Terrifying Rescuer: Difference between revisions

* [[Zig Zagged]] in the original ''[[Shrek]]'' movie: at first, Fiona is not happy about being rescued by an ogre, but then comes to like Shrek. Then a gang of a handsome [[Robin Hood]]-wannabes attack them, ostensibly with intent of saving Fiona from the "beast", but she dislikes him even more than she disliked Shrek. However, instead of calling for help, she [[Let's Get Dangerous|dispatches all the attackers herself]], leaving Shrek awed.

* Subverted in ''[[Star Wars]] Episode IV: [[A New Hope]]''.

'''Leia''': You're who? }}

* During ''[[The Great Raid]]'' (both the film and [[Real Life]]) some of the prisoners did not recognize the uniforms of their rescuers, and had to be coaxed out of their huts. One even hid until after the raid was over.

* Early in ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'', Perrin is captured by Whitecloaks and sentenced to execution. When Lan violently bursts into his tent and cuts down his guards, Perrin inadvertently tries to scream a warning to his captors.

* In Charles Stross' ''The Atrocity Archives'', Mo describes being rescued from terrorists by a SWAT team:

* In ''[[Forgotten Realms|Wywern's Spur]]'' an old adventurer told the stories of Cole Wyvernspur. One of the stories was about the carpenter's daughter who refused the mad red wizard and then was kidnapped and imprisoned by him. Cole who jumped to the rescue "looked so fierce when he arrived that Bette mistook him for one of Yawataht's minions and smacked him on the head with a hammer". In another Cole entered a hydra's lair unarmed and when he left a hour later, the monster was "everywhere" -- in pieces. {{spoiler|He was turned into a ''big'' wyvern.}}