Left Your Lifesaver Behind: Difference between revisions

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== Film ==

* Invoked in ''[[Sherlock Holmes (~~Film~~)|Sherlock Holmes]]''. Watson is furious when Sherlock leaves without his revolver, knowing [[Batman Gambit|he did it deliberately]] so his friend will feel obliged to chase after him.

* Invoked in ''[[Sherlock Holmes (film)|Sherlock Holmes]]''. Watson is furious when Sherlock leaves without his revolver, knowing [[Batman Gambit|he did it deliberately]] so his friend will feel obliged to chase after him.

* ''[[The Sure Thing]]''. When Gib and Allison leave the hotel room, Allison accidentally leaves her all-important planner (which contains all her money) behind.

* ''[[Pulp Fiction]]''. Vincent is waiting at Butch's apartment to kill him if he shows up. While waiting, Vincent needs to go to the bathroom, so he leaves his Ingram MAC-10 on the kitchen counter. While he's in the bathroom, Butch shows up, and uses the Ingram to kill the unarmed Vincent as he leaves the bathroom.

* While on the way to fire off the flares needed to destroy the titular giant spider in ''Giant Spider Invasion,'' Dr. Vance forgets the flares and needs to run back to the car and get them. [[~~MST3K~~|Mike and the Bots]] immediately call out how dumb this was, since it doesn't add any real tension and only pads out an extra 10 seconds or so of running time.

* While on the way to fire off the flares needed to destroy the titular giant spider in ''Giant Spider Invasion,'' Dr. Vance forgets the flares and needs to run back to the car and get them. [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|Mike and the Bots]] immediately call out how dumb this was, since it doesn't add any real tension and only pads out an extra 10 seconds or so of running time.

== Literature ==

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== Live Action TV ==

* ''[[Ultraviolet (TV)|Ultraviolet]]''. The protagonist rushes out to meet his [[All Love Is Unrequited|Unrequited]] [[Love Interest]], taking his pistol but forgetting the video camera attachment used to identify vampires. This causes problems when he starts suspecting she's a vampire, but has no means of verifying it.

* ''[[Ultraviolet (TV series)|Ultraviolet]]''. The protagonist rushes out to meet his [[All Love Is Unrequited|Unrequited]] [[Love Interest]], taking his pistol but forgetting the video camera attachment used to identify vampires. This causes problems when he starts suspecting she's a vampire, but has no means of verifying it.

== Western Animation ==