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* Ange Ushiromiya from ''UminekonoNakuKoroNi'' starts out as one of these. She takes a few levels of badass as the series goes on.
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* Ange Ushiromiya from ''UminekonoNakuKoroNi'' ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' starts out as one of these. She takes a few levels of badass as the series goes on.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Guardian}}'', which explores Lulu's backstory in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', has her boyfriend Chappu cast her in this role when he joins the Crusaders, though she's not especially happy about it.
* ''Webcomic/{{Guardian}}'', which explores Lulu's backstory in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', has her boyfriend Chappu cast her in this role when he joins the Crusaders, though she's not especially happy about it.
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* Penny is this for Desmond in ''{{Lost}}''.
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* Penny is this for Desmond in ''{{Lost}}''.
''{{Series/Lost}}''.
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* Penny is this for Desmond in {{Lost}}.
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* Penny is this for Desmond in {{Lost}}.
''{{Lost}}''.
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*Penny is this for Desmond in {{Lost}}.
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* In his memoir, ''Quartered Safe Out Here'', Creator/GeorgeMacDonaldFraser tells how [[ApronMatron Grandmother McDonald]]) on hearing the news of the outbreak of war simply said, "I guess the men will be going away again." Fraser lived in a part of Britain that had long provided soldiery and the people adjusted accordingly.
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* In his memoir, ''Quartered Safe Out Here'', Creator/GeorgeMacDonaldFraser tells how [[ApronMatron Grandmother McDonald]]) McDonald]] on hearing the news of the outbreak of war simply said, "I guess the men will be going away again." Fraser lived in a part of Britain that had long provided soldiery and the people adjusted accordingly.
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* "The Girl I left behind me" in numerous JohnWayne films
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* "The Girl I left behind me" Left Behind Me" in numerous JohnWayne films
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* Mrs Onedin in ''Series/TheOnedinLine''. Also James Onedin's sister.
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* Mrs Mrs. Onedin in ''Series/TheOnedinLine''. Also James Onedin's sister.
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* The father and sister of Sostratos in '''Literature/OverTheWineDarkSea''.
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* The father and sister of Sostratos in '''Literature/OverTheWineDarkSea''.''Literature/OverTheWineDarkSea''.
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* Rachel for Balzac from Anime/TekkamanBlade, crosses over with CallToAgriculture and [[spoiler:FatalFamilyPhoto]].
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* Rachel for Balzac from Anime/TekkamanBlade, ''Anime/TekkamanBlade'', crosses over with CallToAgriculture and [[spoiler:FatalFamilyPhoto]].
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* The song "My Girl Back Home" in ''SouthPacific''. Possible TropeNamer.
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* The song "My Girl Back Home" in ''SouthPacific''.''Theatre/SouthPacific''. Possible TropeNamer.
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* Cattleya from RaveMaster is this. Especially when Haru quotes her every time he has the chance.
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* Cattleya from RaveMaster ''Manga/RaveMaster'' is this. Especially when Haru quotes her every time he has the chance.
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* In {{Midway}} (starring Henry Fonda), when the ships return from battle, a crowd of civilians is gathered at the navy yard. This includes the girlfriends of two of the main characters.
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* In {{Midway}} ''Film/{{Midway}}'' (starring Henry Fonda), when the ships return from battle, a crowd of civilians is gathered at the navy yard. This includes the girlfriends of two of the main characters.
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* Colonel Moore's wife Julie in ''WeWereSoldiers''. Others have girls back home too, but the [[ApronMatron positively regal]] way she keeps the home fires burning for the [[TeamMom whole base]], makes her the best representative of this in the movie.
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* Colonel Moore's wife Julie in ''WeWereSoldiers''.''Film/WeWereSoldiers''. Others have girls back home too, but the [[ApronMatron positively regal]] way she keeps the home fires burning for the [[TeamMom whole base]], makes her the best representative of this in the movie.
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* The father and sister of Sostratos in ''OverTheWineDarkSea''.
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* The father and sister of Sostratos in ''OverTheWineDarkSea''.'''Literature/OverTheWineDarkSea''.
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* ''Literature/RallyRoundTheFlagBoys'':
-->"How do we convince them that we're miserable?" asked Private Roger Litwhiler.\\
"Easiest thang in the world," said Opie. "Tell 'em how lonesome you are for the gal you left back home."\\
"Tell the ''new'' girl about the ''old'' girl?" asked Private Ernest J. Hoffman incredulously.\\
"Why, shore," said Opie. "Then she knows she ain't scratchin' after a prize that nobody else wants."\\
"Ah!" said the citizen-soldiers.\\
"But what if you haven't got a girl back home?" asked Private Gustave Morrissette.\\
"Then lie," said Opie. "But lie ''from the hort!''"
-->"How do we convince them that we're miserable?" asked Private Roger Litwhiler.\\
"Easiest thang in the world," said Opie. "Tell 'em how lonesome you are for the gal you left back home."\\
"Tell the ''new'' girl about the ''old'' girl?" asked Private Ernest J. Hoffman incredulously.\\
"Why, shore," said Opie. "Then she knows she ain't scratchin' after a prize that nobody else wants."\\
"Ah!" said the citizen-soldiers.\\
"But what if you haven't got a girl back home?" asked Private Gustave Morrissette.\\
"Then lie," said Opie. "But lie ''from the hort!''"
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* Rachel for Balzac from Anime/TekkamanBlade, crosses over with CallForAgriculture and [[spoiler:FatalFamilyPhoto]].
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* Rachel for Balzac from Anime/TekkamanBlade, crosses over with CallForAgriculture and [[spoiler:FatalFamilyPhoto]].
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* Ryoko is this for Shin, who is serving as a mercenary against his will, in ''{{Area 88}}''.
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* Ryoko is this for Shin, who is serving as a mercenary against his will, in ''{{Area ''Manga/{{Area 88}}''.
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* In his memoir, ''Quartered Safe Out Here'', Creator/GeorgeMacDonaldFraser tells how his aunt (I think it was his aunt, anyway she sounded like she was a tough old ApronMatron), on hearing the news of the outbreak of war simply said, "I guess the men will be going away again." Fraser lived in a part of Britain that had long provided soldiery and the people adjusted accordingly.
** This is in his McAuslan series of short stories, and it is his [=MacDonald=] grandmother. His other Granny is old enough to recall soldiers returning from the Crimean War.
*** It may have been there but I do remember them being in ''Quartered Safe Out Here''
** This is in his McAuslan series of short stories, and it is his [=MacDonald=] grandmother. His other Granny is old enough to recall soldiers returning from the Crimean War.
*** It may have been there but I do remember them being in ''Quartered Safe Out Here''
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* In his memoir, ''Quartered Safe Out Here'', Creator/GeorgeMacDonaldFraser tells how his aunt (I think it was his aunt, anyway she sounded like she was a tough old ApronMatron), [[ApronMatron Grandmother McDonald]]) on hearing the news of the outbreak of war simply said, "I guess the men will be going away again." Fraser lived in a part of Britain that had long provided soldiery and the people adjusted accordingly.
** Thisis was also featured in his McAuslan series of short stories, and it is his [=MacDonald=] grandmother. His other Granny is old enough to recall where both sets of grandmothers have experienced waiting for soldiers returning to return from the Crimean War.
*** It may have been there but I do remember them being in ''Quartered Safe Out Here''combat.
** This
*** It may have been there but I do remember them being in ''Quartered Safe Out Here''
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the trope refers to the loved one, not the person who HAS a loved one waiting. Thus, Glóin\'s wife is the example, not Glóin himself.
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* Glóin in ''Film/TheHobbit''. He's one of the few married dwarves and carries a miniature of his wife with him at all times.
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* Glóin Glóin's wife in ''Film/TheHobbit''. He's one of the few married dwarves and carries a miniature of his wife with him at all times.
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* In ''Captains Courageous'', there is a poignant scene in which the Gloucester fishing families gather at a church to listen to the yearly casualty report and several newly widowed women burst out in tears.
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* In ''Captains Courageous'', ''Literature/CaptainsCourageous'', there is a poignant scene in which the Gloucester fishing families gather at a church to listen to the yearly casualty report and several newly widowed women burst out in tears.
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->The dames of France are fond and free,\\
And Flemish lips are willing;\\
And soft the maids of Italy,\\
And Spanish eyes are thrilling;\\
Still, though I bask beneath their smile,\\
Their charms fail to bind me.\\
And my heart goes back to Erin's Isle,\\
To the girl I left behind me.
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And Flemish lips are willing;\\
And soft the maids of Italy,\\
And Spanish eyes are thrilling;\\
Still, though I bask beneath their smile,\\
Their charms fail to bind me.\\
And my heart goes back to Erin's Isle,\\
To the girl I left behind me.
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The stars were bright above me\\
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And soft the maids of Italy,\\
And Spanish eyes are thrilling;\\
Still, though I bask beneath
Their charms fail
When first she vowed to
But now I'm bound to Brighton camp\\
Kind heaven, then, pray guide me\\
And
To the girl I left behind
-->-Irish folksong
-->-'''"The Girl I Left Behind Me"''', a traditional departure song of [[BritsWithBattleships the British Army]]
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* Sinead Terekhov, to her husband Aivars, in the {{Honorverse}} sub-series ''Saganami Island''. The novel ''The Shadow of Saganami'' essentially opens with them facing yet another separation as he is deployed to a distant part of the galaxy.
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* Glóin in ''Film/TheHobbit''. He's one of the few married dwarves and carries a miniature of his wife with him at all times.
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* Both of the wives of ''Literature/HoratioHornblower''.
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* Both of the wives of ''Literature/HoratioHornblower''. Newlywed Hornblower is actually surprised to find he misses Maria since he married her out of pity, although not in books set later in his life because he dislikes her quite a lot by then. [[spoiler:He does love and miss Barbara, though.]]
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* Glóin in ''TheHobbit''. He's one of the few married dwarves and carries a miniature of his wife with him at all times.
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* The Ulster song "Bonnie Woodgreen":
--> It was way out in Flanders at the back of the line,
--> We were talking 'bout sweethearts we'd all left behind,
--> When one Irish soldier says, "I have a queen,"
--> And she works in John Ross's of Bonnie Woodgreen."
--> It was way out in Flanders at the back of the line,
--> We were talking 'bout sweethearts we'd all left behind,
--> When one Irish soldier says, "I have a queen,"
--> And she works in John Ross's of Bonnie Woodgreen."
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** In other cases the trope is averted. If the place they are posted to is relatively safe they can bring their family with them. After all, "cover" basically means lying about your job, so as long as you do a good job of that, your family isn't at further risk of leak or of being killed (your spouse or Significant Other generally knows, and the kids will just assume, along with everyone else, that Dad/Mom is a diplomat or something).
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** In other cases the trope is averted. If the place they are posted to is relatively safe they can bring their family with them. After all, "cover" basically means lying about your job, so job--the vast majority of agents make absolutely no attempt to hide their ''names'', they merely claim to work for someone other than the CIA (usually the Department of State, but it can also be [[CovertGroupWithMundaneFront another government agency or even a private company]]).[[note]]Claiming to work for the government is called "official cover," since you get [[DiplomaticImpunity diplomatic immunity]]; claiming to work for a private company is "unofficial" cover and is thus much riskier.[[/note]] So as long as you do a good job of that, your family isn't at further risk of leak or of being killed (your spouse or Significant Other generally knows, and the kids will just assume, along with everyone else, that Dad/Mom is a diplomat or something).
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* Auggie and Annie in CovertAffairs have each been this to each other. However it is usually Auggie who is the Guy Back Home because Auggie is blind and episodes where this is reversed are rare. Sometimes they work together in the field on the same mission but this is also rare; more commonly Auggie is MissionControl.
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* Auggie and Annie in CovertAffairs ''Series/{{Covert Affairs}}'' have each been this to each other. However it is usually Auggie who is the Guy Back Home because Auggie is blind and episodes where this is reversed are rare. Sometimes they work together in the field on the same mission but this is also rare; more commonly Auggie is MissionControl.
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** Gracia was this for Hughes during the war, he unfortunately never heeded the warnings regarding the FatalFamilyPhoto.
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** Gracia was this for Hughes during the war, he war. [[spoiler:He unfortunately never heeded the warnings regarding the FatalFamilyPhoto.]]
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** Both Eowyn and Faramir are this while in the Houses of Healing as well.
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** Arwen is this for AragornAragorn.
