Quotes / Rescue Romance

"When I'm in trouble, my hero will come to my rescue. I want to experience that at least once."

—Tifa Lockhart, Final Fantasy VII

Any damsel that's in distress - she'll be out of that dress when she meets Jim West.

— Will Smith, Wild Wild West.

"What could I possibly be suggesting? I mean, a young woman gets saved by a dashing commander who lets her join his crew and then goes off to save the galaxy? How could she possibly develop any kind of interest in him?"

—Tali'Zorah, Mass Effect 2

Donnic: Who...Ave...Aveline? You're a beautiful sight.
Aveline: (embarrassed) Guardsman?
Donnic: I mean, uh, I was on patrol and they came out of nowhere...

—Dragon Age II

(After surviving an attempted bus bombing)
Annie: You're not going to get mushy on me, are you?
Jack: Maybe. I might.
Annie: I hope not, 'cause you know, relationships that start under intense circumstances, they never last.
Jack: Oh yeah?
Annie: Yeah, I've done extensive study on this.
{Later, after surviving a train crash)
Jack: I have to warn you, I've heard relationships based on intense experiences never work.
Annie: OK. We'll have to base it on sex then.
Jack: Whatever you say, ma'am.

—Speed

"Well, thanks for everything, you know, saving my life and stuff."

—Rhonda (to Val, shortly before The Big Damn Kiss), Tremors

Erica: Is this going to work?

The Doctor: Trust me. I pop it in there. Machine goes ping. Lab goes boom. World is saved. You develop a pretty intense crush on me.

— Doctor Who, "The Pyramid at the End of the World"

Karvanyar: But wait, who are you? Who recovered me with your kiss as if you were a daughter of Oslira, Beautiful Watery Nymph?

— "Tragedy of Dragonslayer Karvanyar", a RuneQuest fanfiction

"They escaped the wretched fortress, and yet, something bound them together. Ozma had been ready to give his life for justice countless times, but now saw a woman worth saving it for. And Salem, to her surprise, found her freedom not in the outside world she had yearned for, but in the eyes of the man who had saved her."

— Jinn's narration, RWBY

Nyssa: When I found you, you were starving, and alone, simply waiting to die. (strokes her hair) The League took you in... nursed you back to health. The only reason you're alive today is because of me.

Sara: Hey, I wasn't with you because you saved me. I was with you... because I loved you.

— Arrow, "Heir to the Demon"

Muriel: It's a custom in these parts, that if you save a girl from drowning you must marry her.

Hercules: I'd hate to have a job as a lifesaver in this town.

— Hercules Returns

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