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The spirit of a true hero is an awesome thing. The heroes can do anything if they are driven enough. They will not surrender, they will not stay down. Death, [[The Virus]], [[Wangst]], they are all to be shrugged off when the chips are down. No [[Despair Event Horizon]] for them.

 

 

A [[Super Trope]] involving:

Not to be [[I Thought It Meant|confused with]] [[Fate Stay Night|the Servants]]. Or literal [[The Hero|Heroic]] [[Our Spirits Are Different|Spirits]].

 

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* Ichigo of ''[[Bleach]]'' tends to act like this. On at least one occasion he essentially ''comes back from the dead'' just because he's that bent on winning.

* [[Mahou Sensei Negima|Jack Rakan]]. He's been known to <s>bend the laws of physics</s> outright '''ignore''' the laws of magic just ''[[Crazy Awesome|because]]''.

* Tenma from ''[[Monster (Anime)|Monster]]'' just won't break. Ever.

* Endou from ''[[Inazuma Eleven]]'' has been knocked down so many times by powerful shoots, and even when other people wouldn't have been able to stand, he struggles to his feet so that his team can continue to play and win the match.

* Goku, particularly in the ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' arcs could be said to be this.

 

== Comics ==

* Page quote comes from "Marvel Two in One Annual" #7. A cosmically-powered warrior called simply "The Champion" beams the strongest heroes of Earth up to his ship to box with him. The fate of the Earth is at stake, naturally. The Thing is the last hero into the ring (the others being mopped-up in short order by a bored champion or not really understanding boxing, and thus being 'disqualified' and punted back to wherever they were yanked from- there's an absolutely classic moment where Thor pops up, thoroughly confused, wearing boxing gloves and trunks... and his winged helmet and cape. Of course, since Norse gods don't box much, he proceeds to wing Mjolnir at the Champion and get kicked out.). The Thing gives a good account of himself before being savagely beaten down. He gets back up and attacks again, managing to injure the Champion before being beaten to an utter pulp. He gets up and manages to land a few more blows before being beaten through the floor. As the Champion goes into his spiel about the fate of the Earth, the Thing drags himself up and grabs him by the ankles (weakly). At which point the Champion declares "I could break your body, but I could never destroy your spirit" and leaves for other planets and other challenges. The story is based on a story in which Daredevil takes on the Hulk, which is itself based on a much earlier story involving Daredevil against the Sub-mariner. (Daredevil vs. either of these should be a hideously one-sided mismatch, seeing how they're superstrong and [[Nigh Invulnerable]], and he's...not really blind.)

* This is more or less what allows members of the [[Green Lantern]] Corps to use their rings.

** Also sort of applies to the Blue Lantern Corps.

* Although the trope should not be confused with ''[[Fate Stay Night]]'''s Heroic Spirits, the trope is quite an important part of the series. Shirou in particular practically lives and breathes this trope, especially in the "Fate" route.

** Saber, too. And they are the [[Battle Couple]] of that route.

** [[Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep|Terra]] may trump even Sora though. After spending his story trusting [[Obviously Evil|Obvious Villains]], getting convinced his friends have betrayed him and {{spoiler|causing the death of his surrogate father}}, he finally proves just why the Keyblade chose him: {{spoiler|after Xehanort pulls a [[Grand Theft Me]] on Terra at the climax of his final bosses and takes complete control of Terra's body, Terra's ''armour'' rises up to confront Xehanort, who's theoretically at his prime at this point, and beats the hell out of, quite literally, ''himself.'' After that? He kneels down and waits for 11 years before Sora runs across him in Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+, where he's widely regarded as [[That One Boss]] of an ''entire series littered with them''.}}

* ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' Compilation, especially ''[[Crisis Core]]'' - Zack Fair, who will just NOT quit, even in the face of impossible odds. It takes an ''army'' to kill him, and even then, ''he kills most of them.''

* In ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'', this was implied by [[Fairy Companion|Chip]] to be the reason behind Sonic being able to survive in his [[Our Werewolves Are Different|Werehog Form]] without being fully corrupted by [[Eldritch Abomination|Dark Gaia]].

** Of note is that ''he didn't even realize he was resisting it.'' His heroic spirit is so strong that it's practically subconscious.

 

 

== Western Animation ==

* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "A Taste Of Freedom", Old Man Waterfall says a similar line to the Decapodian invaders. They proceed to smash him into the ground, at which point he says, "Ow, my spirit!"

** The fact that Monkey is so small compared the Thing (though [[Flying Brick|no less super strong]]) makes it almost even more awesome.

*** For extra fun, we have the [[Casting Gag]] of Randy "Macho Man" Savage playing the cartoon's version of The Champion.

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