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* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', as Ichigo appears to be attacking [[BigBad Yhwach]] [[AttackAttackAttack recklessly and without any hint of a strategy in mind]], while only vaguely telling her to worry about [[BarrierMaiden defense]], a concerned Orihime reaches out to Ichigo and tries to tell him to calm down and think of a plan. Then she sees his perfectly calm face and wordlessly realizes that he ''does'' have a plan.

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* ''Film/{{Predator 2}}''. After Danny is killed by the title creature, Lieutenant Harrigan wants to take it down by himself.

-->Japan: Sigh. "Please don't hide this from us." Piercing ebon orbs bore into caramel. "We're not supposed to be withholding secrets anymore, isn't that right?"

* This happens a ''lot'' with Alvin in ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia''. You remind him you can be trusted, and he just goes off and stabs you in the back again [[spoiler: to get a little bit closer to the home he didn't tell you about]]. He only stops after [[spoiler: Milla dies]] and later becomes an atoner.

* In ''[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings The Fellowship of the Ring]],'' Bilbo is reluctant to give up [[ArtifactOfDoom the One Ring]] at Gandalf's request after disappearing from his birthday party, eventually accusing Gandalf of wanting the Ring for himself. Gandalf has to remind Bilbo [[BewareTheNiceOnes emphatically]] that he's trying to ''[[ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil help]]'' him, not rob him, and that Bilbo had always trusted him before [[Literature/TheHobbit for some time.]]

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Towards the climax of Skypiea, Nami goes along with [[ArcVillain Enel]] on the Arc Maxim [[KnowWhenToFoldEm due to being utterly terrified of the man.]] When Luffy comes to save her, she's beside herself with fear and frantically asks Luffy what they should do. In a CallBack to Arlong Park, Luffy tosses her his hat and tells her to stop worrying. He points out that she'll be fine because, after all, she's the future pirate king's friend.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Towards the climax of Skypiea, Nami goes along with [[ArcVillain Enel]] on the Arc Maxim due to being utterly terrified of the man. When Luffy comes to save her, she's beside herself with fear and frantically asks Luffy what they should do. In a CallBack to Arlong Park, Luffy tosses her his hat and tells her to stop worrying. He points out that she'll be fine because, after all, she's the future pirate king's friend.

* Gleefully deconstructed in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', after Eren joins the Scouting Legion and finally makes friends with people who want to fight the Titans as much as he does, his first mission with them involves trusting Levi's squad to escort him safely through a Titan-infest territory--as opposed to going on a one-man rampage [[spoiler:in his Titan form. The whole gig ends with the entire squad being wiped out before Eren realizes that ThePowerOfTrust is worthless against the Titans and goes on a one-man rampage in his Titan form. Which ends with him almost being captured by the enemy]]. Yeah, it's that sort of manga.

* Franchise/{{Batman}}. Just...Batman. Definitely Batman. If you made a drinking game for [[YoyoPlotPoint every time Batman has to re-learn]] not to distrust his allies, manipulate them or to keep secrets from them, you'd probably die from alcohol poisoning.

** In ''Literature/ColdDays'', Thomas rages at Harry that Harry was obviously dead, because if he was alive, he would have come to Thomas for help.
** This trope is a major part of Dresden's CharacterDevelopment. At the beginning of the series he is a loner with only one or two acquaintances, and no real friends.[[note]]Arguably, he was friends with Michael already, but since that [[RememberTheNewGuy character isn't even hinted at till the third book]], he can't really be counted[[/note]] As the series progresses, he gathers an ever larger group of companions, friends, and blood brothers. Learning that it's okay to depend on other people is a very hard learned lesson for Harry.

*** In ''Blood Pact'', when Curth stumbles on the secret transmitter, she wonders why they kept it so secret. Hark explains that he was trying to keep it secret as possible, so they wouldn't be hurt by knowing.
** In Steve Parker's ''Literature/AstraMilitarum'' novel ''Gunheads'', Siegler blurts out that they know Wulfe was [[DeadPersonConversation helped by a ghost]] (in the BackStory), and with that out, his squad tell him that they were hurt that he didn't tell them.

** Mac Taylor suffers from this frequently. After the death of Angell, when he is caught up with the solving the case, Stella actually tells him that he isn't alone. It later became a big part of his recovery from being shot during the season 8 finale. Mac struggled with a speech aphasia condition as a result, and although his friends knew something was wrong, he wouldn't open up to them. He told the one friend he did confide in that he felt it was his problem to get through and he didn't feel the need to bring the others into it. Jo, Stella's replacement, confronted him but he rebuffed her although he later apologized. His girlfriend, Christine, called him on it and was pushed away as well, before Mac finally apologized and opened up to her when he realized she was ready to leave him. Christine again reminded him that he wasn't alone between her and his friends. It was probably a combo of typical male ego/reluctance to appear weak and concern that if too many people found out, it might endanger his career.

* Darkly subverted in ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryII'', when the player is unexpectedly paralyzed by a raggedy-looking man who keeps saying that his name is Ad Avis and that the hero trusts him. For a moment, you might be forgiven for thinking this is a case of RememberTheNewGuy, but it quickly goes badly when it turns out you're being hypnotized, and the repetition is forcing you to completely trust a man who turns out to be the BigBad. And there's nothing you can do to prevent it.

** This trope is a major part of Dresden's CharacterDevelopment. At the beginning of the series he is a loner with only one or two acquaintances, and no real friends.[[note]]Arguably, he was friends with Michael already, but since that [[RememberTheNewGuy character isn't even hinted at till the third book]], he can't really be counted[[/note]] As the series progresses, he gathers an [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters ever larger]] group of companions, friends, and blood brothers. Learning that it's okay to depend on other people is a very hard learned lesson for Harry.

** In Steve Parker's Literature/ImperialGuard novel ''Gunheads'', Siegler blurts out that they know Wulfe was [[DeadPersonConversation helped by a ghost]] (in the BackStory), and with that out, his squad tell him that they were hurt that he didn't tell them.

* [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Batman]]. Just...Batman. Definitely Batman. If you made a drinking game for [[YoyoPlotPoint every time Batman has to re-learn]] not to distrust his allies, manipulate them or to keep secrets from them, you'd probably die from alcohol poisoning.

* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': At first, Italy tried to hide the fact that Germany's and Japan's [[CockFight violent fight over him]] didn't give him nightmares. He told them the reason after Japan reminded him that they can't hide things from each other anymore.

* [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Batman]]. Just...Batman. Definitely Batman. If you made a drinking game for [[YoyoPlotPoint every time Batman has to re-learn]] not to distrust his allies, manipulate them or to keep secrets from them, you'd probably die from alcohol poisoning.

* [[Franchise/Batman Batman]]. Just...Batman. Definitely Batman. If you made a drinking game for [[YoyoPlotPoint every time Batman has to re-learn]] not to distrust his allies, manipulate them or to keep secrets from them, you'd probably die from alcohol poisoning.

** Mac Taylor suffers from this frequently. After the death of Angell, when he is caught up with the solving the case, Stella actually tells him that he isn't alone. It later became a big part of his recovery from being shot during the season 8 finale. Mac struggled with a speech aphasia condition as a result, and although his friends knew something was wrong, he wouldn't open up to them. He told the one friend he did confide in that he felt it was his problem to get through and he didn't feel the need to bring the others into it. Jo,Stella's replacement, confronted him but he rebuffed her. He later apologized, but still insisted she not keep pushing. His girlfriend, Christine, called him on it and was pushed away as well, before Mac finally apologized and opened up to her when he realized she was ready to leave him. Christine again reminded him that he wasn't alone between her and his friends. Whether he listens remains to be seen. This time, it was probably a combo of typical male ego/reluctance to appear weak and concern that if too many people found out, it might endanger his career.

** Mac Taylor suffers from this frequently. After the death of Angell,when he is caught up with the solving the case,Stella actually tells him that he isn't alone. It later became a big part of his recovery from being shot during the season 8 finale. Mac struggled with a speech aphasia condition as a result, and although his friends knew something was wrong, he wouldn't open up to them. He told the one friend he did confide in that he felt it was his problem to get through and he didn't feel the need to bring the others into it. Jo,Stella's replacement, confronted him but he rebuffed her. He later apologized, but still insisted she not keep pushing. His girlfriend, Christine, called him on it and was pushed away as well, before Mac finally apologized and opened up to her when he realized she was ready to leave him. Christine again reminded him that he wasn't alone between her and his friends. Whether he listens remains to be seen. This time, it was probably a combo of typical male ego/reluctance to appear weak and concern that if too many people found out, it might endanger his career.

* Gleefully deconstructed in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', after Eren joins the Scouting Legion and finally makes friends with people who want to fight the Titans as much as he does, his first mission with them involves trusting Levi's squad to escort him safely through a Titan-infest territory--as opposed to going on a one-man rampage [[spoiler:in his Titan form. The whole gig ends with the entire squad being wiped out before Eren realizes that ThePowerOfTrust is worthless against the Titans and goes on a one-man rampage in his Titan form. Which ends with him almost being captured by the enemy]]. Yeah, it's that sort of manga.

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-->'''Leona''': Mike... Mike, goddamn it. This ain't your personal little war, you know. I loved Danny too.
-->'''Jerry Lambert''': And you told me, lieutenant, "the only way you survive down here is because you're a team." "The door swings both ways," remember?

* Creator/DanAbnett's Literature/GauntsGhosts:
** In ''His Last Command'', Kolea finds Rawne and the others from the Geroen team meeting in secret, and blasts them for forgetting their {{Fire Forged Friends}}hip and not trusting their commander.
** In ''Blood Pact'', when Curth stumbles on the secret transmitter, she wonders why they kept it so secret. Hark explains that he was trying to keep it secret as possible, so they wouldn't be hurt by knowing.

* In Steve Parker's ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' Literature/ImperialGuard novel ''Gunheads'', Siegler blurts out that they know Wulfe was [[DeadPersonConversation helped by a ghost]] (in the BackStory), and with that out, his squad tell him that they were hurt that he didn't tell them.
* In Creator/DorothyLSayers' ''Busman's Honeymoon'', Harriet tells Bunter to tell Literature/LordPeterWimsey that she is sitting up the night of the execution. In due course, he shows up, apologetic for having -- he admits -- forgotten.

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* Michael Westen of ''Series/BurnNotice'' also sometimes needs this reminder, perhaps the most clear-cut case being in "Enemies Closer":
--> '''Nate:''' Jesus, bro. [[AbusiveParents Dad's dead]]. You're not in Afghanistan anymore. I mean, when are you gonna learn [[YouAreNotAlone there are people you can trust]]?

* ''Series/BlakesSeven''. Rejected by the cynical Avon in "Voice From The Past" (though that doesn't stop him from using the trope on Tarrant in "Terminal". [[spoiler:On both occasions, the person giving the trope is heading for disaster.]]
-->'''Blake:''' For once just try trusting me. [Exits]
-->'''Avon:''' He's used a number of ploys to get his own way, but "Just try trusting me" -- that's weak even by his standards.

* Haley of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' has a great deal of trouble with this, due to her upbringing with a ProperlyParanoid dad and her former life with the ThievesGuild of a WretchedHive. Her relationship with Elan does most of the work in bringing her out of it.

* In ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'', Kevin Levin can't seem to wrap his mind around the fact that Ben and Gwen trust him now that's working with them to stop an AlienInvasion, if his stealing their grandfather's RV to trade for an important message from said grandparent is anything to judge by.

* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': At first, Italy tried to hide the fact that Germany's and Japan's [[CockFight violent fight over him]] didn't give him nightmares. He told them the reason after Japan reminded him that they can't hide things from eeach other anymore.

* Happens repeatedly in the ''{{Mistborn}}'' series, as the protagonist Vin is extremely paranoid thanks to [[StreetUrchin her upbringing]]. Then it gets turned around a bit in the last book; [[spoiler:Vin can't talk about her plans or else [[BigBad Ruin]] will hear, so Elend has to just trust that she'll make the right choices]].