** For example, at one point the knight Yvain has to be at a very specific location tomorrow in order to rescue a damsel, Lunete, from being burned at the stake. With plenty of time, he stays at a castle the night before, only to discover that the castle is being held to ransom by a giant; if no one can slay the giant, the next morning he will kill all the lord's remaining sons and have his minions rape the lord's daughter in front of everyone. Yvain ''tries'' to say "look, I do have this prior appointment and an innocent will die if I don't get there, so I'm afraid this isn't actually my problem"... but he turns back out of guilt, kills the giant, doesn't stay for congratulations, and runs off just in time to save Lunete... effectively pulling off ''two'' last minute BigDamnHeroes moments in a row.
* Every knight errant ever created from King Arthur on down. In a variety of ContractualGenreBlindness, Knights errant were actually ''bound'' to WalkTheEarth until they found a worthy quest to devote themselves to.

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** For example, at one point the knight Yvain has to be at a very specific location tomorrow in order to rescue a damsel, Lunete, from being burned at the stake. With plenty of time, he stays at a castle the night before, only to discover that the castle is being held to ransom by a giant; if no one can slay the giant, the next morning he will kill all the lord's remaining sons and have his minions rape the lord's daughter in front of everyone. Yvain ''tries'' to say "look, I do have this prior appointment and an innocent will die if I don't get there, so I'm afraid this isn't my problem"... but he turns back out of guilt, kills the giant, doesn't stay for congratulations, and runs off just in time to save Lunete... effectively pulling off ''two'' last minute BigDamnHeroes moments in a row.
* Every knight errant ever created from King Arthur on down. In a variety of ContractualGenreBlindness, Knights errant were ''bound'' to WalkTheEarth until they found a worthy quest to devote themselves to.

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* [[TheUntouchables Elliot Ness]] had a major case of this. In a famous example, while having dinner with his wife, he heard police sirens and jumped to his feet to join the chase. And, since he now happened to have a nice selection of police with him, he decided to keep on going and lead them to bust a drug operation he knew of. His wife was simply left to wait at the restaurant.
* It's a chronic condition amongst many firefighters, peace officers, and paramedics. They'll sometimes claim it's due to professional knowledge because they know how critical time is in an emergency and waiting for on-duty personnel to arrive might take too long. The reality is they can't help it because helping people is what they do.
** Not necessarily professionals, too. Actually, with a certain upbringing and even basic medical knowledge one can develop this syndrome.
** For a good deal of these professionals, this syndrome is the very reason they're in the jobs they chose, so it's kind of self-fulfilling.

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