History Main / CryingLittleKid

* In ''Manga/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.

* Saitama saves one in the opening pages of ''Manga/OnePunchMan''. Grabbing her just as the bad guys is about to be squish her.

* 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 shelled by the vicious French.

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* In Chris Roberson's TabletopGame/{{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.

* 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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* ''Manga/AliceAcademy'' - the penultimate episode has a little boy being threatened by a lion. Sumire scares it out of the way.

* Kokinchan from ''{{Franchise/Anpanman}}'' can be often count as this, but then her crying is just the case being [[DeliberatelyCuteChild manipulative]].

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

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* It happens in the backstory, but ''[[Literature/XWingSeries Iron Fist]]'' mentions a riot which was "controlled" by means of stormtroopers arriving and opening fire on the crowd. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Castin Donn]] saw a young mother get shot right in front of him and saved her baby before he could get shot or trampled.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/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.
** Don't forget that this is the story of a rose-cheeked Hebrew baby and both God and Pharaoh kill first-borns just to prove points.
* ''TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' AnimatedSeries had a crying little girl whose ''mother'' pushed her out of the way, but was still in danger herself. Spidey swung in and saved the mom, then dropped her back in front of her child, sort of [[InvertedTrope inverting]] the trope.

* The opening credits of ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolverine And The X-Men}}'' featured a brother and sister getting this whilst being chased by Sentinel Robots. Wolverine rescues them (well he is the titular character).
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' has a pair of kids and their dad nearly get crushed by a falling statue. Luckily Blue Beetle steps in and uses his shield to protect them.

* ''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.
* This is how [[spoiler: Simon Petrikov and Marceline]] met in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' - he found her crying in the ruins of a city during WorldWar3.

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* It happens in the backstory, but ''[[XWingSeries Iron Fist]]'' mentions a riot which was "controlled" by means of stormtroopers arriving and opening fire on the crowd. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Castin Donn]] saw a young mother get shot right in front of him and saved her baby before he could get shot or trampled.

* ''AliceAcademy'' - the penultimate episode has a little boy being threatened by a lion. Sumire scares it out of the way.

* In the original ''Film/KingKong'' (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.

* In the first ''Franchise/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.

* Averted in ''{{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...

* 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.

* Kyrie and Nero save a crying little kid from an invading demon army at the beginning of ''DevilMayCry 4''.

* The protagonists of ''Film/TheAndromedaStrain'' discover one of the two alien disease survivors, a small baby, by hearing his crying.

* The first ''[[Film/SpiderManTrilogy 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.
** Although said child isn't so much "crying" as he is "standing in place like an idiot." Even Spidey gets a little exasperated at the kid's inability to simply run in any given direction.
-->'''[[Podcast/RiffTrax Kevin Murphy]]:''' ''Uh, Kid's Mom? Are both your legs broken or something?!''
** The second film also does this with Spiderman rescuing a pair of kids about to be hit by a bus.

* This happens twice in ''Anime/DigimonTamers''. In one episode, a toddler has to be rescued from a train. In another, Musyamon attacks a little girl who pursues her wayward balloon. [[AnAesop Don't ever chase your toys into the street, kids]].

* Played with in ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds''. Tom Cruise's character is distracted by an argument with his son in the middle of a battle, and misses the fact that his daughter has wandered off. An elderly couple (played by the actors who starred in the 1953 ''Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds'') try to drag her with them, assuming her parents are dead, but fortunately Cruise realises what's happening.

* Played with in ''Film/WaroftheWorlds''. Tom Cruise's character is distracted by an argument with his son in the middle of a battle, and misses the fact that his daughter has wandered off. An elderly couple (played by the actors who stared in the 1953 Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds) try to drag her with them, assuming her parents are dead, but fortunately Cruise realises what's happening.

* Played with in ''Film/WaroftheWorlds''. Tom Cruise's character is distracted by an argument with his son in the middle of a battle, and misses the fact that his daughter has wandered off. An elderly couple (played by the actors who stared in the 1953 Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds) try to drag her with them, assuming her parents are dead.

* The protagonists of ''TheAndromedaStrain'' discover one of the two alien disease survivors, a small baby, by hearing his crying.

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

* The most obvious ''Series/DoctorWho'' example is probably the screaming girl in "[[Recap/DoctorWho2006CSTheRunawayBride The Runaway Bride]]". Stands in front of an incredibly slow moving electricity weapon and is pushed out of the way just in the nick of time.
** In the serial ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS24E4Dragonfire Dragonfire]]'', as the villain's forces overrun the planet, there's a shot of a little girl who has lost her mum.
** 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.
** Also, providing the page quote, in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E02TheBeastBelow The Beast Below]], The Doctor only starts investigating because he notices a crying girl.

* This occurs in {{Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds}} during Yusei's battle with Aporia - the Duel Lane had been destroyed and their duel had moved onto the city streets. When Aporia launched a direct attack, Yusei noticed a child in the road ahead of them. Fortunately he was able to stop his D-Wheel in time and block the attack, giving them a chance to escape.