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* '''Played For Horror''': The heroes [[UnwantedAssistance dread the possibility of a gunship rescue]] as much as their enemies, because the odds are, the "gunship" is going to be their MechanicalAbomination [[AllianceWithAnAbomination ally]] who [[PsychoSupporter has an obsessive interest]] in shoring up the heroes' well-being, and whose explanations for their behaviour [[StarfishRobots are so alien they don't actually clear anything up]].
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* '''Played For Horror''': Horror''':
** The heroes [[UnwantedAssistance dread the possibility of a gunship rescue]] as much as their enemies, because the odds are, the "gunship" is going to be their MechanicalAbomination [[AllianceWithAnAbomination ally]] who [[PsychoSupporter has an obsessive interest]] in shoring up the heroes' well-being, and whose explanations for their behaviour [[StarfishRobots are so alien they don't actually clear anythingup]].up]].
** Emperor Evulz's mooks are deeply aware of what vehicle mounted ordnance can do to soft targets and they let Victor and his group go. The gunship's pilot reduces the mooks to a [[LudicrousGibs pile of meat]] anyways. Victor is disturbed by seeing the gruesome aftermath of the rescue and how casually the pilot butchered the now nonthreatening mooks.
** The heroes [[UnwantedAssistance dread the possibility of a gunship rescue]] as much as their enemies, because the odds are, the "gunship" is going to be their MechanicalAbomination [[AllianceWithAnAbomination ally]] who [[PsychoSupporter has an obsessive interest]] in shoring up the heroes' well-being, and whose explanations for their behaviour [[StarfishRobots are so alien they don't actually clear anything
** Emperor Evulz's mooks are deeply aware of what vehicle mounted ordnance can do to soft targets and they let Victor and his group go. The gunship's pilot reduces the mooks to a [[LudicrousGibs pile of meat]] anyways. Victor is disturbed by seeing the gruesome aftermath of the rescue and how casually the pilot butchered the now nonthreatening mooks.
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* '''Played For Horror''': The heroes [[UnwantedAssistance dread the possibility of a gunship rescue]] as much as their enemies, because the odds are, the "gunship" is going to be their MechanicalAbomination [[AllianceWithAnAbomination ally]] who [[PsychoSupporter has an obsessive interest]] in shoring up the heroes' well-being, and whose explanations for their behvaior [[StarfishRobots are so alien they don't actually clear anything up]].
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* '''Played For Horror''': The heroes [[UnwantedAssistance dread the possibility of a gunship rescue]] as much as their enemies, because the odds are, the "gunship" is going to be their MechanicalAbomination [[AllianceWithAnAbomination ally]] who [[PsychoSupporter has an obsessive interest]] in shoring up the heroes' well-being, and whose explanations for their behvaior behaviour [[StarfishRobots are so alien they don't actually clear anything up]].
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'''The director''': "That's [[PrecisionFStrike fucking awesome!]] Let's do a Gunship Rescue scene - [[UpToEleven no, ten of them!]]"
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'''The director''': "That's [[PrecisionFStrike fucking awesome!]] Let's do a Gunship Rescue scene - [[UpToEleven no, ten of them!]]"them!"
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"Look! The gunships are here! I knew they'd show up!"
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* '''Played For Horror''': The heroes [[UnwantedAssistance dread the possibility of a gunship rescue]] as much as their enemies, because the odds are, the "gunship" is going to be their MechanicalAbomination [[AllianceWithAnAbomination ally]] who [[PsychoSupporter has an obsessive interest]] in shoring up the heroes' well-being, and whose explanations for their behvaior [[StarfishRobots are so alien they don't actually clear anything up]].
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* '''Justified''': The heroes explicitly called for close air support several minutes before, and it was in fact promised.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** The heroes explicitly called for close air support several minutes before, and it was in factpromised.promised.
** MissionControl has been watching the situation and can see that the heroes are in trouble, so they sent rescue.
** The heroes explicitly called for close air support several minutes before, and it was in fact
** MissionControl has been watching the situation and can see that the heroes are in trouble, so they sent rescue.
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** The gunship is shot down, [[RammingAlwaysWorks but the pilots crash]] [[{{Heroic Sacrfice}} themselves into the mooks]].
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** The gunship is shot down, [[RammingAlwaysWorks but the pilots crash]] [[{{Heroic Sacrfice}} Sacrifice}} themselves into the mooks]].
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** The gunship is shot down, [[RammingAlwaysWorks but the pilots crash]] [[{{Taking you with me}} themselves into the mooks]].
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** The gunship is shot down, [[RammingAlwaysWorks but the pilots crash]] [[{{Taking you with me}} [[{{Heroic Sacrfice}} themselves into the mooks]].
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** The gunship is shot down, [[RammingAlwaysWorks but the pilots crash]] [[{{Taking you down with me}} themselves into the mooks]].
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** The gunship is shot down, [[RammingAlwaysWorks but the pilots crash]] [[{{Taking you down with me}} themselves into the mooks]].
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** The gunship is shot down, [[RammingAlwaysWorks but the pilots crash]] [[HeroicSacrifice themselves into the mooks]].
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** The gunship is shot down, [[RammingAlwaysWorks but the pilots crash]] [[HeroicSacrifice [[{{Taking you down with me}} themselves into the mooks]].
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* '''Straight''': After killing [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]], the heroes - [[MeaningfulName Vic]][[ColonelBadass tor]], [[FriendlySniper Jake]], and [[HuskyRusskie Niko]][[GatligGood lai]] - are chased by Evulz's vengeful, pissed-off {{Mooks}}. However, just as the mooks corner them on the edge of a cliff, a FutureCopter loaded with [[GatlingGood miniguns]] and [[MacrossMissileMassacre rocket pods]] shows up behind them and lays waste to the enemies.
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* '''Straight''': After killing [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]], the heroes - [[MeaningfulName Vic]][[ColonelBadass tor]], [[FriendlySniper Jake]], and [[HuskyRusskie Niko]][[GatligGood Niko]][[GatlingGood lai]] - are chased by Evulz's vengeful, pissed-off {{Mooks}}. However, just as the mooks corner them on the edge of a cliff, a FutureCopter loaded with [[GatlingGood miniguns]] and [[MacrossMissileMassacre rocket pods]] shows up behind them and lays waste to the enemies.
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* '''Straight''': After killing [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]], the heroes - [[MeaningfulName Victor]], [[CatFolk Jake]], and [[HuskyRusskie Nikolai]] - are chased by Evulz's vengeful, pissed-off {{Mooks}}. However, just as the mooks corner them on the edge of a cliff, a FutureCopter loaded with [[GatlingGood miniguns]] and [[MacrossMissileMassacre rocket pods]] shows up behind them and lays waste to the enemies.
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* '''Straight''': After killing [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]], the heroes - [[MeaningfulName Victor]], [[CatFolk Vic]][[ColonelBadass tor]], [[FriendlySniper Jake]], and [[HuskyRusskie Nikolai]] Niko]][[GatligGood lai]] - are chased by Evulz's vengeful, pissed-off {{Mooks}}. However, just as the mooks corner them on the edge of a cliff, a FutureCopter loaded with [[GatlingGood miniguns]] and [[MacrossMissileMassacre rocket pods]] shows up behind them and lays waste to the enemies.
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* '''Downplayed''': Victor and his friends escape Evulz's mooks via a bridge, and just as they cross it, a missile barrage from ground attack planes destroys the bridge, cutting off the pursuers.
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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
** Victor and his friends escape Evulz's mooks via a bridge, and just as they cross it, a missile barrage from ground attack planes destroys the bridge, cutting off thepursuers.pursuers.
** The gunship is unmanned, and it proceeds to hover in place so the heroes can pilot it to defeat the mooks.
** Victor and his friends escape Evulz's mooks via a bridge, and just as they cross it, a missile barrage from ground attack planes destroys the bridge, cutting off the
** The gunship is unmanned, and it proceeds to hover in place so the heroes can pilot it to defeat the mooks.
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* '''Inverted''': The heroes are the ones rescuing a gunship, which was damaged and forcibly landed in an enemy-occupied zone.
** Alternatively, the gunship is the villain's rescue.
** Alternatively, the gunship is the villain's rescue.
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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** The heroes are the ones rescuing a gunship, which was damaged and forcibly landed in an enemy-occupied zone.
**Alternatively, the The gunship is the villain's rescue.
** The heroes are the ones rescuing a gunship, which was damaged and forcibly landed in an enemy-occupied zone.
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** Alternatively, the gunship is the villain's rescue.
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* '''Downplayed''': Victor and his friends escape Evulz's mooks via a bridge, and just as they cross it, an artillery barrage destroys the bridge, cutting off the pursuers.
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* '''Downplayed''': Victor and his friends escape Evulz's mooks via a bridge, and just as they cross it, an artillery a missile barrage from ground attack planes destroys the bridge, cutting off the pursuers.
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** The gunship is shot down, [[RammingAlwaysWorks but the pilots crash]] [[HeroicSacrifice themselves into the mooks]]
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** The gunship is shot down, [[RammingAlwaysWorks but the pilots crash]] [[HeroicSacrifice themselves into the mooks]]mooks]].
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???The mooks have their own gunship support, only the heroes knew that and called for bigger support, [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow only the mooks knew that the heroes knew]] and requested more support too, and because of this, what started as [[SerialEscalation a bunch of footsoldiers chasing three commando operatives]] ends in a MexicanStandoff between two fleets of flying dreadnoughts.
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* '''Exploited''': ???When the gunship shows up, Jake wastes no time in [[MundaneMadeAwesome making a selfie with it]].
* '''Implied''': The story starts with Victor sitting in a bar and buying a drink of gratitude for the gunship pilot, thanking him for showing up just in time.
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** The heroes call "danger close" [[TrialByFriendlyFire and have the gunship shoot at them anyway]]anyway]].
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'''Nikolai''': "We should call gunship support! Did all the time when served in Spetsnaz and [[VodkaDrunkenski ran out of vodka]]."
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'''Nikolai''': "We should call gunship support! Did all the time when served in Spetsnaz and [[VodkaDrunkenski ran out of vodka]].""
* '''Played For Drama''': Victor and his friends are cornered on the edge of a cliff with no visible hope of escape, and he himself is badly wounded. He props himself up and [[DefiantToTheEnd addresses the mooks]]:
--> '''Victor''': Okay guys, [[ISurrenderSuckers you win. There's no possible way we could escape this situation,]] except perhaps for... *SlasherSmile* ...[[DroppingTheBombshell this little thing called]] "gunship support". *cue SurpriseVehicle*
* '''Played For Drama''': Victor and his friends are cornered on the edge of a cliff with no visible hope of escape, and he himself is badly wounded. He props himself up and [[DefiantToTheEnd addresses the mooks]]:
--> '''Victor''': Okay guys, [[ISurrenderSuckers you win. There's no possible way we could escape this situation,]] except perhaps for... *SlasherSmile* ...[[DroppingTheBombshell this little thing called]] "gunship support". *cue SurpriseVehicle*
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* '''Subverted''': Victor and his friends are cornered. Victor says: "Don't worry... just give it a few more seconds..." After a few seconds, nothing happens.
* '''Double Subverted''': Then, after a few more seconds, Evulz's mooks are sent flying by a barrage of shots from a long-range artillery gunship.
* '''Double Subverted''': Then, after a few more seconds, Evulz's mooks are sent flying by a barrage of shots from a long-range artillery gunship.
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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
** Victor and his friends are cornered. Victor says: "Don't worry... just give it a few more seconds..." After a few seconds, nothing happens.
** The gunship shows up, but the mooks shoot it down.
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** Then, after a few more seconds, Evulz's mooks are sent flying by a barrage of shots from a long-range artillerygunship.gunship.
** Shooting the gunship distracts the mooks, allowing Victor and his friends to take them out.
** Victor and his friends are cornered. Victor says: "Don't worry... just give it a few more seconds..." After a few seconds, nothing happens.
** The gunship shows up, but the mooks shoot it down.
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** Then, after a few more seconds, Evulz's mooks are sent flying by a barrage of shots from a long-range artillery
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'''Basic Trope''': The heroes are saved from a BolivianArmyEnding by the arrival of one or several combat vehicles.
* '''Straight''': After killing [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]], the heroes - [[MeaningfulName Victor]], [[CatFolk Jake]], and [[HuskyRusskie Nikolai]] - are chased by Evulz's vengeful, pissed-off {{Mooks}}. However, just as the mooks corner them on the edge of a cliff, a FutureCopter loaded with [[GatlingGood miniguns]] and [[MacrossMissileMassacre rocket pods]] shows up behind them and lays waste to the enemies.
* '''Exaggerated''': When Victor and his friends are cornered, an entire [[StandardSciFiFleet space armada]] shows up, with ships so huge and numerous that they literally blot out the sun.
* '''Downplayed''': Victor and his friends escape Evulz's mooks via a bridge, and just as they cross it, an artillery barrage destroys the bridge, cutting off the pursuers.
* '''Justified''': The heroes explicitly called for close air support several minutes before, and it was in fact promised.
* '''Inverted''': The heroes are the ones rescuing a gunship, which was damaged and forcibly landed in an enemy-occupied zone.
* '''Subverted''': Victor and his friends are cornered. Victor says: "Don't worry... just give it a few more seconds..." After a few seconds, nothing happens.
* '''Double Subverted''': Then, after a few more seconds, Evulz's mooks are sent flying by a barrage of shots from a long-range artillery gunship.
* '''Parodied''': When the time comes, the gunship sent to save the heroes emerges from BehindAStick.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Victor and his friends don't let themselves get cornered, and so don't need a gunship to save them.
* '''Enforced''':
--> '''The producer''': "Okay people, I got great news! First, our special effects budget was doubled! And second, we're now BackedByThePentagon!"\\
'''The director''': "That's [[PrecisionFStrike fucking awesome!]] Let's do a Gunship Rescue scene - [[UpToEleven no, ten of them!]]"
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': The Gunship Rescue was [[CrazyPrepared carefully arranged for]], since the heroes [[BatmanGambit fully expected Evulz's soldiers to come after them]], and essentially lured them into a trap.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': When the gunship flies in, EliteMooks pull out surface-to-air missile launchers and shoot it down.
* '''Discussed''':
--> '''Jake''': "Okay, if we can't escape the fortress in time - [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial and I'm not saying we can't]], I'm just asking hypothetically - who's gonna bail us out?"\\
'''Victor''': "Don't worry, buddy. The United Federation has our backs on this one. Had to call in a few favours, but we'll get close air support if things go sour."
* '''Conversed''':
--> '''Bob''': "On these military sci-fi shows, Alice, nine times out of ten the heroes are saved by a divine intervention of superior firepower."\\
'''Alice''': "Just like in real life then."
* '''Deconstructed''': The gunship shows up alright, but it can't fire its heavy weapons on the enemy without hitting the heroes too.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** However, the enemies don't know that, [[ToWinWithoutFighting and surrender rather than try their luck against a heavily-armed engine of destruction]].
** The heroes were clever enough to get some distance between themselves and the villains just as their air support came in.
* '''Played For Laughs''':
--> '''Victor''': Aw, fiddlesticks... we're all out of pizza ''and'' lemonade!\\
'''Nikolai''': "We should call gunship support! Did all the time when served in Spetsnaz and [[VodkaDrunkenski ran out of vodka]]."
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* '''Straight''': After killing [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]], the heroes - [[MeaningfulName Victor]], [[CatFolk Jake]], and [[HuskyRusskie Nikolai]] - are chased by Evulz's vengeful, pissed-off {{Mooks}}. However, just as the mooks corner them on the edge of a cliff, a FutureCopter loaded with [[GatlingGood miniguns]] and [[MacrossMissileMassacre rocket pods]] shows up behind them and lays waste to the enemies.
* '''Exaggerated''': When Victor and his friends are cornered, an entire [[StandardSciFiFleet space armada]] shows up, with ships so huge and numerous that they literally blot out the sun.
* '''Downplayed''': Victor and his friends escape Evulz's mooks via a bridge, and just as they cross it, an artillery barrage destroys the bridge, cutting off the pursuers.
* '''Justified''': The heroes explicitly called for close air support several minutes before, and it was in fact promised.
* '''Inverted''': The heroes are the ones rescuing a gunship, which was damaged and forcibly landed in an enemy-occupied zone.
* '''Subverted''': Victor and his friends are cornered. Victor says: "Don't worry... just give it a few more seconds..." After a few seconds, nothing happens.
* '''Double Subverted''': Then, after a few more seconds, Evulz's mooks are sent flying by a barrage of shots from a long-range artillery gunship.
* '''Parodied''': When the time comes, the gunship sent to save the heroes emerges from BehindAStick.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Victor and his friends don't let themselves get cornered, and so don't need a gunship to save them.
* '''Enforced''':
--> '''The producer''': "Okay people, I got great news! First, our special effects budget was doubled! And second, we're now BackedByThePentagon!"\\
'''The director''': "That's [[PrecisionFStrike fucking awesome!]] Let's do a Gunship Rescue scene - [[UpToEleven no, ten of them!]]"
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': The Gunship Rescue was [[CrazyPrepared carefully arranged for]], since the heroes [[BatmanGambit fully expected Evulz's soldiers to come after them]], and essentially lured them into a trap.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': When the gunship flies in, EliteMooks pull out surface-to-air missile launchers and shoot it down.
* '''Discussed''':
--> '''Jake''': "Okay, if we can't escape the fortress in time - [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial and I'm not saying we can't]], I'm just asking hypothetically - who's gonna bail us out?"\\
'''Victor''': "Don't worry, buddy. The United Federation has our backs on this one. Had to call in a few favours, but we'll get close air support if things go sour."
* '''Conversed''':
--> '''Bob''': "On these military sci-fi shows, Alice, nine times out of ten the heroes are saved by a divine intervention of superior firepower."\\
'''Alice''': "Just like in real life then."
* '''Deconstructed''': The gunship shows up alright, but it can't fire its heavy weapons on the enemy without hitting the heroes too.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** However, the enemies don't know that, [[ToWinWithoutFighting and surrender rather than try their luck against a heavily-armed engine of destruction]].
** The heroes were clever enough to get some distance between themselves and the villains just as their air support came in.
* '''Played For Laughs''':
--> '''Victor''': Aw, fiddlesticks... we're all out of pizza ''and'' lemonade!\\
'''Nikolai''': "We should call gunship support! Did all the time when served in Spetsnaz and [[VodkaDrunkenski ran out of vodka]]."
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