Loved Ones Montage: Difference between revisions

** The effect of the Rebuke/Insult Shot is basically this, triggering a Calm Fury.

* Sesshomaru of ''[[Inuyasha]]'', in the climax of ''Swords of an Honorable Ruler'' (third movie) Despite the fact that he denies "having anyone to protect". The manga had the theme since midway through the arc where Inu Yasha acquired Tessaiga, but didn't belabor it.

** Naruto does this in....well, basically every fight he gets in.

** The Third Hokage does this before preparing to use [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique|Reaper Death Seal]] on Orochimaru, declaring that the entire village of Konoha is his family.

** In the Noa Arc of the anime, this gives Anzu the courage to cross a rickety rope bridge to escape from some monsters that wanted to eat her.

* ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'' has one in the Chimera Ant arc, when {{spoiler|Killua is trying to defend a depowered Gon from an ant they met earlier. While Killua fights against the psychological effects of Illumi's needle, we get an entire montage of his memories of Gon. This enables him to finally remove the needle, and kick some serious ass}}.

* In ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'', Kenshin has a flash of his experiences (friends and enemies alike) just before learning his ultimate technique; Yahiko has a similar one later to reflect how much he'd unconsciously picked up just by witnessing the same set of events.

* Done in ''[[Gunnm]]'' and ''Gunnm: Last Order'' quite a few times.

* Happens to Vash in one of the last chapters of ''[[Trigun]] Maximum''. The {{spoiler|"I see dead people!"}} scene, which {{spoiler|might be a hallucination, or maybe he's really seeing his dead friends}}.

** Simon meets Kamina and other lost friends during the end of the [[Lotus Eater Machine]] dream sequence.

** A more serious example happens while Kamina is getting fired up for the battle where he and Simon hijack the Dai-Gurren.

** During the final episode of the first storyline. It actually happens ''twice'' - first at the end of Episode 45, where Sailor Moon nearly gives up from the grief over the deaths of her friends, which summons the spirits of her fallen comrades to remind her not to let them die in vain. This scene was cut from the [[Macekre|English dub]]. The second happened at the climax of Episode 46, where Usagi, as Princess Serenity, is struggling to fight off the powered-up Queen Beryl and she sees a vision of her friends. This was kept in the English dub, but they changed the circumstances - the dub made them appear to be talking specifically to Serena, the original script was merely Usagi having a vision of their lost hopes and dreams. Either way, it still summoned their spirits back to her side to finish off Beryl for good.

{{quote| '''Serena:''' I hear you. ''I am not afraid anymore.''}}

** The inverse of this happens in the Sailor Moon R [[Non-Serial Movie]], where each of the senshi remembers how they used to be alone and friendless, and then a pivotal moment in which Usagi extended her friendship to them.

** Ichigo does this during his final battle with Grimmjow.

** And again, when {{spoiler|first activating his Fullbring powers.}}

* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' (at least in the first manga), this trope is intentionally invoked by Setsuna on Negi during their fight (she wants him to win). She narrates the montage.

* In ''[[Weiss Kreuz]]'', Youji does this for the rest of his team while contemplating death at the hands of a small private army. In a junkyard.

* In the ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' anime, Yusuke has the montage, but [[Downplayed Trope|still loses his fight against Yomi]].

 

 

 

== Film - Live-Action ==

* Bruce Leroy has an inspiring flashback that makes him realize the true meaning of the quest his teacher put him on in ''[[Berry Gordys the Last Dragon]]''.

 

 

== Literature ==

 

 

** ''[[Persona 3]]'' did this as well {{spoiler|though with a more tragic end. After the [[Hopeless Boss Fight]] with Nyx, the hero has visions of his maxed Social Links, which gives him the strength needed for his [[Heroic Sacrifice]].}}

* ''[[Breath of Fire]] 2'' has this as well, as part of the sequence leading up to the final [[Battle Royale With Cheese]].

* Tragically subverted in ''[[Crisis Core]]'' during {{spoiler|Zack's [[Last Stand]]}}.

 

 

== Western Animation ==

 

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