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Done well, this turn of events can add realism to an otherwise invincible character. Done badly, it may leave the audience wondering if the Badass just caught the [[Distress Ball]] today.
[[The Lancer]] is often subject to this, because aside from being the most likely candidate for [[Badass]]ery, they're often hit with [[An Aesop]] about [[The Power of Friendship]]. Having butted heads with the hero once too often and [[Ineffectual Loner|stormed off to work on their own]], they fail spectacularly and have to be rescued by [[The Hero]], after which the Aesop has been taught and they can resume kicking ass. Compare [[Bruce Wayne Held Hostage]].
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== Anime
* Kouji Kabuto from ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' undoubtedly is a [[Hot-Blooded]] [[Badass]], an excellent [[Humongous Mecha]] pilot, a great sharpshooter and a competent fighter can take care of himself even when he is outside of his giant robot. However he often needed being rescued either because he had fallen into a trap or because the odds were brutally against him. It happened several times in ''[[Great Mazinger]]'', ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer]]'' and ''[[Mazinkaiser]]'', but it was specially glaring in ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer]]'', where he was demoted from [[The Hero]] to [[The Lancer]], and instead of a [[Humongous Mecha]] he piloted a support unit. However usually he was saved by a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment from Sayaka, Boss, Tetsuya or Duke, so even when he was in danger, usually it ended up in a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
** {{spoiler|His adoptive brother}}, Tetsuya Tsurugi also found in that position at least once {{spoiler|and he had to be saved by his father's [[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}. Duke Fleed also was captured sometimes.
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** Also {{spoiler|Maka Albarn}}, during the Envy and Sloth chapters of the same book.
* Kallen Stadtfeld from ''[[Code Geass]]'' was captured at one point in the second season and her time in captivity was used for some [[Character Development]]. But once she got out of captivity... she killed [[Psycho for Hire|Luciano Bradley]] and made it clear who the motherfucking [[Action Girl]] of the series is.
** Heck, even when she was a prisoner, she remained quite rebellious. [http://img4.gelbooru.com//images/303/bfb846d8031980aa03628950d7d804331ca8d635.gif Punching the fuck outta Suzaku]{{Dead link}} while wearing a [[Pimped-Out Dress]], anyone?
* Mewtwo in ''[[Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns]].'' He spent the first movie being a total badass villain, and never actually being defeated. He has a few badass moments in the sequel, where he fends off Team Rocket. Even when he's captured {{spoiler|due to some Pokemon being held hostage}}, he never gives in, {{spoiler|resisting the pain of the device being used at him nearly at the expense of his life}}. Naturally, Ash and co. are there to save him using the [[Phlebotinum]] of the week. What does he do after being rescued? {{spoiler|He wipes the memory of at least 50 people simultaneously and moves part of a ''mountain'', evacuates his Pokemon telekinetically to various places, and then produces hot air balloons to get the Rocket Trio and Ash and his friends to their destinations}}. He handles the whole thing with a fair amount of angst as per his character, but no pleading, no crying, and no caving in.
* Meow from ''[[Kazemakase Tsukikage Ran]]'' may be a skilled fighter but she does get hit with the [[Distress Ball]] more than a few times, requiring Ran to come to her aid. Once Meow gets free, though, she joins Ran with beating up the bad guys.
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** During the same arc, [[Badass|Natsu]] and Wendy were captured by the king of Edolas and drained of their magic; having been unable to use it in Edolas, they couldn't use their powers to escape and had to be rescued by Lucy, Erza and Gray.
* Ran, Kazuha, Heiji and Kogoro (though in his case it's more like [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]) have caught quite the [[Distress Ball]]s in [[Detective Conan]].
* ''[[Inuyasha]]'': The [[One-Man Army|most powerful]] character in the series is [[Badass Long Hair|Sesshoumaru]]. As he himself once [[Badass Boast|observes]], he's never been cornered into a desperate situation. He's also the only thing standing between [[Big Bad|Naraku]] and the [[Gotta Catch Them All|last shard]] of the [[Dismantled MacGuffin|Shikon no Tama]], resulting in {{spoiler|Magatsuhi, the [[Complete Monster|dark will]] of the [[Ultimate Evil|Shikon no Tama]],}} being sent after him to [[The Chessmaster|take advantage of]] Sesshoumaru's {{spoiler|[[Not So Invincible After All|weaponless state]]. [[The Strategist|Magatsuhi]]}} immediately exploits Sesshoumaru's {{spoiler|[[Handicapped Badass|one-armed status]] and succeeds.}} [[Annoying Younger Sibling|Younger brother]] [[The Hero|Inuyasha]] rescues him but not before {{spoiler|his [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!|remaining arm]] is [[I Can Still Fight|ripped]] to [[Healing Factor|shreds]].}} That doesn't stop {{spoiler|[[Magnificent Bastard|Magatsuhi]]}} rendering Inuyasha's [[BFS|sword]] [[Shoot the Hostage|useless]], {{spoiler|stabbing Sesshoumaru [[No One Could Survive That|through the heart]],}} and capturing Inuyasha. {{spoiler|Not only does [[Determinator|Sesshoumaru]] [[Not Quite Dead|not die]], but he ''[[Came Back Strong|comes]] [[Took a Level
* [[Action Girl|Moka]] recently got hit with this in ''[[Rosario + Vampire]]''. That only applies to [[Split Personality|Inner Moka]], whereas Outer Moka is a [[Damsel in Distress]].
* Recently in ''[[Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple]]'', {{spoiler|[[Complete Monster|Silcardo]] decides to take [[Cute Bruiser|Miu]] as HIS new Disciple and as a result she got hit with the [[Distress Ball]] HARD. Not only that, but then she was [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] and pit against fighting Kenichi: Silcardo hoped to have Miu mentally broken via killing Kenichi, and thus complete a [[Face Heel Turn]].}} How does this end? {{spoiler|In failure: Kenichi gets to Miu in the end, she returns to her senses, and they take on their enemies together. It wasn't a complete failure though as Silcardo brought up successful traces of a [[Blood Knight]] on her.}}
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* ''[[Kimba the White Lion]]'' had some cases where [[Killer Rabbit|Kimba]] needed to be rescued by either [[The Lancer|Roger Ranger]] or [[Karmic Jackpot|one of his subjects that he helped before]].
* Happens to all of the Children in [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]], with he most glaring example being {{spoiler|Rei in ''Rebuild''.}}
* ''[[Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki]]'' has both Ryoko and Ayeka in the
** Happened to Ryoko again later, when she was captured by Dr. Clay and replaced by a
** Ayeka also gets put in this position in ''Tenchi Universe'', when {{spoiler|she's kidnapped by that continuity's Kagato.}}
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* Happens in ''[[The Authority]]'' a few times. {{spoiler|for instance, to the entire Authority.}}
* The end of ''[[Empowered]]'' vol. 3 puts Ninjette firmly in this category. {{spoiler|Six ninja ambush her in a park and tag her with a "sleeping poison"-laced blade. Four of them were dead or mortally wounded before she was blindsided with some [[Instant Sedative]], and the only reason the last two were on their feet was a secret clan technique rendering them immune to pain (she thought they were solidly out of the fight, or at least too hurt to sneak up on her).}}
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* In [[The Tainted Grimoire]], there is Cid, who got captured by {{spoiler|Khamja}}.
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* Raphael in the ''[[TMNT]]'' movies, especially the second movie thanks to his stint working alone had him getting captured by Shredder, Tokka and Rahzar and had to be saved by his brothers before he can kick ass again. He's [[The Lancer]], so that explains. The more recent TMNT movie, however, subvert it that even though Raphael is still [[The Lancer]], his stint caused [[The Hero|Leonardo]] to get caught instead.
* ''[[Star Trek]]''
* ''[[Star Wars]]'':
* ''[[Star Wars]]''. At the end of Episode V, [[The Lancer|Han Solo]] is imprisoned/embedded in a chunk of carbonite. And what does he do mere hours after getting out? Kills Boba Fett. ''While he's still blind'' (Fett got better).▼
** Leia is this in ''[[A New Hope]]'', proven by how she takes charge of the bungled rescue attempt.
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** Leia again in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''; after subjected to [[Go-Go Enslavement]] by Jabba the Hutt, she uses the chain holding her [[Slave Collar]] to [[Crowning Music of Awesome|strangle him when the fight breaks out on the Sail Barge.]]
* Basically the premise of ''[[Rambo]] III''. Rambo gets Trautmann out of a Soviet prison in Afghanistan, and the two of them proceed to destroy half the Red Army.
* Morphius had one moment of this in the first [[Matrix]] movie
* ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]''. Tony Stark is ambushed by Obidiah Stane, which literally leaves him crawling around with a hole in his chest. Cue his [[Black Best Friend|buddy]] [[Colonel Badass|Col. Rhodes]] coming to his aid (with a removed assist from Pepper). After he pops in a spare reactor, he promptly leaves to kick Stane's ass.
* In a German movie ''Stahlnetz: PSI'' there are two girls who are best friends: [[Plucky Girl]] Micha, who also has supernatural powers (titular "PSI") and [[Spoiled Sweet]] Sandra. Micha get kidnapped, and even though she does try, she just cannot escape on her own - even her psychic powers backfire at first. Then {{spoiler|Sandra, thanks to the connection they share, gets a clue on where Micha is held, and with this hint, police finds and rescues Micha.}}
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* A case of a lesser badass needing rescue by the bigger badass: At the beginning of [[Mass Effect]], three of the teammates you have to recruit, [[Cowboy Cop|Garrus,]] [[Wrench Wench|Tali,]] and [[Badass Abnormal|Liara]] are in trouble and you have to save them from some attackers: In Tali's and Garrus' case, it's a few thugs, and in Liara's case it's a Krogan Battlemaster and several Geth troopers. After they get on your squad however, they start pulling their own weight and generally kicking ass. In the sequel, to recruit Garrus and Tali again, you have to save them again, this time from much bigger threats. With Tali, it's several hundred Geth Troopers and a Colossus (basically a giant sentient robotic spider tank), and with Garrus it's wave after wave of mercenaries from three different criminal groups. Similar to the last game, they go back to being badass after the rescue.
* Meta Knight, twice, in [[Kirby]] and the Amazing Mirror and {{spoiler|[[Kirby's Epic Yarn|Kirbys Epic Yarn]]}}. In the former he was trapped in a mirror world while his evil doppelganger ran around causing trouble, and in the latter he was {{spoiler|possessed by Yin-Yarn.}}
* ''[[Wolfenstein: Youngblood]]'' is the first game in the franchise since ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]'' to not feature badass Marine hero B.J. Blazkowicz as the main character. Rather, he's been captured, and the players take the role of his daughters, [[Lovely Angels| Jessica and Zofia]], in an effort to rescue him.
* Chun-Li has had to be rescued quite a lot in the ''[[Street Fighter]]'' franchise, usually by Guile.
* In the original ''[[Resident Evil (video game)|Resident Evil]]'', the player choses to play as Jill or Chris. The one who is ''not'' chosen is captured early in the game and locked in a cell in the basement of the complex. Rescuing the captured victim is one of the player's ultimate goals.
* ''[[Dishonored|Dishonored 2]]'' has a beginning similar to the ''[[Resident Evil (video game)|Resident Evil]]'' example, the player choses to play as Emily or Corvo, and the one who is not chosen is turned to stone by [[Big Bad|Delilah]] and must be rescued in the end. Canon-wise, Corvo is the victim.<ref>According the comic book adaptation ''Dishonored: The Peeress and the Price''</ref>
* Much like Chun-Li, Mai Shiranui has had to be rescued a lot in the history of ''[[King of Fighters]]'', usually by Andy.
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* In the first episode of ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'', all three of the main heroes at the time (Kid Flash, Aqualad and Robin) get captured by Cadmus; it takes Robin approximately two minutes to break them out, [[Determinator|while getting shocked the entire time]].
{{quote|''"Luckily Batman isn't here - he'd have my head for taking so long."''}}
* Believe it or not, in one episode of the original ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' where [[Batman]] and Robin appeared as guest stars, the Dynamic Duo had to be rescued, after being tricked into falling into a deep pit with glass-like smooth walls that were impossible to climb on their own. Of course, given that two ''real'' villains, the Joker and the Penguin, were the culprits this time, rather than some crook in a monster suit, it's understandable.
* One [[Cartoon Network]] promotional commercial has [[The Powerpuff Girls]] break into the [[Legion of Doom]]'s headquarters to rescue [[Wonder Woman]] and [[Aquaman]]. Yep, they beat the crud out of all 13 villains.
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