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A grenade, bomb or other type of explosive is live with mere seconds to go, leaving Alice in danger. Fortunately Bob leaps between her and the explosion. Cradling her as a way of shielding the blast and making the [[Heroic Sacrifice]], except for the fact that Bob has [[Nigh Invulnerability]].
A reversal of [[Jumping
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Done in [[Karakuri Circus]], creating a ''serious'' plot twist, as it ends rather badly for said hero. {{spoiler|Although not as badly as initially indicated...}}
** Done also in [[Ushio and Tora]] -Tora uses his body to protect a household spirit from backlash from a powerful seal being broken.
* ''[[Busou Renkin]]'': Captain Bravo shields {{spoiler|the two leads, Kazuki and Tokiko}} from a massive flame-based attack using his... er... magical [[Badass Longcoat]].
* In one episode of ''[[Darker
* Subverted cruelly ''twice'' in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' first season finale: {{spoiler|Lichty}} tries shielding {{spoiler|Christina}} from an explosion this way, but is fatally injured and dies in her arms, happily believing that he protected her. ''Then'', it is revealed that he ''failed'' and she was fatally injured, too, dying just moments after him.
* Happens many times in ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'', without any lasting effects to both parties involved.
* Genji grabs Shannon when {{spoiler|the fake Kanon leaps at her with a laser blade,}} and rolls out of the way in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
* Shizuo does this to Akane in the sixth volume of ''[[Durarara!!]]'' when he realizes that a large load of combat knives that he knocked loose in a fight are about to fall on the girl.
* In the first ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist
** Al pulls it ''again'' in the manga and Brotherhood, except for [[Chinese Girl|May]] instead of Ed.
* [[Gunslinger Girl]] The girls are "conditioned" to protect their handlers, though it could also be [[More Than Mind Control]].
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* In ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', Simon {{spoiler|jumps in the way of an extremely powerful destructive spell that Jellal was going to destroy Erza and Natsu with; he successfully shields them with his body, but dies shortly thereafter, leading to Natsu's [[Unstoppable Rage]] and subsequent victory.}}
▲== [[Comics]] ==
* Mr. Fantastic of the [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]] often does this to protect his colleagues.
* [[The Incredible Hulk (
== [[Film]] ==
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* ''[[Terminator Salvation]]'', Marcus Wright shields Blair from the fire in the tunnel.
* Done in ''[[The Incredible Hulk (
* ''[[
* In the ''[[Fantastic Four (
* The escaped slave does this for the little girl in ''[[The Fall (
== [[Literature]] ==
* In the ''[[Discworld]]'' book ''[[
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▲* In the ''[[Discworld]]'' book ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Thud|Thud]]'', Sam Vimes throws himself to the ground while holding Young Sam as a burst of dragon flame goes over them.
* ''[[Smallville]]'': Clark uses this method of rescue quite frequently, as is his future self in various incarnations of [[Superman]]
** In the Max Fleischer short "The Mechanical Monsters", Superman spreads {{media|shield.png| his Cape around Lois Lane}} to protect her from the vat pouring [[Convection Schmonvection|Hot Lava]]. [[My Suit Is Also Super|I guess his suit is also super.]]▼
** Superman has also swallowed explosives on more than one occasion, in order to ensure the safety of surrounding citizens.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* The end of the intro boss battle of ''[[Mega Man Zero]] 1''. As the Golem gets ready to explode, Ciel got free from its grasp, but she's too weak to move away. Zero runs over to her and covers her from the ensuing blast. Ciel manages to remain relatively unhurt, even when the explosion was point-blank in range.
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* Used by the Fed in ''[[A Girl and Her Fed]]'' [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/comic/?650 here]{{spoiler|, though it's unnecessary given the ''very'' sturdy table he's behind.}}▼
▲* The end of the intro boss battle of ''[[Mega Man Zero]] 1''. As the Golem gets ready to explode, Ciel got free from its grasp, but she's too weak to move away. Zero runs over to her and covers her from the ensuing blast. Ciel manages to remain relatively unhurt, even when the explosion was point-blank in range.
▲* Used by the Fed in [[A Girl and Her Fed]] [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/comic/?650 here]{{spoiler|, though it's unnecessary given the ''very'' sturdy table he's behind.}}
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Wolverine and
* ''[[
* ''[[
** Also done in the episode ''Sozin's Comet Part 3'', when {{spoiler|Sokka}} shields {{spoiler|Toph}} from falling debris from a war balloon.
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