History Main / WeHelpTheHelpless

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Dershowitz Alan Dershowitz]].

%%* ''Series/MacGyver''

* ''Franchise/DocSavage''

* Somewhat inverted in [[Literature/TheWitcher Witcher universe]]. Sure, [[HunterOfMonsters witchers are mutated, raised and trained to kill monsters]], WalkingTheEarth for rest of their days and actively seeking dangers to fight... but being characters from LowFantasy DeconstructorFleet they do it for reasonable price and only when they find it worth the hassle. Or when rent is due.

* Justice, Inc. in ''Literature/TheAvenger'' stories.

* This is the purpose of the Sidhe Foundation in ''Literature/DocSidhe''.

* Troubleshooters from ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' treat all jobs with the same amount of professionalism. That amount is zero.
** They're troubleshooters: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin They find trouble, they shoot it.]]

* Samus Aran's missions ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' series are generally simple; investigate a disturbance on a planet, [[BountyHunter exterminate all the metroids]], etc. But in quite a few games, she goes above and beyond the strict terms of her contract due to her own heroic sensibilities. The two most extreme examples are perhaps Prime 2 (sent to investigate the missing Bravo team; ends up saving an entire planet from the same creatures that killed Bravo Team), and Fusion (Sent to exterminate the X Parasites, ends up ''defying her orders'' and breaking her contract in order to exterminate not only them, but also [[spoiler:destroy the illegal, Federation-run Metroid cloning project and the planet of SR-388]]). One can only imagine her collecting her meager contract for the investigations that kicked off each adventure.
** As far as ''Fusion'' goes, she might not even get paid for that mission, given the end result.

* In the Disney show '' The Mighty Ducks''. The one with alien crime fighting duck people. The squad of commando ducks are pursuing a warlord from their world named dragonis to earth. While searching for him, they come across crime around every corner, but choose to ignore it, since dragonis is their priority. Its not until the former thief of the group gives them a speech, if they continue to allow crime to prosper, then they are equally responsible. Its after this speech that they devote themselves to fighting crime in the city, while searching for dragonis.
--> Its not our problem
--> If we don't fight evil wherever we find it, then were no better than dragonis

* In the Disney show '' The Mighty Ducks''. the one with alien crime fighting duck people. The squad of commando ducks pursue a warlord from their world named dragonis to earth. While searching for him, they come across crime around every corner, but choose to ignore it, since dragonis is their priority. Its not until the former thief of the group gives them a speech, if they continue to allow crime to prosper, then they are equally responsible. Its after this speech that they devote themselves to help fight crime in the city, while searching for dragonis.

'' In the Disney show '' The Mighty Ducks''. the one with alien crime fighting duck people. The squad of commando ducks pursue a warlord from their world named dragonis to earth. While searching for him, they come across crime around every corner, but choose to ignore it, since dragonis is their priority. Its not until the former thief of the group gives them a speech, if they continue to allow crime to prosper, then they are equally responsible. Its after this speech that they devote themselves to help fight crime in the city, while searching for dragonis.

* The ''[[https://youtu.be/lMzVQdLHC-Q Helmets]]'' TV spot, devised by the campaign group Crimestoppers, depicted members of the general public this way, showing a group of predatory men repelled from accosting two young women by the presence of patrolling citizens in police helmets, with the message being that a culture of vigilance in reporting crime helps reduces its occurence

%%* ''ComicBook/JonSableFreelance''.

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* {{ComicBook/TheWalkingDead}} has ''[[BigBad N]][[FallenHero e]][[EvilOverlord g]][[TheCynic a]][[PsychopathicManchild n]]'' of all people state that the concept of society is ''built'' on this trope, further adding to his AntiVillain nature.

* The [[Literature/{{Allegiance}} Hand of Judgment]] doesn't even get paid. They are five stormtroopers who [[DefectorFromDecadence left the Empire]] -- or, as one of them says, "The Empire left us" when the [[InternalAffairs ISB]] went after one of them for [[NeverHurtAnInnocent refusing to kill unarmed civilians]]; this incident made them realize that the Empire was no longer what it had been when they signed up, so they stole an ISB ship and fled. From there, while they argued about what to do, they kept running into situations where Imperial citizens, or people they ''thought'' were Imperial citizens, were in danger, and they kept trying to help them.

* ''Anime/MinkyMomo'': Her mission is to help spread happiness and joy to those most desperately in need of it.

* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series mythology, this falls within the realm of Stendarr, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Aedric Divine]] God of Mercy, Justice, and Compassion. He is a protector deity and heavily associated with Restoration magic. His [[TheCommandments Commandment]] states: "Be kind and generous to the people of Tamriel. Protect the weak, heal the sick, and give to the needy."

* In Creator/MercedesLackey' Tarma & Kethry stories, part of the [[Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar Valdemar]] setting, Kethry's magical sword 'Need' compels her to help any woman in trouble. Sometimes, even if the woman in question doesn't WANT help.

* In Creator/MercedesLackey' Tarma & Kethry stories, Kethry's magical sword 'Need' compels her to help any woman in trouble. Sometimes, even if the woman in question doesn't WANT help.

* {{ComicBook/TheWalkingDead}} has ''[[BigBad N[[FallenHero e]][[EvilOverlord g]][[TheCynic a]][[PsychopathicManchild n]]'' of all people state that the concept of society is ''built'' on this trope, further adding to his AntiVillain nature.

* Lupin and the gang from ''Anime/{{Lupin III}}'' (though mostly the anime adaptations and ''not'' the original manga). They're career criminals, but will often help out those in need, especially if they're being harassed by even worse criminals.

* Minako Aino from ''Manga/SailorMoon'' just can't stop herself from helping anyone in need she stumbles upon, especially in [[Manga/CodenameSailorV her solo series]], no matter the trouble she may get in doing so (once got late to school, once she nearly missed a lottery she wanted to take part in and ended up winning it as ''Sailor V'', and once she nearly exposed her SecretIdentity), and without asking for rewards (and the one time she ''was'' given a reward for helping a mangaka completing the next chapter before the deadline Artemis convinced her to give it back).

* [[Characters/SupermanTheCharacter Superman]] tends to do this while not requiring/demanding any gratitude in return, there is a reason he was called "Champion of the Oppressed" back in the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]].
** Demonstrated in this quote.
--->'''Black Adam''': You fight for the Wizard?
--->'''Superman''': [[WeHelpTheHelpless I fight for those who can't fight for themselves!]]

* The Blog/KnightsOfFandom try to do this for users of {{Tumblr}} who are left feeling helpless by anonymous hate messages (and other circumstances).

* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': Nelson & Murdock is a firm that provides legal services to working class residents in Hell's Kitchen that can't go anywhere else. For instance, they decide to defend Karen Page because Matt knows from her heartbeat that she's innocent, she admits that she doesn't have any money to afford an attorney, and she's their first client in the seven hours since Matt and Foggy signed the lease for their office space.
* ''Series/LukeCage2016'': Luke's initial superheroics against Cottonmouth are all in the name of the innocent Harlem residents that Cottonmouth harasses and intimidates. In fact, a RunninGag of the show is people offering Luke money in exchange for his superheroics, or telling him he could charge money for his services, and Luke refusing (especially funny given Luke's "Heroes For Hire" past in the comics).