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== Comic Books ==

* [[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|Adolf Hitler]] gets one in ''[[The Authority]]'s'' Jenny Sparks spin-off. It's surprisingly touching. In part of Jenny Spark’s ability to befriend [[Young Future Famous People]], Hitler and she were friends while he was still a struggling artist. Years later, a considerably more powerful Hitler happened upon Jenny Sparks being tortured by Nazi interrogators. He utilized his position to have her released immediately.

* A small moment in ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'': Rorschach apologizes to Dan for being a shitty friend and promises to help save the world, instead of focusing on his violent hatred of... pretty much everything.

* [[The Punisher|Frank Castle]] has one at the beginning of the MAX comic "Kitchen Irish". He's in a diner when a bomb goes off across the street, and the big glass window of the diner turns into a deadly hail. He finds a man with [[Squick|a hole in his chest through which his heart is visible]], and all the man can gasp is "Help...me." So he does. Instead of getting out of there before the police arrive, he works on the man's heart until an EMT gets there, and then they ''both'' work for half an hour until the man is stabilized. Granted, the rest of the comic is Castle brutally killing the people responsible for the bombing and their enemies, but the moment remains an Adopt The Dog example.

** In "Journey's End", we're led to believe that Dalek Caan is prophesising the triumph of the Daleks... when actually he's constructed a gigantic [[Batman Gambit]]- only saved from being a [[Gambit Roulette|roulette]] by virtue of the fact that Caan has seen all of space and time - to bring down the Dalek Empire once and for all. But he forgot the Daleks have [[Joker Immunity]].

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', "Intervention". Pretty much ''the'' definitive moment in Spike's change from evil to good (which is different to his [[Heel Face Turn]], strangely enough). To elaborate: [[Token Evil Teammate|Spike]] is [[Stalker with a Crush|in love with Buffy]] and has a [[Odd Friendship|soft spot]] for Buffy's [[Annoying Younger Sibling|little sister, Dawn]]. Then the [[Big Bad]] abducts Spike for information about the location of a [[MacGuffin Girl|a magical living Key]]--who Spike knows is actually [[Barrier Maiden|Dawn]]. Despite [[Cold-Blooded Torture|brutal torture]], Spike [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|refuses to give Dawn up]] and is [[Big Damn Heroes|rescued]]. Later Spike's adoring [[Sex Bot|Buffybot]] offers to reveal the Key's identity and so protect Spike from future harm, but [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Spike forbids the Buffybot to do so]]: if Buffy lost Dawn, it would destroy her, and Spike "couldn't live with her being in that much pain." After this point Spike still commits morally questionable to [[What the Hell, Hero?|downright horrible]] acts, but he never pulls a full [[Face Heel Turn]] again. And this was ''before'' he {{spoiler|got a soul}}.

* The ending of the ''[[Firefly]]'' pilot episode has Mal choose to adopt the dog when he takes on River and Simon rather than cut them loose on the border worlds. Later on, in ''[[Serenity]]'', he does it again when he chooses to take River on board once more after learning of how dangerous she was when he killing-programming was activated.

 

* The Martyr in ''[[Hunter: The Reckoning]]'' has this as her backstory. Initially a [[Spoiled Brat]] who did nothing but party and spend her father's fortune, Kassandra Cheyung experiences an epiphany when the cops raid the party she's attending. Her small friend is knocked down by the ensuing rush for the exits, and Kassandra wasn't strong enough to move her to safety, so she shielded her with her body and was subsequently trampled. The experience [[Heel Face Turn|had a dramatic effect on her]], and from then on she gave her time and energy to helping others, making her perfectly suited for the Martyr path when she and the others become Empowered.

* Brad Evans of ''[[Wild Arms 2]]'' is a convict (named [[Names to Run Away From|"Prisoner 666"]]) on the run from the government at the start of the game. He comes across a lost puppy in the rainy forest. Bonus points for actually adopting a dog.

 

 

 

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