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When it is specifically a vehicle with heavy firepower, it is also a "[[Gunship Rescue]] moment".
If the heroes are part of a larger organization, the cavalry is usually led by the [[
The expectations that accompany this trope can be subverted into providing a [[Hope Spot]]. The cavalry could turn out to be a [[Redshirt Army]], utterly useless and readily destroyed by the threat. Alternatively, the heroes could find themselves victims of [[Cavalry Betrayal]], where the supposed cavalry are ''also'' hostile to the heroes. If it's clear who is supposed to be the cavalry, yet they refuse to help the heroes for some reason, that's a [[Cavalry Refusal]]. Both the Betrayal and the Refusal often lead to a [[Bolivian Army Ending]].
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* In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'', when ''Celestial Being'' are getting swamped by A-Laws, and most of their weapons nuetralized by their anti-beam clouds. The [[La Résistance|Katharon]] forces and defectors from A-Laws soon come to their aid.
* One of the most memorable moments in ''[[Chars Counterattack]]'' (and some would say in all of ''[[Gundam]]'' comes at the end: Char is defeated, but [[Colony Drop|half of Axis is still falling into Earth's atmosphere]]. With little choice, Amuro flies his Nu Gundam in front of Axis and tries altering its course by ''pushing the giant asteroid''. Just when things look their bleakest, the Londo Bell forces join in (as do several of Char's men). {{spoiler|[[Double Subverted]]: The focused mental energy of all those people working together combines with the black boxes in the Gundam and what's left of Char's machine to create a psychic field that pushes the "cavalry" aside...but it also pulls the piece of Axis back into space.}}
== Comic Books ==
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* Appears in a ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]'' comic set during the Clone Wars where Anakin arrives just in time with a bunch of clones, and when someone rhetorically asks who it is, he says, "The Cavalry." I guess he's watched a lot of [[Space Western|space westerns]]?
* Namor's arrival at the end of the [[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]] should count as one.
* ''[[Nains (comics)|Nains]]'' #11 had Iron Legion reinforcement arrive behind the swarm of goblins and ogres, while the narration describes dwarven philosophy that backs their obstinacy.
{{quote|A proverb said that he who gives up could be doing so in the second before a miracle comes. So, we never give up. We wait for the miracle. And the few instants we hang on could sometimes mean difference between life and death.}}
** Lord Brum got this before becoming a mercenary. He picked a fight with a small horde worth of orcs (in mad rage, avenging his mentor), and when he was collapsing from wounds, a whole company of elven mercenaries (who were paid to wipe out this very horde, as it happens) rode in. At least they were impressed enough to express respect.
== Fan Works ==
* ''[[Downfall (fanfic)|Downfall]]'' has one in Chapter 17- Later, in Chapter 20, Momo and a platoon from Squad Five arrive to reinforce Rangiku and the exhausted Squad Six detachment denying the Arrancar retreat to the Garganta.
* Pulled off twice in [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6095074/7/Takamachi_Nanoha_of_2814 chapter 7] of ''[[Takamachi Nanoha of 2814]]'', a crossover between [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] and [[Green Lantern]] by [
* In ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6199168/1/Legends Legends]'', the Avengers are surrounded by all the guns S.H.I.E.L.D. can muster. They affirm their resolve to stay where they are, {{spoiler|Wolverine and Daredevil}} share a loving goodbye. Captain America gets the team ready to attack on his signal, and the leader of the S.H.I.E.L.D. troops gets ready to signal the open fire. Suddenly, {{spoiler|their dead teammate falls down from the heavens, given the title of Thunderstrike for dying bravely. He heals up the sorcerer supreme who turns their enemy's bullets into sand}}. [[Villainous Breakdown|S.H.I.E.L.D.'s leader gives the order for them to prepare to fire again]] and then {{spoiler|Thunderstrike summons the warriors of Valhalla, which for those of you not clued into [[Norse Mythology]] is the resting place for warriors who have died in glorious battle. Every. Single. One. Including the original Avengers}}. The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents promptly drop their weapons.
* ''[[Pokemon Masters of Azeroth]]'' has a memorable scene at the battle for Icecrown Glacier. {{spoiler|The dragons finally show up, en masse, as they had promised,}} just when it looks like the heroes are doomed.
* In ''[[Tiberium Wars]]'', the GDI defenders at the Pentagon are about to be overrun by the Nod forces being supported by Avatar warmechs, until the [[Tank Goodness|Mammoth Tanks]] arrive. Earlier in the story, the [[Semper Fi|GDI Marines]] play this role when they rescue to troops trying to recapture the airbase.
== Film ==
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* Done literally in ''[[Cars 2]]'' {{spoiler|1=when Sarge contacts his old military buddies to bring ''the entire British Army'' to rescue Mater and Lightning McQueen.}}
* ''[[My Little Pony]]: The Movie'': The Flutter Ponies coming in to defeat the Smooze. They pull this again in the TV series, showing up to defeat Erebus.
== Literature ==
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** Subverted in the beginning of the novel when a similar attempt to be the [[Big Damn Heroes]] ends in disaster when the occupational forces turn out to be a lot more numerous than expected, and all but one rescuers are killed.
* In the [[Posleen War Series]], the [[Powered Armor|ACS]] often serve in this role, particularly the units headed by Mike O'Neal, Jr. In one charge to the rescue in ''Gust Front'', at the battle in Washington, DC he even plays ''Yellow Ribbon'', the anthem for the US Cavalry, over the suit speakers.
* In ''[[Harry Potter and
* [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Conan the Barbarian]] story "The Scarlet Citadel" ends with [[The Siege]] being lifted by such a force.
* In the last ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'' book, [[Eldritch Abomination|Typhon]] is heading for New York, while eleven of the twelve Olympians are attacking in vain. Suddenly, {{spoiler|Poseidon and his forces abandon their battle in the ocean to [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|fight Typhon]], and finally [[Moment of Awesome|the tables turn in favor of the Olympians.]]}}
** There are three other
*** The {{spoiler|Party Ponies}} also act as the cavalry in the third book, Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse.
* A Conspiracy of Kings, the most recent book in "[[The Queen's Thief]]" series has an in-universe inversion. Sounis and his army are basically running from the Medes, but are saved by the Attolian army who were just over the hill. Attolis thought Sounis was delaying the Medes, with full knowledge of the waiting backup, but it turns out Sounis was running on blind faith, and had no knowledge of the Attolians. Also a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for Sounis.
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* In the [[Tom Clancy]] novel ''[[Red Storm Rising]]'' the submarines ''Chicago'', ''Boston'' and ''Providence'' undertake {{spoiler|a cruise missile attack on a Soviet bomber base. After the mission the three are jumped by a Soviet submarine which destroys ''Boston'' and ''Providence''. The ''Chicago'' is saved by the sudden appearance (and the torpedoes) of the British sub ''Torbay''.}}
▲== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "The Defector". The Enterprise is lured into [[The Neutral Zone]] and trapped by two Romulan ships. It looks like the end, but then Picard gives the word and three Klingon ships [[Invisibility Cloak|decloak]] as [[Theme Music Power-Up|the Klingon theme blares]]. The Romulans eventually back down and retreat.
** The writers wanted to have a larger force of Klingon ships appear. Unfortunately, they could barely fit those six ships on the screen without zooming out so far that they'd all look too small for a suitably dramatic scene.
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* At the end of the fourth season of ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'', Arthur's band of loyalists had been whittled down to Merlin and Guinevere. Then the Dragon (somehow) manages to find everyone who escaped Morgana's attack on Camelot and gathers them together at the Sword in the Stone, resulting in a ready-made army of knights and civilians just waiting for Arthur's return. Around the same time, [[Eleventh-Hour Ranger|Tristan and Isolde]] also agreed to fight alongside Arthur.
* In one episode of ''[[The Saint]]'', Simon Templar actually refers to a useful group of friendly sailors as "the cavalry" after they burst in and beat up the bad guy's [[Mooks]] for him.
== Radio ==
* Several such events take place in ''[[The Goon Show]]''. For example, "Tales of Men's Shirts", which was set in occupied Europe during [[World War II]], ended with the American army turning up out of nowhere, with Seagoon commenting "They saved us! Let's face it, they saved television folks!"
== Theatre ==
* Invoked in the song "I Love A Film Cliche" from the musical ''[[A Day in Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine]]'':
{{quote|''Well, Tex, looks like them Apaches got us outnumbered. Wait a minute, do you hear a bugle?}}
== Video Games ==
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{{quote|'''Grand Apothecary Putress:''' Did you think we had forgotten? Did you think we had ''forgiven''? Behold now, the terrible vengeance of the Forsaken! Death to the Scourge! {{spoiler|AND DEATH TO THE LIVING!}}}}
* Heavily subverted in the original ''[[Half-Life]]''. The US Marines sent in to quell the alien invasion of Black Mesa are also there to contain all information of the outbreak...by killing every Black Mesa employee they meet, including you.
* Although it's usually one to three characters, in the [[Nintendo 3DS]] games for ''[[Fire Emblem]]'', it's kind of normal for an allied soldier to officially join your team when there's a battle raging on. And it usually happens before the game's midpoint.
* Averted entirely in ''[[Call of Duty]] 4: [[Modern Warfare]]''. In the last missions, the combined US Marine/British SAS team calls for the "Good" Russians to help save them from the bad guys who are hot on their tail. Unfortunately, {{spoiler|The Russians arrive, 5 minutes too late, just in time to possibly save the main character and far too late to save most of the others}}. However, {{spoiler|1=a Russian helicopter did distract the [[Big Bad]] and his henchmen, giving Captain Price an opening to slide his M1911A1 to the main character}}.
** ''[[Modern Warfare]] 2'', {{spoiler|confirms that Soap and Price were indeed saved by the Russians, in the latter case only to be lost in the system and imprisoned in some hellhole gulag.}}
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* [[Star Trek Online]] has a mission in which you must reclaim Deep Space 9 from a fleet of Jem'Hadar. They put up one last fight to keep the station for themselves, and just when you seem like you're about to lose, {{spoiler|the U.S.S. Enterprise-F (Odyssey Class)}} arrives to help turn the tide.
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'': After an [[Our Hero Is Dead]] cliffhanger in Chapter 7, Chapter 8 begins with the TicTocs swooping in to break Annie's fall. Interestingly this is the first (and to this date, only) time we see the TicTocs in a group, actually doing anything.
** When both Annie and Kat got in trouble, [https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1412 Renard and Robot King] joined forces — the "[[Fan Nickname|Gunnerkriegsmarine]]" [https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1418 to the rescue].
* [[Bob and George]] [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010717c Mike shows up just in time].
** [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/010922c Turn about -- Mynd shows up just in time.]
* In ''[[Endstone]]'''s [[Backstory]], [http://endstone.net/2009/02/15/issue-1-page-3/ only the cavalry's arrival allowed our heroes to save the world.]
* In ''[[Sarab]]'', [[Redshirt Army|the Caldaian Enforcers]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120714033049/http://sarab.co/pages/chapter-01-changes/page-15-lobsters/index.html pull this off].
* In ''[[Shan Shan|The Adventures of Shan Shan]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104001712/http://shanshan.upperrealms.com/view.php?pageid=024&chapterid=1 just when Shan Shan thought he was toast].
* In ''[[Blue Yonder]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20130210081020/http://www.blueyondercomic.net/comics/1393082/blue-yonder-chapter-1-page-45/ when Black Dog has the kids on the ropes, the older superheroes arrive to save them.]
* In ''[[Goblins]]'' this happens during the battle in Brassmoon City. Goblinslayer's men is about to overthrow our heroes fighting in the Battle Of Wonder, when Thaco arrives {{spoiler|with all the prisoners escaped}}. Cue [[Oh Crap]] by Goblinslayer.
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2015-02-01 illustrates the concept] (minor spoilers).
** Petey does it when there's no one else, though if it was a job of someone else, they get some sort of a disincentive attached.
*** After an [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2019-05-13 Unioc frigate] [[Heroic Sacrifice|takes on Pa'anuri vessel that throws around planets]] in their home system, [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2019-05-10 one of Petey's superheavies] [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2019-05-18 drops in] at point defence range, along with a new UNS [[The Battlestar|battleplate]] ''and''
== Web Original ==
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* In the [[Whateley Universe]] novel "Ayla and the Birthday Brawl", when Chaka and Riptide have been taken down by The Lamplighter, they are saved by... a team of Knights of Purity in power armor. Chaka ''hates'' the Knights of Purity.
* At the end of ''The Adventures Of [[The League of STEAM]]'''s season 2 finale, "Dead End", {{spoiler|The rest of the League come to the rescue when Crackitus, the Baron, Katherine and Thaddeus get outnumbered by zombies.}}
== Western Animation ==
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* ''[[Jonny Quest]]'' TOS episode "A Small Matter of Pygmies". Jonny, Race and Hadji are trapped on a hilltop with armed angry Pygmies closing in from all sides. Suddenly in the distance they see a flight of helicopters approaching, with Dr. Quest as a passenger in one of them. The helicopters blow away and otherwise roust the pygmies.
* In ''[[Thundercats 2011]]'' during the [[The Siege]] of their kingdom of Thundera, [[Catfolk]] King Claudus and Tygra look on in shock as their city is devastated by a [[Superweapon Surprise]], and trusted general Grune reveals himself a [[Turncoat]] who's after Claudus' Sword of Omens. Claudus reminds Grune that he ''does'' in fact, have a [[Praetorian Guard]] who has yet to be dealt with. [[Court Mage]] Jaga and his [[Church Militant|Clerics]] rush out from the horizon with a [[Super Speed]] [[Swirling Dust]] trail, proceeding to deliver a [[Speed Blitz]] on Grune, his [[Lizard Folk|Lizard]] forces and their [[Walking Tank]]s Minutes later, this is [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] when the Clerics attempt to save Claudus' sons from capture, only to be devastated by an attack from [[Big Bad]] Mumm-Ra.
* The arrival of Optimus Prime and the Dinobots just in time to turn the tide in ''[[Transformers: The Movie]]'' at the climax of the Battle of Autobot City.
== Real Life ==
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