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* Rin stopped to help Sesshoumaru when he was wounded after a fight with [[Inuyasha]]. He later repaid the favor when [[Empathic Weapon|his sword]], [[Healing Shiv|Tenseiga]], ''demanded'' that he bring her back to life. She became his [[Morality Pet]] and he went from [[Villain|full-on villain]] to [[Aloof Big Brother]].
* Rakushun found Yoko almost dead in [[The Twelve Kingdoms]], and after he helped her they ended up hanging together.
* Nurse Joy from ''[[Pokémon]]'' (''all'' of them). Her services are free to anyone who needs them, and the only time she's ever had to turn someone away from a Pokémon Center is because it was overcrowded. Exactly where she gets her funding is a mystery, but then, her family does seem very large...
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Most super-heroes are this Trope by default.
* [[Blue Beetle|Jaime Reyes]] encountered one of these just after the events of ''Infinite Crisis'' when his [[Clingy MacGuffin]] dumped him naked in the desert.
* The origin of the superhero [[Plastic Man]] involved a gangster named "Eel" O' Brien who got shot during a robbery and was abandoned by his gang- but was found by a monk who helped him recover in his monastery. By the time he was healthy, O'Brien had changed into a good person who used his newfound powers to fight crime.
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* An interesting use in ''[[Training Day]]:'' The hero stops to rescue a little girl, and gets a [[Laser-Guided Karma]] reward for it later. The twist? The hero is an on-duty police officer, and only in the [[Crapsack World]] he's just stumbled into could the rescue be considered a noteworthy act.
* ''[[The Blind Side]]'' has a rare example of a rich samaritan. Leigh Anne helps Michael Oher, a homeless black student at her children's school, by giving him a home, tutoring, and general emotional and vocational support to enter the football team.
* In ''[[Groundhog Day]]'', once Phil is resigned to the fact that he can't escape the loop and has grown to accept it, he starts doing good deeds, doing them over and over, and adding new ones as he finds new opportunities each day. He saves a boy from falling, saves a man in a restaurant from choking, he buys enough insurance from Ned to help Ned meet his quota (which becomes even more amazing when you realize that ''this is February 2nd''), and so on. Eventually, the whole town loves him, {{spoiler|and when he finally becomes such a selfless person that Rita truly falls in love with him, he escapes the loop.}}
== [[Literature]] ==
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* In [[Michael Flynn]]'s ''[[Spiral Arm|In the Lion's Mouth]]'', a Good Samaritan gives Dominic Tight "[[Bottled Heroic Resolve|booster]]" after the ambush injured him. Only when he reads the directions does he realize that the man is not a Confederal agent, but from their foes, the League.
== [[Live
* Subverted in a sketch on ''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look]]'', which reenacted Jesus teaching of the parable to his disciples. Suddenly, he's interrupted by his audience, who exclaim that ''of course'' a Samaritan stopped to help, they're perfectly lovely people, they'd give you the shirts off their backs. And, hey - what do you have against Samaritans anyway you racist?
* Edith Keeler from the classic ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "City on the Edge of Forever" embodies this trope perfectly. She runs a soup kitchen for the homeless and downtrodden in Depression-era New York and truly believes in the inherent goodness of man. {{spoiler|So of course, [[Because Destiny Says So|she's fated to die]].}}
* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S21/E03 Frontios|Frontios]]'', the Doctor is trying to obey the rules about non-intervention when he sees there are wounded.
** In ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S15/E06 The Invasion of Time|The Invasion Of Time]]'', the wild Gallifreyans take in the exiled ones.
== [[Tabletop Game]] ==
* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'':
** In some editions, this is mandatory for [[The Paladin|Paladins]], who are required to give a percentage of their wealth and earnings to charity. How much they fit the image of the traditional Good Samaritan depends on how well the character role-plays. <ref>This was based on the tradition of tithing, a practice where one donated a portion of income to the church in the Middle Ages. A similar practice is the Islamic pillar of ''zakat'', or charity.</ref>
** The Book of Exalted Deeds for the Dungeons & Dragons setting has rules for playing ascetic characters, who are supposed to act like this; by taking the [[Heroic Vow| Vow of Poverty Feat]] and never violating it (which means voluntary poverty) and giving everything valuable to charity, these characters gain [[Holy Hand Grenade| potent Exalted abilities]].
* In the ''[[Planescape]]'' campaign setting, there's a small group (well, rather large for any group not big enough to be a full-fledged Faction) called the Ring-Givers who believe that everything that you give to others will eventually come back to you, and that you only get as good as you give. Members of this group provide charity to others, and live by accepting it from others. (No easy feat in this setting, where most folks believe that [[Every Man Has His Price]].). Most members are, indeed, Good Samaritans, but unfortunately, there are plenty of [[Bad Samaritan]]s in the group too.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Ahem, Mario. Given what his goal is in most games. ''[[Super Mario Bros]]'', he saves Peach from Bowser. ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', he saves Daisy from Tatanga. ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', helps a bunch of kings, ''then'' saves Peach from Bowser, and so on and so on. No matter how you look at it, Mario is a guy who loves to help people.
* In the beginning of ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'', Marston is shot and left for dead in front of a bandit hideout. Bonnie risks her life to rescue him, and then takes him back to her ranch to treat his wounds. Even though she isn't seeking any sort of payment, a grateful Marston spends much of the game repaying her kindness by helping her keep her ranch safe.
* Litchi Faye-Ling in ''[[BlazBlue]]'' tends to help those who are mostly ignored, such as Linhua when she first arrived to Orient Town and ignored by the majority, or for the Kaka clan who are doomed to extinction with nobody to care about, and ''especially'' on Arakune, whom everyone else considers a 'lost cause'. {{spoiler|She ends up getting tangled with a [[Bad Samaritan]] (Hazama) and was [[Forced Into Evil]], but at that point, when she met a distraught Carl, who is supposed to be none of her business at best, enemy at worst, she willingly lets him [[Cry Into Chest|cry on her hug until he calms down]] and calls out [[Archnemesis Dad|Relius']] [[Abusive Parents|parenting skills when he appears]], regardless if he's supposed to be her boss.}}
* This is sort of a staple of ''[[Pokemon]]'' . While the game has lots of merchants and guys who trade you stuff, there's also plenty of NPCs who give you things for free, if you simply talk to them, everything from Technical Machines, Hold Items, and Evolution Stones. In ''[[Pokémon Yellow]]'', Squirtle, Bulbasaur, and Charmander are given to you by NPCs - absolutely no strings attached. ''[[Pokemon| Pokémon X and Y]]'' takes this Up to 11, where you can get a Lapras and a Lucario (two powerful Pokémon) as gifts with no strings attached.
** A Pokémon that fits the Trope is Delibird. Most of its PokéDex entries claim that it shares the food it stores in its tail to travelers that are lost and hungry in snowy mountains.
** Possibly the most generous trainer in the whole franchise is Drayden from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Yes, technically, he gives you a Duraludon as an in-game trade, but he will accept ''any'' Pokémon in return.<ref>Except for a Legendary, Shiny, or Mythical Pokémon</ref> This means you can gain this mega-powerful [[Lightning Bruiser| Dragon/Steel Pokémon]] in excahnge for any of the [[Com Mons]] you have in storage.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In [[Family Guy]], in a flashback, Peter was driving down the road when he stopped and a stray dog/bum came up and did his windows. Peter wasn't happy. After talking with the dog, Peter offered to take him home for some dinner. And that is how Brian and Peter met.
* Mr. Meeseeks in ''[[Rick and Morty]]'' is an odd creature - or maybe "creatures", plural - whose only goal in his incredibly short life is to help someone with a specific problem. Unfortunately, if he ''can't'' solve that problem (which can happen when the recipient is an idiot like Jerry) he goes crazy and might turn into an obsessive and homicidal [[Bad Samaritan]].
** Mr. Meeseeks Deconstructs this in the 4th Season premiere, which shows he has a [[My Master, Right or Wrong]] attitude towards what he does and will obey ''any'' request, no matter how unethical or evil it is; tell him to murder someone, and he'll do it.
== [[Real Life]] ==
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