History Main / SoOnceAgainTheDayIsSaved

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[[caption-width-right:480:[[HoldingOutForAHero And this is the exact reason why we need heroes.]]]]

* In ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'', Mr. Mighty tried this once when coming home. It didn't work, as his wife was [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/1923209/no-return/ having a bad day.]]

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->''...[[TropeNamers Thanks to]] [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls 1998 the Powerpuff Girls]]!''

->''...[[TropeNamers Thanks to]] [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls the Powerpuff Girls]]!''

* Ceri ends off every episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Llanargollen}}'' with saying "That's how we solved the mystery of the lost/missing X!"

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' almost always ends each episode with the narrator making some comment along the lines of "Once again, the day is saved by our heroes. But will [insert generally silly question or occasional reference to troubling plotline here]?"

* ''Series/Batman1966'': The narrator makes a punny description of the {{cliffhanger}} or conclusion of the story, then tells the viewer to tune in for the next episode, "Same [[ToTheBatnoun bat-time]]! Same bat-channel!"

** Then there was the TearJerker variation in "Twisted Sister" when the girls' homely fourth sister (whom they created to give themselves a break after an extremely busy week) [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed herself to save the girls]]. The music was melodramatic and the narrator was crying as he mentioned how Bunny saved the day for the first... and last time.

* "Homer the Moe", a season 3 episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' showcases Moe the bartender expressing his overall dissatisfaction with his life and career to his bar regulars with this quote: "I am sick of you drunks and your shaggy dog stories!" The very beginning of the show is Homer sharing an example of this trope.

* "Who was that masked man?" "That was Radio/TheLoneRanger."

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* ''Series/{{Batman}}'': The narrator makes a punny description of the {{cliffhanger}} or conclusion of the story, then tells the viewer to tune in for the next episode, "Same [[ToTheBatnoun bat-time]]! Same bat-channel!"

'''[=McCoy=]:''' And the good news is they're not going to prosecute.

** The first instance of changing the ending was in "Boogie Frights", which had the girls asleep in bed onscreen, and the Narrator talking about how they had literally saved the day since the villain's plan had been to make it permanently night by blocking out the sun. Eventually, Blossom and Buttercup have to shush the Narrator, as they can't sleep with him talking.

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* ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' almost always ends each episode with the narrator making some comment along the lines of "Once again, the day is saved by our heroes. But will [insert generally silly question or occasional reference to troubling plotline here]?"

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** This line (and the respective moment) was parodied in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'':
-->'''Yakko''': Wherever there is belching, we'll be there! Wherever there is stupidity, we'll be there! Wherever there is candy...
-->'''Wakko''': We'll be there a ''lot'' quicker!

-->'''Kirk:''' Once again, we've saved civilization as we know it.
-->'''[=McCoy=]:''' And the good news is they're not going to prosecute.

--> There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live and too rare to die.
--> There was only one road back to UsefulNotes/{{L|osAngeles}}A; US Interstate 15. Just a flat out high speed burn through Baker and Barstow and Berdoo. Then onto the Hollywood Freeway and straight on into frantic oblivion. Safety. Obscurity. Just another freak in the freak kingdom.

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* Lee Falk's NewspaperComics ''ComicStrip/MandrakeTheMagician'' and ''ComicStrip/ThePhantom'' frequently ended their story arcs with "Next: New Adventure!"

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* In deliberate homage to Lee Falk, ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' also frequently ends its storylines with "Next: New Adventure!"
* In ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'', Mr. Mighty tried this once when coming home. It didn't work, as his wife was [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/1923209/no-return/ having a bad day.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wordgirl}}''

* The first few seasons of WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic ended episodes with Twilight Sparkle (and later on, other members of the Mane Six) writing a letter to Twilight's mentor Princess Celestia spelling out [[AnAesop the moral of the story]].

-->''...[[TropeNamers Thanks to]] [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls the Powerpuff Girls]]!''

** Then there was the TearJerker variation in "Twisted Sister" when the girls' monstrous fourth sister (whom they created to give themselves a break after an extremely busy week) [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed herself to save the girls]]. The music was melodramatic and the narrator was crying as he mentioned how Bunny saved the day for the first... and last time.

* ''Anime/StarBlazers'': "Hurry, Star Force! Earth has only (insert number) of days left!"

--> There was only one road back to [[UsefulNotes/LosAngeles LA]]; US Interstate 15. Just a flat out high speed burn through Baker and Barstow and Berdoo. Then onto the Hollywood Freeway and straight on into frantic oblivion. Safety. Obscurity. Just another freak in the freak kingdom.

* ''Series/{{Batman}}'': The narrator makes a punny description of the {{cliffhanger}} or conclusion of the story, then tells the viewer to tune in for the next episode, "Same [[ToTheBatNoun bat-time]]! Same bat-channel!"

* For that is how things happen "...in ''TheTwilightZone''."

** In TheMovie, the narrator couldn't say "once again" because this is an [[{{prequel}} origin story]], so he says "for the very first time" instead.

* ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' episodes usually end with a cliffhanger followed by a punny EitherOrTitle. Example: "We'll find out next time in 'Boris Bounces Back' or 'The Rubber Heel'." If the episode was the end of an arc, the narrator would announce, "Be with us next time for another amazing adventure with Rocky the Flying Squirrel!" [[AndZoidberg "...and his pal Bullwinkle."]]

* ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunny'' in "WesternAnimation/HairRaisingHare": "Aaaaaaaaaand so, [[RunningGag having redisposed of the monster]], [[ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud exit our hero stage left...]]"

* From the end of ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry''
-->'''Capt. Kirk''': Captain's Log, stardate 9529.1. This is the final cruise of the Starship Enterprise under my command. This ship and her history will shortly become the care of another crew. To them and their posterity will we commit our future. They will continue the voyages we have begun, and journey to all the undiscovered countries, boldly going where no man... [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration where no]] ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration one]]'' has gone before.
** Prior to that:

--> '''Capt. Kirk''': Captain's Log, stardate 9529.1. This is the final cruise of the Starship Enterprise under my command. This ship and her history will shortly become the care of another crew. To them and their posterity will we commit our future. They will continue the voyages we have begun, and journey to all the undiscovered countries, boldly going where no man... [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration where no]] ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration one]]'' has gone before.

* "Who was that masked man?" "That was TheLoneRanger."

-->''...Thanks to WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls!''

** "Fallen Arches" has the girls standing by and doing nothing during a crime wave committed by a gang of elderly supervillains because of Blossom's misguided ideas of "respecting our elders". They convince a pair of elderly superheroes to fight the bad guys instead, but all the old men end up horribly injuring themselves and getting rushed to the hospital. The episode ends with the observation that "none of this would have happened if the Powerpuff Girls had just saved the day!"

* In ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'', Mr. Mighty tried this once when coming home. It didn't work, as his wife was [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=112620 having a bad day.]]