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'''Batman''': (Considers it)
'''Joker''': BATMAN! (Batman pulls him up) }}
{{quote|'''Harley Quinn''': '''PUDDIN'!'''
'''Batman''': At this point, he probably ''is''. }}
* In the ''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League]]'' episode "Twilight", this is ''averted'' by ''[[Superman]]'' of all people. When [[Darkseid]] tells the League that Brainiac is trying to assimilate Apokolips, Superman refuses to help and the rest of the League has to convince him otherwise. After Darkseid's inevitable betrayal, Superman actually hunts him down to personally kill him. And he ''succeeds''—Darkseid remains dead all the way to the finale of ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' four seasons later.
** Also subverted in the earlier episode "The Enemy Below." Orm ends up dangling off a ledge over a high drop, screaming for help, after trying to kill both his brother Aquaman and his infant son as well as untold numbers of people by melting the polar ice caps. Aquaman reaches down... and grabs his nearby trident instead, while Orm falls to his apparent death.
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** Naturally, Aang, the hero, has saved Prince Zuko on a number of occasions, including in the unaired pilot. However, despite the page quote, Zuko never actually tried to kill them and actually [[I Want Them Alive|thought he had to catch Aang alive]].
** Even MOMO saves enemies which wanted to eat him five minutes earlier.
* ''[[The Perils of Penelope Pitstop]]'': In the episode "North Pole Peril", Penelope rescues the Hooded Claw after a yeti throws him off a cliff. Naturally, she regrets it later.
* Audience-based subversion: There was once an ''[[Action Man]]'' advert where Dr. X was hanging off the edge of a building, about to fall to his death, and viewers voted whether Action Man should save him or not. They voted no, and Dr. X fell to his death.
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'''Bart''': Yeah - I guess this means you won't ever try to kill me again, huh?
'''Sideshow Bob''': ''[Sinister]'' Oh, I don't know about ''that''. ''[Bart cringes back fearfully]'' Joking, joking! }}
* Taken [[Up to Eleven]] in the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "One Hundred Big Ones" where Fry's consumption of 100 cups of coffee causes him to rescue ''three'' of the series' villains - [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Mom]], [[Abhorrent Admirer|Zapp Brannigan]], ''and'' [[President Evil|Richard Nixon]] - in the same scene. ([[Villains Out Shopping|They weren't doing anything really evil at the time]], but still...)
* Occasionally [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] on ''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]'':
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