History Main / ThirdPartyStopsAttack

!Examples:

Compare DivingSave, when the third party instead moves the would-be victim out of harm's way, and TakingTheBullet or TuckAndCover, when the third party absorbs the attack themselves.
For a variation where no physical action is taken to stop the fight, see BattleInterruptingShout.

* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': Oliver Horn and Nanao Hibiya fight an exhibition sparring match, but subconsciously connect as warriors and lose sight of everything but each other. [[DeadlySparring They simultaneously cast off the dulling spells on their swords and go for the kill]], and Professor Garland immediately calls a halt to the duel and chastises them both.

** In Mission 8, Nero loses his rematch against Urizen. Just as he's getting crushed by Qliphoth Roots, [[spoiler:Dante arrives (in a newly-acquired Sin Devil Trigger form) to sever the roots and save him]].

** In the climax, as Dante and the FinalBoss [[spoiler:Vergil]] charge towards each other for an attack, suddenly Nero [[spoiler:in his new Devil Trigger form]] stops them and their weapons in their tracks, as he doesn't want the two of them to fight to the death anymore.

* ''Videogame/DevilMayCry5:'' In the climax, as Dante and the FinalBoss [[spoiler:Vergil]] charge towards each other for an attack, suddenly Nero [[spoiler:in his new Devil Trigger form]] stops them and their weapons in their tracks, as he doesn't want the two of them to fight to the death anymore.

* ''Anime/{{Bleach}}'':

* ''Series/DarkMatter'':

* In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens Organians]] stop an entire war between TheFederation and the [[TheEmpire Klingon Empire]].

** After Nnoitra thrashes Ichigo and Nel, he leaves his subordinate Tesla to finish off Ichigo. Zaraki appears from out of nowhere to block Tesla's killing punch with his blade. [[HalfTheMandHeUsedToBe He instantly defeats Tesla]] and then takes on Nnoitra.

** After Nnoitra thrashes Ichigo and Nel, he leaves his subordinate Tesla to finish off Ichigo. Zaraki appears from out of nowhere to block Tesla's killing punch with his blade. He instantly defeats Tesla and then takes on Nnoitra.

* the interrupter disables the attacker's means of attacking (such as holding off the attacker's limb before the latter managed to punch/kick the would-be victim) or paralyzes him entirely.
* the interrupter defends the would-be victim against the attacker's attack, be it close or ranged. The defending move may be as simple as blocking/parrying the attack, to the more complex ones such as shooting a flying bullet away or casting a protective spell on the would-be victim.
* the interrupter assaults the attacker before the latter manage to harm the would-be victim.

Compare DivingSave, when the third party instead moves the would-be victim out of harm's way, and TakingTheBullet, when the third party absorbs the attack himself.

!Examples

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** During Rukia's execution, the firebird-form of the the Sokyoku flies towards Rukia to kill her with its practice swing. The weapon is stopped in its tracks by Ichigo blocking it with his sword. When the firebird swings again for a proper strike that even Ichigo won't be able to block, it's stopped in its tracks again, this time by Ukitake activating the shield that seals it.

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* In Marvel Comics' ''[[ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel GI Joe]]'' issue #15 "Red-Eye To Miami" Snake Eyes, Doctor Venom and Kwinn escape from crazed mercenaries in Sierra Gordo aboard an old but functional Lancaster bomber. During the flight, Dr Venom tries to drop Snake Eyes out the bomb bay doors, but fails. An angry Kwinn then lifts Dr Venom over his head and is about to throw him to his doom. Snake Eyes puts a hand on Kwinn's elbow, belaying the execution, because Venom is the only one who can land the damaged aircraft safely.

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* ''Series/BestFriendsWhenever'': Sebastian is about to kill a defenceless Shelby when Cyd picks up the sword lost earlier and blocks his swing. After being trounced mightily, Sebastian tries to stab Cyd in the back with a dagger and is knocked out by Shelby with a steel mug.

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* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'': After Travis reached Rank 5, it's revealed to the player that [[spoiler:the fight betwen Travis and Henry at the very end of the previous game was ceased by Sylvia, much to Travis's annoyance]]. The fight was about to reach a climax during a BladeLock between the two combatants.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'': Just before Sheik and Fox fight on the Halberd in the Subspace Emissary, Peach stops them... for tea time.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ThreeBelow'': When Steve tries to punch Krel, his fist stops moving mere centimetres away from impact, because Aja has grabbed his arm, then she tosses him at the nearest garbage bin to make sure he understands to back down.

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersCyberverse'': Shadowstriker is pummelling Bumblebee hard and as she raises her right arm for another punch, Grimlock bites her arm, then tosses her aside.

* ''Series/DarkMatter'': Misaki raises her poisoned dagger to stab Ryo when Two appears behind her and grabs her wrist. Followed by a bone-crunching sound as her shoulder is broken for extra pacification. [[spoiler:Then gets a KarmicDeath with the dagger because she used it to kill a member of the crew in a previous episode.]]

* "Camouflage": "Then a bullet with my name on it came buzzin' through a bush. And that big marine, he just swatted it with his hand, just like it was a fly."

* ''Fanfic/TheMuntainAndTheWolf'': Subverted when the Wolf shows up just as Jon Snow and Grey Worm are about to come to blows over whether to execute the surrendered Lannister soldiers. The Wolf starts butchering them in so needlessly cruel and sadistic a fashion that Grey Worm declares Daenerys will decide their fate, just to spite him.