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* In ''The Three Godfathers'', just when Creator/JohnWayne is on the ropes trying to save the newborn, he pleads to God for help, and a donkey appears. (Complete with biblical verse lampshading it).

* ''LightNovel/ChromeShelledRegios'' is a bit of a twist as [[spoiler: Layfon has ''lost'' his [[InfinityPlusOneSword Heaven's Blade]]]], the anime then plays it straight [[spoiler: when it is returned and combined with his katana]].

-->You've got to dream a little harder, when life won't go your way!\\

'''Good things will just happen to you!'''\\

For if you dream a little harder, you'll get what you desire!\\

'''Will give you the edge that you need!'''

-->You've got to dream a little harder, when life won't go your way,\\
Dream a little harder, trust me when I say that when you dream a little harder, you're sure to follow through!\\
'Cuz if you're good and you're attractive,\\
No need to be proactive,\\

For if you dream a little harder, you'll get what you desire,\\
Dream a little harder, if things are looking dire simply dream a little harder, success is guaranteed!\\
If you are sure of your intention,\\
Some magic intervention,\\

* The Lady of the Lake presenting Myth/KingArthur with his sword (Depending on the adaptation).

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* ''Webcomic/EvilDiva'' when Diva is presented with her wand.
* Immortals in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' [[ObstructiveCodeOfConduct work almost exclusively by empowering or advising humans]]. Story-wise, when Nanase and Susan ran into trouble in France, two Immortals arrived the same evening and gave the girls as much magic as they could.
* In a literal case of the call twinking someone, [[{{Webcomic/Homestuck}} Eridan]] finds Ahab's Crosshairs, "just about the most powerful weapon [the riflekind] specubus will allow." It was left by his Ancestor, and due to the nature of the game he was probably set up to get it long before he entered the game proper.

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* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot''. One episode had the User send Mainframe a new file upgrade that is supposed to help the heros. When Bob takes the upgrade inside the Principal Office to install it, Megabyte pops out of it and seizes control of the core control chamber.

* Extensively mocked in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iosIL9Ct95M Dream A Little Harder]]", the first song in ''{{Theater/Twisted}}'', where the people of the Magic Kingdom know that all it takes to solve your problems is... wait for them to be solved by magic. [[BeautyEqualsGoodness And be good-looking.]]

For if you dream a little harder, you'll get what you desire,

-->-- '''The Genie''', ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}''

* ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'': When Mulan's ancestors send her a guardian spirit to help her.
* In ''Disney/MulanII'', it is subverted in Mushu's trick.
* The Blue Fairy from ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'' (Note, in the original story, the puppet came to life of his own accord).
* In ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'', the fairies give Prince Phillip a Sword of Truth and a Shield of Virtue to fight Maleficent. They even add an extra incantation before the final blow.

* ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' gives us a case of this, when the [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Good Witch of the North]] talks Dorothy into the Wicked Witch's shoes, which Glinda later reveals to be the only way for her to get home.

*** In the ''Shivering Isles'' expansion, you enter the [[EldritchLocation titular realm]] at the behest of its master, Sheogorath, the Daedric Prince of [[MadGod Madness]]. He serves as your divine patron throughout as you [[spoiler:attempt to end the EternalRecurrance destruction of his realm by his ArchEnemy Jyggalag, the Daedric Prince of [[ControlFreak Order]]]]. The situation ends up being a ''bit'' more complicated that Sheogorath lets on, and at the end, [[spoiler:he passes the mantle of Mad God [[AGodIsYou onto you]]]].

SubTrope of ItWasAGift. See also EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity. For the exact opposite, where the hero is noticeably given nothing useful when being assigned a quest, see WithThisHerring.