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* Arguably, ''[[Project A-ko]]''. B-Ko even cites A-Ko rescuing C-Ko from a wolf as part of her grudge.

* This shows up mildly in the various ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' continuities. In the manga, this ends up turned on its ear when Aeka waits for her saviour after being captured, hoping for a little Rescue Romance with Tenchi ... and finds ''Ryoko'' coming to the rescue (she knocked Tenchi out and took the only available spaceship so that he wouldn't be able to put himself at risk). Aeka's disappointed in the choice of rescuer, and Ryoko isn't very fond of the lack of gratitude.

* Subverted at the beginning of ''[[To ~~Aru~~ ~~Majutsu no~~ Index]]'': Touma tries to get a delinquent hitting on Mikoto in a diner to leave her alone—saying that he's troubling her—and winds up getting chased off when the delinquent's friends return from the bathroom. When he finally seems to lose them and stops to rest, Mikoto walks up and admits to frying them to save trouble. Turns out Touma had known she was a powerful lightning esper the entire time, and had been trying to protect the ''delinquents''. She then tries to blast ''him'', and her determination as the [[Unknown Rival]] is increased.

* Subverted at the beginning of ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'': Touma tries to get a delinquent hitting on Mikoto in a diner to leave her alone—saying that he's troubling her—and winds up getting chased off when the delinquent's friends return from the bathroom. When he finally seems to lose them and stops to rest, Mikoto walks up and admits to frying them to save trouble. Turns out Touma had known she was a powerful lightning esper the entire time, and had been trying to protect the ''delinquents''. She then tries to blast ''him'', and her determination as the [[Unknown Rival]] is increased.

** Played with in their first chronological meeting depicted in ''Railgun''. Touma saves her from a group of delinquents and chastises them for hitting on a little girl. [[Berserk Button|Predictably, Misaka doesn't take it well]] and [[Shock and Awe|fries the lot of them.]] However, due to Touma's [[Anti-Magic|right hand]] he is completely unharmed. It was only because of this immunity that she became interested in him, declaring him her [[Unknown Rival|rival]].

** And played straight in the Sister arc. When Misaka is [[Despair Event Horizon|at the edge of despair]] and literally [[Driven to Suicide|willing to die]] in the pathetic hope that it will save her clones...Touma shows up and saves all [[Over Nine Thousand|9939]] of her clones. That's where he went from (in Misaka's eyes) [[The Rival]] to an actual love interest. And at least one (likely far more) of those clones is also attracted to him, for similar reasons.