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* ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'', of all shows used this in the 4th season--Castle, Beckett, and the CIA are racing against time to find the 'linchpin' a mysterious organization is targeting to trigger World War III and bring the US to its knees. [[spoiler: It turns out to be the daughter of an influential Chinese businessman; her [[ForWantOfANail assassination is projected to lead to the businessman turning his influence against the US, leading to a falling out with China which leaves the US in a crippling debt crisis.]]]] This question is {{Lampshaded}} at the end of the episode.

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* ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'', of all shows used this in the 4th season--Castle, Beckett, and the CIA are racing against time to find the 'linchpin' a mysterious organization is targeting to trigger World War III and bring the US to its knees. [[spoiler: It turns out to be the daughter of an influential Chinese businessman; her [[ForWantOfANail assassination is projected to lead to the businessman turning his influence against the US, leading to a falling out with China which leaves the US in a crippling debt crisis.]]]] ]] This question is {{Lampshaded}} at the end of the episode.
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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'', of all shows used this in the 4th season--Castle, Beckett, and the CIA are racing against time to find the 'linchpin' a mysterious organization is targeting to trigger World War III and bring the US to its knees. [[spoiler: It turns out to be the daughter of an influential Chinese businessman; her [[ForWantOfANail assassination is projected to lead to the businessman turning his influence against the US, leading to a falling out with China which leaves the US in a crippling debt crisis.]]]] This question is {{Lampshaded}} at the end of the episode.

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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'', ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'', of all shows used this in the 4th season--Castle, Beckett, and the CIA are racing against time to find the 'linchpin' a mysterious organization is targeting to trigger World War III and bring the US to its knees. [[spoiler: It turns out to be the daughter of an influential Chinese businessman; her [[ForWantOfANail assassination is projected to lead to the businessman turning his influence against the US, leading to a falling out with China which leaves the US in a crippling debt crisis.]]]] This question is {{Lampshaded}} at the end of the episode.
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The other characters may not even know exactly ''why'' they're protecting this person. They may just have to be in a certain place in a certain time, or they may just have enough influence on others or on their surroundings that eliminating them would [[ForWantOfANail cause the situation to become incredibly tedious at best, and apocalyptic at worst]].

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The other characters may not even know exactly ''why'' they're protecting this person. They may just have to be in a certain place in a certain time, or they may just have enough influence on others or on their surroundings that eliminating them would [[ForWantOfANail cause the situation to become incredibly tedious at best, and apocalyptic at worst]].
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* ''Fanfic/{{Recoil}}'': [[spoiler:Aster Anders]] goes back in time with a single instruction, to assist Taylor.
--> "''Brockton Bay. Nineteen eighty-nine. Find Weaver. She knows how to save the world. Help her. Do not use your powers.''"
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* ''VideoGame/ExtrapowerAttackOfDarkforce'': This becomes the de facto situation after Emerald gets kidnapped by Dark Force. With one final opportunity to invade the Dark Force mothership, the objective to rescue Emerald overlaps with the objectives to neutralize the Dark Strike Cannon before it destroys the Earth and apprehend Dark Force once and for all, and so rescuing Emerald is rescuing the Earth. [[spoiler: Becomes more literal in the True End route, when after all that the corrupting cosmic energy of Dark Power possesses Emerald's body and flees into a pocket dimension. Now rescuing Emerald means ending the cosmic threat that seeks to destroy everything in the universe.]]
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* Wiki/TheOtherWiki relates the Judaic legend of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzadikim_Nistarim ''tzadikim nistarim'']] ("hidden righteous ones," also known as the ''lamed-vavniks'' (literally, the 36)). It is said God keeps the whole world spinning because of thirty-six righteous souls, who are unaware of their importance.

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* Wiki/TheOtherWiki Website/TheOtherWiki relates the Judaic legend of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzadikim_Nistarim ''tzadikim nistarim'']] ("hidden righteous ones," also known as the ''lamed-vavniks'' (literally, the 36)). It is said God keeps the whole world spinning because of thirty-six righteous souls, who are unaware of their importance.
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** In Season 4, [[spoiler: three members of The Legion of Superheroes have traveled to the past in order to prevent the son of General Zod from killing Superboy, who will end up being the main inspiration for the Legion to form a thousand years in the future. Said Legion will also prevent the future General Zod from taking over the Galaxy, which is why is son, Lor Zod [[note]] Christopher Kent in the comics[[/note]], has traveled to the past to prevent the Legions formation and to free his father and the other Kyrptonian criminals a thousand years early.]]

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** In Season 4, [[spoiler: three members of The Legion of Superheroes have traveled to the past in order to prevent the son of General Zod from killing Superboy, who will end up being the main inspiration for the Legion to form a thousand years in the future. Said Legion will also prevent the future General Zod from taking over the Galaxy, which is why is his son, Lor Zod [[note]] Christopher Kent in the comics[[/note]], Zod, has traveled to the past to prevent the Legions formation and to free his father and the other Kyrptonian criminals from the Phantom Zone a thousand years early.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'': It's predicted that the death of the Flash will be a trigger for Armageddon since he's the PluckyComicRelief keeping them on the rails. (In a MirrorUniverse, his death instigated the rise of the [[KnightTemplar Justice Lords]]). Flash [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this in "The Doomsday Sanction", to his own smugness and everyone else's annoyance. [[CassandraTruth Only the Question is convinced it'll happen]] and attempts to kill Luthor ''himself'' to save Superman from it. This ends up [[NiceJobBreakingItHero making everything]] go FromBadToWorse when Luthor reveals his EvilPlan. Flash does end up [[spoiler: defeating Brainiac/Luthor, so who knows...]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'': It's predicted that the death of the Flash will be a trigger for Armageddon since he's the PluckyComicRelief keeping them on the rails. (In a MirrorUniverse, his death instigated the rise of the [[KnightTemplar Justice Lords]]). Flash [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this in "The Doomsday Sanction", to his own smugness and everyone else's annoyance. [[CassandraTruth Only the Question is convinced it'll happen]] and attempts to kill Luthor ''himself'' to save Superman from it. This ends up [[NiceJobBreakingItHero making everything]] go FromBadToWorse when Luthor reveals his EvilPlan. Flash does end up [[spoiler: defeating Brainiac/Luthor, so who knows...]]



* In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', this is [[spoiler:Impulse's]] goal. To avert the conquest of Earth in his time, he went back in time to save at least two people. He managed to save [[spoiler:his grandfather Barry Allen (Flash)]] but that's not enough. The one he ''really'' needs to save is [[spoiler:Jaime Reyes, who would otherwise have his Scarab rebooted and become the vanguard of the Reach's invasion force. Impulse's mission is to prevent this...one way or another.]]
* In "The End: Part One" of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', the Titans use this sort of logic when they decide to protect Raven to try to prevent Trigon from turning her into a portal and coming to earth. [[spoiler: It doesn't work. Otherwise it [[YouCantThwartStageOne wouldn't be called The End Part One]].]]

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In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', this is [[spoiler:Impulse's]] goal. To avert the conquest of Earth in his time, he went back Season 2, Bart Allen (Impulse) travels in time to save at least two people. three people in order to avert his Reach apocalypse future. He managed to save [[spoiler:his saves his grandfather Barry Allen (Flash)]] but that's not enough. The one he ''really'' needs to save is [[spoiler:Jaime Reyes, (Flash) from being killed by the villain Neutron, while also saving Neutron who would otherwise have his it turns out is just a regular person that was kidnapped and mind controlled by the Reach. He also saves Jaime Reyes by helping prevent the reactivation of the Blue Beetle Scarab rebooted and become to Reach control, which is revealed to be the vanguard main cause of his bad future.
** In Season 4, [[spoiler: three members of The Legion of Superheroes have traveled to
the Reach's invasion force. Impulse's mission is past in order to prevent this...one way or another.the son of General Zod from killing Superboy, who will end up being the main inspiration for the Legion to form a thousand years in the future. Said Legion will also prevent the future General Zod from taking over the Galaxy, which is why is son, Lor Zod [[note]] Christopher Kent in the comics[[/note]], has traveled to the past to prevent the Legions formation and to free his father and the other Kyrptonian criminals a thousand years early.]]
* In "The End: Part One" of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', the Titans use this sort of logic when they decide to protect Raven to try to prevent Trigon from turning her into a portal and coming to earth. [[spoiler: It doesn't work. Otherwise it [[YouCantThwartStageOne wouldn't be called The End Part One]].]]
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* ''Literature/TheEmpiriumTrilogy'': Since Eliana is the one person who can access the empirium, Simon does everything in his power to keep her alive- if not safe- and assist her as best as he can.
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** During the ''Android Saga'', Trunks, who comes from a BadFuture, goes back in time to give Goku the antidote to a heart virus from Planet Yadrat that he had originally died from to hopefully save the world from the Androids. Goku still ends up dying (though to a HeroicSacrifice rather than succumbing to the virus), but the world is saved this time.

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** During the ''Android Saga'', Android Saga, Trunks, who comes from a BadFuture, goes back in time to give Goku the antidote to a heart virus from Planet Yadrat that he had originally died from to hopefully save the world from the Androids. Goku still ends up dying (though to a HeroicSacrifice rather than succumbing to the virus), but the world is saved this time.



* One of the later arcs in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' is about a war being fought to protect both Naruto and Killer Bee from from having their tail-beast extracted by the BigBad, Tobi.

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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'': It's predicted that the death of the Flash will be a trigger for Armageddon since he's the PluckyComicRelief keeping them on the rails. (In a MirrorUniverse, his death instigated the rise of the [[KnightTemplar Justice Lords]]). Flash [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this in "The Doomsday Sanction", to his own smugness and everyone else's annoyance. [[CassandraTruth Only the Question is convinced it'll happen]] and attempts to kill Luthor ''himself'' to save Superman from it. This ends up [[NiceJobBreakingItHero making everything]] go FromBadToWorse when Luthor reveals his EvilPlan. Flash does end up [[spoiler: defeating [[FanNickname Brainthor]], so who knows...]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'': It's predicted that the death of the Flash will be a trigger for Armageddon since he's the PluckyComicRelief keeping them on the rails. (In a MirrorUniverse, his death instigated the rise of the [[KnightTemplar Justice Lords]]). Flash [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this in "The Doomsday Sanction", to his own smugness and everyone else's annoyance. [[CassandraTruth Only the Question is convinced it'll happen]] and attempts to kill Luthor ''himself'' to save Superman from it. This ends up [[NiceJobBreakingItHero making everything]] go FromBadToWorse when Luthor reveals his EvilPlan. Flash does end up [[spoiler: defeating [[FanNickname Brainthor]], Brainiac/Luthor, so who knows...]]
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* ''Film/{{Willow}}'': Elora Danaan is destined to overthrow evil queen Bavmorda, the irony being it's her protectors who defeat Bavmorda because she was trying to kill the baby in the first place.

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* ''Film/{{Willow}}'': Elora Danaan is destined to overthrow bring about the downfall of the evil queen Bavmorda, the irony being it's her protectors who defeat Bavmorda because she was trying to kill the baby in the first place.

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** ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'': Skynet wises up to its less-than-perfect track record and adds additional secondary targets along with the primary objective of killing John; in theory, without his lieutenants and specialists to help him win the war, he's just a nutcase who thinks he's the chosen one. T-10 succeeds in terminating most of those secondaries and John ''still'' remains a threat.

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* In ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', Doctor Strange tells Tony that if it comes to protecting the Time Stone or letting Thanos kill Tony and Peter, he will let them die. In spite of this, he then gives Thanos the Stone to save Tony's life, saying "We're in the endgame now" and "There was no other way". While not explicitly confirmed, ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' indicates that this was because [[spoiler:Tony will be able to figure out how to undo Thanos' work; and shortly after that will sacrifice himself to kill Thanos and save the universe]]. Save this one person, save the ''entire universe''.
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->''We must leave immediately. To save the realms, we must save Liu Kang.''
-->--'''Raiden''', ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''

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->''"Save the cheerleader, save the world."''
-->-- '''Hiro''', ''Series/{{Heroes}}''

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->''"Save the cheerleader, ->''We must leave immediately. To save the world."''
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-->--'''Raiden''', ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11''


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The existence of the town, the human race, the universe, etc. comes down to the continued survival of one individual. For most of their lives, this person may not have been all that important in the grander scheme of things, but in this case at least, they are ultimately tied into the fate and destiny of their world. (Or at least enough people believe so to make a plot out of it, even if it later turns out that the character didn't really need to be protected.)

The goal, therefore, is to protect this person no matter what the cost. If they die, are gotten hold of by the wrong person, or are even just in the wrong place at the right time, then ''[[BadFuture bad stuff]]'' will result.

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The existence of the town, the human race, the universe, etc. comes down to the continued survival of one individual. For most of their lives, this person may not have been all that important in the grander scheme of things, but in this case at least, they are ultimately tied into the fate and destiny of their world. (Or at least enough people believe so to make a plot out of it, even if it later turns out that the character didn't really need to be protected.)

) The goal, therefore, is to protect this person no matter what the cost. If they die, are gotten hold of by the wrong person, or are even just in the wrong place at the right time, then ''[[BadFuture bad stuff]]'' will result.result.

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* ''VideoGame/DubiousCompany'''s pirates saving [[TheChosenOne High Priestess Sal]] seems like this at first, until she reveals that she is not what [[ArtisticLicenseReligion Kreedor]] thinks [[BarrierMaiden she is]] and [[spoiler: Kreedor's Elites know this]]. However, by that point it had become [[MisfitMobilizationMoment more]] [[TrueCompanions personal]].

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* ''VideoGame/DubiousCompany'''s ''Webcomic/DubiousCompany'''s pirates saving [[TheChosenOne High Priestess Sal]] seems like this at first, until she reveals that she is not what [[ArtisticLicenseReligion Kreedor]] thinks [[BarrierMaiden she is]] and [[spoiler: Kreedor's Elites know this]]. However, by that point it had become [[MisfitMobilizationMoment more]] [[TrueCompanions personal]].
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** ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'': Skynet wises up to its less-than-perfect track record and adds additional secondary targets along with the primary objective of killing John; in theory, without his lieutenants and specialists to help him win the war, he's just a nutcase who thinks he's the chosen one. T-10 succeeds in terminating most of those secondaries and John ''still'' remains a threat.

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* In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': During the ''Android Saga'', Trunks, who comes from a BadFuture, goes back in time to give Goku the antidote to a heart virus from Planet Yadrat that he had originally died from to hopefully save the world from the Androids. Goku still ends up dying (though to a HeroicSacrifice rather than succumbing to the virus), but the world is saved this time.

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** The Dragon Balls' power is tied to their creator. If the creator dies, they become inert. Since the Dragon Balls are the reason DeathIsCheap in the series, keeping the creators (Piccolo/Kami, Guru, Dende, and Mouri) alive is often paramount to Earth being saved. In the Namek saga, when the heroes discover that the Namekian Dragon Balls can only bring back one person at a time, they eventually decide to revive Piccolo first, so that Kami will also come back and they can use the Earth Dragon Balls again.
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During the ''Android Saga'', Trunks, who comes from a BadFuture, goes back in time to give Goku the antidote to a heart virus from Planet Yadrat that he had originally died from to hopefully save the world from the Androids. Goku still ends up dying (though to a HeroicSacrifice rather than succumbing to the virus), but the world is saved this time.time.
** In the Majin Buu saga, ''Mr. Satan'' of all people ends up being this. His friendship with Fat Buu and ability to rally crowds to his side are what ultimately turns the tide of the final battle. Good thing Goku saved him when Kid Buu blew up Earth...
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The goal, therefore, is to protect this person no matter what the cost. If they die, are gotten hold of by the wrong person, or are even just in the wrong place at the right time, then ''bad stuff'' will result.

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The goal, therefore, is to protect this person no matter what the cost. If they die, are gotten hold of by the wrong person, or are even just in the wrong place at the right time, then ''bad stuff'' ''[[BadFuture bad stuff]]'' will result.



* ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'': [[spoiler:Okabe saving Makise Kurisu is one part of preventing World War III in the not so distant future.]]
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': If Kyubey gets to make a contract with [[spoiler:the title character]], she will quickly become an unstoppable monster that will raze the Earth to the ground. "Saving" her is, ironically, more a matter of stopping her from trying to sacrifice herself for the greater good. Adding further irony, this situation came about because of [[spoiler:Homura's]] many failed attempts to save her [[spoiler:via GroundhogDayLoop]], giving her an [[PhlebotinumOverload impossible amount of "grief" energy]]. In the end, [[spoiler:Madoka gets out of her predicament and saves the world herself through LoopholeAbuse]], but in TheMovie, [[spoiler:it's inverted, as Homura rips both Madoka and the ''entire universe'' apart to "save" her retroactively, and against her will]].

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* ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'': [[spoiler:Okabe [[spoiler:The entire conflict of the second half of the series revolves around Okabe trying to save Mayuri by reaching a timeline where she does not die- for unrelated reasons, said timeline will also be one where SERN does not eventually TakeOverTheWorld. Once he succeeds, he changes his focus to saving Makise Kurisu Kurisu, which is one part of preventing World War III WorldWarIII in the not so distant future.not-so-distant future [[NiceJobBreakingItHero that replaces the SERN-controlled one]].]]
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': If Kyubey [[spoiler:Kyubey gets to make a contract with [[spoiler:the the title character]], she will quickly become an unstoppable monster that will raze the Earth to the ground. "Saving" her is, ironically, more a matter of stopping her from trying to sacrifice herself for the greater good. Adding further irony, this situation came about because of [[spoiler:Homura's]] [[spoiler:Homura]]'s many failed attempts to save her [[spoiler:via GroundhogDayLoop]], giving her an [[PhlebotinumOverload impossible amount of "grief" energy]]. In the end, [[spoiler:Madoka gets out of her predicament and saves the world herself through LoopholeAbuse]], but in TheMovie, [[spoiler:it's inverted, as Homura rips both Madoka and the ''entire universe'' apart to "save" her retroactively, and against her will]].
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* Literature/HarryPotter gets this a lot, courtesy of being TheChosenOne to defeat [[BigBad Voldemort]].
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* ''VideoGame/DubiousCompany'''s pirates saving [[TheChosenOne High Priestess Sal]] seems like this at first, until she reveals that she is not what [[ArtisticLicenseReligion Kreedor]] thinks [[BarrierMaiden she is]] and [[spoiler: [[FiveBadBand Kreedor's Elites]] know this]]. However, by that point it had become [[MisfitMobilizationMoment more]] [[TrueCompanions personal]].

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* ''VideoGame/DubiousCompany'''s pirates saving [[TheChosenOne High Priestess Sal]] seems like this at first, until she reveals that she is not what [[ArtisticLicenseReligion Kreedor]] thinks [[BarrierMaiden she is]] and [[spoiler: [[FiveBadBand Kreedor's Elites]] Elites know this]]. However, by that point it had become [[MisfitMobilizationMoment more]] [[TrueCompanions personal]].

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** During the Tournament of Power in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', the moment a team loses all members ''their entire universe is erased'', and eventually it comes to a LastStand where the last or last few remaining members of a team must try and survive at all costs before being eliminated. In the order, they are:
*** [[spoiler:The Trio de Dangers of Universe 9]] being attacked by Goku and Vegeta.
*** [[spoiler:Obuni of Universe 10]] versus Gohan.
*** [[spoiler:Zirloin, Zarbuto, and Rabanara of Universe 2]] against Goku, Android 17 and Android 18.
*** [[spoiler:Saonel and Pirina of Universe 6]] trying to survive Gohan and Piccolo.
*** [[spoiler:Damon of Universe 4]] running from Goku and Android 17.
*** [[spoiler:Anilaza of Universe 3]] trying to destroy the ring under the feet of Team Universe 7's remaining members.
*** Jiren of Universe 11 fighting against the remaining members of Team Universe 7.
*** [[TheJuggernaut Jiren]] [[WorldsStrongestMan being]] [[ThatOneBoss Jiren]], the above is quickly turned in [[spoiler:Goku, Android 17 and Frieza]] fighting a desperate battle against ''him''.
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* [[spoiler:Chloe "Karma" Lynch]] serves as one of these in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2''. As the creator of the Celerium worm that [[BigBad Menendez]] plans to use to crack the US defence network, she is the only one in the world who can stop it once it's been unleashed. As such, she is sought out by both sides, and her survival is paramount to getting the [[GoldenEnding best ending]].

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* [[spoiler:Chloe "Karma" Lynch]] serves as one of these in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2''.''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII''. As the creator of the Celerium worm that [[BigBad Menendez]] plans to use to crack the US defence network, she is the only one in the world who can stop it once it's been unleashed. As such, she is sought out by both sides, and her survival is paramount to getting the [[GoldenEnding best ending]].
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* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': If Kyubey gets to make a contract with [[spoiler:the title character]], she will quickly become an unstoppable monster that will raze the Earth to the ground. "Saving" her is, ironically, more a matter of stopping her from trying to sacrifice herself for the greater good. Adding further irony, this situation came about because of [[spoiler:Homura's]] many failed attempts to save her [[spoiler:via GroundhogDayLoop]], giving her an [[PhlebotinumOverload impossible amount of "grief" energy]]. In the end, [[spoiler:Madoka gets out of her predicament and saves the world herself through LoopholeAbuse]], but in TheMovie, [[spoiler:it's inverted, as Homura rips both Madoka and the ''entire universe'' apart to "save" her retroactively, and against her will]].
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** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Wolverine time travels from 2023 to 1973 to team up with the younger [[Characters/XMenFilmSeriesProfessorCharlesXavier Xavier]] and Beast in order to stop Mystique from assassinating Dr. Bolivar Trask. If Trask is murdered, it will set off a chain of events which will lead to the extinction of mutantkind.

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** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Wolverine time travels from 2023 to 1973 to team up with the younger Xavier and Beast in order to stop Mystique from assassinating Dr. Bolivar Trask. If Trask is murdered, it will set off a chain of events which will lead to the extinction of mutantkind.

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** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Wolverine time travels from 2023 to 1973 to team up with the younger Xavier [[Characters/XMenFilmSeriesProfessorCharlesXavier Xavier]] and Beast in order to stop Mystique from assassinating Dr. Bolivar Trask. If Trask is murdered, it will set off a chain of events which will lead to the extinction of mutantkind.

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