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* Lisbeth Salander from Stieg Larsson's ''[[The Millennium Trilogy|Millennium]]'' trilogy: Do whatever you want to this [[Little Miss Badass|4 feet 11 inches tall girl]]: strand her on a bed for one full year, beat her nearly to death, rape her in the most gruesome way you can imagine, attack her in the middle of a tropical storm, send half the Scandinavian police after her, shoot her in the head then bury her, she will get back and have [[Ax Crazy|her revenge]] no matter what.
* Given the large number of books, it's no surprise that ''[[Discworld]]'' has featured several.
** Big Fido of ''[[Discworld/Men At Arms|Men Atat Arms]]'' is a tiny poodle that rose up through the ranks of the feral dog population by being a small, fast, impossible to defeat, killing machine. The narration notes that you could have sandblasted him for five minutes and what was left 'still wouldn't have given up and ''you'd better not turn your back on it''.
** Then there are Zombies, who are literally fueled by their obstinate refusal to die. Reg Shoe is probably the shining example.
** Vimes gets a couple of points here too. The man managed to outlive zombies, Trolls, and Golems in an alternate universe where the Watch was wiped out by Klatch. Not to mention ''killing two werewolves with his bare hands'', getting taken off the list of acceptable targets by the Assassins' Guild (a move he was inclined to appeal), taking history by the throat and making it cry uncle...the man is the living embodiment of this trope!
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** And Morgoth of course, who keeps fighting even after his orcs, Balrogs and dragons are defeated and he's cornered in his dungeons.
** Beren as well, who was determined to marry his love, even if the father sends him to an impossible quest as a condition.
* Speaking of [[J. R. R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]], Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli's pursuit of the orc band who kidnapped Merry and Pippin in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' shows that they have a bit of [[The Determinator]] in them as well. And then there's Samwise Gamgee, a simple gardener and loyal friend/servant/[[wikipedia:Batman (military)|batman]] to Frodo.
** What about Frodo and Gollum? Sam persevered because he still had hope, Frodo had no hope and yet still went doggedly on.
* [[Villain Protagonist]] [[Knight Templar]] head of the [[Secret Police|Guardian Service]] Operations Headquarters General and Colonel Stanis Alexander Rashid Trastamara from Yulia Latynina's ''Inhuman'', just after an insanely odds-defying {{spoiler|assassination of the [[Evil Prince]] and escape from his fortress}}: