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[The Freedom Fighters discover that Antoine has foolishly gone after Robotnik in an attempt to impress Sally]
Sally: Sonic, he could be in danger!
Sonic: So?
Sally: "So"? He'd come after you if you were in trouble! [Sonic just gives her a look] ...Okay, maybe not.

"Remind me why we have to rescue this guy."

"I'm starting to see less and less reason to save these assholes from Kuyou. They deserve to be burnt to a crisp."
Felucia Sonsta, Rosario Vampire: Brightest Darkness Act III

"Okay! You can have him!"
Courage throwing Eustace to a monster, Courage the Cowardly Dog, "Shirley the Medium"

"I believe this is mine."
Aquaman grabbing his trident rather than saving his treacherous brother Orm from falling to his death, Justice League, "The Enemy Below"

Hol Horse: Polnareff! Don't leave me here, please!
Jean-Pierre Polnareff: Oh, shut up. Did you forget about shooting my friend, Avdol? Now why in the hell should I save you? You're on your own pal!

By then, I was beginning to suspect that Artakha, or someone close to him, was taking revenge for our raid. That would mean Kojol would be next. Teridax needed to be informed immediately...

So, naturally, I did nothing.

Why? Because Kojol was a posturing, arrogant, obnoxious buffoon. If someone else wanted to spare me the trouble of killing him one day, so be it.

[Proto Man defeats Dr. Wily and advances towards him, who suddenly stops begging and has turned red.]
Proto Man: Hmm? What's wrong with you? You've got a fever... I guess that's what they call poetic justice.
Dr. Wily: ...
Proto Man: I should just leave you here...

So yeah, of course, it was the humans in the menagerie that set the moopsy free. They'd seen how profitable they were as an attraction, so they wanted to kill Narj and keep the station for themselves. Humans. We really are the worst. So anyway, instead of bringing them to the Cerritos, we left them in the menagerie until someone else has time to pick them up. Could take a while.
Beckett Mariner, personal log after an away mission that went from rescuing the humans in question to running away from a Killer Rabbit, Star Trek: Lower Decks, "I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee"

Lois/Princess Leia: Aren't you a little fat to be a Stormtrooper?
Chris/Luke Skywalker: Well, stay here and rot, ya stuck-up bitch.

Piccolo: Alright, better go save Gohan.
Kami: What about the others?
Piccolo: What about the others?
Dragon Ball Z Abridged, Cooler 2: The Return of Cooler's Revenge: The Reckoning

"I could've dropped him. I should've dropped him. Why didn't I drop him?"
Osmosis Jones after rescuing Mayor Spryman (and gets forced to pay for a new yacht), Ozzy & Drix, "The Globfather"

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