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** Doofensmirtz is also one of the few villains that has no problem with thanking the hero.
* In an episode of ''[[Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes|Fantastic Four Worlds Greatest Heroes]]'', Mr Fantastic briefly considers leaving Mole Man to be eaten by the monsters he was trying to control, before concluding "I think they'd take away our superhero licenses".
* In an episode of ''[[Western Animation/The Spectacular Spider-Man|The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'', Spidey finds himself saving Tombstone from the Green Goblin. He seriously resents this.
** In an episode of the animated series SM rescues Jameson from the Scorpion (who, by the way, was created by Jameson to hunt down Spidey). Naturally, That Doesn't Change Anything, and SM later ruminates in amusement that "It's like Sherlock Holmes rescuing Moriarty".
*** In the 80s show, Jameson is in trouble at one point and begs Spider-Man to save him, promising to stop printing bad things about him. After he's rescued, he immediately tells Spider-Man that he was lying and gloats about it. Spider-Man says that he wasn't fooled. If Jameson had kept his promise, ''then'' he'd be surprised.
** Back into ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series|Spider-Man the Animated Series]]'', the trope was occasionally subverted. Peter Parker (he didn't have time to change clothes) once saved Wilson Fisk from the Hobgoblin but Spidey didn't know back then Fisk was the Kingpin. In a later episode, he saved an old man he'd later learn was the mob boss Silvermane. Spidey even commented he'd give him back to Doctor Octopus if he knew the truth back then. Considering how Spidey learned Silvermane's identity, who can blame him? He once knowingly saved the Scorpion from danger, playing this trope straight, but he made it clear to Black Cat (and the viewers) he's only doing it because it was Spidey's own fault the Scorpion was in that danger in the first place.
* [[Courage the Cowardly Dog]] rescues his callous, mean and generally [[Jerkass]] owner Eustace on a regular basis. To his credit, he does this most reluctantly and only so not to upset Eustace's cute and caring wife Murriel whom Courage adores. Every plunge into the maw of death to retrieve the [[Ungrateful Bastard]] is preacted with a mournful lament: "Things I do for love!"
* {{spoiler|Woody and Buzz save Lotso}} in ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]] 3'' from a shredder without hesitation, even though it was {{spoiler|Lotso's}} fault in the first place that any of them was in a life-threatening situation. {{spoiler|[[Complete Monster|Lotso]] [[Moral Event Horizon|doesn't return]] [[Ungrateful Bastard|the favor.]]}}
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