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{{quote|'''Sokka''': At first they didn't believe me. The Fire Nation soldiers assumed I was a spy. But one man vouched for me: [[Chekhov's Gunman|the old man you attacked]]. He urged them to trust me, and we got everyone out in time.|''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''}}
Like [[Androcles' Lion]], but with people. The hero goes out of their way to help an "inconsequential" [[Innocent Bystander]], often at personal risk either to himself or reputation. Later on, if he's [[Clear My Name|set up by the villain]] and it looks ''just'' like the [[Untrusting Community]] of [[Crazy Survivalist|Crazy Survivalists]] is really going to kill him... out pops <s> [[Androcles' Lion]]</s> the [[Character Witness]] ready to [[Laser
A common variation is that the hero just needs a second to escape [[The Chase]], or a distraction so the [[Big Bad]] goes the wrong way.
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Contrast [[Disproportionate Reward]] and [[Zombie Advocate]].
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== [[Anime]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Interestingly, a [[Show Within a Show|novel within a novel]] in ''[[Slaughterhouse-Five]]'' said the story of Jesus delivered the [[Family
* ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Going Postal|Going Postal]]''. The first letter delivered after years of no service brings unexpected benefits for the hero after a huge catastrophe.
* Prior Philip in ''[[The Pillars of the Earth]]'' is betrayed by a monk named Remigius, the former deputy prior, as part of a plot by the prior's enemies. Later on, he forgives Remigius and allows him to return to the monastery rather than live in poverty (Remigius' allies having since discarded him). And a good thing, too, as Remigius is the only person in the world with the information that can save Philip from a witch hunt at the climax.
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* ''[[October Daye]]'': There's a cab driver named Danny that doesn't let Toby Daye pay because Toby helped his sister once.
* [[Thursday Next]] doesn't have to pay a diner waitress because of her heroic actions in a war in the past.
* [[Don Quixote]]: Hiliarously subverted by Andres and Tosilos, who come back [[Laser
** Andres, a boy that Don Quixote thinks has rescued at chapter IV part I shows up again at Chapter XXXI part I. Don Quixote wants him to defend his [[Chivalric Romance]] delusions, but instead Andres denounces him with a [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]] speech and left with a bitter [[Stop Helping Me]].
** Lacquey Tosilos appear at chapter LVI of the second part when Don Quixote is trying to [[We Help the Helpless]], and comes back in chapter LXVII to inform Don Quixote that all was a [[Shaggy Dog Story]].
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** A similar example happened in the earlier episode "The Cadillac": Jerry's dad Morty is being accused of embezzling funds from the office of condo president with Morty's new Cadillac being cited as proof (the Cadillac was given to Morty by Jerry as a gift, but the guy accusing Morty doesn't believe Jerry is talented enough to make that much money). Morty's sole favorable testimony is from an old woman who, unbeknown to Morty, Jerry had stolen a marble rye bread from in an earlier episode. Once she remembers that incident, she withdraws her support and Morty is impeached from condo president. That lady would once again show up in the aforementioned finale.
* In several episodes of ''[[The Pretender]]'', starting with the pilot, Jarod takes time out from his mission to help somebody in trouble, and they repay him at the end of the episode by helping him evade the Centre operatives hunting him.
* Turns up, oddly enough, in ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'', albeit in a uniquely absurd fashion. While looking for Howard, who left his job to become a binman, Vince gives £58.30 (via credit card) as well as his beautiful cape to a hobo [[Running Gag|who thinks Vince is a lady]]. Later on, when Vince and Howard are fighting a magic-fueled, crack-addicted fox in the sewers, the hobo shows up out of nowhere, attacking the Crack Fox long enough to allow Vince and Howard to run away. [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs?|Yeah...]]
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