History BigDamnHeroes / AnimeAndManga

** Used again in the [[InactionSequence finale]] of ''Gunlock'', when Goku, Hakkai, Gojyo, and [[TeamPet Hakuryuu]] have gotten sick and tired of being attacked by assassins thinking they're still the Sanzo party after they split from the priest, so they decide to go kick his ass right as [[OnlyAFleshWound he's being shot repeatedly]]. Plenty of jeering, Sanzo gets shot some more...only after that does Goku get a chance to punch him, and then Sanzo punches Gojyo, Sanzo tells them they're pains in the ass, they agree wholeheartedly. All is right with the world.

* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': As [[DirtyCoward Kowase]] tries to [[SinisterSuffocation drown Yajima]] in [[VillainousBreakdown a vain attempt to regain control of his life]], Yajima mentally begs for someone, ''anyone'', to come save her, and begins to think of [[HopeBringer Maria]] as she starts to lose consciousness. Almost as if on cue, [[BullyHunter Maria]] enters the room, grabs Kowase, [[InstantSedation sedates him]], kidnaps him and takes her leave before Yajima has the time to catch her breath and turn around, [[MysteriousProtector leaving her none the wiser to her savior's identity]].

* At one point in the manga of ''Manga/FlameOfRecca'', Recca suffers a serious HeroicBSOD. Apparently, not only that he found out that Mikagami picked up a DistressBall and is now a hostage to the enemy, then he learns that Domon can't survive his JumpingOffTheCliff stunt way back, and Fuuko is currently getting drained of her personality. Who came to snap him out of it? '''DOMON''', NotQuiteDead, instantly gives out a rallying speech that raises everyone's morale back. And you thought he's just a DumbMuscle JokeCharacter...

** In Episode 19 of the Brotherhood anime: [[spoiler:Lust is about to kill Hawkeye, who has all but given up on living, [[CurbStompBattle when she is torched from behind by Mustang,]] whom she had left for dead earlier.]]

*** Silvers Rayleigh, [[spoiler: who gets one here when he makes everyone except the Supernovas in the room and Camie black out, AND another one when he intercepts Kizaru before he can kill Zoro]].

* Happens in the first episode of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'', when Fate and Yuuno save Nanoha from a [[CouldHaveBeenMessy rather messy]] [[DropTheHammer hammer-induced death]] at the last second.

* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': As [[DirtyCoward Kowase]] tries to [[SinisterSuffocation drown Yajima]] in [[VillainousBreakdown a vain attempt to regain control of his life]], Yajima mentally begs for someone, ''anyone'', to come save her, and begins to think of [[HopeBringer Maria]] as she begins to lose consciousness. Almost as if on cue, [[BullyHunter Maria]] enters the room, grabs Kowase, [[InstantSedation sedates him]], kidnaps him and takes her leave before Yajima has the time to catch her breath and turn around, [[MysteriousProtector leaving her none the wiser to her savior's identity]].

* Captain Falcon gets a VERY badass one in Episode 47 of the ''VideoGame/FZero'' anime.

** In Chapter 556, [[spoiler:right in the middle of the ongoing war between Whitebeard's Pirates and the World Government, which is destined to end badly, Luffy and the Impel Down escapees throw themselves into the fray, right at what looks to be the tipping point of the battle!]]

*** He does it again in the Dressrosa arc, [[spoiler:where he awakens his Haki to locates Luffy and Law about to be turned into toys by Sugar and fires a projectile shaped like his [[WildTake Tatababasco face]] from across an extreme distance moments being getting [[DogpileOfDoom caught by a mob]]. Robin watches as the projectile flies through the air, soaring upwards before reaching the palace, flying towards Sugar and reawakening her {{trauma|button}}, scaring her into unconsciousness again and preventing things from going dire.]]

*** He does it again in the Dressrosa arc, [[spoiler: where he awakens his Haki to locates Luffy and Law about to be turned into toys by Sugar and fires a projectile shaped like his [[WildTake Tatababasco face]] from across an extreme distance moments being getting [[DogpileOfDoom caught by a mob]]. Robin watches as the projectile flies through the air, soaring upwards before reaching the palace, flying towards Sugar and reawakening her {{trauma|button}}, scaring her into unconsciousness again and preventing things from going dire.]]

** There was another one, earlier, at Enies Lobby -- "The Hunter," anyone?
*** For those scratching their heads at the above, [[spoiler: he means Sanji saving Usopp/Sogeking by kicking [[WolfMan Jabra]] in the face]].

** In Chapter 698, when [[spoiler: Doflamingo is about to kill Smoker and the rest of the Marines on Punk Hazard, Kuzan/Aokiji shows up, and asks Doflamingo to stop. When Doflamingo tries to go for Smoker anyways, Aokiji turns him into a popsicle.]]
** In Chapter 786, [[spoiler: Luffy is out of commission for 10 minutes after using Gear Fourth, giving Jesus Burgess the opportunity to try and kill him. He's saved thanks to Sabo delivering a swift kick to Burgess' face.]]

*** For those scratching their heads at the above, [[spoiler: he means Sanji saving Usopp/Sogeking by kicking Jyabura in the face]].

* Subverted in ''Manga/SoulEater'': [[spoiler:Near the end of the Kishin arc, Black Star and Death the Kid pull a BigDamnHeroes act on Eruka and Free about to awaken the Kishin, and a battle ensues. In a last-ditch effort, Black Star manages to slice in half the tool used to awaken the Kishin, seconds before Eruka can use it. As he is celebrating his victory, Black Star suddenly finds that the aura of madness that the Kishin is emitting caused him to hallucinate the whole thing -- he'd really just attacked one of the room's statues, and the Kishin is revived before the heroes' eyes.]]

*** For those scratching their heads at the above, [[spoiler: he means Sanji saving Usopp/Sogeking by kicking Jayabura in the face]].

** In Part 3, Mohammad Abdul was killed off fairly early in the story. Thanks to fan demand, he was revived, in time for a surprise (and explained as an ace in the hole) BigDamnHeroes moment.

** The TV special The History Of Trunks deconstructs this trope in a brutally honest and heartbreaking way. After [[spoiler:the death of [[BigBrotherMentor Future Gohan]] at the hands of [[CreepyTwins Android 17 & 18]]]], Future Trunks was overcome with anger and grief and became a [[SuperMode Super Saiyan]]. Trunks then spent the next few years training [[spoiler:[[ItsPersonal to avenge his fallen mentor]]]]. He eventually takes on the Androids as a Super Saiyan, [[spoiler: [[CurbStompBattle and loses...]][[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown badly.]]]] By the time this fight occurred, in Future Trunks timeline, [[BadFuture more than HALF of the world’s population had been wiped out by the Androids]], [[KilledOffForReal ALL of the Z-Fighters were dead with no way of bringing them back]], [[CrapsackWorld humanity was struggling to survive with Trunks being the last hope for the survival of what was left of mankind]] and [[spoiler:Future Gohan, who was stronger than Future Trunks, had already taken on the Androids ''twice'' and as a ''Super Saiyan'' and lost on ''both'' occasions, with him losing an arm in the first battle and being ''murdered'' in the second battle and on top of all that the androids were [[IAmNotLeftHanded only using half of their full power]]. Trunks at that stage had ''no chance'' of defeating the androids and the TV special sure hammered home that point.]]
** In the Namek Arc, the Warrior-type Namekians, who are strongest amongst the Namekians, arrive to stop [[BigBad Freiza]] from getting one of the Namekian Dragon Balls in one of the villages only for them to be killed with [[CurbStompBattle great ease]] by [[EliteMooks Zarbon and Dodoria]] essentially making Frieza’s goal easier as the village is left defenceless. [[spoiler:As expected Freiza gained the Dragon Ball from the elder Namekian of the village, but that didn't stop Freiza from killing one of his sons then having Dodoria kill the elder and nearly kill his second son if it weren't for a last minute rescue from Gohan and Kirllin.]]
** In The Cell Arc, Android 16 came out nowhere also tried to play the role of hero. 16 carried a self-destruct device with a magnitude higher than a nuclear bomb that was presumably implanted by [[MadScientist Gero]] for an attempt to kill Goku. [[TakingYouWithMe 16 ultimately attempts to use this on Cell,]] but he ended up unable to go through with it because Bulma removed the device when doing repair work on 16. This gets even worse because Cell states that even if he had the bomb, since he was ridiculously powerful, it probably would not have been enough to kill him. [[spoiler: Ironically, had he not been destroyed by Cell he wouldn't have been able to inspire Gohan to become stronger.]]
** Averted when Gohan took on Super Buu, which was a fight that demonstrates what can happens when a Big Damn Heroes moment is turned on its head. [[spoiler: The tables dramatically turning the way they did when Gohan took on Buu is prime example of what can happen if a fighter regresses in general technique and strategy, doesn't get the job done quickly and underestimates a villain. Super Buu could sense Gohan's immense power while he was fighting Gotenks and had already come up with a plan if that great power were to come to Earth and by not killing Super Buu quickly Gohan played right into Buu's plan and payed the price for his arrogance as the fight went on with Buu tricking Goten and Trunks into fusing and then absorbing Gotenks along with Piccolo and proceeding to [[CurbStompBattle own Gohan.]]]]
** Subverted in ''Manga/DragonBall''. When Goku decides to storm the Red Ribbon Army's base and his friends hear about it, they all panic and quickly gather everybody to go help him out. Apparently not even Muten Roshi thinks Goku can beat them all by himself. After a pretty intense race to the Red Ribbon hideout, everybody mentally prepares to go into battle...only to find that it isn't necessary. Contrary to their wildest expectations, Goku had already ''[[OneManArmy single-handedly destroyed the entire base]]''.

* ''Manga/FairyTail'': It is safe to say that Mashima Hiro is REALLY into this trope.

* In the climax of ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'', [[Manga/CardcaptorSakura Syaoran and Sakura]], arriving minutes too late to save [[CloningBlues Syaoran]] and a few days too late to save [[CloningBlues Sakura]], are freed from a decade of imprisonment just in time to save their son, Syaoran, and his girlfriend, Sakura. Everyone with the same name looks exactly alike. Yes, it is somewhat hard to keep track of.