History BigDamnHeroes / AnimeAndManga

** In "''Noodles: Roamin' Off''", after [[TerribleTrio Team Rocket]] has separated, James goes to catch a violent shiny Metagross, but gets in over his head ([[DidNotDoTheResearch He tried to fight it with Psychic-type Mime Jr. and Grass-type Carnivine]], neither of which are very strong against Psychic/Steel Metagross). Just when it looks like he's at its non-existent mercy, Yanmega and Seviper show up with Jessie to save him (not that ''that'' should've worked either).

* In the 1st ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' movie, Angemon and Angewomon (with accompaniment by TK and Kari) show up just in time to save the other Digimon from being eaten by the corrupted Cherubimon.

* The final episode of ''DragonCrisis'' has an intense one in which [[spoiler:the protagonists arrive with a squadron of Society members to hijack an airplane and save the main character's love interest, Rose. This includes an ice dragon freezing the runway, a Society member ''crashing a helicopter into the cockpit'', and another character falling onto the kidnaper, Onyx...''WITH A CAR.'' All to the truly epic music "Run & Gun."]]

* ''ChromeShelledRegios'' when Layton increases his kei in order to save Nina and win the match with the 16th platoon.

* Kan, Kan, Kan, Maaya Kan of ''BioMeat'', who has actually lampshaded the trope by stating that an entrance should be dramatic. Shingo has even called him out (accurately!) for hiding in wait for the perfect moment to appear.

* King J-Der gets one in Episode 31, launching out of a volcano and effortlessly blasting the first three Primevals, saving GaoGaiGar in the process.
* The titular robot even gets one of these towards the end of the main series. [[spoiler:Arm Primeval, fused with one of Jupiter's moons, is about to annihilate ''the entirety of the Gutsy Galaxy Guard'' in a single blow, and everyone believes they're [[OhCrap completely and utterly screwed]] due to GaoGaiGar falling into the planet's gravitational pull...then, just before it hits? "'''''PROTECT WALL!!'''''"]]

** [[RuleOfThree Another example]] includes Beelzemon swooping in to help Wargrowlmon, Gargomon, and Taomon fight one of the D-Reaper's agents. Without him it's very likely they would have lost and [[NeverSayDie been deleted]].

** Chapter 280. [[spoiler:Dynamis ([[BigBad Fate]]'s ultra-powerful shadow user accomplice) has Nodoka by the head in front of the others and is threatening to snap her neck. Cue Setsuna [[DynamicEntry dropping in out of nowhere]], hacking off the guy's right hand in the process. Faced with [[HotChickWithASword Setsuna]] and [[LadyOfWar Kaede]], both wielding their [[{{BFS}} biggest]] [[FuumaShuriken weapons]] and ready for blood, the previously-unstoppable Dynamis is forced to retreat]].

** The sand siblings appear to save the Konoha genins who are about to be killed by the Sound Four.

** Chapter 562 has [[spoiler: the 5 FREAKIN' KAGES, ''Yes'', the 5 ''Kages'' making an epic Big Damn Heroes moment ready to face the revived Edo Madara in an all-out battle.]]

* In ''KatekyoHitmanReborn'' Tsuna shows up in BigDamnHeroes fashion to save Chrome from ([[spoiler:Gola Mosca who [[NotQuiteDead reboots and destroys everything]]]]) after [[BadAss Hibari's]] [[CurbStompBattle fight]] with him.

* Protagonists of {{shonen}} FightingSeries tend to do this so many times in their respective anime that it becomes tired and clichéd after a while. Notorious perpetrators of this trope include Goku from ''[[Manga/DragonBall DragonBall Z]]'', Ichigo from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Kenshiro from ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', and ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. It has become more and more common to invert this by having the protagonist bailed out at some point (usually during the first fight with a stronger foe) by one of the supporting characters. Listing the complete list of times this happens in this type of show would be a page-eating exercise in pure madness.

* Perhaps [=ChoRyuJin=]'s BigDamnHeroes in the original ''{{GaoGaiGar}}'' when, after realising a second ubercharged railway cannon shell is coming moments after the first has been dissipated, [[spoiler:detaches his Mirror Coating chestplate and stands firm, holding it up as a shield]].

* In the 1st ''{{Ghost in the Shell}}'' movie Batou arrives just in time to save the Major near the end. In the 2nd movie, the roles are reversed.

* And don't even get me started on ''{{InuYasha}}'' --although it does subvert this trope occasionally.

** Chapter 280. [[spoiler:Dynamis ([[BigBad Fate's]] ultra-powerful shadow user accomplice) has Nodoka by the head in front of the others and is threatening to snap her neck. Cue Setsuna [[DynamicEntry dropping in out of nowhere]], hacking off the guy's right hand in the process. Faced with [[HotChickWithASword Setsuna]] and [[LadyOfWar Kaede]], both wielding their [[{{BFS}} biggest]] [[FuumaShuriken weapons]] and ready for blood, the previously-unstoppable Dynamis is forced to retreat]].

** Moving back, we have ''Melancholy'', where Kyon prevents the end of the world by [[spoiler:making out]] with Haruhi.

** In ''{{End of Evangelion}}'', Shinji is being held at gunpoint by three JSSDF soldiers, one pressing a gun barrel directly on his head. Just before he pulls the trigger, Misato bursts in at the last minute, gunning down all the soldiers and saving Shinji in a manner most impressive. These are all trained, hardened soldiers, and Misato has likely never seen an actual battle her whole life, making it more awesome.

* 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.

** In the climax scene from the film ''OnePieceStrongWorld'', the entire crew minus Nami (who was thrust into the role of DamselInDistress) burst into the {{Big Bad}}'s hideout, wearing {{badass longcoat}}s and wielding pistols and rifles, begin to [[MoreDakka open fire]] on all the {{Mooks}} as a way of saying hello, before going into action for real.
** Chapter 198/199, Vivi, after witnessing Crocodile single-handedly and effortlessly beating down Alabasta's strongest warriors, is dropped to her death, but who should appear from the sky to save her from her demise but Luffy (and Pell)? Add to the scene Vivi's lamentations no body can hear her, and Luffy confidently saying, "I can hear...your voice!"

** At the climax of ''{{Anime/Pokemon 3}}'', Ash and Pikachu, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown locked in a desperate struggle against Entei]], get tossed off a cliff. At the very last second, '''[[{{Badass}} Chari]][[OurDragonsAreDifferent zard]]''', [[PutOnABus previously left by Ash to train in the Charicific Valley]], swoops in to save his trainer. What happens next is an epic battle between Ash's strongest Pokémon and the [[OlympusMons unstoppable force of nature known as Entei]]!

* Volume 11 of ''LoveHina'' ends with [[spoiler:[[PutOnABus Keitaro]] FINALLY showing up - after nearly a volume of agonizing strife between [[{{Yandere}} Kanako]] and the rest of the girls, which largely wouldn't have happened had he been there - [[JustInTime just in time]] to [[LookWhatICanDoNow accidentally crash his van]] into the [[SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb booby-trapped street vendor's cart]] Kanako was about to use to [[DisproportionateRetribution blow up Hinata Sou]], foiling her attempt.]]
* It happens in ''{{Anime/Monster}}'', mostly with Tenma, who always has a fire to stop or a child to save.

* Kan, Kan, Kan, Maaya Kan of ''{{BioMeat}}'', who has actually lampshaded the trope by stating that an entrance should be dramatic. Shingo has even called him out (accurately!) for hiding in wait for the perfect moment to appear.

** Yusuke, exhausted from [[spoiler:his trial with absorbing Genkai's Spirit Orb]], is sleeping on Keiko under a tree during the Semifinal matches against Team Uraotogi. Three lower-class demons show up and start perving all over Keiko, amping up their threats when they realise that she has Yusuke with her. Just as one of them is about to rip Keiko and Yusuke apart, a yo-yo (Rinku's signature weapon) comes flying out of nowhere and pastes him in the face. The two left standing are left with a resounding OhCrap moment when they see Rinku and Chu standing there, ready to defend the unconscious Yusuke. As they wet themselves in fear and turn to run the other way, a particular pair of Demon World ninjas appear and block their path. ''None of the four of them say a single word'' until after the lower-class demons have run away. What follows doubles as a [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome CMoH]].
--->'''Keiko:''' "Um, didn't Yusuke's team beat you guys? Why are you helping us?"

** After the tournament is over, [[spoiler:Toguro is dead, Sakyo has detonated the stadium]], and Yusuke just snapped Keiko out of her BSoD, our heroes are trying to find their way out of the stadium when they come to a dead end that's been completely blocked off by rubble. Our heroes are drained, exhausted, and really probably shouldn't be standing. It seems like they're trapped, when all of a sudden the rubble cracks and then ''splinters into dust''. When the dust clears, four of the most badass minor characters in the series are standing on the other side. The grins on Kurama and Yusuke's faces when they see just who saved their collective behinds are priceless.

** Two different non-typical examples occur in the team's match against Team Masho. In the first, Yusuke was disqualified from the last of the five fights on a technicality due to the opposing team's manager bribing the officials, Hiei and The Masked Fighter have been trapped behind a barrier throughout the entire match and, thus, are disqualified as well, and Kurama lost his (third) match [[ItMakesSenseInContext thanks to the life-sucking plant growing in his bloodstream.]] The only option left to them seems to be [[TokenEvilTeammate Hiei's]] killing spree idea. They are saved from that by [[{{Determinator}} Kuwabara]], who had previously let three BrainwashedAndCrazy fighters beat him senseless to snap them back to normal, draging his broken and bloody body into the ring so that a trained fighter can make it more broken and bloody. The second example occurs during this fight. Kuwabara is rather predictably not doing well. Risho happily informs Kuwabara that his body is tapping into his spirit energy just to keep him moving, meaning he can't summon his spirit sword. Kuwabara takes this in stride and [[CastFromHitPoints decides to use his own life energy]] to end the match with a double kill, which will count as a win for his side. He says goodbye to his friends, charges in screaming, and grapples Risho in mid-attack. Before Kuwabara can off himself, his love intrest Yukina arrives. [[PowerOfLove This give him the strength to]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome bitch-slap Risho across the whole damn stadium.]]

** [[RuleOfThree Another example]] includes Beelzemon swooping in to help Wargrowlmon, Gargomon, and Taomon fight one of the D-Reaper's agents. Without him it's very likely they would have lost and [[NeverSayDie been deleted]].

* Captain Falcon gets a VERY badass one in episode 47 of the ''{{F-Zero}}'' anime.
* The final episode of ''{{Dragon Crisis}}'' has an intense one in which [[spoiler:the protagonists arrive with a squadron of Society members to hijack an airplane and save the main character's love interest, Rose. This includes an ice dragon freezing the runway, a Society member ''crashing a helicopter into the cockpit'', and another character falling onto the kidnaper, Onyx...''WITH A CAR.'' All to the truly epic music "Run & Gun."]]

** First is towards the end of Minagoroshi-hen, with [[spoiler:Keiichi, Rena, and the Sonozaki Twins saving Rika and Satoko from the Yamainu, only to be brutally subverted by the main villain showing up and personally [[KillEmAll murdering them all]].]]

** Roy gets one as well when [[spoiler:he destroys all the Cyclops army in one page. Keep in mind, Ed and Scar were having a lot of trouble with these same guys for the entire previous chapter.]] T'was awesome.

* The last thirty minutes or so of the ''MartianSuccessorNadesico'' movie is pretty much a long string of these moments crammed together. There's so many heroes showing up to foil the bad guys in various places that the narrative starts to fall apart at the end.

* And one cannot forget perhaps [=ChoRyuJin=]'s BigDamnHeroes in the original ''{{GaoGaiGar}}'' when, after realising a second ubercharged railway cannon shell is coming moments after the first has been dissipated, [[spoiler:detaches his Mirror Coating chestplate and stands firm, holding it up as a shield]].
** [=ChoRyuJin=] also gets a BigDamnHeroes moment when [[spoiler:he flies into a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with Earth, preventing the collision but in the process becoming stranded with no way back.]]
*** Of course, this also resulted in [[spoiler:[=ChoRyuJin=] killing the dinosaurs by sending that asteroid back in time 65 million years, so...[[NiceJobBreakingItHero oops?]]]]
** Let's be perfectly honest, here. BigDamnHeroes is the entire reason for [=ChoRyuJin=]'s existence.

* Heck, the titular robot even gets one of these towards the end of the main series. [[spoiler:Arm Primeval, fused with one of Jupiter's moons, is about to annihilate ''the entirety of the Gutsy Galaxy Guard'' in a single blow, and everyone believes they're [[OhCrap completely and utterly screwed]] due to GaoGaiGar falling into the planet's gravitational pull...then, just before it hits? "'''''PROTECT WALL!!'''''"]]

* In the first ''{{Ghost in the Shell}}'' movie Batou arrives just in time to save the Major near the end. In the second movie, the roles are reversed.

** Let's not forget Episode 20: "The Battle for Kyushu". It looks like Suzaku's finally run out of energy, ready to be picked off...[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE0uJ7l_VBY and then!]]
* Happens in the first episode of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'''s second season, when Fate and Yuuno save Nanoha's ass from a [[CouldHaveBeenMessy rather messy]] [[DropTheHammer hammer-induced death]] literally at the last second.

** Used again in the [[InactionSequence finale]] of ''{{Gunlock}}'', when Goku, Hakkai, Gojyo, and even [[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.

** While we're on ''{{Gundam}}'', let's not forget ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Endless Waltz]]'s [[IncrediblyLamePun Big Damn Heero]] moment.

** Let's not forget the beginning of the final episode when Yuuichi shows up out of nowhere swinging a sword around to save Mai from Reito.

* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', Simon and [[spoiler:Viral]] leave Earth to save the day when Anti-Spirals are destroying the Arc-Gurren, a huge spaceship. They arrive in an epically awesome Big Damn Heroes moment. The shockwave of concentrated awesome destroys the whole Anti-Spiral fleet save for the mothership. Literally.

** Not to mention [[spoiler:Mana and Ku Fei doing the same for Asuna and Setsuna, and Kaede preceding hers with a giant shuriken, all earlier in the same arc]].
** And again in the latest arc with a ''double'' BDH. [[spoiler:Setsuna and Kaede show up to rescue Nodoka from bounty hunters, but the hunters planned ahead and they're suddenly caught in their magical lightning trap. Then Asuna appears, jumping in to rescue Setsuna & Kaede whilst Negi completes the first BDH and saves Nodoka all on his lonesome with his DangerousForbiddenTechnique]]. The series' transformation into Magical School DragonBall with added {{fanservice}} is now complete.

* ''MacrossFrontier'' episode 14: [[spoiler:Sheryl is forced to pilot Skull-02 (Mikhail's Valkyrie) when he's knocked unconscious, but she's shot down less than a minute later and they're both ejected from the vehicle. Then Luca shields them both from the approaching Vajra, but his shots are ineffectual and his gun is knocked away. He's literally staring death in the face (the biggest Vajra is reflected on his visor) when Alto [[TeleportersAndTransporters folds in]] at the last second, destroying all the approaching Vajra and letting loose a [[MacrossMissileMassacre volley of micro missiles]] that demolishes several dozen more, all while performing a continuous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aileron_roll axis roll]] that turns his TransformingMecha into the missile equivalent of a Gatling gun.]] Then he does a fly-by as the others look on in awe.

** In ''{{End of Evangelion}}'', Shinji is being held at gunpoint by three JSSDF soldiers, one pressing a gun barrel directly on his head. Just before he pulls the trigger, Misato bursts in at the last minute, gunning down all the soldiers and saving Shinji in a manner most impressive. Keep in mind that these are all trained, hardened soldiers, and Misato has likely never seen an actual battle her whole life, making it more awesome.
*** ''Horrifyingly'' subverted later, when Asuka appears and completely trashes the attacking army. The day looks saved...[[ItGotWorse until the MP Evas show up]] and [[spoiler:literally tear her to pieces.]]
*** ''Awesomely'' unsubverted in the manga adaptation, where [[spoiler: the MP Evas are just about to kill Asuka...and then Shinji shows up and Unit-01 and ''tears them apart.'']]
* This happens fairly often in ''ChronoCrusade''. Two scenes that come to mind is Remington suddenly appearing to chase off [[spoiler:Aion as he looms over a weakened Rosette and a badly injured Chrono]], and Satella who comes flying in on a summoned beast to save Chrono and Rosette from a long fall.

* Subverted in ''SoulEater'': [[spoiler:Near the end of the Kishin arc, Black Star and Death the Kid pull a BigDamnHeroes act on Eruka and Free just 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.]]

** ''DieBuster'' manages to do its predecessor justice in episode 4: The [[AppliedPhlebotinum Variable Gravity Well]] has gone berserk. Most of the Buster Machine pilots are dead, and Europa has been literally shot through several times. The two remaining resident [[ActionGirl Action Girls]] are next to dead, and their mechs are totaled. The Variable Gravity Well turns around, stares right at them, charges its Texas-sized attack when, suddenly, [[spoiler:reality shatters like a pane of glass, and up out of the hole to nothing, having warped all the way from Pluto to Jupiter instantaneously, raises Nono, hair aflame and sporting new duds. She absorbs said giant fucking death ray, summons a legion of space monsters, then slices Europa in half, all while giving a motivational speech with the Buster Machine March]] playing.
*** Hell, she does it again in episode 6 when the entire Earth government has pooled its resources together to build a Buster Machine to propel Earth like a bomb to kill a blackhole, and just as it gets up to speed, [[spoiler:reality shatters like a pane of glass, and up out of the hole to nothing, having warped all the way from outside the Solar System to Earth, raises the titular Earth sized fembot, "DIE! BUS! TER!"]]

* In ''{{Claymore}}'', Awakened Being Agatha has Galetea literally pinned to the wall, and is about to kill Clarice and Miata. Her attack gets thrown off by one of her legs being destroyed. Cut to Clare and the rest of the Sexy Seven standing on top of a building in the rain and informing Agatha that as she is about to die, [[PreasskickingOneLiner she doesn't need to know who they are.]]

** Played straight rather sweetly earlier in the series, both anime and manga. When Ranma temporarily loses his strength to moxibustion, most of his enemies gang up and decide to give him the monumental collective ass-kicking they've been wanting to give him for some time. Ranma, on the ground, just about to be completely flattened, closes his eyes, hears a strange noise and opens them again to find Ryoga Hibiki, who has appeared out of nowhere, defending him.

*** The same movie also gave an earlier one to ''[[AnimeChineseGirl Shampoo]]''. Ranma has been ensnared by a RazorFloss using martial artist, who is just about to cut him into pieces when Ranma's [[AccidentalMarriage unwanted fiancée]] comes flying in from off-screen and cuts the wires before they can slice Ranma apart. She then tells him to go on and save Akane while she holds the line here.

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

** Hell, even the GOD DAMN SHIP gets one when it shows up of its own accord at Enies Lobby for one last voyage. Also a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming / CrowningMomentOfAwesome, all rolled into one.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njsS7S4U9Xo This song]] is pretty much Luffy's Big Damn Heroes theme.

* Volume 11 of ''LoveHina'' ends with [[spoiler:[[PutOnABus Keitaro]] FINALLY showing up - after nearly an entire volume of agonizing strife between [[{{Yandere}} Kanako]] and the rest of the girls, which largely wouldn't have happened had he been there - [[JustInTime just in time]] to [[LookWhatICanDoNow accidentally crash his van]] into the [[SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb booby-trapped street vendor's cart]] Kanako was about to use to [[DisproportionateRetribution blow up Hinata Sou]], foiling her attempt.]]

** Siegfried is literally ''made'' of this trope. In his [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome most prominent example]], he flies a small plane to a heavily defended island, ''jumps from the plane'' to get to the arena, ''dodges missiles'' on the way down, [[CurbStompBattle curb stomps]] his opponent, ''composes music on his body'', and then passes out from ''forty three days of sleep deprivation''. The best part? ''HE WAS SINGING THE WHOLE DAMN TIME.''

** Hell, both the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PedevC9WdTU first series]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP9YozNBOkM TSR]] opens with this. And of course the memorable moment where Gauron is about to shoot Sousuke point-blank when he gets scared off by Kurz descending on a parachute, firing a sniper rifle.

* For a [[TheMafia Mafia]] gangster [[CardCarryingVillain that insists he's totally a villain]], ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}!'''s [[NobleDemon Luck Gandor]] sure ends up doing this a ''lot''. Notable examples include pulling a very timely ClickHello on Dallas Genoard just when Dallas and his buddies have Firo and Ennis at gunpoint, and braining [[DumbMuscle Gustavo Baggetta]] repeatedly with a chair when he finds Gustavo menacing Eve Genoard.

* Surprisingly, in ''PokemonSpecial'', ''[[BigBad Giovanni]]'' of all people saves Yellow from being blasted to smithereens by Lance. (Of course, he ran away afterwards, but it was cool at the moment.)

** [[spoiler:Yusuke is dead...again.]] Sensui, the man who [[spoiler:killed Yusuke]], has just opened the door to Makai, blocked the strongest attack in the series, the Dragon of the Darkness Flame, without even raising a single hand, and forced Kuwabara to cut down the only barrier remaining between the two worlds to get at him. [[spoiler: The remaining heroes have all gained power equivalent to A+ Class demons, the second highest power class, and yet when they try to exact their revenge, Sensui still makes complete fools of them without even using a tenth of his full power, and Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei are all on the ground, unable to continue fighting. Sensui is just about ready to kill the trio, when who shows up BackFromTheDead and ready to kick ass? Yusuke, alive and well, and more powerful than ever thanks to his mysterious demonic ancestor]]. The fight that ensues is undeniably one of the biggest AwesomeMoments in the entire series.

* ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' manga Chapter 80 shows us that pretty much the ENTIRE cast of side characters is damn awesome. Of course, the main cast also demonstrated their awesomeness, too.

* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' lives and breathes by this. Of particular note: whenever [[TechnicalPacifist Andromeda Shun]] is faced with an opponent too dangerous to face ([[spoiler:without unleashing his DangerousForbiddenTechnique]]) he will invariably end up face-down on the ground, his enemy gloating and about to deliver the killing blow...when out of nowhere a blast of flame and a flurry of razor-sharp metallic feathers will fall upon Shun's foe. With the loud cry of a bird of prey, witness the arrival of [[ThePhoenix Phoenix Ikki]], the strongest and most savage of the heroic Bronze Saints, and ''[[BigBrotherInstinct Shun's big brother]]''. OhCrap.
* In the first ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' movie, Angemon and Angewomon (with accompaniment by TK and Kari) show up just in time to save the other Digimon from being eaten by the corrupted Cherubimon.
** In the fifth movie, ''[[DigimonTamers Battle of Adventurers]]'', Rika, Henry, and their Digimon are delivered by Omnimon to help Takato, [[ShutUpHannibal interrupting]] Mephistomon's "this is how I destroy the world" rant right after he succeeds in capturing what he wanted.
** Another example from ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' is when [[spoiler:Kazu and Kenta]] rescue the other Tamers from being swallowed along with the BigBad, which is even more impressive considering that Takato and Guilmon, the main characters of this series basically owe them their lives ''twice''.
** [[RuleOfThree Another example from]] DigimonTamers includes Beelzemon literally swooping in to help Wargrowlmon, Gargomon, and Taomon fight one of the D-Reaper's agents, which had been kicking their asses. Without him it's very likely they would have lost and [[NeverSayDie been deleted]].

** [[RuleOfThree Another example]] includes Beelzemon literally swooping in to help Wargrowlmon, Gargomon, and Taomon fight one of the D-Reaper's agents. Without him it's very likely they would have lost and [[NeverSayDie been deleted]].

* ''DotHack'': This is basically Balmung's MO. He does it CONSTANTLY, in every installment of the series, in suitably epic fashion. In .hack//SIGN, Balmung rescues Subaru, Mimiru, and Bear from [[spoiler:One of the Phases, which puts people into comas]]. In Legend of the Twilight Bracelet Manga, Balmung swoops in and saves Rena from getting destroyed by a high level monster and teaches Shugo to use the Bracelet. It happens over a dozen times in the games, most notably the first time in Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground, before Kite has activated his Bracelet. This tendency of his is parodied in the GIFT bonus episode.
* Basically happens OnceAnEpisode in Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica, usually done by Homura.

* At the end of Volume 1 of ''HyakujitsuNoBara'', Klaus (a knight) brutally rapes his lover Taki (a colonel), to the point he requires medical attention. Shortly after TheMedic Suguri kicks Klaus out of his room Klaus is arrested under suspicions of treason over some sensitive documents and is [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique mercilessly tortured]] by Grand Chamberlain Hasebe while Taki is still unconscious and unaware. Failing to get anything out of him, Hasebe decides to just kill Klaus only to have his sword shattered mid-strike by none other than Taki, accompanied by his own [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]], BadassLongcoat, backlighting, and much DramaticWind. He then orders Hasebe to stand down, covers for Klaus, and even [[TheMessiah apologizes]] to him.

* This became a trademark feat of ''{{Gundam SEED}}'' protagonist Kira Yamato after he acquired the Freedom Gundam, and its [[SoLastSeason upgraded model]] in the sequel ''Destiny''.

** While we're on ''{{Gundam}}'', let's not forget ''[[GundamWing Endless Waltz]]'s [[IncrediblyLamePun Big Damn Heero]] moment.
** Not in the series proper, but in the backstory to ''MobileSuitGundam'', with TheFederation on the brink of total surrender after Zeon's opening blitz, General Revil escapes from captivity and gives his [[RousingSpeech "Zeon is exhausted!" speech]], the full text of which appears in the novels.
** ''{{Gundam 00}}'' absolutely LOVES this trope.

** Then, there's ''MobileFighterGGundam'''s big finale when virtually every Mobile Fighter in the series (as well as [[TheCameo cameos]] from Gundams from other series along with other Tomino Super Robots) race to aid the Shuffle Alliance against Colony Devil Gundam.

** Played straight in episode 19. The [[MonsterOfTheWeek Angel Of The Week]] is trashing Central Dogma and suddenly Unit One crashes through the wall and Shinji kicks arse!

* In ''ShakuganNoShana'', the BottleFairy MagicalGirl (No, really) Margery Daw has a Big Damn Heroes moment. Both she and her {{Sidekick}}''/''EmpathicWeapon [[LampshadeHanging point out]] that this is "Nice timing".

* In the first ''DigimonAdventure02'' movie, Angemon and Angewomon (with accompaniment by TK and Kari) show up just in time to save the other Digimon from being eaten by the corrupted Cherubimon.

** Another example from ''DigimonTamers'' is when [[spoiler:Kazu and Kenta]] rescue the other Tamers from being swallowed along with the BigBad, which is even more impressive considering that Takato and Guilmon, the main characters of this series basically owe them their lives ''twice''.
** ''DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersLeapingThroughTime'' has Tagiru rescued by [[spoiler:previous leaders Tai and Marcus in episode 22, confirming the hinted CrisisCrossover]].

* Basically happens OnceAnEpisode in PuellaMagiMadokaMagica, usually done by Homura.

** A good example of this can be seen in the final episode of ''Anime{{Mazinkaiser}}''. Kouji and Mazinkaiser are trapped in the reactivated Mt. Fuji, Boss Borot is destroyed, Venus Ace is a Mechanical Monster and the Photon Power Plant is lost. Just as the beast that took out Mazinkaiser is about to go after the rest, his wings are clipped by a red streak. The Japanese version pussyfoots around it, but the English dub goes straight to the point:

* ''GreatMazinger'' was a master of these kinds of moments, as even his debut was a major one. During the final episode of ''MazingerZ'', a new enemy army appears and proceed to completely overwhelm Kouji. As the Mazinger barely holds itself even a tiny bit together, the Great Mazinger shows up just before the final blow is struck and proceeds to absolutely dominate the new foes. Also something he's fond of doing in remakes, often with a nice big '''THUNDER BREAK''' to blast any number of enemies ready to swarm his allies. Also some really nice descending from the clouds shots.
** A good example of this can be seen in the final episode of Mazinkaiser OVA. Kouji and Mazinkaiser are trapped in the reactivated Mt. Fuji, Boss Borot is destroyed, Venus Ace is a Mechanical Monster and the Photon Power Plant is lost. Just as the beast that took out Mazinkaiser is about to go after the rest, his wings are clipped by a red streak. The Japanese version pussyfoots around it, but the English dub goes straight to the point:

* In the climax of ''TsubasaReservoirChronicle'', [[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.

* In ''AzumangaDaioh'', Sakaki is saved by the gang of cats led by Kamineko by the Irimouto cat she befriended earlier. Good thing there's ''something'' that doesn't hate her, right?

* In ''Anime/RentalMagica'', [[SummonMagic Adilicia]] is fond of pulling these off, most notably in [[spoiler: episode 20]].

* The ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' manga had an awesome one from [[spoiler:Lan Fan, complete with new automail arm]] in chapter 86.
** Not to mention [[spoiler:Izumi and Sig]] in chapter 96, with their heroic appearances just in the nick of time to save [[spoiler:the Armstrong siblings from being killed by Sloth, with Izumi literaly [[BadAss throwing him in the air after it took a dozen trained men to hold him back.]]]]
** Roy gets one as well when [[spoiler:he destroys all the Cyclops army in one page. Keep in mind, Ed and Scar were having a lot of trouble with these same guys for the entire previous chapter.]] T'was awesome.

*** Mustang also gets one in the first Anime/FullMetalAlchemist movie Conqueror of Shamballa which doubles as a HesBack moment [[spoiler: saving his men and Central from the invading Thule Society soldiers]] after having been away and moping up north.
** And again in chapter 101 when [[spoiler:Mei and the Chimeras appear just in the nick of time to save Roy, Riza and Scar from the creepy doctor, and heal Riza's neck wound.]]

** 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,]] who she had left for dead earlier.]]

* In the third part of {{Digimon}} TheMovie, Angemon and Angewomon (with accompaniment by TK and Kari) show up just in time to save the other Digimon from being eaten by the virused, Digivolved Kokomon.
** In the fifth movie, [[DigimonTamers Battle of Adventurers]] Rika, Henry, and their Digimon are delivered by Omnimon to help Takato, [[ShutUpHannibal interrupting]] Mephistomon's "this is how I destroy the world" rant right after he succeeds in capturing what he wanted.
** Another example from DigimonTamers is when [[spoiler: Kazu and kenta]] rescue the other tamers from being swallowed along with the BigBad, which is even more impressive considering that Takato and Guilmon, the main characters of this series basically owe them their lives ''twice'' .

* Hilariously 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'']].

** Allelujah Haptism pulls two in the first season of ''{{Gundam00}}'', first during the pilot episode and again in episode 5.
** and then in episode 17 of season 2, '''Everyone''' pulls a truly ''Epic'' big damn heroes moment trying to shootdown all the falling pieces of orbital elevator
** The ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'' [[TheMovie movie]] [[spoiler: ''loves'' this trope. First Setsuna and Lockon rescues Marina and Shirin from terrorists. Then the duo then rescues the series' two prominent couples, with Setsuna saving Saji and Louise from a Robbons-like ELS, while Lockon saving H/Allelujah and Marie/Soma from ELS-infected vehicles. Then Tieria rescues the rest of Celestial Being from the ELS. Then the Sol Braves rescue Celestial Being from the ELS. Then the Ptolemaios, Zabanya, and Harute come to the aid of the [[TheFederation ESF forces]] in the final battle. Then finally, Setsuna joins the fray in his new mobile suit, the 00 Qan[T].]]