History Main / RescueSex

* ''Series/Titans2018''. Subverted when Dove saves the life of her vigilante partner Hawk, who's being strung up and tortured by the villains. They try to have sex afterwards but Hawk can't perform due to a combination of stress and the many injuries he's picked up.

* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' had a ''Zelda''-themed parody of this. Link killed Ganondorf and starts talking to a rescued Zelda about all the dangers he faced, hinting that he wanted sex. Zelda tells him that she's been rescued a few times in the past, and the first guy, she fucked his brains out. She actually gets further turned off when Link reveals that it took him 50 hours to get to the end of the game, and gives him 8 rupees for his trouble.
** After Zelda hops out the window, Link offers to save [[ADateWithRosiePalms another princess]].
** A similar Creator/SethMacFarlane short both lampshades and deconstructs the concept when [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] asks Princess Peach for a kiss after rescuing her from Bowser.
--->'''Peach''' What kind of [[GoodSamaritan Samaritan]] are you? You rescued me just so you could get with me?
--->'''Mario''': Jesus Christ, I'm not asking you to suck my dick, all I want is a kiss!

* In ''VisualNovel/GSenjouNoMaou'' [[spoiler:after Kyousuke has his BigDamnHeroes moment saving Haru from [[BigBad Maou]] (who had her mere seconds away from complete suffocation)]] they head back to his apartment, reconcile from their fight at the start of the chapter, clean up, and get busy.

-->'''Ace:''' Princess Bonjella? Ace Rimmer, there will be time for explanations later... and hopefully, some sex.\\

* In ''[[Literature/HonorHarrington Crown of Slaves]]'', Berry tells [[HotAmazon Thandi Palane]] upon her rescue from terrorists, that "if [Thandi] were a guy, she'd be tearing her clothes off right now." The reader gets the impression that Thandi ''not'' being a guy might be only a minor obstacle.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2007-07-27 Slick tries this on Monique, claiming a fight had been for her sake.]]
* [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/how_generous Mocked]] in ''Webcomic/MenageA3''.

* In ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'', Eggsy is rewarded with rescue anal sex by a captured Swedish princess after stopping Valentine. The funniest part is that he only [[InvokedTrope asked]] [[SmoochOfVictory for a ]] ''[[SmoochOfVictory kiss]]''; the [[EuropeansAreKinky princess]] was the one to offer sex for rescuing her before upgrading to offering anal if he saved the world.
** Hilariously enough, [[spoiler:it actually develops into an real relationship in ''Film/KingsmanTheGoldenCircle'', culminating in Eggsy and Tilde (the princess) getting married]].

* ''Film/PrinceCharming'': The casanova Prince John saves a damsel during the day of his wedding, who rewards him with sex. The knights of the visiting kingdom catch them during the act, which leads to Prince John and his servant Rodney to be cursed and transformed into frogs for eternity until a maiden kisses Prince John to break the curse.

* ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'' recounts that the "feely" thriller ''Three Weeks in a Helicopter'' "ended happily and decorously, with the Beta blonde becoming the mistress of all her three rescuers." (This is to show the audience that she's properly promiscuous.)

* More like saved by sex in Creator/KWJeter's ''Infernal Devices'' after being rescued but also endangered by the roguish duo of Scape and Miss [=McThane=], George Dower finds out that his brain waves are going to be used in a device that will destroy the Earth. To stop it, all that's needed is to temporarily alter his brain waves. Miss McThane, who's in [[ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou lust with George as he's the only man to ever refuse her]], gets her wish and she has sex with George, which stops the machine.

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* In the {{Hentai}}, ''Bible Black'', after the protagonist rescues his LoveInterest from the ritual to kill her, thus sending her soul to hell, so that the BigBad can continue living, they admit their feelings for each other, and spend an afternoon having sex. [[spoiler: Subverted in that the ritual was successful, and the BigBad's soul is the LoveInterest's body.]]

* In the original comics by Jean-Claude Forest, ''Film/{{Barbarella}}'' is [[FreeLoveFuture entirely willing to offer this trope]] to any handsome male who saves her, unlike the Jane Fonda movie where she's has to be coaxed into it.

* In ''Fanfic/CodeGeassThePreparedRebellion'', C.C. has sex with Lelouch the night after he saves her from Clovis' clutches.
* Defied in ''[[https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-14005-4/dogbertcarroll+Walking+in+the+shadows.htm Walking in the Shadows]]'' as Xander refuses to have sex with someone right after saving their life, believing it feels forced and wanting to avoid hard feelings if it's merely the adrenaline at play. Later subverted as he almost has sex with Tara but they don't go all the way and it's made clear afterwards that Tara isn't truly attracted to him, being a lesbian.
* In "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11900518/1/Wise-Ancestors Wise Ancestors]]", Zelda spends the night with Link after he kills Ganondorf and frees her from captivity. Of course, this is partly because of the princess following her ancestors' advice to give herself to the hero of destiny.

* In ''Film/VanHelsing'', Friar Carl rescues a townswoman from getting seriously injured by making a diving catch as she falls. She is grateful, but seems disappointed that her damn lucky rescuer is a monk. He is happy to assure her that he's a friar, not a monk (thus implying a friar [[ArtisticLicenseReligion isn't sworn to be celibate]]). She smiles. [[SexyDiscretionShot NEXT SCENE!]]
* In ''Film/DesertHeat'', Eddie Lomax receives this form of gratitude from the two sexy blondes he saves. [[AThreesomeIsHot Concurrently.]]

* ''Film/{{Barbarella}}'' does this three times over the course of a single movie. The third time around the guy in question rescues her purely because he wants to boink her.
* A variation is played for laughs in ''Film/AceVenturaPetDetective'' where Ace gets this from a busty, immodestly dressed client for rescuing her dog.

* ''Film/TheTransporter''. Frank reluctantly rescues Lai, then mooks come to his house with a rocket launcher and blow it up, only for Frank to escape with her by swimming through a tunnel to the sea. Frank is ranting over how he should never have become involved in the first place when Lai strips off her wet clothes.
-->'''Frank:''' What are you doing?\\
'''Lai:''' Making up for the trouble.
* ''Film/SinCity''. John Hartigan saves eleven year-old Nancy Callahan from a pedophile rapist, and finds SheIsAllGrownUp as a beautiful 19 year-old erotic dancer by the time he [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished gets out of prison]]. Nancy tells Hartigan that though she's tried to love other men, she's always been in love with him, and earnestly encourages Hartigan to sleep with her after she saves her yet again. Hartigan, who's spent his entire imprisonment thinking of her as a surrogate daughter, turns down her offer. And then takes a cold shower.

* Spoofed in ''Film/{{Baywatch 2017}}'', where the handsome lifeguard responds by throwing the grateful beauty overboard instead. He's kinda busy, what with the boat being on fire and all.

* Roger Rabbit gets this as a reward played for laughs in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. After Eddie defeats the BigBad and rescues Jessica and Roger from the Dip machine Jessica scoops Roger up in her arms and smothers him in SmoochOfVictory kisses and swoons over his “bravery”, much to the annoyance of Eddie. She later seductively promises to [[GRatedSex bake Roger a “carrot cake”]] when they get home. Her sensual delivery implies [[RetargetedLust she wants to have]] GladToBeAliveSex with Roger instead of her actual rescuer.
* ''Film/PrinceCharming'': The casanova Prince John saves a damsel during the day of his wedding, who rewards him with sex. The knights of the visiting kingdom catch them during the act, which leads to Prince John and his servant Rodney to be cursed and transformed into frogs for eternity until a maiden kisses Prince John to break the curse.

* Subverted in ''Freedom's Landing'', the first book of the ''Literature/{{Catteni}}'' series by Creator/AnneMcCaffrey: when Kris rescues [[HumanAliens Zainal]], he attempts to show his gratitude by having sex with her and is surprised when she refuses. They do end up together, though.
* In ''[[Literature/HonorHarrington Crown of Slaves]]'', Berry tells [[HotAmazon Thandi Palane]] upon her rescue from terrorists, that "if [Thandi] were a guy, she'd be tearing her clothes off right now." The reader gets the impression that Thandi ''not'' being a guy might be only a minor obstacle.

* ''[[Literature/{{Catteni}} Freedom's Landing]]'' is an AdaptationExpansion of a short story called "The Thorns of Barevi" [=McCaffrey=] had written as a ... profit-seeking experiment with fantasy softcore. In that story's version of their MeetCute, they did.

* Name checked in "Chaotic" in ''Dates From Hell''. Hope and Karl know the bad guys are watching them, but they're pretending everything's normal. Karl suggests they go up to the bedroom, to Hope's confusion. He asks Hope what she thinks would naturally happen if he had defeated the bad guys, rescued the fair maiden, brought her home safe and sound...Hope says, "Oh! Rescue sex! But for proper rescue sex we wouldn't even make it up to the bedroom. We'd just stop right here in the hall..." They do go on to lure the bad guys into a trap, and no rescue sex is had.

'''Bonjella:''' [[PhraseCatcher What a guy!]]

* ''VideoGame/LeatherGoddessesOfPhobos'' has you saving a young aristocrat of the opposite gender from a kidnapper and tentacle monster (two separate entities, for clarity). If you're playing on the lowest Naughtiness rating, they lock the door behind them when they go into their cabin to recover from the experience. If you're not, they don't, and you can go after them; the explicitness of the resulting sex scene varies based on chosen Naughtiness rating.

* ''Freedom's Landing'' is an AdaptationExpansion of a short story called "The Thorns of Barevi" [=McCaffrey=] had written as a ... profit-seeking experiment with fantasy softcore. In that story's version of their MeetCute, they did.

* Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian
** In Creator/RobertEHoward's "Literature/TheDevilInIron," Conan is taken aback when Octavia doesn't take this for granted -- and resorts to a kiss to seduce her.
** In "Literature/BlackColossus" on the other hand, Yasmela throws herself at him and insists, immediately in the wake of the rescue, having spent much of the story restraining lustful thoughts for Conan.
** In ''Literature/TheValeOfLostWomen'' Conan turns this down, aware that Livia only made the offer because she in desperate straits, and accepting it would [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil no different than taking her by force]]. And unlike the Tough Guide example above, Conan makes it clear that he'll escort her to safety as well.
* Happens in ''Literature/TheDemonPrinces'' series in ''The Face''. Kirth Gersen rescues Jerdian Chanseth, [[GirlOfTheWeek the girl he has a crush on]] from AttemptedRape, and they spend the night together. Their relationship, however, does not go much farther than that.
* In ''[[Literature/HonorHarrington Crown of Slaves]]'', Berry tells [[HotAmazon Thandi Palane]] upon her rescue from terrorists, that "if [Thandi] were a guy, she'd be tearing her clothes off right now." The reader gets the impression that Thandi ''not'' being a guy might be only a minor obstacle.
* ''Literature/InTheCourtsOfTheCrimsonKings''. [[AdventurerArchaeologist Jeremy Wainman]] saves [[ActionGirl female Martian mercenary]] Teyud za-Zhalt from [[OrganicTechnology feral engines]]. Once everyone is safe, Teyud wordlessly takes Jeremy by the hand and [[DoYouWantToCopulate drags him below deck for sex]]. Fraternization with Martians is not forbidden but certainly isn't encouraged among the human expedition, but when a female co-worker gives him a DisapprovingLook Jeremy just grins and [[FlippingTheBird flips her the bird.]]
* In Literature/{{Kane}} story "Undertow" handsome and strong barbarian Dragar saves beautiful and noble Dessylyn from some street thugs who attempt to rape her when she happens to wander around seedy port district and they go on to become lovers. {{Subverted}} in that [[spoiler: Dessylyn was never in any danger and it was all a ploy to get Dragar to kill Kane for her.]]
* More like saved by sex in Creator/KWJeter's ''Infernal Devices'' after being rescued but also endangered by the roguish duo of Scape and Miss [=McThane=], George Dower finds out that his brain waves are going to be used in a device that will destroy the Earth. To stop it, all that's needed is to temporarily alter his brain waves. Miss McThane, who's in [[ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou lust with George as he's the only man to ever refuse her]], gets her wish and she has sex with George, which stops the machine.
* [[DefiedTrope Defied]] in ''Literature/ShadowOfTheConqueror.'' Sharra tries to go for this with Daylen after he saves her from [[SexSlave slavery]], but he turns her down, considering it to be QuestionableConsent because of [[PromiscuityAfterRape her circumstances]].

* Referenced in ''Series/CSIMiami'' (the episode mentioned in RescueRomance), where it is stated "rescue sex is the best sex." Unfortunately for the girlfriend, the boyfriend decided to see what murder sex felt like: [[MotiveRant "Seeing somebody's life disappear from their eyes... that's the ultimate thrill."]]

* ''Series/RedDwarf'': Ace Rimmer, as he parachutes in and rescues a woman from a base full of Nazis in "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVIIStokeMeAClipper Stoke Me a Clipper]]":
-->'''Ace:''' Princess Bonjella? Ace Rimmer, there will be time for explanations later... and hopefully, some sex.\\

* In the season one finale of ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', Chiana, the resident LovableSexManiac, propositions John to thank him for risking his life to save the rest of the crew. He gently turns her down and tells her to "pass it on" (ie, help someone else who needs it.) A later episode involving [[spoiler:TimeTravel]] reveals that Chiana was [[spoiler:the girl John lost his virginity to]].

* Used for ShipTease when ''Series/{{Castle}}'' (for once) gets to tease Beckett in "Always Buy Retail".
-->'''Beckett:''' You probably saved my life.\\
'''Castle:''' Probably? I ''definitely'' saved your life. And you know what that means, don't you? It means you owe me.\\
'''Beckett:''' Owe you what?\\
'''Castle:''' Whatever... I... want. ''[starts slowly approaching Beckett, who has a dazed, slack-jawed expression on her face]'' And you know... ''exactly''... what I want, don't you? You know what I really... ''really'' want you to do...?\\
''[he leans in to whisper in her ear]''\\
'''Castle:''' Never... ''ever''... [[BrickJoke call me "kitten."]]\\
''[Castle backs off and walks away, looking incredibly smug and self-satisfied, leaving Beckett stunned for a few seconds... then she recovers, grins, and [[ShipTease bites her lip]]]''
* ''Series/NightCourt''. Ever-lecherous Dan Fielding saves the life of prudish Christine Sullivan and demands sex according to this tradition. Christine reluctantly agrees, but things get interrupted before they do it when a man tries to jump off a nearby balcony. Dan succeeds in TalkingDownTheSuicidal, which as Judge Stone points out, means he now has to sleep with Dan.
* ''Series/JackOfAllTrades''. Jack saves a DamselInDistress by using her skirt as an ImprovisedParachute, while he's holding onto her ankles. The lady asks how she can repay him. Jack looks upward, which also means looking up her skirt... SmashCut to them in bed.
-->'''Jack:''' I'd say you're off to a pretty good start.

* ''Series/{{Rome}}''. After stabbing to death an assassin in front of her, legionary Titus Pullo claims that Cleopatra was [[GladToBeAliveSex wet at the sight of him]]. Maybe he was right because she does have enthusiastic sex with Pullo that night, albeit for political reasons -- she wants to have a child with Julius Caesar, and is hedging her bets that she'll have one. Later Cleopatra plays up her submissiveness and gratitude to seduce Caesar. "You redeemed me from captivity. I am...your slave."
* Referenced and [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the second season finale of ''Series/Sense8'' when [[AbhorrentAdmirer Puck]] helps Sun escape from the police. Once they get back to her hotel room he starts stripping off his clothes while talking about how "traditional male narratives" about situations like this involve the hero getting a reward from the woman he's just rescued. Sun, who's more interested in watching the news report about her escape, wrenches one of his [[AgonyOfTheFeet toes]] back and orders him to go sit in the corner.
* In the German series ''Erotic Tales'' the episode "An Elephant Never Forgets", a dwarf rescues a countess from a burning car and is offered a monetary reward, but decides to claim this trope instead. The DistantFinale has the countess bringing her daughter to visit the circus where he works, with the implication that she's his daughter as well.
* ''Series/TheWitcher2019'': After Geralt saves Yennefer from a spell gone wrong, they have sex in relief.
* ''Series/TheBoys''. Played for BlackComedy when Deep rescues a dolphin from an ocean theme park and it's [[BestialityIsDepraved implied the dolphin is eager to show its gratitude]]. Unfortunately ([[BrainBleach maybe not for the audience]]) Deep accidentally kills the dolphin by slamming on the brakes to avoid a police car, [[CrossesTheLineTwice sending it flying through the windshield]].

* Strongly implied in ''VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos'' after rescuing Jody. ("Oh, Mr. President. How can I ever repay you?")
* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic 1'': If you play as a female, a man will offer "earthly pleasures" as a reward for rescuing him. You can't accept though.

* Subverted in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', where Ashley Graham's offer for Leon to do some "overtime" is met with stoic rejection.
* Most of the [[DamselInDistress Damsels in Distress]] Geralt rescues in ''VideoGame/TheWitcher'' are more than willing to sleep with him out of gratitude.
* PlayedForDrama in ''VideoGame/ADanceWithRogues'', where the Princess is raped by the man who rescues her by chance and justifies the rape with her supposed gratitude.

* In ''VideoGame/RideToHellRetribution'', the player can rescue women from abusive men, and they immediately reward him with sex. And we do mean ''[[UpToEleven immediately]]'', while the blood on the player character's fists is still warm.
* In ''VideoGame/LegendOfTheRedDragon'', the player can rescue kidnapped damsels: "'You've come for me!' shouts an overjoyed (and darn good looking) girl. You breathe a sigh of relief. This was the right place. The girl eyes you dreamily. 'I can never repay you, and I...' 'Oh but you can. Is that your bed?' you interrupt."
* ''VideoGame/LeatherGoddessesOfPhobos'' has you saving a young aristocrat of the opposite gender from a kidnapper and tentacle monster (two separate entities, for clarity). If you're playing on the lowest Naughtiness rating, they lock the door behind them when they go into their cabin to recover from the experience. If you're not, they don't, and you can go after them; the explicitness of the resulting sex scene varies based on chosen Naughtiness rating.
* ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin''; [[spoiler:The Prince and Kaileena get it on in the GoldenEnding where he saves her from the Dahaka.]]

* Pam says to Cyril that Lana will have no choice but to sleep with ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' after the latter saves the former's life. This never actually happens, and it's likely that Pam was trying to tease Cyril, Lana's boyfriend.
* ''WesternAnimation/KorgothOfBarbaria'': Orala rewards Korgoth with sex after he saves her from a [[WhenTreesAttack man-eating tree-monster]]. Hargon tries to boast of his own [[BlatantLies "bravery"]] to get a similar reward, but they ignore him.
* ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'' has the scene where Den has just rescued Katherine Wells from a HumanSacrifice of herself. Katherine, a sickly woman from the Victorian era who has transformed to her delight into a [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl naked]] [[MsFanservice physical ideal]] in that realm of Neverwhere, is eager to both show her appreciation and try out her new body sexually to her [[MrFanservice studly hero]].

* Implied in ''VideoGame/FreshlyPickedTinglesRosyRupeeland'' [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar of all games]] when Tingle saves Pinkle, [[SexyDiscretionShot hidden by Tingle's balloon]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kjd2DRXskY Just watch]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'' has the scene where Den has just rescued Katherine Wells from a HumanSacrifice of herself. Katherine, a sickly woman from the Victorian era who has transformed to her delight into a [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl naked]] [[MsFanservice physical ideal]] in that realm of Neverwhere, is eager to both show her appreciation and try out her new body sexually to her [[MrFanservice studly hero]].
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* In the “Den” sequence of ''WesternAnimation/{{HeavyMetal}}'' Katherine offers herself to Den after he rescues her.

* ''Webcomic/BlackHole'': In "Gratitude", Diana almost gets run over by truck but is saved in the nick of time by Petroleum Man. She decides to have sex with him as a way of thanking of him, though he admits he expected something mundane, like buying a coffee.

** In "Literature/BlackColossus" on the other hand, Yasmela throws herself at him and insists, immediately in the wake of the rescue.

* ''Literature/InTheCourtsOfTheCrimsonKings''. [[AdventurerArchaeologist Jeremy Wainman]] saves a [[ActionGirl female Martian mercenary]] Teyud za-Zhalt from [[OrganicTechnology feral engines]]. Once everyone is safe, Teyud worldlessly takes Jeremy by the hand and [[DoYouWantToCopulate drags him below deck for sex]]. Fraternization with Martians is not forbidden but certainly isn't encouraged among the human expedition, but when a female co-worker gives him a DisapprovingLook Jeremy just grins and [[FlippingTheBird flips her the bird.]]

* In Creator/RobertEHoward's "Literature/TheDevilInIron," Literature/ConanTheBarbarian is taken aback when Octavia doesn't take this for granted -- and resorts to a kiss to seduce her.
** In "Literature/BlackColossus", on the other hand, Yasmela throws herself at him and insists, immediately in the wake of the rescue.

* ''Series/TheBoys''. Played for BlackComedy when Deep rescues a dolphin from an ocean theme park and it's [[BestialityIsDepraved implied the dolphin is eager to show its gratitude]]. Unfortunately ([[BrainBleach maybe not for the audience]]) Deep accidentally kills the dolphin by slamming on the brakes to avoid a police car, sending it flying through the windshield.

* ''Series/TheBoys''. Played for BlackComedy when Deep rescues a dolphin from an ocean theme park and it's [[BestialityIsDepraved implied the dolphin is very grateful]]. Unfortunately ([[BrainBleach maybe not for the audience]]) Deep accidentally kills the dolphin by slamming on the brakes to avoid a police car, sending it flying through the windshield.

* ''Series/TheBoys''. Played for BlackComedy when Deep rescues a dolphin from an ocean theme park and it's [[BestialityIsDepraved implied the dolphin is very grateful]]. Unfortunately ([[BrainBleech maybe not for the audience]]) Deep accidentally kills the dolphin by slamming on the brakes to avoid a police car, sending it flying through the windshield.

* ''Series/TheBoys''. Played for FanDisservice when Deep rescues a dolphin from an ocean theme park and it's [[BestialityIsDepraved implied the dolphin is very grateful]].

* ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'' has the scene where Den has just rescued Katherine Wells from a HumanSacrifice of herself. Katherine, a sickly woman from the Victorian era who has transformed to her delight into a [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl naked]] [[MsFanservice physical ideal]] in that realm of Neverwhere, is all too eager to both show her appreciation and try out her new body sexually to her [[MrFanservice studly hero]].

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** In the first episode, the eponymous protagonist saves a woman who then tells him the following: "I guess this is the part where you comfort me? Not like you didn't earn it." Needless to say, he doesn't go through with it.
** Another episode features Connor--who grew up in Hell and can thus perhaps be excused for his poor social skills--getting upset when he rescues an apparent prostitute who ''won't'' offer him free sex afterwards and instead intends to charge him for it. But then later, when a conveniently immature Cordelia needs rescuing, she [[ShipTease sort of implies...]]

** Lampshaded and spoofed by Spike in the third episode. Spike is standing on a rooftop, watching Angel rescue [[DamselInDistress Rachel]] and [[GagDub supplying his own dialogue]].

** Spoofed in the episode "Once More With Feeling" during Buffy's "Going Through The Motions" song.

** Also averted when Buffy gets Xander worked up with a MatingDance, brings up how he saved her life last season... then walks out on him. It's not PlayedForLaughs on that occasion as [[ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne Buffy is lashing out at her friends]].
* ''Series/RedDwarf'': Ace Rimmer, as he parachutes in and rescues a woman from a base full of Nazis:

* In ''[[Literature/HonorHarrington Crown of Slaves]]'', Berry tells [[HotAmazon Thandi Palane]] upon her rescue from terrorists, that "if [Thandi] were a guy, she'd be tearing her clothes off right now." The reader gets the impression that Thandi ''not'' being a guy [[BiTheWay might be only a minor obstacle]].