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Line 5: Otherwise, this trope is something of an example of [[Truth in Television]]. It is surprising how many crimes are stopped because police or security forces happened to show up at just the wrong time for the criminals, or someone saw something and called the police. ~~----~~ Examples:▼ ▲{{Examples:}} == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == * ''[[~~Mai-HiME (Anime)\|Mai~~My-HiME]]'', although it's subverted in two ways: first, Mikoto triggers the alarm before Mai and Natsuki even manage to get into the (abandoned) facility, and second, when the guards arrive just as the girls are leaving, Mai persuades the other two to surrender despite their readiness to fight. They later escape anyway, with the help of a conveniently-timed ambush. == [[Fanfic]] == * ''[[~~Masses to Masses (Fanfic)\|~~Masses to Masses]]'': Just before Ian has his eyelids torn off by a furious Ricardo Fernandez, Garrus bursts in and shoots the bastard. == [[Live Action Television]] == * This trope is particularly favoured by ''[[Alias (TV series)\|Alias]]'', which does it almost [[Once an Episode]].▼ ▲* This trope is particularly favoured by ''[[Alias (TV)\|Alias]]'', which does it almost [[Once an Episode]]. * Happens on occasion in ''[[Burn Notice]]'', usually to the delight of the 'narrator' who always has good ideas on how to effectively deal with such a predicament. == [[Web Original]] == * [[Red vs. Blue]] In the second episode of Season 9, when the guard catches South stealing data from the terminal ▼ ▲* [[Red vs. Blue]] In the second episode of Season 9, when the guard catches South stealing data from the terminal == Other == * ''[[Shadowmaster Chronicles]]'' parodies and subverts it. {{quote\| ''Hay Lin: "Why not just take out a guard and blend in?"''~~<br />~~ ''Dakota: "Because that's stupid. The point of espionage is to NOT BE NOTICED BY ANYONE. What if that guard had buddies? Or was invited to play poker or something?"'' }} Line 32 ⟶ 29: [[Category:Pages Needing Wicks]] [[Category:Action Adventure Tropes]] [[Category:~~Conveniently Timed Guard~~{{PAGENAME}}]]

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