Always Save the Girl: Difference between revisions

* Deconstructed in the [[Rescue Arc|Conviction Arc]] of ''[[Berserk]]''. Guts saves Casca from being {{spoiler|[[Burn the Witch|burned at the stake as a witch]] by [[Light Is Not Good|Bishop Mozgus]] [[Torture Technician|and his henchmen]], who are being backed by all of the citizens [[Gullible Lemmings|who blindly follow whatever he says just to save themselves from damnation]]. They want to burn her because they think she is responsible for the influx of monsters and evil spirits around St. Albion and, well, technically they're correct, since the Brand of the Sacrifice on Casca's breast attracts evil spirits that are nearby.}} But Guts, being her [[Love Interest]] and thus [[I Will Protect Her|vowing to protect her]], doesn't give two shits about what will happen so long he and Casca survive at the end of it all. He pretty much tells Mozgus and the refugees to go fuck themselves.

* [[This Ugly Yet Beautiful World]]: Hikari is {{spoiler|the anthropomorphic personification of extinction}}. Takeru is {{spoiler|a mutation born to stop her}}. And he still does everything in his power to protect her, consequences be damned. Granted he doesn't know either of those facts for most of the series, but even after he learns the truth it doesn't change anything.

** Touma will help anyone in need. Usually this help involves punching someone in the face. While everything around him is exploding.

** Accelerator doesn't care if you're an angel, an esper, or the entire world's militaries combined; he won't let ''anything'' happen to Last Order.

 

 

* Extremely subverted in ''[[Sin City]]: The Big Fat Kill'', Dwight McCarthy offers Jackie Boy's head to Manute (which will allow Manute to tie Jackie Boy's death to Old Town) in exchange for Gail. Dwight's stuffed the head with explosives and as soon as it's in Manute's hands, blows it up as dozens of Old Town girls show up on the rooftops, raining bullets into the alley, killing Manute and all his men.

* Also extremely subverted in ''[[Ultimate Fantastic Four]]'' during the ''Ultimatum'' storyline. {{spoiler|Reed Richards chooses to confront Doctor Doom and save the world at large, abandoning his dying girlfriend, Sue. Eventually, she calls him out for it and breaks up with him. He explains that he made the "logical" choice, as saving the world would ultimately mean saving her as well. Sue remarks that she always felt that their love ''defied'' logic, and leaves him.}}

 

== Films -- Animation ==

* Disney's ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'' pulls this {{spoiler|with Hercules giving of his powers to make Megara safe. It leads to [[Fridge Horror]] when you consider what would have happened if an unlucky accident hadn't killed Megara and returned his powers.}}