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The friend can let the hero down for many reasons. Coming back usually entails character growth.
 
Can be a chance to deliver [[An Aesop]]. Often occurs during the [[Darkest Hour]] and leads to a [["Hell Yes!" Moment]]. A successful scene may be a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]].
 
A subtrope of [[A Friend in Need]].
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Also see: [[Chekhov's Gun]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* 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.
* 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.
 
== Film ==
 
* ''[[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]]''.
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* ''[[Gettysburg]]'': Col. Chamberlain, by the last three holdouts of the 2nd Maine. They later join the fight and save his brother Tom.
* ''[[King Kong]]'' (2005): Snooty actor Bruce Baxter, faced with the perils of Skull Island, gives up on rescuing Ann, only to return later [[Just in Time]] for a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment.
* ''[[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.
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** 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.
* This editor called it a mile away on ''[[Roots]]'' in regards to Pettijohn refusing to stick his neck out again for Simon Haley and help save Ab Dekker.
* Avon of ''[[BlakesBlake's Seven (TV)|Blakes Seven]]'' did this constantly while he was with Blake on the Liberator. But funnily enough, despite professing complete contempt for [[The Messiah|Blake's ideals and cause]], and threatening to leave on many occasions, he never did; in fact, he saved Blake's life on several occasions.
* Combined with [[Conscience Makes You Go Back]] in the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Waters of Mars". The Doctor knows that the staff of [[Stealth Pun|Bowie]] Base One are historically supposed to die by blowing up their own base to destroy the "Flood Monsters". Adelaide even lets him return to the TARDIS, but on the way there he overhears them dying and decides, just this once, to [[Screw Destiny]].
** Yet the fixed point in time - the death of the captain and the destruction of the base - is still established.
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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.
* 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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* 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}}.
* ''[[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.
* 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.]]
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