->'''Eliwood:''' Don't you think we should conserve our supplies? What if we need them later?\\
'''Hector:''' I'm bleeding to death ''now!''
-->-- ''Webcomic/AwkwardZombie'' (parodying ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade''), [[http://awkwardzombie.com/comic/unnerving-conserving "Unnerving Conserving"]]

->'''Hector:''' You don't want me to use the gigantic magic axe I just got for this exact purpose.\\
'''Eliwood:''' But you can only swing that axe twenty-five times before it breaks!\\
'''Hector:''' ''WE ARE FIGHTING THE LAST BOSS''
-->-- ''Webcomic/AwkwardZombie'', [[http://awkwardzombie.com/comic/rank "Rank"]] (it seems Katie has troubles with this trope, huh?)

->'''Mage''': Uh, I'm out of MP.\\
'''Fighter''': Then use an Ether!\\
'''Mage''': But- but you can't buy Ethers.\\
'''Fighter''': ''It's the final battle!''\\
'''Mage''': But I only have 85 of them.
-->-- '''WebVideo/ProZD''', "[[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rgU4Oum8SLg&feature=emb_title when you have to conserve every single healing item in your inventory JUST IN CASE]]"

->'''Darwin:''' Use the potion I gave you!\\
'''Gumball:''' But we might need it later!\\
'''Darwin:''' Dude, we literally only have one XP left!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS5E18TheConsole "The Console"]], during the FinalBoss battle of the RPGEpisode

->"There's an insidious thought that frequently goes through the minds of gamers, and I'm not talking about the [[PerverseSexualLust ones you get]] when [[MsFanservice Ivy]] from ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur]]'''s [[{{Mooning}} pants ride up]] and which are [[HormoneAddledTeenager perfectly natural in growing young men]]. I mean the thought that goes "But I might need it later" -- the niggling little doubt that prevents you from using all your most powerful insurance policies in case there's some kind of no-claims bonus at the end of it all. So we have scenarios where you're sitting on [[NukeEm a nuclear stockpile]] to shame [[UsefulNotes/NorthKoreansWithNodongs North Korea]] and are [[CherryTapping throwing peas]] at a [[GiantEnemyCrab giant robot crab]], on the off chance that there might be a bigger giant robot crab just around the corner."
-->-- '''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''[[VideoGame/{{Mercenaries}} Mercenaries 2]]''

->"My problem with Shreets of Shrage Shfour is that it's a game designed for ''confident'' people. Your devastating special moves ''[[CastFromHitPoints cost health]]'' to use, but you get the health back if you can land the next few hits [[DeathOrGloryAttack without getting hit yourself]], meaning that you become more effective the more confidence you have in your skills. And I doubt that this is the arena for a breakthrough where several years of therapy and alcohol abuse have fallen short."
-->--'''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage 4''

->''"...in nearly every RPG, you'll encounter the same problem: Eventually, you'll wind up with an item just as overpowered as it is rare. It's almost too good to use. So what do you do with it? The answer, as every gamer out there has just quietly realized, is "nothing." You save it. Forever."''
-->-- '''Robert Brockway''', ''Website/{{Cracked}}''

->''"It doesn't help that the game requires judicial use of special abilities, which consume magic points. And I'm one of those guys who '''hates''' to use limited resources or special items, because I'm always "saving" them for later. No matter how rough things get I always refuse to use my elixir or super-powerful attack because I assume the next battle is going to be even worse, and that's when I'll really need it."''
-->-- '''Doctor Sparkle''', ''WebVideo/{{Chrontendo}}'', on ''Holy Diver''

->''"What we have here, General, is a binary solution set. Choice one, we maneuver the birds [satellites] and risk the fuel loss. Choice two, we don't maneuver the birds and risk having them taken out."''
-->-- '''A colonel at NORAD''' sums up the dilemma, ''Literature/RedStormRising''

->''"It was the world's fastest automobile. Now it's the world's most expensive second-hand automobile. One of only 10 ever made, the Z-Type is a car you can really enjoy sitting in, surrounded by armed guards, too terrified to actually drive it anywhere."''
-->-- '''Description of the Z-Type''', ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''

->''"Besides, I didn’t want my life to be like, oh, pretty much every game I ever play in my entire life, where I aggressively saved every potion I acquired for the final boss—at which point, naturally, I proceeded to aggressively not use them against the final boss, making it entirely pointless."''
-->-- '''Jaune Arc''', ''Fanfic/{{The Games We Play|TheGamerRWBY}}''

->''"Knowing me, I'm probably going to let it sit and rot in my inventory because I just feel really terrible about using items. That's just my quirk; like, if I have an item, I don't want to use it, because then I won't have it any more for those really dire situations, you know?"''
-->-- '''LetsPlay/MasaeAnela''', on the [[VideoGame/PaperMario64 Super Shroom]] she just got

->''"Oh yeah, [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam this game]] has tiered Star Candy. In [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory BiS]] there was just one that restored all HP and BP, here there's multiple kinds. Which's good, as they stop being that kind of "oh maybe I'll need it later" item, which you keep until the end of the game and never ever use."''
-->-- '''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/skawo90 Skawo]]''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgRNY3gViyY&t=2m20s after]] picking up a Candy (the weakest form of the Candy series of items) in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam''

->''"Proof of obtaining an elixir. It's so rare that it seems almost a waste to use it, doesn't it?"''
-->-- Description for the "Unearthly Apothecary" trophy/achievement, ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII''

->''"Ethers are so rare, I can never bring myself to use one in battle!"''
-->-- '''Ace Trainer Cordelia''', ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY''

->''This is supposed to be one ultra-mega-corker of a ball! Use it whenever you think you ought to! I got it ages ago from somebody I used to know. Never could bring myself to use it, though...''
-->-- '''Peony''', after giving the player a Master Ball, ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield: [[DownloadableContent The Crown Tundra]]''

->''Are you new to [=RPGs=] or something? Potions aren’t for drinking. They’re for saving for the next fight, all the way until the end of the game.''
-->-- '''Twenty Sided''', [[https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=47760#more-47760 "Achilles and the Grognard: Flight from Candlekeep"]]

->''"Use your consumables. Use. Your. Consumables! If you die with a backpack full of healing potions and scrolls of protection, you bring great dishonor to the Academy!"''
-->-- '''The Wall of Text''', ''VideoGame/{{Dungeonmans}}''

->''"[[SmartBomb Bombs]] were added as an emergency feature, but… even with a full bomb stock and 0 lives, a real man won't even have his finger anywhere near the B button."''
-->-- '''Tsuneki Ikeda''', a Creator/{{CAVE}} programmer, in an [[https://shmuplations.com/dodonpachi/ interview]] featured in the liner notes for the ''VideoGame/DoDonPachi'' / ''VideoGame/EspRaDe'' dual soundtrack

->''I'll never use my '''[[EmergencyEnergyTank Megalixir]]''';''
->''I might need it down the line!''
->''As we all know, it's a Mega-fixer,''
->''[[MajorInjuryUnderreaction And right now I'm still mostly fine.]]''
->''They could take my life, my heart, and my soul,''
->''But they'll never take my '''Megalixir''',''
->''No! It's what makes me whole!''
-->-- '''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Terra Branford, AKA Mrs. Megalixir]]''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvnmVDwhKQk ''Megalixir'']] by [[Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily Matthew Taranto]]

->''"[[Characters/FinalFantasyVIKefkaPalazzo The final boss]] knew the Megalixir was in his tower. [[BatmanGambit He knew.]] He left it there on purpose. [[{{Sadist}} For the psychological damage.]]"''
-->-- '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvnmVDwhKQk&lc=UgySX_KuzUTbSZQMxCh4AaABAg Comment below]]''' the above video
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