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* Similarly, ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Anime)|Mobile Suit Gundam SEED]]'''s ending features {{spoiler|Patrick Zala}} ordering his men to cause [[The End of the World As We Know It]]. After a moment of stunned silence, a lone mook questions the order, and is immediately shot as a traitor. The wounded mook decides that his boss has gone completely off the deep end, and promptly ''returns fire''.
** Kira also starts out as one, who tails [[Rebellious Princess|Cagalli]] because she's going the wrong way, and just happens to arrive in the Strike's hangar at the exact right moment to save Murrue Ramius and gets [[Falling Into the Cockpit|thrown]] into the Strike's cockpit by pure chance.
* Yusuke Urameshi of ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho (Manga)|Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' has his [[Super
** That, and the little kid [[Senseless Sacrifice|wouldn't have died anyway]]. If fact, [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|he would have been less bruised]] had Yusuke ''not'' tried to save him.
* ''[[Gantz (Manga)|Gantz]]'' pretty much begins with a double occurrence of this trope.
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*** A fashion show Mary Jane attended was crashed by [[Ax Crazy|the White Rabbit]], who was there to collect a debt she was owed by one of the partygoers. With no one else willing or able to do it, Mary Jane subdued the White Rabbit herself.
*** When a [[Spider Island (Comic Book)|mutating powers virus]] grants normal people the same powers and abilities as Spider-Man, Mary Jane watches the spider-powered citizens having the time of their lives from the sidelines. When the virus mutates those infected into giant spiders, Mary Jane finally becomes infected with powers and comes to the aid of defenseless citizens. She later joins in the final battle with the villain responsible for the madness, saving Spider-Man and motivating him to use his head and then defending him once he formulates a plan to save everybody.
** When [[The Mighty Thor]] was attacked by what he thought was Skurge The Executioner, an old [[Heel Face Turn|enemy turned friend]] who had been killed in a [[Heroic Sacrifice]], he was initially unwilling to fight back against a brother in arms. Little Kevin Masterson intervened and tried to help Thor only to be swatted away by "Skurge," who was in fact a [[Costume Copycat]] simply using Skurge's equipment. Knowing that the '''real''' Skurge [[Wouldn't Hurt a Child|would never strike a defenseless little kid]], Thor realized he was facing an impostor and proceeded to deliver the villain a [[No
** [[Daredevil]] fought [[Playing With Fire|Pyro]] and [[Fat Bastard|the Blob]] to keep them from abducting a young mutant girl and forcing her to register with the U.S. government. After taking out Pyro, Daredevil attacked the Blob but was quickly knocked down. The Blob was about to stomp Daredevil when the girl he was trying to protect used her telekinetic powers to pull him out of the way. Daredevil then got the girl to use her powers to pull a large bell down from a nearby church, knocking the Blob out after Daredevil blinded him and then lured him under the steeple.
*** Not to mention that Daredevil is only, well, Daredevil because he was a [[Heroic Bystander]] to a [[Irony|blind]] man about to be hit by a truck hauling radioactive material.
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* John's girlfriend, Sarah, fulfills this role in the second episode of ''[[Sherlock (TV)|Sherlock]]''. She is on a date with John at the circus when Sherlock gets attacked by one of the company while poking about backstage in search of clues. When the fight escalates and bursts out onstage, Sarah grabs a random stick of some sort and beats the crap of out Sherlock's assailant, effectively taking the guy out of the fight and really helping Sherlock out, since he'd gotten knocked over and was lying on the floor at the time.
* In the ''[[Lost (TV)|Lost]]'' episode "Greatest Hits," Charlie is recalling the best moments of his life as he sets out on a suicide mission. #2 is saving a woman from an attacker, and her subsequently declaring him a hero, because three other people had passed by without intervening, and especially because Charlie was terrified and not used to fighting.
* Near the end of the ''[[Criminal Minds (TV)|Criminal Minds]]'' episode "Derailed" the unstable villain is incapacitated mid-[[Freak
* In an episode of ''[[CSI (TV)|CSI]]'', a Character of the Day sacrificed himself to stop a bomb from blowing up a building, grabbing it and running as far as he could before it exploded.
* Some of the companions from ''[[
** John Smith, the amnesiac human-doctor. While the Doctor is a brave and intelligent time-lord, Smith is really just an average school-teacher, who wants nothing more than to live a happy, human life: but he still makes a heroic sacrifice, 'killing' himself.
** This is actually a very common trope in the [[Whoniverse|Doctor Who universe]] - so common that Davros even argued ''in-universe'' that everything the Doctor accomplishes is really just accomplished with the help of Heroic Bystanders.
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== Real Life ==
* [[Truth in Television]]. In the real world this happens almost any time there is a serious disaster, be it natural (Hurricanes, earthquakes) or manmade (the attacks of September 11th). It seems many normal, average people can find the hero inside when they really need to. In fact, the United States government actually ''encourages'' people to be [[Heroic Bystander|Heroic Bystanders]] with the [
** In fact, studies have shown that a surge of adrenaline at the right time can heighten people's abilities far past their normal limits.
** It's also a rather common occurrence during police chases. There are many instances of civilians helping policemen subdue suspects, while truckers usually collaborate via CB radio to help block rogue motorists.
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** It bears mentioning that the terrorist [[Incendiary Exponent|was literally on fire]] at the time of groin kicking.
** And that he kicked him so hard he ''tore a tendon in his foot''.
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** Not to mention that afterwards he climbed on top of the lead tank, had a conversation with the operator, and then resumed his position in front of the column.
** Also the fact that he appeared to have nothing to do with the protests and was just doing some shopping. (The protests were over by that point; in the famous shot the tanks are actually on their way ''home'', which is why the place is deserted.)
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