History Main / GunshipRescue

** ''Film/StarTrek2009'': [[spoiler:Alternate Spock is headed into a massive missile barrage in Spock Prime's little ship, with the computer warning him that the black-hole-creating-stuff in the back will ignite if they're hit. Cue the "Jump-out-of-warp" noise, and the ''Enterprise'' blasts into the scene with all guns blazing furiously, picking off every missile. Oh, and they beam Spock out of the little ship and Kirk and Pike off of the bigger one about to be rammed.]] BigDamnHeroes ''and'' Gunship Rescue moment for the ''Enterprise'' and her crew, set to an epic, ''epic'' soundtrack.
** ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'': When Kirk is about to be sucked into space [[spoiler: after ejecting Krall and the weapon from Yorktown, Bones arrives in a stolen swarm ship and Spock comes out and saves Kirk.]]
---> '''Kirk''': What would I do without you, Spock?

--->'''Sulu''': Target that explosion and fire!
** The climax to ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'' played with this, partly for comedy: A whaling vessel is chasing the two humpback whales Kirk and crew need to bring back to the 23rd century to [[SpaceWhaleAesop save Earth from a destructive probe]]. The vessel sights the whales, fires a harpoon -- which suddenly bounces off ''nothing'' with a metallic clang. Cue the heroes' stolen Bird of Prey decloaking above the water... and the whaling ship urgently attempting to turn around and run away.
** ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier'' had Spock as gunner on a Klingon Bird-Of-Prey blowing up a wanna-be ''God'' with a timely arrival.

** Two Romulan Warbirds under Commander Donatra tried to do this for ''Enterprise'' in ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'', but were quickly disabled.

** ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' featured a gunship rescue moment from Yoda and the clone troopers, and a BigDamnHeroes moment from Yoda confronting Count Dooku. The event is even ''called'' "Gunship Rescue" on the DVD.

*** Just after hijacking it an AT-ST Scout Walker, Chewie started blowing away other Scout Walkers that had been chewing up the Ewoks pretty badly.

** In ''Film/RogueOne'' X-Wings and U-Wings of Blue Squadron obliterate the entire force of AT-ACTs that had the ground team dead to right [[CurbStompBattle in a single pass]], after the [[AirstrikeImpossible sprint through the Scarif shield gate]] that claimed multiple ships. The U-wings also drop a few squads of reinforcements. [[HeroicSacrifice Blue Squadron are wiped out with the rest of Rogue One]] in the end but without their intervention the raid would have failed, and the Rebels would never have been able to destroy the first Death Star.

* The squadron of Indian Air Force Hawker Hunters shows up at daybreak to pull this off for Major Chandipur's embattled weapons company, in the UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} movie ''Film/{{Border1997}}'', which was based of the events of the Battle of Longewalla.

* ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' has one near the climax when [[spoiler:Nick Fury]] shows up with [[spoiler:Helicarrier 64 from ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' in order to help evacuate the city that Ultron had just ripped out of the ground]]. Played with, as the Avengers, or at least [[spoiler Iron Man and War Machine]], end up [[spoiler:defending it by shooting down Ultron's drones as they attempt to attack the Helicarrier and its rescue ships]].

* ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' has one near the climax when [[spoiler: Nick Fury]] shows up with [[spoiler: Helicarrier 64 from the first Avengers movie, in order to help evacuate the city that Ultron had just ripped out of the ground]]. Played with, as the Avengers, or at least [[spoiler: Iron Man and War Machine]] end up [[spoiler: defending it by shooting down Ultron's drones as they attempt to attack the Helicarrier and its rescue ships]].