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Sometimes a military commander has a dangerous or even suicidal mission, but being a nice guy he will not order his men to go on the mission. Instead the commander will ask for volunteers to step forward. Generally all of his men will step forward. Alternatively, if the mission is to stay put and defend a hopeless position, he will offer an escape route. Generally, no one will move. A common inversion is to have most of the men step backward, except one, who is considered to have volunteered for the mission. Sometimes the offer is presented as genuine — "Some of you have families. No-one will think any the less of you for going home to them" — and sometimes The Captain will even try to persuade people to leave; compare Shoo the Dog. He may even precede it with Releasing from the Promise so that no one feels bound to stay. If not all of the characters are needed, he may have to select those who go, and those who can't, or who gets to Bring News Back. Other times, it is more of a rhetorical Rousing Speech, as with Shakespeare's Henry V saying that anyone who's scared can leave because he doesn't want to die in the company of cowards. Sometimes the volunteering is gradual, with characters being shamed into it by seeing the others volunteer. In which case, the least experienced character leads off, and the most is usually the last. A Sub-Trope of Opt Out. The villain occasionally gets a version, with the exception that anyone who opts out is Thrown from the Zeppelin. And some soldiers, on either side, will just say "Screw This, I'm Outta Here" and leave without their general's permission. Note: in the wake of Saddam Hussein's occupation of Kuwait in 1990, US President George H. W. Bush announced that Saddam would not be allowed to go on to invade Saudi Arabia, saying "I have drawn a line in the sand!" Rather than a call for volunteers, his meaning was You Shall Not Pass!; since then, real-world usage has mostly followed that. |
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Played straight, for a wonder, in Night Watch. Commander Vimes, pretending to be Sergeant Keel, draws a line and asks who will defend the Watch House with him. Barely a dozen men cross, although of course he knew who would. He mentions that later accounts will claim no-one left. | |
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In Rihannsu: The Empty Chair, Jim Kirk, unable to reveal his secret orders from the President, addresses the crew and tells them that anyone who doesn't feel comfortable serving with him in his new effective capacity as Admiral of the rebel Rihannsu fleet is free to leave. Not only does no one take him up on his offer, Sulu and Chekhov break out a pirate flag they'd made up for the occasion. | |
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In Interlude 13 of Worm, Director Piggot allows any Wards to Opt Out of the confrontation with the Slaughterhouse Nine. | |
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Faced with angry crewmembers who want to be with their families while facing The End of the World as We Know It, Admiral Harriman Nelson lets them pack supplies on a derelict ship and return home. Rather than the usual version of trying to shame everyone into staying, the admiral sees himself as averting the threat of sabotage and mutiny with a smaller but more loyal crew. Captain Crane isn't impressed as crewmen who might not have rebelled have now been given a chance to do so and their submarine is now undermanned, plus he thinks the admiral's claims of sabotage are a figment of his imagination. | |
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In By the Sword, a Valdemar novel by Mercedes Lackey, the noble mercenary captain Kerowyn offers her company a vote: to stay and help the Valdemarans against overwhelming odds or to work their way to the edge of the fighting and try to escape. Every single member votes to stay. | |
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Happened frequently in Secret Six. Given the character of much of the team, they rarely refused a mission. Although Black Alice notably quit the Six rather than going on a mission to Hell. | |
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In another Drake work, the Honor Harrington short story "A Grand Tour". The Manticoran main characters have essentially won a light cruiser in a game of cards, and plan to use it to get revenge against the Havenite ship that had just destroyed a Manticoran destroyer. They hope to get the survivors of the destroyed ship to come with them to actually run the cruiser, but since this whole thing is a wild plan they don't have any authority and so ask for volunteers. Whereupon the senior surviving crewmember promptly orders them all to volunteer. | |
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The historical genesis of this trope is parodied in Viva Max!, when General Maximillian, after somewhat successfully attempting to recapture the Alamo, draws a line and asks his men who want to give in to the local sheriff's orders to leave. Everyone stars to cross, but go back when Max's assistant—the only man in the company actually carrying ammo—points a gun at them. Max's men decide to stay of their own volition. | |
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Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans has this multiple times, since Tekkadan's boss Orga has a standing policy that anyone who wants to quit is free to do so with his blessing, and it usually gets reiterated before major battles. However, because the entire group is practically family and fiercely loyal to Orga, almost nobody ever takes him up on the offer. One exception is Takaki Uno, who resigns early in the second season after going through a major Trauma Conga Line. Late in the second season it happens again before the Final Battle (which looks incredibly bleak); most of the group reaffirms their loyalty, but Zack calls them out on their blind, suicidal loyalty. Later on he's still with the group, seemingly the result of a conversation with his friend Dane who explains that for most of them, Tekkadan is literally all they have. | |
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In Atop the Fourth Wall's Robocop vs. the Terminator #2 review, Linkara is confronted by all his friends that his current plan (hijacking the world's satellites to target a superweapon on short notice) is highly immoral. After explaining his reasons (but not even attempting to defend the morality of it) he tells them to either stand by him or leave. The usually inspirational trope is inverted when not even Pollo is willing to stay. | |
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Dot Pyxis invokes one in Attack on Titan. During the Battle of Trost, in which Wall Rose, one of the two remaining walls protecting humanity from the Titans has been breached, he says that anyone who doesn't want to fight is free to go, as long as they're willing to let their families be devoured by the titans. To drive the point home he reminds them that after Wall Maria was breached, the result was a refugee crisis and the government sending a fifth of humanity to their deaths as a way of population control. He's not exaggerating when he says failure is not an option. Most of the soldiers agree to stand their ground, and with their help, the wall is sealed once again. | |
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In Tower of God, everybody is given the chance to take the quite dangerous Guardian's test with Bam instead of the easier regular final test. Through Khun's acting, they all help Bam in the end. | |
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Discworld: Played straight, for a wonder, in Night Watch. Commander Vimes, pretending to be Sergeant Keel, draws a line and asks who will defend the Watch House with him. Barely a dozen men cross, although of course he knew who would. He mentions that later accounts will claim no-one left. Furthermore, he notes that many of those who did cross the line only did so as the peer pressure began to outweigh their fear. In A Hat Full of Sky, Rob Anybody asked for volunteers for a mission that'd probably get everyone killed. Every Feegle over the age of four automatically put his hand up. |
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In Final Fantasy VII, before the last battle, Cloud asks each member of the party to think about whether they have a reason for fighting, and to only come back if they're convinced they do. | |
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Without Remorse: At the briefing for Operation Boxwood Green, the Marines are informed that they won't learn the details of the mission until after they volunteer. Most of the older Marines, who've already served multiple tours in Vietnam and now have families of their own, decide not to go because of this. It's noted that if they had known that it was a rescue mission for American prisoners of war left behind in Vietnam, every single Marine would've volunteered. | |
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In Heimatfront the main characters, who are based on the girls of Oarai Academy from Girls und Panzer, are BDM volunteers who are tasked with delivering tanks to the frontline. After completing their mission, which involved a skirmish with the enemy, during which Noemi (aka Noriko) dies, Anja(aka Anzu), the leader of the group, tells the group that they can either return home, as ordered, or stay and fight alongside the group. Some choose to leave, while Maria(aka Miho) and many others stay. | |
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In A Growing Affection, Hinata offers one of these to her friends, before they go AWOL to rescue Naruto. Naruto was the one who asked her to do this, because he didn't want them risking their lives and careers without knowing the whole story. | |
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars: In "Carnage of Krell", after the 501st and part of the 212th are tricked into attacking each other by General Krell, Captain Rex gathers the survivors together and announces his intention to arrest Krell for treason against the Republic. Before he gives his orders, he offers them all a chance to Opt Out since what they're going to do could be considered treason, but no one does. Until they're actually underway, at which point Dogma decides that he can't go along with them. The rest of the troopers disarm him, lock him up, and continue. | |
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In The Order of the Stick, there is a point when Roy tells the other party members (except Belkar) that they are allowed to leave and no longer obliged to their contract. Of course, everyone stays. | |
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A variation happens in Persona 4. After Nanako apparently dies and the party corners Namatame (whom they believe to be the culprit), Yosuke announces that he intends to take revenge on Namatame by throwing him into the TV and leaving him to die, then tells the party that if anyone doesn't want any part in this, they're free to leave. If you take Yosuke up on his offer, you get a bad ending. | |
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Before passing through the Betrayer's Gate in Neverwinter Nights 2, this is one of your options when dealing with your party members. Their reaction depends upon your Influence score with each of them, but the affirmative responses (especially from Gann or Safiya if you complete the romance subplot) are all heartwarming moments. | |
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Picard before leaving his assigned patrol area to join a battle against the Borg in Star Trek: First Contact. | |
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In Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, Brunnya, an enemy general of the now fallen Bern, tells this to all her troops before their Last Stand against Roy's army. They all choose to stay; she ends up having to forcibly discharge any and all soldiers with children and/or elderly parents. This in only in the secret chapters needed for the true ending. | |
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Kirk before stealing the Enterprise in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. | |
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In Dragon Age: The Crown of Thorns, the DN tries to convince his soldiers to return to Orzammar, because he didn't want to involve them in what he was going to do. Since he'd acted like A Father to His Men, they stick with him and remain loyal even after his Zero-Approval Gambit. | |
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In Stargate SG-1 General Hammond asks for volunteers to rescue SG-1, who have been captured by Hathor. Everyone steps forward before he's even finished the sentence. | |
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In Avatar: The Last Airbender, Arnook, the chief of the Northern Water Tribe gives his entire civilization the option of fighting or not before the Fire Nation attack in the Siege of the North. | |
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Played for Laughs during Worf's "bachelor party". His human friends wrongly assume it will involve the usual Klingon carousing, but it's actually an ordeal of self-torture and sleep deprivation. Worf asks who's first to have his chest carved on by a wicked-looking knife, and Dr Bashir is too dead on his feet to notice that his friends have taken a sudden step backwards, leaving him as the 'volunteer'. Played straight in "The Die Is Cast" when Sisko asks for volunteers to go on a mission to rescue Odo against orders. Everyone is on the ship when it's time to go (though it turns out one had only joined to sabotage the mission on orders from Sisko's superiors). The beginning of season two, when Sisko decides to remain on the station after being told to pull out by Starfleet. |
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Played with in Band of Brothers, where Lt. Welsh asks for volunteers to take a look at a suspicious looking house; although Blithe raises his hand, Welsh also says "You three have just volunteered too", thus ordering them to take a look instead of asking them if they want to. | |
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Invoked before the big battle of A Wizard Abroad in the Young Wizards series: Wizards from all over Ireland and Europe have converged to fight a major battle against the Lone Power's forces, and Johnny, the European Senior, gives them the "think about your dependents or pre-existing wizardly obligations and be absolutely sure you can do this before crossing" version, given that people being killed would be a certainty. | |
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In one of the later episodes of Eureka Seven, Holland officially disbands the Gekko State, and makes it very clear that nobody at all has to stay behind. Not a single person left (though off-screen apprehension was hinted at). Captain Jurgen of the battleship Izumo, a major antagonist through most of the series, plays this trope in its most classic and literal sense when he learns about the true nature of Dewey's Project Ageha. His crew, of course, all joins him in the Heel–Face Turn. |
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Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Of course Murrue Ramius does this to the Archangel crew. At this point, they are deserters, so she needs them to freely agree to fight at her side before she can give them orders again. Even then only 11 left the ship. | |
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The Lord of the Rings had a scene where Aragorn offered the people in his army a chance to do something less suicidal (by retaking an outpost) before he attacked the Black Gate. In this case, some of them actually do leave. They already were going to leave, he just gave them something useful to do so they could retain some honor. | |
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Star Trek has a few examples in which the senior officers are asked to volunteer not only to accept danger but to back up the captain's defiance of Starfleet orders: Kirk before stealing the Enterprise in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. Picard before leaving his assigned patrol area to join a battle against the Borg in Star Trek: First Contact. |
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In Noragami, when Daikoku is asking for help to save Yato and Yukine, Mayu is the only one of Tenjin's shinki to volunteer. It helps since Mayu was Yato's former shinki under the name of Tomone/Hanki. And on a serious note, the ablution can be a tiring and not to mention a dangerous process, something that Tenjin and his shinki know. | |
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In versions of DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu that have two loops, if you unlock the second loop, it is presented as Colonel Longhena, both your commander and the Big Bad, giving you the option to either challenge his special forces or to Opt Out. Take him on? Welcome to the second loop. Leave? The game ends. | |
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In the film version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Hagrid asks for volunteers to approach the hippogriff, and this trope happens, leaving Harry. | |
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In GI Joe The Rise Of Cobra General Hawk tells the Joes they've been ordered to stand down, but he's going to attack the Cobra base anyway and anyone who wants to leave can do so. Needless to say no-one does. | |
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In the otherwise forgettable Street Fighter movie, Colonel Guile makes this speech to his men after being ordered by an Obstructive Bureaucrat to disband his men and send them home instead of going after Bison. The speech ends with: "Now, who wants to go home...and who wants to go with ME?!" Every one of his men enthusiastically opt for the latter choice. Every one of his men except for the cook, that is. The Obstructive Bureaucrat places the cook under armed guard to ensure that he doesn't run off, too. | |
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A smaller scale version happens in The Patriot (2000). Right before the final battle, Dan and Occam and the rest of the American militia are facing down the superior British Army. Dan points out to Occam that he already served his required enlistment and that he could leave at any time. Occam confirms this and decides to stay anyways so he can fight beside his comrades. | |
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In ¡Three Amigos!, Ned draws a literal line in the sand and challenges Lucky and Dusty to cross it and go with him to face El Guapo. | |
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Death Note: Souichirou Yagami, the police chief in charge of the Kira investigation (and the killer's unknowing father), pulls exactly this speech to his subordinates, down to the letter of the trope. Most of them take his offer, and he's left with a handful of men, since the lack of apparent restrictions on who Kira can or is willing to kill has demoralized the police. | |
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Attempted when Outside Xbox plays Star Trek Bridge Crew. It goes poorly. | |
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NCIS. Tony is asking his friends to help Ziva, who is framed and on the run. Palmer is alarmed to realize that they might not just end up fired, but jailed. Tony delivers the stock line for this trope, "no one's gonna think less of you if you want out, Palmer." | |
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Rome. Julius Caesar shows how this is done with his Rousing Speech when he needs to take his elite 13th Legion into Italy, an illegal act. First Caesar informs them the Senate has declared him a Public Enemy. His soldiers are shocked and outraged. He adds that by standing with him, the Senate is declaring all of them outlaws as well. Caesar then whips up their fervor by denouncing the treacherous attack by a thousand Pompey supporters on Marc Antony and the fifty 13th Legion men who were protecting him. Antony is standing there with blood on his face (which Caesar had instructed him not to wash off) as evidence of this. Caesar declares his intention to march on Rome and save it from these Corrupt Politicians who have such contempt for Roman values. The kicker comes when Caesar calls out Legionary Titus Pullo from the ranks and publicly rewards him with a bag of silver for killing the first attacker (ironically Pullo set the whole incident in motion, as his attacker had a personal grudge against him). | |
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Literally in Animorphs. After the Yeerks find out where the Hork-Bajir valley is located, they plan to storm it and kill everyone. Jake and his friends attempt to explain to Toby that going into battle is suicidal, and to demonstrate his point Jake draws a line in the sand and asks the Hork-Bajir to vote on which course of action is the smartest. Jake's point backfires when every Hork-Bajir votes to fight back. | |
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Cars: Sheriff asks for volunteers to be McQueen's legal representative. All step (drive?) back, except for Mater, who then cheerfully agrees. | |
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The Jungle Book (1967): When Col. Hati turns his back after asking for volunteers to go look for Mowgli, the entire herd steps back as one, save for one elephant. He joins the line after a moment. Hati turns around, looks at everyone for a beat, then laughs and says, "Now that's what I like to see: devotion to duty!" | |
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Of course, in Les Misérables. Enjolras does not wish to waste lives, and orders those men who have wives and children, or who have women dependent on them (mothers, sisters) to depart before the grand finale where everyone dies. Exact lyric: Let us not waste lives, let all women and fathers of children go from here | |
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The scene from A Song of Ice and Fire is recreated in Game of Thrones. In a departure from the series, more or less every Ironborn cheer loudly along with Theon's attempt at a Rousing Speech... Then one of them clubs him in the head. They then sell him out and go home. | |
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In Les Miserables, Enjolras gives those who want to leave the chance to go without shame when their barricade becomes the last one. No-one leaves. | |
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In the Whitebeard War arc of One Piece, when Whitebeard is accused of selling out his commanders, he creates an escape route and tells anyone who wants to leave to use it, otherwise they can stay and die in battle. Everyone fights. | |
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Parodied in Bored of the Rings. As the Army of the West approaches the Gates of Fordor, many start to desert. Finally Arrowroot decides to shame them into being courageous. | |
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind: After Bucciarati decides to go against Diavolo, he tells his subordinates that if they aren't 100% certain about whether or not they want to follow him, they should stay behind; otherwise, they can get aboard his boat to confirm that they agree with him. Narancia and Fugo both decide not to follow him, however, Narancia has a change of heart almost immediately and swims after the boat, meaning that Fugo is the only one who gets Put on a Bus. | |
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Yoshiharu volunteers to do this in episodes 10 and 11 of The Ambition of Oda Nobuna in an attempt to buy enough time for Nobuna's forces to escape the encirclement trap set up by Asai/Asakura forces. Like the trope implies, it doesn't go too well for him due to being vastly outnumbered, although every single one of them stayed with the understanding this was a Suicide Mission, and did it because they believed strongly in Yoshiharu and Nobuna's idea of a unified Japan. | |
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In The Iliad, Agamemnon seems to try a Reverse Psychology version of this, but the moment he suggests the Greeks might want to give up on the siege and go home most of the army takes him at his word and makes a break for it. Odysseus has to round them back up. | |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: For some reason, instead of having an already permanent professional army, The higher ups of Numenor must ask for volunteers for the military expedition to the Southlands. Elendil himself handles the recruitment. | |
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Parodied in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Zissou asks anyone in his crew who doesn't want to continue to step forward, and his confused German lieutenant does so because he thought he was supposed to cross the line if he did want to continue. Zissou said 'If you're not against me, don't cross this line! If yes, do.' so it's not just the fact the he was German that made it confusing. | |
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Parodied in Get Smart. In a spoof of Mission: Impossible, Max is listening to a taped briefing from the Chief. | |
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Accompanied by quite possibly the darkest version of this type of speech in Serenity. Then by a very nice one a bit later on. | |
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A villainous version appears in Heat; on realising that they've somehow attracted the attention of the police (the 'heat' of the title), Neil Macauley and his crew get together and debate whether to go through with the heist they have planned. Macauley states that they either go through with the job, or turn around and never see each other again. They decide to go through with the heist. This ends up being a spectacularly bad decision for all concerned. | |
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Played straight in Hook, with a literal line in the dirt between the supporters of Rufio and the supporters of Peter — except that since the criterion is whether or not you believe that he's Peter Pan, Peter tries to cross the line to Rufio's side, and has to be dragged back by Tinker Bell. | |
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The Reynard Cycle: Reynard does this twice during The Baron of Maleperduys. Given the tone of the series, it's difficult to tell whether or not he is being sincere. | |
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In The Battle of Algiers, Col. Mathieu has surrounded Algerian nationalist Ali La Pointe's last safe house. La Pointe and three of his followers (including a woman and a child) hide in a wall cavity. Mathieu wires the house to explode, then shouts through the wall to urge La Pointe to at least let the little boy go. La Pointe says "Whoever wishes to may go," but the other three refuse to leave. Mathieu blows up the house. | |
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The Power Rangers Wild Force episode Forever Red features Tommy recruiting every Red Ranger to date note Except for Rocky for a special mission to stop the remnants of the Machine Empire. Every last one signs on without hesitation, with newcomer Cole being the first to step up. | |
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Auron in Final Fantasy X gives a speech to this effect about three quarters through. It is also right before a nice juicy treble-boss fight. | |
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The Hunt for Red October. Some officers are asked to volunteer for a dangerous mission, and if they opt out "nothing more will be said". They volunteer because they know something would be said if they failed to do so. Used several times in the Ryanverse, but almost always framed in such a way that the line in the sand is a challenge rather than a decision: telling soldiers their mission would be dangerous and possibly illegal, but pointing out that they're badasses, for example, to play to their ego. The only time anyone opts out is is Without Remorse, when Green Berets are asked to volunteer for a very dangerous mission without being told what it is, during the Vietnam War. The ones who opt out are those that had already served three tours in Vietnam and didn't want to punch their luck any further. |
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Over the course of the Vatta's War series, Captain Ky gives the civilian-minded members of her crew not one but several chances to leave with full severance pay or transfer to a more peaceful ship as she shifts over the course of the series from a trader to an armed privateer to full military. Several do leave, many stay. | |
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Spoofed in one of the Asterix stories, where Chief Vitalstatistix angrily yells, "This is the end! Anyone not happy with my position [as leader] can push off!" Immediately, one of the men holding up the shield on which Vitalstatistix stands walks away, dumping the chief in the dust. | |
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In A Hat Full of Sky, Rob Anybody asked for volunteers for a mission that'd probably get everyone killed. Every Feegle over the age of four automatically put his hand up. | |
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The White Company: Sir Nigel Loring asks only for volunteers for an extremely dangerous mission and is quite disheartened to see no one stepping out from the ranks. It's quickly explained to him that everyone stepped forward (his bad eyesight is a Running Gag throughout the book). | |
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Battlestar Galactica plays it nice and straight in the finale, with a line taped down the center of the flight deck. This is played rather more realistically than most examples, as there are at least twice as many people who end up on the port (non-volunteer) side of the line. However, most of those were civilians and most of the Marines and Pilots do volunteer. Some of those who volunteered are ordered to stay behind since the civilian fleet cannot lose their expertise and leadership. Later, in the briefing room, Helo again asks for volunteers to pilot the Raptors for the mission; every hand in the room is up before he even finishes speaking. | |
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Somewhat done in Kirby Super Star's "Revenge of Meta Knight" subgame, when Meta Knight asks his crew to escape the Halberd before they all perish. Naturally, they refuse. Or rather, they refuse until their "one last attempt" at killing Kirby fails. After that, they flee. |
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After the titular protagonist of Hajime no Ippo suffers a devastating loss to world-level boxer Alfredo Gonzalez following an apparent decline in his skills, his mentor Mamoru Takamura draws a line in Tokyo Bay's riverbank, standing on the side opposite Ippo. In Takamura's words, where he stands is the side of boxers so powerful they may as well be inhuman, and if Ippo cannot bring himself to join him there, he is better off ceasing to box competitively. | |
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Iron Jawed Angels: Knowing anyone who joins the picket line in front of the White House after war has been declared will be imprisoned, Alice asks for volunteers and stresses that this is a choice. | |
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In the series finale of Stargate Atlantis, Woolsey gives one of these to Ronon and Teyla: | |
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Looking for Group parodies this, in its usual fashion. | |
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In The Dinosaur Lords, when Jaume sees that his Empire is slowly turning into a deranged dictatorship, he tells his men that he's going to try and set things right, but considering what they'll likely be asked to do, he will not hold it against them if they choose to leave — and in fact, releases them from their oaths, should they not go with him. Three opt out, but the rest remains. | |
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In an issue of Groo the Wanderer, a commander is given the unenviable task of assigning men into an army under Groo's command (likely suicide, given Groo's utter incompetence). He declares "anybody who wants to join Groo's army, take one step forward". Every man runs away except for one soldier who stands his ground with a determined look on his face. The pleased commander says "Well, at least there is one courageous man in this army." The soldier puts a hand to his ear and says "What?". "I said, at least there is..." "What?" The commander begins to sob. "This will go down in history as a bad joke told about the military!" "What?" | |
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In Sword Art Online, just before Kirito breaks out of his cell, he warns Eugeo, who's imprisoned with him, that if they decide to stage a jailbreak, they'll go up against the Axiom Church and its laws. He says this means that there will be no time for second-guessing, and says that if Eugeo isn't ready, he should stay behind. Eugeo says he's ready, since he's determined to bring Alice back and he agrees with Kirito's belief that sometimes, there are things you must do, even if they're forbidden by law. | |
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Star Trek: Voyager: "The 37's", the crew find a planet that was colonized by 20th century humans who were abducted, and who defeated their captors. At the end of the episode, Capt. Janeway gives her crew the option of staying on the planet, or continuing their long, difficult journey back to Earth. When she time comes, everyone stays on Voyager. "Timeless" takes place in a Bad Future where Chakotay and Harry are the sole survivors of Voyager after the experimental slipstream drive intended to take them home broke down mid-warp, killing everybody aboard when it crash-landed on an ice planet outside the Alpha Quadrant (Harry and Chakotay were aboard the Delta Flyer mapping the course for Voyager). The two put together a plan which would save the ship in the past. After they track down Voyager's crash site, Chakotay reminds his girlfriend in this future, Tessa, that if they succeed, it will undo their relationship, too. Tessa agrees to help them despite this. |
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An Oblique Approach. General Belisarius asks for volunteers to come with him on a highly dangerous spy mission into a country that's planning to attack. Plenty of hands are raised. He picks the three men who "had enough sense not to volunteer." | |
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In the season 3 finale of Merlin, Arthur sits Gwen, Merlin, Gaius, Elyan, Percival, Gwaine, Lancelot, and Leon down around a round table, tells them they're all equals, and asks if anyone will help him rescue his father. Despite the fact that most of them have good reason to hate Uther, they all join him without hesitation. Well, except Merlin, but that's just to squeeze in a funny moment. | |
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In Eyeshield 21, at the start of the "Death March" arc, Sakaki offers the Devil Bats a choice: either go back to Japan and take it easy over their summer break, or join Hiruma, Kurita, and himself on their trek across America and risk a career-ending injury. Naturally, they all opt to take the risk. | |
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Ratatouille: When Linguini finally reveals the secret of his apparent ultracompetence as a chef, to the rest of the kitchen staff, just as they're getting ready to brave the critique of Antoine Ego, the most feared food-reviewer in Paris. He asks who will stand with him. They all leave. The love-interest and Token Girl comes back, though. | |
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Babylon 5: just before declaring independence from Earth, Sheridan gives a speech to this effect. Because J. Michael Straczynski considers the ones where everyone follows The Hero unrealistic, one background character opted out. | |
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Played with in the Giant Robo OVA: In the prelude to the final battle, Daisaku (The Kid with the Remote Control for the titular Humongous Mecha) suffers a Heroic BSoD because he can't bring himself to Shoot the Dog — or the Cool Big Sis, who may or may not have joined the enemy. The Supporting Leader, disgusted, draws a line with his sword for Daisaku to cross when he's ready. Because of the battle's choreography, Daisaku doesn't need to cross the line to send Giant Robo into a Foe-Tossing Charge Just in Time. However, when Robo's damaged, Daisaku refuses the order to retreat — across the line, mind you — to a shelter, and charges directly into the Final Battle to save Robo. | |
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Near the end of The Prayer Warriors: The Evil Gods Part One, Jerry and a converted Percy Jackson say that whoever does not wish to accompany them into Hell to kill Hades does not have to do so. | |
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In The Sword of Truth Kahlan makes the escape offer to a hopelessly outnumbered force of soldiers. Then has the people who didn't choose to stick with her killed. Variants on this actually happen several times over the course of the series, due to their With Us or Against Us mentality. | |
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Discussed in a deleted scene from Conan the Barbarian, just before the final battle: | |
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In Full Metal Panic! (the light novels and the manga, not yet the anime), after Amalgam all but annihilates Mithril, Tessa does a Line In The Sand speech to the Cool Ship's crew, telling everyone who wants to leave to come up to the flight deck in two hours' time. No one takes the offer. | |
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