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** Iruka and Naruto pull off one each in the first chapter/episode.

** Naruto does it again during Orochimaru's invasion of Konoha when Sasuke is fighting Gaara in the forest.

** Chapter 437 of Naruto has {{spoiler|Hinata jumping to save Naruto, along with her famous confession.}} While she wasn't successful, {{spoiler|her [[Disney Death]] led to Naruto going Six-tails.}} This was handled differently in the Anime, where she {{spoiler|[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|not only breaks a few Chakra rods, but manages to land a hit on Pain.]]}} [[Adaptational Badass]] indeed.

** Chapter 562 has {{spoiler|the 5 FREAKIN' KAGES, ''Yes'', the 5 ''Kages'' making an epic Big Damn Heroes moment ready to face the revived Edo Madara in an all-out battle.}}

** There's another from {{spoiler|Lan Fan, complete with new automail arm}} in chapter 86.

** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Hoenheim in Chapter 88. When putting {{spoiler|Alphonse's}} plan into action, he nonchalantly says "A hero always waits until the last minute to save the day, right?" Ed was not amused.

** Roy gets one as well when {{spoiler|he destroys all the Cyclops army in one page. Keep in mind, Ed and Scar were having a lot of trouble with these same guys for the entire previous chapter.}} T'was awesome.

** And again in chapter 101 when {{spoiler|Mei and the Chimeras appear just in the nick of time to save Roy, Riza and Scar from the creepy doctor, and heal Riza's neck wound.}}

** [[Cool Old Guy|Gildartz]] arrives in the nick of time to save Natsu, Lucy, Cana, and several others in chapter 233.

** Followed up in the next chapter by Freed and Bickslow saving Levy, Lisanna, and several injured members of Fairy Tail from [[Ax Crazy|Rusty]] [[Reality Warper|Rose]].

*** it is safe to say that Mashima Hiro is REALLY into this trope.

* Debatably, what happens when Sara gets Ram-Dass in ''[[Soukou no Strain]]'' -- in any case, the other pilots certainly see it as such.

** Akira Amano loves this trope. In the last part of {{spoiler|TYL arc}}, you can expect to see this every 2 or 3 chapters.

** Most recently, Kaoru of the Shimon Family, followed closely by {{spoiler|Yamamoto himself}}, both of them against {{spoiler|Arc [[Big Bad]] Daemon Spade}}.

** [[Papa Wolf|Piccolo]] tends to do these to help out Gohan whenever he's in a tight spot, to the point it's a [[Running Gag]] in the [[Non-Serial Movie|Non Serial Movies]].

* The last thirty minutes or so of the ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'' movie is pretty much a long string of these moments crammed together. There's so many heroes showing up to foil the bad guys in various places that the narrative starts to fall apart at the end.

** Most of the new character (and tool) introductions in that series actually qualify. ''Especially'' anything involving Symmetrical Docking. ChoRyuJin, being the only one who can operate the energy-dissipating Eraser Head "missile", gets multiple ones, including the crowning [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment in the third episode of FINAL.

** ChoRyuJin also gets a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment when {{spoiler|he flies into a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with Earth, preventing the collision but in the process becoming stranded with no way back.}}

*** Of course, this also resulted in {{spoiler|1=ChoRyuJin killing the dinosaurs by sending that asteroid back in time 65 million years, so...[[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|oops?]]}}

** Let's be perfectly honest, here. [[Big Damn Heroes]] is the entire reason for ChoRyuJin's existence.

*** And all the other Symmetrical Docking mechanoids.

* There's a combination [[Big Damn Heroes]]/[[He's Back|They're Back]] moment, accompanied by Saikyou Yuusha Robo Gundan, in episode 34.

** And then there's the fight against the guy in the walking tank in the office building, which mostly copies the end of the first movie.

** And later the arrival of the Taichikomas, who save Batou at the Majors house from the death squad.

** Suzaku is an expert at pulling of [[Big Damn Heroes]] moments. Although, considering that he never once actually rescues the ''hero''--seeing that he is [[The Dragon|the strongest enemy pilot]] and is rescuing enemy leaders--the definition is being used very loosely.

*** Well, once, right before {{spoiler|Mao}} is killed by C.C. in season one, he saves the hero. But most of the time, he's performing [[Big Damn Heroes]] to save the antagonists.

** While we're on ''[[Gundam]]'', let's not forget ''[[Gundam Wing|Endless Waltz]]'s [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Big Damn Heero]] moment.

** Not in the series proper, but in the backstory to ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'', with [[The Federation]] on the brink of total surrender after Zeon's opening blitz, General Revil escapes from captivity and gives his [[Rousing Speech|"Zeon is exhausted!" speech]], the full text of which appears in the novels.

*** Allelujah Haptism pulls two in the first season: first during the pilot episode and again in episode 5.

*** The Thrones' first appearance has them collectively whooping the asses of the combined Union, AEU and HRL force that captured the Gundams.

*** Right in the following episode, Tieria is the one who's having a hard time against several [[Mook|mooks]]... then Setsuna returns the favor from earlier by commandeering the [[Super Prototype|00 Gundam]] and wiping the floor with their enemies.

*** Finally in episode 17 of season 2, '''everyone''' pulls a truly '''EPIC''' [[Enemy Mine]] moment with this trope, trying to shoot down all the falling pieces of an orbital elevator. First it's only Celestial Being... then [[La Résistance|Katharon]] joins them... then the [[Redshirt Army|Federation Army]] follows suit... and finally [[Big Bad|A-LAWS]] joins in too. The result is a spectacular shootout involving hundreds, if not thousands, of mobile suits.

** Natsuki returns the favor in Episode 14 when the others are cornered by the Searrs army, [[Blasting It Out of Their Hands|shooting the soldiers' guns]] and blinding them with a flash cartridge to give Mai and Mikoto a chance to escape.

** Let's not forget the beginning of the final episode when Yuuichi shows up out of nowhere swinging a sword around to save Mai from Reito.

* The manga series ''[[Kamen Rider Spirits]]'' seems to be one [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment after another - only it's often just one such Hero against a small army of overpowered cyborgs. (The V3 version of this is the best - a seemingly untransformable Kazami Shiro versus the first half of his [[Monster of the Week|Monsters Of The Week]], then transforms and beats them all down. While bleeding from the transformation. And then '' firekicks'' the [[Big Bad]]'s body into little pieces of BLAM. On the ''moon''.)

* In ''[[Guyver]]'', Guyver III tends to do this a lot to Guyver I, the protagonist. Occasionally, Guyver I will return the favor.

** There's a string of these at the climax of the second movie, after {{spoiler|the TTGL is defeated and ripped apart. Nia rescues Simon from the Anti-Spiral, then Viral turns up to save Nia, then Yoko steps in once Viral's swords break, then the twins jump in to catch a pair of galaxy shurikens headed for Yoko, then a bit later on Zoushi and Makken turn up to help Kidd and Ailac. And you gotta remember that they're ALL in Galaxy-sized mechs at least as big as the Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann}}.

** There's also Episode 11, when Simon {{spoiler|busts out of his Wangst at Kamina's death to kick Guame's ass}}.

** Not to mention {{spoiler|Mana and Ku Fei doing the same for Asuna and Setsuna, and Kaede preceding hers with a giant shuriken, all earlier in the same arc}}.

** Once ''more'' in the latest arc, as {{spoiler|Kotarou shows up to save the collective rears of Nodoka, Paru, and Chisame, entering the scene with a nonchalant "whoa there."}}

** And again in chapter 269, when in a flashback {{spoiler|Nagi and Ala Rubra show up in the nick of time to save Princess Arika from what would've been an extremely grisly execution.}}

** Chapters 273 & 275 have more than can be believed. {{spoiler|Chapter 273 has Kuu Fei bashing Kurt Godel with her [[Simple Staff|artifact]]...through a wall. Followed by Takahata making his reappearance by smashing Godel in the face with a full-force blow. Chapter 275 has Takane & Mei, then Yue, and finally Mana all making their Big Damn Heroes moments. Mana's is [[Dodge This|particularly epic]].}}

** Chapter 292. {{spoiler|Tsukuyomi shows up with her slashiest [[Slasher Smile]] yet, and swings for a death blow at Beatrice. Negi warps in in ''Raiten Sousou'' form and stops the attack, and then [[Neck Lift|hoists Tsukuyomi up off the ground by a death grip on her neck from behind]].}}

** And ''again'' in chapter 294 {{spoiler|Ala Alba almost got through army of [[Airborne Mook|Airborne Mooks]] but their path got blocked by two [[Giant Mook|Giant]] [[Airborne Mook|Airborne Mooks]]. Just as they are about to bring the ships down BAM! Negi comes back and one-shots Mooks by piercieng them both with his Titanslayer spear.}}

* Rom Stoll in ''[[Machine Robo]]: Revenge of the Chronos'' practically lives by this trope. His favorite method is when there is trouble, he would suddenly appear out of nowhere and yell ''MATTE!!!'' (WAIT!!!), causing the said villain to be shocked and ask who's there. With arms crossed, Rom then proceeds to give out a long-winded speech of virtue and justice, frowning upon the said villain, and then the villain would respond with "Wha!? Who are you to talk to me like that!?" Rom's answer? [[Catch Phrase|"You don't deserve to know my name!"]]. Cue ass-kicking.

** ''[[Super Robot Wars Compact 2]]'' and ''[[Super Robot Wars MX]]'' then plays on this one to further [[Machine Robo]] Rom's awesomeness. He would interrupt LOTS and LOTS of villains out of his series, even those who can't audibly speak (for example, an [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Angel]]) and tell them that they don't deserve his name!

{{quote| '''Professor Yumi:''' He's come back!}}

*** Cue the reappearance of Great Mazinger (who had been out since episode 2) and shows how powerful he is with a ''Double Thunder Break''.

** When Kyon was about to get killed by [[Uncanny Valley Girl|Ryoko Asakura]], Yuki Nagato arrives to the rescue by breaking through the wall/into the space and catches the knife with her hands, shortly before taking Asakura down in one of the most awesome battles of the series.

** In the 4th novel ''Disappearance'', {{spoiler|Yuki gets another [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment. Again, catches Asakura's knife.}}

** In Day of Sagittarius, Kyon insists that nobody cheats. The [[Genre Savvy]] readers might figure out that this isn't a good idea, but eh...When Yuki drops the bombshell that she isn't cheating, despite controlling 20 subfleets perfectly using text-based inputs, but their opponents are, Kyon reluctantly lets her hack the opponents' computer, rewrite the software on all 10 computers, and continue decimating her opponents all under the constraints of human technology.

** {{spoiler|In the 10th novel, Ryoko returns from the dead to protect Kyon from Kuyoh in a knife battle. She's still a [[Boxed Crook]] because she can only appear under special circumstances.}}

** Played straight in episode 19. The [[Monster of the Week|Angel Of The Week]] is trashing Central Dogma and suddenly Unit One crashes through the wall and Shinji kicks arse!

** And again in episode 10, "Magma Diver", where Asuka, having killed the Angel of the Week, begins to sink into the magma, sure to die of either starvation, overheating or suffocation. Shinji, without specialised armor or orders, dives headfirst into the magma and catches her.

*** ''Awesomely'' unsubverted in the manga adaptation, where {{spoiler|the MP Evas are just about to kill Asuka...and then Shinji shows up and Unit-01 and ''tears them apart.''}}

* This happens fairly often in ''[[Chrono Crusade]]''. Two scenes that come to mind is Remington suddenly appearing to chase off {{spoiler|Aion as he looms over a weakened Rosette and a badly injured Chrono}}, and Satella who comes flying in on a summoned beast to save Chrono and Rosette from a long fall.

* At one point in the manga of ''[[Flame of Recca]]'', Recca suffers a serious [[Heroic BSOD]]. Apparently, not only that he found out that Mikagami picked up a [[Distress Ball]] and is now a hostage to the enemy, then he learns that Domon can't survive his [[Jumping Off The Cliff]] stunt way back, and Fuuko is currently getting drained of her personality. Who came to snap him out of it? '''DOMON''', [[Not Quite Dead]], instantly gives out a rallying speech that raises everyone's morale back. And you thought he's just a [[Dumb Muscle]] [[Joke Character]]...

** First is towards the end of Minagoroshi-hen, with {{spoiler|Keiichi, Rena, and the Sonozaki Twins saving Rika and Satoko from the Yamainu, only to be brutally subverted by the main villain showing up and personally [[Kill'Em All|murdering them all]].}}

** Second, in Matsuribayashi-hen, {{spoiler|Akasaka saves Rika by way of his new [[Took a Level In Badass|martial arts mastery]].}}

** Train also does it the jerk-way when soldiers of the Apostle of Stars show up and corner Sven, Even, and Dr. Tearju; Train saves them with a newly acquired ability that forces the soldiers to retreat. Train later reveals that he had actually been watching for a while, and thought it would be ''funner'' if he [[Just in Time|showed up at the very last second]]. Sven comically punched him in the face for his trouble.

* During the Seven Devils arc in ''[[Kinnikuman]]'', Mr. Khamen is about to suck out Brocken Jr.'s blood through a straw when Mongolman saves him.

* Subverted in ''[[Soul Eater]]'': {{spoiler|Near the end of the Kishin arc, Black Star and Death the Kid pull a [[Big Damn Heroes]] act on Eruka and Free just about to awaken the Kishin, and a battle ensues. In a last-ditch effort, Black Star manages to slice in half the tool used to awaken the Kishin, seconds before Eruka can use it. As he is celebrating his victory, Black Star suddenly finds that the aura of madness that the Kishin is emitting caused him to hallucinate the whole thing -- he'd really just attacked one of the room's statues, and the Kishin is revived before the heroes' eyes.}}

** And played straight: Maka and Soul would have been killed by Crona in episode 8, for example, except that Stein and Spirit turned up and wiped the floor with the poor thing. Crona's reaction at being run through by Spirit - at this point behind the cathedral's closed door - is one of confusion (almost as though their body hadn't been damaged before). What follows is the series' first real example of why its [[Adults Are Useless|adults are far from useless]]. And for some a CMOA, though your mileage may vary.

** ''[[Diebuster]]'' manages to do its predecessor justice in episode 4: The [[Applied Phlebotinum|Variable Gravity Well]] has gone berserk. Most of the Buster Machine pilots are dead, and Europa has been literally shot through several times. The two remaining resident [[Action Girl|Action Girls]] are next to dead, and their mechs are totaled. The Variable Gravity Well turns around, stares right at them, charges its Texas-sized attack when, suddenly, {{spoiler|reality shatters like a pane of glass, and up out of the hole to nothing, having warped all the way from Pluto to Jupiter instantaneously, raises Nono, hair aflame and sporting new duds. She absorbs said giant fucking death ray, summons a legion of space monsters, then slices Europa in half, all while giving a motivational speech with the Buster Machine March}} playing.

*** Hell, she does it again in episode 6 when the entire Earth government has pooled its resources together to build a Buster Machine to propel Earth like a bomb to kill a blackhole, and just as it gets up to speed, {{spoiler|reality shatters like a pane of glass, and up out of the hole to nothing, having warped all the way from outside the Solar System to Earth, raises the titular Earth sized fembot, "DIE! BUS! TER!"}}

* In ''[[Claymore]]'', Awakened Being Agatha has Galetea literally pinned to the wall, and is about to kill Clarice and Miata. Her attack gets thrown off by one of her legs being destroyed. Cut to Clare and the rest of the Sexy Seven standing on top of a building in the rain and informing Agatha that as she is about to die, [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|she doesn't need to know who they are.]]

** The Sexy Seven ({{spoiler|actually, the remaining Sexy Five--but with reinforcements}}) pull it off again, arriving in the nick of time to prevent their rogue captain Miria from Awakening in a desperate attempt to stop the most powerful Abyssal One of all times (Priscilla notwithstanding).

** Subverted in the first movie. In a tense climactic scene between [[Big Bad|Kirin]] and Akane, the door finally bursts open. But instead of Ranma coming to her rescue, it's {{spoiler|[[The Rival|Ryoga Hibiki]] and the rest of the motley crew.}} Ranma gets his own big damn moment a little while later.

** Played straight rather sweetly earlier in the series, both anime and manga. When Ranma temporarily loses his strength to moxibustion, most of his enemies gang up and decide to give him the monumental collective ass-kicking they've been wanting to give him for some time. Ranma, on the ground, just about to be completely flattened, closes his eyes, hears a strange noise and opens them again to find Ryoga Hibiki, who has appeared out of nowhere, defending him.

** It's also played straight in the aforementioned movie. When the [[Improbable Weapon User|fishing rod-wielding]] Lucky God Ebiten has Ranma beaten, bleeding, and at his mercy, he winds up for the coup de grace...and suddenly a [[Iconic Item|spinning bandanna]] comes flying and destroys his fishing rod. Cue Ryouga steamrolling over Ebiten on his way to Kirin's tower (closely followed by everyone else) while Ranma just blinks in bewilderment.

*** The same movie also gave an earlier one to ''[[Anime Chinese Girl|Shampoo]]''. Ranma has been ensnared by a [[Razor Floss]] using martial artist, who is just about to cut him into pieces when Ranma's [[Accidental Marriage|unwanted fiancée]] comes flying in from off-screen and cuts the wires before they can slice Ranma apart. She then tells him to go on and save Akane while she holds the line here.

** Miaka gets handed the [[Distress Ball]] a lot, but the trade-off is that her warriors get to pull off some nice last-minute saves. Tamahome does this too many times to count, and in fact one of these is the start of their [[Rescue Romance]].

** Tasuki runs a close second: saving Nuriko, Hotohori and Miaka as they're about to be killed by zombies, showing up at the ''very'' last second to prevent Miaka from having her skull bashed in by [[Brainwashed and Crazy|brainwashed]] Tamahome, and finally {{spoiler|showing up with Chichiri [[Up the Real Rabbit Hole|in the real world]] to take on Nakago}}.

** The twins get their moments as well. {{spoiler|Amiboshi saves Miaka after his [[Heel Face Turn]]. As a result, Tomo corners both Amiboshi and Miaka with intent to kill them - at which point [[Moral Event Horizon|moral event horizon-crosser]] ''Suboshi'' unexpectedly shows up and murders Tomo on the spot for daring to threaten his beloved brother.}}

* ''[[Great Teacher Onizuka]]'' does this all the damn time, sometimes with gunshot wounds. Ask any of his students. He even lampshades it once, where he apologizes for not arriving earlier, but then that wouldn't have been as dramatic.

** Interestingly, while ''One Piece'' usually takes any opportunity to turn the heroism up to the eleventh doesn't use this trope much. In fact, the only time I can think of it happening is when Usopp, a not particularly heroic character, snipes out the marines ready to gun down Nico Robin from an impossible distance. And then strikes a badass pose.

** In the climax scene from the film ''[[One Piece Strong World]]'', the entire crew minus Nami (who was thrust into the role of [[Damsel in Distress]]) burst into the [[Big Bad]]'s hideout, wearing [[Badass Longcoat|badass longcoats]] and wielding pistols and rifles, begin to [[More Dakka|open fire]] on all the [[Mooks]] as a way of saying hello, before going into action for real.

* Subverted for laughs in ''[[Eureka Seven]]'''s infamous football episode. When things aren't looking good for the Gekko team, Holland takes off his coat and declares that he's going in. Cut to the score of 34-0 against the Gekkostate.

** Played straight in the final episode, with {{spoiler|Renton blasting his way through thousands of Coralians to rescue Eureka, who is trapped in the scub coral command cluster and not expecting any rescue.}}

** In "''Noodles: Roamin' Off''", after [[Terrible Trio|Team Rocket]] has separated, James goes to catch a violent shiny Metagross, but gets in over his head ([[Did Not Do the Research|He tried to fight it with Psychic-type Mime Jr. and Grass-type Carnivine]], neither of which are very strong against Psychic/Steel Metagross). Just when it looks like he's at its non-existent mercy, Yanmega and Seviper show up with Jessie to save him (not that ''that'' should've worked either).

*** And it didn't; Meowth had to save them both.

*** Then a few minutes later, when Ash is nearly knocked off the same cliff a second time, his hand is grabbed at the last moment by Brock, who was last seen being on the wrong end of a [[Curb Stomp Battle]]. Brock, Misty [[Villainous Rescue|and Team Rocket]] then pull him to safety.

*** This happens a few more times after that, though him showing up when Ash was in Blackthorn was a coincidence and Ash can always call Riza if he needs his firepower (Johto League and his two Battle Frontier fights).

** In a more recent ep, Ash's newly hatched {{spoiler|Scraggy}} is about to be attacked by four Galvantula. As one of them close in, Ash's other Pokémon show up and kick some ass.

* This happened about three times in the teamup movie, ''[[Pretty Cure All Stars]]''. First, {{spoiler|Cure Black and Cure White saved Milky Rose, Cure Mint, and Cure Aqua from an freakin' huge Zakenna aeroplane. Then Cure Bloom and Cure Egret saved Cure Dream, Cure Lemonade, and Cure Rouge from an falling Uzainaa. Then Cure Peach, Cure Berry, and Cure Pine, are saved by everyone else from the innards of the [[Big Bad]]!}}

** ''[[Fresh Pretty Cure]]'' episodes 42 and 48, anyone?

* God Ginrai does this to Star Saber in the latter's first fight with Liokaiser.

* Inn ''[[Transformers Zone]]'', Metrotitan has Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber on the ropes, but then Road Fire suddenly jets in to save them.

** Too slow...my dinner is getting cold...http://www.onemanga.com/Historys_Strongest_Disciple_Kenichi/104/16-17/

** Siegfried is literally ''made'' of this trope. In his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|most prominent example]], he flies a small plane to a heavily defended island, ''jumps from the plane'' to get to the arena, ''dodges missiles'' on the way down, [[Curb Stomp Battle|curb stomps]] his opponent, ''composes music on his body'', and then passes out from ''forty three days of sleep deprivation''. The best part? ''HE WAS SINGING THE WHOLE DAMN TIME.''

** In ''The Second Raid'', Sosuke does this when {{spoiler|it appears that Gates is going to wipe out his combat commander, and is even [[Lampshaded]] by Kurz.}}

** Hell, both the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PedevC9WdTU first series] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP9YozNBOkM TSR] opens with this. And of course the memorable moment where Gauron is about to shoot Sousuke point-blank when he gets scared off by Kurz descending on a parachute, firing a sniper rifle.

** Sousuke in general tends to do this. There's a ''reason'' why Gauron eventually [[Lampshades]] it - it happened ''so many times''. The Behemoth Arc ended with a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment with him rescuing everyone, the Helmajistan Arc had him popping up in front of Gauron and having a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment, on the Tuatha de Dannan he had a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment saving Tessa from Gauron [[Just in Time|just in the nick of time]], and countless other examples.

** Rachel also makes a habit of this, despite orders to the [[Knowledge Broker|contrary]].

* Surprisingly, in ''[[Pokémon Special]]'', ''[[Big Bad|Giovanni]]'' of all people saves Yellow from being blasted to smithereens by Lance. (Of course, he ran away afterwards, but it was cool at the moment.)

* Kan, Kan, Kan, Maaya Kan of ''[[Bio Meat]]'', who has actually lampshaded the trope by stating that an entrance should be dramatic. Shingo has even called him out (accurately!) for hiding in wait for the perfect moment to appear.

** {{spoiler|Yusuke is dead...again.}} Sensui, the man who {{spoiler|killed Yusuke}}, has just opened the door to Makai, blocked the strongest attack in the series, the Dragon of the Darkness Flame, without even raising a single hand, and forced Kuwabara to cut down the only barrier remaining between the two worlds to get at him. {{spoiler|The remaining heroes have all gained power equivalent to A+ Class demons, the second highest power class, and yet when they try to exact their revenge, Sensui still makes complete fools of them without even using a tenth of his full power, and Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei are all on the ground, unable to continue fighting. Sensui is just about ready to kill the trio, when who shows up [[Back From the Dead]] and ready to kick ass? Yusuke, alive and well, and more powerful than ever thanks to his mysterious demonic ancestor}}. The fight that ensues is undeniably one of the biggest [[Awesome Moments]] in the entire series.

** In the Dark Tournament arc, Yusuke's newfound demon allies Chu, Rinku, Jin, and Touya get not one but ''two'' such moments.

** Two different non-typical examples occur in the team's match against Team Masho. In the first, Yusuke was disqualified from the last of the five fights on a technicality due to the opposing team's manager bribing the officials, Hiei and The Masked Fighter have been trapped behind a barrier throughout the entire match and, thus, are disqualified as well, and Kurama lost his (third) match [[It Makes Sense in Context|thanks to the life-sucking plant growing in his bloodstream.]] The only option left to them seems to be [[Token Evil Teammate|Hiei's]] killing spree idea. They are saved from that by [[Determinator|Kuwabara]], who had previously let three [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] fighters beat him senseless to snap them back to normal, draging his broken and bloody body into the ring so that a trained fighter can make it more broken and bloody. The second example occurs during this fight. Kuwabara is rather predictably not doing well. Risho happily informs Kuwabara that his body is tapping into his spirit energy just to keep him moving, meaning he can't summon his spirit sword. Kuwabara takes this in stride and [[Cast From Hit Points|decides to use his own life energy]] to end the match with a double kill, which will count as a win for his side. He says goodbye to his friends, charges in screaming, and grapples Risho in mid-attack. Before Kuwabara can off himself, his love intrest Yukina arrives. [[Power of Love|This give him the strength to]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|bitch-slap Risho across the whole damn stadium.]]

* ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' manga Chapter 80 shows us that pretty much the ENTIRE cast of side characters is damn awesome. Of course, the main cast also demonstrated their awesomeness, too.

** In the fifth movie, ''[[Digimon Tamers|Battle of Adventurers]]'', Rika, Henry, and their Digimon are delivered by Omnimon to help Takato, [[Shut UP, Hannibal|interrupting]] Mephistomon's "this is how I destroy the world" rant right after he succeeds in capturing what he wanted.

* Touma of ''[[To Aru Majutsu no Index]]'' does this with alarming frequency. Index, Aisa, Misaka {{spoiler|both Mikoto and Imouto}}, Hyouka, {{spoiler|Ursula and Kuroko.}} All have been saved by Touma, usually coming from absolutely no where.

* ''[[.hack]]'': This is basically Balmung's MO. He does it CONSTANTLY, in every installment of the series, in suitably epic fashion. In .hack//SIGN, Balmung rescues Subaru, Mimiru, and Bear from {{spoiler|One of the Phases, which puts people into comas}}. In Legend of the Twilight Bracelet Manga, Balmung swoops in and saves Rena from getting destroyed by a high level monster and teaches Shugo to use the Bracelet. It happens over a dozen times in the games, most notably the first time in Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground, before Kite has activated his Bracelet. This tendency of his is parodied in the GIFT bonus episode.

{{quote| '''Homura:''' ''[[Catch Phrase|That won't be necessary.]]''}}

* If you are watching anything from [[Leiji Matsumoto]] and there seems to be no hope for the heroes, expect [[Captain Harlock]] to show up out of freaking nowhere and [[Ramming Always Works|ram the bad guy with his spaceship]]. [[Continuity Cameo|Even if he's not a major character]].

* The final episode of ''[[Dragon Crisis]]'' has an intense one in which {{spoiler|the protagonists arrive with a squadron of Society members to hijack an airplane and save the main character's love interest, Rose. This includes an ice dragon freezing the runway, a Society member ''crashing a helicopter into the cockpit'', and another character falling onto the kidnaper, Onyx...''WITH A CAR.'' All to the truly epic music "Run & Gun."}}

* At the end of Volume 1 of ''[[Hyakujitsu no Bara]]'', Klaus (a knight) brutally rapes his lover Taki (a colonel), to the point he requires medical attention. Shortly after [[The Medic]] Suguri kicks Klaus out of his room Klaus is arrested under suspicions of treason over some sensitive documents and is [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique|mercilessly tortured]] by Grand Chamberlain Hasebe while Taki is still unconscious and unaware. Failing to get anything out of him, Hasebe decides to just kill Klaus only to have his sword shattered mid-strike by none other than Taki, accompanied by his own [[Katanas Are Just Better|katana]], [[Badass Longcoat]], backlighting, and much [[Dramatic Wind]]. He then orders Hasebe to stand down, covers for Klaus, and even [[The Messiah|apologizes]] to him.

* [[Badass Biker]] [[Biker Babe|Babe]] Houquet's [[Establishing Character Moment|introductory scene]] in ''[[Genesis Climber Mospeada]]'' is this when she appears as a mysterious fighter [[Law of Chromatic Superiority|clad in red armor]] saving Mint and Ray.

** In Part 3, Mohammad Abdul was killed off fairly early in the story. Thanks to fan demand, he was revived, in time for a surprise (and explained as an ace in the hole) [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment.

** The series in general is full of this trope. Usually with the trademark heroic (and fashionable) posing.

 

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