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* ''Series/{{CSINY}}:'' In "Redemptio," Sheldon visits a prison to witness an execution and gets trapped among the inmates when a riot breaks out. One of them decides to help him and convinces Sheldon to follow his lead by saying, "Come with me if you want to live."

* ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1'' is a partial example, since [[UnfazedEveryman Arthur Dent]] knows Ford Prefect quite well, but doesn't know he's an alien with the only means of [[ApocalypseWow escaping earth]] until he shows up [[TakeThis with a towel]] and a signaling device.

* WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}} quotes this in The Apprentice Scouts, complete with the Austrian accent.

* ''Series/MsMarvel'': In episode #4, after Kamala tussles with Kareem, aka Red Dagger, some police start running toward them.

* ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' is a partial example, since [[UnfazedEveryman Arthur Dent]] knows Ford Prefect quite well, but doesn't know he's an alien with the only means of [[ApocalypseWow escaping earth]] until he shows up [[TakeThis with a towel]] and a signaling device.

* In ''[[Literature/Twilight2005 Twilight]]'', Edward rescuing Bella from the [[AttemptedRape would-be-rapists]] in Port Angeles:

--->'''Grace:''' Come with me, or you're gonna die in the next thirty seconds!

->''"Come with me if you want to live]"''

->''"[[TropeNamers Come with me if you want to live!]]"''
-->-- '''Random badasses''' in [[OncePerEpisode pretty much every]] ''{{Franchise/Terminator}}'' work

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* In ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2008'' ComicBook/KangTheConqueror of all people pulls this on the title characters in issue #19.

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* Saito in ''{{Film/Inception}}'' pulls up in car in Kenya and rescues Dom from the [[DisproportionateRetribution absurdly]] [[YouHaveFailedMe vindictive assassins]] from a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive rival corporation]]. Saito is also a former victim of Dom's mind-hacking who turned the tables on Dom and hired him, so this is a "friend or foe" example.

* This is the tagline for the movie-within-a-movie in ''Film/AmericasSweethearts''.[[/folder]]

* In the ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' episode [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E5AHenInTheWolfHouse "A Hen in the Wolf House"]], [[Comicbook/{{Mockingbird}} Bobbi Morse]], introduced earlier as the head of Comicbook/{{HYDRA}} security, reveals herself as a Comicbook/{{SHIELD}} TheMole by saving Simmons (who's also a reverse mole, but just had her cover blown) from HYDRA {{Mooks}} and helping her escape.
** The episode [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS7E05ATroutInTheMilk "A Trout in the Milk"]] is even more blatant with Enoch rescuing part of the team with the variation, "Come with me if you want to continue to exist."

* ''{{Series/Chuck}}'': Chuck's mom says this line to him, fittingly, since [[ActorAllusion she is played]] by Creator/LindaHamilton, who originally played Sarah Connor in the ''{{Franchise/Terminator}}'' films.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose "Rose"]]: The Ninth Doctor meets Rose this way, saying only "Run!" before dragging her off through a series of basement corridors and an elevator that can be conveniently sealed via sonic screwdriver.
** He gives this speech to a minor character in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf "Bad Wolf"]], after escaping from a DeadlyGame of ''Series/BigBrother'', promising that if she came with him he'd protect her. [[spoiler:He fails in the next episode.]]
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii "The Fires of Pompeii"]]: [[spoiler:He saves a family from Pompeii's destruction by landing in their living room as the eruption occurs, holding out his hand as ethereal light streams from behind him, saying "Come with me."]]

* ''{{Series/Eureka}}'''s Fargo uses the line as a ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' ShoutOut in the episode "Momstrosity".

* ''[[VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh TRON 2.0]]'': Like the ''Film/TronLegacy'' example above (and probably inspired it, despite being AlternateContinuity), Jet is able to escape the Game Grid when his opponent Mercury blasts her way out and orders him to follow.
* In ''Franchise/MassEffect'', Commander Shepard is often fond of this form of rescue, though his/her introductions to Liara, Tali, and Jack are the best examples.

* Jeremy in ''VisualNovel/FatalHearts'' shows up in his car to provide a convenient escape from certain sticky situations the protagonist gets into. It's the player's choice whether to take it or not.

* Episode ''Thirty'' of ''WebVideo/OneHundredYardStare'' has Avery tell Bowie to come with her rather than return to his house after being escaping from the Antibody Squad.
* Somewhat PlayedForLaughs at the very end of the first Season of ''Series/WarpZoneProject''. The character that gets told the line is immortal, but is still escaping AFateWorseThanDeath thanks to the unexpected savior who's none other than [[spoiler:a time-travelling duplicate of the protagonist who, last thing the audience knew, had gotten turned into a zombie]].
* The ''WebVideo/HalfInTheBag'' review of ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' ends with future versions of Mike and Jay showing up and saying this. Their present selves make no attempt to leave.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': In [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E08AnInsideMan "An Inside Man"]], a [[DressingAsTheEnemy disguised]] Kanan and Ezra, attempting to escape Lothal City's Imperial complex during a lockdown, get rescued by the TheMole in this fashion, ordered into an elevator under the pretense of coming with him to check the perimeter — with the added complication that they don't initially know he's on their side, as the last time they interacted with him was before his HeelFaceTurn.

* In ''{{Literature/Twilight}}'', Edward rescuing Bella from the [[AttemptedRape would-be-rapists]] in Port Angeles:

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' Terminator-inspired plot, the future version of CampGay Xandir says "Come on me if you want to live," while rescuing Wooldoor (whose happy children's show brought on the idyllic "gay future"). "Don't you mean 'Come ''with'' me?'" "Why, what'd I say?"

* In ''Film/DoraAndTheLostCityOfGold'', the live-action movie version of ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'', the line is quoted in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pqWmfOzpcM the trailer]].

* ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'' spins a dark twist on the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' mythos when [[spoiler:the primary agent of the [[BigBad Skedar]] "Mr. Blonde" infiltrates the dataDyne headquarters, [[KillEmAll planting a bomb and killing everyone]] except the CEO [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Cassandra De Vries]]. Blonde disarms her gun and informs her "Go to the helipad, if you want to live". The subversion is that its not for her own safety, but ultimately to be brought to "[[KangarooCourt Skedar Justice]]" aboard the mothership]]. The overall effect is heightened by some remarkably Terminator-esque music, sans the hopeful tone in the original piece.

* In ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Kang the Conqueror]] of all people pulls this on the title characters.

* Saya in ''ComicBook/DeadlyClass'' is introduced this way, arriving on a [[BikerBabe motorcycle]].

* "[[TropeNamer Come with me if you want to live]]", said in this context, is one of the iconic lines from the ''{{Franchise/Terminator}}'' franchise, occurring [[OncePerEpisode once in every movie]] as well as in the pilot of ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles''. John Connor says it first to Sarah, after she initially assumes he's the SerialKiller bumping off people with her name until the Terminator tries to shoot her. When the T-800 says the same to Sarah, it's a CallBack to that scene and it may even have been programmed with the phrase as a TrustPassword by a future John Connor. Subverted in ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate''.

* "[[TropeNamer Come with me if you want to live]]", said in this context, is one of the iconic lines from the ''{{Franchise/Terminator}}'' franchise, occurring [[OncePerEpisode once in every movie]] as well as in the pilot of ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles''. John Connor says it first to Sarah, after she initially assumes he's the SerialKiller bumping off people with her name until the Terminator tries to shoot her before Reese pulls a BigDamnHeroes. When the T-800 says the same to Sarah, it's a CallBack to that scene and may even have been deliberately programmed with the phrase as a TrustPassword by a future John Connor. Subverted in ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate''.

* "[[TropeNamer Come with me if you want to live]]", said in this context, is one of the iconic lines from the ''{{Franchise/Terminator}}'' franchise, occurring [[OncePerEpisode once in every movie]] as well as in the pilot of ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles''. At one point it's implied that John Connor [[TrustPassword established this as a codephrase]] for "I'm from the future and I'm on your side". [[RetCon However people in the past are supposed to guess that...]]
** It ''does'' seem to make sense as a codephrase in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' in [[spoiler:convincing Sarah Connor that the T-800 is there to help her]].

->''"[[TropeNamers Come with me if you want to live!"''

->"''Come with me if you want to live!''"