History Main / FutileHandReach

-->-- '''Ameer and Jonathan''', talking about this cliche, ''TheLibrary''

-->-- '''Ameer and Jonathan''', talking about a Christmas tale that the former had written, ''TheLibrary''

* In ''{{Darker than Black}}: Shikkoku no Hana'' Misaki Kirihara ran toward Hei about to enter a portal, screaming [[SecretIdentityIdentity his old identity's]] name and extending an open hand toward him. She was [[TearJerker very sad and broken]] when he didn't even turn, [[HeIsNotMyBoyfriend however loud]] she may [[DatingCatwoman deny her very personal interest]]. Also a nice contrast with their previous at crime scene meetings when she [[RecklessGunUsage aimed at his fleeing back but never could fire even a warning shot]].

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'''Jonathan''': "It's terribly cliche."\\

'''[[ThoseTwoGuys Both]]:''' [[MemeticMutation Do-ho-ho-ho-hoh!]]
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Not to be confused with TakeMyHand, although the two ''could'' overlap.

'''Ameer''': "Shut up."\\

-->-- '''[[TheLibrary Ameer and Jonathan]], talking about a Christmas tale that the former had written.'''

* In [[NarUto Naruto]], Sakura reaches out and runs to the middle of the first fight between Sasuke and Naruto. Those two had their hands out as well, but in their hands were special techniques they were trying to use to fight each other.

* In an [[XMen X-Men]]/[[TeenTitans Teen Titans]] crossover in a 1980s comic, Cyclops does this towards Jean (in her Dark Phoenix form) as Darkseid takes control of her.

* In [[Film/TransFormers Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]], Sam Witwicky does this when Optimus Prime is about to be stabbed by Megatron. And then again at the end of the movie by a dying Sam when the sock full of [[MacGuffin Macguffin dust, I mean, the Matrix of the Primes]] gets torn and the dust flies away. [[spoiler: [[IGotBetter Optimus, the Matrix, and Sam all get better though]].]]
* In [[Film/XMen X-Men: The Last Stand]], Magneto does this towards Jean after he's been [[spoiler: zapped by the anti-mutant drug]].
* The titular character in [[HarryPotter Harry Potter]] And [[TheChamberOfSecrets The Chamber Of Secrets]], towards young Hagrid in a [[PensieveFlashback Pensieve Flashback]] in which he was shown to have been hiding a monster which he thought was the monster of the chamber.
* In [[Film/HuLk Hulk (the 2003 one)]], Bruce Banner's mother pulls one of these, not towards Bruce, but towards a [[spoiler: gigantic Gamma mushroom cloud.]]
* In [[Film/SpiderMan Spider-Man 3]], the title character does this towards Mary Jane [[spoiler: while being pummeled to death by Sandman and choked by Venom]].
* In [[Film/FantasticFour Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer]], Reed does this towards Sue after [[spoiler: Sue gets stabbed by Doom. [[IGotBetter She gets better.]]]]
* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in [[Film/IronMan Iron Man 2]], when Tony reaches out to Rhoades during the battle with [[spoiler: Crimson Dynamo!Whiplash. He's really trying to signal Rhoadey to use a [[ChekhovsSkill Chekhov's Skill]] from a few scenes before.]]
* In [[LawrenceOfArabia Lawrence of Arabia]], Lawrence does this towards one of his companions, who just sunk into quicksand.

* [[TropeNamer Trope Namer]] is from the video web series, [[TheLibrary The Library]], in which [[DeadpanSnarker Jonathan Playmaker]] points out this cliche in Ameer's Christmas story, and asks him what he calls this motion. Ameer replies with "It's that thing you see in every movie before something bad happens. It's....it's a futile hand reach!"

* [[{{Batman}} The Dark Knight]] himself pulls one of these in [[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman: The Animated Series]] after Scarecrow throws Barbara Gordon off a building. [[spoiler: [[IGotBetter She gets better.]]]]
* Batman does this towards Superman in [[JusticeLeague Justice League]] after he gets shot and killed by Toyman's energy weapon. [[spoiler: Superman is only in the distant future, and comes back just in time to save Earth.]]

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* In [[Film/TransFormers Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]], Sam Witwicky does this when Optimus is about to be stabbed by Megatron. And then again at the end of the movie by a dying Sam when the sock full of [[MacGuffin Macguffin dust, I mean, the Matrix of the Primes]] gets torn and the dust flies away. [[spoiler: [[IGotBetter They both get better though]].]]

* In [[Film/TransFormers Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]], Sam Witwicky does this when Optimus is about to be stabbed by Megatron. (Although, if you look closely, Sam's screaming Optimus' name [[FridgeLogic caused the big guy to be distracted and get stabbed]]) And then again at the end of the movie by a dying Sam when the sock full of [[MacGuffin Macguffin dust, I mean, the Matrix of the Primes]] gets torn and the dust flies away. [[spoiler: [[IGotBetter They both get better though]].]]

* In [[Film/SherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes]], Watson does this to Holmes right before the pier [[spoiler: gets blown sky high.]]

* [[BatMan The Dark Knight]] himself pulls one of these in [[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman: The Animated Series]] after Scarecrow throws Barbara Gordon off a building. [[spoiler: [[IGotBetter She gets better.]]]]

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'''[[TheLibrary Ameer and Jonathan]], talking about a Christmas tale that the former had written.'''

-->-- '''[[TheLibrary Ameer and Jonathan]], talking about a Christmas tale that the former had written.'''

-->-- [[TheLibrary Ameer and Jonathan]], talking about a Christmas tale that the former had written.

[[TheLibrary Ameer and Jonathan]], talking about a Christmas tale that the former had written.

-->--[[TheLibrary Ameer and Jonathan]], talking about a Christmas tale that the former had written.

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