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Or so you'd think. In fact, the cavalry don't feel like rushing in to save the day at all, and stubbornly refuse your desperate call for help. Perhaps they have some kind of [[Obstructive Code of Conduct]] forbidding them to intervene. Perhaps the [[Big Bad]] has powerful friends whom they don't want to get into trouble with. Or the Cavalry are organised more or less democratically and [[Divided We Fall|some of them are opposed to helping the heroes]] (or they all agree about ''that'', but argue endlessly about the details). Whatever the reason, the Cavalry refuses. |
Or so you'd think. In fact, the cavalry don't feel like rushing in to save the day at all, and stubbornly refuse your desperate call for help. Perhaps they have some kind of [[Obstructive Code of Conduct]] forbidding them to intervene. Perhaps the [[Big Bad]] has powerful friends whom they don't want to get into trouble with. Or the Cavalry are organised more or less democratically and [[Divided We Fall|some of them are opposed to helping the heroes]] (or they all agree about ''that'', but argue endlessly about the details). Whatever the reason, the Cavalry refuses. |
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This trope is in play when the heroes need help, and there is an entity which could and/or should provide it but says 'Screw you'. Can lead to the heroes (and, if the unwilling Cavalry's excuse is particularly poor, the audience) exclaiming 'Why don't you do something?' or [[What the Hell Hero|'What The Hell, Hero?']] If the heroes looked up to their supposed protectors, this will result in a [[Broken Pedestal]]. |
This trope is in play when the heroes need help, and there is an entity which could and/or should provide it but says 'Screw you'. Can lead to the heroes (and, if the unwilling Cavalry's excuse is particularly poor, the audience) exclaiming 'Why don't you do something?' or [[What the Hell, Hero?|'What The Hell, Hero?']] If the heroes looked up to their supposed protectors, this will result in a [[Broken Pedestal]]. |
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== [[Television]] == |
== [[Television]] == |
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* ''[[Supernatural (TV)|Supernatural]]'''s first order of business after [[Our Angels Are Different|inventing a cavalry]] was [[Jerkass|inventing reasons]] [[Lawful Stupid|for that cavalry not to help]]. The angels as a faction are stuck in a revolving door between this and [[Cavalry Betrayal]]. Refusal to answer the call happens regularly, but here are some notable examples: |
* ''[[Supernatural (TV)|Supernatural]]'''s first order of business after [[Our Angels Are Different|inventing a cavalry]] was [[Jerkass|inventing reasons]] [[Lawful Stupid|for that cavalry not to help]]. The angels as a faction are stuck in a revolving door between this and [[Cavalry Betrayal]]. Refusal to answer the call happens regularly, but here are some notable examples: |
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** Castiel turns down Dean's pleas in Season 4's [[Meta Fiction|The Monster at the End of this Book]], although he does [[Could Say It But|offer]] [[Let's You and Him Fight|a creative solution]]. |
** Castiel turns down Dean's pleas in Season 4's [[Meta Fiction|The Monster at the End of this Book]], although he does [[Could Say It, But...|offer]] [[Let's You and Him Fight|a creative solution]]. |
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** [[Trickster Archetype|The Trickster]] refuses to help the Winchesters when they come calling on the eve of Armageddon. [[Changed My Mind Kid|It doesn't take]]. |
** [[Trickster Archetype|The Trickster]] refuses to help the Winchesters when they come calling on the eve of Armageddon. [[Changed My Mind, Kid|It doesn't take]]. |
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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |