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A Rescue Trope with the Distressed Damsel/Dude invoking the likelihood of rescue by a specific person or small group. She Will Come For Me is the most basic version, followed by variations.
The Distressed Damsel/Dude has usually been kidnapped but that's not required--srequired—s/he can fall down a well, be waiting for the Hero at a rendezvous point, whatever, and the principle is the same.
 
'''She Will Come For Me:''' Bob the [[Distressed Dude in Distress]] is kidnapped by the [[Big Bad]], who gloats that Bob's rescue is impossible since [[Nothing Can Stop Us Now]]. But Bob has faith in [[The Hero|Alice]] and says that [['''She Will Come for Me]]''' in the face of danger. Sure enough, Alice shows up [[Just in Time]] for a [[Big Damn Heroes]] rescue, vindicating Bob's faith. Cue [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] and Bob likely declaring [[I Knew It!|"I knew you'd come back!"]] or [[Complaining About Rescues They Don't Like|"It took you long enough!"]]
 
'''She Won't Come For Me:''' Bob the [[Distressed Dude in Distress]] is kidnapped by the [[Big Bad]], who plans to lure [[The Hero|Alice]] into a trap by telling her [[I Have Your Wife|I Have Your Bob]]. But maybe Alice is a [[Jerkass]] [[Designated Hero]] who's made it clear she thinks Bob is [[The Load]]. Or maybe Bob is [[The Atoner]] who's spun the [[Heel Face Revolving Door]] so many times he doesn't think that he deserves to be saved. Either way, Bob declares that he's useless as a hostage, since She Won't Come For Me. Cue double [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] and Bob's shock when Alice [[Changed My Mind, Kid|shows up anyway]] for a [[Big Damn Heroes]] rescue, proving that Alice is really a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] and that Bob does have people who care about him.
 
She Will Come For Me often indicates a character [[Genre Savvy]] enough to be sure the hero will show up [[Just in Time]]. She Won't Come For Me is a subtrope of [[Nothing Can Save Us Now]] in which the character despairs of rescue by a specific person (or small group of people), rather than despairing of being saved in general by [[Deus Ex Machina|rocks falling from the sky]], [[Crazy Enough to Work|thinking up a daring escape plan]], and such. However, She Will Come / She Won't Come For Me are ''not'' subversions or inversions of each other; they are equal facets of the same trope.
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* Chase Meridian makes a comment about Batman coming to save her in ''[[Batman Forever]]''. Riddler replies that he's counting on it.
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[[Superman Returns]]'':
{{quote|'''Lex:''' [[Genre Savvy|No, not that, the other thing. C’mon, I know it’s just dangling off the tip of your tongue. Let me hear it just once, please?]]<br />
'''Lois:''' Superman will stop y--<br />
'''Lex:''' WRONG! }}
* ''[[Waterworld]]'': [[MacGuffin Girl|Enola]] is kidnapped by evil smokers, who taunt her that the surly Mariner won't rescue her: "He's not here. And he ain't coming. And no one's gonna save you." Enola retorts that "He'll Come For Me, he will," and gives a speech about the Mariner being a [[Memetic Badass]] who will kill them all in their sleep. {{spoiler|Of course the Mariner shows up and blows the smokers' base sky-high to save Enola, because [[Power of Friendship|"She's my friend."]]}}
* ''[[Megamind]]'': Roxanne has been saved by Metro Man so many times she doesn't even feign concern when Megamind kidnaps her. She (and Megamind) is shocked when Metro Man appears to be killed by one of Megamind's [[Death Trap|Death Traps]]s. {{spoiler|He isn't.}}
* Disney's ''[[Peter Pan (Disney film)|Peter Pan]]'': Wendy assures the boys that "Peter Pan will save us" from Captain Hook, who then explains to her his plan to kill him with a [[Time Bomb]]. {{spoiler|It should probably come as no surprise that Pan survives the blast and comes to the rescue.}}
 
== Literature ==
 
* In [[The Bible]], the Children of Israel are certain that [[She Will Come for Me|The Messiah Will Come For Them]].
* In ''The Golem's Eye'', the second part of [[The Bartimaeus Trilogy]], Nathaniel has Kitty's childhood friend Jacob as hostage in order to lure and arrest her. Jacob informs him she would never come to save him, as they were inseparable as children but they've not seen each other for years. {{spoiler|She comes.}}
 
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* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': I know there are moments with the [[Genre Savvy]] Scoobies under threat but certain that Buffy Will Come For Them. I just can't think of examples off the top of my head.
** Spike says it repeatedly over the Season 7 episodes ''Bring on the Night'' and ''Showtime.''
{{quote|'''Spike:''' ''(whispering)'' [[Survival Mantra|She will come for me... She will come for me... She will come for me...]]<br />
''' {{spoiler|Buffy/The First Evil:}}'' ... No I won't. }}
** When held captive by Glory, Dawn insists repeatedly that Buffy is going to save her.
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{{quote|'''Sae:''' Yae will come back for me...she ''will''...}}
* In ''[[Solatorobo]]'', The Kurvaz capture Elh to use as bait to make Red [[Hostage for Macguffin|turn over the medallion]], but Elh says that won't work because {{spoiler|she betrayed him, tried to sacrifice him in the Rite of Forfeit, and}} he won't come. {{spoiler|He does, though.}}
* In ''[[Dragon Age]]'', when {{spoiler|the Warden and Alistair are captured by Ser Cauthrien and taken to Fort Drakon}}, you get the option to either break out yourself or wait for help--andhelp—and you can specify which two party members (except for {{spoiler|Shale}}) come to break you out, even if they don't like each other...or if they don't like ''you''.
 
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