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Chariset
Since: Jan, 2001
superkeijikun
Since: Aug, 2010
6th Apr, 2011 01:08:26 PM
Not just that. Perhaps the sidekick is in trouble, and the hero turns to save him, thus giving the Big Bad the opening...
The good guy's got the Big Bad on the ropes. He's about to land the finishing blow. Just at the last crucial moment, though, the sidekick distracts him. In that moment, the Big Bad seizes the oppertunity and gravely wounds our hero, then makes a break for it.
Is there a trope for this?