Roaring Rampage of Rescue: Difference between revisions

When a loved one has been kidnapped by the [[Big Bad]] or his mooks, sometimes the protagonist has no time or inclination for negotiation. In this case expect them to utilise their skills, experience, determination and connections to go to any lengths in order to rescue said loved one. Without a doubt, copious amounts of violence and mayhem will ensue. Expect them to be fueled either by [[Unstoppable Rage]] or [[Tranquil Fury]]. Their drive to save their loved one will almost necessarily make them [[The Determinator]]. May involve a [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]].

If the loved one is a child, then the rescuing is probably being done by a [[Mama Bear]] or [[Papa Wolf]], or the Badass in a [[Badass and Child Duo]]. Can also be prompted by a [[I Have Your Wife]] call from the [[Big Bad]]. If it is a love interest, they are probably a [[Damsel in Distress]]. May overlap with [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] if the goal is to both rescue the loved one and inflict punishment on those who kidnapped them.

Subtrope of [[Big Damn Heroes]].

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== Anime/Manga ==

* Rin Asano of ''[[Blade of the Immortal]]''. Throughout the series, Rin is essentially somewhere between [[The Cutie]], [[Distressed Damsel in Distress]], and [[The Load]]. In fact, the entire story began basically because she hired [[Badass]] [[Immortal]] [[Samurai]] Manji to protect her. Throughout the series, Rin gains an inverted [[Bodyguard Crush]] and slowly falls in love with Manji. In a later arc, Manji [[Badass in Distress|is captured by the shogunate]] and completely vanishes, prompting Rin to go "[[Let's Get Dangerous]]." For the rest of the arc, [[Violently Protective Girlfriend|Rin becomes a force of absolute destruction against anything standing between her and her man]]. She [[Took a Level Inin Badass|takes such a level in badass]] that Manji ''[[Adrenaline Makeover|fails to recognize her]]'' when they're reunited.

** And then there's ''Silent Night,'' where {{spoiler|Marv gets to be a little girl's knight in shining armor, rescuing her from some sex traffickers. Needless to say, they get what's coming to them.}}

== Film - Animated ==

* The climax of ''[[Despicable Me]]''.

== Film - Live Action ==

* ''[[Taken (film)|Taken]]'': The entire premise of the plot as a [[Papa Wolf]] sets out to rescue his daughter.

* ''[[Commando (film)|Commando]]'' has Arnie rescuing his daughter, in true [[Papa Wolf]] fashion.

* ''[[Predator]]'' opens up with one of these: Arnie's crack commando team is called in to rescue two missing cabinet ministers, who are suspected to be held hostage by a rebel force. The trope is [[Playing with a Trope|played with]] in that both of them are actually CIA, and the team had been lied to about their identities; both are already dead as well, and though he was hoping to rescue them the agent who set the team up quickly admits that he mainly wanted Arnies' unit to [[Kill'Em All|destroy the rebel base and kill all the soldiers]] in a pre-emptive strike. They do exactly that, but another way its played with is that they mistakenly believe the rebels skinned the previous team alive and strung them up, making this a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] as well- except, of course, the culprit behind the skinning was actually the titular alien villain, so the rebels were [[Mis BlamedMisblamed]] twice.

* ''[[Cowboys and Aliens (film)|Cowboys and Aliens]]'': Embarked on after several of the main characters' loved ones are {{spoiler|captured by the titular aliens and taken away}}.

* ''[[Frantic]]'': A [[Roman Polanski]] thriller that has [[Harrison Ford]] stopping at nothing to rescue his kidnapped wife.

* ''[[Iron Eagle]]'' is also essentially about this trope, with the kicker being that its a son rescuing his father, in a fighter jet.

== Literature ==

* The Dumai Wells sequence in the ''[[Wheel of Time]]''.

* ''Changes'' from ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' revolves around Harry going on one of these to rescue {{spoiler|his and Susan's daughter}}. Also the assault on {{spoiler|Winter led by Charity Carpenter}}.

* ''[[Ramayana|The Ramayana]]'': Essentially the entirety of the plot once the demon king Ravana kidnaps Rama's wife Sita, starting a war in the process. Makes this trope [[Older Than Feudalism]].

* ''[[Belgariad]]/Malloreon'': Barak in bear form rips through Salmissra's palace in the second novel of the Belgariad after Salmissra kidnaps Garion. Midway through the Malloreon, Garion chops his way through Ashaba to rescue his son. (Subverted because {{spoiler|Geran was never there, it was an illusion cast because Zandramas is fond of [[Mind Screw|mindscrewing]] people.}}) One could argue the next-to-the-last fight scene in "Seeress of Kell" would count as well, though Garion is as much interested in revenge on Zandramas as anything else.

== Live Action TV ==

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'', [[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S1 S27/E12 Bad Wolf|"Bad Wolf"]]:

** The entire premise of [[Doctor Who/Recap/S32 E7/E07 A Good Man Goes to War|''A Good Man Goes to War'']] is the rescue of Amy and Rory's baby.

* In the British ''[[Being Human (UK)]]'' George and Annie go off on one of these near the end of Season 1, and then Mitchell and McNair do one for George in Season 3.

== Roleplaying Games ==

* On ''[[Honorable Hogwarts]]'', Jason goes on one of these when his wife Maddie is kidnapped by the [[Religion of Evil|Brotherhood of the Light]]. It does overlap with [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]], though, since his secondary objective is to destroy every single member of the Brotherhood in the [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|most brutal ways he possibly can]].

== Videogames ==

* Hawke during the "All That Remains" storyline quest in ''[[Dragon Age II]]''.

* The final act of ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' is this, if the player chooses to {{spoiler|go through the Omega-4 relay to save his/her crew.}} Also, you could consider Garrus's, Tali's, and Thane's recruitment missions and Miranda's, Mordin's, and Tali's loyalty missions to be this as well.

* ''[[Nie RNieR]]'' goes on one {{spoiler|after The Shadowlord kidnaps Yonah.}}

* The majority of ''[[BioshockBioShock (series)]] 2'' is [[Papa Wolf|Subject Delta]] going on this to save Eleanor from Sofia Lamb. When they meet up, they become a [[Badass Family]].

* The last two stages of ''[[BlackBlack★Rock RockShooter (band)|Black★Rock Shooter]]: The Game''. To make it worse, the girl BRS is desperate to rescue is kind of an unapologetic [[Jerkass]] {{spoiler|not to mention that said girl has double-crossed her earlier}}.

== Western Animation ==

* King Claudus from ''[[Thundercats 2011|ThunderCats (2011)]]'' successfully attempted this when he went to rescue his friend "General Panthro". {{spoiler|Subverted rather quickly, and cruely.}}

== Web Original ==

* [[Chakona Space]] gives us Neal Foster, who has done this at some point in the past. The resulting carnage and body count lead one of his adopted cubs to revile him for quite a few years afterward.