History Main / SheWillComeForMe

** When they're about to kill him, the Silence taunt Rory by telling him Amy will let him die alone. [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome She saves him with a machine gun.]]

She Will Come For Me often indicates a character GenreSavvy enough to be sure the hero will show up JustInTime. She Won't Come For Me is a subtrope of NothingCanSaveUsNow in which the character despairs of rescue by a specific person (or small group of people), rather than despairing of being saved in general by [[DeusExMachina rocks falling from the sky]], [[CrazyEnoughToWork thinking up a daring escape plan]], and such. However, She Will/Won't Come For Me are ''not'' subversions or inversions of each other; they are equal facets of the same trope.

-->'''Lex:''' [[GenreSavvy No, not that, the other thing. C’mon, I know it’s just dangling off the tip of your tongue. Let me hear it just once, please?]]

* Sparhawk, the Queen's Champion, spends the first two and a third books of the ''Literature/{{Elenium}}'' searching for what's needed to save Queen Ehlana from a fatal poisoning; she's being sustained by magic. The first thing she says, when she's finally able to speak to him, is that she knew he would come.

* During the CliffHanger ending to VideoGame/WindChildBlack, Alexia is imprisoned by Commander Set for aiding the Black Knight (all she did was survive his attack on a fortress), she defiantly says that her friends will break her out. She's crushed when Set informs her that her friends were all killed when the Black Knight attacked their airship. [[spoiler: Luckily, they all survived, but they're stranded with no way of getting to her until the sequel gets released.]]

* In a ''Series/AladdinTheSeries''[=/=]''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' crossover, the kidnapped Icarus and Abu tell Hades and Jafar that Herc and Aladdin will come to save them. Unfortunately, their respective heroes [[LetsYouAndHimFight attempting a rescue]] was what the villains had in mind.

** "Bounty": An example which involves the hero talking to another hero and not to the villain. While at Kelly's, Murdock keeps fiddling with the radio, trying to find the transmission the others will probably use to locate him. Kelly says that he should relax and that they'll find him, and Murdock replies that he knows.
** "Hot Styles": Face, having been captured by the antagonists of the week and waiting to be dumped into the ocean, tells fellow victim Rina that they just have to wait until Hannibal comes up with a plan. Sure enough, not that long thereafter, Hannibal and Murdock storm the boat to rescue the two of them.

** Spike says it repeatedly over the Season 7 episodes ''Bring on the Night'' and ''Showtime.''

* ''[[Film/MortalKombat]]'': Sonya Blade shows that she has learned to overcome her reluctance to rely on others when she refuses Shan Tsung's challenge to the final battle (it's a MortonsFork: if she refuses, Earth forfeits and loses, but she has no hope of defeating Shan Tsung, so if she accepts, Earth loses anyway), instead holding out for her friends (including Lue Kang, who ''does'' have a chance against Shan Tsung) to come for her.

* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'': Pippin has been searching the battlefield for Merry following a fierce battle between the Gondorians and the Rohirrim on one side and Sauron's forces on the other. When he finally locates him amid the debris, Merry says, "I knew you'd find me." Possibly subverted when Merry then asks if he's going to leave him (as he's pretty badly injured). Pippin, of course, responds that he's going to look after him.

* Subverted in the ''[[BattletechExpandedUniverse [=BattleTech=]]]'' novel ''Bred for War''. Not only does the "hero" of the [[spoiler:Zurich]] subplot not come for [[spoiler:his girlfriend, who honestly believed he would]], it turns out that [[spoiler:he never intended to and instead purposefully sacrificed her to distract his enemies' attention long enough for him to take them out as he'd planned to all along.]]

* In ''Webcomic/LsEmpire'' Timpani is confident that her husband will come rescue her after she was kidnapped by the Pixl Queen's army, saying that they have no idea how far he'd go for her (for those not in the know, [[VideoGame/SuperPaperMario the last time she disappeared]] he went on a SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum when he couldn't find her.) Subverted since Indx didn't let him come along and demanded he get some therapy after having ''another'' SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum. Timpani is rescued, but it was [[spoiler: Daisy (who had also been kidnapped)]] that rescued her.

* A hero-to-hero example occurs in the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' episode "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E53HeroForHire Hero for Hire]]". The first thing Doofus says to Launchpad after being saved from the Beagle Boys is that he knew Launchpad would come to rescue him.

* In a ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' [=/=] ''Series/AladdinTheSeries'' crossover, the kidnapped Icarus and Abu tell Hades and Jafar that Herc and Aladdin will come to save them. Unfortunately, their respective heroes [[LetsYouAndHimFight attempting a rescue]] was what the villains had in mind.

She Will Come For Me often indicates a character GenreSavvy enough to be sure the hero will show up JustInTime. She Won't Come For Me is a subtrope of NothingCanSaveUsNow in which the character despairs of rescue by a specific person (or small group of people), rather than despairing of being saved in general by [[DeusExMachina rocks falling from the sky]], [[CrazyEnoughToWork thinking up a daring escape plan]], and such. However, She Will Come / She Won't Come For Me are ''not'' subversions or inversions of each other; they are equal facets of the same trope.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'': Roxanne has been saved by Metro Man so many times she doesn't even feign concern when Megamind kidnaps her. She (and Megamind) is shocked when Metro Man appears to be killed by one of Megamind's {{Death Trap}}s. [[spoiler:He isn't.]]

* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings': Pippin has been searching the battlefield for Merry following a fierce battle between the Gondorians and the Rohirrim on one side and Sauron's forces on the other. When he finally locates him amid the debris, Merry says, "I knew you'd find me." Possibly subverted when Merry then asks if he's going to leave him (as he's pretty badly injured). Pippin, of course, responds that he's going to look after him.

* In ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'' Jerin Whistler has nearly thirty sisters, and [[spoiler: is married to five adult wives]]. When he is kidnapped, he is very certain that at the very least a couple of them will come to his rescue. His only angst is about being DefiledForever before this happens.

* In the season three finale of ''Series/MissFishersMurderMysteries'' [[spoiler: the villain kidnaps Miss Fisher's father, planning to [[ForcedToWatch kill her in front of him]] when she comes to the rescue. This one is a sort of balance between the two variations: Baron Fisher says she won't come because he's always been a lousy father, but it seems like he's more ''hoping'' this is true and is worried that she might come for him after all. Naturally, Phryne and Jack pull off a BigDamnHeroes and rescue him in the nick of time without getting hurt themselves.]]

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', when [[spoiler:the Warden and Alistair are captured by Ser Cauthrien and taken to Fort Drakon]], you get the option to either break out yourself or wait for help--and you can specify which two party members (except for [[spoiler:Shale]]) come to break you out, even if they don't like each other... or ''you''.

* Both times [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Nia Teppelin]] finds herself captured, she is adamant that Simon will come for her. And he does.

* In ''Webcomic/LsEmpire'' Timpani is confident that her husband will come rescue her, saying that the villians have no idea how far he'd go for her (for those not in the know, [[VideoGame/SuperPaper Mario the last time she disappeared]] he went on a SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum when he couldn't find her.) Subverted since Indx didn't let him come along and demanded he get some therapy after having ''another'' SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum. Timpani is rescuced, but it was [[spoiler: Daisy (who had also been kidnapped)]] that rescued her.

* ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'': [[MacGuffinGirl Enola]] is kidnapped by evil smokers, who taunt her that the surly Mariner won't rescue her: "He's not here. And he ain't coming. And no one's gonna save you." Enola retorts that "He'll Come For Me, he will," and gives a speech about the Mariner being a MemeticBadass who will kill them all in their sleep. [[spoiler:Of course the Mariner shows up and blows the smokers' base sky-high to save Enola, because [[PowerOfFriendship "She's my friend."]]]]

'''She Will Come For Me:''' Bob the DistressedDude is kidnapped by the BigBad, who gloats that Bob's rescue is impossible since NothingCanStopUsNow. But Bob has faith in [[TheHero Alice]] and says that "She Will Come For Me" in the face of danger. Sure enough, Alice shows up JustInTime for a BigDamnHeroes rescue, vindicating Bob's faith. Cue a [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming moment]] and Bob likely declaring [[IKnewIt "I knew you'd come back!"]] or [[ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike "It took you long enough!"]]

* ''SamuraiChamploo'': In the finale, Fuu is kidnapped by [[spoiler:thugs using her as bait against Mugen.]] Fuu tells them that He Won't Come For Me, you idiots, since [[spoiler:she believes [[{{Jerkass}} Mugen]] won't risk his life for her. Cue CMOH and Fuu's shock when Mugen shows up and tosses away his weapons to save her]].

'''She Will Come For Me:''' Bob the DistressedDude is kidnapped by the BigBad, who gloats that Bob's rescue is impossible since NothingCanStopUsNow. But Bob has faith in [[TheHero Alice]] and says that "She Will Come For Me" in the face of danger. Sure enough, Alice shows up JustInTime for a BigDamnHeroes rescue, vindicating Bob's faith. Cue CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming and Bob likely declaring [[IKnewIt "I knew you'd come back!"]] or [[ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike "It took you long enough!"]]

'''She Won't Come For Me:''' Bob the DistressedDude is kidnapped by the BigBad, who plans to lure [[TheHero Alice]] into a trap by telling her [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Bob]]. But maybe Alice is a {{Jerkass}} DesignatedHero who's made it clear she thinks Bob is TheLoad. Or maybe Bob is TheAtoner who's spun the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor so many times he doesn't think that he deserves to be saved. Either way, Bob declares that he's useless as a hostage, since She Won't Come For Me. Cue double CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming and Bob's shock when Alice [[ChangedMyMindKid shows up anyway]] for a BigDamnHeroes rescue, proving that Alice is really a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and that Bob does have people who care about him.

** When they're about to kill him, the Silence taunt Rory by telling him Amy will let him die alone. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome She saves him with a machine gun.]]

* Subverted in ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined'' episode "Hero". Bulldog escapes from a Cylon basestar where he's been held prisoner since before the war, after taking part in an illegal mission into Cylon space that ended with [[YouKnowTooMuch Bill Adama destroying his spacecraft to prevent his capture]]. When Bulldog finds out about the latter, he beats Adama with a pipe.

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