History Main / BigDAmnHeroes

A SuperTrope to RoaringRampageOfRescue. The KingInTheMountain always has a legend of becoming this UpToEleven.

->'''Mal: '''Well, look at this! Appears we got here [[JustInTime just in the nick of time]]. What does that make us?\\
'''Zoe: '''[[TropeNamer Big damn heroes, sir!]]\\

But note that a Big Damn Heroes moment doesn't have to ''succeed''. They can [[TheBadGuyWins fail to save the day]], or even [[NiceJobBreakingItHero make things worse]].

If the heroes just finished a training arc and show off new powers, it's LookWhatICanDoNow.

If this is done in an anticlimactic way, then it's a DeusExMachina, and dooms it bad, of course. When done right, it is a sure-fire way to get a [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning Moment of Awesome]].

Compare TheCavalry (it's the heroes saved in the nick of time), ContrivedCoincidence, BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork (otherwise known as Big Damn Villains), VillainousRescue (when the villains are like this {{trope}}), HellYesMoment.

->'''Mal: '''Well, look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us?\\

For instance, say that the poor DamselInDistress is looking her {{fate|WorseThanDeath}} dead in the face, and is [[YouCantFightFate resigned]] to it, because she knows that NothingCanSaveUsNow...and then, ''boom''! The heroes [[DynamicEntry kick down the door]] and proceed to [[CurbStompBattle stomp the bad guys into the ground]].

But note that a Big Damn Heroes moment doesn't have to ''succeed''. They can fail to save the day, or even make things worse.

'''Mal: '''Ain't we just?

->'''Mal:''' Well, look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us?\\
'''Zoe:''' Big damn heroes, sir!\\
'''Mal:''' Ain't we just?

* Some Jews believe that in a coming Messiah. Christians and Muslims believe in the Second Coming of Jesus.

Any time the heroes(=/=)antiheroes get to save the day in a big, awesome manner.

Any time the heroes get to save the day in a big, awesome manner.

Say that the poor DamselInDistress is looking her {{fate|WorseThanDeath}} dead in the face, and is [[YouCantFightFate resigned]] to it, because she knows that NothingCanSaveUsNow...and then, ''boom''! The heroes [[DynamicEntry kick down the door]] and proceed to [[CurbStompBattle stomp the bad guys into the ground]].

Contrast YouAreTooLate, NiceJobBreakingItHero.

->'''Mal:''' Well,look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us?\\

** Actually The Other Wiki has a page for this "folk-motif" called Sleeping King.

** Jesus' first coming is a double subversion of this trope. None of his disciples believed that he was going to die on the cross; they thought he would be mounting an army to take over the Romans.

->'''[[TheLeader Mal]]:''' [[IncomingHam Well,]] [[LampshadeHanging look at this]]! Appears [[TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot we got here]] [[JustInTime just in the nick of time]]. What does that make us?\\
'''[[TheLancer Zoe]]:''' [[TropeNamers Big damn heroes]], sir!\\

->'''Tarkus''': "[[OurOrcsAreDifferent Ork]] gunners on the ridge! [[TakeCover Get to cover]]!"
->'''Thaddeus''': "[[LargeHam FURY FROM THE SKY! CUT THEM DOWN!]]" [...] "Sergeant Thaddeus, reporting for duty, Commander."
->'''Avitus''': "[[DeadpanSnarker Did you have a pleasant rest?]] [[LampshadeHanging Waiting for the most dramatic moment to strike?]]"
->'''Thaddeus''': "Good to see you too, Avitus."
-->-- ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar II''

Say that the poor DistressedDamsel is looking her {{fate|WorseThanDeath}} dead in the face, and is [[YouCantFightFate resigned]] to it, because she knows that NothingCanSaveUsNow...and then, ''boom''! The heroes [[DynamicEntry kick down the door]] and proceed to [[CurbStompBattle stomp the bad guys into the ground]].

->'''[[TheLeader Mal]]:''' [[IncomingHam Well,]] [[LampshadeHanging look at this]]! Appears [[TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot we got here]] [[JustInTime just in the nick of time]]. What does that make us?\\
'''[[TheLancer Zoe]]:''' [[TropeNamers Big damn heroes]], sir!\\
'''Mal:''' Ain't we just?
-->-- ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYeqDD96gLg Safe]]"

->'''[[TheLeader Mal]]:''' Well, look at this! Appears [[TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot we got here]] [[JustInTime just in the nick of time]]. What does that make us?\\

A SuperTrope to RoaringRampageOfRescue.

Compare TheCavalry (it's the heroes saved in the nick of time), ContrivedCoincidence, BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork (otherwise known as BigDamnVillains), VillainousRescue (when the villains are like this {{trope}}), HellYesMoment.

[[AC: Web Games]]
* In the [[AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]][=-inspired=] Kongregate game "Socrates Jones: Pro Philosopher", the title character is trapped in the Intelligible Realm [[spoiler: aka Philosopher Heaven]] and has debates with some famous philosophers[[spoiler:'s ghosts]] in an attempt to discover the nature of morality [[spoiler: so that he and his daughter can return to life]]. In the process, Socrates gets each of them to question their own philosophies. Near the end, he goes up against [[spoiler:the Arbiter, overseer of the realm]], after an off-hand comment is mistaken for a bad answer. Despite Socrates' efforts, [[spoiler:the Arbiter]] refuses to accept his expanded answer, and Socrates is ready to give up. But before he can do so, the philosphers he debated with earlier show up to support him, and four of them give Socrates an idea from their respective debates that he can use to challenge [[spoiler:the Arbiter]]'s arguments.

* BigDamnHeroes/ProWrestling

* BigDamnHeroes/VideoGames

* BigDamnHeroes/FanFic

Compare TheCavalry (it's the heroes saved in the nick of time), ContrivedCoincidence, BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork, VillainousRescue (when the villains are like this {{trope}}), HellYesMoment.

->'''[[TheLeader Mal]]:''' Well, look at this! Appears we got here [[JustInTime just in the nick of time]]. What does that make us?\\