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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
* The title character in 2002's [[Roger Dodger]], 'saving' his Nephew late in the film.
* 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.
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* Combined with [[Conscience Makes You Go Back]] in the ''[[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.
** In
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* {{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 ''[[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
* 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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