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* ''WebComic/PrincessPrincess'': When Amira finds out that her parents are planning to marry her off, it cuts to her fleeing with Celeste.

** The [[HornyDevils succubus]] Yo-Lee gets unleashed on the Material Plane to {{balance|BetweenGoodAndEvil}} out a {{Celestial Paragon|sAndArchangels}}'s direct intervention, but sidelines her plans to play TheCorrupter and [[http://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0667.html asks]] a mage to send her back to the Abyss when [[spoiler:she senses a vastly more powerful {{Demon Lord|sAndArchdevils}} wreaking havoc nearby]].

** [[spoiler:Ricker]] throws himself out the nearby window when Glover gets crushed, as it leaves him the only standing Aldish soldier in the shrine against a Captain and an [[ArchMage Aseptick]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': One overambitious crime boss uses a brothel as a front; the employees flee the city as soon as the situation with [[spoiler:the First Silver superweapon and a GeneralRipper]] spirals out of control.
-->'''Male Prostitute:''' I'm too twink for this crap.

* ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'': Richard pulls one of these in [[http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/268 this strip]]. Until Cale bribes him with a "Blow up a mountain" mission.
* [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/540.html This strip]] of ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' speculates about the fate of [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Moradmin_Bast one character]] from ''Franchise/StarWars''.
* ''WebComic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' proves that there's a limit to how far minions are willing to take AttackAttackAttack [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0618.html here]]. It holds true for {{Red Shirt}}s as well, as in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0452.html this]] strip.
** And for a raven in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0440.html this one.]]
--->'''Blackwing:''' Caw CAW! Caw caw caw caw, caw! ''(POP!)''\\
''(Translation:)'' "Screw THAT! You're on your own, mammal!"
** "Screw this! I'm not getting rubbed out by magic-wielding [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0240.html hookers]]!!"
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0077.html Monster: "Eh, screw this. I'll order Thai."]]
** Laurin Shattersmith does this during her duel with Vaarsuvius. While the more powerful spellcaster of the two, Laurin had already expended a great amount of power fighting other characters, and when V points out that (s)he still has more than two dozen spells remaining, Laurin teleports away without another word.
* In ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' Oasis [[http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=020709 inspires this in several Hereti Corp henchmen]], prompting Torg to remark, "Well, ''that'' was too easy!"

* Leo, the genetically enhanced lion in ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'': "I guess he wanted me to rush 'em or something, but I was all, screw that, Master, they've got guns, man!"
* [[Webcomic/PennyArcade Tycho's]] brain [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/07/16/brains-with-urgent-appointments does it]] when confronted with ''[[Franchise/DieHard Live Free or Die Hard]]'''s interpretation of the Internet.
** A literal meaning of [[{{Pun}} "one's senses taking leave"]].
* In ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'', Jason Kendrick Howell and Beel pull this when Chris goes to bring down the 4-cent Garbage building, leaving Clyde Cash and Jack Thaddeus to die.

* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'''s Black Mage has attempted to, on multiple occasions, opt out of the quest to save the world Fighter signed him up for. However, numerous elements keep forcing him back into the game, such as Thief's blackmail or Sarda's reality-warping power.
* ''WebComic/RustyAndCo'' introduced the mook Sir Malevolus, likely a mini-boss in his own right. As he begins to make his BadassBoast, [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-5-19/ he suddenly realizes that between Rusty and Cube, he doesn't stand a chance. After giving them directions to the boss, he books it.]]
** Later on, he meets with TheDragon of the arc. TheDragon tells Malevolus the protagonists are one direction; [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-5-21/ Malevolus heads in a different direction because that's where the ''exit'' is.]]

* In ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'', [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000421c Megaman pulls this]] [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000422c on the]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall comic.]]
** [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/021025c He's not the only one to pull it, either]].
--->'''Mynd:''' [[WeCanRuleTogether Yes! Finally, Mega Man is defeated! We could make an excellent]]...[[OhCrap Say,]] didn't I [[DeathIsCheap kill you]] when I was here last?\\
'''Bass:''' Yes.\\
'''Mynd:''' [[KnowWhenToFoldEm Right, well, I'll just be going then.]]
* A member of the Webcomic/KarateBears does a Doug (Michael Showalter) in this strip, and [[http://www.karatebears.com/2012/08/doug.html actually leaves the page.]]

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'':
** When Equius is first introduced, ''the narrator'' doesn't want to spend too long on him.
** Also, [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/index.php?s=6&p=002556 at one point]], an enemy absconds off John's roof with [[ParasolParachute an umbrella]]. Because that's what weak enemies do when they are vastly outclassed.
** [[spoiler:In the afterlife]], Tavros attempts to do this when Vriska declares [[RageAgainstTheAuthor her desire to start fucking shit up]] so that they'll be relevant to the narrative again. Unfortunately, Vriska brainwashes him into obeying.
--->'''Vriska:''' [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006740 I'm sick of this shit.]] I'm sick of being [[spoiler:dead]] and useless and bored, and I'm not going to take it anymore. You're with me, right?\\
'''Tavros:''' No way.
** A lot of characters pull this off at once in Act 6 Intermission 5. [[spoiler: Upon realising that the Ring of Life, a ring that can revive a dead person, has just been lost, [[KillerDM Vriska]] starts yelling at [[ExtremeDoormat Tavros]], the last one who (she thinks) had it, about losing it. At this point, he [[GrewASpine grows sick of her crap]] and flies off to parts unknown, {{flipping the bird}} and yelling a taunt previously used against him at her. [[MoodSwinger Sollux]] then follows suit, taking [[CatGirl Nepeta]] and [[GenkiGirl Feferi]] with him.]]
* Near the end of the Battle for Gobwin Knob in ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'', the chief warlord for the Royalist faction was croaked during a parley. Superfluous Elves, as their name suggests, aren't particularly good units and don't have any impressive abilities, but they ''do'' know when they aren't needed and should just leave. So their chief, who was also the chief of all the elves at the battle, gave the elves the order to retreat. Most of the elves stayed and croaked when the volcano erupted, but everyone that went with him survived [[spoiler:and eventually sided with Stanley thanks to their grudge against Jetstone and the need for a patron.]]
* All of the Mandragora initially reject Willow's offer of freedom and forgiveness in ''Webcomic/{{Earthsong}}''. But Neuria and Jormand decide later that they actually ''would'' like to ditch Beluosus [[spoiler:after he eats two of their comrades to sustain himself]].

* ''Webcomic/DraculaRulerOfTheNight'': [[spoiler: After Dracula and the brides are killed, Lucy Westenra and her mother, Minerva, both now vampires and still under the curse, decide to flee and live on in their undead states rather than continue the fight.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Minerva''': I was already elderly before the bite, and that death was plenty scary enough. Forgive me gentleman, I know you mean well. But I much rather continue being a so called "walking corrputed abomination" then go through that again.]]
* The entire second half of ''Webcomic/CuantaVida'', a very dark DeconstructionFic of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', is devoted to the saner team members doing just this. [[spoiler:[[AnyoneCanDie Most of them]] make it.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': One overambitious crime boss uses a brothel as a front; the employees flee the city as soon as the situation with [[spoiler:the First Silver superweapon and a GeneralRipper]] spirals out of control.
-->'''Male Prostitute:''' I'm too twink for this crap.
* ''WebComic/MierukoChan'': In chapter 6, Miko's predicament attracts the attention of a NotSoPhonyPsychic, the "Godmother of Downtown". She tries to help Miko with her habit of attracting powerful monsters, but when her strongest ward is overwhelmed by the presence currently haunting Miko and her friend Hana, the Godmother decides it's time to get out of fortune-telling and accept her son's offer to come back to the family farm.
* ''Webcomic/DresdenCodak'': When Kim makes her triumphant return to the science department, she incites a riot, and Balthazar Bogan decides that the best option, as he puts it, is "Imma head out." [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, Kim has backup.]]
* ''WebComic/PrincessPrincess'': When Amira finds out that her parents are planning to marry her off, it cuts to her fleeing with Celeste.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Grace encounters some raider bandits who, upon realizing she is an unarmed squirrel girl, [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/fantasywasteland-07 promptly flee]] out of fear of the bonus claw damage she could inflict.