Line #96 BigDamnHeroes/LiveActionTV


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8	%%* ''Series/AceLightning'': Tends to end its series with BigDamnHeroes moments.
9	* In the ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' episode [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E9YeWhoEnterHere "Ye Who Enter Here"]], when [[ComicBook/DaisyJohnson Skye]] is fighting ComicBook/{{HYDRA}} [[DarkActionGirl Agent 33]], Agent 33 gets the upper hand, only to be tackled to the floor by Lance Hunter.
10	* ''Series/AlexRider2020'':
11	** [[spoiler:The Department, when they rescue Tom from the duplicate Parker Roscoe.]] [[spoiler:Mrs Jones then calls a team to extract Alex when she realises his cover is blown.]]
12	** [[spoiler:Kyra rescues Alex when he's StrappedToAnOperatingTable.]]
13	** [[spoiler:Also Alex himself, along with the paramilitary team, when they rescue the kidnapped students from the school.]]
14	* ''Series/BabylonFive'':
15	** G'Kar, in "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E13ALateDeliveryFromAvalon A Late Delivery From Avalon]]", jumps in to help a human who stepped in to defend a helpless woman, evening the odds in the fight significantly. G'kar observes, in a post-fight drink:
16	--->"...and they made a very satisfying thump when they hit the ground!"
17	** In the Season 1 episode "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS01E13SignsAndPortents Signs and Portents]]", the station is seemingly overwhelmed by Raider ships, then suddenly Sinclair springs his trap when the supposed Starfury squadron the Raiders had lured away returned.
18	** In Season 2 "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E11AllAloneInTheNight All Alone in the Night]]", a fleet led by the EAS ''Agammemnon'' and flanked by Starfuries and Ambassador Delenn's Flyer, arrive in the nick of time to stop a Streib ship from making off with Captain Sheridan.
19	** The classic ''Babylon 5'' BigDamnHeroes moment is when the Minbari arrive in "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E10SeveredDreams Severed Dreams]]":
20	--->'''Delenn''': Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari fleet. ''He'' is behind me. ''You'' are in front of me. If you value your lives, ''be somewhere else.''
21	** Later in Season 3's "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E18Walkabout Walkabout]]", just as the Shadow ships are closing in on the ''Whitestar'', the Army of Light arrives led by the ''G'tok''. Which was pretty impressive, given that the G'Tok's commander [[ChangedMyMindKid previously refused to participate in the mission]].
22	*** Specifically, the ''G'tok'' [[HyperspeedAmbush drops out of hyperspace and lays a haymaker attack on a Shadow warship]], before G'Kar signals Sheridan. Once Sheridan thanks G'Kar for bringing the ''G'tok'', G'Kar clarifies that he's not on the ''G'tok'', before [[TheCavalry the rest of the fleet]] drops out to join the fray, forcing the Shadows to retreat.
23	** Also in Season 3's "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS03E15InterludesAndExaminations Interludes and Examinations]]", the Brakiri were having their asses kicked by the rampaging Shadow fleet when suddenly, a Vorlon armada jumps in and proceeds to annihilate the enemy fleet and at the same time rally the League of Non-Aligned worlds into an alliance.
24	** In Season 4's episode "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS04E20Endgame Endgame]]", Clark had given a last "scorched earth" order upon his imminent defeat, setting one of Earth's defense platforms to fire on the planet itself. With many ships damaged and no other way to destroy the platform in time, Sheridan on the ''Agamemnon'' steers the ship to [[SuicideAttack ram the platform]]. Just before impact would have happened, General Lefcourt, who had commanded the Earthforce defense against Sheridan's advance on Mars and Earth, becomes a [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damned Hero]] for Sheridan when his ship ''Apollo'', which just recovered from extensive disablement in the battle of Mars, jumps in and fires on the platform, destroying it.
25	--->'''Lefcourt:''' We have monitored the situation. Hold onto your hats!
26	** In Season 5's "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS05E04AViewFromTheGallery A View from the Gallery]]", just as the station is about to be overrun by the unnamed invaders, the Whitestar fleet jumps in to save the day.
27	** Deconstructed in Season 5's "Learning Curve", when a young Minbari Ranger steps in to protect a human being assaulted in [=DownBelow=]. [[spoiler: He gets his ass kicked and nearly dies because he's not yet experienced enough to handle himself in such a situation. The rest of the episode is about him regaining his confidence and exploring his own motives in joining the Rangers.]]
28	** Earthforce pulled a huge example of this in the Dilgar War. The [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Dilgar]] were kicking the collective asses of the League of Non-Aligned Worlds, while the Narn had been scared into looking the other way and the Centauri decided to do nothing. Earthforce entered the war and crushed the Dilgar despite a massive technological disadvantage, and in doing so not only won a cache of Dilgar technology to bring humanity up to speed but also won a key ally in the political sphere.
29	* ''Series/BandOfBrothers'': In episode 3, the Germans are assaulting positions held by the 101st Airborne outside of the French town of Carentan. While Easy Company is holding their own, several other companies have been forced back by the German attack. Cue the arrival of [[TankGoodness 2nd Armored]]. The Germans, [[OhCrap caught off guard]], are forced into a panicked retreat.
30	* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'':
31	** In a two-part episode of the 2004 reimagining of the show, called "Exodus", the titular ship is attacked by three Cylon Baseships while attempting to help colonists on the planet New Caprica escape. The ship is severely damaged, and somber music plays while the camera zooms out as the Baseships pummel ''Galactica'' to death in the cold darkness of space...until a missile, then ''more'' missiles, fire off the edge of the screen, and the {{Battlestar}} ''Pegasus'' hurtles to the rescue, just in the nick of time. This is just the high point to heroic events which kicked off with a [[CasualDangerDialogue deadpan]] [[PreAssKickingOneLiner "Prepare for turbulence."]]
32	** In Season 4, Episode 13, Lee is [[spoiler:captured by members of Zarek's rebellion against the human-Cylon alliance. It looks as though he's about to be shot, and there's a gunshot...and you see Lee's face, spattered with blood, and Starbuck standing there, pistol in one hand. Another of the rebels moves, and she [[GunsAkimbo draws another pistol]], shooting him. "I can do this all day."]] It escalates the situation later on, but it's awesome at the time.
33	** The [[Series/BattlestarGalactica1978 classic Original Series]] had moment after moment of this, with every major and minor character getting a chance to pull one off in one episode after another.
34	* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': Averted this in a recent episode, with the FBI showing up to save the day only to find that [[spoiler:the "bad guys" had already departed, and the day was no longer in need of saving]]
35	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
36	** At the closing moments of "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E21TwoToGo Two to Go]]", Willow, on a black-eyed bender of murderous, bad-magic-is-bad fury, is mopping the Magic Box floor with the Slayer, the only one who might have been strong enough to stop Willow's skin-flaying rampage. With Buffy down, Willow crows her triumph, informing all present (at least those still conscious) that there is no one on earth who is powerful enough to stop her. Cue Big Damn Hero entrance in the form of Rupert Giles, hepped up on some serious magic of his own, to test Willow's theory.
37	** "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E22Grave Grave]]" when Xander confronts [[BigBad Willow]].
38	--->'''[[spoiler:Xander]]:''' I saved the world with talking from my mouth. My mouth saved the world.
39	** [[spoiler:Angel]]'s entrance in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E21EndOfDays End of Days]]" also qualifies.
40	--->"You look timely. And also good."
41	** Averted in ''Angel'''s "[[Recap/AngelS05E22NotFadeAway Not Fade Away]]" [[spoiler:when Illyria becomes concerned about Wesley and arrives just after he's been fatally wounded. She did take care of his opponent though.]]
42	** The end of the episode "[[Recap/AngelS03E18DoubleOrNothing Double Or Nothing]]" when the team comes to save Gunn JustInTime.
43	* ''Series/{{Castle\|2009}}'', of course, has its share. One of the better ones being "The Wild Rover", when Ryan has just revealed his true identity to the boss of a gang he was infiltrating, he actually ''calls out'' his heroes, starting with his partner Esposito. Though it takes a second (pause for dramatic effect?) enter Espo...then enter Beckett...then enter Castle (though he's comedically not packing like Espo and Beckett are).
44	* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': In the Season 2 finale, the day is saved in the form of [[spoiler: John Casey and his unit parachuting into the Church, to the tune of Mr. Roboto.]]
45	** In the next season opener, Casey gives a possible [[ShoutOut homage]] to the original Series/{{Firefly}} BigDamnHeroes, where [[spoiler: Casey([=/=]Creator/AdamBaldwin) comes to rescue in an airborne rescue and lots of [[MoreDakka dakka]]]]
46	* ''Series/{{Community}}'': In "[[Recap/CommunityS2E06Epidemiology Epidemiology]]" when Greendale is overrun by zombies, at the last moment Troy saves the day by cooling everyone down until the military arrived.
47	* ''Series/ControlZ'':
48	** In 1.03, Javier when he buys Luis enough time to escape from Gerry, Darío and Ernesto by deliberately crashing his car through a wall.
49	** In 1.08, María when she saves Isabela from Pablo's wrath before he spitefully reveals to Isabela that they have slept together behind her back, causing Isabela to end her friendship with María.
50	** In 2.07, Pablo beats Raúl up at his house while demanding the whereabouts of Gerry, who suddenly shows up and hits Pablo in the head with an Xbox to defend him.
51	* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': Does this almost every episode, with the team racing in just before the [[MonsterOfTheWeek killer/rapist/terrorist/etc]] kills his next victim.The team figures out the next target, rushes to the Monster's hideout and saves the victim from certain death. However, they do occasionally subvert this trope (most notably in "Zugzwang") and it is implied that in cases that aren't shown, it happens more frequently.
52	* ''Series/DiffrentStrokes'': Phil Drummond was this multiple times ... to:
53	** Dudley in "The Bicycle Man", arriving with the police just moments before a child molester -- a man who was a respected small businessman -- could make his move on Dudley, whom he had sedated with a pill.
54	** His daughter, Kimberly, in "Hitchhikers", moments before a sociopathic rapist could initiate sex with her, while locked in the darkroom.
55	** His stepson, Sam, in "Sam's Missing". Sam had been resigned to becoming the "adopted son" of a man bitterly grieving the death of his own son ... and when the moment arrives he shouts out "Mr. D!!!!"
56	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
57	** The TARDIS is basically an enforcer of this trope, purposely dropping the Doctor off wherever she knows he's needed (existing across all of time and space comes in handy for figuring this out) so that he'll just "happen" to be in the area whenever things go pear-shaped somewhere in the universe, and will swoop in and save the day.
58	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks "Remembrance of the Daleks"]]: The Seventh Doctor and the army rush into a school just in time to save Ace from the Daleks.
59	** Cleverly framed toward the end of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E10TheDoctorDances "The Doctor Dances"]]. Jack Harkness is sitting in his cockpit, sipping a martini, resigned to the imminent destruction of his ship. The camera pulls away from Jack slowly, showing him in the centre as the camera passes through the interior of his ship... and into the TARDIS. Cut to the Doctor and Rose dancing, and Rose shouts to Jack, "Well, c'mon then!"
60	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays "The Parting of the Ways"]]:
61	*** The TARDIS assists in several of these: a) rams several Dalek missiles while protected by a forcefield, b) lands on the Dalek mothership in ''style'', and c) flies back to the future with Rose, after she's been ripped open so Rose could communicate with her.
62	*** Rose and Mickey have tried everything they can think of, including his car and a chain, to open up the TARDIS console so Rose can return to the Gamestation to help the Doctor. Then Jackie shows up in a heavy-duty tow truck, which she got access to because someone owed her a favour.
63	*** And, last but ''certainly'' not least, Rose as the Bad Wolf arriving on the Gamestation to save the Doctor from the Daleks.
64	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E3SchoolReunion "School Reunion"]]: RobotBuddy K9, of all characters, helps the others escape from attacking Krillitanes via his handy nose laser.
65	** The Doctor smashing through a mirror astride a white horse to save Madame de Pompadour from the creepy clockwork droids in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E4TheGirlInTheFireplace "The Girl in the Fireplace"]].
66	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E6TheAgeOfSteel "The Age of Steel"]]: Mickey and Jake commandeer a zeppelin to rescue the Doctor, Rose and Pete from the roof of Lumic's burning Cyberconversion factory.
67	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday "Doomsday"]]: Rose has lost her grip and is going to be sucked into the Void... and then Pete teleports in, catches her and takes her to safety in his own universe.
68	** [[Recap/DoctorWho2006CSTheRunawayBride "The Runaway Bride"]]:
69	*** First, it's played awesomely straight: Donna is kidnapped by a Robot Santa Taxi Driver and is being driven down a motorway. She looks out of the back window, screaming for help, just in time to see the TARDIS swoop down from the sky and underneath a bridge. It then approaches the taxi at speed, spinning wildly, after taking a sizable chuck out of the tarmac and nearly flattening some of the traffic. Donna's reaction sums it up to the whole audience:
70	---->'''Donna:''' You are ''kidding'' me.
71	*** Later, there's a vicious subversion: It ''looks'' like Donna's fiancé Lance, who's been primarily hesitant and cowardly until now, is going to pull a stealthy one with a fire axe on the monologuing Racnoss Empress... and then it turns out he was just adding insult to injury in his EvilAllAlong reveal.
72	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth "The Stolen Earth"]]: Wilf and Sylvia are cornered by a Dalek after his attempt at blinding it doesn't work, but then [[spoiler:Rose]] blows it to pieces with her {{BFG}}.
73	** [[spoiler:Mickey and Jackie]] showing up to save [[spoiler:Sarah Jane]] from Daleks in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd "Journey's End"]].
74	** Subverted in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E16TheWatersOfMars "The Waters of Mars"]]. [[spoiler:The Doctor tries to alter history to save Adelaide Brooks and her remaining crew, but [[NiceJobBreakingItHero nearly broke time itself instead]]; this is averted only through Adelaide's self-sacrifice.]]
75	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour "The Eleventh Hour"]]: Amy and Rory have been cornered by Prisoner Zero when the Doctor arrives in a commandeered fire truck, smashing the ladder through one of the windows.
76	--->"DUCK"
77	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E2TheBeastBelow "The Beast Below"]]: Liz 10 arrives just in time to rescue the Doctor and Amy from Smilers that have them cornered in the overspill pipe.
78	** One human-led BigDamnHeroes moment occurs in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E3VictoryOfTheDaleks "Victory of the Daleks"]], when right as the Doctor is about to be killed because his self-destruct mechanism is revealed to be [[ItMakesSenseInContext a jammie-dodger]], he is saved by three hastily constructed ''[[SchizoTech space Spitfires]]''.
79	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens "The Pandorica Opens"]]: Amy is saved from an attacking Cyberman by... [[spoiler:her previously-{{retgone}}d fiancé Rory, now a Roman centurion]], who impales the cyborg on his sword.
80	** [[spoiler:Rory]] does it again in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E13TheBigBang "The Big Bang"]], appearing to save Amy, Amelia and the Doctor from the stone Dalek.
81	** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E2DayOfTheMoon "Day of the Moon"]], the unmistakable tones of the TARDIS materializing announce the arrival of the Doctor, Rory, and River Song, just in time to save Amy from the Silence.
82	** Amy returns the favour in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong "The Wedding of River Song"]] by gunning down the three Silence about to kill Rory.
83	*** Having earlier rescued the Doctor and Holy Roman Emperor Winston Churchill from dozens of Silence hanging from the roof above their heads, this time with the help of both Rory and a platoon of soldiers.
84	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E5TheAngelsTakeManhattan "The Angels Take Manhattan"]]: The Doctor [[https://youtu.be/Wr0uD2T_ixM?t=147 risks destroying New York]] to land the TARDIS through a [[NegativeSpaceWedgie Time Storm]] and save River Song from a Weeping Angel.
85	---> [Loud Bang, faint TARDIS noises, lights flicker, ground shakes]\
86	[[spoiler:'''Grayle''']]: What's that? What's happening? [[MistakenForQuake Is it an Earthquake?]] WHAT IS IT?\
87	'''River''': Oh you bad boy, you could burn New York.
88	** The Doctor does this in [[Recap/DoctorWho2012CSTheSnowmen "The Snowmen"]], rescuing Clara and the kids from the Ice Governess with a Mr. Punch puppet of all things!
89	** [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor "The Day of the Doctor"]]:
90	*** [[spoiler:Three incarnations of The Doctor made a Big Damn Heroes entrance into a room that was completely TARDIS proof by freezing themselves in a piece of Gallifreyan art, arranging for that art to be moved to the room in question, and then sonicing an active Dalek through the picture frame to step in and avert a nuclear holocaust.]]
91	*** [[spoiler:The current Doctor, all 11 of his past incarnations, ''as well as his next incarnation'']] play this role for [[spoiler:the people of Gallifrey]] during the climax.
92	---->''"Calling the War Council of Gallifrey, this is the Doctor!"''
93	** Santa Claus gets one in [[Recap/DoctorWho2014CSLastChristmas "Last Christmas"]] when he manages to save everyone from the Dream Crabs.
94	** Deconstructed in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E12HellBent "Hell Bent"]]. The Doctor makes a last-moment rescue of [[spoiler:Clara Oswald, by pulling her from time as she faced the raven]]. The problem is that [[spoiler:to her horror, he has not actually saved her life — that wasn't possible]]. Instead, [[spoiler:she's OnlyMostlyDead, and horrified to realize that the Doctor has gone mad with grief and could not accept her death]]. To make matters worse, this act defies a fixed moment in time and threatens to destroy the universe.
95	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E4ArachnidsInTheUK "Arachnids in the UK"]] has a subversion: [[spoiler:In any other circumstance, Robertson shooting the GiantSpider would be heroic. But as the Doctor points out, it was already dying of suffocation and was more interested in escaping than harming them. Robertson instead calls the shooting a MercyKill and shows no remorse, infuriating the Doctor.]]
96	* ''Series/{{Endeavour}}'': In "Degüello", Morse is standing alone in a deserted quarry, facing off against a DirtyCop and a gang of local thugs. As the cop tells Morse that he is going to die alone, a police car rolls into the quarry and out step Thursday, Bright and Strange and take their place behind Morse, saying they don't abandon their own. Even as the the DirtyCop is saying he can kill all of them and get away with it, there is the wail of police sirens approaching. Bright calmly announces that while he might have some influence over uniform and CID, his reach does not extend into traffic division.
97	* The crew of Moya from ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' get several moments. One good example was the time they attacked a Shadow Depository (Mafia bank, basically) to rescue Crichton.
98	* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': The trope name (and the quote) comes from this show, wherein Mal and the rest of the crew save Simon and River from being [[BurnTheWitch burned at the stake]] in [[Recap/FireflyE05Safe "Safe"]]. The page photo for the trope, however, is from a different episode.
99	** Zoe, Jayne and Wash simultaneously blasting Adelai Niska off Mal in "[[Recap/FireflyE10WarStories War Stories]]" is arguably another example.
100	* In ''Series/TheFlash2014'' episode [[Recap/TheFlash2014S3E7KillerFrost "Killer Frost"]], Cisco and Caitlin [[{{Teleportation}} vibe]] across Central City and arrive JustInTime to save [[Comicbook/TheFlash Barry]] from Savitar, Caitlin using [[spoiler: her new [[AnIcePerson freezing powers]]]] to drive the villain away.
101	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
102	** [[spoiler: In "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS2E9Blackwater Blackwater]]", the combined Tyrell-Lannister army (commanded by Ser Loras Tyrell and Lord Tywin Lannister) comes riding to the rescue of King's Landing, which was under siege by Stannis Baratheon's forces, a straight example of TheCavalry, complete with triumphant Rains of Castamere over the credits]].
103	** [[spoiler: In "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS6E1TheRedWoman The Red Woman]]", Theon and Sansa have been found by the Boltons' men, who are about to drag them back to Winterfell to be subjected to even more of Ramsay's perverse tortures. Then, out of nowhere, Brienne rides in and manages to hack their pursuers to pieces, finally getting to pledge herself to Sansa's service]].
104	** In "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS6E2Home Home]]", things look bad for Davos and the few remaining Nights Watch members who remain loyal to Jon. Thorne and his band are at the door and Davos and Co prepare for their final stand... cue [[spoiler: The Wildlings, led by Giantsbane and Wun-Wun the Giant bursting into the courtyard, ensuring that Jon's murderers will not escape justice. They may be the Free Folk but they are loyal to those that were loyal to them. Bonus points that the ones that stayed on Jon's side in the Nights Watch were the ones that fought at Hardhome... when they came to the Wildlings' aid]]
105	** Without prompting, the Hound runs in saves Ser Loras from Gregor Clegane by fighting him off during the Tourney of the Hand, as Gregor's response to losing a joust against Ser Loras is to behead his own horse and attack the unarmed Loras with a live blade.
106	** Tyrion saving Catelyn from a mountain tribesman in "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS1E5TheWolfAndTheLion The Wolf and the Lion]]".
107	** Tyrion saving Sansa from Joffrey's physical abuse in "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS2E4GardenOfBones Garden of Bones]]".
108	** The Hound saves Sansa single-handedly from AttemptedRape in "The Old Gods and the New", complete with heroic music.
109	** During the Battle of Blackwater, Bronn saves the Hound in the nick of time when he becomes transfixed by the sight of a man being burned alive.
110	** Podrick when he saves Tyrion in "Blackwater" from being killed by Ser Mandon Moore of the Kingsguard.
111	** Barristan shows up just in time to save Daenerys from an assassin in the Season 3 premiere "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS3E1ValarDohaeris Valar Dohaeris]]".
112	** Ramsay saves Theon from his pursuers, who are really his own men, but if Theon had actually known who he was, he might not have been so grateful for it.
113	** Jaime returns to Harrenhal just in time to save Brienne from the bear pit in "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS3E7TheBearAndTheMaidenFair The Bear and the Maiden Fair]]".
114	** Steelshanks shoots a crossbow bolt into the bear threatening Brienne and Jaime, distracting it long enough for them to escape.
115	** The Night's Watch's counterattack on Craster's Keep is perfectly timed to save Meera from a NearRapeExperience.
116	** Stannis and his army coming to the rescue in "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS4E10TheChildren The Children]]".
117	** When Brienne returns to save Pod from his attacker in "The House of Black and White".
118	** In "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS5E7TheGift The Gift]]", Ghost turns up just when things are looking most grim for Sam and Gilly and scares off two asshole Brothers who were beating Sam to a pulp and clearly planning to rape Gilly.
119	** "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS5E9TheDanceOfDragons The Dance of Dragons]]" is full of them. First, Jorah is saved from death in the pits by another opportunistic fighter, then he throws a spear to kill the Son of the Harpy behind Dany, and finally, a very angry Drogon arrives at the last moment to save Dany and her followers from being overrun after they are caught in an ambush orchestrated by the Sons of the Harpy. Most of the attackers wisely flee at the sight of him. The rest are not so lucky.
120	** Benjen saves Bran and Meera from wights in Season 6.
121	** Summer saving Bran from an assassin hired by Joffrey.
122	** Ghost saves Sam from an ax-wielding white walker just as he's about to land a blow over poor Sam.
123	** Howland Reed stabs Ser Arthur Dayne just before he delivers the last moment CoupDeGrace and saves Ned's life.
124	** Tywin at Harrenhal, when he stops the wanton torturing and killing of prisoners through PragmaticVillainy, enslaving them instead.
125	** Podrick Payne was almost hanged for the actions of his master, but Tywin heard his family name in time, commuted the sentence and sent him to squire for Tyrion as punishment for the two of them, though the two saw it as CoolAndUnusualPunishment.
126	** In Season 7, Daenerys [[spoiler: comes to the rescue of the Wight-hunters by personally appearing on the battlefield and [[KillItWithfire torching thousands of the Undead with her dragons.]]]]
127	** In "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS5E4TheSonsOfTheHarpy The Sons of the Harpy]]", Barristan saves Grey Worm from certain death by killing twenty two enemies single-handedly.
128	** In "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS8E3TheLongNight The Long Night]]" [[spoiler: the living armies have been crushed, Jon Snow and Daenerys are struggling for their life, and the [[BigBad Night King]] is about to kill Bran Stark, when Arya jumps at him. He [[NeckLift catches her in midair]], but the show's resident LittleMissBadass drops her knife to her other hand and delivers the killing blow, destroying him and [[NoOntologicalInertia the entirety of his army]].]]
129	* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'':
130	** Just as a fight is about to erupt between Daemon's forces and Otto and the Kingsguards (with high chances of seeing the latter be reduced to ashes by the fire of Caraxes) for a dragon egg Daemon stole, Rhaenyra swoops in on Syrax's back to calm things down.
131	** Just as Rhaenyra is hauled before the whole court by Vaemond Velaryon and accused of stealing control of the Velaryon family from its true lineage with her children (bastards of Harwin Strong), a dying King Viserys finds the strength of coming to her rescue and unexpectedly walks into the throne room, sits on the Iron Throne one last time and rules against Vaemond's demands.
132	* ''Series/GuardianTheLonelyAndGreatGod'': Kim Shin has a few moments of this, usually when Eun-tak is in danger. An especially memorable one occurs when he and Wang Yeo go to save Eun-tak from violent loan sharks who kidnapped her.
133	* ''Series/HappyDays'': Fonz has this uncanny habit of showing up exactly when Richie or Joanie need help.
134	* ''Series/HoratioHornblower'':
135	** When Horatio and his party are in trouble, HMS ''Indefatigable'' saves them. It could practically be a drinking game to take a shot every time "the Bloody Indy" appears over the horizon to save the day.
136	** However, if it is the ''Indefatigable'' that is endangered, it's Horatio to the rescue!
137	*** He saved the "Indy" who was under heavy fire from French corvettes, using a French captured ship and [[DressingAsTheEnemy sailing under French colours]]. Not illegal in that era, but he should have changed the flag a few moments earlier to play perfectly according to the rules.
138	*** When Horatio is about to be told that he's flunked his exam, a fire ship appears and is about to destroy the "Indy". Hornblower and his examinators try to avert the event, and Hornblower and Captain Foster board the ''freaking'' fire ship -- and change her course, saving the "Indy" and her men. Captain Pellew is impressed[[note]]As a result of exemplary gallantry in the fire ship attack on Gibraltar, an opinion confirmed by three captains, no less - captains who would not normally agree even on the colour of an orange. His promotion was confirmed in the last dispatches. He is now commissioned Lieutenant Hornblower.[[/note]].
139	** In "Retribution", Lieutenant Bush and crew are about to be captured by the Spaniards. [[NothingCanSaveUsnow Convinced that Horatio has abandoned them]], Bush angrily remarks, "If you see Mr. Hornblower, tell him he'll hang from the yardarm." What happens barely half a second later? -- ''KA-BOOM!!'' "Glad to see you safe, Mr. Bush!" Later in the same episode, the Spanish, now imprisoned in the ''Renown'', stage an uprising that takes everyone off guard. Buckland is captured while Bush and Kennedy are severely wounded, and all is lost--until Horatio rams into ''Renown'' with the prize vessels and retakes the ship with his own small crews.
140	* ''Series/{{JAG}}'':
141	** In "Déjà Vu", Meg [[ThemeMusicPowerUp and the Instrumental Theme]] show up just in the nick of time to [[BadassInDistress save Harm's life]].
142	** In "Enemy Below", both Harm and Sturgis, in their own ways, prevents Al-Qaida terrorists and a defected Russian submarine captain to unleash a dirty bomb on U.S. Carrier Battle Group in the Indian Ocean.
143	* ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'':
144	** Sento/Build himself is introduced saving Sawa just as she gets attacked by Needle Smash.
145	** In episode 3, Sento appears right when Banjou gets surrounded by Guardians.
146	** In episode 22, Banjou comes to stop Build's Hazard Trigger-induced rampage right as he is about to attack untransformed Kazumi/Grease and manages to knocks him out of his transformation.
147	** When Evolt gives an opening for Fu and Rai to counterattack Kazumi in episode 37, [[spoiler:Gentoku]] steps in and saves Kazumi, and then proceeds to defeat both brothers with one Crack Up Finish for each of them.
148	** In the beginning of episode 39, Kazumi shows up in the nick of time to save [[spoiler:Gentoku from being killed by Utsumi]] with a Castle Discharge Crash and borrows a Nebulasteam Gun to help everyone escape from [[spoiler:Evolt and Utsumi]].
149	* ''Series/KamenRiderDecade: All Riders Vs. Great Shocker'': Features [[strike:all]] most[[note]]''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'' is BrainwashedAndCrazy and missing and ''Film/KamenRiderJ'' was not needed until a [[MakeMyMonsterGrow necessary plot advancement]][[/note]] of the protagonist Riders in the franchise's 38-year history coming to the aid of Decade and Diend after the two were overwhelmed by Shocker's massive numbers.
150	** Happens again in ''Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider: Let's Go!! Kamen Riders'', when ''every'' Rider (main or not) arrive to take down Great Leader.
151	** Truth be told, this was something of a big deal with the Showa Riders after ''[[Series/KamenRiderV3 V3]].
152	* ''Series/KevinCanFuckHimself'': The first season finale ends with [[spoiler:Neil shoving Allison against her kitchen counter and choking her out. Fortunately, his sister Patty hears Allison's screams, runs into the house, grabs a bottle, and smashes it over his head, forcing him to the ground before asking Allison if she's okay.]]
153	* ''Series/{{Life on Mars\|2006}}'': Occurs very frequently in this show and in its {{Sequel}} ''Series/AshesToAshes2008'' where Gene Hunt storms in to take down the perp with no hesitation whatsoever. The Pilot of Ashes to Ashes is the most memorable, where the entire 3rd act is one extended BigDamnHeroes moment to rescue [[spoiler: Shaz]] - particularly when [[OldFashionedCopper Gene and his deputies]] re-arrive and are speeding towards [[spoiler: Shaz]] and Alex on a boat, under tower bridge, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Bridge_2_5708.jpg while Gene totes his own sub-machine gun,]] to the tune of ''The Strangler's: No More Heroes'' (which is the [[Quotes/AntiHero perfect song to represent Gene's persona.]])
154	-->'''DI Alex Drake:''' I have to reclaim my destiny Arthur. Somehow, I'm going to stop you and go home.\
155	'''Arthur Layton:''' What you talking about?\
156	'''Alex Drake:''' I'm facing up to you. I'm strong enough. I'm strong enough to [[ItMakesSenseInContext WAKE UP!]]\
157	'''DCI Gene Hunt:''' ''(over radio)'' Oi, Drake! The A-Team are back in business.
158	** Like the above example, the BigDamnHeroes moments in this series often coincide with awesome music moments too.
159	* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Halbrand saves Elendil's life from an orc by throwing a spear at the creature.
160	* ''Series/{{Lost}}'': third season finale "Through the Looking Glass:" Three of the Others are holding Sayid, Jin, and Bernard at gunpoint. Sawyer and Juliet are hiding in the bushes, wondering how they can possibly rescue them unarmed. All of a sudden Hurley comes barreling onto the beach and runs over one of them with a Volkswagen Bus.
161	** The best was in the series finale when [[spoiler: Jack and Locke are having their final confrontation. All seems lost as Locke lowers his knife toward Jack's throat, then BAM! Kate puts a bullet in him.]]
162	* ''Series/TheMandalorian'':[[spoiler:In "Chapter 16: The Rescue" The Mandalorian and his allies are trapped on the bridge of Moff Gideon's light cruise with a battalion of Phase Three Dark Trooper droids trying to break down the blast doors. At the last moment a solitary X-Wing appears and docks with the cruiser. Luke Skywalker emerges and quickly makes short work of the ship's entire Dark Trooper complement without even breaking a sweat.]]
163	* ''Series/TheManFromUncle'': Happens fairly often in the 60s spy series. Usually Solo is in JamesBondage (often with the GirlOfTheWeek beside him) when Kuryakin will swoop in at the nick of time; occasionally it happens with the roles reversed. One example: The second season episode "The King of Diamonds Affair", when Kuryakin arrives to save Solo, the innocent of the week, and a [[HeelFaceTurn villain-turned-hero]] who are strapped to cannons with lit fuses which are about to fire:
164	-->'''Napoleon Solo:''' Next time, try not waiting 'til the last minute.\
165	'''Illya Kuryakin:''' Next time try not to go that far up the Amazon.
166	* ''Series/{{Merlin\|2008}}'': During the third season finale Gaius [[spoiler: saves Merlin from Morgause, using his magic for the first time in years.]]
167	* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': CoolOldGuy Byron Street almost pulls this off in "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS14E6 The Night of the Stag]]" when he arrives on scene as Quested, Smudgepot and Wilberforce prepare to kill Barnaby and Jones.
168	* ''Series/TheMinistryOfTime'': General Ambrogio Spinola and his troops arriving just in time to thwart a Nazi attack on the Ministry.
169	* ''Series/MonarchLegacyOfMonsters'':
170	** "[[Recap/MonarchLegacyOfMonstersS1E2Departure Departure]]": Bill Randa and Dr. Keiko Miura are almost killed by the Ion Dragon, when Lee Shaw, who earlier ditched them over a disagreement until he saw the Dragon's ion trails, returns in time to get them out of the shipwreck to safety.
171	** "[[Recap/MonarchLegacyOfMonstersS1E4ParallelsAndInteriors Parallels and Interiors]]": The next we see of Kentaro after he snaps out of his hallucination, half-hypothermic in a derelict cabin with a radio is him sliding open the door on one of the helicopters that are coming to his friends' rescue to reveal himself already onboard, having successfully called in help using the cabin's radio.
172	* ''Series/MurderSheWrote'': The police force (particularly whenever she was on location) was this for Jessica, whenever the unmasked murderer attempted to add her to their body count.
173	* ''Series/{{Outlander}}'': Jamie's rescue of Claire from Fort William, as well as [[spoiler: from the witch trial]]
174	-->'''Jamie''': I'll thank you to take your hands off my wife.
175	* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'': Typically when either Reese, Finch, Carter, or Fusco is in trouble, one of the others will come in for the save. Special mention goes for the first season finale where Fusco and Carter play this for Reese when he is pinned down by HR and soon will die.
176	* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the ''[[Series/LesPetitsMeurtresDAgathaChristie Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie]]'' episode "Jeux de glace" (adapted from ''They Do It With Mirrors''): Laurence hears Avril scream, finds her struggling against a big, mean-looking guy, and [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomps]] him into unconsciousness. Avril is not impressed; she'd [[PeekabooCorpse stumbled across a dead body]] and subsequently freaked out, and the big guy was just trying to calm her down.
177	* ''Franchise/PowerRangers''/''Franchise/SuperSentai'':
178	** ''Series/DaiSentaiGoggleFive'': Opens with Akama Ken'ichi AKA [[TheHero Goggle Red]] saving Dr. Hongou from Deathdark in the nick of time, [[IWasJustPassingThrough while just passing by]], ''[[BadassNormal even before he knew he's going to be Goggle Red]]''.
179	** ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'': In the first season, this always happened concerning SixthRanger Tommy - Rangers would get their asses handed to them, Zordon calls in Tommy, Tommy cleans up shop. One epic moment is Tommy's ImBack moment in "Return of the Green Ranger Part 2" when Tommy jumps in, repowered, and saves the Rangers with his Dragon Shield glowing brightly, sending the bad guy scattering. As one Website/{{Youtube}} viewer put it, "He saved everyone with the power of his ''awesome''!"
180	** Without a doubt, Bulk and Skull's awesome moment was during the second season during "When is a Ranger Not a Ranger", when Lord Zedd likely came the closest he ever came to true victory with a MonsterOfTheWeek who managed to strip the Rangers of their memories ''and'' their powers (''all six'' of them). Bulk and Skull were the ones who managed to rescue them this time; sadly, a side effect of the creatures powers caused them to forget that it happened (but that was for the best, because they also saw the Rangers unmasked).
181	** In ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' and its American adaptation ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'', the female Red Ranger (whether you want to call her Kaoru Shiba or Lauren Shiba) saves the team after the normal Red Ranger (again, either Takeru or Jayden) is injured.
182	** In ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'', Heckyl arrives just in time to save [[spoiler: Keeper and Ms. Morgan]] from [[spoiler:Snide]].
183	** ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'': In the movie ''Film/GokaigerGoseigerSuperSentai199HeroGreatBattle'', it's revealed that the previous team, the ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'', were overwhelmed by the invading Zangyack Empire. Cue the arrival of the rest of the 199 Super Sentai, including dead Sentai and Extra Heroes!
184	* ''Series/{{Primeval}}'': Nick and Cutter are being chased by a Raptor. Connor, who's been ridiculed all episode for his lack of gun skills, barrels in from behind Nick, yells him out of the way and takes a fully grown Raptor down with one shot.
185	** In another episode, a swarm of Megopterans and a pack of future predators are catching up to the team and all seems lost...cue [[spoiler: Becker, thought to be dead already, blasting away from his hiding place inside a car. Damn, that guy is badass.]]
186	* ''Series/{{Psych}}'': "Big Damn Heroes" is Lassiter and Juliet's standby mode. Listing all the times they've kicked down doors with guns at the ready to rescue Shawn and Gus from the villain of the week (sometimes more than once in a single episode) would cover at least 1/3 of all episodes ever aired. The duo is usually together during these moments, although both Lassie and Jules have pulled off a handful of solo BDH's too.
187	* ''Series/RadioEnfer'': Carl has to deal with a bully named Magnant, who keeps stealing his money. When Carl refuses to give him money, the bully grabs him and attempts to punch him right in the face, only for Jean-Lou to grab his fist in the nick of time before proceeding to twist Magnant's wrist into submission.
188	* ''Series/{{Raven}}'': Pulls one of these at the ending of ''The Secret Temple''. About [[InformedAbility bloody time too]].
189	* ''Series/RedDwarf'': [[TheAce Ace Rimmer]] (What a guy!) is usually introduced in a BigDamnHeroes scene. In "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVDimensionJump Dimension Jump]]", he flies in, saves the crew, then performs emergency surgery on the Cat while nursing a broken arm. In "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVIIStokeMeAClipper Stoke Me a Clipper]]", he sweeps in, rescues a DamselInDistress from a Nazi firing squad, surfs from a plane on an alligator, takes a bullet to the holodrive and still manages to have sex before seeking aid -- [[CatchPhrase what a guy]].
190	* In the second season of ''Series/ResurrectionErtugrul'', Geyikli manages to save [[spoiler: a weak-handed Ertugrul's]] life from a Mongol soldier by piercing the attacker from behind with his wooden spear.
191	** Later that season, [[spoiler: Ertugrul’s brother Sungurtekin]] manages to rescue Halime and Deli Demir from a Mongol ambush in the nick of time.
192	** One season later, a spectacular example occurs when [[spoiler: Ural and his alps attempt to systematically execute Halime and the other hatuns, only to be interrupted by Ertugrul, who proceeds to lead his men onto the scene and finish the traitors off once and for all]].
193	* ''Series/{{Revolution}}'': Miles and Rachel's appearance in Annapolis - with a laser-guided missile launcher - in "The Stand." One almost expects Rachel to invoke this trope, and Miles to declare, "Ain't we just!" (from ''Firefly'').
194	* ''Series/{{Rome}}'': In the first season episode ''The Spoils'', Titus Pullo finds himself severely outmatched in the arena by an enormous gladiator. Enter Lucius Vorenus, who makes short work of his opponent and gets Pullo out alive.
195	** The episode ''Caesarion'' begins with Cleopatra in mortal danger, about to be killed by her brother-husband Ptolemy XIII. Just as the Nubian executioner sent to kill the queen is about to do his work, Titus Pullo storms in and brutally kills him instead.
196	** The very first episode has Vorenus and Pullo slaughter a group of Gauls who have captured Octavian and are using him as a slave. While they're not ''trying'' to save Octavian, per se, it is clear that Octavian sees them as this - especially Pullo.
197	* ''Series/{{Roswell}}'': In the series finale, Michael is on his way out of town when he sees a fleet of black cars heading the other way. Rightly guessing this means trouble, he turns back...just in time to burst through the school auditorium doors ''on a motorbike'', ride up the aisle and onto the stage, where Max gets on behind him and everyone gets away.
198	* ''Series/ScrapTeacher'': Takasugi and his group are always this. They show up just when their teacher and/or classmates are in some kind of trouble.
199	* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'':
200	** [[CombatMedic Doctor]] [[BadassAdorable John]] [[TheWatson Watson]] pulls this off in "[[Recap/SherlockS01E01AStudyInPink A Study in Pink]]" by [[spoiler:shooting the serial killer in the head right before Sherlock takes one of the pills. From the next building. Through two windows. [[ImprobableAimingSkills Over Sherlock's shoulder]]]].
201	** Sherlock pulls this one off in "[[Recap/SherlockS01E02TheBlindBanker The Blind Banker]]", when [[spoiler: John gets captured.]]
202	** John does Sherlock a favor when he kills the gangster, [[CombatPragmatist while tied to a chair at the time.]]
203	** Sherlock pulls one off at the end of "[[Recap/SherlockS02E01AScandalInBelgravia A Scandal in Belgravia]]", when it is revealed in flashback [[spoiler: that he was able to rescue Irene Adler from Muslim extremists.]]
204	** Sherlock does it again in "[[Recap/SherlockS03E01TheEmptyHearse The Empty Hearse]]" by [[spoiler: [[UndyingLoyalty saving John's life by physically getting into and pulling him out of a bonfire]].]] Wow. They do mean a lot to each other.
205	* ''Series/ShineALight'': When Wally and Les are running out of food in "The Chips are Down", Taffy arrives with his supply ship to replenish their stock.
206	* ''Series/SignedSealedDelivered'': The premise of the show revolves around the main characters delivering lost mail at the time that the recipient (or sender) needs it most. There are a few episodes in the series that said lost mail leads to the main characters becoming Big Damn Heroes to something bigger.
207	* ''Series/{{Sinbad}}'': Features at the end of episode 4 in the Sky 1 series, when Sinbad and Gunnar have to rescue Nala.
208	* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': It is a Franchise/{{Superman}} show, what did you expect? Tons of ThereWasADoor, OutOfTheInferno and LoadBearingHero moments.
209	* ''Series/StargateSG1'': Did the same thing as ''Battlestar Galactica'', above, in a battle against Anubis' fleet above Antarctica, in the two-parter GrandFinale (well, [[PostScriptSeason it was a finale at the time]]), "Lost City", at the end of Season 7. Dozens of ships are descending towards the heroes' defenseless cargo ship. Cue rockets blowing up Goa'uld fighters, as General Hammond leads the Prometheus against the incoming enemies.
210	** Both of those situations share several stylistic similarities: main characters convinced that they are doomed, and the sudden appearance of rockets, instantly followed by the use of a ThemeMusicPowerUp: ''Galactica'' with fast-paced drums and ''Stargate'' with the main theme of the series. The resemblance is probably just a coincidence, unless a ''Galactica'' writer did a {{Homage}} to ''SG-1''.
211	** Another example is in ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' at the beginning of Season 2 when Atlantis is under imminent attack, the self-destruct is armed and counting...then Earth responds to their earlier distress call with a small army of marines and an intergalactic battlecruiser.
212	** That's nothing compared to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4WKgfYS9Bc#t=1m5s series' grand finale]]. One of the best {{Gunship Rescue}}s ever.
213	** Russia never being heroes and then in ''[[Film/StargateContinuum Continuum]]'': "We have been expecting you. Good luck."
214	* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
215	** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'':
216	*** "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E11FridaysChild Friday's Child]]" has Kirk, Spock, and [=McCoy=] unarmed, outnumbered, and surrounded by a Klingon force. "Too bad the cavalry doesn't come over the hill anymore," Kirk actually says just before Scotty and a security detail[[note]]''not'' a RedshirtArmy, security uniform notwithstanding![[/note]] beams down to save the day.
217	** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'':
218	*** "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E20ShatteredMirror Shattered Mirror]]". When [[spoiler:Mirror Bashir and Mirror Dax]] swoop in to save the day, you've ''almost'' forgotten that they were a part of the plan all along.
219	*** In "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E06SacrificeOfAngels Sacrifice of Angels]]", the ''Defiant'' is leading Starfleet against Dominion-Cardassian forces. Just as three Jem'Hadar are closing in on it, the Klingons finally arrive, decloaking from the direction of a star and smashing through the Dominion lines.
220	** ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'':
221	*** In "[[Recap/StarTrekDiscoveryS2E14SuchSweetSorrowPartTwo Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2]]", the ''Discovery'' and ''Enterprise'' are getting their asses kicked by CONTROL and its fleet of Section 31 ships when two sets of this trope hits. The first is a fleet of Kelpian shuttles lead by Saru's sister Sarena followed by a ''Klingon cleave ship'' with High Chancellor L'Rell captaining it with L'Rell mentioning the battlecruisers are right behind her.
222	** ''Series/StarTrekPicard'':
223	*** In "[[Recap/StarTrekPicardS1E04AbsoluteCandor Absolute Candor]]", [[MasterSwordsman Elnor]] and his [[AbsurdlySharpBlade tan qalanq]] arrive just in time to rescue Picard from Tenqem. The thug [[OffWithHisHead loses his head]] when he ignores Elnor's warning to back down.
224	** In "[[Recap/StarTrekPicardS1E06TheImpossibleBox The Impossible Box]]", Elnor and his sword show up in time to save Picard, Soji and Hugh from Romulan soldiers. Unlike the last time, however, Picard doesn't scold Elnor for killing their enemies, and he even thanks him for it.
225	*** In "[[Recap/StarTrekPicardS1E08BrokenPieces Broken Pieces]]", Seven of Nine appears in the nick of time to rescue Elnor from the Romulans who are about to overpower him.
226	*** In "[[Recap/StarTrekPicardS1E10EtInArcadiaEgoPart2 Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2]]", Captain Riker arrives in command of a vast Starfleet armada just in time to prevent the Romulans from destroying Picard's ship and wipe out the synths on Coppelius.
227	* ''Series/StrangerThings'':
228	** Eleven has a few of these, disappearing to whereabouts unknown (whether to her friends or the audience as well), but then turning up to save the day just as those she cares about are in imminent danger of dying.
229	** The Battle of Starcourt features two epic of these, though this time not for Eleven (who had hers a bit prior), but for Steve and Robin, when they ram Billy's car, and shortly afterwards when they together with Will and Lucas attack the Mind Flayer with a veritable shit-ton of self-made explosives.
230	* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Occurs all the time.
231	** But defied in the Season 4 finale, "[[Recap/SupernaturalS04E22LuciferRising Lucifer Rising]]": [[spoiler: when Ruby prevents Dean from getting into the room in time to tell Sam that Lilith is the final seal and killing her will release Lucifer]].
232	** Done to a hideously {{Narm}}-ish degree in "[[Recap/SupernaturalS05E22SwanSong Swan Song]]" when Dean shows up to interrupt the impending smackdown between Michael and Lucifer. And then hilariously subverted a few minutes later when Castiel appears and hits Michael with a Holy Hand Grenade (aka, a Molotov of anti-angel holy oil) only to get blown up a second later by Lucifer.
233	%%* ''Series/StrangeEmpire'': A fairly routine trope of the show, done usually by Kat Loving.
234	* ''Series/TeenWolf'': Derek is making a habit of it, to the point where it is an expected part of his HeelFaceRevolvingDoor.
235	* At the end of the ''Series/{{Titans\|2018}}'' episode [[Recap/TitansS1E5Together "Together"]], [[spoiler: Jason Todd, [[LegacyCharacter the new Robin]],]] arrives to save Dick from the [[NebulousEvilOrganisation Organisation's]] hired goons.
236	* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'': In "[[Recap/TorchwoodS1E6Countrycide Countrycide]]", [[DistressedDude Ianto Jones]] is about to have his throat slit by a cannibal with a meat cleaver, when good ol' Captain Jack breaks through the wall "in a ruddy great tractor" and starts shooting people. Cue [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MxPuN_LGoc theme music]].
237	* ''Series/TowerPrep'': Ian, Suki, and CJ show up just in time to save Gabe in the season finale.
238	* ''Series/TrueBlood'': Jason Stackhouse [[spoiler:confronts a mob of Maryann's crazed revelers armed with only a chainsaw and a nailgun in order to save Sam from being sacrificed.]] Thanks to a rare moment of cleverness on his part, it works. TookALevelInBadass, indeed.
239	* ''Series/VeronicaMars'': This seemed to be Logan's main function whenever Veronica got into over her head. Out of every one of them, his biggest BDH moment has to be in 2x08, when Logan points a gun at a bar full of Fitzpatricks, orders them to let Veronica go, and walks out with her. Made all the more awesome by the fact that the gun wasn't loaded.
240	-->'''Logan''': Stop! I've had a ''very'' bad year.
241	* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': The series’ titular character was this almost OncePerEpisode. Examples ranged from saving a teenaged girl who was BuriedAlive and a young woman trapped in a burning house to his fiancé and partner being trapped in a DrowningPit to stopping a psychopath who had taken over a courtroom and the situation turned to anarchy.
242	* ''Series/WallenbergAHerosStory'': The neutral diplomats showing up at the train station at Heygeshalom, 250 km [[note]]155 miles[[/note]] from Budapest.
243	* ''Series/WeddingSeason'':
244	** In the fourth episode, the police arrive just as Stefan is about to get shot by Conrad.
245	** In the fifth episode [[spoiler:Metts has Stefan and Katie cornered]], only for Donahue to interrupt at the last second.
246	* ''Series/{{Wonder Woman\|1975}}'': In "Wonder Woman in Hollywood", once the evil Nazi plot has been unleashed, all of the war heroes and Major Steve Trevor have been captured, and they're being whisked off to Germany, it's Wonder Woman and Wonder Girl to the rescue! They race to the hideout on foot at amazon speed, rescue the [[DistressedDude kidnapped soldiers]], but Wonder Woman is shot! [[spoiler:[[WoundedGazelleGambit Or so it seems...]]]]
247	* ''Series/TheXFiles'':
248	** Agents Mulder and Scully saved each other at the last minute on a regular basis, as both suffered from DamselInDistress and DistressedDude. Scully often used her medical knowledge.
249	** In "[[Recap/TheXFilesS02E19DodKalm Død Kalm]]", Mulder and Scully are rescued by unknown people, probably the Norwegian Navy.
250	** In "[[Recap/TheXFilesS03E10SevenThreeOne 731]]", X saves Mulder from an exploding train. Then he does the UnflinchingWalk and outwalks the fireball with Mulder in the OverTheShoulderCarry position.
251	** In "[[Recap/TheXFilesS06E21FieldTrip Field Trip]]", it's AD Skinner and bunch of other FBI agents who save the dynamic duo from caves with hallucinogenic mushrooms that were devouring them alive. Both are barely conscious, covered in mud and yellow substance.
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