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* ''Film/TheTerminator'' has Kyle introduce himself to Sarah J. Connor by extricating her from Tech Noir just as the T-800 closes in for the kill. This is a theme that's carried on in the other films/TV series, accompanied by the CatchPhrase, "Come with me if you want to live."

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', Shrek and Donkey meet Princess Fiona when they rescue her from her tower.

->''"Hooray! Thank you for rescuing me. My name is Yoshi. On my way to rescue my friends, Bowser trapped me in that egg."

* A 2020 video of ''WebVideo/CreamHeroes'' has a pet example when Claire starts fostering a mother cat and her twin babies facing euthanasia...which turned into a foster failure in around a month when the rest of the cats warmed up to the now-named Nana, Dodo, and Toto.

* In the main story* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'': Sean [=MacGuire=] was captured by the law as the Van der Linde gang escaped Blackwater. A Chapter 2 mission has the gang rescuing him while he is being transferred, giving him a formal introduction to the player. of ''VideoGame/{{IMGCM}}'', Akisa Higashiyama, who was RetGone after a [[SpaceTimeEater demon]] ate her existence, is rescued by Omnis and the magical heroines by killing the demon who ate her existence. They first meet her after rescuing her. Her restoration and rescue pushed her to join the fight against them in order to prevent this from happening to others. Completing this episode will have SR-rare Akisa and unlocking her in the home menu as a reward.

A new character is met when the protagonists rescue them from a tricky situation, or when they rescue the protagonists. Often creates a strong emotional bond to a new character, as said rescue adds instant dramatic tension to any first impression. Depending on attitude and reaction of the character, it can act as an EstablishingCharacterMoment.

** The first one is Roronoa Zoro, the bounty hunter. While his name is mentioned quite a few times beforehand, we only get a clear shot of Zoro when Luffy sees him from over a wall. Luffy is already intent in rescuing and recruiting him by then.

** Camie the Mermaid is introduced in Hachi's cover story, having been eaten by a huge sea boar and then spat out thans to Hachi. She is reintroduced in the main story pretty much the same way, except she eaten by a sea rabbit this time.

* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk1962:'' Bruce gets hit by his own Gamma Bomb because, moments before the bomb was to go off, he saw a teenager had managed to drive right up to it, and rushed out to save him (he had told his assistant to cancel the detonation, but the assistant was a spy who let the bomb go off so it'd kill Banner). And that's how Bruce met Rick Jones.

* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': Lily is introduced in Chapter 7 of the original via a rescue by [[TheProtagonist Kyril]], Hugh and Harriet while she and her sisters are being [[PrisonRape raped in the Feoh dungeons]]. She later becomes Kyril's third [[TheApprentice apprentice]] via RecruitmentByRescue, participating in the war against the Black Dogs (aka the {{plot}}).

* In ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', Sarah comes across her second traveling companion, GentleGiant Ludo, as he's being tortured by goblins. She tosses rocks at their helmets, which sends them off in confusion. As she approaches him to free him from the ropes that they strung him up with, he roars at her and she chides him for acting that way towards someone trying to help him.

* How Dov meets his girlfriend in season 2 of ''Series/RookieBlue''. She's a bomb disposal expert called in to help him after he steps on bomb-trigger trap and rescues him from said trap.

** ''Franchise/MassEffect'': Ashley, Liara and Tali from the first game. The second game has Archangel and [[spoiler: Legion]], while [[BoxedCrook Jack]] and [[PeopleJars Grunt]] qualify to a lesser extent. The third game has Javik in the ''From Ashes DLC'', while Vega takes part in the ''Normandy's'' GunshipRescue to evacuate Shepard during the prologue. Subverted with [[spoiler: Wilson]] from the second game and [[spoiler: Maya Brooks]] from the third game's ''Citadel DLC'' respectively, who are both revealed to actually be TheMole and responsible for the attack they were rescued from.

** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', this is revealed to be how the Iron Bull met his right-hand man, Krem; Bull defended Krem, whom he didn't even know, in a bar fight. The incident cost Bull one of his eyes. Right after it was over, he introduced himself and invited Krem to join his mercenary company. Naturally, Krem has UndyingLoyalty to "the big idiot."

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', Celes is introduced just as Locke rescues her from the jail-cell.

* In the main story* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'': Sean [=MacGuire=] was captured by the law as the Van der Linde gang escaped Blackwater. A Chapter 2 mission has the gang rescuing him while he is being transferred, giving him a formal introduction to the player. of ''VideoGame/{{IMGCM}}'', Akisa Higashiyama, who was RetGone after a [[SpaceTimeEater demon]] ate her existence, is rescued by Omnis and the magical heroines by killing the demon who ate her existence. They firstly meet her after rescuing her. Her restoration and rescue pushed her to join the fight against them in order to prevent this from happening to others. Completing this episode will have SR-rare Akisa and unlocking her in the home menu as a reward.

* In the Literature/WhateleyUniverse, Team Kimba first meet Skyhawk when he swoops in and plucks Chaka off the roof of a car of bad guys just before it crashes. They first meet AntiHero The Lamplighter when he mistakes Chaka and Dyna-Man for supervillains and tries to kill them.

** Though she debuts in "Infiltrator", Artemis's is first hinted in the previous episode "Schooled" when she fires an arrow at Amazo to save Kid Flash.

** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'': Raiden meets the President of the United States and Emma Emmerich while trying to rescue them from the terrorists that have taken over the Big Shell.

* Richard is rescued by Seigi when he is introduced in ''LightNovel/TheCaseFilesOfJewelerRichard''.

* In the anime ''Anime/RomeoXJuliet'', this is how Juliet meets both Romeo and Tybalt.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Misato rescues Shinji from getting squashed by the First Angel/blown up by JSDF the very first time he sees her.

* Barnaby from ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' is introduced partway through the first episode when he swoops in and rescues protagonist Kotetsu by snatching him out of a fall, {{bridal| carry}}-style. This is {{played for laughs}} in that episode itself, soon becomes a RunningGag, and is even used as a [[BookEnds Book-End]].
* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': Makoto is introduced saving Usagi from either getting hit by a car ([[Manga/SailorMoon manga]] and ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'') or from JapaneseDelinquents ([[Anime/SailorMoon 1990s anime]]) depending on the version.
* ''Manga/BusoRenkin'': Kazuki first met Tokiko when he tried to save her from a man-eating homunculus. The rescue didn't go to plan, however, as Kazuki suffered a mortal wound, forcing Tokiko (who was only pretending to be in danger to lure the homunculus into a trap) to [[FirstEpisodeResurrection bring him back to life]] with a {{Magitech}} kakugane, making it a mutual rescue introduction.

* Richard is rescued by Seigi when he is introduced in ''LightNovel/TheCaseFilesOfJewelerRichard''.

* In ''The Blue Lotus'', ComicBook/{{Tintin}} meets Chang Chon-Chen by rescuing him from drowning in a flood.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'', Karolina first encounters Klara while rescuing her from a factory fire.
* ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'': Best friends Tails and Sonic first met when Sonic saved Tails from drowning in a swamp. He saw the two tails and thought that two foxes had fallen in, but it was just one boy with two tails.
* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk1962:'' Bruce gets hit by his own Gamma Bomb because, moments before the bomb was to go off, he saw a teenager had managed to drive right up to it, and rushed out to save him (he had told his assistant to cancel the detonation, but the assistant was a spy who let the bomb go off so it'd kill Banner). And that's how Bruce met Rick Jones.

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'': Hercules meets Megara when rescuing her from a monstrous centaur.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'': Ariel meets Eric after he is accidentally separated from his ship during a hurricane, and brings him to shore to prevent him from drowning.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'': Phoebus first meets Esmeralda after he saves her from being arrested by his own teammates.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'': Raiden meets the President of the United States and Emma Emmerich while trying to rescue them from the terrorists that have taken over the Big Shell.
* In the first ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' Snake meets Otacon by rescuing him from the Cyborg Ninja.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', Celes is introduced just as Locke rescues her from the jail-cell.

* In the sixth installment of the ''VideoGame/DarkParables'', the Fairytale Detective meets Literature/{{Jack|AndTheBeanstalk}} when he saves her from being killed by Prince Leonard.
* ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorVanguard'': The first time the player sees the Bazooka Operator, he is [[ParachuteInATree trapped in a tree by his parachute]], the player then gets to cut him down from the tree.
* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'': Sean [=MacGuire=] was captured by the law as the Van der Linde gang escaped Blackwater. A Chapter 2 mission has the gang rescuing him while he is being transferred, giving him a formal introduction to the player.
* In the main story of ''VideoGame/{{IMGCM}}'', Akisa Higashiyama, who was RetGone after a [[SpaceTimeEater demon]] ate her existence, is rescued by Omnis and the magical heroines by killing the demon who ate her existence. They firstly meet her after rescuing her. Her restoration and rescue pushed her to join the fight against them in order to prevent this from happening to others. Completing this episode will have SR-rare Akisa and unlocking her in the home menu as a reward.

* A 2020 video of ''WebVideo/CreamHeroes'' has a pet example when Claire starts fostering a mother cat and her twin babies facing euthanasia...which turned into a foster failure in around a month when the rest of the cats warmed up to the now-named Nana, Dodo, and Toto.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackofNotreDame'': Phoebus first meets Esmeralda after he saves her from being arrested by his own teammates.

* In ''Series/{{Haven}}'', Duke is introduced after having rescued Audrey from drowning. Earlier in the episode, Nathan is introduced just prior to saving Audrey from going over a cliff in her rental car.

* In ''Series/{{Haven}}'', Duke is introduced after having rescued Audrey from drowning.

* In the main story of ''VideoGame/{{MGCM}}'', Akisa Higashiyama, who was RetGone after a [[SpaceTimeEater demon]] ate her existence, is rescued by Omnis and the magical heroines by killing the demon who ate her existence. They firstly meet her after rescuing her. Her restoration and rescue pushed her to join the fight against them in order to prevent this from happening to others. Completing this episode will have SR-rare Akisa and unlocking her in the home menu as a reward.