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* On one ''Series/LivingSingle'' arc, Regine is majorly embarrassed by her friends on national television ''and'' discovers she's only living with her housemates because her mom guilted Khadijah and Khadijah's mom. After actually moving out into an apartment complex full of [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Suspiciously Similar Substitutes]], she eventually returns to her old apartment and status quo is restored.
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* The series finale to ''Series/{{Friends}}'' has Rachel boarding a plane to France to start a career she always wanted to be in. Ross doesn't want to see Rachel leave and wants to confess his feelings for her, but by the time Ross gets to the airport, the gate agent doesn't let Ross on board to see Rachel since he doesn't have a boarding pass. Ross solemnly heads back home and sees that Rachel left him a voicemail proclaiming she realizes that she does love him and she can be heard screaming at the flight attendants to let her off the plane. Ross turns around and sees that yes, Rachel did get off the plane and the two hug.
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* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica did this in the ComicBook/CapsKookyQuartet era. Power Man and the Enchantress managed to turn the Avengers into [[HeroWithBadPublicity heroes with bad publicity]]. Captain America managed to clean their names; and then retired. He gave up his Captain America identity, and started a new life as a boxer... which lasted for just some pages. When he heared in the radio that the Avengers had been kidnapped by Kang, [[AchillesInHisTent he took the shield again and headed to the battle without a second thought]].

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* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica did this in the ComicBook/CapsKookyQuartet era. Power Man and the Enchantress managed to turn the Avengers into [[HeroWithBadPublicity heroes with bad publicity]].HeroesWithBadPublicity. Captain America managed to clean their names; and then retired. He gave up his Captain America identity, and started a new life as a boxer... which lasted for just some pages. When he heared in the radio that the Avengers had been kidnapped by Kang, [[AchillesInHisTent he took the shield again and headed to the battle without a second thought]].
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* "Series/HogansHeroes:"
** In "Cuisine a la Stalag 13", [=LeBeau=] decides to go to England to more directly help the French war effort. There's an emotional goodbye scene as his friends help with his escape. Before he leaves the country, a mission comes up that requires his cooking skills, and he agrees to return to camp to help. The successful mission makes him realize how important he is to the operation at Stalag 13, and at the end of the episode he announces he's decided to stay.
** In "Hogan Go Home", Hogan is ordered home for a hero's welcome and an easy stateside job. He's thrilled at the news, and his men resign themselves to the idea of him leaving. Then he changes his mind, but his replacement is already on the way. Hogan seems to go along with the plans for his escape, but in the end the escape has to be interrupted, and he makes it clear that he really has decided to stay.
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* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid: Wrecking Ball'': The book sets up Greg's family moving away from Surrey Street. Rowley is very upset about it, and he has a going-away party with other people in his neighborhood. [[spoiler:But when the last bit of construction goes wrong, the house is in disrepair and is not sold, so Greg and his family have to stay.]]
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* In ''Series/PersonOfInterest'', Reese announces his intention to quit Team Machine at the end of "Alethia" (after spending most of that episode and the previous one off in Colorado brooding). The next episode has Reese flying out of New York; the Machine places him on a plane where people need his help, and in the process he rediscovers why he liked the job in the first place. The episode ends with him telling Finch he's ready to get back to work.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'''s episode "Overclockwise", Leela left Planet Express and departed to a distant place. Fry, who was left alone, even tries to commits suicide ([[BungledSuicide But he finds the omnipotent Bender instead]]). Leela returns at the end of the episode, and reads Bender's predictions about her fate with Fry.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'''s episode "Overclockwise", "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E25Overclockwise Overclockwise]]", Leela left Planet Express and departed to a distant place. Fry, who was left alone, even tries to commits suicide ([[BungledSuicide But he finds the omnipotent Bender instead]]). Leela returns at the end of the episode, and reads Bender's predictions about her fate with Fry.
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* In the season 5 opener of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Giles confides to Willow that he's going to return home to England, because Buffy no longer requires his services as a Watcher. At the end of the episode, when he's about to tell Buffy, she specifically tells him she needs him as her Watcher, and Giles changes his mind. He spends the rest of the show's run with one foot on the bus, vacillating between whether Buffy truly needs him, or if he's holding her back by staying in Sunnydale.

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* In the season 5 opener of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E1BuffyVsDracula Buffy vs. Dracula]]", Giles confides to Willow that he's going to return home to England, because Buffy no longer requires his services as a Watcher. At the end of the episode, when he's about to tell Buffy, she specifically tells him she needs him as her Watcher, and Giles changes his mind. He spends the rest of the show's run with one foot on the bus, vacillating between whether Buffy truly needs him, or if he's holding her back by staying in Sunnydale.



* At the end of ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'''s third season, Sherlock is forced to leave England for killing the episode's villain. However, his plane is barely in the air when Moriarty announces his return, and Sherlock is quickly pardoned and the plane turns around.

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* At In the end of ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'''s third season, episode "[[Recap/SherlockS03E03HisLastVow His Last Vow]]", Sherlock is forced to leave England for killing the episode's villain. However, his plane is barely in the air when Moriarty announces his return, and Sherlock is quickly pardoned and the plane turns around.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Texas": A homesick Sandy is about to step on a literal bus, supposedly leading her to the ocean surface, when [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick (not wanting her to leave) interrupt her and try to get her to stay. She refuses and boards the bus, but as it drives away, Patrick says "What's so great about dumb old Texas?" The bus immediately returns and an angry Sandy steps out. This gives [=SpongeBob=] the idea of calling Texas bad names. This angered Sandy enough for her to chase after them and for them to lead her to the surprise: a Texas-styled party at Krusty Krab to make her feel "at home". It doesn't really remind her much of Texas, but does make her realize that her home is just wherever her friends are, so she stays.

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episode "Texas": A homesick Sandy is about to step on a literal bus, supposedly leading her to the ocean surface, when [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick (not wanting her to leave) interrupt her and try to get her to stay. She refuses and boards the bus, but as it drives away, Patrick says "What's so great about dumb old Texas?" The bus immediately returns and an angry Sandy steps out. This gives [=SpongeBob=] the idea of calling Texas bad names. This angered Sandy enough for her to chase after them and for them to lead her to the surprise: a Texas-styled party at Krusty Krab to make her feel "at home". It doesn't really remind her much of Texas, but does make her realize that her home is just wherever her friends are, so she stays.
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* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', the season 7 finale "The Status Quo Combustion" introduces a lot of changes that Sheldon is unable to cope with, and he reacts by running away to ride the rails as a modern-day hobo. Leonard and Penny chase him to the train station and try to convince him to stay but ultimately come to accept him leaving. He's back in the next episode.
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* The second half of the 119th episode of ''Anime/KamisamaMinaraiHimitsuNoCocotama'' has Kokoro believe that her crush Ichinose will be transferring to a new school soon, so she prepares to make a special batch of Valentine's Day chocolates and her Cocotamas attempt to encourage her to admit her feelings to Ichinose. In the end, it turns out that Kokoro misunderstood and that it was actually Ichinose's coach who was going away.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Texas": A homesick Sandy is about to step on a bus, supposedly leading her to the ocean surface, when [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick (not wanting her to leave) interrupt her and try to get her to stay. She refuses and boards the bus, but as it drives away, Patrick says "What's so great about dumb old Texas?" The bus immediately returns and an angry Sandy steps out. This gives [=SpongeBob=] the idea of calling Texas bad names. This angered Sandy enough for her to chase after them and for them to lead her to the surprise: a Texas-styled party at Krusty Krab to make her feel "at home". It doesn't really remind her much of Texas, but does make her realize that her home is just wherever her friends are, so she stays.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Texas": A homesick Sandy is about to step on a literal bus, supposedly leading her to the ocean surface, when [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick (not wanting her to leave) interrupt her and try to get her to stay. She refuses and boards the bus, but as it drives away, Patrick says "What's so great about dumb old Texas?" The bus immediately returns and an angry Sandy steps out. This gives [=SpongeBob=] the idea of calling Texas bad names. This angered Sandy enough for her to chase after them and for them to lead her to the surprise: a Texas-styled party at Krusty Krab to make her feel "at home". It doesn't really remind her much of Texas, but does make her realize that her home is just wherever her friends are, so she stays.
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* ''VisualNovel/OtomeWaBokuNiKoishiteru'' has Ichiko's arc end with Mizuho organizing a faux-wedding and setting the record straight in lieu of his MissingMom. [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ichiko then ascends, believed to be going to heaven for good.]] [[spoiler: That is, until Mizuho returns to the dorm to find Ichiko back in the dorm with everyone else.]]

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* ''VisualNovel/OtomeWaBokuNiKoishiteru'' ''VisualNovel/OtobokuMaidensAreFallingForMe'' has Ichiko's arc end with Mizuho organizing a faux-wedding and setting the record straight in lieu of his MissingMom. [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ichiko then ascends, believed to be going to heaven for good.]] [[spoiler: That is, until Mizuho returns to the dorm to find Ichiko back in the dorm with everyone else.]]



* Comicbook/MsMarvel, in her #10 issue, had a tragic encounter with another Ms. Marvel from a ExpendableAlternateUniverse. She left to the space, and thought about leaving the planet and not returning. But what the hell, doing that is another way of escaping from problems instead of dealing with them... so she turned back and returned home.
* Comicbook/CaptainAmerica did this in the ComicBook/CapsKookyQuartet era. Power Man and the Enchantress managed to turn the Avengers into [[HeroWithBadPublicity heroes with bad publicity]]. Captain America managed to clean their names; and then retired. He gave up his Captain America identity, and started a new life as a boxer... which lasted for just some pages. When he heared in the radio that the Avengers had been kidnapped by Kang, [[AchillesInHisTent he took the shield again and headed to the battle without a second thought]].

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* Comicbook/MsMarvel, ComicBook/MsMarvel, in her #10 issue, had a tragic encounter with another Ms. Marvel from a ExpendableAlternateUniverse. She left to the space, and thought about leaving the planet and not returning. But what the hell, doing that is another way of escaping from problems instead of dealing with them... so she turned back and returned home.
* Comicbook/CaptainAmerica ComicBook/CaptainAmerica did this in the ComicBook/CapsKookyQuartet era. Power Man and the Enchantress managed to turn the Avengers into [[HeroWithBadPublicity heroes with bad publicity]]. Captain America managed to clean their names; and then retired. He gave up his Captain America identity, and started a new life as a boxer... which lasted for just some pages. When he heared in the radio that the Avengers had been kidnapped by Kang, [[AchillesInHisTent he took the shield again and headed to the battle without a second thought]].



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* ''Series/TheBarrier'': One of the protagonists commits a murder in self-defense while living in a PoliceState in the first episode and is hence hiding from the authorities for most of the series. Both of her serious attempts to leave the plot's main location get cancelled.
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->'''Ross:''' Did she get off the plane? Did she get off the plane?!\\
'''Rachel:''' I got off the plane.
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* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': After defeating Apocalypse, Jean Grey took off into the outer space. She returned in the next issue, as it was revealed that was causing problems in the galaxy during her journeys.

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** Colossus left the team in disgust and returned to Russia when Xavier informed him that Magneto was alive, but returned to fight Proteus in the same arc.
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* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': After defeating Apocalypse, Jean Grey took off into the outer space. She returned in the next issue, as it was revealed that was causing problems in the galaxy during her journeys.
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* ''Series/{{iCarly}}'': In "iWanna Stay With Spencer", Carly is forced to move to Yakima with her Granddad because he saw an incident with his "Fan of Hammers" on the webcast where one of the hammers almost hit Carly when it broke off, seeing him as irresponsible. At the last minute before Carly is out the door, Spencer remembers something and gives Granddad Carly's asthma inhaler, even though she hadn't had an attack in years. Seeing this as an act of responsibility, Granddad lets Carly stay.
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* ComicBook/TheAvengers #183 and #184. Instead of seeking revenge, the Absorbing Man tried to take a ship to South America. There are no super heroes in there (at least, not many ones), and he could be a jerk without any interference. Bad luck: he was a jerk with Hawkeye in his civilian identity when he waited at the port. This made the Avengers come after him, and by the time he got rid of them, the ship had already left.

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* ComicBook/TheAvengers #183 and #184. Instead of seeking revenge, the Absorbing Man tried to take a ship to South America. There are no super heroes in there (at least, not many ones), and he could be a jerk without any interference. Bad luck: he was a jerk with Hawkeye in his civilian identity when he waited at the port. This made the Avengers come after him, and by the time he got rid of them, the ship had already left.



* Comicbook/CaptainAmerica did this in the ComicBook/CapsKookyQuartet. Power Man and the Enchantress managed to turn the Avengers into [[HeroWithBadPublicity heroes with bad publicity]]. Captain America managed to clean their names; and then retired. He gave up his Captain America identity, and started a new life as a boxer... which lasted for just some pages. When he heared in the radio that the Avengers had been kidnapped by Kang, [[AchillesInHisTent he took the shield again and headed to the battle without a second thought]].

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* Comicbook/CaptainAmerica did this in the ComicBook/CapsKookyQuartet.ComicBook/CapsKookyQuartet era. Power Man and the Enchantress managed to turn the Avengers into [[HeroWithBadPublicity heroes with bad publicity]]. Captain America managed to clean their names; and then retired. He gave up his Captain America identity, and started a new life as a boxer... which lasted for just some pages. When he heared in the radio that the Avengers had been kidnapped by Kang, [[AchillesInHisTent he took the shield again and headed to the battle without a second thought]].
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** In "The Pink Purloiner", Patrick threatens to leave Bikini Bottom after [=SpongeBob=] accuses him of stealing Ol' Reliable (his jellyfishing net). When it looks like Patrick is going to get onto the bus, [[spoiler: it turns out that the net was left on said bus by [=SpongeBob=].]]
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* ''Series/TheGhostAndMrsMuir'': In "Martha Meets the Captain", Martha has to go to Florida permanently to look after her mother. The only way the captain can stop her leaving before her surprise party is to appear to her. The show ends with her staying.
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* Buffy Driscoll in ''Series/AndiMack'' almost moved to Phoenix when her mother gets a job there, but the job gets canceled and she only moves an hour away from Andi and the gang.
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* Has happened in ''Series/{{Bunkd}}'' at least once.
** Lou almost left camp in "Dog Days of Summer" when she becomes depressed after her dog died. When the others turned Woodchuck Week into Loulapalooza in honor of what she did for them, she decides to stay.
** Tiffany was almost taken home by her strict mother in "Camp Stinky-Waka", but her responsibilities manage to change her mind.
** Xander almost left camp for good in "Xander Says Goodbye" before he proved to his father he can do both his dreams (counselor and football player) at once.
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* On ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'', Earl is in a coma and dreams that he's in a DomCom. He gets a call that he's being promoted, and it means he'll be "leaving the show." (Dying in the "real" world.) When [[ContinuityNod Josh]] comes to pick him up, he decides he's not going to take the new job, and therefore not going to leave. This corresponds to [[spoiler: Randy doing List items, and figuring out that that's what's keeping Earl from dying.]]
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* ''ComicBook/StarTrekEarlyVoyages'': In "One of a Kind", Nano is recalled to his homeworld Liria after three of his people are killed in a fire so that his presence can allow the shared consciousness to heal. He has mixed feelings about his impending departure from the ''Enterprise''. Considering that he was created to be an outsider, Nano tells Sita Mohindas that returning to Liria should be a dream come true. However, he does not want to leave his friends and shipmates on the ''Enterprise''. Nano is eventually allowed to remain in Starfleet as the Unity believes that he can help the Lirin to dispel their fears of the unknown by periodically returning home and sharing his experiences aboard the ''Enterprise'' with them.

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