Terrifying Rescuer: Difference between revisions

 

Compare [[Stockholm Syndrome]], [[Unwanted Rescue]], [[Embarrassing Rescue]].

 

* In ''[[Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic|Magi Labyrinth of Magic]]'', Aladdin's djinn Uugo tends to scare the crap out of whoever he's rescuing or protecting, what with him missing his head and all.

* ''[[Tenchi Muyo! GXP|Tenchi Muyo GXP]]'': Protagonist Seina is only rescued from the [[Space Pirate]] Tarant Shank ([[Knight of Cerebus]].<ref>[[Villain Decay|you'd think, anyway]]</ref> and [[Knife Nut]]) by [[Betty and Veronica|the Betty]] of his [[Love Dodecahedron]], Kiriko -- [[Let's Get Dangerous|covered in the blood of every mook between her and Seina]]. His first reaction is terror—which upsets her, and Seina spends most of his screentime in the rest of the episode upset at himself ''for'' being scared of his childhood friend/crush when she'd just saved his life.

* In ''[[Forgotten Realms|Wywern's Spur]]'' an old adventurer told the stories of Cole Wyvernspur. One of the stories was about the carpenter's daughter who refused the mad red wizard and then was kidnapped and imprisoned by him. Cole who jumped to the rescue "looked so fierce when he arrived that Bette mistook him for one of Yawataht's minions and smacked him on the head with a hammer". In another Cole entered a hydra's lair unarmed and when he left a hour later, the monster was "everywhere"—in pieces. {{spoiler|He was turned into a ''big'' wyvern.}}

 

* In the ''[[Bones]]'' episode "The Woman in the Car", where the child Booth was rescuing was terrified until Booth told him his father's code word (Paladin).

* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' special webisode ''The Night of the Doctor'', the [[Doctor_Who/Characters/Doctors#Eighth_Doctor|Eighth Doctor]] becomes this once his rescuee realises he is a Time Lord.