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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
'''She Will Come For Me:''' Bob the [[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 Won't Come For Me:''' Bob the [[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.
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'''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
* 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
* 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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{{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
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