History Main / ChangedMyMindKid

It starts with the hero about to go into a big fight, maybe against the BigBad or at least one of his most powerful minions. He's gonna need all the help he can get, but one of his allies--likely the one he's had the least amount of trust in anyway through this whole ordeal--just wants to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere leave when he has the chance]]. The guy will call it self-preservation or common sense, but even if the hero chides him for being selfish, he can live with that. "Fine, be that way!" the hero shouts, and they part company, likely on a sour note.

** [[spoiler:Ron]] pulls one of these. He returns, just in time to [[spoiler:save Harry and destroy the locket Horcrux]].

* After Mike and Sulley get [[spoiler:exiled to the Himalayas]] in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', Mike angrily abandons Sulley over the latter essentially ruining his life and constantly ignoring him in favor of Boo. He rejoins Sulley a few minutes later, just in time [[spoiler:to [[BigDamnHeroes save him from Randall]].]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'', the supposedly retired/dead Metro Man comes back to fight Titan and save the day at the end. [[spoiler: Except it turns out that he didn't, and it is just Megamind wearing a disguise and imitating Metro Man's superpowers with gadgets.]]

** From the same book there's [[spoiler:Horace Slughorn, who initially flees with the Slytherins and other students, but returns JustInTime alongside ''all the villagers of Hogsmeade and everyone related to anyone left in the castle.'']] Whether that was his intention all along was never revealed.

* Red X in the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' episode "X".
-->'''Robin:''' [''grins''] I thought you didn't like to play the hero.\\
'''Red X:''' Doesn't mean I don't know how.
** "How Long is Forever?", which had Starfire travel into the future to find that the Teen Titans had long broken up, may have scored some kind of record by having ''all four'' of the other Titans initially turn her down, before joining the fight in this fashion.
* In the 2003 ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon, Raphael does this in the "City at War" storyline.
* Inverted in the second season finale of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''; [[spoiler:Azula says she needs Zuko's help to make her plan to take control of Ba Sing Se a success. Zuko, having spent the whole season coming to terms with the idea that he could never reclaim his honor (not to mention [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder distrusting Azula]]), initially refuses, only to ultimately be unable to bring himself to turn down an opportunity to achieve the thing he had been obsessing over for the past three years]].

* Monterey Jack does this during the FiveEpisodePilot of ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers''.
* In one WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short, "Scaredy Cat", Sylvester, after seeing a group of mice carry off Porky, flees the house in terror. However, his conscience then scolds him for running away, pointing out that Porky raised him since he was a kitten. It then reminds him that he is, in fact, larger than they are. He proceeds to run back inside and deal with the mice once and for all.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'', during an EnemyMine with Warp Darkmatter, the latter takes the first chance he can get to ditch Buzz but later comes back for him and declares that he couldn't leave without him... because he doesn't know how to drive the stick shift on Buzz's spaceship.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' episode "Summit to Save Earth, Part II", the Planeteers ask their old friend, Commander Clash, to help them save Gaia. When their plan fails, Clash walks off with the intention to return to his island, offering the kids to come with him. They refuse, and soon are captured by Zarm and co. However, just when [[NightmareFuel/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers Gaia and the Planeteers seem doomed]], [[BigDamnHeroes Clash swoops in with a mirror]], protecting Ma-Ti from Zarm's killer ray, and destroys Zarm's crystal ball, thus reverting Gaia to her younger form. And just like in case of Horace Slughorn (in the "literature" section), YMMV whether it was Clash's plan all along or he actually changed his mind.
* ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'' plays this in the third arc of ''WesternAnimation/{{Abracatastrophe}}'' where [[DirtyCoward Cosmo]] [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere chickens out]] of fighting Crocker, but suddenly comes back with [[HeroicBuild a massive amount of muscles]] to help Timmy. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, the trope becomes [[{{Subversion}} subverted]] after he is trapped in Crocker's scepter along with Wanda.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' "The Gathering", Owen Burnett [[spoiler:aka Puck]] abandons his boss Xanatos rather than face [[PhysicalGod Oberon]]. Xanato can scarcely believe that the normally unflinchingly loyal Owen is ditching him right when he needs all the help he can get. Owen does leave him some defenses and parting advice to grant him a fighting chance. He ultimately conquers his fear and comes back to aid Xanatos [[spoiler:only to justify his earlier fear as even he is no match at all for Oberon.]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' episode "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Duck" Huey, Duey, and Louie try to get help from famed detective and honorary Junior Woodchuck member Shedlock Jones (an obvious parody of Literature/SherlockHolmes) but he turns them away, because he's on a more important case; but he shows up to help them later, saying he ''is'' a Junior Woodchuck [[spoiler:(and also because he now thinks their problem relates to that other case, which it does.)]]
** Its [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 reboot]] does this when the triplets angrily disown Uncle Scrooge upon learning [[spoiler: he was partially responsible for their mother's disappearance, wrongly assuming he gave up on looking for her (when he in fact did, but was too stubborn to admit it)]]. They're fully prepared to leave Duckburg for [[WesternAnimation/TaleSpin Cape Suzette]] at Donald's suggestion, but Mrs. Beakely guilt trips them by pointing out that Scrooge DID in fact nearly bankrupt himself trying to find [[spoiler: Della]], and it completely destroyed emotionally in the process. Their love for him eventually leads them to change their minds, and rush back to help Scrooge when [[spoiler: Magica deSpell breaks free]].
* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' sees Daphne refuse to rejoin the gang in Season 2, after Fred [[spoiler: broke off their engagement upon learning his father was really a villain, and his real parents were forced to abandoned him, dissolving Mystery Inc. to go find them]]. It's only after she ends up at the center of yet another investigation and learns her new boyfriend [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Baylor Hotner]] was really [[spoiler: The Crybaby Clown]] that she asks to come back, rejoining the team permanently from that point forward.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E5GauntletOfFire Gauntlet Of Fire]]", Spike teams up with Princess Ember, but after getting through a few obstacles together she ditches him saying there can only be one winner and so it's "everydragon for themselves." She returns shortly after though and [[BigDamnHeroes saves Spike from Garble]] saying she was wrong and she cares about her friendship with Spike.
* ''WesternAnimation/KipoAndTheAgeOfWonderbeasts'': Wolf abandons Kipo multiple times in the first few episodes, but always comes back just in time to rescue her.
* In the ending of the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "All That Glitters", Spat returns from the hospital and immediately forgives [=SpongeBob=] for replacing him.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SweetSea'', when Sheeba obtains the Royal Necklace, the inhabitants don't want to live under her rule and leave the kingdom, including Sweet Sea's friends. Later, Sweet Sea's friends change their mind about leaving and arrive just in time to save her.

* ''Film/{{TheAlamo}}'': In the 1960 version, when they hear that reinforcements will not be coming, Bowie and Crockett decide to gather their troops and leave the fort. As they all approach the gate, Travis, instead of berating them, praises them for the courage they have shown so far, and thanks them for their service. In response, Bowie dismounts and stands with Travis, eventually joined by Crockett and all of the men who were about to leave.

* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1'', Brad "Chickenheart" Vickers, S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team's helicopter pilot, freaks out and takes off, stranding his team, when he sees one of them get mauled and eaten by zombie dogs. At the end, he shows up to rescue the survivors, and tosses a rocket launcher to the player to finish off the Tyrant. However, in [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRemake the remake]], when the gang is running away from the dogs, Brad passes by them from above... by flying towards the same direction they are, meaning everyone was running '''away''' from the helicopter. (Chris, instead of realizing this, questions what Brad is doing...) Next thing you know, they all run in the house. In the remake, at the very least, Brad seems to have had a good reason to fly away, and he did stick around in spite of nearly running out of fuel, which means every second he spent trying to get in touch with the other team, he was potentially screwing himself. This still doesn't [[spoiler:make his death and zombification at the hands of the Nemesis in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'']] any less [[KarmicDeath karmic]] in the eyes of [[TheScrappy some fans]].

* The final boss battle in ''VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS}}'', [[spoiler:where Zeke, having previously betrayed Cole, shows up to try and redeem himself by rushing at Kessler with a pistol. He gets blasted backwards about fifty feet for his troubles without landing so much as a spitball on Kessler, but he did allow Cole the chance to recover and fight back, and it goes a long way toward repairing Cole and Zeke's friendship in [[VideoGame/{{inFAMOUS 2}} the sequel]].]]
* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' Donald Duck and Goofy [[spoiler:quarrel with Sora and he winds up abandoning them to go on his own, but they still come back to save him from Larxene a little while afterwards]].

* In ''VideoGame/MaxPayne 3'', [[spoiler:Passos flies off with Giovanna without waiting for Max at the end of Chapter 10]]. Later, Max finds himself at a mercy of [[spoiler:Neves]], only for [[spoiler:Passos]] to come back and bail him out.

* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'', Brad "Chickenheart" Vickers, S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team's helicopter pilot, freaks out and takes off, stranding his team, when he sees one of them get mauled and eaten by zombie dogs. At the end, he shows up to rescue the survivors, and tosses a rocket launcher to the player to finish off the Tyrant.
** Anyone ever noticed in the remake though that when the gang is running away from the dogs, Brad passes by them from above... by flying towards the same direction they are? Meaning everyone was running '''away''' from the helicopter. (Chris, instead of realizing this, questions what Brad is doing...) Next thing you know, they all run in the house. In the remake, at the very least, Brad seems to have had a good reason to fly away, and he did stick around in spite of nearly running out of fuel, which means every second he spent trying to get in touch with the other team, he was potentially screwing himself.
** This still doesn't [[spoiler:make his death and zombification at the hands of the Nemesis in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'']] any less [[KarmicDeath karmic]] in the eyes of [[TheScrappy some fans]].

'''Mau'i:''' [[MeaningfulEcho You're welcome]].
-->-- ''{{WesternAnimation/Moana}}''

'''Mau'i:''' You're welcome.

* ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'': When Link disregards her suggestion not to go into the oasis, Epheremelda flips her wig and complains that Link never worries about her and that all he ever talks about is Zelda, then indignantly leaves. Moments before being eaten by Vitreous, Link is suddenly rescued by Zora, who explains that Epheremelda summoned him to help.

* In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension'', Phineas angrily rejects Perry when he and Ferb learn of his identity as a secret agent due to thinking he was using them as a cover. Just as the boys were about to go back to their home dimension, Doofenshmirtz-2 announces that Perry has been captured, having turned himself in to keep them safe, which causes Phineas to realize his folly and declare they go save their platypus.

* In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension'', Phineas angrily rejects Perry when he and Ferb learns of his identity as a secret agent due to thinking he was using them as a cover. Just as the boys were about to go back to their home dimension, Doofenshmirtz-2 announces that Perry has been captured, causing Phineas to realize his folly and declare they go save their platypus.

* In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossTheSecondDimension'', Phineas angrily rejects Perry when he and Ferb learns of his identity as a secret agent due to thinking he was using them as a cover. Just as the boys were about to go back to their home dimension, Doofenshmirtz-2 announces that Perry has been captured, causing Phineas to realize his folly and declare they go save their platypus.

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* In ''Animation/SweetSea'', when Sheeba obtains the Royal Necklace, the inhabitants don't want to live under her rule and leave the kingdom, including Sweet Sea's friends. Later, Sweet Sea's friends change their mind about leaving and arrive just in time to save her.
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'''Picard''': I changed my mind. Captain's prerogative.