History Main / OrpheanRescue

* [[{{Deconstruction}} Deconstructed]] HARD in ''[[((Persona}} Persona 3: FES]]''. The desire to bring back [[spoiler: the main character]] cause the SEES to splinters and fights each other in GroundhogDayLoop. [[spoiler: Even when they actually get back to their senses and work together to reach the place where the MC's soul is, the find out that they CAN'T bring him back without undoing his sacrifice]]. Moral of the story: It's better to let go of deceased loved ones.

* [[{{Deconstruction}} Deconstructed]] HARD in ''Persona3 : FES''. The desire to bring back [[spoiler: the main character]] cause the SEES to splinters and fights each other in GroundhogDayLoop. [[spoiler: Even when they actually get back to their senses and work together to reach the place where the MC's soul is, the find out that they CAN'T bring him back without undoing his sacrifice]]. Moral of the story: It's better to let go of deceased loved ones.

* {{Sinfest}} has a [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3675 subversion]] after [[HollywoodNerd Criminy]] digs his way to hell in search of [[ReluctantMonster Fuchsia]].

* [[GreekMythology Orpheus]], [[TropeNamer duh]]. Unlike the majority of the examples on this page, though, he ultimately failed to save his lover.

** In ''Touhou 12: Undefined Fantastic Object'', it's the [[strike:bad guys]] followers of Byakuren who seek to liberate her from imprisonment in Pandemonium. [[spoiler: She was imprisoned by her ''[[HumansAreBastards fellow humans]]'' [[FantasticRacism for befriending the youkai]].]] The [[YouBastard player characters]] mistaken them as wanting to resurrect a terrible monstrosity.

** Interestingly, Persona3 has Orphean motifs [[spoiler: while Persona4 has the actual Izanami as the BiggerBad]].

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* ''{{Champions}}'' Organization Book 1 ''The Circle and M.E.T.E.'': One of the adventure seeds for the Circle is having Oeramm attack the Circle, capture Aureole or a {{PC}} and take them back to his home plane, from which they will have to be rescued.

Everyone likes Susan. She's such a NiceGirl, on top of being TeamMom and LoveInterest to Bob! But alas, tragedy has befallen her in the form of a very unusual "kidnapping", one where she's been removed (usually) against her will and taken some place beyond mortal ken and reckoning. It can be a physical kidnapping as she's dragged into TheUnderworld, or even a willing one if she's AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence. Sometimes it's not the body that's gone but the mind or soul, which can happen if she suffers a HeroicBSOD and she's put into a ConvenientComa after getting lost in {{Cyberspace}} or a DreamWithinADream. Maliciously, she may have been trapped in a LotusEaterMachine or had her {{Soul}} taken into the SpiritWorld. Or she could be plain old ''dead.''

* ''{{Black Rock Shooter}}'': Mato becomes/fuses with the titular Black Rock Shooter and goes to the Otherworld to save Mato from Dead Master.

So Bob and his allies decide to rescue Susan by going on an OrpheanRescueMission. Much like [[GreekMythology Orpheus]] and his trip to the Underworld, the heroes will travel into a strange, otherworldy realm. It may be a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind, Susan's soul, a [[TimeTravel different millenium]], another planet, the SpiritWorld, Purgatory, {{Limbo}}, {{Hell}}, the Underworld (again) or even ''{{Heaven}}'' ([[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence or a reasonable facsimile]]).

So Bob and his allies decide to rescue Susan by going on an OrpheanRescue Mission. Much like [[GreekMythology Orpheus]] and his trip to the Underworld, the heroes will travel into a strange, otherworldy realm. It may be a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind, Susan's soul, a [[TimeTravel different millenium]], another planet, the SpiritWorld, Purgatory, {{Limbo}}, {{Hell}}, the Underworld (again) or even ''{{Heaven}}'' ([[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence or a reasonable facsimile]]).

So Bob and his allies decide to rescue Susan by going on an Orphean RescueMission. Much like [[GreekMythology Orpheus]] and his trip to the Underworld, the heroes will travel into a strange, otherworldy realm. It may be a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind, Susan's soul, a [[TimeTravel different millenium]], another planet, the SpiritWorld, {{Purgatory}}, {{Limbo}}, {{Hell}}, the Underworld (again) or even ''{{Heaven}}'' ([[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence or a reasonable facsimile]]).

* ''{{Black Rock Shooter}}'': Mato becomes/fuses with the titular Black Rock Shooter and goes to the Otherworld to save Mato from Dead Master.

* ''{{BlackRockShooter}}: Mato becomes/fuses with the titular Black Rock Shooter and goes to the Otherworld to save Mato from Dead Master.

So Bob and his allies decide to rescue Susan by going on an OrpheanRescueMission. Much like [[GreekMythology Orpheus]] and his trip to the Underworld, the heroes will travel into a strange, otherworldy realm. It may be a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind, Susan's soul, a [[TimeTravel different millenium]], another planet, the SpiritWorld, {{Purgatory}}, {{Limbo}}, {{Hell}}, the Underworld (again) or even ''{{Heaven}}'' ([[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence or a reasonable facsimile]]).

So Bob and his allies decide to rescue Susan by going on an Orphean RescueMission. Much like [[GreekMythology Orpheus]] and his trip to the Underworld, the heroes will travel into a strange, otherworldy realm. It may be a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind, Susan's soul, a [[TimeTravel different millenium]], another planet, the SpiritWorld, {{Purgatory}}, {{Limbo}}, {{Hell}}, the Underworld (again) or even ''{{Heaven}}'' ([[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence or a reasonable facsimile]]).

Everyone likes Susan, she's such a NiceGirl, on top of being TeamMom and LoveInterest to Bob! But alas, tragedy has befallen her in the form of a very unusual "kidnapping", one where she's been removed (usually) against her will and taken some place beyond mortal ken and reckoning. It can be a physical kidnapping as she's dragged into TheUnderworld, or even a willing one if she's AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence. Sometimes it's not the body that's gone but the mind or soul, which can happen if she suffers a HeroicBSOD and she's put into a ConvenientComa after getting lost in {{Cyberspace}} or a DreamWithinADream. Maliciously, she may have been trapped in a LotusEaterMachine or had her {{Soul}} taken into the SpiritWorld. Or she could be plain old ''dead.''

So Bob decides to rescue Susan by going on an Orphean RescueMission. Much like [[GreekMythology Orpheus]] and his trip to TheUnderworld, the heroes will travel into a strange, otherworldy realm. It may be a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind, Susan's soul, a [[TimeTravel different millenium]], another planet, the SpiritWorld, {{Purgatory}}, {{Limbo}}, {{Hell}}, TheUnderworld (again) or even ''{{Heaven}}'' ([[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence or a reasonable facsimile]]).

On their quest, they probably have to fight ThresholdGuardians appropriate to Susan's subconscious/DarkAndTroubledPast (trust us, no matter how happy go lucky Susan (honestly) is, she's going to have at least ''some'' [[DarkAndTroubledPast skeletons in her closet]]) or whoever/whatever is holding her captive. Freeing her may require that she help in the process, with a rather more literal use of [[IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight "I Know You Are In There Somewhere, Fight!"]], or helping her see the door in her EpiphanicPrison.

* ''{{Bleach}}''. Orihime being kidnapped by the Arrancar Ulquiorra Schiffera and taken to Hueco Mundo.

* During MarkWaid's run, the ''FantasticFour'' rescued their fallen teammate Ben Grimm in this manner.

* ''{{Poltergeist}}''. Carol Anne is kidnapped by the ghosts and taken to the astral plane where they are trapped.

* ''CharlieAndTheGreatGlassElevator'' has Wonka and Charlie go deep down to rescue Grandma Georgina from Minus Land, where she went after having reduced her age to below zero.
* ''OverdrawnAtTheMemoryBank'', though in this case, Apallonia knows exactly where Fingal's ''mind'' is, it's his ''body'' she's having trouble relocating.

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* ''{{Champions}}'' Organization Book 1 ''The Circle and M.E.T.E.'' One of the adventure seeds for the Circle is having Oeramm attack the Circle, capture Aureole or a {{PC}} and take them back to his home plane, from which they will have to be rescued.

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