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* In ''[[JamesBond Goldfinger]]'', the book, ''not'' the movie, the plot is to poison the water supply (rather than spray gas from the air, as in the movie), Bond reaches the city Fort Knox and hears total silence except for babies crying, because they were given milk, not water, to drink.

* A major plot point of the second half of the John Woo movie ''Film/HardBoiled'' involves evacuating the babies of a hospital's maternity ward and getting them to safety once the patients that didn't get killed by the bad guys are evacuated. Tequila's love interest, Teresa Chang, who played a major role in the evacuation of the patients, is placed in charge of getting the kids out of there with the help of the SWAT team, with the bad guys trying to stop them every step of the way. [[spoiler:Eventually, every one of the babies are evacuated, but there's just one more baby that she missed, which she charges Tequila himself with the task of saving. And man, does he ever]].

* When much of [[BatmanNoMansLand Gotham is destroyed by an earthquake]] Poison Ivy actually collects more than a dozen orphaned children and cares for them in the city park, which she has taken over as her private domain. At the end of the arc one of the children is dying, and Poison Ivy [[PetTheDog gives herself over to the police]] so that the girl can get medical attention.

* Played straight in the 1943 Nazi version of ''[[Film/{{Titanic1943)) Titanic]]'', in which Petersen saves a child that was abandoned in a First Class cabin.

When a town/city faces disaster, there'll be a small child, usually but not always under 9 years of age, that for whatever reason will have become separated from his/her parents. Luckily, someone steps in the way and saves the child before he/she gets hit/shot/whatever.

* In the opening scene of ''BlazeUnion'', corrupt merchant Norn introduces himself by attempting to kidnap a panicky little girl so as to sell her. Unusually for this trope, the girl in question continues to make appearances in the story, and eventually becomes an important character.

When a town/city faces disaster, there'll be a small child, usually but not always under 5 years of age, that for whatever reason will have become separated from his/her parents. Luckily, someone steps in the way and saves the child before he/she gets hit/shot/whatever.

* In episode 2 of ''KamenRiderDenO'', Ryotaro is forced to eject from the cockpit of Den Liner to pull a little girl out of the way before she gets hit by it. Then in episode 4, a contract holder doesn't make it to a music audition because he sees a little girl crying on the floor having lost her parent(s) and has to take her to the police station. Later when they go back in time, Ryotaro makes Hana take the girl to the police so that the contract holder can get to his audition on time. Then in the third movie a girl ends up kneeling on the ground crying during the fight between the Taros Imagin and Shiro's cronies and is nearly hit by a cart until Ryuutaros yanks her out of the way.
** In episode one of ''KamenRiderDecade'', Natsumi nearly does this to a boy (and his mother) running away from a fireball...until [[KamenRiderKiva Wataru]] stops time.

* Massively subverted in ''EurekaSeven'', where when the Coral Monsters are attacking a town. Little boy starts to cry, and his mother ''suffocates'' him to get him to be quiet. They all die anyways.

* In ''RurouniKenshin'', when Yahiko has to fight a crazed Kujiranami to protect Tokyo while Kenshin [[spoiler: is having his HeroicBSOD after Kaoru's "death"]], one of his objectives is to save a crying kid who got separated from his dad during the chaos.

* In ''SupermanBirthright'', during an assault on Metropolis, Superman saves the kid - with a GIANT SUPERMAN SHIELD.

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* The beach shootout from ''The Killer''. Here, the kid does get shot, forcing the title character to grab her and take her to the hospital in an effort to save her. This is the first clue to the CowboyCop tracking him that this guy is [[HitmanWithAHeart not like other assassins]].

* Happens after an attack on a Tribal village in ''Jet Force Gemini'', with one of the Tribal kids.

* In the mythology-themed "Beethoven's ''Pastoral''" segment of Disney's original ''Fantasia'', as the characters flee a violent thunderstorm a frightened baby unicorn is scooped to safety by one of the female centaurs.

* A major plot point of the second half of the John Woo movie ''Hard-Boiled'' involves evacuating the babies of a hospital's maternity ward and getting them to safety once the patients that didn't get killed by the bad guys are evacuated. Tequila's love interest, Teresa Chang, who played a major role in the evacuation of the patients, is placed in charge of getting the kids out of there with the help of the SWAT team, with the bad guys trying to stop them every step of the way. [[spoiler:Eventually, every one of the babies are evacuated, but there's just one more baby that she missed, which she charges Tequila himself with the task of saving. And man, does he ever]].

* There is one of these in the 1945 Nazi propaganda film ''Kolberg'': the heroine rescues an adorable child who was separated from his family when their village is bombed by the vicious French.
** Bombed? In 1812? Shelled, maybe?

* In the first ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' movie, when Captain Barbosa opens fire on the port, a little boy can be seen crying. A woman pulls him out of the way before he is blown up by the cannon fire.
* The first ''Spider-Man'' film: at the parade, a gigantic balloon is about to fall on a child. Spider-Man whisks him out of the way just in time.

* In the original ''King Kong'' (1933), while Kong is attacking the native village on Skull Island and the inhabitants are fleeing, there's a brief scene with a small native child who's been left behind. IIRC a woman (probably the mother) rescues the child.

-->'''[[RiffTrax Kevin Murphy]]:''' ''Uh, Kid's Mom? Are both your legs broken or something?!''

* In the ''ThePrinceOfEgypt'', children are everywhere, crying, ducking and generally miserable, when God sends his wrath against the Egpytians. This is supposed to make us dislike the Pharaoh instead of God, however. After all, it's the Pharaoh's fault (kinda) for not agreeing to release the Hebrews. Inverted in the song "When You Believe" are the reverse scenes which produce even more {{Tear Jerker}}ing. Count 'em, people: A little girl guiding her Grandmother out from slavery's shadow, children racing around Ethiopian followers, a tiny girl leading giant oxen, a baby girl ''and'' her doll on Daddy's head, Moses carrying children on his back, a man lifting his infant into the air and teenage girls dancing together.

->"Never get involved... except when children are crying."
-->--''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E02TheBeastBelow The Beast Below]]"

* ''{{Willow}}'' invoked this, but for Willow's own child, who stood crying in the middle of the village until Willow grabbed her and they made a run for it, getting to safety before the monster dogs could kill them. Strangely enough, this is one of the few versions where the toddler was not ''carried'' to safety - both Willow and daughter ran. This, because they're both [[strike:midgets]] little people, and it wasn't possible for him to lift her and run to safety at higher speed than they would both run together.
* A deleted scene from the theatrical release of ''SupermanIV: The Quest For Peace'' has Nuclear Man create a tornado, only for a girl to get caught up in it, leaving Superman to rescue her. It's much, much, ''much'' more {{Narm}}y than it sounds.

* He isn't crying, but in ''IronMan 2'' a lone child finds himself in the path of a Hammer Drone and needs to be saved by Tony.

When a town/city faces disaster, there'll be a small child of under 5 years of age, or possibly older, that for whatever reason will have become separated from his/her parents. Luckily, someone steps in the way and saves the child before he/she gets hit/shot/whatever.

* In ''Superman: Birthright'', during an assault on Metropolis, Superman saves the kid - with a GIANT SUPERMAN SHIELD.
* When much of Gotham is destroyed by an earthquake Poison Ivy actually collects more than a dozen orphaned children and cares for them in the city park, which she has taken over as her private domain. At the end of the arc one of the children is dying, and Poison Ivy [[PetTheDog gives herself over to the police]] so that the girl can get medical attention.

* The opening credits of ''WolverineAndTheXMen'' featured a brother and sister getting this whilst being chased by Sentinel Robots. Wolverine rescues them (well he is the titular character).

* Yoshino and Lilamon have to rescue a girl who's fallen on the floor from a Boarmon who's about to stamp on her in episode 21 of ''DigimonSavers''.

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* In one of the movie adaptations of ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', during the fighting in Troy scene, Odysseus spots a little boy crying (or just standing there looking petrified) with blood on his face. Odysseus makes his way to the boy, picks him up and either carries him out of the battle or puts him in the arms of another adult.
* In the first ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' movie, when Captain Barbosa opens fire on the port, a little boy can be seen crying. A woman pulls him out of the way before he is blown up by the cannon fire.

* He isn't crying, but in ''IronMan 2'' a lone child finds himself in the path of a Hammer Drone and needs to be saved by Tony.

* In Chris Roberson's {{Warhammer 40000}} BloodRavens novel ''Dawn of War II'', one squad happens on two boys searching for [[MissingMom their mother]]. They bring them back all the way. Part way through, one Marine [[CombatPragmatist pragmatically]] suggests leaving them, to have Thaddeus declare that any Marine who says that will be left himself; Thaddeus looks at the boys who are not crying, though they have tear tracks. They realize their mother is almost certainly dead, and want {{Revenge}}; when Thaddeus suggests they could be BloodRavens, they are eager for it.

** Subverted in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E2TheFiresOfPompeii The Fires of Pompeii]]", when Donna is trying to warn the Citizens of Pompeii not to go to the beach because they'll die she grabs a little kid who has been separated from his parents. She tries to tell him how to survive, only for his mother to show up and grab him off Donna ''before'' she can impart her life saving knowledge.
* Sort of spoofed in the reality show ''WhoWantsToBeASuperhero'', where one of the very first challenges of the first season is race where the true goal is to help the lost crying child. Those who raced past the little kid to the finish line [[SecretTestOfCharacter lost]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{X-Men}}'' had a entirely straight example with a girl needing to be saved from a falling building, but followed it up with Wolverine exasperatedly saying "this kid's crying...do something" before handing her to Jubilee.

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* ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' had a entirely straight example with a girl needing to be saved from a falling building, but followed it up with Wolverine exasperatedly saying "this kid's crying...do something" before handing her to Jubilee.

->"Never get involved... except when children are crying."\\

--''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E02TheBeastBelow The Beast Below]]"

Not to be confused with the LittlestCancerPatient, who is often the focus for (often) an entire episode. A CryingLittleKid is only on screen for a few seconds. Although they both [[TearJerker try to make the audience go "Aww, that's sad"]].

* Averted in ''[[{{Titanic}} Titanic]]''. Jack and Rose are trying to find a way out and find a small child. Another man finds them, shouts at them in a language they can't understand, and likewise he doesn't understand their warnings not to go that way because the hall behind that door is flooded...

* ''StarTrek Generations'': During the evacuation to the saucer section, several small children are left behind. Geordi La Forge and a female engineer rescue them.