History BigDamnHeroes / LiveACtionTV

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'', of course, has its share. One of the better ones being "The Wild Rover", when Ryan has just revealed his true identity to the boss of a gang he was infiltrating, he actually ''calls out'' his heroes, starting with his partner Esposito. Though it takes a second (pause for dramatic effect?) enter Espo...then enter Beckett...then enter Castle (though he's comedically not packing like Espo and Beckett are).

* ''Series/RedDwarf'': [[TheAce Ace Rimmer]] (What a guy!) is usually introduced in a BigDamnHeroes scene. In "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVDimensionJump Dimension Jump]]", he flies in, saves the crew, then performs emergency surgery on the Cat while nursing a broken arm. In "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVIIStokeMeAClipper Stoke Me a Clipper]]", he 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]].

** Agents Mulder and Scully saved each other at the last minute on a regular basis, as both suffered from DistressedDamsel and DistressedDude. Scully often used her medical knowledge.

* ''Series/DaiSentaiGoggleFive'': Opens with Akama Ken'ichi AKA [[TheHero Goggle Red]] saving Dr. Hongou from Deathdark in the nick of time, [[IWasJustPassingThrough while just passing by]], ''[[BadassNormal even before he knew he's going to be Goggle Red]]''.

** In a two-part episode of the 2004 reimagining of the show, called "Exodus", the titular ship is attacked by three Cylon Baseships 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 Baseships pummel ''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 heroic events which kicked off with a [[CasualDangerDialog deadpan]] [[PreAssKickingOneLiner "Prepare for turbulence."]]

** ''Series/StarTrekLowerDecks'':
*** "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS1E10NoSmallParts No Small Parts]]": The [[spoiler:USS Titan arriving, guns blazing, to save the]] USS Cerritos from the [[spoiler:[[BigBad Pakled]] Clumpship]].
----> '''Boimler''': It's the [[spoiler:Titan]]!
*** "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS2E10FirstFirstContact First First Contact]]": The USS Cerritos coming in to save the [[spoiler:USS Archimedes]].
----> '''Crewman''': [[CallBack It's the Cerritos]]!

*** "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS1E10NoSmallParts No Small Parts]]": The USS Titan arriving, guns blazing, to save the USS Cerritos from the [[spoiler:[[BigBad Pakled]] Clumpship]].
----> '''Boimler''': It's the Titan!
*** "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS2E10FirstFirstContact First First Contact]]": The USS Cerritos coming in to save the USS Archimedes.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E11FridaysChild Friday's Child]]" has Kirk, Spock, and [=McCoy=] unarmed, outnumbered, and surrounded by a Klingon force. "Too bad the cavalry doesn't come over the hill anymore," Kirk actually says just before Scotty and a security detail[[note]]''not'' a RedshirtArmy, security uniform notwithstanding![[/note]] beams down to save the day.
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'':
** "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E20ShatteredMirror Shattered Mirror]]". When [[spoiler:Mirror Bashir and Mirror Dax]] swoop in to save the day, you've ''almost'' forgotten that they were a part of the plan all along.
** In "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E06SacrificeOfAngels Sacrifice of Angels]] ", the ''Defiant'' is leading Starfleet against Dominion-Cardassian forces. Just as three Jem'Hadar are closing in on it, the Klingons finally arrive, decloaking from the direction of a star and smashing through the Dominion lines.
* ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekDiscoveryS2E14SuchSweetSorrowPartTwo Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2]]", the ''Discovery'' and ''Enterprise'' are getting their asses kicked by Control and his fleet of Section 31 ships when two sets of this trope hits. The first is a fleet of Kelpian shuttles lead by Saru's sister Sarena followed by a ''Klingon cleave ship'' with High Chancellor L'Rell captaining it with L'Rell mentioning the battlecruisers are right behind her.
* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'':
** In "[[Recap/StarTrekPicardS1E04AbsoluteCandor Absolute Candor]]", [[MasterSwordsman Elnor]] and his [[AbsurdlySharpBlade tan qalanq]] arrive just in time to rescue Picard from Tenqem. The thug [[OffWithHisHead loses his head]] when he ignores Elnor's warning to back down.

** In "[[Recap/StarTrekPicardS1E08BrokenPieces Broken Pieces]]", Seven of Nine appears in the nick of time to rescue Elnor from the Romulans who are about to overpower him.
** In "[[Recap/StarTrekPicardS1E10EtInArcadiaEgoPart2 Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2]]", Captain Riker arrives in command of a vast Starfleet armada just in time to prevent the Romulans from destroying Picard's ship and wipe out the synths on Coppelius.

* In the ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' episode [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E9YeWhoEnterHere "Ye Who Enter Here"]], when [[Comicbook/DaisyJohnson Skye]] is fighting Comicbook/{{HYDRA}} [[DarkActionGirl Agent 33]], Agent 33 gets the upper hand, only to be tackled to the floor by Lance Hunter.

** In "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS8E3TheLongNight The Long Night]]" [[spoiler: the living armies have been crushed, Jon Snow and Daenerys are struggling for their life, and the [[{{BigBad}} Night King]] is about to kill Bran Stark, when Arya jumps at him. He [[{{NeckLift}} catches her in midair]], but the show's resident [[{{LittleMissBadass}} Little Miss Badass]] drops her knife to her other hand and delivers the killing blow, destroying him and [[{{NoOntologicalInertia}} the entirety of his army]].]]

* ''Series/{{The Mandalorian}}'':[[spoiler:In "Chapter 16: The Rescue" The Mandalorian and his allies are trapped on the bridge of Moff Gideon's light cruise with a battalion of Phase Three Dark Trooper droids trying to break down the blast doors. At the last moment a solitary X-Wing appears and docks with the cruiser. Luke Skywalker emerges and quickly makes short work of the ship's entire Dark Trooper complement without even breaking a sweat.]]

* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': It is a {{Superman}} show, what did you expect? Tons of ThereWasADoor, OutOfTheInferno and LoadBearingHero moments.

** That's nothing compared to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4WKgfYS9Bc#t=1m5s series' grand finale]]. One of the best {{GunshipRescue}}s ever.

* At the end of the ''Series/{{Titans}}'' episode [[Recap/TitansS1E5Together "Together"]], [[spoiler: Jason Todd, [[LegacyCharacter the new Robin]],]] arrives to save Dick from the [[NebulousEvilOrganisation Organisation's]] hired goons.

* ''[[Series/WonderWoman1975 Wonder Woman]]'': In "Wonder Woman in Hollywood", once the evil Nazi plot has been unleashed, all of the war heroes and Major Steve Trevor have been captured, and they're being whisked off to Germany, it's Wonder Woman and Wonder Girl to the rescue! They race to the hideout on foot at amazon speed, rescue the [[DistressedDude kidnapped soldiers]], but Wonder Woman is shot! [[spoiler:[[WoundedGazelleGambit Or so it seems...]]]]

** In Season 2 "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E11AllAloneInTheNight All Alone in the Night]]", a fleet led by the EAS Agammemnon and flanked by Starfuries and Ambassador Delenn's Flyer, arrive in the nick of time to stop a Streib ship from making off with Captain Sheridan.

** Later in Season 3's "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E18Walkabout Walkabout]]", just as the Shadow ships are closing in on the Whitestar, the Army of Light arrives led by the G'tok. Which was pretty impressive, given that the G'Tok's commander [[ChangedMyMindKid previously refused to participate in the mission]].

** G'Kar, in "[[BabylonFiveS03E13ALateDeliveryFromAvalon A Late Delivery From Avalon]]", jumps in to help a human who stepped in to defend a helpless woman, evening the odds in the fight significantly. G'kar observes, in a post-fight drink:

** G'Kar, in "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E15ALateDeliveryFromAvalon A Late Delivery From Avalon]]", jumps in to help a human who stepped in to defend a helpless woman, evening the odds in the fight significantly. G'kar observes, in a post-fight drink:

%%* ''Series/AceLightning'': Tends to end its series with BigDamnHeroes moments, usually in the form of a PowerTrio.

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** In the season 1 episode "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS01E13SignsAndPortents Signs and Portents]]", the station is seemingly overwhelmed by Raider ships, then suddenly Sinclair springs his trap when the supposed Starfury squadron the Raiders had lured away returned.
** In season 2 "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E11AllAloneInTheNight All Alone in the Night]]", a fleet led by the EAS Agammemnon and flanked by Starfuries and Ambassador Delenn's Flyer, arrive in the nick of time to stop a Streib ship from making off with Captain Sheridan.

** Later in season 3's "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E18Walkabout Walkabout]]", just as the Shadow ships are closing in on the Whitestar, the Army of Light arrives led by the G'tok. Which was pretty impressive, given that the G'Tok's commander [[ChangedMyMindKid previously refused to participate in the mission]].
** Also in season 3's "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E15InterludesAndExaminations Interludes and Examinations]]", the Brakiri were having their asses kicked by the rampaging Shadow fleet when suddenly, a Vorlon armada jumps in and proceeds to annihilate the enemy fleet and at the same time rally the League of Non-Aligned worlds into an alliance.
** In season 4's episode "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS04E20Endgame Endgame]]", Clark had given a last "scorched earth" order upon his imminent defeat, setting one of Earth's defense platforms to fire on the planet itself. With many ships damaged and no other way to destroy the platform in time, Sheridan on the ''Agamemnon'' steers the ship to [[SuicideAttack ram the platform]]. Just before impact would have happened, General Lefcourt, who had commanded the Earthforce defense against Sheridan's advance on Mars and Earth, becomes a [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damned Hero]] for Sheridan when his ship ''Apollo'', which just recovered from extensive disablement in the battle of Mars, jumps in and fires on the platform, destroying it.

** In season 5's "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS05E04AViewFromTheGallery A View from the Gallery]]", just as the station is about to be overrun by the unnamed invaders, the Whitestar fleet jumps in to save the day.

** In season 4, episode 13, Lee is [[spoiler:captured by members of Zarek's rebellion against the human-Cylon alliance. It looks as though he's about to be shot, and there's a gunshot...and you see Lee's face, spattered with blood, and Starbuck standing there, pistol in one hand. Another of the rebels moves, and she [[GunsAkimbo draws another pistol]], shooting him. "I can do this all day."]] It escalates the situation later on, but it's awesome at the time.

* ''Series/StargateSG1'': Did 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 7. 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.

** Another example is in ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' at the beginning of season 2 when Atlantis is under imminent attack, the self-destruct is armed and counting...then Earth responds to their earlier distress call with a small army of marines and an intergalactic battlecruiser.

* ''[[Series/WonderWoman1975 Wonder Woman]]'': In "Wonder Woman in Hollywood", once the evil Nazi plot has been unleashed, all of the war heroes and Major Steve Trevor have been captured, and they're being whisked off to Germany, it's Wonder Woman and Wonder Girl to the rescue! They race to the hideout on foot at amazon speed, rescue the [[DamselInDistress kidnapped soldiers]], but Wonder Woman is shot! [[spoiler:[[WoundedGazelleGambit Or so it seems...]]]]

** Averted in ''Angel'''s "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS05E22NotFadeAway Not Fade Away]]" [[spoiler:when Illyria becomes concerned about Wesley and arrives just after he's been fatally wounded. She did take care of his opponent though.]]

* ''Series/{{TheMandalorian}}'':[[spoiler:In "Chapter 16: The Rescue" The Mandalorian and his allies are trapped on the bridge of Moff Gideon's light cruise with a battalion of Phase Three Dark Trooper droids trying to break down the blast doors. At the last moment a solitary X-Wing appears and docks with the cruiser. Luke Skywalker emerges and quickly makes short work of the ship's entire Dark Trooper complement without even breaking a sweat.]]

* ''Series/{{TheMandalorian}}:[[spoiler:In Chapter 16: The Rescue The Mandalorian and his allies are trapped on the bridge of Moff Gideon's light cruise with a battalion of Phase Three Dark Trooper droids trying to break down the blast doors. At the last moment a solitary X-Wing appears and docks with the cruiser. Luke Skywalker emerges and quickly makes short work of the ship's entire Dark Trooper complement without even breaking a sweat.]]