History Main / TenMinuteRetirement

** In the wake of the lines crossed in the ''Armor Wars'' storyline, and with Iron Man believed dead, Stark decided to leave him that way. Then Edwin Cord started using Firepower to attack Stark Enterprises directly, and his employees get hurt. Cue another RoaringRampageOfRevenge, this time in the brand-new Neo-Classic Armor, as the "all new" Iron Man. Even then, Stark planned to destroy his new armor after stopping Firepower, until its operator [[NiceJobFixingItVillain reminded him that there would be other threats]].

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Occasionally Spidey will get sick and tired of [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld juggling the demands of heroics and ordinary life]] for the benefit of [[HeroWithBadPublicity an unappreciative world]] and hang up the web-shooters until something spurs him into action again.

** Twilight Sparkle goes into one in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 The Return of Harmony Part 2]]", when [[DarkestHour her friends have abandoned her, and it looks like all of Equestria will fall under]] [[BigBad Discord]]'s reign of chaos.

* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':

This trope is almost cliché in ProfessionalWrestling. Very few wrestlers actually stay retired, with a "retirement" usually meaning that they are no longer performing full-time. The only times that a wrestling retirement usually sticks is if the wrestler either never made it past lowercard level (or, at worst, never made it past the independent promotions), or suffers from some medical issues that either prevents them from stepping back into the ring or will paralyze/kill them if they try (and thanks to advancements in medicine allowing wrestlers to continue performing after suffering injuries that would have been considered {{CareerEndingInjury career-ending}} just a decade ago, even this is becoming less common). And even most wrestlers who do stay retired will still stick around as commentators, referees, bookers, trainers or ambassadors. Much of this is an unfortunate side effect of the fact that WrestlingDoesntPay, or, at least, doesn't have any retirement benefits or long-term health care. (Although in fairness, many wrestlers who made good money spent it as soon as they got it, rather than planning for the future.) And many wrestlers who have money still find it difficult to stay away from the business, missing either the art itself or the roaring crowds and recognition.

* In ''Anime/CodeGeass R2'', [[spoiler:Lelouch goes into one of these after he learns that Nunnally, his sister, has been reinstated as a Britannian Princess and wants to settle the conflict in Area 11 diplomatically, just like Euphemia in the first season. At first, he wants to stop being the DarkMessiah and WellIntentionedExtremist Zero, since he started fighting for Nunnally's sake and wouldn't want to cause any problems for her now that she has a major political role as Area 11's viceroy. Eventually, he finds a way to [[TakeAThirdOption move the fight somewhere else]], making things easier for Nunnally without abandoning his team]].

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': [[CheerfulChild Phineas]], of [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness ALL]] people, gets one in "Summer Belongs to You" when he can't think of any way to get himself and his friends off a deserted island before sundown. It takes [[ToyShip Isabella]] indirectly giving him an idea to bring him to his senses.

This trope is almost cliché in ProfessionalWrestling. Very few wrestlers actually stay retired, with a "retirement" usually meaning that they are no longer performing full-time. The only times that a wrestling retirement usually sticks is if the wrestler either never made it past lowercard level, or suffers from some medical issues that either prevents them from stepping back into the ring or will paralyze/kill them if they try (and thanks to advancements in medicine, even this is becoming less common). And even most wrestlers who do stay retired will still stick around as commentators, referees, bookers, trainers or ambassadors. Much of this is an unfortunate side effect of the fact that WrestlingDoesntPay, or, at least, doesn't have any retirement benefits or long-term health care. (Although in fairness, many wrestlers who made good money spent it as soon as they got it, rather than planning for the future.) And many wrestlers who have money still find it difficult to stay away from the business, missing either the art itself or the roaring crowds and recognition.

This trope is almost cliché in ProfessionalWrestling. Very few wrestlers actually stay retired, with a "retirement" usually meaning that they are no longer performing full-time. The only times that a wrestling retirement usually sticks is if the wrestler either never made it past lowercard level, or suffers from some medical issues that either prevents them from stepping back into the ring or will paralyze/kill them if they try. And even most wrestlers who do stay retired will still stick around as commentators, referees, bookers, trainers or ambassadors. Much of this is an unfortunate side effect of the fact that WrestlingDoesntPay, or, at least, doesn't have any retirement benefits or long-term health care. (Although in fairness, many wrestlers who made good money spent it as soon as they got it, rather than planning for the future.) And many wrestlers who have money still find it difficult to stay away from the business, missing either the art itself or the roaring crowds and recognition.

* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'':