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Line 1: {{trope}} ''Not'' [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]:<ref> [[Captain Obvious\|unless the character is literally getting on a horse]]</ref>: When someone who no longer fights on the front lines, perhaps because they [[Kicked Upstairs\|got promoted]] to a [[Desk Jockey\|desk job]], or decided that they were getting too old for this and [[Retired Badass\|retired]], returns to battle, either out of boredom or necessity. Can often apply to [[The Captain]], a [[Four-Star Badass]], or maybe even [[Our Presidents Are Different\|The President]] or [[Royals Who Actually Do Something\|the King]]. Related to [[Ten-Minute Retirement]]. In the case of [['''Back in the Saddle]]''', the retirement or promotion typically won't happen in the same story arc as the return to the action. This trope also applies to being [[Kicked Upstairs]] or being otherwise made into a [[Desk Jockey]]. A sister-trope to [[He's Back]], where the hero is out of action because of a [[Heroic BSOD]] or otherwises loses his groove. If a group is involved, may require [[Putting the Band Back Together]]. {{examples}} Line 15: == ~~Comicbooks~~Comic Books == * Both ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Come]]'' feature superheroes coming back from retirement. ** And in ''The Dark Knight Returns'', [[Batman]] literally gets in a saddle. == Films -- Live-Action == * ''[[Hot Shots]]! Part Deux''. After Topper Harley's [[I Will Fight No More Forever]] retirement from the military, he's called back to duty when his old boss is captured while on a rescue mission. * [[Independence Day]]: President Whitmore, getting back in the cockpit to rally the surviving military forces after they have been on the wrong side of a [[Curb Stomp Battle]] in order to [[Save the World]]. ** Quite a few of the other pilots were long-since retired, including Russell, who hadn't flown a military jet since the [[Vietnam War]]. * ''[[Predator]]''. Dillon, who at one time been one of Dutch's comrades but ended up a pencil pusher at the CIA. He went along on the mission to save his CIA friends. * ''[[Space Cowboys]]''. A team of retired test pilots are called into action to repair a faulty satellite. * ''[[Star Trek: The ~~Motion Picture\|Star Trek the~~ Motion Picture]]''. <s>[[The Captain\|Captain]]</s> [[Four-Star Badass\|Admiral]] Kirk, who's been working a desk as Chief of Naval Operations for several years, uses the V'Ger crisis to get himself returned to the Enterprise. This is a [[Subverted]] example in that Admiral Kirk is not in fact in ''[[Jurisdiction Friction\|command]]'' [[Jurisdiction Friction\|of the Enterprise]], but rather is in command of the ''mission'' the Enterprise is on. Captain Dekker has the responsibility (and arguably, the fun) of commanding the ship itself. ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan\|Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan]]'': Doctor McCoy implores Admiral Kirk to get out from behind the desk and get in another starship, "before you really do grow old." * Admiral Kirk initially tries to insist that Captain Spock, the ship's commander, stay in command of the ship during the mission, as Captain Dekker did in the previous film, but Spock insisted that the Enterprise rightfully belonged to Kirk. [[Alternate Character Interpretation\|Maybe because]] [[Genre Savvy\|he knew what]] [[Heroic Sacrifice\|happened]] to the [[Mauve Shirt\|last guy]]. ** [[Rule of Three\|And of course]], in ''[[Star Trek Generations]]'', Kirk gives Picard a piece of cautionary advice to never let himself be put behind a desk. * ''[[Starship Troopers (film)\|Starship Troopers]]''. Rico's teacher Mr. Rasczak retired from the Mobile Infantry and became a school teacher, probably because he lost part of his left arm. After the start of the Bug War he rejoins the Mobile Infantry with the rank of Lieutenant, with a cybernetic replacement on the stump of his arm. There's also Drill Sergeant Zim, who is so eager to get back on the front lines that he deliberately gets himself demoted to Private to do so. Line 34: == Literature == * In ''[[Harry Potter (novel)\|Harry Potter]]'', Mad Eye Moody is retired but is called back to active service by Dumbledore when Voldemort comes [[Back ~~From~~from the Dead]]. * In the ''[[Deathstalker (novel)\|Deathstalker]]'' series as part of Owen's plan to overthrow Empress Lionstone they plan to recruit Jack Random, the "[[Rebellious Spirit\|professional rebel]]". To their surprise, Random is now an old, world-weary retiree who, after one defeat too many, has taken up janitorial duties. They manage to bring him back in and he proves to still have a good bit of fight in him. == Live-Action TV == * ''[[Buck Rogers in ~~The~~the 25th Century]]'' episode "Return of the Fighting 69th". A long retired bomber pilot and the rest of the crew from his squadron are called back to duty because they're the only ones who can navigate a treacherous asteroid belt. * ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' has had General Hammond coming to [[The Squad]]'s rescue on a number of occasions. The most noteworthy case probably being when he showed up with his [[Big Damn Gunship]] in the Season 7 finale. ** General O'Neill got to pull one of these in a later season when [[The Squad]] finds an [[Neglectful Precursor\|Atlantean]] [[Cool Starship\|Puddlejumper]], which he uses to save the day because he is one of the [[Born Winner\|few people]] they know of who can operate one. * In ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs]]'', James Bellamy is given a staff job when his views on the battle of Mons in [[World War ~~One~~I]] are made public by Tory sympathisers. Later on, due to the frustrations of being away from the real fighting, and with the help of Hazel, who pulls a few strings for him, he returns to the front as a Major. == Videogames == * In ''[[Ace Combat]] Zero'', Dietrich Kellerman, the legendary Belkan [[Ace Pilot]]-turned-[[Veteran Instructor]] (and you have to be really good to become a legend of the [[Badass Army\|Belkan Air Force]]), is sent back to the frontlines during the Belkan War to boost the troops' morale. * In [[Metal Gear Solid]], Solid Snake <s>gets back to business</s> is kidnapped and forcibly recruited after retiring to raise sled dogs in Alaska. * From '''''[[Metal Wolf Chaos]]''''' we have '''MICHEAL''' Wilson, '''PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES''', who fights for '''''BURNING AMERICAN JUSTICE''''' after being betrayed by his Vice President '''''RICHAAAAAAARD''''' Hawk. * This gets Lt. General Raul of ''[[Radiant Historia]]'' killed in one of many [[Fission Mailed\|false]] [[Bad Ending\|bad endings]]. == Western Animation == * In ''[[Batman Beyond]]'', Bruce Wayne has long-since retired from being Batman due to old age and a crippling heart condition. He now mentors and acts as the [[Voice with an Internet Connection]] to the new Batman. However, on two occasions he's taken up the fight again. On the first, he did it with the aid of [[Powered Armor]]. On the second, he was returned to a younger age through the use of a [[Applied Phlebotinum\|Lazarus Pit]]. Both times, his [[Crowning Music of Awesome\|heroic theme]] from ''[[Batman: The Animated Series\|Batman the Animated Series]]'' plays for him. Both can be conveniently watched [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqRATvE-gXo here]. * In ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', the decrepitly old Captain Righteous and Lefty are brought out of retirement because of their reputation in the past of being the only ones able to stop the Ministry of Pain. The Ministry themselves are also decrepitly old and have gone senile. They could have easily been stopped by the Powerpuffs, though Blossom insists that Righteous and Lefty be allowed to do it because the girls needed to respect their elders. * ''[[Wing Commander Academy]]'': In one episode, the ''[[The Battlestar\|Tiger's Claw]]'' is attacked while most of her fighter wing is away. Because his remaining pilots are badly outnumbered, Commodore Tolwyn decides to climb into a fighter to [[Authority Equals Asskicking\|personally take part in the fighting]]. Line 61: [[Category:Military and Warfare Tropes]] [[Category:Back in the Saddle]] [[Category:Tropes in Retirement]]