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* In the ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' movie ''Recap/GokaigerGoseigerSuperSentai199HeroGreatBattle'', it's revealed that the previous team, the ''TensouSentaiGoseiger'', were overwhelmed by the invading Zangyack Empire. Cue the arrival of the rest of the 199 Super Sentai, including dead Sentai and Extra Heroes!

** The [[BattlestarGalacticaClassic classic Original Series]] had moment after moment of this, with every major and minor character getting a chance to pull one off in one episode after another.

* In the ''KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' movie ''Recap/GokaigerGoseigerSuperSentai199HeroGreatBattle'', it's revealed that the previous team, the ''TensouSentaiGoseiger'', were overwhelmed by the invading Zangyack Empire. Cue the arrival of the rest of the 199 Super Sentai, including dead Sentai and Extra Heroes!

* Features at the end of episode 4 in the Sky 1 series ''Series/{{Sinbad}}'', when Sinbad and Gunnar have to rescue Nala.

* In an episode of the 2004 reimagining of ''[[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]'', called "Exodus", the titular ship is attacked by three Cylon Basestars while attempting to help colonists on the planet New Caprica escape. The ship is severely damaged, and somber music plays while the camera zooms out as the basestars pummel the Galactica to death in the cold darkness of space...until a missile, then ''more'' missiles, fire off the edge of the screen, and the Battlestar Pegasus hurtles to the rescue, just in the nick of time. This is just the high point to [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome heroic events]] which kicked off with a deadpan [[PreAssKickingOneLiner "Prepare for turbulence."]]

** The Classic Galactica had moment after moment of this, with every major and minor character getting a chance to pull one off in one episode after another.

** Cleverly framed toward the end of "The Doctor Dances". Jack Harkness is sitting in his cockpit, knocking back a hypervodka, resigned to the imminent destruction of his ship. The camera pulls away from Jack slowly, showing him in the center as the camera passes through the interior of his ship...and into the TARDIS. Cut to the Doctor and Rose dancing, and Rose shouts to Jack, "Well, c'mon!"

-->'''Delenn''': "Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari fleet. ''He'' is behind me. ''You'' are in front of me. If you value your lives, ''be somewhere else!!!''"

* Features at the end of episode 4 in the Sky 1 series {{Sinbad}}, when Sinbad and Gunnar have to rescue Nala.

* Ian, Suki, and CJ in ''TowerPrep'' show up just in time to save Gabe in the season finale.

* Also shows up in the ''[[BabylonFive Babylon 5]] with G'Kar in ''A Late Delivery From Avalon'':

* ''{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}'': At the closing moments of Season Six's penultimate episode, Willow, on a black-eyed bender of murderous, bad-magic-is-bad fury, is mopping the Magic Box floor with the Slayer, the only one who might have been strong enough to stop Willow's skin-flaying rampage. With Buffy down, Willow crows her triumph, informing all present (at least those still conscious) that there is no one on earth who is powerful enough to stop her. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Cue Big Damn Hero entrance in the form of Rupert Giles, hepped up on some serious magic of his own, to test Willow's theory]].

** [[spoiler:Angel's]] entrance in Season 7 also qualifies.

** Averted in ''Angel'' Season 5 [[spoiler:when Illyria becomes concerned about Wesley and arrives just after he's been fatally wounded. She did take care of his opponent though.]]

* In the first season of ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', this always happened concerning SixthRanger Tommy - Rangers would get their asses handed to them, Zordon calls in Tommy, Tommy cleans up shop. One epic moment is Tommy's ImBack moment in "Return of the Green Ranger Part 2" when Tommy jumps in, repowered, and saves the Rangers with his Dragon Shield glowing brightly, sending the bad guy scattering. As one YouTube viewer put it, "He saved everyone with the power of his ''awesome''!"

* In ''{{Series/Merlin}}'' during the third season finale Gaius [[spoiler: saves Merlin from Morgause, using his magic for the first time in years.]]

** This is the Indefatigable's job in Series One. It could practically be a drinking game to take a shot every time the Indy appears over the horizon to save the day.

* In "Series/{{Scrap Teacher}}", Takasugi and his group are always this. They show up just when their teacher and/or classmates are in some kind of trouble.

* In "Series/{{Scrap Teacher}}", Takasugi and his group are always this. They show up just when their teacher and/or classmates are in some kind of trouble.

* ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', episode "Shattered Mirror". When [[spoiler:Mirror Bashir and Mirror Dax]] swoop in to save the day, we've ''almost'' forgotten that they were a part of the plan all along.

-->'''Delenn''': "The only human ever to defeat a Minbari cruiser is standing behind me. You are standing in front of me. If you value your lives, ''be somewhere else!!!''"

** The classic BabylonFive BigDamnHeroes moment is when the Minbari arrive in ''Severed Dreams''"

** The end of the episode "Double Or Nothing" when the team comes to save Gunn.

* ''{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}'': At the closing moments of Season Six's penultimate episode, Willow, on a black-eyed bender of murderous, bad-magic-is-bad fury, is mopping the Magic Box floor with the Slayer, the only one who might have been strong enough to stop Willow's skin-flaying rampage. With Buffy down, Willow crows her triumph, informing all present (at least those still conscious) that there is no one on earth who is powerful enough to stop her. Cue Big Damn Hero entrance in the form of Rupert Giles, hepped up on some serious magic of his own, to test Willow's theory.

*** Averted in ''Angel'' Season 5 [[spoiler:when Illyria becomes concerned about Wesley and arrives just after he's been fatally wounded. She did take care of his opponent though.]]

* [[TheAce Ace Rimmer]] (What a guy!) in ''Series/RedDwarf'' is usually introduced in a BigDamnHeroes scene. In his first appearance, he flies in, saves the crew, then performs emergency surgery on the Cat while nursing a broken arm. The second time, he literally sweeps in, rescues a DistressedDamsel from a Nazi firing squad, surfs from a plane on an alligator, takes a bullet to the holodrive and still manages to have sex before seeking aid -- [[CatchPhrase what a guy]].
* In an episode of the 2004 reimagining of ''[[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]'', called "Exodus", the titular ship is attacked by three Cylon Basestars while attempting to help colonists on the planet New Caprica escape. The ship is severely damaged, and somber music plays while the camera zooms out as the basestars pummel the Galactica to death in the cold darkness of space...until a missile, then ''more'' missiles, fire off the edge of the screen, and the Battlestar Pegasus hurtles to the rescue, just in the nick of time. Of course, this is just the high point to [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome heroic events]] which kicked off with a deadpan [[PreAssKickingOneLiner "Prepare for turbulence."]]

* ''{{Stargate SG-1}}'' did pretty much the same thing as ''Battlestar Galactica'', above, in a battle against Anubis fleet above Antarctica, in the two-parter GrandFinale (well, [[PostScriptSeason it was a finale at the time]]), "Lost City", at the end of season seven. Dozens of ships are descending towards the heroes' defenseless cargo ship. Cue rockets blowing up Goa'uld fighters, as General Hammond leads the Prometheus against the incoming enemies.

** Not to mention, this is the Indefatigable's job in Series One. It could practically be a drinking game to take a shot every time the Indy appears over the horizon to save the day.

* In the third episode of Series/BandOfBrothers, the Germans are assaulting positions held by the 101st Airborne outside of the French town of Carentan. While Easy Company is holding their own, several other companies have been forced back by the German attack. Cue the arrival of [[TankGoodness 2nd Armored]]. The Germans, [[OhCrap caught off guard]], are forced into a panicked retreat.
* "Big Damn Heroes" is basically Lassiter and Juliet's standby mode on ''{{Psych}}''. Listing all the times they've kicked down doors with guns at the ready to rescue Shawn and Gus from the villain of the week (sometimes more than once in a single episode) would cover at least a third of all episodes ever aired. Notable in that the duo is usually together during these moments, although both Lassie and Jules have pulled off a handful of solo BDH's too.

** Done to a [[YourMileageMayVary hideously]] {{Narm}}-ish degree in the Season 5 finale when Dean shows up to interrupt the impending smackdown between Michael and Lucifer.

* [[TheAce Ace Rimmer]] (What a guy!) in ''RedDwarf'' is usually introduced in a BigDamnHeroes scene. In his first appearance, he flies in, saves the crew, then performs emergency surgery on the Cat while nursing a broken arm. The second time, he literally sweeps in, rescues a DistressedDamsel from a Nazi firing squad, surfs from a plane on an alligator, takes a bullet to the holodrive and still manages to have sex before seeking aid -- [[CatchPhrase what a guy]].

* In Scrap Teacher, Takasugi and his group are always this. Showing up just when they're teacher and/or classmates are in some kind of trouble.

* "Big Damn Heroes" is basically Lassiter and Juliet's standby mode on ''{{Psych}}''. Listing all the times they've kicked down doors with guns at the ready to rescue Shawn and Gus from the villain of the week (sometimes more than once in a single episode) would cover at least a third of all episodes ever aired. Notable in that the duo is usually together during these moments, although both Lassie and Jules have pulled off a handful of solo BDH's too.

* In the third episode of Series/BandOfBrothers, the Germans are assaulting positions held by the 101st Airborne outside of the French town of Carentan. While Easy Company is holding their own, several other companies have been forced back by the German attack. Cue the arrival of [[TankGoodness 2nd Armored]]. The Germans, [[OhCrap caught off guard]], are forced into a panicked retreat.

* Also shows up in the ''[[BabylonFive Babylon 5]]'' episode "Walkabout". Just as Sheridan's White Star is about to be destroyed by a Shadow ship, the Narn cruiser G'Tok arrives and thoroughly fries the Shadow battlecrab. A small army of reinforcements arrive immediately thereafter.
** And again when the station breaks away from the Earth Alliance, after the station beats the EA's first wave and the [[WeHaveReserves second wave]] shows up. Delenn arrives JustInTime...[[GunshipRescue with at least three Minbari War Cruisers]] and [[CoolStarship the White Star]].
---> '''Delenn:''' Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari fleet. ''He'' is behind me. ''You'' are in front of me. If you value your lives, ''be somewhere else''!
** G'Kar is good at these. ''A Late Delivery From Avalon'', and they made a very satisfying thump when they hit the ground.

** Lampshaded by an ungrateful Third Doctor: "Thank you, [[TheBrigadier Brigadier]]. Do you think for once in your life you could arrive ''before'' the nick of time?"

* In ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', [[DistressedDamsel Ianto Jones]] is about to have his throat slit by a cannibal with a meat cleaver, when good ol' Captain Jack breaks through the wall "in a ruddy great tractor" and starts shooting people. Cue [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MxPuN_LGoc theme music]].

** It happens again in "Sacrifice of Angels", when the Klingons arrive late (better than never) to the fight.
** The Klingons like doing this. See "Call to Arms" where the Defiant, shields down and flying straight to deploy mines is under attack by 3 Jem'hadar fighters. The Rotarran decloaks, blows one attacker away and the other 2 scatter. "You may continue your work Commander, *I* will handle the Jem'hadar". But then Martok is the FourStarBadass.
** They always do it with style, though--for proof, look no further than StarTrekTheNextGeneration's ''The Defector''. The [[MagnificentBastard Romulans]] lure the ''Enterprise'' into the Neutral Zone to investigate possible Romulan invasion plans. ''Enterprise'' finds itself surrounded by two massive Romulan Warbirds. This looks like a hopeless situation, until ''three'' Klingon Birds-of-Prey de-cloak and reveal that they have out flanked the Romulan vessels and win the day without firing a shot.
* ''[[{{Sharpe}} Sharpe's Challenge]]'' sees Richard Sharpe, unarmed and being charged by mooks, saved by the timely arrival of a horseman who blasts the baddies with a [[WeaponOfChoice seven-barrel Nock gun]]. So it's a BigDamnHeroes moment, TheReveal and an AwesomeMoment all in the one short sequence.

* In ''Series/RobinHood'' the titular character is trying to negotiate an exchange of prisoners for some valuable McGuffin or other, finding himself hopelessly outnumbered what with all the guards and henchmen milling around. Then as the crowds flee in panic, the rest of the outlaws emerge, with their bows drawn and directed straight at the Sheriff. Robin just turns back to the Sheriff...and smiles.
** And then Marian steps up and puts a knife to the back of the Sheriff's henchman. Awesomeness all round.

* In ''Primeval'' Nick and Cutter are being chased by a Raptor. Connor, who's been ridiculed all episode for his lack of gun skills, barrels in from behind Nick, yells him out of the way and takes a fully grown Raptor down with one shot.