''Subverted''': Hiro's crew keeps going on despite their injuries, until one member falls unconscious from his injuries. Hiro then decides to go back...
* '''Double Subverted''': ... to leave the unconscious person in a safer place. Then he goes deeper in the jungle.
* '''Parodied''': Hiro drags his party down into a patch of wilderness covered in danger signs, stating that there's nothing to worry about, even as half the expedition party is being attacked by {{eldritch abomination}}s.
* '''Zig Zagged''': While Hiro is clearly out of his mind, his expedition fares well and without casualities, so his men follow him regardless.
* '''Averted''': The party is well-prepared for their journey, have rested enough, they use a well-built boat and their leader Hiro is perfectly sane. Nothing goes wrong for the whole journey.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "I've got a bad feeling about this..."
* '''Invoked''': "So what now? We take the boat upstream and wait till you go mad?"
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': Hiro calls off the expedition when his party members are in no condition to carry on any longer.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': Hiro's actions causes his party to desert him, as he obviously does not care for their welfare.
* '''Reconstructed''': Hiro's former allies manage to return to civilisation and get treatment, while Hiro knows enough about the area that he can identify that he is close to his objective. After a short walk and a few more scrapes with death, Hiro finally completes the expedition by himself.
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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