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== [[Fan Works]] ==
* Parodied in [https://www.deviantart.com/grouchom/art/Starfire-s-Dilemma-285791605 this piece] from [[DeviantArt]]. Starfire finds Blackfire tied up and helpless, and spends ''an hour'' trying to make up her mind on whether she should rescue her or leave her to her fate. This is, of course, the [[Teen Titans (animation)|scatterbrained animated version of Starfire]], so it fits.
** Same artist gives [[Miraculous Ladybug]] the same dilemma in [https://www.deviantart.com/grouchom/art/Do-I-Have-To-656031138 this one].
* Outright averted by metahuman Doug "Looney Toons" Sangnoir and the Warriors (the superteam to which he belongs in his home timeline) from ''[[Drunkard's Walk]]''. The Warriors are a ''(para)military'' organization and approach their battles with ruthless military sensibilities:
{{quote|One reason the Warriors are as successful as we are is that in any given opportunity, we will field far more force that is far nastier than the enemy is prepared to deal with. We don't fight just to win. We fight to crush the enemy utterly. We fight to overwhelm and destroy.}}
:* Doug himself routinely advises those he trains and mentors "never leave an enemy alive to attack you again".
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
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** Lampshaded by Ron's utter disgust at the fact that they saved ''Malfoy''. After the second save, Ron punches out Malfoy just to try to feel better about saving him.
** Also, Harry's saving of Peter Pettigrew, back in ''Prisoner of Azkaban'' comes back, when Peter hesitates when he's attacking Harry.
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* The [[Batman]] novel "Fear Itself" double subverts this when it has Batman try this with Scarecrow when Batman, the [[Love Interest]] of the week, Scarecrow, a henchman, and the body of a guy Scarecrow had just killed are trapped in a burning house. {{spoiler|Initially, Batman ''does'' leave Scarecrow to die in the mess he created ... But after he rescues the [[Love Interest]] and the Henchman, as well as carrying out the dead victim's body, he goes back for Scarecrow. He apparently doesn't succeed, but they [[Never Found the Body]] and [[Joker Immunity|we all know what kind of record the Bat Rogues have with death.]] }} And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why we love Batman.
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** In ''[[
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*** It's complicated. Vimes is perfectly happy with traitors being hanged, it is the burning he can't stand. Vimes will ''not'' rescue a villain from quick death; he ''will'' rescue villains from torture.
* In ''[[Scaramouche]]'', Mme. la Comtesse de Plougastel stops Andre-Louis from killing the [[Big Bad]], the Marquis de La Tour d'Azyr.
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** Of course, Angel being [[The Atoner|Angel]], and the whole message of the show is "everyone is capable of, and deserves, a chance at redemption, this is played straight sometimes, as Angel often tries to save villans. In Season Two, him not doing this {{spoiler|letting a load of Wolfram and Hart lawyers be killed by Darla and Drusilla}} is shown as an almost [[Moral Event Horizon]].
* It happens quite a few times in ''[[Wicked Science]]'' where Toby has to help Elizabeth when her experiments [[Gone Horribly Wrong|gave her]] [[Gone Horribly Right|unexpected results]].
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* In the epic ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' module ''Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil'', {{spoiler|the Player Characters might inadvertently rescue one of the most notorious villains in the history of the game. Sometime prior to the events of this module, Zuggtmoy, the [[Big Bad]] of the original ''[[Temple of Elemental Evil]]'' module, was captured by the villains in this one, transformed into an altar, and forced to serve as a shrine in the Tabernacle of Utter Darkness, a location in the Temple of All Consumption. This nightmarish, evil room is usually one of the most dangerous places in the Temple, and the PCs risk their souls being imprisoned for eternity if they lose the battle that will likely take place here. However, if they first visit the actual Temple of Elemental Evil, there's one place where one of them hears Zuggtmoy's voice pleading to be released, telling them a way to do it, and promising three wishes if he does. (She does not reveal who she is.) If the character does this when he does get to the Tabernacle, Zuggtmoy is freed, the biggest danger of the place is eliminated, and he does indeed get the three wishes. However, Zuggtmoy does leave a giant Violet Fungus behind to attack him and his friends, although given the demons and cultists they'd have to defeat to get there, it's doubtful ''that'' would be a problem for them.}}
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* Played in ''[[Hurricanes]]''. Toro faced his [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|fear of snakes]] to save Melinda Garkos.
* In ''[[Young Justice]]'', Superman tries to save Kroleteans about to be destroyed by a bomb hidden in their volcano base. {{spoiler|They don't believe him and keep attacking, so he fails}}.
* One interesting variation of the theme happened on ''[[Jem]]'', where a plane carrying both the Holograms and the Misfits crashed in the ocean several hundred feet from the shore of an island, and Jem has to rescue Stormer - who couldn't swim - from drowning. The big problem here was the water briefly interfering with Synergy's signal, and Stormer thinks ''Jerrica'' had saved her. Technically true, of course, but neither she nor the other Misfits know about her dual identity. Big problem. With the whole cast now marooned on an island and and the Misfits thinking Jerrica was alive but missing, suffice to say it caused problems.
* This Trope is Deconstructed in the ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode “Fecal Matters”. When Peter’s arch-nemesis Ernie the Giant Chicken is dying from terminal “bird flu” (and no longer wants to live, as his wife has left him for an even larger chicken) Peter (who isn't exactly a hero himself) does indeed save him via CPR, but does so entirely for selfish reasons, both because his obsession with their rivalry gives his life purpose, and because if Ernie died, he’d be solely responsible financially for all the damage their fights has caused.
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