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The [[Distressed Damsel]] and/or [[Distressed Dude|Dude]] is sitting in their cell with head in hands, or hanging by a thread from a cliff, when suddenly, the door is broken down, or a head peeps over the cliff edge. Joy turns to terror as he or she realizes it's the villain (who unbeknownst to them has made a [[Heel Face Turn]],) an [[Eldritch Abomination]], [[Fluffy the Terrible]], a [[Killer Robot]]... and so on.
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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
* ''[[Tenchi Muyo! GXP
* Done a lot in [[One Piece]]. We have [[The Berserker|Monster Point Chopper]] in the Enies Lobby arc, inadvertently saving many of his [[True Companions]] while also trying to kill them. Aokiji saves Robin in her backstory, while killing his own ally right in front of her. Crocodile gets Luffy out of Impel Down and -- while that had a reason; he wanted out too -- he later takes blows for Luffy and orders Mr. 1 to do the same as they attempt to rescue Ace. This is partially because he's done a... well, a "Heel Neutral Turn," and partly because Luffy just has that much charisma.
== [[Comics]] ==
* A ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' comic has Blue Devil suffer a [[Heroic BSOD]] when he tries to save a child who's too scared of his demonic appearance to go with him. Dr. Fate tries to cheer him up by telling him that ''[[Superman]]'' actually had the same problem once, while trying to save a girl from a flaming plane wreck.
* In one ''[[
* In the ''[[New 52]]'', Superman has a sad flashback of a time when he saved a little boy from getting hit by a truck. The boy was utterly terrified of him and struggled to get out of his arms. The neighborhood immediately forms an angry mob and attack him, and he is forced to flee to avoid harming them.
== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[Terminator (
* [[Zig Zagged]] in the original ''[[Shrek]]'' movie: at first, Fiona is not happy about being rescued by an ogre, but then comes to like Shrek. Then a gang of a handsome [[Robin Hood]]-wannabes attack them, ostensibly with intent of saving Fiona from the "beast", but she dislikes him even more than she disliked Shrek. However, instead of calling for help, she [[Let's Get Dangerous|dispatches all the attackers herself]], leaving Shrek awed.
* Subverted in ''[[Star Wars]] Episode IV: [[A New Hope]]''.
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* During ''[[The Great Raid]]'' (both the film and [[Real Life]]) some of the prisoners did not recognize the uniforms of their rescuers, and had to be coaxed out of their huts. One even hid until after the raid was over.
* In ''[[Tarzan (Disney film)|Tarzan]]'', Jane falls off a great height as she is chased by baboons and Tarzan catches her. She looks up at the half-naked wild man grabbing her by the waist and lets out a scream.
== [[Literature]] ==
* Early in ''[[
* In Charles Stross' ''The Atrocity Archives'', Mo describes being rescued from terrorists by a SWAT team:
{{quote| ''You ever had two guys point assault rifles at your head, so close you could see the grooves on the inside of the barrels? You just lie there very still and try very hard not to look threatening.''}}
* In ''[[Forgotten Realms
== [[Live Action Television]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In an episode of ''[[Star Wars:
* In the ''[[
** In the episode "Unmasked", Batman tries to pull a kid out of a burning building, but the boy keeps crawling away and accuses him of being a monster. Batman has no choice but to remove his mask to make the boy take his hand.
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