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1* The ending of ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia''. Rather unusual in that Gondor never actually called for aid; rather, everyone just showed up because they knew that the heroes were the only ones brazen enough to go head-to-head with the BigBad, and wanted to join in on the fun; in a sense, aid called for Gondor.
2* In ''VideoGame/{{Freelancer}}'', the first half of the game is about finding someone who can identify the artifact that fell into Trent's hand. [[spoiler:Near the end of the game, the Order calls the Outcasts and the Blood Dragons to help them against the Nomads.]]
3* The climax of ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor''. [[spoiler:In her real form ([[DemonicPossession Possessing Peach]] was actually hindering her), [[BigBad the Shadow Queen]] NoSells all of Mario and his party's attacks, then drains the audiences' lives to restore all of her health. It's truly the DarkestHour for the heroes...but then, the Crystal Stars [[CallBack manage to travel to their home locations]], and all of the friends Mario made along the way realize that he is fighting to save their world. They use the Stars as conduits to send him and his allies positive wishes and energy, which [[GoodHurtsEvil harms the Shadow Queen]], makes her vulnerable, and even allows Peach to [[FightingFromTheInside fight back against her possession]] and use the last of her own power to restore the heroes to full strength.]]
4%%Zero-context* Chapter 3 of ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2''.
5* Used in both ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic III'' and its expansion ''Armageddon's Blade''.
6** In the first, it's played straight, on ''both'' sides--the nations of Bracada, [=AvLee=], and Erathia coming together to face Nighon and Eeofol (who later drop out of the war). Later, the necromancers of Deyja make an alliance with Erathia to stop the necromancers' own king, who has grown far too powerful for their liking.
7** In ''Armageddon's Blade'', the witch Adrienne asks Erathia for aid against an invasion of undead that threatens both their borders. Erathia, too caught up in its other problems, declines. Meanwhile, [=AvLee=] and Erathia are allied briefly against Eeofol, and then Erathia finds new allies in the Conflux towns, before the queen of Erathia abdicates in order to pursue the war with more vigor, Erathia having grown tired of war. Finally, the last mission of that campaign has to be completed within two months--or Eeofol's call for aid from Nighon will be answered.
8* In going against [[spoiler:Bodhi's guild]] towards the end of ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'', the player character can form an alliance with a paladin order, the thieves' guild, and the Companions of the Hall (Drizzt Do'Urden and friends) against them. Doing so naturally makes the battle much easier.
9* In ''VideoGame/DotHackGU Redemption'', Haseo and Zelkova use their influence to get help from all the players of "The World" to assist them in stopping Cubia.
10* The Courier can pull this off at the ending battle of ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' by doing enough of the right favors to the smaller factions in the Mojave.
11* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha 3'': In the final battle, the dead come back to support the player. [[spoiler: Irui even joins the battle with the same stats as she had in Alpha 2 if you got enough battle masteries]]
12* In ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'', the heroes travel back through time to fight [[BigBad Giygas]], an EldritchAbomination and AlmightyIdiot who is so powerful that their attacks can barely scratch him. With hope dwindling fast, Paula begins using her "Pray" command to send a cry for help into the void...and one by one, the various people the heroes met throughout their adventure hear that cry and send the children their love and positive thoughts. This destabilizes Giygas and does increasing damage, but he can't be truly defeated without the help of one final prayer: [[spoiler: that of the player. By which we mean ''the person holding the controller.'']]
13* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'': When the villains summon the giant world-ending monster, just about everyone you've ever helped, [[spoiler:including all your ex-party members except the one that really died]], shows up in tanks and airships and starts blasting away.
14** Then, at the end of the game, [[spoiler:'''everyone''' prays to give your party the strength to defeat Zeromus. Even Tellah and his daughter Anna show up.]]
15** Something similar happens in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', where the [[spoiler:air forces of the entire world arrives to save the heroes from a hundred dragons emerging out of TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon]], and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', [[spoiler:the people of Spira sing the Hymn of the Fayth, the only way to calm down [[EldritchAbomination Sin]], in order for the heroes to stand a chance of fighting it.]]
16* In ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', the [[spoiler: prayers from all the people of Nippon, inspired by Issun, are what revives Amaterasu and restores her full divine glory]]. Cue the ThemeMusicPowerUp and the final boss fight.
17* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' mixes it up a bit at the start of the Space Marine campaign, in which you get to ''be'' TheCavalry for a hard-pressed Imperial Guard unit that's desperately trying to HoldTheLine on the surface.
18* The story mode of ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse'' features this trope. Regardless of whether the player chooses to play as the MK or DC fighters, the chosen world's heroes end up having to work together with their villains to deal with the opposing faction's fighters, whom they initially see as invaders until [[BigBad Dark Khan]] finally makes his appearance for the final showdown.
19* At the end of ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} III'', the night elves had to ally with the humans and the orcs to defend their World Tree Nordrassil. The first alliance stuck and continued into ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', the second didn't.
20* At the end of ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5'', Ulala fights alongside her rivals Jaguar and Pudding, and every person who she's directly or indirectly helped throughout the game come out to lend their support and dance energy.
21* ''VideoGame/AceCombat'':
22** The second-to-last mission of ''VideoGame/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar'' starts with squadrons [[spoiler:from both the Osean and Yuktobanian armies supporting you in disabling the Belkan super weapon control station after hearing their leaders' speeches]].
23** Mission 12 of ''VideoGame/AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation'' requires you to evade no less than 30 enemy fighter jets. After a few minutes of dodging missiles for your dear life, [[spoiler:every air squadron in the game comes to your aid (including a squad of electronic support planes).]]
24* You spend the main part of the game doing this in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''. The bulk of the questline involves solving whatever problems are preventing them from being able to dispense said aid. The Elves, Magi, and Dwarves all greet your Warden with variations on, "We'd love to help you, ''but''..."
25* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', near the end, should Shepard decide to [[spoiler: save the Council]], cue the Alliance Fleet pouring through the Relay and immediately pull of a BigDamnHeroes moment, in addition to turning the tide of the battle.
26--> '''Asari''': It's the Alliance! Thank the goddess!
27* ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' is filled with this, as Shepard finally cashes in all the goodwill they've potentially earnt over the course of the previous two games, depending on their actions. If [[PlayerCharacter Shepard]] plays his/her cards right, (s)he can look forward to calling on the aid of the Turians, Krogan, Salarians, Asari, and Quarians, and possibly [[spoiler: the Geth and the Rachni.]]
28** In the ''Leviathan DLC'', [[spoiler: Shepard even gets an ''EldritchAbomination'' on their side, part of TheRemnant of the ''first'' race harvested by the Reapers and whose form the Reapers modeled themselves after. Yes, ''[[AbusivePrecursors that]]'' race!]]
29* ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda:'' At the climax, Ryder and their team call in everyone they know across the Heleus Cluster for assistance with the fight against the kett. This can include the other Pathfinders, the first colony Ryder founded, the boss of [[WretchedHive Kadara Port]], the krogan, the local Resistance, [[CoolOldLady the Moshae]], and various miscellaneous characters Ryder's met over the course of the game.
30* Toward the end of the main quest of ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'', Martin Septim realizes that in order to pursue BigBad Mankor Camoran to his Paradise, the heroes will need a [[CosmicKeystone Great Sigil Stone]]. Unfortunately, the only way to get one is to open a portal to Oblivion outside of the city of Bruma, which will send countless Daedra into Cyrodil. The player is then given the option to travel to each of Cyrodil's major cities and request support from the Counts and Countesses that run them; the nobles will agree if the player seals the Oblivion Gates that are menacing their ''own'' cities. If you choose to do this, each city you rescue will send powerful guards to join Bruma's defense; if not, the Bruma guard is left standing alone, which makes the fight much more difficult.
31* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3'' has Geralt calling on several of his friends for help defending [[spoiler: Kaer Morhen against a siege by the Wild Hunt]]. He even manages to convince Emperor Emreis to offer to send troops for the battle, which Geralt refuses due to the fact that they wouldn't be answering to him.
32* This is pretty much what Neptune is doing for most of the game in ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptunia'' to fight off against [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil monsters roaming around the world]]. Of course, the other goddesses would rather not bother with it since [[UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars they all hate each other for various reasons]].
33* Your quest in ''Dark Sun: Shattered Lands'' is to get military aid from neighbouring cities. That's the object of the entire game.
34* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'':
35** ''VideoGame/TouhouChireidenSubterraneanAnimism'' has Reimu and Marisa being helped by various kind of people (who each have their own reasons) on their fight against the subterranean horrors. Yukari is interested in maintaining peace, Aya is going for scoop, and Nitori is defending her rivers -- which makes Marisa ''the'' aid. [[spoiler:In a twist, the unleashing of subterranean horrors themselves ''is'' Rin's call for aid. She can't stop her best friend Utsuho who is drunk with (nuclear!) power, so she hopes that someone strong enough from the surface will stop the crazy hell raven.]]
36** ''VideoGame/TouhouShinreibyouTenDesires'': An aid was called for, but it's not for the heroines. The heroines come the source of the problems and solve it anyway before the supposed aid even come.
37* ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'': [[spoiler: Bianca]] calls for the Unova Gym Leaders to come and fight versus Team Plasma [[spoiler:at N's Castle, after the Elite Four challenge.]]
38* In ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'', this is what happens when [[spoiler:War gets Uriel to break the seventh seal, summoning the other three Horsemen]].
39-->'''Uriel:''' You will be hunted! The [[{{Heaven}} White City]] for certain...the [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil Council]]...and there will be others! You would wage this war alone?
40-->'''War:''' No. Not alone.
41* To fight against [[spoiler:Nero, Blanck, and eventually Tartaros]] in ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'', Red [[spoiler:enlists the help of Opéra and the Kurvasz]], who then put out a call for ''everybody'' to help. And they do.
42* ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'': An obvious homage, a quest in ACT III has your character being instructed to light five signal fires along Bastion's Keep's walls. [[spoiler:Somewhat averted since the King of Westmarch, the leader of the army you're asking help from, dismisses the request since they did not believe Bastion's Keep was really being attacked by demons.]]
43* In the fourth level of ''VideoGame/{{Iji}}'', you're tasked with sending a distress signal to the Komato, a race of aliens who are at war with the aliens already invading Earth, in the hopes that they'll take care of the problem for you. This backfires '''[[NiceJobBreakingItHero massively]]'''.
44* The endgame of ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords''. A light-side Exile will receive aid from the TSF and Mandalorians, plus Zherron's Khoonda militia and Talia's Royalist troops. And as proof that this trope does not have to apply to the good guys, a Dark Exile will still have the aid of the TSF and Mandalorians, plus the DS winners of the Dantooine and Onderon conflicts (Azkul's mercenaries and Vaklu's troops).
45* The Jedi Consular's arc of ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' is ''entirely'' this, from Act 2 onward. There's an alliance of powerful, but politically neutral worlds that don't much like the Republic, but like the Imperials even less. The Consular gets tasked by the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic to essentially go door to door and enlist their help. By the time you roll into Imperial-occupied Corellia, you have [[spoiler: the largest droid and weapon factories in the Core from Balmorra (and their most notorious "[[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Freedom Fighter]]" as a party member), medical supplies from Manaan (with oceans producing a near-miraculous healing substance), a Voss Mystic (who normally are forbidden to leave the planet due to their value) and his entourage of healers and commandos, the Shakari army looking to avenge an attack on their monarchs and the murder of their Senator (and under the command of the Consular's ''padawan''), and an army of Esh-Ka (a species not even the [[AbusivePrecursors Rakata]] wanted to cross swords with when they conquered most of the galaxy)]]
46* ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'' features this. The more allies Mike has, the more help he gains during the endgame. It is especially awesome if G22 shows up. [[spoiler: Assuming that Mike is able to conceal their existence in his interrogation with BigBad Leland, Halbech and Alpha Protocol have no idea they even exist. Then when Mike is on the ropes and all of his known allies are accounted for, suddenly the compound is hit by dozens of heavily armed commandos [[DidntSeeThatComing that appear out of nowhere.]]]]
47* Unlike [[VideoGame/LufiaIIRiseOfTheSinistrals the original game]], the power of the Three Towers in ''VideoGame/LufiaCurseOfTheSinistrals'' is not enough to hold Doom Island in place. Cue ''the people of the entire world'', previously too fearful to act against Daos, sending their energy waves to the Three Towers to help Maxim.
48* The Minutemen in ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' operate in this manner. A settlement under attack will call for aid, and it is generally up to the player to answer (the player can leave the situation alone and the attack will succeed or fail based on how well the player prepared defenses beforehand). On the flip side, the player can call for aid from other Minutemen, eventually up to and including [[spoiler: artillery support]].
49* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' both invokes and subverts this. First in the battle against [[spoiler: Omega Flowey]], you have to gain the support of the souls of the previous fallen children by calling out for help. After defeating the boss, calling out for help a final time [[spoiler: will appear to do nothing at first, even lampshaded by Flowey, who mocks you for trying--at least until the souls respond and revolt against him.]] Then in the True Pacifist ending, all of the [[DefeatEqualsFriendship friends you made throughout the game]] arrive to support you, eventually with more arriving to include all of the monsters of the Underground. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, [[OhCrap Flowey was the one who put out the call]].]]
50* In ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'', the villainous Arcturus Mengsk manages to pull this off in the final mission. Kerrigan had already shredded the Dominion's military, but Mengsk "called in a few favors [and] made a few concessions" to the Koprulu Sector's Terran factions, and came right back to threaten Kerrigan with their support.
51->You'd be surprised how many special interest groups in this sector want to see you dead.
52* In the build-up for the final level of ''VideoGame/LEGODimensions'', [[spoiler:After almost getting erased from reality after a 1x1 brick of Lord Vortech overloads, Batman, Gandalf and Wyldstyle realise that they'll need help from their new friends. They spend a montage gathering everyone they met from their dimension-hopping to fight Lord Vortech together.]]
53* In ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'', one of the last power-ups the player can receive (and easily [[GameBreaker one of the most useful]]) has all of Raz's fellow campers directly channeling their positive thoughts and well-wishes to him through the collective unconscious (it helps that they're all psychic). This serves as a HealingFactor that gradually restores the player to full strength after taking damage.
54* ''VideoGame/{{Days Gone}}'' plays this straight, with an alternative set of cutscenes in the final act. Although there's no indication that you should do so late in the game, maxing trust and completing the questlines of the Hot Springs and Copeland settlements sees them send fighters to join Deacon St. John in the final battle.
55* In ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'' Meridian sends out a call for help to defend against an attack from the Shadow Carja. Which characters turn up depends on which side quests Aloy has completed prior to that point. Marad actually notes that many of the allies who have turned up have come out of loyalty to Aloy rather than a desire to help Meridian.
56* In Chapter 7 of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'', [[TheHero Roy]] is informed that the mighty troops of [[BigBad Bern]] are on their way to conquer Ostia. At this point of the story his army is quite small and weak, so he sends a letter to his teacher, General Cecilia of the neighboring country Etruria, asking for help. Cecilia arrives in the nick of time along with fellow [[TheAce General Percival]], whose presence alone scares Bern's troops away. This aid doesn't come for free, though: Roy has to do Etruria's bidding for a while in exchange for this protection. And this bidding allows Bern free reign in the mainland while Roy is away doing errands on the Western Isles.
57* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''[='s=] ''Endwalker'' expansion, the Scions learn that [[spoiler:the Aetherburner needed to launch a spacecraft ark to Etherius' moon to rescue who and what they can from [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the Final Days]]]] needs special Alligan adamantite to make it more effective. The [[PlayerCharacter Warrior of Light]] is primed and ready do so, but Alphinaud decides that they need to do it faster and requests aid from the various countries. [[spoiler:To everyone's surprise, not only do they come to help, but so do virtually every other character still living from post-expansion storylines. This show of help not only helps surpass the Aetherburner's effectiveness levels, but it makes Alphinaud and Alisaie's father, Fourchenaut, [[HeelRealization realize what a monumental fool he was for dismissing them all]].]]
58* In ''VideoGame/Judgment'', protagonist Takayuki Yagami can befriend various individuals throughout Kamurocho, either through completing substories or simply being a recurring patron of their businesses. Completing all 50 Friendship events results in a final substory to wrap up the sidequest chain concerning the Keihin Gang; when they attempt to turn the city against Yagami, all the people he's befriended rise up in their own ways to help Yagami finally take the Keihin Gang down.

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