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The Distressed Damsel/Dude has usually been kidnapped but that's not required--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.