Basic Trope: A hero saves an unlikable person to showcase their selflessness.
- Straight: Hiro rescues his Jerkass rival, Ichigo, from falling off of a building.
- Exaggerated:
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- Hiro saves a magnitude of unrepentant jerks from a collapsing building.
- Downplayed: Hiro helps his grouchy neighbor from falling off the stairs.
- Justified:
- Hiro has a strong desire to help others, even if some are assholes.
- Even if Ichigo was a jerk, Hiro considers it immoral to leave him to suffer a horrible fate he wouldn't wish on anyone.
- Hiro is a firm believer of turning the other cheek.
- Inverted:
- Ichigo, a jerk, goes on to rescue Hiro.
- Villainous Rescue.
- Subverted: It were to appear that Hiro was coming to save Ichigo, but he went the opposite direction, leaving him to fall off the cliff.
- Double Subverted: ...only for Hiro to save Ichigo at the very last minute.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: Hiro saves those who deserve it.
- Enforced: "Having Hero save Ichigo will show the audience how much of a pure hero he is."
- Lampshaded: "After how much of a jerk I've been, you're rescuing me?"
- Invoked: Hiro's mentor tests him to prove his heroism by having him save Ichigo.
- Exploited: Ichigo expects Hiro to always save anyone matter how bad they are and wants him to save him just so he can return abusing him for his ego and amusement.
- Defied:
- "Screw you, Ichigo! Go to hell!"
- Ichigo refuses to be rescued by Hiro.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Deconstructed: Ichigo continues to treat Hiro like crap after saving him.
- Reconstructed: Hiro doesn't care. He just knows Ichigo isn't enough of a bad person to actually deserve that sort of fate.
- Played For Drama: Hiro tries to save Ichigo, who refuses to let him because he doesn't see himself as worth the time or effort, and lets himself fall.
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