"I don't have to win. I just have to make sure you lose."
— Danny Phantom,"Reign Storm"
"Joker will not win. I won't let him."
— Batman, Batman: Arkham Asylum
"I'm not snitching on none of my boys. Not my corner, not no Barksdale people — or what's left of them. But Marlo, this nigga and his kind, man. They got to fall. They got to."
— Bodie Broadus, The Wire
Adora: Catra, look what's happening! You're going to destroy everything!
Catra: I don't care! I won't let you win! I'd rather see the whole world end than let that happen!
— She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, "Remember"
Sumika: I told you before, didn't I? That if I won as Blume, my decree would make it impossible to break up any schwestern pairs. So then, Kanoko-chan... why did you vote for me?
Kanoko: Because it's better than her becoming the Blume.
Kanoko: Because it's better than her becoming the Blume.
— Yuri is My Job!, on Kanoko voting for someone who's planning to do the opposite of what she wants just so the candidate she hates won't win.
