History EnemyMine / WesternAnimation

** In one episode, Spidey made a temporary alliance with [[TheBrute the Rhino]] to destroy a specs program which gave the owner the instructions on how to make more Rhino-armored supervillains. The original Rhino wasn't too happy about that, so after battling [[TheDragon Hammerhead]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsWildPack Silver Sable]] for it, Spidey offered a team-up. After it was destroyed, however, things went back to normal...

** Duncan and Harold were forced to work together in the final few episodes of ''Total Drama Action'' when they are left on the same team with Leshawna and Heather, both of whom cannot be trusted (the latter for fake crying to win a reward and the latter for being the {{Alpha Bitch}} of the first season). Also, Duncan and Beth in the season finale.

*** When the two fight on the same side against an enemy that threatened to destroy St. Canard, Gosalyn asks Megavolt why he's helping out. Megavolt explains that if the BigBad destroys the city, there'll be nothing left for him to rob.

---->'''Bushroot:''' "Hey, I may be a mutant plant-duck, sure, but I'm an ''Earth'' mutant plant-duck!"

** Danny and his ghost-hunting rival/enemy Valerie work together to outdo Skulker once they stop trying to torment one another. Being [[ChainedHeat handcuffed]] together doesn't help matters.

** In one episode ("Just A Tad Smarter"), Toadie's cousin Tadpole takes over Castle Drekmore, kicks Duke Igthorn out, and orders the ogres to destroy all the gummiberry bushes. Neither Igthorn nor the Gummis want the bushes destroyed, so they reluctantly team up to get rid of Tadpole.
** In another episode ("For A Few Sovereigns More"), Duke Igthorn hires a bounty hunter to catch a Gummi Bear. When the hunter returns with Cubbi Gummi but Igthorn refuses to pay, he and Cubbi are tossed into a dungeon cell, and have to work together to escape. That episode was a ChainedHeat, as well.

** A subversion occurs in "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheBlueSpirit The Blue Spirit]]", when Zuko ([[SecretIdentity in disguise]]) rescues Aang from Zhao because Zuko [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou needs to be the one to capture him]]. Hence his 'rescue' was an attempt to capture him.
** In "The Chase", [[spoiler:the gang inadvertently work with Zuko and Iroh to corner Azula. This gets broken when Azula attacks Iroh while he's distracted]].
** When Zuko [[spoiler: has a HeelFaceTurn and joins the Gaang. Included here because, while Zuko truly wants to switch sides, the Gaang (especially Katara) still views him as an enemy for some time. Nevertheless, although the only reason the Gaang agree to join up with him is because Aang needs a firebending teacher, the two of them eventually decide to put their differences aside when they discover that they have more in common than they think, so it's not long before they're working smoothly together to take down the BigBad (Zuko's father), becoming literal FireForgedFriends in the process]].

** ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' has an uneasy alliance between Korra's team and Varrick. They don't trust him, since Varrick was manipulating the Water Tribe Civil War from the start, but both parties do hate Unalaq. After all, success against Unalaq did depend on whatever Varrick could contribute, even if it was going to harm them.
** This happens again in Book 4, when [[spoiler:Zaheer, BigBad of the previous book, helps Korra overcome her trauma at his hands so she can defeat Kuvira, a dictator who is everything Zaheer (an anarchist) hates]]. By the time of the finale Kuvira had a [[spoiler:HumongousMecha]], making the situation so dire that Lin had to release [[spoiler:Hiroshi Sato]] to help them defeat it, noting how [[GodzillaThreshold if the prison's still there after the fight they can send him right back]]. Sadly, [[spoiler:Sato [[HeroicSacrifice doesn't]] [[RedemptionEqualsDeath last]]]].

** In "The Trial", which featured the city's new District Attorney blaming Batman for all the superpowered criminals in Gotham City. This eventually leads to the DA being kidnapped by the villains and Batman being captured while trying to rescue her. The villains then put Batman on trial for ruining their lives and turning them into criminals, and they make the DA serve as Batman's defense lawyer. The DA demolishes the villains' claims one by one, pointing out that they were all responsible for their own problems and would have become villains anyway; the only thing Batman ''really'' influenced them to do was wear costumes. The villains are forced to acquit Batman, but they decide to kill him and the DA anyway ForTheEvulz. Now that the DA has done her job, it's time for Batman to do his...
** Then there was the episode "Harlequinade", where Batman recruited Harley Quinn's help to find the Joker when he stole a nuclear weapon (offering her parole as an incentive). Harley didn't quite manage to stand up to Mistuh Jay in this episode, but she came close. (She would eventually, later.)

** In the episode "Game Over For Owlman", Batman is forced to team up with [[spoiler:his arch nemesis, The Joker]] after the rest of the heroes of the series become convinced he has become a bad guy thanks to the machinations of his EvilTwin Owlman.
** And again with Two-Face in the beginning of "The Fate of Equinox", after his hired henchmen go against his decision to spare Batman.
* A similar plotline occurred in ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', when the villainous residents of Arkham Asylum, freed by an alien invasion, join the fight against the aliens, with the Joker angrily stating that causing mayhem in Gotham is '''his''' job. He goes so far as to gleefully proclaim that the whole world has gone mad after seeing Gordon and Freeze protect each other's backs.
* Happens often in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' franchise. Ben's teamed up with [[EvilCounterpart Kevin]], a [[FantasticRacism Highbreed]], [[ManipulativeBastard Darkstar]], [[DarkMagicalGirl Charmcaster]], and [[ArchEnemy Vilgax.]] Notable in that around half of these resulted in {{Heel Face Turn}}s. Kevin would eventually become a good guy in Alien Force (while exploring the circumstances that led to him being villainous in later series,), the Highbreed would also side with Ben and lead his people after Ben saves them from genetic sterility. Charmcaster waffles back and forth due to her instability and being led astray by malicious individuals, but the end of Omniverse implies she does indeed make a recovery for good. Averted with Darkstar and Vilgax though, both remaining evil.
* Buzz Lightyear and the Evil Emperor Zurg work together to beat aliens that intend to conquer the entire galaxy, including Zurg's home, in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand''.

** In "Marabounta", Jérémie's newest attempt to destroy XANA goes haywire and threatens to destroy Lyoko itself. XANA sends monsters to help the good guys destroy the threat. When the combined team is victorious, the heroes expect the monsters to immediately turn on them. Instead, the monsters bow and then leave without incident. (Jérémie does warn everybody that this truce was clearly temporary.)
** In the following episode, "Common Interest", Jérémie and XANA team up to save Lyoko and Aelita when the uranium battery that powers the Supercomputer starts dying. This time however, XANA does strike back immediately after the teamwork is through.

** The first instance was in "Operation: Z.O.O." when the team cooperated with the Delightful Children after both were help prisoner by an evil zookeeper. (It turned sour rather quickly, as the villains were only too willing to turn on the KND once they were loose.)
** It went better in "Operation: I.T."; the Delightful Children sell Father out and help the KND, because [[EvenEvilHasStandards even they can't stand broccoli.]]
** Played for Laughs in "Operation: M.U.N.C.H.I.E.S." After Sector V spent the whole story fighting nearly ever villain in the series over the last box of cereal in a supermarket, Knightbrace grabs it, but intends to destroy it, not eat it. So the heroes call a truce with the other villains to get from him. (And then all of them are able to share it at the end, making it a happy ending for everyone ''except'' Knightbrace.)
** "Operation: L.I.C.O.R.I.C.E." plays it straight and overlaps it with EvilVersusEvil when Heinrich Von Marzipan turns up missing from the Kids Next Door Arctic Prison. The reason being he was kidnapped by rival candy pirates led by [[DemBones Black John]] [[AnthropomorphicFood Licorice]], because he ate a magic seed that the pirates need to break a curse placed upon them. Numbuh Five has to join forces with Stickybeard to find Heinrich and return him to his cell before Black John and his crew plant the seed.
** ''WesternAnimation/OperationZERO'' had Numbuh 1 and [[spoiler:his father, Numbuh 0]], team up with Father and the Delightful Children from Down the Lane [[spoiler:a.k.a. Sector Z]] to stop [[BigBad Grandfather]]. [[spoiler:The alliance quickly peters out when Father loses motivation (despite being implied to be ''stronger'' than Grandfather) and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere buggers off to go binge on ice cream]], while Sector Z is forcibly transformed back into their Delightful forms and attack Nigel.]]
* AVerySpecialEpisode of ''[[WesternAnimation/COPS1988 C.O.P.S.]]'', "The Case of the Lowest Crime", has both C.O.P.S. and C.R.O.O.K.S. joining forces against an [[TheAggressiveDrugDealer aggressive drug-dealer]].

** Danny and his ghost hunting rival/enemy Valerie work together to outdo Skulker once they stop trying to torment one another. Being [[ChainedHeat handcuffed]] together didn't help matters.
** In the first movie, "WesternAnimation/ReignStorm", Danny, Vlad, and Valerie had to team up to try and take down the much greater threat that was Pariah Dark. In fact every enemy ghost came to help out during the final battle. During the final battle:
--->'''Skulker''': Now, go! Defeat him, so I will be free to hunt you another day!
--->'''Danny''': ''(to Ember)'' Guy really knows how to motivate you...
** Danny teamed up with the rest of his foes to break out of Walker's prison in "Prisoners of Love."
** In the ChristmasEpisode, when the Ghostwriter tried to teach Danny a lesson, all other ghosts Danny met in the episode agreed to help him because the Ghostwriter broke the Christmas truce.
** In "Livin' Large", the [[TheMenInBlack Guys in White]] tried to blow up the Ghost Zone, unaware (or rather, disbelieving) that it'd destroy Earth as well, and Danny teamed up with some of his ghostly enemies to stop them.
** Danny and Valerie teamed up again in "D-Stabilized" to defeat Vlad and [[spoiler: save Dani]]. [[spoiler: Bonus points for Valerie discovering Vlad's secret identity at the end!]]
** Danny and every single ghost in existence teaming up to turn the Earth intangible in the series finale, "Phantom Planet," to save both worlds from an asteroid.

** In "Magica's Shadow War," after Magica's shadow gains sentience and plans to take over the world, she and the [=McDucks=] join forces to put a stop to its plot.
** In "Beagle Mania," the Beagle Boys become music sensations, Ma Beagle and Scrooge team up to take them down, Ma because they fired her as their agent, and Scrooge so that they'll stop spending his money, since he owns the record label that signed them.
** In "The Bride Wore Stripes," after Ma beagle scammed her way into making the court think that she and Scrooge were legally married, she and the Beagle Boys merrily spend Scrooge's money, but when he convinces her into acting like a real HouseWife, or get a divorce without access to the moneybin, [[BecomingTheMask she takes the role so seriously]], that the Beagle Boys scheme with [=McDuck=] to reveal to the authorities that the whole thing was a scam.
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'''s second season finale "Moonvasion!" has Scrooge [=McDuck=] and Flintheart Glomgold joining forces to fight off an AlienInvasion.

---> '''Mr. Crocker''': [[LampshadeHanging Are you aware of the phrase "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."?]]
** In the "Wishology" trilogy, all of Timmy's friends and allies except for Mark are captured. Needing help, he recruits [[AxCrazy Vicky]], [[EvilTeacher Crocker]], and [[GalacticConqueror Dark Laser]] to battle the Darkness. He needs to offer them something: 20 dollars, a look at his fairies, and an opportunity to destroy him when it's over, respectively.

* Happened several times on ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''. David Xanatos is such a MagnificentBastard that the Manhattan Clan always suspected they were being used. Occasionally they were wrong, some examples are:
** During "City of Stone" Xanatos and the Manhattan clan work together to break Demona's spell that turn every human into stone (except Xanatos).
** During "Eye of the Beholder", Goliath helps Xanatos to cure his wife Fox from the curse of the Eye of Odin that is turning her into a werewolf.
** During "The Gathering" the Manhattan clan helps Xanatos to protect his baby from Oberon who wants to take him to Avalon as the baby [[spoiler: is Titania's grandson]]. After this, Xanatos essentially [[spoiler:made a HeelFaceTurn turning more into a AntiVillain]] and the entire third season is basically an Enemy Mine situation with Xanatos and the Gargoyles against the [[FantasticRacism anti-gargoyle]] [[TheKlan Quarrymen]].

** In "The Return". [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] is forced to work with the League to stop AMAZO, an android he himself had loosed on them in an earlier episode, from killing him. This applies to the League more, as AMAZO isn't out to do anything else not in his way (he moved Oa to another dimension because it was easier than fighting, and fought back against the League because they attacked ''him''), but he ''is'' after Luthor, who deceived and manipulated him. The League figures that the android will kill Luthor (at this moment in the series, in a HeelFaceTurn), so THEY decide to help HIM. Part of it was because [[ItsPersonal it was personal]] to GL John Stewart, as they didn't know he just moved Oa. They saw him approach the planet, give off a flash, and then it was ''gone''.
** Luthor and the entire Legion of Doom were forced to help the Justice League defend Earth from invasion by Apokolips. [[spoiler:''Luthor'' was the one who did Darkseid in.]] It was a collective decision of [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou "the only one allowed to take over the planet"]] combined with [[EvilVersusOblivion "even villains don't want the world to be destroyed"]].
** Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}} and Hades against Felix Faust although this wasn't by choice. She was ordered to reinstate Hades by the Gods, and when she still had some reluctance, it ended when Hermes pointed out how Faust was indirectly harming Wonder Woman's magical friends by usurping Hades' post.
** The episode with the Justice Lords. Luthor hilariously teams up with Good Superman ''just for the pleasure of zapping a Superman, '''any Superman''', with a Kryptonite laser gun.''

'''Good Superman:''' Just one of the hard decisions I've had to make today. (''to Luthor'') Go for it.\\
'''Luthor:''' Oh ''yes''.
** Darkseid asked the League for help when Brainiac attacked Apokolips in "Twilight". Over [[EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes Superman's protests]], the League agreed. [[spoiler:[[ProperlyParanoid Supes' suspicion was vindicated]], since the entire plot was a ploy by Darkseid to hand over Superman to Brainiac in exchange for Apokolips' safety. And ''that'' turned out to be an even bigger ploy to grant Darkseid access to Brainiac's systems so he could take control of Brainiac and use its processing power to obtain the Anti-Life Equation.]]
** In "The Great Brain Robbery" when Flash and Lex Luthor [[FreakyFridayFlip swap bodies]], Grodd knows that "Lex" is really The Flash and threatens to expose him. Flash points out that they could work together to get rid of Lex which they would both benefit from, and Grodd ''sort of'' accepts: he doesn't blow Flash's cover, but only so he can prolong Flash's suffering until he's inevitably discovered and, without his powers, left at the mercy of an entire team of supervillains who hate him.
---> '''"Lex:"''' Okay look. Luthor's got you in a cage like a lab rat. He's humiliated you. You hate him, and you could help me see to it he never comes back. Dude, help me out here.
---> '''Grodd:''' True, I do hate Luthor, but I hate ''you'' just as much.
---> '''"Lex:"''' So... you gonna bust me or what?
---> '''Grodd:''' Where's the fun in that? I'm going to watch you twist in the wind until you're discovered and they tear you limb from limb.

** Averted when--after Order 66 is given--Ahsoka frees Darth Maul from his confinement. Maul thinks she wants them to fight the clonetroopers together, only to be told she's ''not'' interested in a team-up; Ahsoka wants Maul to cause chaos as a distraction so she can be free to do her own thing.

** "Operation: L.I.C.O.R.I.C.E." plays it straight and overlaps it with EvilVersusEvil when Heinrich Von Marzipan turns up missing from the Kids Next Door Arctic Prison. The reason being he was kidnapped by rival candy pirates led by [[DemBones Black John Licorice]], because he ate a magic seed that the pirates need to break a curse placed upon them. Numbuh Five has to join forces with Stickybeard to find Heinrich and return him to his cell before Black John and his crew plant the seed.

*** "[[TheDentistEpisode Moral Decay]]" has Buttercup [[TheToothHurts knocking out villains' teeth]] in order to obtain money from the tooth fairy after trying to knock Bubbles' teeth out intentionally after [[LooseToothEpisode doing so unintentionally]]. Buttercup eventually becomes impatient and knocks out the teeth of the main villains when they're not doing anything. When [[EvenEvilHasStandards the villains]] tell Blossom and Bubbles what she was doing behind their backs, [[EveryoneHasStandards they work together to set up an ambush for Buttercup to teach her a lesson]], where the villains [[KarmicInjury knock]] ''[[KarmicInjury her]]'' [[KarmicInjury teeth out]] [[DoWithHimAsYouWill in return]]. [[AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted Moreover, Buttercup loses the stash of money she earned through her scheme]] [[LaserGuidedKarma when the Professor uses it to pay off her dental bills]].

*** "[[TheDentistEpisode Moral Decay]]" has Buttercup [[TheToothHurts knocking out villains' teeth]] in order to obtain money from the tooth fairy after trying to knock Bubbles' teeth out intentionally after [[LooseToothEpisode doing so unintentionally]]. Buttercup eventually becomes impatient and knocks out the teeth of the main villains when they're not doing anything. When [[EvenEvilHasStandards the villains]] tell Blossom and Bubbles what she was doing behind their backs, [[EveryoneHasStandards they work together to set up an ambush for Buttercup to teach her a lesson]], where the villains [[KarmicInjury knock]] ''[[KarmicInjury her]]'' [[KarmicInjury teeth out]] [[DoWithHimAsYouWill in return]]. [[LaserGuidedKarma Moreover, Buttercup loses the stash of money she earned through her scheme when the Professor uses it to pay off her dental bills]].

*** "[[TheDentistEpisode Moral Decay]]" has Buttercup [[TheToothHurts knocking out villains' teeth]] in order to obtain money from the tooth fairy after trying to knock Bubbles' teeth out intentionally after [[LooseToothEpisode doing so unintentionally]]. Buttercup eventually becomes impatient and knocks out the teeth of the main villains when they're not doing anything. When [[EvenEvilHasStandards the villains]] tell Blossom and Bubbles what she was doing behind their backs, [[EveryoneHasStandards they work together to set up an ambush for Buttercup to teach her a lesson]], where the villains [[KarmicInjury knock]] ''[[KarmicInjury her]]'' [[KarmicInjury teeth out in return]]. [[LaserGuidedKarma Moreover, Buttercup loses the stash of money she earned through her scheme when the Professor uses it to pay off her dental bills]].

*** "[[TheDentistEpisode Moral Decay]]" has Buttercup knocking out villains' teeth in order to obtain money from the tooth fairy after trying to knock Bubbles' teeth out intentionally after [[LooseToothEpisode doing so unintentionally]]. Buttercup eventually becomes impatient and knocks out the teeth of the main villains when they're not doing anything. When [[EvenEvilHasStandards the villains]] tell Blossom and Bubbles what she was doing behind their backs, [[EveryoneHasStandards they work together to set up an ambush for Buttercup to teach her a lesson]], where the villains [[KarmicInjury knock]] ''[[KarmicInjury her]]'' [[KarmicInjury teeth out in return]]. [[LaserGuidedKarma Moreover, Buttercup loses the stash of money she earned through her scheme when the Professor uses it to pay off her dental bills]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' had at least two instances where Randall ends up forging a truce. Not to mention the movie where Randall, Miss Finster and Principal Prickley team up with the kids against a villain that wants to create eternal winter.

** One episode had them needing Mojo Jojo's help to beat this huge alien thing that was so evil even Mojo considered it his superior.
** Another episode had the Gangreen Gang helping the girls to defeat Sedusa after she abandons them when [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness she no longer needed them for her plan]].

** "Operation: L.I.C.O.R.I.C.E." plays it straight and overlaps it with EvilVersusEvil when Heinrich Von Marzipan turns up missing from the Kids Next Door Arctic Prison. The reason being he was kidnapped by [[DemBones Black John Licorice and his crew of Licorice Pirates]], because he ate a magic seed that the pirates need to break a curse placed upon them. Numbuh Five has to join forces with Stickybeard to find Heinrich and return him to his cell before the licorice crew plants the seed.

** Played straight in "Operation: L.I.C.O.R.I.C.E." when Heinrich Von Marzipan turns up missing from the Kids Next Door Arctic Prison. The reason being he was kidnapped by [[DemBones Black John Licorice and his crew of Licorice Pirates]], because he ate a magic seed that the pirates need to break a curse placed upon them. Numbuh Five has to join forces with Stickybeard to find Heinrich and return him to his cell before the licorice crew plants the seed.

* In ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'' it's not unusual to see the Autobots and Decepticons (or {{exp|y}}ies of them) joining forces to take on a greater threat. It just takes a ''very'' large threat to make them do it. Usually [[PlanetEater Unicron]], but not always.
** In "The Insecticon Syndrome", Megatron and Optimus Prime fight together against the out-of-control Insecticons. Watching Optimus grab up Megatron's semi-conscious body and force-fold him into gun mode is interesting.
** In "Countdown to Extinction", it's Megatron and Optimus Prime cooperating again to stop [[TheStarscream Starscream's]] DoomsdayDevice. Watching Optimus worry over the damage Megatron is taking to unbolt the device is fascinating.
** In "Nightmare Planet", Springer and Razorclaw team up to slay a dragon. Razorclaw was planning to sit back and watch Springer get killed, but a princess bribed him with gold and pointed out that the dragon would most likely kill everybody.
** Lampshaded in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', when Sari is left alone to deal with Swindle after he shuts down the city and Autobots with a disruptor beam. The group of B-level villains that helped him gather the parts for it decide to team up with her and Bumblebee after they are betrayed by Swindle to get back at him.
--->'''Nanosek:''' We want to give Swindle a little payback for his doublecross.
--->'''Slo-Mo:''' So we thought, why not join forces with you and your little Autobot friend?
--->'''Sari:''' Uh, no offense but, you're a bunch a lowlife crooks! Why should we trust you?!
--->'''Proffessor Princess:''' Because the enemy of my enemy is my friend!

** Earlier, in ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', this happened a ton between the Maximals and the Predacons, always during story arcs where the Vok, the godlike beings using Earth as their own Petri dish, become active again. For example:
*** The entire final arc of the first season kicks off with Megatron attempting to form a truce with the Maximals when it becomes apparent that the Vok are a much greater threat to both of them than each other.
*** In Season 2, when an alien ship appears that [[PutOnABus put Tigatron and Airazor on a long bus ride]], the two factions team up to try to break into it, but all bets are off when Megatron gets control of the ship and all its power. Though [[TheStarscream Tarantulas]] does team up with the maximals in order to prevent Megatron from using the Vok technology to leave Earth.
** ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' also had Dinobot's alliance with the maximals, at least as far as he was concerned. Optimus considered him a welcome member of the team.
--->'''Dinobot:''' I am Predacon, despite our alliance. When we return to Cybertron, my fate will be the same as Megatron's. Perhaps even worse.
--->'''Optimus:''' I won't let that happen. You're a Maximal now.
--->'''Dinobot:''' What makes you think I ''want'' to be?
** ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''. The Autobots temporarily team up with Megatron to stop Unicron from awakening.
** Also in ''Prime'', Bulkhead and Breakdown team up against MECH. It works pretty well until Starscream, asshole that he is, gets involved.

** In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', during the second season finale, the Autobots and Decepticons' latest battle is interrupted by Starscream and his clones. The Autobots and Decepticons end up fighting the same enemy, and at one point Optimus and Megatron have a BackToBackBadasses moment... only for Megatron to grab Optimus and use him as a living shield. The clones eventually turn on Starscream later, join Megatron, and everyone is back to square one.

** In Season 15,[[spoiler: upon learning that he was the one who created the [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Great Devourer,]] [[EvenEvilHasStandards Harumi]] teams up with Lloyd and Garmadon to fight the Crystal King]]

** A subversion occur in "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheBlueSpirit The Blue Spirit]]", when Zuko ([[SecretIdentity in disguise]]) rescues Aang from Zhao because Zuko [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou needs to be the one to capture him]]. Hence his 'rescue' was an attempt to capture him.