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* Snufkin does this at the end of the first ''{{Moomins}}'' book. Granted, he's kinda TheDrifter anyway...

* ''Film/RicomincioDaTre''', Massimo Troisi's comedy, is about a young man named Gaetano, who leaves [[SmallTownBoredom his home in Naples]] to travel. Not, as he insists [[InsistentTerminology to "emigrate."]]

* Sophie Devereaux of ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' leaves to find her real self partway through the second season because she feels like she's getting lost in her many elaborately-constructed aliases. (Her absence coincided with actress Gina Bellman's pregnancy, and she rejoins the team at the end of the season.)

* At the end of ''PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', prosecutor Miles Edgeworth, having found out his mentor and a figure he greatly admired [[BrokenPedestal were both truly amoral]], leaves on a journey to understand true justice. In the second game, ''Justice For All'', he is briefly assumed to be dead, but [[spoiler: returns to prosecute the final case, having learned what he sought out to find.]]

* After reforming, Toxica and Jindrax decide to do this at the end of the PowerRangersWildForce.

* Oz leaves the show with one of these in ''Series/{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}'' to learn to control his werewolf side. He returns for one last episode, seemingly able to control the transformation (not changing to a full moon). He finds his feelings for Willow, who has since moved on, can still trigger it against his will, and leaves for good.

** [[spoiler: Ironically, the reconstructed Earl of Lemongrab goes on a journey of his own later on in "The Mountain.]]

Compare TheAtoner.

* Ben of ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' does this in-between the events of [[RevengeOfTheSith Episode III]] and [[ANewHope Episode IV]]. However, he makes the mistake of not keeping in contact with everyone and they all think the worse.

* Jiro, from the {{anime}} ''{{Kikaider}}''.

* Sophie Devereaux of {{Leverage}} leaves to find her real self partway through season 3, as she realized that none of her aliases were her anymore, despite the depth of backstory that each one had.

* Vork does this during season 3 of ''TheGuild''.

* [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] by Lily in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. She wanted to broaden her horizons and pursue her dream of being an artist in San Francisco, leaving her loving fiancee and friends behind. But when she arrived in San Francisco, she realized she'd broken up the love of her life in the cruelest way and alienated her friends. She spent her time there alone, bitter and afraid she ruined everything for herself. Lily's old life wasn't holding her back but provided her with happiness and stability. And when she did return to New York, her fiancee didn't take her back right away and her friends struggle to trust her again.

* Touma in ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Force'' goes on a trip by himself in order to come to terms with [[spoiler:the destruction of his hometown]], which leads to him encountering Lily and the events of the story taking place. [[WhamEpisode It snowballs]] [[DarkerAndEdgier from there]].

* After reforming, Toxica and Jindrax decide to do this at the end of the ''Wild Force'' season of ''PowerRangers''.

* Merrick Baliton does this at the end of the ''Wild Force'' season of ''PowerRangers''.

* N Harmonia does this at the end of VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite. The protagonist eventually leaves to look for him.

* ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'': The game ends with [[ByronicHero Gunvolt]] having killed his father figure, [[SupportingLeader Asimov]], in revenge for killing his ImpliedLoveInterest Joule. Having effectively disbanded both the enemies he faced and his own team, he goes on the run. Of course, the game was surprisingly successful for an obscure downloadable title, so Gunvolt's story will continue, but considering the StoryBreakingPower he earned at the [[EleventHourSuperpower end of the game]], this is probably the end of his own story.

* Subverted in ''Anime/{{Mai-HiME}}'', when said by [[spoiler: Natsuki Kuga. Problem is, her attendance is too low, so she does not have the time to go on a journey.]]

* The latter arc of ''HoneyAndClover''.

* Soujirou, from ''RurouniKenshin''.