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* In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'', a badly damaged Megatron protests that "I still function" when [[TheStarscream Starscream]] decides to institute a "survival of the fittest" policy after Astrotrain protests that he's carrying too much. Unsurprisingly, Starscream goes ahead and [[ThrownOutTheAirlock throws Megatron off into space]] over the latter's protests.

* Done somewhat humorously with Vegeta in ''Anime/DragonballZ'' who always wants to fight; even death only slows him down slightly.
** He's not the only one. Goku has more than once had an argument with his doctors and his wife over whether or not he could leave his bed.
*** {{Justified|Trope}} as any Saiyan that says this and actually gets up [[BetterThanNew usually gets a huge power boost]]. Almost expected of the protagonists due to their supply of [[HealingPotion senzu beans]].

* Zig-zagged in ''Film/Tombstone''; Doc Holiday is clearly in the terminal phases of his tuberculosis but this doesn't stop him from facing down film arch-villain and deadshot Johnny Ringo, so as to prevent his friend Wyatt Earp from facing a duel he can't win. However, first the good doctor has to feign being already on his death bed in order to get ahead of Wyatt. Of course, being the gunslinger badass that he is, terminally frail or not, Doc easy dispatches Ringo in their (highly foreshadowed) showdown.

* ''Fanfic/YouObey'' (''Franchise/MyLittlePony''): Shadowfax [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119688/1/you-obey/the-interrogation refuses to break,]] no matter how [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique harsh]] the [[ColdBloodedTorture interrogation]] methods her captors use.
* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Insontis}}'', [=McCoy=] insists on running after Kirk when he escapes from his kidnapper, even though he's barely recovered from being drugged half-conscious.
* Another 'refusal to break' one is Han Solo in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' fic "[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/2696712/1/Important-Information Important Information]]". He endures beating, burning, whipping, rape, bugs called blood parasites burrowing into his flesh, and a force mind probe. He admits to Leia later that he came close to breaking, but managed not to reveal anything more than the person who told him the stuff (during the probe). And on top of that,driven by adrenaline and Luke lending him strength through the force, he stands up while the RoaringRampageOfRescue is going on, not caring that both his arms and a number of other bones are broken, and manages to take out two Stormtroopers and the guy who originally set the whole thing up. He takes out one trooper, then confronts the mastermind. The guy starts choking him while he's dealing with a trooper that Luke warns him is sneaking up behind him, but after blasting the trooper, Han manages to turn his blaster backward,shove it into the guy's chest, and pull the trigger before collapsing from his injuries.

* ''Manga/AkagamiNoShirayukihime'': Hisame insists on tracking down the attackers who wounded himself and one of his men though he does relent and allow for a field dressing. He later joins those defending the garrison when it is breached by multiple attackers despite being ordered to limit himself to giving orders due to his injury, though he does wait until a good portion of the knights are down to enter the fight openly and he was furious at being given the order in the first place.

* Negi Springfield of ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' seems to fit this trope pretty well, much to the pain of his friends and family. Sure, he's only ten years old but that doesn't mean few injuries will stop him. Impale him on a stone spear? He'll just use it to bash you in the head with. Cut off his right arm? In his own words "I still have my left!". And you manage to leave a massive hole in his gut, doing so much damage to the rest of the body that it [[TearsOfBlood causes blood to pour from his eye sockets]] and [[BloodFromTheMouth causes him to vomit a pint or two of blood]]? Eh, you're still not gonna win.

** [[http://mangafox.me/manga/fullmetal_alchemist/v24/c097/41.html Said word by word by Captain Buccaneer even after he got one of his arms scrapped the hell out of him.]]

* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''

* ''Manga/InuYasha''
** Even after getting stabbed, blown up, poisoned, [[BroughtDownToNormal turned human]] and/or smacked by his own signature attack, Manga/{{Inuyasha}} will not stay down. Nor can his friends make him.

* Tsuna from ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'' essentially "powers up" based on this trope...as well as only being able to win because of it most of the time...in fact he [[spoiler: only won against Byakuran in the future arc in episode 203 because he has a habit of this.]] this is almost the basis of the "dying will" concept itself.

* ''FanFic/YouObey'' (''Franchise/MyLittlePony''): Shadowfax [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119688/1/you-obey/the-interrogation refuses to break,]] no matter how [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique harsh]] the [[ColdBloodedTorture interrogation]] methods her captors use.
* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' fanfic ''FanFic/{{Insontis}}'', [=McCoy=] insists on running after Kirk when he escapes from his kidnapper, even though he's barely recovered from being drugged half-conscious.

See also {{Determinator}}, MajorInjuryUnderreaction, ObviouslyNotFine, and IAintGotTimeToBleed.

See also {{Determinator}}, MajorInjuryUnderreaction, and IAintGotTimeToBleed.

* In the ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' anime, Date Masamune, recovering from a gunshot wound and significant blood loss, gets up and starts to go after his men who were taken hostage. [[BattleButler Kojuurou]] knows he's in no shape to be going anywhere and eventually has to challenge his master to a fight, which he wins by only attacking from his blind side, (gently) punching him in his injury and then (carefully) knocking him out with a blow to the head. Masamune later has another episode of ICanStillFight (due to the same injury) against Nobunaga.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Xenonauts}}'', wounded soldiers can be sent on missions, as long as they're not ''too'' wounded. Their wounds have little impact on their performance anyway (especially because of the current [[Main/GoodBadBugs Good Bad Bug]] that makes it possible to instantly heal these injuries with a simple medikit).

** In the gacha game ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', this is played more lightly. [[UsefulNotes/TheShinsengumi Okita Souji]] is quite known for this historically, so when [[GenderFlip she]] wins a battle, she may claim, "Okita-san's big victory! Yep! [[IllGirl My body is all fine!]] ICanStillFight" and immediately followed with an IncurableCoughOfDeath.

*** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as any Saiyan that says this and actually gets up [[BetterThanNew usually gets a huge power boost]]. Almost expected of the protagonists due to their supply of [[HealingPotion senzu beans]].

* Said word-for-word by [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]] in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' when defeated with a light attack.

** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'''s "Overlord" DLC, there's a minor example of this: a [[{{Mook}} security mech]] tries to shoot Shepard and gets shot. Acting like nothing happened, it tries to shoot them again and gets its arm blown off. Undeterred, it tries to shoot them with its remaining arm, and gets ''that'' shot off. At that point, it [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere gives up and runs.]]

* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'' has this as a game mechanic. As long as Travis is still on his feet when he loses all his health, the player can [[SmashingSurvival furiously waggle the sticks]] to make him regain a bit of health and keep fighting. It can be done up to [[UpToEleven four times.]]

* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration 2'', [[{{Determinator}} Kyouske]] insists on getting back into the fight despite [[TheRival Axel]] sending him to the ICU a few scenarios earlier. By the next mission, he's rolled out his MidSeasonUpgrade and hell bent on [[spoiler: Rescuing his partner, whose also his ''Girlfriend'' mind you, from the hands of the Einst.]] Tweeked a bit in the anime where he's forced to play a sideline role using a customized Mook unit until the repairs on his machine can be completed.

See also TheDeterminator, MajorInjuryUnderreaction, and IAintGotTimeToBleed.

* Much of the cast of the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series have done this at some point or another... Harry especially, obviously, because the kid was practically marked at birth. A humorous example from HBP was when Harry had been arguing with an annoying Quidditch teammate (Cormac [=McLaggen=]) during a match, who was trying to show another player how to do their job during a match. When Harry tells Cormac to get back to his own position, Cormac accidentally knocks Harry unconscious and, for the umpteenth time, he finds himself in a hospital bed, remarking furiously to Madame Pomfrey,

** In another Creator/JamesSwallow novel, ''Faith & Fire'', Isabel is dragging one leg, but in answer to "Can you fight?" says "Need you ask?" Made all the more impressive because this is a well trained normal rather then a super soldier.
** In Lee Lightner's Literature/SpaceWolf novel ''Sons of Fenris'', when Jeremiah [[BottledHeroicResolve revives]] his fellow Dark Angels, he asks Nathaniel how his wounds are; Nathaniel answers, "I can fight."

* In ''Film/ThreeHundred'', this seems to be more or less expected of the soldiers.

->'''Bobby Heenan:''' Well that's all fine but wait till you're healthy, wait till you're 100%!\\

->'''Wrestling/BobbyHeenan:''' Well that's all fine but wait till you're healthy, wait till you're 100%!\\

* In an alternate ending of Disney's ''Disney/RobinHood'' film, Robin is in bed with an injury suffered rescuing Maid Marian from the sheriff. A rider is coming and Robin insists on dressing and getting up.

** In ''DiscWorld/CarpeJugulum'', Granny has been drained by vampires, nearly frozen to death, and is clearly exhausted and weak, but still intends to march off and face the monsters. Pastor Oats protests the people of Lancre allowing her to do this, but they have a different perspective; why should they care [[TheDreaded what happens to monsters]]?

See also TheDeterminator and IAintGotTimeToBleed.

See also: TheDeterminator.

-->-- ''W.O.W. Unleashed''

* After missing out on a title match against Fantasia and being regulated to managerial duty at the 2004 GLORY convention, Lexie Fyfe decided to defy doctors orders when she saw then Wrestling/{{TNA}} wrestler Desire was set to appear at Spinebuster Championship Wrestling and no opponent had been booked. Fyfe ended up hurting herself more than Desire did through [[DamnYouMuscleMemory accidental]] use of her injured arm.

* Just as ROH was finally convincing Joe to stay out of the ring, his protege Wrestling/JayLethal claimed as much at ''Nowhere To Run'' when it was announced his doctor had said he may never be able to return to the ring after Wrestling/LowKi and Homicide gave him a Ghetto Stomp and Cop Killer at the same time.

* Another 'refusal to break' one is Han Solo in the ''Film/StarWars'' fic "[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/2696712/1/Important-Information Important Information]]". He endures beating, burning, whipping, rape, bugs called blood parasites burrowing into his flesh, and a force mind probe. He admits to Leia later that he came close to breaking, but managed not to reveal anything more than the person who told him the stuff (during the probe). And on top of that,driven by adrenaline and Luke lending him strength through the force, he stands up while the RoaringRampageOfRescue is going on, not caring that both his arms and a number of other bones are broken, and manages to take out two Stormtroopers and the guy who originally set the whole thing up. He takes out one trooper, then confronts the mastermind. The guy starts choking him while he's dealing with a trooper that Luke warns him is sneaking up behind him, but after blasting the trooper, Han manages to turn his blaster backward,shove it into the guy's chest, and pull the trigger before collapsing from his injuries.

* Admiral Yi of Korea pulled this trope in spirit after the Korean fleet was ''decimated'' (read: 12 ships remaining out of 130+) due to a Japanese plot that saw him deposed from his position and the replacement commander fooled by disinformation. The Korean government was on the verge of disbanding the navy entirely to focus on defending the mainland - this was Yi's written reply.

--> '''Ramsus:''' Don't do anything rash, Miang! [[WhatAnIdiot I still have one arm left!]]