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* Shinji from ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' pulls this off when he runs away for the second time. Situation: Rei and Asuka are both defeated, Zeruel breaks into the command center... just in time for Unit 01 to [[Dynamic Entry|break through the wall and punch the Angel in the face]], [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|meters in front of the entire command staff]].

** The ''Rebuild'' version of said battle upped the ante even higher: he came back because he witnessed Zeruel eating [[Love Interest|Rei]] and [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|took it personal]].

* Aizawa in ''[[~~Death Note (Manga)|~~Death Note]]''. True, this was the [[Lighter and Softer]] arc, as ''[[~~Death Note (Manga)|~~Death Note]]'' goes, but his mad undercover skills and subsequent cavalry charge are no less awesome for that.

* Aizawa in ''[[Death Note]]''. True, this was the [[Lighter and Softer]] arc, as ''[[Death Note]]'' goes, but his mad undercover skills and subsequent cavalry charge are no less awesome for that.

* In ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', Cell is on the verge of overwhelming Gohan and destroying the Earth....all his friends are helping him out but to no avail. Just when all hope appears to have been lost, Vegeta (who was previously too busy angsting about not being able to do anything) joins the fray. He fires a massive energy blast at Cell which weakens him, allowing Gohan to turn the tide and win the day.

** Which is different from how it went in the manga. In the manga, when Cell and Gohan entered their [[Beam-O-War]], everyone looked on helplessly instead of trying to attack Cell. Then, just as Cell was on the verge of overwhelming Gohan, Vegeta attacked Cell, catching him by surprise and distracting him for a moment, during which time Gohan upped his power and overwhelmed the distracted Cell.

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* ''[[A New Hope|Star Wars]]'': Luke and Han come to odds over the attack on the Death Star. Luke is the young idealist, ready to die for a cause. Han is the old realist who sees it as suicide. When Han saves Luke at the last minute he grows as a character, finding his loyalty to his [[Fire-Forged Friends|Fire Forged Friend]] is important enough to risk his life for.

** This happens with Luke himself (to Yoda). He walks out on Yoda when his friends are in trouble. Then later, he comes back to complete his training, where Yoda tells him the fact that he came back ''means his training is done''.

* Harry in ''[[Spider Man (~~Film~~)|Spider-Man 3]]''.

* Harry in ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man 3]]''.

* Professor Falken in ''[[War Games]]''. When he goes to bed he's walking out on humanity. But just when it looks [[Darkest Hour|hopeless]], he joins the fight.

* [[Tom Cruise]]'s character did this at the end of ''[[Top Gun]]'': he bugged out during a battle with enemy jets, then returned and shot down several of them, saving his wingman.

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* ''[[District 9]]'': The whole thing unfolds in seconds: Wikus runs from the captured Christopher in the middle of the climatic battle. As Christopher is about to die he [[Changed My Mind, Kid|changes his mind]]. [[Unstoppable Rage]] meets [[Mini-Mecha]]!

* The title character in 2002's [[Roger Dodger]], 'saving' his Nephew late in the film.

* In ''[[~~The Magnificent Seven (Film)|~~The Magnificent Seven]]'', the eponymous seven are betrayed by a group of villagers and driven out of the town they were hired to protect. One by one, they each decide to go back, except for Harry Luck, who informs them they're all crazy and rides away. When Chris is cornered without cover during the climactic gunfight, however, Harry comes galloping in to save him.

* In ''[[The Magnificent Seven]]'', the eponymous seven are betrayed by a group of villagers and driven out of the town they were hired to protect. One by one, they each decide to go back, except for Harry Luck, who informs them they're all crazy and rides away. When Chris is cornered without cover during the climactic gunfight, however, Harry comes galloping in to save him.

* [[Insistent Terminology|Captain]] Jack Sparrow abandons ship just before it gets attacked by the [[Kraken and Leviathan|Kraken]]. He then changes his mind and comes back in time to fire the shot that blows up said Kraken's tentacles.

* ''[[Fright Night]]''. After Jerry Dandridge charms and kidnaps Amy, Charlie goes to Peter Vincent for help. Vincent refuses to help him because he's too scared. Later on when Charlie goes to Dandridge's house to rescue Amy, Peter shows up to help him.

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* In ''[[The Thrawn Trilogy|Dark Force Rising]]'', a New Republic force is scheduled to head out after the reported location of the Katana Fleet in the morning. Since there's little time and it's headed by [[Divided We Fall|Borsk Fey'lya]], the heroes send out their own force in the middle of the night; in the morning Fey'lya follows, planning to arrest them for treason. Those plans are cut short when the two New Republic forces are ambushed by an Imperial Star Destroyer. The first force flies a delaying action while Fey'lya's force flees, but Fey'lya is lured into an [[Engineered Public Confession]], turning his allies against him and making them go back. Our heroes still needed two more groups of [[Big Damn Heroes]] and two cases of [[Ramming Always Works]] before they won the battle, although [[You Are Too Late|they were too late]].

* {{spoiler|The Vampires}} in [[The Icemark Chronicles|''Blade of Fire''.]]

* In the third ''[[~~Skulduggery Pleasant (Literature)|~~Skulduggery Pleasant]]'' book, {{spoiler|Fletcher teleports away from the battle when the Faceless Ones attack, but later returns to save Valkyrie}}

* In the third ''[[Skulduggery Pleasant]]'' book, {{spoiler|Fletcher teleports away from the battle when the Faceless Ones attack, but later returns to save Valkyrie}}

* In ''[[The Stormlight Archive ~~(Literature)~~|The Way Of Kings]]'', {{spoiler|Sadeas's army abandons Dalinar's force to get slaughtered by the Parshendi, but then one of his bridge crews arrives just in time and helps them escape.}} From their perspective, it's this trope, until they learn that {{spoiler|Kaladin disobeyed orders to save them}}.

* In ''[[The Stormlight Archive|The Way Of Kings]]'', {{spoiler|Sadeas's army abandons Dalinar's force to get slaughtered by the Parshendi, but then one of his bridge crews arrives just in time and helps them escape.}} From their perspective, it's this trope, until they learn that {{spoiler|Kaladin disobeyed orders to save them}}.

== Live Action TV ==

* In the fourth season of ''Andromeda'', Beka Valentine initially opts out of the final battle with [[Big Bad|the Magog worldship]], only to fly in during that fight and help out.

* In the ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'' arc where they try to retake the station, the Klingons refuse to commit any ships...until the precise moment in the battle in "Sacrifice of Angels" when the Federation fleet is heading straight into a trap, whereupon a wing of Klingon battle cruisers come screaming into battle, punch open a hole in the Dominion/Cardassian lines and save the day.

* In the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' arc where they try to retake the station, the Klingons refuse to commit any ships...until the precise moment in the battle in "Sacrifice of Angels" when the Federation fleet is heading straight into a trap, whereupon a wing of Klingon battle cruisers come screaming into battle, punch open a hole in the Dominion/Cardassian lines and save the day.

* In the pilot of the ''[[The Magnificent Seven (TV)|The Magnificent Seven]]'' series, Ezra Standish abandons his watch to check out a gold mine nearby; seeing that the bad guys have attacked in force while he was gone, he hurriedly rides away in the opposite direction. ...until he turns around, comes back, and attacks the enemy leader, buying enough time for his captured comrades to free themselves.

* In the pilot of the ''[[The Magnificent Seven (TV series)|The Magnificent Seven]]'' series, Ezra Standish abandons his watch to check out a gold mine nearby; seeing that the bad guys have attacked in force while he was gone, he hurriedly rides away in the opposite direction. ...until he turns around, comes back, and attacks the enemy leader, buying enough time for his captured comrades to free themselves.

* Happens in the [[Super Sentai]] 30th anniversary special: ''[[Go Go Sentai Boukenger|Boukenger]] vs. Super Sentai''. Eiji tries to recruit Rangers from previous sentai series when the rest of his team gets captured by previous series' baddies. They've all gone on with their lives, even the ones who are still Rangering, and turn him down, not having the time. He tries to fight the [[Legion of Doom|villains from other seasons]] who've returned alone, and the retro-Rangers return to save his skin at the [[Just in Time|dramatically appropriate moment]].

** It seemed to be more of a miscommunication. They fully intended to help him eventually, but had other things to do first. Eiji just got impatient. (and to be fair more or less barged in on them in the first place.) They were however a bit out of practice.

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** There was also the time {{spoiler|Sora lost the Keyblade, and they abandoned him to follow Riku, it's new (and [[Missed the Call|technically rightful]]) owner, because their orders specified the Keyblade, not who was holding it. When Riku attacks Sora, however, Goofy jumps ship to protect Sora and Donald quickly follows.}}

* At the end of ''[[Quest for Glory III]]'', the hero's friends arrive to help him fight the demons, all but the thief, Harami, who opts to stay behind. Then, as the hero is fighting a demonic version of himself and the battle looks lost, Harami shows up to stab the demon from behind, giving the hero time to close the gate and send the demons back to their world.

* {{spoiler|Zelos}} in all but one of the endings of ''[[~~Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|~~Tales of Symphonia]]'' -- {{spoiler|though the 'walking out' was a faked [[Heel Face Turn]] that allowed him to get his hands on a [[MacGuffin]] the villain possessed}}. The "I changed my mind" is even said verbatim, {{spoiler|delivered to the enraged villain after he demands to know why Zelos has back-stabbed him.}}

* {{spoiler|Zelos}} in all but one of the endings of ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' -- {{spoiler|though the 'walking out' was a faked [[Heel Face Turn]] that allowed him to get his hands on a [[MacGuffin]] the villain possessed}}. The "I changed my mind" is even said verbatim, {{spoiler|delivered to the enraged villain after he demands to know why Zelos has back-stabbed him.}}

* The final boss battle in ''[[~~In Famous~~ (~~Video~~ ~~Game~~)|In Famous]]'', {{spoiler|where Zeke, having previously betrayed Cole, shows up to try and redeem himself by rushing at Kessler with a pistol. He gets blasted backwards about fifty feet for his troubles without landing so much as a spitball on Kessler, but he did allow Cole the chance to recover and fight back, and it goes a long way toward repairing Cole and Zeke's friendship in the sequel.}}

* The final boss battle in ''[[Infamous (video game series)|In Famous]]'', {{spoiler|where Zeke, having previously betrayed Cole, shows up to try and redeem himself by rushing at Kessler with a pistol. He gets blasted backwards about fifty feet for his troubles without landing so much as a spitball on Kessler, but he did allow Cole the chance to recover and fight back, and it goes a long way toward repairing Cole and Zeke's friendship in the sequel.}}

* In ''[[Dragon Age 2]]'', at the end of second act, depending on your choices, {{spoiler|Isabela pulls this, and brings back the [[MacGuffin]] whose theft drove the Arishok to start the war in the first place.}} Problem solved, right? Wrong. In order to solve the problem peacefully, you must {{spoiler|turn her over to the Qunari, essentially sending her to her death.}} For those who aren't [[Ungrateful Bastard|Ungrateful Bastards]], you can alternatively {{spoiler|challenge the Arishok to a duel for her life, or fight the remaining guards and the Arishok together with her}}.

* In ''[[Corpse Party]]'', Ayumi and Yoshiki {{spoiler|are returned to the classroom by one of the ghost children as thanks for returning her tongue}}. Ayumi wants to {{spoiler|go back and save their surviving friends}}. Yoshiki, if you choose to object (or {{spoiler|allow Yuka to be caught by Kizami}}) will do so and Ayumi will {{spoiler|return alone after an argument}}. Yoshiki, however, is [[Conscience Makes You Go Back|reminded of how much his friends mean to him]] and {{spoiler|begs the ghost girl to send him back}}. When {{spoiler|he ''is'' sent back, he sends Ayumi a text to let her know he's there}}. It still leads to a Wrong End, though.

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== Webcomics ==

* [[Subverted]] in ''[[Order of the Stick ~~(Webcomic)~~|Order of the Stick]]'', when party leader and [[Genius Bruiser]] Roy abandons [[Cloudcuckoolander]] Elan after the latter is captured by bandits, only to see the rest of the party rush off to Elan's rescue. When they are inevitably captured, he [[My God, What Have I Done?|comes to his senses]] and attempts his own [[Big Damn Heroes|dramatic rescue]], only to fail at the very last second. The day is actually saved by Durkon, completely accidentally.

* [[Subverted]] in ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'', when party leader and [[Genius Bruiser]] Roy abandons [[Cloudcuckoolander]] Elan after the latter is captured by bandits, only to see the rest of the party rush off to Elan's rescue. When they are inevitably captured, he [[My God, What Have I Done?|comes to his senses]] and attempts his own [[Big Damn Heroes|dramatic rescue]], only to fail at the very last second. The day is actually saved by Durkon, completely accidentally.

* In ''[[Endstone]]'', Jon had told them he couldn't, but [http://endstone.net/2010/04/19/issue-3-webpage-26/ returns in time to save Kyri and Herrik].

* ''[[Exiern]]'', the [http://www.exiern.com/?p=1540 Unicorn] changed it's mind and rescued Peonie with a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment. Still won't let her ride it though (and we all know [[Really Gets Around|what that means]]).

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== Western Animation ==

* Red X in the ''[[Teen Titans (~~Animation~~)|Teen Titans]]'' episode "X."

* Red X in the ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' episode "X."

* In the 2003 ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 ~~(Animation)~~|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon, Raphael does this in the "City at War" storyline.

* In the 2003 ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon, Raphael does this in the "City at War" storyline.

* Iago in ''[[Aladdin (Disney)|The Return of Jafar]]''.

* Iago in ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|The Return of Jafar]]''.

* Inverted in the second season finale of ''[[~~Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|~~Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''; {{spoiler|Azula says she needs Zuko's help to make her plan to take control of Ba Sing Se a success. Zuko, having spent the whole season coming to terms with the idea that he could never reclaim his honour (not to mention [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|distrusting Azula]]), initially refuses, only to ultimately be unable to bring himself to turn down an opportunity to achieve the thing he had been obsessing over for the past three years}}.

* Inverted in the second season finale of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''; {{spoiler|Azula says she needs Zuko's help to make her plan to take control of Ba Sing Se a success. Zuko, having spent the whole season coming to terms with the idea that he could never reclaim his honour (not to mention [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|distrusting Azula]]), initially refuses, only to ultimately be unable to bring himself to turn down an opportunity to achieve the thing he had been obsessing over for the past three years}}.

* ''[[A Troll in Central Park]]'' has one of these moments. It's probably the one good moment in the film.

* In ''[[Mickey Donald Goofy ~~the~~ Three Musketeers]]'', [[Donald Duck]] decides [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]], but changes his mind after the [[Lemony Narrator]] convinces him.

* In ''[[Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers]]'', [[Donald Duck]] decides [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]], but changes his mind after the [[Lemony Narrator]] convinces him.

* Monterey Jack does this during the [[Five Episode Pilot]] of ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (~~Animation~~)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]''.

* Monterey Jack does this during the [[Five Episode Pilot]] of ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]''.

* In one [[Looney Tunes]] short, Sylvester, after seeing a group of mice carry off Porky, flees the house in terror. However, his conscience then scolds him for running away, pointing out that Porky raised him since he was a kitten. It then reminds him that [[Captain Obvious|that he's larger than they are, and that he is, in fact, larger than they are.]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|He proceeds to run back inside and kick mouse-ass.]]