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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k8q5MTsVDw These people]] at a Traverse City carniva banding together to keep a malfunctioning ride from tipping over.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k8q5MTsVDw These people]] at a Traverse City carniva carnival banding together to keep a malfunctioning ride from tipping over.
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* In the ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'' episode "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S1E18WorldsFinest Worlds Finest]]", the people of National City are still reeling from Supergirl's actions under the influence of red kryptonite and have lost faith in her. However, during the climactic showdown between Supergirl (with the assistance of [[Series/TheFlash2014 the Flash]]) and the evil duo of [[ShockAndAwe Livewire]] and [[MakeMeWannaShout Silver Banshee]], Supergirl prevents Livewire from shooting down a helicopter (which would've crashed down onto a crowd of innocents) by putting herself in the path of the blast. Seeing this, the people in the park rally around Supergirl and prevent the villains from harming their heroine. Livewire and Silver Banshee are stopped by firefighters, who hose them down with water, shorting out Livewire and, by extension, Silver Banshee. Furthermore, thanks to Barry's experience with retrofitting the Iron Heights prison in his own world to contain metahumans, National City's prison is likewise retrofitted to be able to contain individuals with superpowers, allowing them to be handed over to the justice system.

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* In the ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'' episode "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S1E18WorldsFinest Worlds Finest]]", the people of National City are still reeling from Supergirl's actions under the influence of red kryptonite and have lost faith in her. However, during the climactic showdown between Supergirl (with the assistance of [[Series/TheFlash2014 the Flash]]) and the evil duo of [[ShockAndAwe Livewire]] and [[MakeMeWannaShout Silver Banshee]], Banshee, Supergirl prevents Livewire from shooting down a helicopter (which would've crashed down onto a crowd of innocents) by putting herself in the path of the blast. Seeing this, the people in the park rally around Supergirl and prevent the villains from harming their heroine. Livewire and Silver Banshee are stopped by firefighters, who hose them down with water, shorting out Livewire and, by extension, Silver Banshee. Furthermore, thanks to Barry's experience with retrofitting the Iron Heights prison in his own world to contain metahumans, National City's prison is likewise retrofitted to be able to contain individuals with superpowers, allowing them to be handed over to the justice system.
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* In the second-season finale of ''Series/{{Elementary}}'', the people of the anonymous hacker group known as Everyone get their chance to be heroes. The VillainOfTheWeek tries to intimidate Joan into giving up sensitive information, prompting her to flip on her computer monitor and reveal that some of Everyone's members [[EngineeredPublicConfession heard and saw the whole thing]], blowing his cover and forcing him to go on the run.

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* In the second-season finale of ''Series/{{Elementary}}'', the people of the anonymous hacker group known as Everyone get their chance to be heroes. The VillainOfTheWeek tries to intimidate Joan into giving up sensitive information, prompting her to flip on her computer monitor and reveal that some of Everyone's members [[EngineeredPublicConfession heard and saw the whole thing]], blowing his cover and forcing him to go on the run. It's especially awesome because the hackers of Everyone go to extreme lengths to remain totally anonymous and ensure that no one knows who they are...but when Joan calls them for help, they all [[WhatYouAreInTheDark rise to the occasion]] and reveal their own faces to protect her.
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* ''Film/{{Titanic}}'': Many passengers and crew become this as the seriousness of the situation becomes increasingly clear. Truth in Television in some cases. A few notable mentions include passenger Archibald Gracie, who is seen escorting many ladies to the lifeboats and baker Charles Joughin, who throughout the sinking throws deckchairs overboard to use as flotation devices, helps Rose to her feet when she is almost trampled by the panicking crowd of passengers and even as the ship takes it’s final plunge, pulls a passenger over the railing to prevent him from plummeting to his death. The best part is that Joughin did most of these things in real life too, all whilst being drunk.
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* ''Series/TheHandmaidsTale'': In "[[Recap/TheHandmaidsTaleS5E9Allegiance Allegiance]]", Serena takes the opportunity to escape her captors with her infant son, Noah, realizing that if she doesn't get out of there soon, they'll send her away and raise her son in an abusive home. Having no means of transportation or anyone to call for help, Serena resorts to trying to flag down passing cars, and eventually steps directly in the road to force one to stop. The driver, a young woman who's about as confused and freaked out as you'd expect, sees Serena holding Noah, crying and asking her to help her save her son. She takes a second, and then says, "Okay. Get in." Serena does, and they make a hasty getaway. The next time we see Serena, she's on a train leaving the area, wearing different clothes and having some basic baby care items, implying that her rescuer also helped her get supplies for her escape.
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* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': The Harfoots are peaceful people who usually prefer going into hiding than facing the danger for self-preservation reasons. But in the finale of Season 1, they decide to fight against three dangerous priestesses of Sauron and save the Stranger from them, despite having zero changes of defeating them.

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