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So Bob and his allies decide to rescue Susan by going on an [[Orphean Rescue Mission]]. Much like [[Greek Mythology|Orpheus]] and his trip to the Underworld, the heroes will travel into a strange, otherworldy realm. It may be a [[Journey to The Center of The Mind]], Susan's soul, a [[Time Travel|different era]], another planet, a [[Down the Rabbit Hole|rabbit hole]], the [[Spirit World]], Purgatory, [[Limbo]], [[Hell]], the Underworld (again) or even ''[[Heaven]]'' ([[Ascend to A Higher Plane of Existence|or a reasonable facsimile]]).
On their quest, they probably have to fight [[Threshold Guardians]] appropriate to Susan's subconscious/DarkAndTroubledPast (trust us, no matter how happy go lucky Susan [honestly] is, she's going to have at least ''some'' skeletons in her closet) or whoever/whatever is holding her captive. Freeing her may require that she help in the process, with a rather more literal use of an [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]], or helping her see the door in her [[Epiphanic Prison]].
Once Susan wakes up, she probably won't remember anything, except as a vague distorted dream that leaves her with an urge to hug her friends and kick ass.
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== Anime And Manga ==
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* ''[[Inuyasha]]'': Early in the series, Kagome doesn't ''enter'' hell, but gets very close to the entrance to save a child's soul who had died.
** Later on in the manga, Sesshoumaru takes the full trip [[To Hell and Back]] in order to save his [[Morality Pet]] Rin.
* One of the many, many MANY subplots of [[Angel Sanctuary]] is about Setsuna trying to get back the soul of his [[Brother
* In ''[[Jack and The Witch]]'' the titular boy hero descends into a frigid cave full of growing and shifting ice to rescue the banished witch Allegra, who'd been sent there by the Harpy Queen to freeze to death. The Ice Cave and its subsequent shift into a magical battleground seem to be tied to the Queen's magic, as they fade out once her crystal ball is smashed.
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* ''[[Touhou]] 07: Perfect Cherry Blossom'' has the three main characters going to Hakugyokurou, a realm of ''virtuous'' dead (think Elysium), to take back the Spring essence of Gensokyo which is stolen by the hungry ghost [[Big Bad|Yuyuko]].
** In ''Touhou 12: Undefined Fantastic Object'', it's the <s>bad guys</s> followers of Byakuren who seek to liberate her from imprisonment in Pandemonium. {{spoiler|She was imprisoned by her ''[[Humans Are Bastards|fellow humans]]'' [[Fantastic Racism|for befriending the youkai]].}} The [[You Bastard|player characters]] mistakenly believe they're trying to resurrect a terrible monstrosity.
* ''[[Fatal Frame]] 2'': Mio shoots her way ([[First Person Snapshooter|with a camera!]]) through a village worth of hordes of vengeful ghosts to save her [[
* Happens in some route in the [[Yuri Genre]] [[Visual Novel]] ''[[Aoi Shiro]]''. {{spoiler|These are the bad ends.}}
* [[Deconstruction|Deconstructed]] HARD in ''[[Persona 3 (Video Game)|Persona 3: FES]]''. The desire to bring back {{spoiler|the main character}} cause the SEES to splinters and fights each other in [[Groundhog Day Loop]]. {{spoiler|Even when they actually get back to their senses and work together to reach the place where the MC's soul is, the find out that they CAN'T bring him back without undoing his sacrifice.}} Moral of the story: It's better to let go of deceased loved ones.
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