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There are many ways a character can respond to the [[Call to Adventure]]. If he's thrilled about it, and excited, he's [[Jumped At the Call]]. If he ignores it, or tries to continue living as though The Call never came, he's [[Refused the Call]].
And then there's the hero who isn't happy about being called, but doesn't believe that he can avoid it, either. For whatever reason, his reaction isn't "Yay! Adventure!" or "Leave me alone. I'm not doing it." His reaction is "I can't talk you into picking someone else, can I? I'm gonna have to do this thing, aren't I? Well, let's get it over with." He's
Sometimes, this is the only appropriate
If someone who is Resigned To The Call ever does attempt to actually move up to Refusing the Call, expect it to be a [[Ten-Minute Retirement]] before they [[Changed My Mind, Kid|change their mind]] or their [[Conscience Makes You Go Back|conscience makes them go back]], usually just in time for a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment.
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* Kyoko Koizumi in [[Twentieth Century Boys]]. She ends up involved in the whole "friend" conspiracy completely by accident, and repeatedly attempts (and fails) to go back to her normal life. Eventually she just gives in and rolls with it.
* Rin Natsuki of ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]'' thought Nozomi was nuts when she was chosen to be the next Pretty Cure, telling her "Thanks, but no thanks." When one of Nightmare's men arrive, Rin panics and tries to find Nozomi and tell her to stop being a Cure. When she refuses and gets in over her head, Rin's resigned to save her best friend, despite how scared she is, and become Cure Rouge.
* Usagi Tsukino goes through this during the first half of the [[Filler Episode]] storyline in ''[[Sailor Moon]] R''. After being resurrected following the fight with Queen Beryl, she's content as a normal school girl until the storyline's [[Big Bad
* In [[Saiyuki]] the fact that Sanzo is ACTUALLY DOING WHAT THE GODS WANT HIM TO in going on this quest, and even goes along with who they insist he bring along with limited grumbling seems severely out of character... until you get some backstory and realize his duty as a Sanzo priest was all that kept him from falling completely apart at a certain point in his life, and he also made a deal with the three aspects to do what they want while they search for the lost scripture he's been trying to recover for the greater part of his life. Then it makes more sense that he would be resigned to the call.
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* In [[J. R. R. Tolkien|Tolkien's]] ''[[Farmer Giles of Ham]]'', Giles doesn't really want to go dragon-hunting, but he knows he will eventually have to and can't keep making excuses for ever.
* [[The Elric Saga|Elric]] often complains about his fate as the [[Eternal Champions|Eternal Champion]], but feels helpless to avoid it.
* The Three in ''[[Warrior Cats]]'' feel this way about being [[The Chosen One
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