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Dr. Felger: What about "never leave a man behind"?
Col. O'Neill: [furious] What about "we allowed ourselves to be captured"? On purpose?
Dr. Coombs: [contrite] Oh.
Dr. Felger: You what?
Col. O'Neill: We're on a mission, you nit!

"No way. I won't give those guys a single one of you. Not this land. It's people. You. You're all my master's pride. We're going back. Taki's waiting."

Zoe Washburne: Sir, I don't disagree on any particular point. It's just... In the time of war, we would've never left a man stranded.
Malcolm Reynolds: Maybe that's why we lost.

Simon: Captain, why'd you come back for us?
Mal: You're on my crew.
Simon: Yeah, but....you don't even like me. Why did you come back?
Mal: You're on my crew. Why are we still talking about this?

"We all go home, or nobody goes home!"
Sergeant Slaughter, G.I. Joe: The Movie

"We are Sherpas and we have never left anyone to die on a mountain. It is not our way."
Tenzing Norgay's grandson

Asuka:You should have two minutes before the next salvo arrives. Misato, any sign of Aida?
Misato: Nothing. No beacon, no comms, nothing at all. We can't even locate a wreck.
Asuka: Keep looking. We don't leave anyone on the battlefield alone. Never alone.
Misato: Roger. We'll find him.
A Crown of Stars, chapter 75

(After Judy badly injures her leg while she and Nick are trying to escape the Big Bad and they manage to hide in the museum.)
Judy: (Hands Nick the vital evidence after he bandaged up her wounded leg.) Take the case! Get it to Bogo.
Nick: (Immediately hands it back.) I'm not going to leave you behind. That's not happening!
Judy: I can't walk!
Nick: Just-- we'll think of something!

General Pepper: What are you doing? It's too dangerous there!
Fox McCloud: I can't leave Slippy hangin'!

Sasuke: Luffy, why are you here?! Get back to the ship! You can't just fight anything you see and hope to get away with it-your crew needs you!
Luffy: I know my crew needs me. That's why I'm here. We don't leave our crew behind, Sasuke.
Tales From The Blue Sea, chapter 28

Fluorite: We won't go [to Earth]. Not if it means leaving you behind.
Lars: WHAT?! I'm trying to preform a beautiful act over here!
Fluorite: We know this planet. We've been hiding in these tunnels for eons. You'll need us to help you get around. Besides. Us off-colors stick together.

Kara: Stop! We can't just leave her!
Big Barda: (thinking) We can. We should. For showing compassion, Granny would condemn me to a thousand mindyears of all-pain. (loudly) No. We can't.

"There are three things to remember about being a starship Captain. Keep your shirt tucked in, go down with the ship, and never abandon a member of your crew."
Captain Janeway, Star Trek: Voyager, "Dark Frontier, Part One"

Nebula: All you do is yell at each other. You're not friends.
Drax: You're right. We're family. We leave no one behind. (to Nebula) Except maybe you.

HUNK: Why'd you come back?
Nighthawk: I wanted to meet the Grim Reaper.
Resident Evil 2 (Remake). "The Fourth Survivor"

"Fai, I said we would go back to Hong Kong together. If you can't go back, then neither of us is going back."

British spy: As I won't be walking any time soon, I suggest you finish the mission and go home to a hero's welcome.
Conrad: No, no. No. Off we go to a hero's welcome.

"A good soldier never leaves a man behind!"
Sarge, Toy Story

"Twilight, your schedule can wait! Fluttershy needs help!"
Pinkie Pie to the Mean Twilight Sparkle, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

(Evacuation of the Enterprise-E is nearly complete before Auto-Destruct lights off)
Captain Picard: If you see Commander Riker or any of my crew, give them this.
Lily: What is it?
Picard: Orders to find a quiet corner of North America, and stay out of history's way.
Lily: Well, good luck.
Picard: To both of us.
(beat)
Lily: (concerned) ...You're not leaving, are you?
Picard: Lily, when I was held captive on the Borg ship, my crew risked everything to save me. There is... someone still on this ship, and I owe him the same.
(beat)
Lily: (smiling) Go and find your friend.

Ashton: I promise we're gonna get the nerds somewhere safe. Deni$e I'm less worried about. And... We're gonna get our people.
Laudna: How are you so sure that they're alive? Especially Imogen. You saw how all those red-eyed, moon-worshiping zombies were all reacting. What if she just got... I don't know. Vaporized, or blasted into space?
Ashton: If she got blasted into space, we'll go to space. If she got vaporized... It's not like we didn't fucking find you. There is nothing else until this is dealt with. This is what we do, is we bring everybody back. There is no failure in this. We are going to figure it out, because it's what matters. [...] Sure, we're not enough to save the world, but we can get everybody back. We are more than enough.

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