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* Vegeta saves Goku in this manner when the good guys are fighting Android #19 in ''DragonballZ''

* In ''{{Thundercats 2011}}'' this serves as MysteriousProtector Cheetara's DynamicEntry, saving young [[KingIncognito Prince Incognito]] Lion-O from a headlock by rapping his mugger in the [[TapOnTheHead back of the head]] with her staff.

* In ''{{Thundercats 2011}}'' this serves as Cheetara's DynamicEntry, saving Lion-O from a headlock by rapping his mugger in the [[TapOnTheHead back of the head]] with her staff.

* Happens in the new {{Battlestar Galactica}}, during the ''Battle of New Caprica''. ''Galactica'' is cornered by four Baseships, taking a heavy pounding, its point defence batteries failing and its FTL offline. The crew even realise that this is it. Camera zooms out...and shows a barrage of torpedoes heading for the nearest Baseship, the source being the Battlestar ''Pegasus''.

* ''ProblemSleuth'' combines this with PrettyLittleHeadshots at one point.

* Happens more than once in WheelOfTime, ending the following fights: Rand vs Be'lal, Rand vs Lanfear, Rand vs Rahvin, Nynaeve vs Moghedien (twice), Perrin vs Aram.

Often involves Version A of FalseGunshot, or in some cases ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice. A variation on BigDamnHeroes.

** And at the climax of that same movie, Dredd is hanging by his fingertips, with the recently-deceased BigBad's mad scientist henchman standing over him with a gun, gloating about shooting him. Cue the FalseGunshot as Judge Hershey, Dredd's partner, shoots the scientist from behind, saving his life. Using this trope three times in one movie may well qualify for some sort of record.

* ''{{Xenosaga}}'' Part 1 combines this with SurprisinglySuddenDeath, when KOS-MOS blasts through a wall to save Shion in the nick of time.
* Zidane saves [[spoiler:Squall]] in this manner in ''DissidiaFinalFantasy''. Then he teases HIM for being a showoff

* ''{{Free Space}}''; In the Inferno R1 mod, this is first played straight, then subverted. [[spoiler: The GTVA's Independence carrier pulls off a conveniently timed attack from behind the Earth Alliance's flagship, the EA Nemesis. Said Nemesis then did a precise nano-jump right behind the Independence and shoots the crap out of it.]]
* Played [[IncrediblyLamePun straight as an arrow]] in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6N-UkOl5pU trailer]] for ''GuildWars: Prophecies''.

* Happens at the end of ''MenInBlack''. After they think that Edgar is dead and are relaxing for a moment, he lurks in the background and then leaps up to kill them. Before anyone can react, L shoots him.

In ''{{Thundercats 2011}}'' this serves as Cheetara's DynamicEntry, saving Lion-O from a headlock by rapping his mugger in the [[TapOnTheHead back of the head]] with her staff.

** ''{{Return of the King}}'' features a scene where it seems Frodo (captured, naked, bound, weaponless, and Ringless) is about to be killed by an Orc:

* Zidane save [[spoiler:Squall]] in this manner in ''DissidiaFinalFantasy''. Then he teases HIM for being a showoff
--> Zidane: Stop trying to show off [[spoiler:Squall]]. You make the rest of us look bad.

* ''{{Xenosaga}}'' Part 1 combines this with DeadlyGuest, when KOS-MOS blasts through a wall to save Shion in the nick of time.
* Elain attacks Lechuck this way with the cursed cutlass of Kaflu in ''TalesOfMonkeyIsland: Rise of the Pirate God'', but doesn't work as Lechuck had already absorved so much power it didn't affect him.

* The Council likes to do this to the heros in ''FairyTail''. They make a point of always showing up ''right after'' the villain has been defeated, ''twice''. One time just to question the guild, another to issue a life sentence to two people who just helped save the day.

--> (Damaged Tie fighter crashes into Vader's ship, forcing him aside.)

-->'''Han Solo:''' You're all clear kid. Now let's blow this thing and go home.
* ''{{Return of the King}}'' features a scene where it seems Frodo (captured, naked, bound, weaponless, and Ringless) is about to be killed by an Orc:

-->[Orc gets run through with a Sting wielded by Sam]
-->'''Sam:''' Not if I stick you first.
** It's also one of his [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Crowning Moments of Awesome]].
** TheTwoTowers had a similar one twice. After Merry and Pippin are captured, one of the orcs is about to kill a helpless Pippin, when he's suddenly stabbed from behind by a Rider of Rohan. A short time later, the same orc has Merry at his mercy . . . and is promptly stepped on from behind by Treebeard.

* Happens in the new {{Battlestar Galactica}}, during the ''Battle of New Caprica''. ''Galactica'' is cornered by four Baseships, taking a heavy pounding, its point defence batteries failing and it's FTL offline. The crew even realise that this is it. Camera zooms out...and shows a barrage of torpedoes heading for the nearest Baseship, the source being the Battlestar ''Pegasus''.

** It's also one of his {{Crowning Moments of Awesome}}.

But just before the mook can end both the hero and the franchise, one of the hero's allies shoots the mook from behind (or runs him through with a sword, or hits him over the head with something heavy) and thus takes out the mook. Regardless of means, someone has just come to the hero's rescue.

* In ''TheSimpsons Movie'', Russ Cargill is about to shoot Homer when a boulder falls on his head and knocks him out, courtesy of little Maggie.