Basic Trope: Getting someone away from oncoming danger by grabbing and carrying them away.
- Straight: Bob grabs Alice and runs away from an incoming army.
- Exaggerated: Bob grabs Alice, Charlie, Dracone, Eva, and Tropey the Wonder Dog and carries them all away.
- Downplayed: Bob lets Alice lean on him as they escape.
- Justified: Alice experienced a Power-Strain Blackout and Bob is also in no shape to defeat the threat, so grabbing Alice and retreating is the only option.
- Inverted:
- Bob grabs Alice and carries her toward danger.
- Bob carries the hazard away from Alice.
- Subverted: ???
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied:
- Bob picks up Alice and carries her away...from a tiny house spider on the floor.
- Bob picks up someone twice his size; by the time they get to safety, he is very tired.
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: No one carries anyone away from danger.
- Enforced: Alice's actress breaks her foot during the big battle scene, meaning it has to be shortened. The author changes the script so the battle goes against them and Bob has to carry Alice (really a stunt double) away from danger.
- Lampshaded: "Carrying me away from the battle, Bob? You want to wreck my Action Girl image?"
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Implied: Bob staggers in the door, covered in dust and scrapes and carrying the half-conscious Alice. When Charlie asks if she's all right, she says, "Yes, thanks to Bob's love for track."
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