History Main / LovedOnesMontage

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* In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', as Goku [[DavidVersusGoliath fights a losing battle against Frieza,]] at one point he's forced underwater, and seems to drown and stop struggling. However, this trope comes into play as the faces of his friends flash before his eyes, giving him the motivation to break Frieza's grip and continue the fight.
* ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo'' makes particularly gratuitous use of this.
* ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' gave one to Syaoran, [[MindScrew I think--I think]].
* In ''Manga/Reborn2004'':
** Tsuna had one.
** The effect of the Rebuke/Insult Shot is basically this, triggering a Calm Fury.
* Sesshomaru in the climax of ''Anime/InuYashaTheMovieSwordsOfAnHonorableRuler'' (third movie) Despite the fact that he denies "having anyone to protect". The manga had the theme since midway through the arc where Inu Yasha acquired Tessaiga, but didn't belabor it.
* ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'':
** Naruto does this in....well, basically every fight he gets in.
** The Third Hokage does this before preparing to use [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Reaper Death Seal]] on Orochimaru, declaring that the entire village of Konoha is his family.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'':
** In the Noa Arc of the anime, this gives Anzu the courage to cross a rickety rope bridge to escape from some monsters that wanted to eat her.
** This continues well into ''[[Anime/YuGiOhGX GX]]'' as well. The best example is easily [[spoiler:at the final moments of season 3's final showdown when Judai flashes back to everyone he's ever befriended at Duel Academy]], though that was more along the lines of "This one's for you, everybody."

* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'':

** The inverse of this happens in the ''Sailor Moon R'' NonSerialMovie, where each of the senshi remembers how they used to be alone and friendless, and then a pivotal moment in which Usagi extended her friendship to them.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** Ichigo does this during his final battle with Grimmjow.
** And again, when [[spoiler:first activating his Fullbring powers.]]
* Heartbreakingly inverted in ''Manga/OnePiece'' anime {{Wham Episode}} where Luffy has a {{Heroic BSOD}} [[spoiler: after being unable to defend his TrueCompanions from being vanished by an enemy and a montage set to Binks' Sake shows his friends and [[DebutQueue the circumstances which led to them joining his crew]]]] to reinforce his absolute shock and horror, as well as his ultimate helplessness. Later played straight [[spoiler:and pulls Luffy out of his HeroicBSOD after Ace's death when he remembers his crew and decides to reunite with them.]]

* In the ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' anime, Yusuke has one of these as he's being tortured to death by Suzaku.
** Yusuke has the montage, but [[DownplayedTrope still loses his fight against Yomi]].
* Happens in ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]'' prior to the final attack against Ulube.

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* In ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'', Cloud has one during his fight with Sephiroth, allowing him to overcome, then beat the tar out of Sephiroth.
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* Early drafts of the script for ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' had this with Obi-Wan and Yoda appearing to Luke during the battle with the Emperor and helping him resist his power.

** ''VideoGame/Persona3'' does this as well, [[spoiler:though with a more tragic end. After the HopelessBossFight with Nyx, the hero has visions of his maxed Social Links, which gives him the strength needed for his HeroicSacrifice]].
* ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireII'' has this as well, as part of the sequence leading up to the ClimacticBattleResurrection.

* In ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Street Fighter Alpha 3]]'', this is how Ryu resists M. Bison's mind control.

* Subverted in ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'' during [[spoiler: Zack's LastStand]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Arfenhouse}} 3'', the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' method is used to revive Housemaster.

* Spidey uses friendship force fields vs. the symbiote in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''.
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''; in the episode "Jack and the Monks", Jack sees visions of his home and his loved ones, motivating him to make the last push to the top of the mountain he's climbing.

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* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':

* Heartbreakingly inverted in ''Manga/OnePiece'' anime {{Wham Episode}} where Luffy has a {{Heroic BSOD}} [[spoiler: after being unable to defend his TrueCompanions from being vanished by an enemy and a montage set to Binks' Sake shows his friends and [[DebutQueue the circumstances which led to them joining his crew]]]] to reinforce his absolute shock and horror, as well as his ultimate helplessness.\\
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Later played straight [[spoiler:and pulls Luffy out of his HeroicBSOD after Ace's death when he remembers his crew and decides to reunite with them.]]

* In ''Anime/WeissKreuz'', Youji does this for the rest of his team while contemplating death at the hands of a small private army. In a junkyard.

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* Happens to both the Fourth and more notably the Fifth [[Series/DoctorWho Doctors]] before regenerating.

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** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' has this [[spoiler: during the True Ending. After Izanami-no-Okami wipes out the entire party by pulling their souls into the netherworld, the hero is shown laid out and rapidly fading away. At this point, he will have a vision of every person whose Social Link you maxed out (which means at the very least seeing Teddie) cheering him on, allowing him to create the World persona and completely defeat Izanami.]]
** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' did this as well [[spoiler: though with a more tragic end. After the HopelessBossFight with Nyx, the hero has visions of his maxed Social Links, which gives him the strength needed for his HeroicSacrifice.]]

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* In ''Anime/DragonballZ'', as Goku [[DavidVersusGoliath fights a losing battle against Frieza,]] at one point he's forced underwater, and seems to drown and stop struggling. However, this trope comes into play as the faces of his friends flash before his eyes, giving him the motivation to break Frieza's grip and continue the fight.

* In ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'':

* In ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' (at least in the first manga), this trope is intentionally invoked by Setsuna on Negi during their fight (she wants him to win). She narrates the montage.

* Done in ''Manga/{{Gunnm}}'' and ''Gunnm: Last Order'' quite a few times.

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona}}'':