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* Creator/{{Anla Shok}}'s ''Fanfic/{{Checkmate}}'':

* Creator/{{Anla Shok}}'s ''Fanfic/{{Checkmate}}'' [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8852698/1/Checkmate (found here)]]:
** It features a version of Lyme (a long-standing rebel there) having a tribute who did this, a SociopathicHero named Wolfe.

* Beast Boy of the ComicBook/TeenTitans is a green freak who can shape-shift, and wouldn't have it any other way. Being able to date Raven was probably a plus too.
** Before he was in the Titans, he was with ComicBook/DoomPatrol, a group entirely based around BlessedWithSuck. Most of the Patrollers were adults who had lives and careers they lost when they changed. Gar was changed into a metahuman before preschool and thinks being a shapeshifter is great fun. He's been heroing since ''before'' his teens and it's all he knows. The Wolfman-Perez era was ''very'' quick to point out he's got some Patrol-level issues under the goofball mask.
* In ''ComicBook/TheWarlord'', Russian AdventurerArchaeologist needed no persuading when she was offered the opportunity to accompany Morgan to the LostWorld of Skartaris, even though it meant she might never be able to return to Earth.
* ComicBook/WonderGirl aka Cassie Sandsmark went to great lengths to become a superhero, [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 starting at stealing enchanted artifacts to empower herself, and eventually marching right up to the king of the gods and asking him for powers]].
* In the Marvel line ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' the titular young avengers are often described as super-powered fanboys, especially Billy (Wiccan) and Teddy (Hulkling). The first five members of the team had pretty strong ties to the original Avengers that fueled their desire to become superheroes, and although Kate (the fifth member) had no such ties, she was pretty set on becoming a hero as well.

* Kenji in ''[[Anime/KotetsuJeeg Koutetsushin Jeeg]]'' - much to the surprise of the base staff, who had a big "I know this isn't going to be easy for you" speech lined up. It should be noted that Kenji, while HotBlooded, isn't [[IdiotHero the brightest star in the sky]].

* Gai Daigouji from ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' (real name: Jiro Yamada, but he didn't think that sounded heroic enough) is so eager to be a [[HumongousMecha giant robot]] pilot that he arrives at his post three days ahead of schedule. He promptly breaks his leg from showing off (literally).

* ''Manga/MadeInAbyss'': Riko has seemingly been obsessed with cave-diving since she learned to walk. In the first episode, she tries (again) to convince her teacher to let her go deeper, right after she and Nat have a near-fatal encounter with a monster that wandered up from the depths. When a mysterious letter from her mother reaches the surface, literally inviting Riko to come find her at the bottom of the chasm, Riko essentially takes it as an excuse to do what she always intended to do anyway.

** Their shocked fear might have been more due to the fact that they were flung into this world at skydiving heights, and told the rules of the world by the god governing it. The first rule of "no one can be murdered" punctuates their softer than expected terminal velocity landing, made funnier by the last rule of "let's all have fun".

* Monkey D. Luffy from ''Manga/OnePiece''. He didn't need (or really have) any particular reason to become a pirate other than that he thought pirates were cool. And he pretty much functions as a walking call when it comes to recruiting members of his crew.[[note]] An early short story that would later evolve into ''Manga/OnePiece'' exists. After eating the Devil Fruit and losing the ability to swim, he tells his grandfather (who owned the fruit) he's fine with it since he doesn't want to become a pirate anyway. However, at the end of the story his cool slips and he admits he's devastated since he wants to become a pirate more than anything. (As this doesn't match Luffy's backstory in the series, this cannot be considered canon.)[[/note]]

** There are several pokémon that count for this as well. In the XY era, Froakie literally caught himself for Ash.

* The third [[ComicBook/BlackKnightMarvelComics Black Knight]], Dane Whitman, starts off this way. Originally just an ordinary physicist, he had a habit of jumping at ''everything''. Follow his dying supervillain uncle's request to redeem the Black Knight legacy? All right! Take up the family sword? Sure! Stay to fight in the Crusades after accidentally taking over his ancestor's body? Why not! Join every superhero team that's asked him to? Right on! He even jumps headlong into romantic relationships. But, in ''ComicBook/CaptainBritainAndMI13'', after he's discovered the Crusades sucked, his family sword is hideously cursed yet he can't get rid of it, every single team he's joined and woman he's dated has pretty much forgotten him, and he feels like the only one still trying for idealistically heroic ideals, he's wondering if all that jumping was a good idea.

* Amy Rose in ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''. Going so far as to snatch up a powerful ring and using it to initiate an age-up. Of course, despite that, it takes Amy quite awhile to officially be made a Freedom Fighter, but when she is, she takes it with pride.

** Before he was in the Titans, he was with ComicBook/DoomPatrol, a group entirely based around BlessedWithSuck. Most of the Patrollers were adults who had lives and careers they lost when they changed. Gar was changed into a metahuman before preschool and thinks being a shapeshifter is great fun. He's been heroing since ''before'' his teens and it's pretty much all he knows. The Wolfman-Perez era was ''very'' quick to point out he's got some Patrol-level issues under the goofball mask.

* Eidolon and Shift from ''Roleplay/DCNation'' are raging, hard-core superhero fanboys who totally jumped at the chance to become heroes in their own right. Franchise/GreenLantern Travis Grey pickpocketed his ring, used it to clean up his crappy, inner-city neighborhood. When the senior lanterns come back for the ring, he just dares them to take it. Guy is so impressed by this, he offers to train the kid.

* In the ''Series/PrehistoricPark'' fanfic (and partial ContinuityReboot for ''Fanfic/PrehistoricEarth'') ''Fanfic/PrehistoricParkReimagined'', just about ''every'' staff member at the titular park eagerly accepted the opportunity to work there when offered as much.

* The [[IncitingIncident inciting incident]] of ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' is literally Elsa hearing the Call and jumping to follow it into the unknown and adventure.

** The protagonist, Harry, jumped at the chance to use his inborn magical powers for heroism, because (A) he was orphaned at a young age, and the evil warlock who adopted him was actively trying to either brainwash him into complete submission or murder him horribly. And (B) he had briefly felt hopeful under said warlock's care before said warlock revealed his true nature, basically annihilating his innocence, and he was sick of evil just randomly coming into his life and destroying everything he held dear. Once Harry actually got a decent mentor and some training in ethics, he was quite good at it, too.

* Sam Gamgee in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' is thrilled by the prospect of "going to see Elves and all." Merry and Pippin are also insistent on coming along - and even have a "conspiracy" set up to keep Frodo from leaving the Shire without them - but that's more the PowerOfFriendship.

* ''Series/{{MASH}}'' has a non-superhero example in the eighth season episode "The Yalu Brick Road". The entire camp, save for Charles, Margaret, B.J., Hawkeye, and Father Mulcahy has come done with food poisoning from turkeys Klinger got for Thanksgiving. While B.J. and Hawkeye are getting antibiotics from another unit, Charles and Margaret come back from a medical conference to find Father Mulcahy (who was at a nearby orphanage) is now taking care of everyone. While, of course, Father Mulcahy is sorry everyone is sick, he's thrilled to be helping out, as he's always worried about whether or not he's been useful, and taking care of everyone when they're sick is definitely being useful.

* In ''Series/ResshaSentaiToQger'', [[RookieRedRanger Right Suzuki]] jumped so quickly, [[Funny/ResshaSentaiToQger he literally forgot to ask for his]] TransformationTrinket.

** Isaiah, after having a vision of God and having his sins (symbolically) cleansed (Isaiah 6:8):
--->''Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"\\
And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"''

* Midori 'Dolly' Komaki of ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'' is a cosplaying camgirl. Once she witnesses your small band of survivors battling demons with your own summoned {{Mons}}, she squeals at the thought of "real heroes!" and literally snatches up a [=COMP=] of her very own. Unfortunately, she apparently snags an IdiotBall along with it...

** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestII'': The Prince of Midenhall sets off on a quest to save his kingdom as soon as he finds out that Moonbrooke has been razed to the ground. Even shown literally jumping from his throne to listen to the Moonbrooke guard in the Japanese manual.

* Subverted in ''VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning''. The call (Fate) [[ImmuneToFate doesn't have any hold over you]]. [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure High King Tatarion]] praises you if you choose to save the world saying that while answering the call is all well and good, '''YOU''' pretty much chose to be the hero and that makes you a true hero.

* While no Link is terribly reluctant to receive the CallToAdventure, Link from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' stands out in that, not only was there [[TheUnchosenOne no divine destiny planned out for him by the goddesses as there was for the others]] but he straight out ''demanded'' to be taken to the Call (after unsuccessfully following it off a cliff - literally). The fact that the Call [[KnightTemplarBigBrother kidnapped his little sister]] might have something to do with it.

* Travis Touchdown of ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' fame is an otaku who spends 95% of his time watching wrestling tapes, various anime, and occasionally going out and slaughtering en masse. He literally buys a beam katana off of eBay, then when a random woman in a bar asks him to decapitate someone with it, is only too happy to do so. Then again, he also loves to grab the IdiotBall as well.

* ''Webcomic/MechagicalGirlLisaANT'': A.N.T. literally [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Crossoverlord/index.php?p=425549 jumped at the call]] when offered a superhero team-up in Webcomic/TheCrossoverlord.

** Compared to her usual job, the expedition is basically a vacation with a pay to Sigrun.
** Trond from MissionControl literally got recruited at his own retirement party and really needed something to keep him busy.

** Later deconstructed. Her mentors were so busy training her in how to wield the elements that they separated Korra from her family, and wouldn't let her have a social life. (In the second episode she makes a full-blown escape attempt just to see a ''sports match,'' and her interactions with teens her own age make it rather clear she's never had any human friends.) This blows up in everyone's face around the season 1 finale when Korra was able to defeat the conquering tyrant, but not before he manages to sever a majority of her elemental abilities. Without her elemental powers, her status as the Avatar, which she has been training for her entire life, is essentially useless, and that ''hundreds'' of people will die because of her failure. She literally doesn't know who she is outside of the Avatar's current incarnation, and that knowledge nearly kills her.

* ''So'' completely inverted in the "Pandemic" episodes of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. The boys and Craig experience [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt an end of the world scenario]], and then find [[PropheciesAreAlwaysRight an ancient prophecy]] saying that Craig is {{the chosen one}} who will save everybody; except Craig's spent the entirety of the two episodes complaining about the whole situation, and stating that he wants nothing to do with any of it. He literally refuses to explore an ancient ruin in one part, noting that nothing is forcing them to go further in. [[spoiler:Subverted when, by walking away from the ancient ruins, Craig inadvertently walks into the episode's villain and [[YouCantFightFate steps onto a mystic stone that converts Craig against his wishes]] into a living laser beam.]]

* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': In this ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' Franchise/MonsterVerse fanfiction, this trope is {{discussed}} by Mark Russell in regards to [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonHumans Madison]] -- in a display of AdaptationalIntelligence that feels deliberate on the author's part, Mark admits that with the way Madison's been raised unconventionally in Monarch for years before the events of ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'', he suspects that she probably can't ever really be a normal kid again and that she probably doesn't even ''want'' a normal life at all anymore.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' story ''Fanfic/HereThereBeMonsters'', Captain Midnight firmly refuses to join the Squadron of Justice when asked, but his wife Joyce and his apprentice Chuck are eager to don a pair of makeshift costumes and head for the Squadron's rendezvous point.

* In ''Series/PrehistoricPark'' fanfic (and partial ContinuityReboot for ''Fanfic/PrehistoricEarth'') ''Fanfic/PrehistoricParkReimagined'', just about ''every'' staff member at the titular park eagerly accepted the opportunity to work there when offered as much.

* The [[IncitingIncident inciting incident]] of ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' is litearlly Elsa hearing the Call and jumping to follow it into the unknown and adventure.

** In ''Anime/YesPrecure5'', Nozomi JumpedAtTheCall before she even knew there ''was'' one, and in fact, this is what brings the CallToAdventure ''to'' her.

* ''Franchise/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':

* ''Imperium: Augustus'' shows the titular character so eager to answer TheCall from his [[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar uncle Julius]] to fight in the CivilWar that he decided to do so even though he was sick and remains so on the way to battle.

** Princess Amelia, despite being a magical princess in a fantasy setting, draws up long speeches about Justice, [[CallingYourAttacks names attacks]] -- like punching someone really hard -- and generally tries to be a {{superhero}}. She also always [[IHaveTheHighGround has the high ground]] (even if she tends to fall off of it). This is largely because she's a parody of ''Franchise/SailorMoon''.

* Though Minto Aizawa in ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' wasn't happy about working with Ichigo at first, manga extras note that she thought it was her destiny to become Mew Mint and was even secretly delighted, which fits well with her reaction to her object of affection's RefusalOfTheCall.
** In [[Anime/TokyoMewMewNew the reboot]], even more so.

* Several characters in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', unsurprisingly. Haruna stands out, as when the {{Masquerade}} is broken for her, she ''threatens to torture her three best friends'' for not letting her in on it sooner.
** It took her half a picosecond to immediately snog Negi when she learned this would give her magic powers. When this failed to work the first time ([[TeamPet Chamo]] didn't have the [[GeometricMagic contracting spell]] ready), the only reason it took her a little longer to snog him ''again'' was because poor Negi was ''running scared'' by then and she had to catch him first.
* The ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' kids had to follow the directions of a literal call on their cellphones to make it to the Digital World, but [[TheHero Takuya]] was the one who actually jumped. Also, Daisuke, Miyako, and Iori from ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', although the last two almost immediately regretted it and while they never quite made it to IJustWantToBeNormal, they never managed to be as gung-ho as Daisuke in the most critical moments. Mikey in ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' takes it even further and drags his friends into the Digital World.
* Kenji in ''[[Anime/KotetsuJeeg Koutetsushin Jeeg]]'' - much to the surprise of the base staff, who had a big "I know this isn't going to be easy for you" speech lined up. It should be noted that Kenji, while HotBlooded, isn't [[IdiotHero the brightest star in the sky]].
* Hunter Steele in ''Anime/SpiderRiders'' definitely fits this trope. Heck, he had to go out of his way to prove he was a rider. Not to mention swallowing his pride and actually asking for help from Shadow.
* ''Manga/DeathNote'': Light Yagami: "I just killed two men... no wait... this is exactly what I've been thinking about lately. The world is rotting and those who are making it rot deserve to die!" Normal kid to [[AGodAmI murderous megalomaniac]] in less than a 5-minute sequence.
* Yuji Sakai from ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', once he learns that he's just a Torch and will disappear one of these days, figures that he'd rather do something else than just waiting until he disappears, and does what he can to aid the titular ActionGirlfriend, Shana.
* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'': Would ''you'' run after the girl that just stapled your mouth and told you to not involve yourself with her in order to offer her help? Araragi's ''charm'' is in Jumping At The [[strike: Call]] Sight of an Oddity.
* [[HotBlooded Naruto]] [[MessianicArchetype Uzumaki]] of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. Pre-Timeskip, he always jumps at the call to prove himself. Post? [[spoiler: When the Fourth Shinobi World War had started and he didn't know, but when he learned he broke out of his confinement with Killer Bee, faced the Raikage to prove he was up to the challenge, and finally reached the battlefield to protect his friends.]]
* The CallToAdventure merely sped up [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch's]] schedule, at least the first time. The second time he receives TheCall, the caller is a terrorist he ''really'' should be running away from very fast, but [[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife his subconscious urge to jump trumps basic survival]].
* ''Anime/TransformersSuperGodMasterforce'': the kids approach Metalhawk and ''ask'' him for The Call.
* Once he learned there was a call to be answered, Kotetsu T. Kaburagi from ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' charged in its direction and never looked back. Back in high school, he spent most of his time trying to come up with cool superhero names and beating up street gangs as a "vanguard of justice".
** [[spoiler: [[LikeFatherLikeSon Like father, like daughter.]] Kotetsu's child Kaede recently got her own NEXT powers, and now that Kotetsu has been framed by Maverick to take him out, [[PluckyGirl she has decided to]] [[ParentsInDistress help her father]] [[ClearMyName to clear his name.]] And mind you, Kaede is ''ten''.]]
* Genki from ''Anime/MonsterRancher'' may not have been expecting to be sucked into the game world but he sure didn't have any issue being there.
* ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' gives us the main character, who accidentally discovers a witch's true identity and gets her transformed into a green... blob or something. When said witch says Doremi must compensate via becoming her apprentice...
-->'''Doremi''': To tell you the truth, I've always wanted to be a witch... [[Funny/OjamajoDoremi Please make me a witch? Pleasepleasepleaaaaase?!]]
* In ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'', Hikaru is instantly eager and willing to take up Clef's charge of saving Princess Emeraude while Umi and Fuu are still protesting that they need to get back to Tokyo. Throughout the journey, she's the one who takes the lead and keeps them going. [[spoiler:As a consequence, TheReveal of their ''true'' mission is so painful to her that the second season of the anime gives her an EnemyWithout created from her sorrow.]]
* IdiotHero Daiya in ''Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu'' could not wait to get aboard the Daiku Maryu as [[HumongousMecha Gaiking]]'s pilot and head into the world of Darius, because it meant a quest to find his father.
* A crossover between ''Manga/CrayonShinChan'' and ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'', Shin-chan throws himself at Ryotaro as he's slapping on his driver because he thinks transforming is cool, becoming "Shin-O".
* ''Anime/RuneSoldierLouie'': It didn't take much to convince [[HighHopesZeroTalent Louie]] to join [[AmazonianBeauty Jeanie's]] group, since he'd much rather go off on adventures than be stuck at the Magician's Guild studying magic. So he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MztvTxHcJbE&t=5m58s gladly accepted the offer.]]
* ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'' plays this both ways. First, when NEET siblings Sora and Shiro are asked if they feel they weren't meant to live the life they lived in the world they lived in, they didn't hesitate to say "yes". When they were then flung headfirst into a bizarre world governed by games, they initially reacted with a shocked fear, but this was soon replaced by pure enthusiasm, even wondering why so many heroes in their situation become so obsessed with getting back to their nobody lives in their old world.
** Their shocked fear might have been more due to the fact that they were flung into this world at skydiving heights, and told the rules of the world by the god governing it. The first rule of "no one can be murdered" punctuates their softer than expected terminal velocity landing, made funnier by the last rule of "let's all have fun".
* Otoha Sakurano from ''Anime/SkyGirls'' had dreamt of flying in the sky ever since she was a child so when the military came to her home looking for her to be a pilot, she naturally said she wanted to do it.
* In ''Anime/GirlsBeyondTheWasteland'', Teruha immediately volunteers to program the game for them after hearing about it. Since she doesn't know anyone else, Sayuki agrees to it.
* ''Manga/MadeInAbyss'': Riko has seemingly been obsessed with cave-diving since she learned to walk. In the first episode, she tries (again) to convince her teacher to let her go deeper, right after she and Nat have a near-fatal encounter with a monster that wandered up from the depths. When a mysterious letter from her mother reaches the surface, literally inviting Riko to come find her at the bottom of the chasm, Riko essentially takes it as an excuse to do what she always intended to do anyway.
* {{Deconstructed}} in ''{{Anime/Sakugan}}''. Even before receiving the call, [[ChildProdigy Memempu]] was making almost nightly attempts to get to the hanger where the city's {{Mecha}} are stored, with her FantasyForbiddingFather barely keeping her from succeeding. Near the end of the first episode, [[spoiler:the pair witnesses two of their best friends - professional pilots to those mechs - die ignobly while trying to defend their home]]. In the aftermath, Memempu realizes, to her own horror, that she still wants to answer the call despite this, prompting her to ask her father if there's something seriously wrong with her.

* [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] wanted to be a soldier before Pearl Harbor, but was rejected for poor physical health. Didn't stop him from trying to put on weight and heading to a recruitment station, time and time again. Eventually, a General took him aside and told him 'What if we shot you up with drugs and stuck you in the path of radioactive materials?'
* Jakita Wagner in Warren Ellis' comic-book series ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}'' is an example of this, but not out of a sense of heroism. At one point in the series, she gets to destroy several thirty-foot mutant ants with her bare hands. Though she doesn't say anything, the expression on her face in the close-ups clearly reads "I have the best job in the world."
-->'''Elijah''': Why'd you join? The money or the secrecy your Fourth Man can buy?\\
'''Jakita''': Neither. I get bored easily. Planetary stops me getting bored.
** In a nice cross-trope subversion in one issue, she's all happy and feeling good after saving the RedShirt helicopter pilot from exploding.
* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'':
** Guy Gardner. Not only does he revel in being a Green Lantern, but whenever his powers get [[BroughtDownToNormal taken away]], he goes out and finds ''entirely new powers''. He even spent a brief period as a BadAssNormal before ExecutiveMeddling gave him tattoos and morphing powers.
** Kyle Rayner. A "blue midget in a dress" gives him a ring and he's not sure what is going on but thinks it is way cool that when he puts on the ring his clothes change. Then his girlfriend points out that is Green Lantern's costume and Kyle gets even more enthusiastic.
* ''Franchise/TheDCU'' superhero Eddie Bloomberg wanted to be a superhero so badly that he built his own power suit at the age of 12 and dubbed himself [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Kid Devil]], ComicBook/BlueDevil's sidekick.
* In the Marvel line ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' the titular young avengers are often described as super-powered fanboys, especially Billy (Wiccan) and Teddy (Hulkling). The first five members of the team had pretty strong ties to the original Avengers that fueled their desire to become superheroes, and although Kate (the fifth member) had no such ties, she was pretty set on becoming a hero as well.
* ComicBook/SquirrelGirl. Her entire existence revolves around this trope. When she met ComicBook/IronMan in her first appearance, she was a fourteen-year-old girl who had already created her own costume, her own power set, and her own code name, and she desperately tried to become Iron Man's sidekick. After moving to New York she protected Central Park from muggers. After [[ComicBook/GreatLakesAvengers GLA, er GLX-, now GLC, yes GLI]] asked her to join their team she quickly agreed, not even bothering to consider asking her parents. What a trooper!

* In ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'', Molly Hayes is very enthusiastic about superheroing. She's reduced to awkward ShyFingerTwiddling when she realizes no one else came up with a costume.
* Beast Boy of the ComicBook/TeenTitans is a green freak who can shape-shift, and wouldn't have it any other way. Being able to date Raven was probably a plus too.
** Before he was in the Titans, he was with ComicBook/DoomPatrol, a group entirely based around BlessedWithSuck. Most of the Patrollers were adults who had lives and careers they lost when they changed. Gar was changed into a metahuman before preschool and thinks being a shapeshifter is great fun. He's been heroing since ''before'' his teens and it's pretty much all he knows. The Wolfman-Perez era was ''very'' quick to point out he's got some Patrol-level issues under the goofball mask.
* ''ComicBook/TheMighty'': When Gabriel Cole got the opportunity to help his hero, Alpha One, out. He accepted the promotion to Section Omega Captain.
* Joshua Carver of ''ComicBook/NoHero'' not only jumped at the call but he chased after it aggressively.
* ComicBook/{{Empowered}}, full stop. You can see how much she wanted to become a superheroine if you consider that she gets her powers from a {{Stripperiffic}} super suit which loses powers immediately when ripped (which happens constantly) and still doesn't give up.

* [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie Sandsmark]] went to great lengths to become a superhero, [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 starting at stealing enchanted artifacts to empower herself, and eventually marching right up to the king of the gods and asking him for powers]].
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'s'' [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]] jumped at the call even when Batman said "no". He knew that Batman needed a Robin and if Dick Grayson wouldn't be Robin again, then ''he'' would. He's an interesting take as he first tried to get Dick to take the role and then figured his own status as a costumed hero would be temporary but given everything Bruce had better be well pleased Tim forced the Bat-family to accept him.

* The third Black Knight, Dane Whitman, starts off this way. Originally just an ordinary physicist, he had a habit of jumping at ''everything''. Follow his dying supervillain uncle's request to redeem the Black Knight legacy? All right! Take up the family sword? Sure! Stay to fight in the Crusades after accidentally taking over his ancestor's body? Why not! Join every superhero team that's asked him to? Right on! He even jumps headlong into romantic relationships. But, in ''ComicBook/CaptainBritainAndMI13'', after he's discovered the Crusades sucked, his family sword is hideously cursed yet he can't get rid of it, every single team he's joined and woman he's dated has pretty much forgotten him, and he feels like the only one still trying for idealistically heroic ideals, he's wondering if all that jumping was a good idea.
* Amy Rose in ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''. Going so far as to snatch up a powerful ring and using it to initiate an age-up. Of course, despite that, it takes Amy quite awhile to officially be made a Freedom Fighter, but when she is, she takes it with pride.
* In ''ComicBook/TheWarlord'', Russian AdventurerArchaeologist needed no persuading when she was offered the opportunity to accompany Morgan to the LostWorld of Skartaris, even though it meant she might never be able to return to Earth.

* Nonoko in ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'' is a little too eager to become a MagicalGirl. So when she's left with her brother's supernatural weapons and protective gear when the school he attends is attacked, she is eager to go -- not to return her brother's stuff to him, but to rescue him.
* Sort of, in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached''. In the Prologue, Varx offers Paul the chance to go on “a great adventure.” Paul, thinking he's dreaming, readily accepts. Except Varx then reveals he's not dreaming, so he suddenly has second thoughts—but whoops, too late.
* ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality'' has Harry jump pretty quick and far:[[spoiler: breaking into Azkaban, fighting aurors, and breaking out Bellatrix Black because Quirrell convinced him it was a heroic quest.]] Deconstructed when he realizes that it is a rather serious flaw of his.
-->'''Sorting Hat''': You're just guessing, or to put it more exactly, wishing that you have some ready-made heroic role that is your personal property.

* Unsurprisingly for a fanfic for ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', the Career tributes in ''Fanfic/SomeSemblanceOfMeaning''. ([[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Obsidian]] apparently volunteered to keep his little cousin from having to go into the Games before he was ready, although he undoubtedly would have done so, anyway.)

* Subverted in ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy''. Izuku ''wants'' to do this when Peter Parker offers to teach him how to use his new powers to become Franchise/SpiderMan. But Izuku ends up asking for more time to think because of his poor self-esteem and worry about whether or not Peter would be able to get home. Then it's played completely straight after All Might's pep talk inspires Izuku to accept, showing clear excitement at learning to become Spider-Man and getting to chase his dream of helping people as a Hero.
* In ''Fanfic/TheWebOfTheSpiderMan'', Peter is immediately inspired to become a superhero after a talk with his best friend and fellow nerd, Ned. They're drafting a superhero costume and gadgets within days of Peter discovering his new spider powers.
* In ''Manga/ErikaChange'', a ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' doujin in which Erika transfers to Oarai in Miho's stead, Erika is so eager to get involved with tankery that she chooses it as her elective before it's officially offered. Unfortunately for her, she ends up having a HeroicBSOD when she learns that Oarai will be going up against her former school, Kuromorimine (since Erika deeply admires Maho, the commander and Miho's older sister).

* in Creator/{{Lorata}}'s ''We Must Be killers, tales from District 2", Claudius is the only District 2 victor to truly want and expect a Rebellion even before the 3rd Quarter Quell is announced, but remains where he is out of UndyingLoyalty to his mentor Lyme. Eight years before the Quell, he gives her an AllTakeNoGive speech about the Capitol and asks her to take him with her once she's finally had enough. Once that moment finally comes, all Lyme has to do is walk into his bedroom, toss him a bag, and ask if he's coming to get his assent.

* Creator/{{Anla Shok}}'s ''Fanfic/{{Checkmate}}'' [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8852698/1/Checkmate (found here)]]:
** It features a version of Lyme (a long-standing rebel there) having a tribute who did this, a SociopathicHero named Wolfe.
---> Lyme had just had to tell him, show him that he was unique, and he had given her his loyalty. She'd stood by him after the arena, as he woke up a cripple, his pride shattered day after day as he learned to walk gracefully again, to speak with a hoarse voice he couldn't recognize and hated. [[ItsPersonal By the 68th, barely twenty, Wolfe had been obsessed with leveling the power field]].
** Her other Victor, Bahamut, is slower to join the Rebellion but shows willingness and almost relief when Lyme [[GotVolunteered makes it sound like an order]]. ''His'' victor, Enobaria is also quick to join Lyme after surviving the Quell, [[BigDamnHeroes saving Lyme from being turned in by a victor who refused her offer]] and admitting that "I want Snow gone. I want to be free. I want to be allowed to be proud to have been born here when it's over."
** District 8's youngest Victor Moire also has shades of this, in addition to TheAtoner after being too scared to volunteer for [[ActionMom Cecelia]], joining the rebel army and putting herself in the line of fire.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' story ''Fanfic/HereThereBeMonsters'', Captain Midnight firmly refuses to join the Squadron of Justice when asked, but his wife Joyce and his apprentice Chuck are eager to don a pair of makeshift costumes and head for the Squadron's rendezvous point.
* In ''Series/PrehistoricPark'' fanfic (and partial ContinuityReboot for ''Fanfic/PrehistoricEarth'') ''Fanfic/PrehistoricParkReimagined'', just about ''every'' staff member at the titular park eagerly accepted the opportunity to work there when offered as much.

* The [[IncitingIncident inciting incident]] of [[WesternAnimation/FrozenII Frozen II]] is litearlly Elsa hearing the Call and jumping to follow it into the unknown and adventure.

* Dave Livewski the title character of "Film/{{Kickass}}", who gets his powers [[spoiler:(pain resistance and lots of titanium bones)]] as a result of answering the call before it's even been made.

* Stephanie Edgely, the 12-year old heroine of the book ''Literature/SkulduggeryPleasant'', is only too glad to enter a fantastic world of magic, living skeletons, and vampiric museum guards.
** It's subverted in the second book where many characters point out that Stephanie appears a bit ''too'' eager to join the supernatural world and misses out on a lot of experiences with her family and people her own age, and they try to explain to her that this is not a good thing (to little avail). It's most poignantly illustrated when the mirror image she sends to live her normal life tells her at one point that she has no friends at school (something she had been unaware of).
* Galen Waylock of ''Literature/WarOfTheDreaming'' leaps at the call. He had the training, the skills, the attitude. Unfortunately, his timing was a little off.

* ''Literature/LightAndDarkTheAwakeningOfTheMageknight'': Danny can't wait to become a Knight of the Light, and neither can his friends. Their first year of training is a test of their commitment to the call.
* This trope was what made Archmaester Marwyn so memorable and well-liked in the fandom of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. While most characters are frightened of the rapidly shifting world around them, Marwyn showed up in one chapter, and by the end, he was on a boat to Essos to become Daenerys' maester.
** Another notable call-jumper in this series is Jon Snow. When presented with an option to join the Night's Watch, he volunteered instantly. Once there, he desired to become a ranger and go beyond the Wall.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'':
** The protagonist, Harry, jumped at the chance to use his inborn magical powers for heroism, because (A) he was orphaned at a young age, and the evil warlock who adopted him was actively trying to either brainwash him into complete submission or murder him horribly. And (B) he had briefly felt hopeful under said warlock's care before said warlock revealed his true nature, basically annihilating his innocence, and he was sick of evil just randomly coming into his life and destroying everything he held dear. Once Harry actually got a decent mentor and some training in ethics, he was quite good at it, too.
** A less traumatic example occurs later in the series, with young wizard Molly Carpenter. She is extremely naive when first coming into her power -- unfortunately, her magical talent is mental, i.e, telepathy and brainwashing -- and in attempts to help her friends, she ends up breaking their minds. And the psychic backlash of ''that'' attracts sadistic Fae that would like nothing more than to torture her in their distant, Alcatraz-esque fortress. Fortunately, Harry realizes this in time to rescue Molly, and after he becomes her mentor and teaches her about the dangers of the supernatural world, she becomes much more responsible and disciplined with her magic (Noticing a pattern here?)
** At the end of ''Literature/SkinGame'', Waldo Butters is offered the chance to [[spoiler:wield ''Fidelacchius'' as a Knight of the Cross]] and says he can't imagine ''not'' doing it.
* Exaggerated in ''Literature/LegacyOfTheDragokin'' where Benji jumps at every chance he gets to be a hero [[FantasyForbiddingMother despite his mom's best efforts to keep him away from them.]]
* In ''Literature/BlackLegion'', the moment Falkius heard Sargon talk about the location of ''[[CoolStarship Vengeful Spirit]]'' was the moment he decided he's going to get it, despite the directions to it being ''extremely'' obscure. Similarly, Khayon joins him the moment he hears of the plan and after Children's attack incapacitates Falkius, he becomes the driving force behind the search. It helps that both were DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife.
* Elin from ''Literature/OfFearAndFaith'' jumped at the chance to join Phenix's party, especially since she'd been alone in the woods for who knows how long before then. North and Tel also seem quite enthusiastic about going on a mysterious and dangerous journey and the three of them are probably having the best time out of the group.
* ''Literature/DestinedToLead'': The main character, Kajiya, is certainly this. But her eagerness to Jump at the Call caused her to fall flat on her face. She ends up getting banished from the very tribe she is destined to lead.
* In the ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' series, Rachel and Kirsty agreed to help the fairies immediately.
* Mark, from ''Literature/MarkDelewenAndTheSpacePirates'', not only jumps at the chance, he specifically convinces the Space Patrolman to take him along, although he wouldn't have otherwise.
* The title character in Dorothy Gilman's ''Literature/MrsPollifax'' series went to the CIA to volunteer to become a spy because she was finding retirement boring. She's surprisingly effective in spite of -- or perhaps because of -- being a sweet little old lady who looks like she wouldn't harm a fly.
* In Michael C. Bailey's ''Literature/ActionFigures - Issue One: Secret Origins'', Matt has wanted to be a superhero since he was a little kid and cajoles his friends into joining him when he sees an opportunity.
* The title character in ''Literature/EdenGreen'' mostly focuses on the downsides and horrors of being infected with an immortal needle symbiote, but her best friend loves it and quickly decides to become a vigilante monster-hunter.
* In ''Literature/TheDinosaurLords'', when Karyl gets a job TrainingThePeacefulVillagers, he positively ''blooms'', turning from a quiet, brooding man with a penchant for getting lost in his own thoughts into a decisive, gleeful and energetic commandeer.
* In ''Literature/EmpireStar'' by Creator/SamuelRDelany, when Comet Jo--a youth on the edge of adulthood from a backwater OneProductPlanet, who never been anywhere but who calls ''himself'' "Comet Jo"--is asked by a dying spaceman to take a message to Empire Star--a place he's never even heard of--he barely takes the time to stop by his home before heading off to the spaceport to investigate his transportation options.

* Quentin Coldwater of ''Literature/TheMagicians'' is almost explosive with enthusiasm when he realizes he's just passed the entrance exam for a WizardingSchool, and blithely flings himself into a life of study and magic. No surprise, given that Quentin's been DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife.

* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Zig-zagged with Connor: whether his usual or alternate self, he seems pretty enthusiastic about being a superhuman, but not the accompanying violence and trauma. His arc in the TV series ends with him choosing a normal life. "This whole fighting thing... I'm not really sure it's for me."

* Faith's far more enthusiastic acceptance of being TheChosenOne compared to Buffy in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
** In the seventh-season episode "Potential", [[spoiler:this trope is turned on its head when Dawn at first jumps at the Call -- after all, she's one of the only non-powered people among a bunch of superheroes, and the youngest to boot! - only to find out that the Call ''wasn't for her after all''. Talk about a downer. Then again, in the Season 8 comics, she gets [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever perhaps more than she bargained for.]]]]

* In ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'', the title character is eager to prove himself and make a mark on history. When Washington starts apologizing for asking him to join the cabinet and thus leave his family for extended period, Hamilton interrupts because all he wants to know is if he'll be running the Treasury or State Department.

* During the present day portion of ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII Assassin's Creed II]]'', [[TheHero Desmond Miles]] immediately agrees to join the assassins in their war against the Templars. Lucy is surprised by his cooperation and admits she was prepared to talk him into it.
* ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad Sam & Max]]'' will take any case from anyone (as long as they get paid) and [[RunningGag always]] eagerly fight to answer the phone when it starts ringing. Sam always wins. (Except when the timestream was messed with, or when [[CueTheFlyingPigs hell froze over.]])
* Dante of the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' series loves his work and actively flaunts his powers whenever possible.
* Joe of ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'', who had watched ''tokusatsu'' films and TV shows all his life and actively embraced his own chance to be an action hero.
** Which is reversed in the anime adaptation, where Joe doesn't seem to want more than an autograph.

* Zack Fair from the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' prequel ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'', and to an initially less-successful extent, Cloud, in the original ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' game.
** Zack continued to want to be a hero to the end. Cloud became far more reluctant after a while, though he still demonstrates a need to protect and rescue people he cares about.
* Tidus in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' is generally unconcerned about suddenly being yanked out of his world, and eagerly follows Yuna around even after initially being told he can't be one of her guardians.
** Considering he may have been a [[spoiler: UnwittingPawn, created by the fayth to stop Sin, and based on the poor bastard from Zanarkand who tried and failed to stop the senseless war]], his eagerness makes sense.
** In the sequel, all it takes is one blurry, ancient sphere of someone who looks kind of like Tidus for Yuna to put on a {{Stripperiffic}} outfit, strap on a pair of pistols and start globetrotting.
* Riku of ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' felt that there was something more for him beyond his homeworld. He was right. Unfortunately, TheDarkSide was apparently aware of this as well, and Riku was too impatient to wait ''one more night''.
* ''Everyone'' in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' but Marche and Cid.
** And everyone period in the sequel, especially the protagonist Luso.
* Travis Touchdown of ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' fame is an otaku who spends 95% of his time watching wrestling tapes, various anime, and occasionally going out and slaughtering en masse. He literally buys a beam katana off of eBay, then when a random woman in a bar asks him to decapitate someone with it, is only too happy to do so. Then again, he also loves to grab the IdiotBall as well.

* The protagonist in ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryI: So You Want To Be A Hero'' goes out looking for quests to complete so that he can gain the title of hero after graduating from the "Famous Adventurer's Correspondance School".
* One of the {{Aesop}}s of ''VideoGame/LastScenario'' is that jumping at the call is a stupid, ''stupid'' idea. Late in the game, the protagonist lists off four major characters who each tried to become heroes, and each [[FallenHero wound up doing something horrible]].
* All the {{Villain Protagonist}}s in the ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}'' series eagerly embrace their destinies. Even the Overlord of the original game [[spoiler:completely ignores the reveal that he's actually a literal Hero groomed to be the previous Overlord's puppet placeholder, and instead kicks his predecessor's butt and keeps the title and power for himself]].

* Twilight Sparkle eagerly decides to investigate Rarity's case in ''VideoGame/MyLittleInvestigations''

* The player does this in ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''. Given that the choice was either this or rot in his cell for all eternity, it's easy to see why.

* In ''VideoGame/{{X}}3: Terran Conflict'' the minor character Jesan Nadina is extremely gung-ho about joining the fight against the [[InscrutableAliens Khaak]] because he hero-worships Julian Gardna-Brennan, the PlayerCharacter of the previous two games who was instrumental in defeating the first two major Khaak offensives. [[WeHardlyKnewYe He gets killed off-screen two missions into the corresponding plot.]]
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'': After losing Lightning and Snow, and hearing nothing for two years, all it takes is a small-scale monster invasion and the word of mysterious youth Noel to send Serah traipsing across time and space in search of her sister.

* Subverted in ''VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning''. The call (Fate) [[ImmuneToFate doesn't have any hold over you]]. [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure High King Tatarion]] praises you if you choose to save the world saying that while answering the call is all well and good, '''YOU''' pretty much chose to be the hero and that makes you a true hero.

* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': TheLancer on your team, Ryuji Sakamoto, turns out to be a bit of geek for PhantomThief related tropes, to the point he suggests you form a thief BadassCrew, and begs to make your CallingCard for your first [[TheCaper job]].
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
** In the series' backstory, near the end of the 2nd Era, the [[OldMaster Greybeards]] summoned TheChosenOne who would [[TheConqueror restore the Empire]] and [[ScrewYouElves conquer the elves]] to High Hrothgar, their monastery on [[TheTower the Throat of the World]]. Two heroes of mankind jumped at this call:
*** Wulfharth Ash-King, the legendary ancient King of the Nords, famous [[GodInHumanForm Shezarrine]] who [[EternalHero had died and come back to life]] at least three times, and noted [[FantasticRacism Elf-hater]], jumped at the call and went to the Greybeards. Instead, Wulfharth is "[[RefusedByTheCall blasted to ash]]" by the Greybeards, who say that he is not the one.
*** Tiber Septim was the [[FounderOfTheKingdom founder]] of the Third Tamriellic Empire who [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascended after his death]] as [[DeityOfHumanOrigin Talos]], the Ninth Divine. When the Greybeards summoned him, he jumped at the chance. He went to them, accepted their title, studied with them to increase the power of his [[MakeMeWannaShout Thu'um]], and ventured south to Cyrodiil to forge an empire on their word. While [[HistoricalHeroUpgrade official Imperial orthodoxy]] records him as humble and pious, more heretical (and realistic) stories note Septim's [[AmbitionIsEvil extreme ambition]] playing a role.
* [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} The Shape]] of ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight''. While the other killers found their way accidentally, unwillingly, or obliviously into the service of The Entity, Myers is the only killer who voluntarily joined it.

* WebAnimation/TheMostEpicStoryEverToldInAllOfHumanHistory: Epic-Man accepts the superhero role with no hesitation whatsoever during “The Most Epic Superhero Origin Story Ever”. His sidekick Epic Fail does the same thing.

* Riff from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' loves nothing more than [[TimTaylorTechnology building absurdly overpowered weapons]] and [[MoreDakka using them to reduce evil monsters to smithereens]]. If no evil monsters are around, he'll start fiddling around with dimensional portals and BlackMagic rituals until he finds some. He once tried [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/010210 putting some of his robots into storage]]--this didn't go so well.
-->'''Torg''': And why are Lots 189 through 205 closed for repair?\\
'''Riff''': I don't want to talk about it.\\
'''Torg''': And Lot 206 looks like it's been partially liquefied!
* Rowan in ''Webcomic/{{Hi to Tsuki to Hoshi no Tama}}'' is a straightforward example.
--> '''Rowan''': You want to give me magic powers too? And you thought I might ''refuse''?

* Webcomic/MechagicalGirlLisaANT'': A.N.T. literally [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Crossoverlord/index.php?p=425549 jumped at the call]] when offered a superhero team-up in Webcomic/TheCrossoverlord.
* Monica and Shelly, of ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'' are currently experiencing this after trying to settle back into normal life.
* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}''[='=]s Reimu in ''Webcomic/TouhouNekokayou'' seems to enjoy her job, to say the least.
-->'''Sakuya''': I thought you and Marisa would want to help investigate since you're Gensokyo's premier incident-solvers.\\
'''Reimu''': You flatter me because it's true! Also, do you know what this means? IT IS TIME TO RESOLVE AN INCIDENT! *clenches fist*\\
'''Sakuya''': Um, okay, the geyser incident was less than a year ago. Could you not act like you're physically addicted to incidents, please?
* ''Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}'' has wanted nothing more than to be a superhero her entire life. The first thing she does after getting mutated with spider DNA and gaining four extra arms? Try to figure out what name she'll use.
* In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfShanShan'', [[http://shanshan.upperrealms.com/view.php?pageid=040&chapterid=1 Cassie encourages this]] and [[http://shanshan.upperrealms.com/view.php?pageid=041&chapterid=1 does it herself.]]
* In ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'', [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000624c on hearing Protoman is fighting, Megaman goes to join him.]]

* ''Webcomic/{{Glorianna}}'' didn't really believe the oracle who told her she needed to go out questing, but used it as an excuse to get out of her dreary village and see the world.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Snarlbear}}'', the main character's reaction to being TrappedInAnotherWorld is glee at the prospect of being an awesome monster hunter in a fantasy world.

* ''Webcomic/AngelMoxie'': While the responsibility of saving the world makes her hesitate in the beginning, Alex does this after her first TransformationSequence. Possibly because of the discovery that she had the power of {{Flight}}.
* Kimiko from ''Webcomic/{{Marilith}}'' is nothing less than delighted when Marilith shoots some of her teachers and kidnaps her, claiming the teachers were harsh and the students bullied her. Not even ''[[AnArmAndALeg losing her arm]]'' (hit by a truck when she wouldn't pull it inside the car window) is enough to dampen her spirits, and she continues to try to convince Marilith, Vic, and Dime to let her be an assassin too, stealing guns to play with at every opportunity. [[spoiler:She finally gets her wish at the end of ''Krakow 2.0'', when Marilith accepts her as a partner. In ''Marilith'' she gets trained in pistols and sniper rifles, and plays a pivotal role in most of Marilith's fights and plans.]]
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Sarah spent weeks checking herself every morning for a magic mark, and when she [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2015-02-13 finally got one]] she immediately [[http://egscomics.com/comic/question-mark-02 did everything]] she could to figure out what it did.

* As much as Rob from the web fiction serial ''Literature/DimensionHeroes'' was reluctant at first, it didn't take him long to realize that kicking inter-dimensional monster butt with futuristic superpowers is a lot more fun than sitting around the house all summer.
* In the ''Franchise/{{Noob}}'' webseries and novels, [[spoiler:Arthéon]] at some point decides that he needs a new start in life, so he decides to leave his gaming guild and become a solo player. He however quickly realizes that he has no idea what to do with the time that he formerly used up helping out his guild, so he plays this trope quite straight when he gets an e-mail that amounts to "Hi, this is the game creator. I have a job for you if you happen to be interested.".
* In the ''Podcast/RedPandaAdventures'', chauffeur Kit Baxter becomes the Red Panda's sidekick, the Flying Squirrel, by figuring out her boss was the masked vigilante and demanding she be allowed in on the action.

* in Lorata's ''We Must Be killers, tales from District 2", Claudius is the only District 2 victor to truly want and expect a Rebellion even before the 3rd Quarter Quell is announced, but remains where he is out of UndyingLoyalty to his mentor Lyme. Eight years before the Quell, he gives her an AllTakeNoGive speech about the Capitol and asks her to take him with her once she's finally had enough. Once that moment finally comes, all Lyme has to do is walk into his bedroom, toss him a bag, and ask if he's coming to get his assent.

* ''Fanfic/{{Checkmate}}'' [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8852698/1/Checkmate (found here)]]:

* {{Deconstructed}} in ''{{Anime/Sakugan}}''. Even before receiving the call, [[ChildProdigy Memempu]] was making almost nightly attempts to get to the hanger where all the HumongousMecha are stored, with her FantasyForbiddingFather barely keeping her from succeeding. Near the end of the first episode, [[spoiler:the pair witnesses two of their best friends - professional pilots to those mechs - die ignobly while trying to defend their home]]. In the aftermath, Memempu realizes, to her own horror, that she still wants to answer the call despite this, prompting her to ask her father if there's something seriously wrong with her.

* Several characters in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters unsurprisingly]]. Haruna stands out, as when the {{Masquerade}} is broken for her, she ''threatens to torture her three best friends'' for not letting her in on it sooner.

* ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseHumans Madison]] has no interest in staying in school as her FantasyForbiddingFather wants of her when Godzilla starts rampaging and she realizes no-one but her and Bernie are actually going to have the basic sense to investigate the Apex facilities Godzilla has been targeting. The novelization expands on this, showing that Mark has become a MyBelovedSmother type of father after [[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 the previous movie]]'s events who wants Madison to be as normal as possible, and that Madison is not fitting into normal life nor does she have any interest in pursuing it.

* ''Series/{{MASH}}'' has a non-superhero example in the eighth season episode "The Yalu Brick Road". The entire camp, save for Charles, Margaret, B.J., Hawkeye, and Father Mulcahy has come done with food poisoning from turkeys Klinger got for Thanksgiving. While B.J. and Hawkeye are getting antibiotics from another unit, Charles and Margaret come back from a medical conference to find Father Mulcahy (who was at a nearby orphanage0 is now taking care of everyone. While, of course, he's sorry everyone is sick, he's thrilled to be helping out, as he's always worried about whether or not he's been useful, and taking care of everyone when they're sick is definitely being useful.

* All the VillainProtagonist leads in the ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}'' series eagerly embrace their destinies. Even the Overlord of the original game [[spoiler:completely ignores the reveal that he's actually a literal Hero groomed to be the previous Overlord's puppet placeholder, and instead kicks his predecessor's butt and keeps the title and power for himself]].

* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': In this ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' Franchise/MonsterVerse fanfiction, this trope is {{discussed}} by Mark Russell in regards to [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonHumans Madison]] -- in an act of AdaptationalIntelligence that feels deliberate on the author's part, Mark admits that with the way Madison's been raised unconventionally in Monarch for years before the events of ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'', he suspects that she probably can't ever really be a normal kid again and that she probably doesn't even ''want'' a normal life at all anymore.

* Dave Livewski the title character of "Film/{{Kickass}}", who gets his powers [[spoiler:(pain resistance and lots of titanium bones)]] as a result of answering the call before it's even been made.
* In the reboot of ''Film/StarTrek2009'', the young Jim Kirk doesn't get the call for a few years after his peers. But once he does, he wastes no time in answering it.
* Though the call in question is [[BlackAndGreyMorality dubiously heroic]], the Schofield Kid from ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}'' not only eagerly accepts it but enthusiastically spreads it to the [[RetiredBadass baddest ass]] he knows. [[spoiler: He has a change of heart after he finally kills someone.]]

* ''Film/{{Condorman}}'' features a lead character who doesn't merely jump at the call -- he steals it. Woody Wilkins is a comic book writer who insists that his character (the eponymous Condorman) not do anything that he himself couldn't do in real life. It turns out that his friend works for the UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} and Woody talks him into letting him go on a routine courier mission, where he meets up with a lovely [[UsefulNotes/MoscowCentre KGB]] spy named Natalia, who subsequently chooses to [[DefectorFromCommieLand defect]].
* ''Imperium: Augustus'' shows the titular character so eager to answer TheCall from his [[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar uncle Julius]] to fight in the CivilWar that he decided to do so even though he was sick and remains so on the way to battle.
* [[Franchise/TheFlash Barry Allen]] in ''Film/{{Justice|League 2017}} [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague League]]'', who eagerly volunteers to join before Bruce Wayne can even finish pitching the team to him.
-->'''Bruce''': Just like that?\\
'''Barry''': Yeah, I...I need friends.
* ''Film/BigAssSpider'': Jose the hospital security guard gets "assigned" as the exterminator protagonist's sidekick and cheerfully follows him around Los Angeles trying to destroy the eponymous menace.

* Sari of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' is remarkably eager to serve as ally to the titular giant alien robots, actively befriending them and trying to sneak aboard their ship within their first meeting. When she discovers that [[spoiler: [[HalfHumanHybrid she's half machine]],]] her main concern is more that she wasn't told sooner. [[spoiler: When she is barred from a mission after this, she [[Awesome/TransformersAnimated promptly upgrades herself]].]]

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''[='=]s TeenSuperspy adventures begin when her website, intended to pick up odd jobs for pocket money, accidentally gets a call [[MissedTheCall meant for]] heroes-for-hire Team Impossible. Still, she jumps at the chance to save the day and never looks back.

%%* 'Tis the whole point of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' (hence the title of the show).
%%* The titular character in ''Music/{{Manowar}}'''s 'Defender'.
%%* The young Planeteers from ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' fit the trope.