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* In ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'', Count Dooku's pupil Asajj Ventress was severely injured, then disavowed the Dark Side just before her apparent death. She was placed aboard a medical freighter, where she regained consciousness and ordered the pilot to fly as far away from the Clone Wars as possible. She was never seen again.
* In ''ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader'', when Boba Fett gives Vader the name "Skywalker", the bounty hunter turned and walked off, saying "Looks like I'm done here." He ''knew'' Vader's silence meant something bad was going to happen and he didn't want to be there when it happened.

** ''Comicbook/DeathOfTheFamily'': [[spoiler:Catwoman. Penguin, Harley, and Ivy all try and fail for different reasons.]]

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

* In the "Sky-Raker" story arc that Disney did in their ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' comic some years back, Baloo and his allies are trying to keep a futuristic airplane prototype (one that can fly on automatic pilot in response to someone's voice) out of the hands of both Don Karnage's pirate gang and the evil industrialist Shere Khan. (Karnage wants the Sky-Raker as his own personal pleasure craft; Khan, apparently, simply wants it for its monetary value.) While trying to escape from the Iron Vulture (Karnage's flying prison fortress), Baloo and his people find themselves caught between Karnage's crew and a squadron of gangland fighter pilots led by Khan's hired goon, Captain Quarry. Cleverly exploiting the Sky-Raker's vocal mimicry program, Baloo first tricks Quarry into thinking he is hearing Khan ordering him to call off the attack. Then, to get Karnage off their backs, Baloo impersonates Karnage over the radio traffic (into which every pilot in the vicinity is tuned) and goads an angry Quarry into a dogfight to the death. ("Let's have it out, man to man!") The other pirates, seeing that their leader has effectively committed suicide, immediately flee, with Karnage fruitlessly trying to persuade them that he hadn't actually said that and screaming "DON'T LEAVE ME!" Humorously, the pirates don't seem to care much anymore, and act as if their boss is already dead. [[IfYouDieICallYourStuff ("I get his bedroom!")]] Fortunately for Karnage, he managed to escape the scene, DirtyCoward that he is, before Quarry could take his revenge.

* ''ComicBook/Nova2008:'' When Ego the Living Planet gets a brain full of angry Mindless Ones dumped in him, he vanishes in a massive flash of light. The Worldmind figures he just decided the situation was getting too much for him, but she figures he'll come back another day.

* ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'': A very similar situation arises when the [[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica Justice Society]] attacks Oolong Island in order to seize ComicBook/BlackAdam. An irritated Doctor Sivana picks his stuff, ignoring everybody, and starts looking for his teleport remote. [[spoiler:He doesn't find it in time - Doc Magnus had already taken it and used to give T. O. Morrow an escape route.]]

** In ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2011 2014]]'' storyline ''Comicbook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' arc, Skallox is incredibly tempted to do this after hearing about [[BigBad Atrocitus]]'s army growing in numbers, but his friend Zilius dissuades him from it.
** In ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 2010]]'' story arc ''ComicBook/DayOfTheDollmaker'', Cat Grant blackmails ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} into working with her to find a child-kidnapper... and spends the whole time belittling her. Kara finally has had it with Cat and decides to leave the older woman and work on the case on her own.

** In ''ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth'' story arc "The Girl of No Tomorrow", the sorceress Selena joins the Fatal Five to take Supergirl down. She and Magog raid a Government building where the Girl of Steel is resting but they run into a Supergirl's ally. Selena chooses to flee instead of being curbstomped and captured.

'''Selena:''' Read the fine print, Magog. I didn't sign up for werewolves. Have fun.
** Superman in ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' when Magog outright murdered the Joker, was soon acquitted, and the general public favored him over Superman in dealing with supervillains. He would later return when he saw that the superheroes that came after Magog's appearance had failed in the apprehension of the Parasite, resulting in a nuclear explosion when Captain Atom was ripped apart that killed millions and irradiated the Kansas plains.

** ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'': Ben and May complained Peter about his grades, that are suddenly dropping. He was angry and not in the mood to listen, so he ran away from home.

* In one of the early appearances of the Shi'ar in ComicBook/XMen, a patrol ship is checking out Earth, finding it a backward planet. When they scan the records to find Earth has beaten back Galactus ''five times'', the captain immediately orders the ship to be turned around to get some major backup.

* ''Victorian Undead 2'' had Lucy Westenra doing this in the fourth issue when the vampire hunters start dispatching Dracula's brides whom she was leading. When it's only down to one last bride and her, she kills the bride for them in exchange for them letting her go. Stating while she likes being a vampire, she has no loyalty to Dracula if it'll just lead to permanent death.

* In ''Comicbook/OneHundredBullets'', [[spoiler:Loop, Victor Ray, and Mr. Slaughter pull this and walk away from the climactic battle in the finale. They live. [[KillEmAll Nobody else does.]]]]

* Franchise/SpiderMan had this briefly in ''ComicBook/MarvelTwoInOne'' Annual #2 (which wraps up the 1st ComicBook/{{Thanos}} storyline). Spider-Man teams up with the Thing to fly a craft to Thanos’ warship to rescue the Avengers. During the battle, Spidey realized he was vastly outclassed by Thanos (the fact that he had seen him trash the Thing didn’t help). However, as he flees through the ship, he realized if he doesn’t stop Thanos, Earth will be the next target and escaping won’t matter. He returns and rescued the Avengers by bravely throwing his body into the machine that held them in stasis. The impact destroyed the machine, freeing them (he's knocked unconscious, but recovers).

** ''ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman|1942}}'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: Four members of Villainy Inc. split, steal some valuables and flee Paradise Island when it becomes clear Eviless's revenge plan is starting to fall apart.

** In an issue of ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman2006 Vol. 3]], Diana finally [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge tracks down The Society's base and starts destroying their various giant security robots.]] As the [[NebulousEvilOrganisation Society]] members watch her tear apart their various "ultimate weapons", [[ButtMonkey Felix]] [[EvilSorcerer Faust]] turns to them and says: "Well hmm, I'm out. I agreed to this experiment. I agreed to help power your monster, I did not agree to facing ''that''." And then he magic-teleports away. Some of his aversion to fighting Wonder Woman may be due to the fact that the last mythically powered woman he fought [[GroinAttack ripped his nuts off]].

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** In an issue of ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman2006 Vol. 3]], Diana finally [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge tracks down The Society's base and starts destroying their various giant security robots.]] As the [[NebulousEvilOrganisation Society]] members watch her tear apart their various "ultimate weapons", [[ButtMonkey Felix]] [[EvilSorcerer Faust]] turns to them and says: "Well hmm, I'm out. I agreed to this experiment. I agreed to help power your monster, I did not agree to facing ''that''." And then he magic-teleports away. Some of his aversion to fighting Wonder Woman may be due to the fact that the last mythically powered woman he fought [[GroinAttack ripped his nuts off.]]

** ''Comicbook/DeathOfTheFamily'': [[spoiler:Catwoman. Penguin, Harley, and Ivy all try and fail for different reasons]].

** Valeria Richards did this to her own family after discovering the reason for their long time-traveling trip was because [[spoiler:the four of them were dying and Reed was using the travels to search for a cure]]. She was so disgusted by this, she left New York, headed for Latveria and decided to help her godfather ''ComicBook/DoctorDoom'' be more helpful.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}: Wake the Devil'', Hellboy runs into [[ThoseWackyNazis Ilsa Haupstein and two of her mooks]]. Ilsa orders them to attack; one of them instead shouts "No no no no!" as he runs away and [[SuperWindowJump jumps out a window]]. We never see him again.

* In ''Comicbook/OneHundredBullets'', [[spoiler:Loop, Victor Ray, and Mr. Slaughter pull this and walk away from the climactic battle in the finale. They live. [[KillEmAll Nobody else does]]]].

** In ''Sonic Universe'''s "30 Years Later" storyline, the Dark Presence decides to abandon their plans after [[KnightTemplar King Shadow]] [[spoiler:unleashes Tikhaos]].

** When everyone but himself on the Acorn Council vote to banish [=NICOLE=] to Freedom HQ, even though [[spoiler:Ixis Naugus is now on the throne and this is all part of his plan]], on the grounds that it's "what the people want," Rotor is so disgusted and upset that he resigns from the Council right then and there.

* Franchise/SpiderMan had this briefly in ''ComicBook/MarvelTwoInOne'' Annual #2 (which wraps up the 1st ComicBook/{{Thanos}} storyline). Spider-Man teams up with the Thing to fly a craft to Thanos’ warship to rescue the Avengers. During the battle, Spidey realized he was vastly outclassed by Thanos (the fact that he had seen him trash the Thing didn’t help). However, as he flees through the ship, he realized if he doesn’t stop Thanos, Earth will be the next target and escaping won’t matter. He returns and rescued the Avengers by bravely throwing his body into the machine that held them in stasis. The impact destroyed the machine, freeing them (he’s knocked unconscious, but recovers).

* [[DirtyCoward Captain Boomerang]] would frequently respond to Comicbook/SuicideSquad missions like this. Subverted, in that the team rarely let him get away with it (they'd usually get him blackout drunk and he'd wake up on the plane.)

** In an issue of ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman2006 Vol 3]], Diana finally [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge tracks down The Society's base and starts destroying their various giant security robots.]] As the [[NebulousEvilOrganisation Society]] members watch her tear apart their various "ultimate weapons", [[ButtMonkey Felix]] [[EvilSorcerer Faust]] turns to them and says: "Well hmm, I'm out. I agreed to this experiment. I agreed to help power your monster, I did not agree to facing ''that''." And then he magic-teleports away. Some of his aversion to fighting Wonder Woman may be due to the fact that the last mythically powered woman he fought [[GroinAttack ripped his nuts off.]]

* ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk'': This is basically what Darwin's power do, when he tried to fight a very angry Hulk.

* In the Marvel UK ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformers Transformers Generation 1]]'' comic, one massive time travel epic involved groups of both Autobots and Decepticons from both Earth and Cybertron teaming up to destroy Galvatron, whose presence on Earth in 1989 was screwing up the timeline and threatening to destroy the entire universe. Adding to the temporal mayhem was that Galvatron had recruited his former self, Megatron, to help him out. However, after several issues of non-stop utter carnage and having dispatched half a dozen or so named characters (including a fusion cannon blast to Topspin's face), Megatron just got bored with the fight and wandered off with only an interior monologue to explain why he was leaving when they were winning. This seemed to be down to the writer trying to find a way of killing off Galvatron for good without having to kill off Megatron, whom he needed for future storylines.

* ''Comicbook/{{Nextwave}}'':

** In ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Day of the Dollmaker]]'', Cat Grant blackmails ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} into working with her to find a child-kidnapper... and spends the whole time belittling her. Kara finally has had it with Cat and decides to leave the older woman and work on the case on her own.

* ''Comicbook/DeathOfTheFamily'': [[spoiler:Catwoman. Penguin, Harley, and Ivy all try and fail for different reasons]].

* In ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'', Count Dooku's pupil Asajj Ventress was severely injured, then disavowed the Dark Side just before her apparent death. She was placed aboard a medical freighter, where she regained consciousness and ordered the pilot to fly as far away from the Clone Wars as possible. She was never seen again.
* In one of the early appearances of the Shi'ar in ComicBook/XMen, a patrol ship is checking out Earth, finding it a backward planet. When they scan the records to find Earth has beaten back Galactus ''five times'', the captain immediately orders the ship to be turned around to get some major backup.
* The Midnighter convinces a guy to do this in ''Comicbook/TheAuthority'' #14.
-->'''ComicBook/{{Midnighter}}:''' I've been there, man. I know what's it's like in one of those black ops units where you can't even remember your name. I didn't have a conversation in years. Nobody cares if you live or die. If anything happens to you, they'll just make another one. Nobody's interested in what you've got to say. You're just a weapon with a larynx. God, you're probably between thirty-five and forty years old and you've never even been held, have you?
* This is the backstory of Manhunter from ''Power Company''; he's one of the army of brainwashed clones from the '70s Goodwin/Simonson ''Manhunter'' storyline. Apparently, he decided that he didn't care which side won (and that taking on the hero would not be good for his personal life expectancy) and lit out on his own.
* In the Marvel UK ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformers Transformers Generation 1]]'' comic, one massive time travel epic involved groups of both Autobots and Decepticons from both Earth and Cybertron teaming up to destroy Galvatron, whose presence on Earth in 1989 was screwing up the timeline and threatening to destroy the entire universe. Adding to the temporal mayhem was that Galvatron had recruited his former self, Megatron, to help him out. However, after several issues of non-stop utter carnage and having dispatched half a dozen or so named characters (including a fusion cannon blast to Topspin's face), Megatron just got bored with the fight and wandered off with only an interior monologue to explain why he was leaving when they were winning. This seemed to be down to the writer trying to find a way of killing off Galvatron for good without having to kill off Megatron, whom he needed for future storylines.
* In ''Comicbook/OneHundredBullets'', [[spoiler:Loop, Victor Ray, and Mr. Slaughter pull this and walk away from the climactic battle in the finale. They live. [[KillEmAll Nobody else does]]]].

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
** ''ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman|1942}}'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: Four members of Villainy Inc. split, steal some valuables and flee Paradise Island when it becomes clear Eviless's revenge plan is starting to fall apart.
** In an issue of ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman2006 Vol 3]], Diana finally [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge tracks down The Society's base and starts destroying their various giant security robots.]] As the [[NebulousEvilOrganisation Society]] members watch her tear apart their various "ultimate weapons", [[ButtMonkey Felix]] [[EvilSorcerer Faust]] turns to them and says: "Well hmm, I'm out. I agreed to this experiment. I agreed to help power your monster, I did not agree to facing ''that''." And then he magic-teleports away. Some of his aversion to fighting Wonder Woman may be due to the fact that the last mythically powered woman he fought [[GroinAttack ripped his nuts off.]]
--->"Good luck, may the Dark Gods bless you. ''I am gone.''"
** ''ComicBook/SensationComicsFeaturingWonderWoman'' In "Gothamazon" by Creator/GailSimone, Franchise/WonderWoman is taking on most of Batman's rogues gallery with the assistance of Harley Quinn and Catwoman. As we see The Penguin, Two-Face, Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, The Riddler, and Man-Bat all get taken down, we see The Joker... hailing a cab.
* ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'': A very similar situation arises when the [[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica Justice Society]] attacks Oolong Island in order to seize ComicBook/BlackAdam. An irritated Doctor Sivana picks his stuff, ignoring everybody, and starts looking for his teleport remote. [[spoiler:He doesn't find it in time - Doc Magnus had already taken it and used to give T. O. Morrow an escape route.]]

* In the "Sky-Raker" story arc that Disney did in their ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' comic some years back, Baloo and his allies are trying to keep a futuristic airplane prototype (one that can fly on automatic pilot in response to someone's voice) out of the hands of both Don Karnage's pirate gang and the evil industrialist Shere Khan. (Karnage wants the Sky-Raker as his own personal pleasure craft; Khan, apparently, simply wants it for its monetary value.) While trying to escape from the Iron Vulture (Karnage's flying prison fortress), Baloo and his people find themselves caught between Karnage's crew and a squadron of gangland fighter pilots led by Khan's hired goon, Captain Quarry. Cleverly exploiting the Sky-Raker's vocal mimicry program, Baloo first tricks Quarry into thinking he is hearing Khan ordering him to call off the attack. Then, to get Karnage off their backs, Baloo impersonates Karnage over the radio traffic (into which every pilot in the vicinity is tuned) and goads an angry Quarry into a dogfight to the death. ("Let's have it out, man to man!") The other pirates, seeing that their leader has effectively committed suicide, immediately flee, with Karnage fruitlessly trying to persuade them that he hadn't actually said that and screaming "DON'T LEAVE ME!" Humorously, the pirates don't seem to care much anymore, and act as if their boss is already dead. [[IfYouDieICallYourStuff ("I get his bedroom!")]] Fortunately for Karnage, he managed to escape the scene, DirtyCoward that he is, before Quarry could take his revenge.

* Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} #86: This was Hammerhead's response to encountering Bullseye during a prison riot.

* Destro ''finally'' decides he's sick of Cobra in one storyline from ''ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHvWIQrzhNE as seen here.]]
* In the climax of ''ComicBook/ThePunisherWelcomeBackFrank'', after Comicbook/ThePunisher defeats [[spoiler:[[TheDragon The Russian]] and brings his sawed-off head to the BigBad's lair]], it's enough to convince all of Ma Gnucci's remaining mooks to put down their guns and go home, leaving their boss at Frank's mercy.
** Mooks tend to do this a lot when they realize they're up against the Punisher. However, they usually find out the hard way that he's already anticipated this and placed Claymores on all the escape routes. Not for nothing is Frank known for being crazy-prepared.
* Even though they'd been servants of the [[ComicBook/TheGoon Zombie Priest]] for decades due to their curses, the elder Grave and his two sons believed [[MoralEventHorizon a line had been crossed]] when the Zombie Priest turned a pregnant zombie into Mother Corpse. They packed up and hauled out before [[FromBadToWorse things got a lot worse]].
* Used twice in the ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' comic book story "''Another Hole in the Wall''," included with the "''Balls of Steel''" edition of the game. First attempted by the leader of the S.M.A.R.T. Sharks with a cry of "All is lost! Retreat!" He fails, as Duke (who claims not to know what "retreat" means) uses a fishing rod to hook and reel him in, and thereafter he's cooked and eaten by Duke and his babes. Later, at the bar, two Pig Cops appear through a portal. They take one look at Duke and realized they're doomed. Duke kills the first one. The second one invokes this trope with a cry of "Screw this!" He drops his gun and escapes through the portal.

* In [[Franchise/GreenLantern Green Lantern: The New Guardians]], [[spoiler:''all'' of the Lanterns (save Kyle)]] do this once [[spoiler:Sayd]] is revealed to be the one responsible for the theft of rings from different Corps (which brought the team together). Even [[spoiler:Saint Walker]] states that the team was built on lies and deception.
* In an ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'' flashback, Thugboy has this reaction when his current employer reveals his intention to cause city-wide carnage with his freeze weapon, instead of sensibly holding the city for ransom. Of course, he and his friends respond by [[spoiler:killing the boss and stealing his stuff, as is their modus operandi]] instead of just walking away, but the same attitude is present.
* ''Comicbook/DeathOfTheFamily'': [[spoiler:Catwoman. Penguin, Harley, and Ivy all try and fail for different reasons]].
* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersDrift'': Lockdown has a reputation for this. When the job goes south and he's out numbered or outgunned, there's no sense carrying on the fight. He abandons Braid and the rest of the Slavers at the stories climax. The carries over to ''Trailcutter's Spotlight'' and ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''. In the former, he abandons the Lost Light after being tricked by Trailcutter into thinking they'll all be killed by internal force fields, and in the latter, he runs after the BigBad and the KeystoneArmy are all defeated.
* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'':
** Valeria Richards did this to her own family after discovering the reason for their long time-traveling trip was because [[spoiler:the four of them were dying and Reed was using the travels to search for a cure]]. She was so disgusted by this, she left New York, headed for Latveria and decided to help her godfather ''ComicBook/DoctorDoom'' be more helpful.
** In ''Fantastic Four: The End'' future-set story, a massive armada of various alien races is about to attack Earth to wipe out any threat it can pose. Suddenly, a massive hologram of Galactus appears, warning that Earth is under his protection and the first race who tries anything is next on his menu. The alien ships are soon racing to see who can get away from Earth fastest.
* In ''ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader'', when Boba Fett gives Vader the name "Skywalker", the bounty hunter turned and walked off, saying "Looks like I'm done here." He ''knew'' Vader's silence meant something bad was going to happen and he didn't want to be there when it happened.
* Franchise/SpiderMan had this briefly in ''ComicBook/MarvelTwoInOne'' Annual #2 (which wraps up the 1st ComicBook/{{Thanos}} storyline). Spider-Man teams up with the Thing to fly a craft to Thanos’ warship to rescue the Avengers. During the battle, Spidey realized he was vastly outclassed by Thanos (the fact that he had seen him trash the Thing didn’t help). However, as he flees through the ship, he realized if he doesn’t stop Thanos, Earth will be the next target and escaping won’t matter. He returns and rescued the Avengers by bravely throwing his body into the machine that held them in stasis. The impact destroyed the machine, freeing them (he’s knocked unconscious, but recovers).
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** In ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2011 2014]]'' storyline ''Comicbook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' arc, Skallox is incredibly tempted to do this after hearing about [[BigBad Atrocitus]]'s army growing in numbers, but his friend Zilius dissuades him from it.
** In ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Day of the Dollmaker]]'', Cat Grant blackmails ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} into working with her to find a child-kidnapper... and spends the whole time belittling her. Kara finally has had it with Cat and decides to leave the older woman and work on the case on her own.
--->'''Supergirl:''' That's it. I'm gone.
** In ''ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth'' story arc "The Girl of No Tomorrow", the sorceress Selena joins the Fatal Five to take Supergirl down. She and Magog raid a Government building where the Girl of Steel is resting but they run into a Supergirl's ally. Selena chooses to flee instead of being curbstomped and captured.
--->'''Selena:''' Well. This fight is certainly going in a direction. I think I will, too.\\
'''Magog:''' Selena! You can't just desert me! We're in this, coward!\\
'''Selena:''' Read the fine print, Magog. I didn't sign up for werewolves. Have fun.
** Superman in ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' when Magog outright murdered the Joker, was soon acquitted, and the general public favored him over Superman in dealing with supervillains. He would later return when he saw that the superheroes that came after Magog's appearance had failed in the apprehension of the Parasite, resulting in a nuclear explosion when Captain Atom was ripped apart that killed millions and irradiated the Kansas plains.
** In ''ComicBook/LastDaughterOfKrypton'', Kara has curb-stomped [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Simon Tycho's]] army-for-hire, has beaten their boss up, has trashed the place, and has damaged the [[SpaceBase satellite]]'s core, which means the place will blow up very soon. Simon Tycho's mercenaries to decide to ignore their boss demanding they stay and fight on, and rush towards the evacuation pods.
** ''ComicBook/TheKillersOfKrypton'': When one group of Rogol Zaar's followers start a bar brawl with Supergirl, Ambush Bug quickly rushes towards the bar's exit lest she decides he also needs to be punched.
** In ''ComicBook/SupergirlWomanOfTomorrow'', [[BigBad Krem]] and a bounty hunter ambush Kara and Ruthye. When Kara walks towards them -despite getting repeatedly shot in the chest-, catches a sword bare-handed and punches the bounty hunter out, Krem decides to hightail it.
** ''ComicBook/TheStrangeRevengeOfLenaLuthor'': When Supergirl beats a maze of death traps, the scientist who was hired to design it decides to leave his criminal employeers to their own devices before Supergirl finds them, and hightails it out of the place right before Supergirl crashes into their lair.
* ''ComicBook/ButtonMan'': After Harry has killed nearly all of the thirteen other Button Men sent against him, one of the last three decides to get the hell out of dodge and even tells his handler to stick it when he gets a call. This is immediately subverted when mere seconds later Harry shoots him with a sniper rifle before he can even attempt to escape.
* ''ComicBook/BlackMoonChronicles'':
** The most notable ones happen towards the series' end: [[spoiler:First, {{God}}, when it's obvious that with Lhynn in the hands of a puppet of Haazheel Thorn, the latter has a free hand in bringing about HellOnEarth, calls out for all his true faithful to go to Lord Parsifal's realm, and when the last of them passes through the gate, takes the land away to AnotherDimension of prosperity and security.]]
** Then in the very last volume, [[spoiler:when TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt is about to happen by way of [[ColonyDrop Moon Drop]], Methraton organises the evacuation to another world of the population of humanity's greatest, most organised nations from all continents. [[ElementalEmbodiment The Winds]] go through with minimal fuss; [[OurDragonsAreDifferent The dragons]] are let through by Methatron out of pragmatism, as it's not certain the human forces would be able to stop them or survive trying (a few dozen dragons? Messy, but doable. The ''entire species''? Good luck); everybody else who tries (orcs and other savage humanoids, barbarians, what-have-you) is screwed unless they're among the small minority allied to the protagonists. The elves/fairy folk and the dwarves [[FaceDeathWithDignity choose another path]].]]

* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyLegendsOfMagic'': Rockhoof is called to investigate activity in the volcano near his village and discovers that a cherufe has been tossing lava inside. When his lack of fitness makes him easily overpowered, he retreats.
* The 2015 ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWHolidays2015 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Holiday Special]]'' has an adaptation of ''Theatre/TheNutcracker'' with Rarity as Clara. Upon the introduction of the Mouse King, Rarity storms off.
* ''Victorian Undead 2'' had Lucy Westenra doing this in the fourth issue when the vampire hunters start dispatching Dracula's brides whom she was leading. When it's only down to one last bride and her, she kills the bride for them in exchange for them letting her go. Stating while she likes being a vampire, she has no loyalty to Dracula if it'll just lead to permanent death.
* ''ComicBook/GrimmFairyTales Presents Helsing'' had Lisel Van Helsing getting ambushed by three of Dracula's brides at a book store. She dispatches two easily but when just as she's about to focus on the third, she sees that the bride has wisely decided to flee.
* ''ComicBook/TheFlintstones'': In spite of Fred's warnings, a newbie decides to use dynamite inside the quarry. Upon seeing how short the dynamite's fuse is, the pterodactyl carrying the newbie decides his chances to escape the explosion are better off if he leaves the newbie behind.
* In ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' Prudence, a member of the League of Assassins, actually listens when Tim says that the league should give up their base and leave when it's being attacked by the Council of Spiders and Tim reveals he's hacked their system and she creeps away while the rest of the remaining league members fight.
* In Skybound X, Clementine sneaks away from Ericson's in the middle of the night. When AJ confronts her, she tells him that since Ericson's is part of a coalition of settlements and AJ is finally safe, she's no longer happy there and is going to embark on a new journey without him or her other friends.
* ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'':
** ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'': Ben and May complained Peter about his grades, that are suddenly dropping. He was angry and not in the mood to listen, so he ran away from home.
** ''ComicBook/AllNewUltimates'': Bombshell left the team as she almost died in their first outing.
** ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': For a time Nightcrawler quit the X-Men and joined the Morlocks.
* ''ComicBook/SullivansSluggers'': When the citizens of Malice reveal their true monstrous nature, one member of Casey's team, Speedy Joe, decides to make a run for it.
* ''ComicBook/{{Cardboard}}'': When Marcus' ploy scheme is falling apart, his henchman Pink Eye quotes the line before bolting for the door.
* ''ComicBook/MagicTrixie'': In "Magic Trixie Sleeps Over", before going into the home of the vampire twins for her sleepover with them, Trixie is given a medallion that will take her straight home once it's been activated. When Trixie sees that the twins sleep in a hole each night while possibly surrounded by ghouls wandering the cemetery that they reside in, she doesn't hesitate to use it.

--->"Good luck, may the dark Gods bless you. ''I am gone.''"

* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': Fright Knight got caught up with some other O.M.A.C. escapee villains in Bludhaven who tried to pick a fight with Robin and ComicBook/{{Shadowpact}}. They stuck around for a bit, and scared the heck out of Ragman but hightailed it out of there as soon as the coast was clear, becoming one of the few to escape both O.M.A.C. and the heroes trying to clean up the mess O.M.A.C. left behind.

* One ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'' comic had Michael stand up to a bully by saying "At least I've got ''friends'' who'll stand up for me!" Both his friends walk off with a "See ya, Mike."

* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Valeria Richards did this to her own family after discovering the reason for their long time-traveling trip was because [[spoiler:the four of them were dying and Reed was using the travels to search for a cure]]. She was so disgusted by this, she left New York, headed for Latveria and decided to help her godfather ''Comicbook/DoctorDoom'' be more helpful.
* In ''Fantastic Four: The End'' future-set story, a massive armada of various alien races is about to attack Earth to wipe out any threat it can pose. Suddenly, a massive hologram of Galactus appears, warning that Earth is under his protection and the first race who tries anything is next on his menu. The alien ships are soon racing to see who can get away from Earth fastest.

** Gorga's majordomo runs away and dies rather than help Gorga during the climax. Gorga angrily yells that he's fired but later rehires him to help Gorga and his family get back to town.

* In the climax of ''ComicBook/WelcomeBackFrank'', after Comicbook/ThePunisher defeats [[spoiler:[[TheDragon The Russian]] and brings his sawed-off head to the BigBad's lair]], it's enough to convince all of Ma Gnucci's remaining mooks to put down their guns and go home, leaving their boss at Frank's mercy.