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* In the first episode of ''Manga/KotouraSan'', Haruka requested this from Manabe at the end of episode 1, as she thought his being close to her would eventually hurt him. Manabe talked her out of it, at least to try to be friends with him.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' series use this trope a lot in the episodes from season 8-16. An engine will refuse to let the other engines help them with their work until they make their mistake, and said engine will realize that they needed help after all.

* In ''{{VideoGame/SonicRush|Series}}'', Blaze the Cat is like this at first, but grows out of it thanks to Cream and Sonic's influence.

* In VideoGame/SonicRush, Blaze the Cat is like this at first, but grows out of it thanks to Cream and Sonic's influence.

* In VideoGame/SonicRush, Blaze the Cat is like this at first, but grows out of it thanks to influence of Cream and Sonic.

--->'''Mai''': You want me to show emotion? Fine! Leave me alone!!

* * In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E22AllHellBreaksLoosePartTwo "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part Two" (S02, Ep22)]], Bobby does not want to leave Dean alone after Sam's death, but Dean insists and ends up making a deal with a crossroad demon.

* Inverted numerous times in Comicbook/IncredibleHulk, when the Hulk, and later Banner, tell the other heroes to leave him alone, or rather [[HulkSpeak Leave Hulk Alone]], and, what do you know, it turns out that they ''should have'' left him alone.

Phrase said by somebody who is about to try solving everything by themselves, and will screw things up really, really badly. Or somebody who has already screwed everything up.

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* In ''Franchise/TokimekiMemorial 2'', this is the bread and butter of the [[BrokenBird Kaori]] events "Farewell..." and "The person I can believe in". Thanksfully, the next day, the protagonist manages to find the right words to convince her not to behave like that. [[note]]see the [[{{Heartwarming/TokimekiMemorial}} Heartwarming Moments]] page of the ''Tokimeki Memorial'' series for more details on that sequence[[/note]] Kaori's "Watashi no koto o mou, kamawanaide" (= "Don't mind about me anymore") is one of the most famous quotes of the game.

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* In the animated ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', Raven tried dealing with several matters on her own, from heartache to [[spoiler: the end of the world]]. Try as she might, she couldn't quite keep her friends from getting involved somehow.

* In the first episode of ''Manga/{{Kotoura-san}}'', Haruka requested this from Manabe at the end of episode 1, as she thought his being close to her would eventually hurt him. Manabe talked her out of it, at least to try to be friends with him.

Phrase said by somebody who is about to try solving everything by themselves, and will screw things up really, really badly. Or somebody who has already screwed everything up.

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* In the ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E1AmokTime Amok Time]]", Spock spends the first part of the episode refusing help from Chapel, [=McCoy=], Kirk, or anyone else on ship out of embarrassment about the ''[[MateOrDie ponn farr]]''. Eventually, [[{{Determinator}} Kirk]] wears him down.

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* In the ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E1AmokTime Amok Time]]", Spock spends the first part of the episode refusing help from Chapel, [=McCoy=], Kirk, or anyone else on ship out of embarrassment about the ''[[MateOrDie ponn farr]]''. Eventually, Kirk wears him down.

* In the episode "Apple Buck Season" of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Applejack attempts to balance harvesting ''thousands of apple trees'' and helping her friends who each have a task for her which leads to her being exhausted. After causing several predicaments in Ponyville, she accepts assistance only after realizing that she can't harvest all the trees on her own.

* In the episode "Apple Buck Season" of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Applejack attempts to balance harvesting ''thousands of apple trees'' and helping her friends who each have a task for her which leads to her being exhausted. After causing several predicaments in Ponyville, she accepts assistance only after she admits not being able to harvest all the trees on her own.

* Subverted numerous times in Comicbook/IncredibleHulk, when the Hulk, and later Banner, tell the other heroes to leave him alone, or rather [[HulkSpeak Leave Hulk Alone]], and, what do you know, it turns out that they ''should have'' left him alone.

* In ''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh'', anyone who says "leave me alone" will inevitably come crawling back to the person who offered them help.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
** Said by Zuko when the Gaang tried to help Iroh after he'd been struck by Azula's lighting.
** Later, after his failure and near death at Ba Sing Se, Aang briefly adopts this philosophy and abandons the others to go alone, but is snapped out of it when the rest of the Gaang follows.
** Also, Mai at the beach.
--->'''Mai''': You want me to show emotion? Fine! Leave me alone!!
* Subverted on the animated ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes''. RebelliousPrincess Phantom Girl tells teammate Timberwolf that she can take care of herself. Cue monster sneaking up behind her...whom she hears in time and phases straight through. Played straight with Timberwolf in the second season, with Phantom Girl and Chameleon Boy being the ones helping out.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'''s Squall Leonheart embodies this trope. [[spoiler:He even admits he's a complete wreck later in the game, but he still won't accept anyone's help because he can't trust anyone anymore. Trying to isolate himself only makes things worse.]]
* In the animated ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', Raven tried dealing with several matters on her own, from heartache to [[spoiler: the end of the world]]. Try as she might, she couldn't quite keep her friends from getting involved somehow.

* ThePretender: Some of the people Jarod tries to help want to be alone including a rape survivor who is too traumatised to want to be around anyone and a CIA agent with powerful enemies. Also when Jarod tries to help Miss Parker with finding answers about her various murdered loved ones he often gets this response.
* In ''TokimekiMemorial 2'', this is the bread and butter of the [[BrokenBird Kaori]] events "Farewell..." and "The person I can believe in". Thanksfully, the next day, the protagonist manages to find the right words to convince her not to behave like that. [[note]]see the [[{{Heartwarming/TokimekiMemorial}} Heartwarming Moments]] page of the ''Tokimeki Memorial'' series for more details on that sequence[[/note]] Kaori's "Watashi no koto o mou, kamawanaide" (= "Don't mind about me anymore") is one of the most famous quotes of the game.
* In ThePowerpuffGirls episode "The Mane Event," Blossom--in seclusion after Bubbles and Buttercup had butchered her hair--simply tells the Professor to "go away."
* In the fisrt episode of ''Manga/{{Kotoura-san}}'', Haruka requested this from Manabe at the end of episode 1, as she thought his being close to her would eventually hurt him. Manabe talked her out of it, at least to try to be friends with him.

* {{Batman}} has proven to be a "you'll have to trust me" version of this trope.

Of course, every now and then there's a character who is so {{Badass}} that they really can handle everything themselves. They never say "LeaveMeAlone". They say "you'll have to trust me" or "don't help me when I don't want to be helped" or something that sounds equally high-minded. Unless, of course, they resort to the classic "Stay out of my way," in which case AnAesop about teamwork may not be far off.