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* This happens in the climax of ''{{Film/Shazam|2019}}'' when [[spoiler:Freddy, now a superhero, is saving the people stuck on the collapsing Ferris Wheel. When it’s time to save the Breyer brothers, he rescues them while giving them suitcase wedgies. The very same type of wedgie they gave to him earlier in the film.]]

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* This happens in the climax of ''{{Film/Shazam|2019}}'' ''Film/Shazam2019'' when [[spoiler:Freddy, now a superhero, is saving the people stuck on the collapsing Ferris Wheel. When it’s time to save the Breyer brothers, he rescues them while giving them suitcase wedgies. The very same type of wedgie they gave to him earlier in the film.]]
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* This happens in the climax of ''{{Film/Shazam}}'' when [[spoiler:Freddy, now a superhero, is saving the people stuck on the collapsing Ferris Wheel. When it’s time to save the Breyer brothers, he rescues them while giving them suitcase wedgies. The very same type of wedgie they gave to him earlier in the film.]]

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* This happens in the climax of ''{{Film/Shazam}}'' ''{{Film/Shazam|2019}}'' when [[spoiler:Freddy, now a superhero, is saving the people stuck on the collapsing Ferris Wheel. When it’s time to save the Breyer brothers, he rescues them while giving them suitcase wedgies. The very same type of wedgie they gave to him earlier in the film.]]
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* Falco of ''VideoGame/StarFox'' fame basically treats ''any'' rescue as one of these. His responses will range from ashamed ("I'm not too proud of what you just witnessed") to full-on Snark ("[[SarcasmMode Gee, I've been saved by Fox, how swell.]]"), depending on the game.

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* Falco of ''VideoGame/StarFox'' ''Franchise/StarFox'' fame basically treats ''any'' rescue as one of these. His responses will range from ashamed ("I'm not too proud of what you just witnessed") to full-on Snark ("[[SarcasmMode Gee, I've been saved by Fox, how swell.]]"), depending on the game.



* Ancient Rome had a decoration for people who would save a comrade about to be killed by the enemy. Around the time of Julius Cesar they stopped awarding it, because none of the rescuees would admit to having been in any serious danger.
* If you need bailing out by an authority figure with help you feel you shouldn’t need, there’s a good chance it’ll be this.

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* Ancient Rome had a decoration for people who would save a comrade about to be killed by the enemy. Around the time of Julius Cesar Caesar, they stopped awarding it, because none of the rescuees would admit to having been in any serious danger.
* If you need bailing out by an authority figure with help you feel you shouldn’t shouldn't need, there’s there's a good chance it’ll it'll be this.



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* The ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'' comics [includes links to relevant online pages, which may contain spoilers]: [[http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics/OQ/OQ04/DisplayOQ04.html?page=1 Cutter saves his rival Rayek's life, which makes Rayek so mad he mentally lashes out at Cutter and knocks him out.]] Ten years and a lot of CharacterDevelopment later, [[http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics/OQ/OQ16/DisplayOQ16.html?page=14 he returns the favor, and is sure to tell Cutter he owes him nothing now.]] Later, [[http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics/OQ/OQ17/DisplayOQ17.html?page=6 he rescues Cutter from a troll trap (after being blackmailed by Suntop), but deliberately puts him down on the wrong side, so Cutter has to fight the enemy Trolls.]]
* How many times has Franchise/SpiderMan had to rescue J. Jonah Jameson? Don't ask. This Trope applied ''every'' time it happened, and even Spidey got rather sick of it after a while.
* Mary Jane is more than a little disgusted when ComicBook/{{Venom}} has to rescue her from Carnage in a nightclub during the ''ComicBook/MaximumCarnage'' storyline. Venom tells her to tell Peter they are "even" and then licks her with the costume's tongue before going back to resume the battle.

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* The ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'' comics [includes links to relevant online pages, which may contain spoilers]: ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'': [[http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics/OQ/OQ04/DisplayOQ04.html?page=1 Cutter saves his rival Rayek's life, which makes Rayek so mad he mentally lashes out at Cutter and knocks him out.]] Ten years and a lot of CharacterDevelopment later, [[http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics/OQ/OQ16/DisplayOQ16.html?page=14 he returns the favor, and is sure to tell Cutter he owes him nothing now.]] Later, [[http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics/OQ/OQ17/DisplayOQ17.html?page=6 he rescues Cutter from a troll trap (after being blackmailed by Suntop), but deliberately puts him down on the wrong side, so Cutter has to fight the enemy Trolls.]]
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How many times has Franchise/SpiderMan Spider-Man had to rescue J. Jonah Jameson? Don't ask. This Trope applied ''every'' time it happened, and even Spidey got rather sick of it after a while.
* ** Mary Jane is more than a little disgusted when ComicBook/{{Venom}} has to rescue her from Carnage ComicBook/{{Carnage}} in a nightclub during the ''ComicBook/MaximumCarnage'' storyline. Venom tells her to tell Peter they are "even" and then licks her with the costume's tongue before going back to resume the battle.
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* ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'' has an episode where Kaname and her classmate Ren (who turns out to be a YakuzaPrincess) get kidnapped by a group who opposes her father's zaibatsu. Their rescue comes in the form of Sosuke leading the Mikihara Zaibatsu into battle wearing Bonta-kun suits; for the uninitiated, these are [[GoofySuit theme park mascot costumes]] that Sosuke converted into PoweredArmor (looks like WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse, fights like Film/{{Robocop}}). Kaname is grateful for the rescue but still finds it embarrassing, while Ren says that she thinks they're adorable.

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* ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'' has an episode where Kaname and her classmate Ren (who turns out to be a YakuzaPrincess) get kidnapped by a group who opposes her father's zaibatsu. Their rescue comes in the form of Sosuke leading the Mikihara Zaibatsu into battle wearing Bonta-kun suits; for the uninitiated, these are [[GoofySuit theme park mascot costumes]] that Sosuke converted into PoweredArmor (looks like WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse, fights like Film/{{Robocop}}).Franchise/RoboCop). Kaname is grateful for the rescue but still finds it embarrassing, while Ren says that she thinks they're adorable.

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* This happens in the climax of ''{{Film/Shazam}}'' when [[spoiler:Freddy, now a superhero, is saving the people stuck on the collapsing Ferris Wheel. When it’s time to save the Breyer brothers, he rescues them while giving them suitcase wedgies. The very same type of wedgie they gave to him earlier in the film.]]



* This happens in the climax of ''Film/Shazam'' when [[spoiler:Freddy, now a superhero, is saving the people stuck on the falling Ferris Wheel. When it’s time to save the Breyer brothers, he rescues them while giving them suitcase wedgies. The very same type of wedgie they gave to him earlier in the film.]]

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