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9* It's not uncommon in Creator/AchievementHunter's LetsPlay videos, especially when it involves Team Lads and Team Gents (or the many variations of them) to invoke these, especially if someone gets separated earlier and they come to the rescue. Nine times out of ten, it's usually [[TheLoad Gavin]].
10** A particularly dramatic example happens in their series ''[[Videogame/PlayerUnknownsBattlegrounds PUBG]]: Git Gud.'' Michael, who had wandered off and ended up very far away from the others, runs into an entire other team. He manages to kill two of them, but is forced to hole up in the bathroom with only thirteen bullets left in his only weapon. Geoff, Ryan, and Jeremy all hop into a jeep and drive as fast as they can to save him, but the remaining two enemy team members are tearing the house apart to find Michael and it seems like the rest of his team won't make it in time. Just when the enemies start shooting apart the door to the bathroom Michael is hiding in, the rest of the guys roll in and dramatically save Michael. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NHU40WGdLc&t=06m10s Seen here.]]
11* ''WebVideo/ArbyNTheChief'' has had a few of these moments in the series:
12** During the show's fifth season finale, when [[BigBad Trent Donnovich]] [[FiveManBand and his staff]] have the Arbiter (and Chief) and Claire cornered and ready to ban his account [[spoiler:after Arbiter and Chief had ruined Trent's Wedding to expose Trent's affair]], who of all people arrives to save them but [[UglyCute Greg the Spider]], who frags them all without the least bit of trouble before exiting, [[TheVoiceless all without saying a word]].
13** Just about any time Arbiter and Master Chief go up against any/all the members of [[FourTemperamentEnsemble Chaos Theosis]] throughout Season 6.
14*** One rather anti-climactic (but still PlayedForLaughs) variant in particular occurs when Chief rescues Arbiter from [[DarkActionGirl Kylie]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu and surprisingly fragbans her]] in short order.
15** Arbiter and Chief last stand against Eugene and his Troll Clan during the last episodes of [[DarkerAndEdgier Season 7]].
16* Subverted in WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall at the end of the [[spoiler: Mechakara arc.]] 90's Kid, Ninja-Style Dancer, and Harvey Finevoice show up to save Linkara from [[spoiler: Mechakara]]...but then run away when they realize that their attacks aren't doing anything to [[spoiler: him.]]
17** Played straight when [[spoiler: Pollo]] returns to blast [[spoiler: Lord Vyce]] and save Linkara's butt.
18** Also played straight when [[AIIsACrapshoot the Hologram Linkara]] is about to annihilate the real one's friends...and then [[HesBack Linkara comes back and blasts him with his newly re-powered Magic Gun.]]
19* Nyx Sparkle is this in ''Blog/{{Bronyism}}'', who become the first person to successfully retrieve the eponymous page from the bad guys.
20* In Log Entry #26 of ''WebVideo/DarkHarvest'', Alex and Chris have been captured by the [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slendy]] worshipping cult and are going to be executed via OffWithHisHead. As the cultists raise their axes, [[spoiler:Jeff runs in (they had phoned him and secretly let him know what was going on earlier in the video) and holds the cult at [[{{Pun}} Chekov's Gunpoint]] until the two are released unharmed.]]
21* In ''Roleplay/DarwinsSoldiers'', when terrorists are attacking the control room, Shelton is saved by Cobalt Squad busting through a window.
22* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this upon Goku's entrance [[spoiler:into the fight versus Nappa and Vegeta. "Hey guys, what'd I miss? Oh. Are they all..."]]
23* In the [[http://www.vimeo.com/4954944 second episode]] of ''WebVideo/TheFantasticFavioBros'', [[EvilTwin LeTony]] tries to convince [[TheLancer Tony]] to take ecstasy as part of his goal of EverybodyMustGetStoned. Right as Tony is about to take it, [[TheHero Favio]] arrives to punch it out of his hand and provide a motivational speech.
24* ''Roleplay/FracturedThrones'' VRRP In season 1 episode 29.5 The main characters are on the front lines of a war against the empire. [[spoiler:Cade Sherbrooke and the other ledford militia have been fighting for 4 hours, after a failed mission and a messy retreat only 8 militia fighters remain,and Godfrey lord of ledford keep is dead. A unit of empire solders numbering 20 are closing in, the situation is grim. As the militia take the wounded and try to run.It looks likes its all over. But then a battle cry sounds and the iron wolves merc company appear as saving everyone from certain death]]
25* WebVideo/HeroHouse has Thor in Season 2, who comes out of nowhere to save everyone's arse.
26* In ''WebVideo/KorraBridged'', [[spoiler: Amon has Korra at her mercy and is on the verge of killing by ''internally freezing her blood into spikes and impaling her heart with it!'' Thankfully, Raava steps in at the last second and shatters the spikes, giving her a chance to take him out.]]
27--> [[spoiler: '''Raava:''' ''"That's my bread-and butter you're fucking with!"'']]
28* At the end of ''The Adventures of Theatre/TheLeagueOfSTEAM'''s season 2 finale, "Dead End", [[spoiler:the rest of the League come to the rescue when Crackitus, the Baron, Katherine and Thaddeus get outnumbered by zombies.]]
29* In Entry #52 of WebVideo/MarbleHornets, Masky stops Alex from [[spoiler:shooting Jay and Jessica]]. He just suddenly appears behind Alex, then tackles him. Then, once Jay's gone, you hear a gunshot. [[spoiler: Tim seems to be fine, though...]]
30** Later in the same entry, [[spoiler:Jay hears screaming from Jessica's room and opens the door to run right into the Operator. He supposedly tries tackling the Operator with a quasi-muffled shout of "LEAVE US ALONE!" It backfires horribly, and as a result he loses all memory of the events in the seven month span between April and November 2010.]]
31* In the finale of the second season from ''WebVideo/MinecraftUtopia'', [[spoiler:Phantom appears in the final showdown after Luiz has taken [=Uto2!Lggj=]'s sword away. And he is not as himself, he is as the ''Guardian of Fate'' and gives the sword back to [=Uto2!Lggj=] to be able to kill Luiz, saying that they had already won even before the battle happened.]]
32* ''Literature/AMorePersonalUnion'':
33** When the French are [[HoldTheLine holding the line]] against the Spanish at Orleans during the Great War, they're finally saved by [[spoiler: the sudden arrival of English reinforcements]].
34-->"Men of France! [[spoiler: England]] is here!"
35** The French get a chance to pay back the favor a short time later, when they arrive just in time to [[spoiler: save London from a Spanish siege]]. Complete with a CallBack:
36-->"Men of [[spoiler: England]]! France is here!"
37* During ''WebVideo/{{PATHCO}}'''s Return to Arbelo module the party rescued a ranger and his wolf when the lumber party he was in turned against him. He later shows up, just in the nick of time, to save Apollyon from death at the hands of [[spoiler: Darla's barbarian goons during the battle by the river]].
38* The end of [[WebVideo/PawDugan Paw's]] Top Nine Modern Video Game Themes. [[spoiler:That Chick with the Goggles, [[WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow Angry Joe]], ''and'' [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment The Spoony One]] all come in to save the day against [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Dark Paw]] ]].
39** This trope pretty much makes up the beginning of [[WebVideo/TGWTGYearOneBrawl the Anniversary battle]], first by WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick and then everyone coming in after her.
40** WebVideo/SuburbanKnights also uses this trope, first with Team 2 saving the Critic from Jaffers and then [[spoiler:Ma-Ti]] saving everyone when Malachite is about to kill them.
41** In WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee, right when everything is lost, when the Critic is facing his final choice, when Terl is blasting the Exit Strategy to hell, and when Luke is fighting the Snob, Linkara comes in with the Comicron-1.
42* ''WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'': The Librarian gets a particularly epic moment when his fellow agents are captured by [[Series/DoctorWho Daleks]] -- [[spoiler:having previously abandoned his companions, he reappears just when the Daleks are about to execute them. He straps explosives to the Daleks, delivers a PreAsskickingOneLiner, and blows them to kingdom come.]
43* [[spoiler: Ivan]] comes to Arthur's rescue in ''WebVideo/TheQuestForGeekdom'''s Season 1 finale.
44* In ''Yukari is Free,'' the [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 RED Pyro]] gets quite an impressive one when he saves Fuuka from the BLU Spy.
45* [[spoiler: Chief of Police James Colby]] does this near the end of ''Literature/SacreyasLegacy''.
46* Andrew Hazel, who saves [[spoiler:Alec]] from [[spoiler:Boris's firing squad]] in ''[[Literature/{{Sapphire}} Sapphire Episode III]]''.
47* ''WebVideo/SlimecicleCinematicUniverse'': On the night of Day 99 in "We Spent 100 Days in a Hardcore Minecraft Apocalypse" [[spoiler:when Tommy unleashes the final Blood Moon upon Charlie's base, Florida Man and Ronald Boo soon arrive in a pickup truck to help Charlie defend his base.]]
48* Bailey and Mari perform a textbook one in Literature/StatlessAndTactless.
49* There are a few instances of this in ''Roleplay/{{Survival of the Fittest}}''. A notable example is that of Seth Mattlock rescuing Bryan Calvert and Tory Johnson from a player -- pulling it off in the true spirit of the trope: just in the nick of time. Amusingly, this is because he ''waited'' before pulling off the save, although he was, admittedly, trying to get the best possible shot on the bad guy. [[spoiler:It also turns into an unintentional HeroicSacrifice.]]
50** Also in v4, [[spoiler: counter-terrorist group STAR show up, take Danya's HQ hostage, and rescue a large number of the students from the island.]]
51* When the main characters are cornered in ''WebVideo/ThereWillBeBrawl'', Captain Falcon comes out of the alley, gives a speech about only ''he'' gets to bruise Pit's face, and Falcon Punches Saki and Issac to dust.
52* In ''Literature/{{These days}}'', it's partially subverted when [[spoiler:Ayase goes to save Lilly from Nao]]. Played straight a bit later when [[spoiler:her older sister steps in for her.]]
53* In ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee,'' during the climactic battle, the ''U.S.S. Exit Strategy'' is in a pitched firefight with the CoDragons of the film, who have a more powerful ship. Just as the ''Exit Strategy'' is about to be destroyed, cue [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] arriving in Comicron-1. He proceeds to put Comicron-1 in front of the heavily damaged ship and [[YouShallNotPass draws the enemy fire]] long enough for the ''Exit Strategy'' to finish building a torpedo that can damage the enemy ship.
54* In ''The Livestream Incident'' from {{WebVideo/TribeTwelve}}, The Observer has come to abduct/kill Noah. At the fateful moment, Firebrand steps in and prevents this, in the process revealing that [[spoiler:Firebrand is a future incarnation of Noah]] and that he is now free from the Collective's control.
55* In ''WebVideo/VaguelyRecallingJoJo'', [[spoiler: Caesar]] returns as a ghost and helps Joseph Joestar defeat Empress.
56* In ''Literature/VoidDomain'', Eva pulls one of these off to save an antagonist of hers. [[spoiler: Sister Cross was not pleased.]]
57* In ''Roleplay/WeAreAllPokemonTrainers'', examples include:
58** Jane and her horde of Legendaries in the third arc.
59** Wolf and his Swoobat in the eleventh.
60** Tagg and a bunch of the other trainers teleporting down to Kanto to help Tracer and his Pokemon fight off a massive murder of Murkrow and their Honchkrow bosses.
61** Unite the Braviary and Reshiram when they go first help with the evacuation of Goldenrod City, then stop an army at Rt. 32.
62** DS, the Lake Trio and Palkia during the final battle of the AU arc.
63* ''AudioPlay/WereAlive'' like to do this on occasion:
64** Angel, Riley, and Datu are trying to escape from the Arena and look to be trapped when Michael, Burt, and Saul show up with the Hummer to recuse them.
65** The Colony is on the verge of collapsing in chapter 36 when [[GunshipRescue Michael and crew show up in the Pelican and proceed to mow down zombies with an M134.]]
66** Skittles gets his own BigDamnHeroes moment when he rescues Angel and Kalani from the behemoth at the Army Reserve Base.
67* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': all over the place in "Ayla and the Birthday Brawl". When Chaka and Dyna-man have been pounded into the pavement by The Lamplighter, Riptide comes to the rescue. When she finally loses, [[spoiler: a team of Knights of Purity save Chaka.]] When Skyhawk ruins the Felonious Four's hostage crisis, Bladedancer and Generator and Shroud leap in to the rescue. When the Felonious Four are about to blow Generator's brains out, she's saved [[spoiler: by a hostage kid attending the birthday party.]] When the supervillains have freed the criminals from the superjail, the four powerhouses of Team Kimba fly in to save the day. When the mercenaries are ready to blow up the restaurant with Phase's friends, [[spoiler: a team of power armor guys hired previously by Phase steps in at the right moment.]]
68* In Season 1 of WebVideo/WhereTheBearsAre, the bears rescue Nelson when [[spoiler: the real killer is about to kill him too.]] In Season 2, Nelson and Reggie get into trouble trying to investigate a person of interest. Todd swoops to their rescue, beating up two ''much'' bigger men. Happens again when [[spoiler: Todd's ex Ivan breaks into the house, and attacks Nelson, who ends up saving Todd when Ivan gets the upper hand on him.]]
69* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', [[VillainProtagonist Skitter]] does this for a group of her people in [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/interlude-14/ Interlude 14]] when [[spoiler:she arrives just in time to stop a trio of traitorous minions from hurting them]].
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