History Main / LeaveMeAlone

* Shep from ''Dogs Of The Drowned City'' says this to Callie when she worries for him and even [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero calls her and the other dogs "yappers"]]. He stews around for a while until he witnesses [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Frizzle]]'s death, snapping him out of his funk and deciding to help the others from now on.

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* Shep from ''Dogs Of The Drowned City'' says this to Callie when she worries for him and even [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero calls her and the other dogs "yappers"]]. He stews around for a while until he witnesses [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Frizzle]]'s death, snapping him out of his funk and deciding to help the others from now on.

** Supergirl kept this attitude for a long while in the ''Comicbook/{{New 52}}'' universe. When Franchise/{{Superman}} and Supergirl argue in the ''Comicbook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' storyline, he reminds his cousin that she wanted him to leave her alone to live her own life since she showed up on Earth.
** In ''Comicbook/SupergirlRebirth'', the DEO troops attack Lar-On -a Kryptonian werewolf- due to a misunderstanding. Lar-On screamed "Leave [me] alone!" and tried to get away.

** Deconstructed with Post-Crisis Supergirl. Shortly after showing up on Earth she asked her cousin, Franchise/{{Batman}} and Franchise/WonderWoman leave her alone for a while as she figured her new life out. Unfortunately she spent one whole year completely aimless and screwing around [[spoiler:due to Kryptonite poisoning altering her personality]] until she understood she needed help.

* 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.

* Fred in episode 26 of ''ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' goes on his own to search for his real parents after issuing the line "Mystery Incorporated is dead."

Of course, every now and then there's a character who is so {{Badass}} that they really can handle everything themselves. They never say "Leave Me Alone". 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.

* 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.
** Not that anyone would have any reason to expect that a temperamental monster with limitless SuperStrength and the mental outlook of a four year old could be safely left to his own devices. Especially since someone else might bug him later and set him off anyway.
*** Actually, this has become a plot point as characters in the Marvel Universe have become more genre savvy, and many of them have flat-out told the government that it's stupid to keep wasting ''billions of dollars'' in attempts to capture the Hulk when ''they've never succeeded''. When they do attack the Hulk, he's usually just minding his own business and not bothering anyone. Doc Samson even told them "The Hulk keeps telling you to leave him alone. I suggest you do exactly that." It's pretty much a given that if the Hulk was left to his own devices, he'd wander into a wilderness area far from any human encroachment and just stay there.

* ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'': Supergirl kept this attitude for a long while in the ''Comicbook/{{New 52}}'' universe. When Franchise/{{Superman}} and Supergirl argue in the ''Comicbook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' storyline, he reminds his cousin that she wanted him to leave her alone to live her own life since she showed up on Earth.

* The later seasons in ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' use this trope ''a lot''. Whenever an engine refuse to let the other engines help them with their work, they end up causing an accident, prompting said engine to learn a lesson that they needed help after all.

* The later seasons in ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' use this trope a lot. 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.

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.

Anyone who refuses help with this phrase is convinced that they need keep their problems secret and solve them on their own. This can only end one way: learning AnAesop about pride. Unless they say "leave me alone" and then add, "nothing's wrong" or "I can take care of myself" or "it's none of your business". In that case, [[TemptingFate they've screwed up even more badly, and may get themselves killed before they can learn their valuable lesson]]. The character will eventually learn that doing things alone causes problems and accepts ThePowerOfFriendship.

Anyone who refuses help with this phrase is convinced that they need keep their problems secret and solve them on their own. This can only end one way: learning AnAesop about pride. Unless they say "leave me alone" and then add, "nothing's wrong" or "I can take care of myself" or "it's none of your business". In that case, [[TemptingFate they've screwed up even more badly, and may get themselves killed before they can learn their valuable lesson]]. Remember, LonersAreFreaks and [[ThePowerOfFriendship friends are good for you]].

Compare DontYouDarePityMe and ThinkNothingOfIt, both of which can express this in certain situations.

* In ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' one episode featured an ensign from a low gravity world who needed a wheelchair to get around in what everybody else considered normal gravity. She resented being treated like she had a disability and refused all help and accommodation that wasn't absolutely necessary and also requested to operate solo on missions because she could focus and not worry about slowing anyone down. The first half of the episode was one incident after another of her refusing reasonable precautions and help and getting herself into danger because of it.

* 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.