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* In ''{{Berserk}}'', Casca, rendered [[spoiler: almost]] completely helpless after the events of the Eclipse, is protected from danger by her [[spoiler: miscarried and tainted child by controlling the demons that would normally go after her and using them against those who try to harm her. It also uses its powers to warn its father, protagonist Guts, that she is in danger.]]

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* In ''{{Berserk}}'', Casca, rendered [[spoiler: almost]] completely helpless after the events of the Eclipse, is protected from danger by her [[spoiler: miscarried and tainted child by controlling the demons that would normally go after her and using them against those who try to harm her. It also uses its powers to warn its father, protagonist Guts, that she is in in
danger.]]
* In DragonBallZ, Gohan powers up when his father, Goku, is in danger.





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\n* In {{Runaways}}, Molly manifests her powers when her mother is struck. She is shown to be the one of the kids who misses her parents the most.




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* In TheLionKing, Scar decided it wasn't enough to kill Simba's father, he also had to show his mother the back of his paw. Big mistake.
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* Rukhsana Kauser and her brother did this to a band of terrorists who were beating up their parents, famously smashing the head of one with a hatchet. It is said that she killed a terrorist with a four thousand dollar bounty on him.
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* Somewhat averted in ''{{Fablehaven}}'' since the children are staying with their grandparents while their parents are away, and their parents have no knowledge of the magical world at all. However Kendra and Seth are responsible for saving their grandparents and other adults several times through the books [[spoiler: and at the end of the fourth their parents are kidnapped to be used as leverage against them and their grandparents.]]

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* Somewhat averted in ''{{Fablehaven}}'' ''Literature/{{Fablehaven}}'' since the children are staying with their grandparents while their parents are away, and their parents have no knowledge of the magical world at all. However Kendra and Seth are responsible for saving their grandparents and other adults several times through the books [[spoiler: and at the end of the fourth their parents are kidnapped to be used as leverage against them and their grandparents.]]
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* In ''AvatarTheLastAirbender,'' when [[spoiler: Sokka rescues his father Hakoda from the Boiling Rock.]]

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* In ''AvatarTheLastAirbender,'' when [[spoiler: Sokka rescues his father Hakoda from [[TheAlcatraz the Boiling Rock.Rock]].]]
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* In ''CosmosCosmicAdventure'', Cosmo sets out to save his parents from the aliens who apparently kidnapped them.
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* In ''ThaliasMusings'', Leto to her twins Apollo and Artemis. This is the origin of the Pythian Games.
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* Penny does this for her dumbass uncle InspectorGadget all the time...
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*Invoked in ''HarryPotter'' 7. Instead of harming children to get parents to obey, the Death Eaters controlling Hogwarts target students' parents/guardians instead, to get the students to behave. When they try to do this[[spoiler: to Neville and his grandmother, his grandmother escapes, injuring the Death Eaters sent after her.]]
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* On TheSarahJaneAdventures, the only thing as dangerous as messing with [[MamaBear Sarah Jane]]'s son is messing with Luke's mum. Forget shipping, their relationship is the show's real love story.
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* In ''{{Berserk}}'', Casca, rendered [[spoiler: almost]] completely helpless after the events of the Eclipse, is protected from danger by her [[spoiler: miscarried and tainted child by controlling the demons that would have gone after her and using them against those who try to harm her. It also uses its powers to warn its father, protagonist Guts, that she is in danger.]]

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* In ''{{Berserk}}'', Casca, rendered [[spoiler: almost]] completely helpless after the events of the Eclipse, is protected from danger by her [[spoiler: miscarried and tainted child by controlling the demons that would have gone normally go after her and using them against those who try to harm her. It also uses its powers to warn its father, protagonist Guts, that she is in danger.]]
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* In ''{{Berserk}}'', Casca, rendered [[spoiler: almost]] completely helpless after the events of the Eclipse, is protected from danger by her [[spoiler: miscarried and tainted child by controlling the demons that would have gone after her and using them against those who try to harm her. It also uses its powers to warn its father, protagonist Guts, that she is in danger.]]
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* In DragonAgeII, this happens twice to Leandra Hawke. [[spoiler: The first time, she's fine. The second... [[StuffedInTheFridge not]] [[TearJerker so]] [[StuffedInTheFridge much...]]

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* In DragonAgeII, this happens twice to Leandra Hawke. [[spoiler: The first time, she's fine. The second... [[StuffedInTheFridge not]] [[TearJerker so]] [[StuffedInTheFridge much...]] ]]
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* In DragonAgeII, this happens twice to Leandra Hawke. [[spoiler: The first time, she's fine. The second... [[StuffedInTheFridge not]] [[TearJerker so]] [[StuffedInTheFridge much...]]
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* In SaberRiderAndTheStarSheriffs, Saber Rider is faced with a similar problem when his parents are kidnapped and replaced by evil Vapor Beings. He manages to trap the imposters first (with a little help of his EvilDetectiveDog) and then goes to save Mom and Dad with the help of his clansmen.

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* In SaberRiderAndTheStarSheriffs, Saber Rider is faced with a similar problem when his parents are kidnapped and replaced by evil Vapor Beings. He manages to trap the imposters first (with a little help of his EvilDetectiveDog) EvilDetectingDog) and then goes to save Mom and Dad with the help of his friends and his clansmen.
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** [[spoiler: Enma Ai]]'s parents in JigokuShoujo suffered a similar fate.

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* In the infamous {{Hentai}} ''LaBlueGirl'', Miko has to save her parents several times. (Mostly in the sequels ''Lady Blue'' and ''La Blue Girl Returns'')

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* In the infamous {{Hentai}} ''LaBlueGirl'', Miko Mido has to save her parents several times. (Mostly in the sequels ''Lady Blue'' and ''La Blue Girl Returns'')



** In SaberRiderAndTheStarSheriffs, Saber Rider is faced with a similar problem when his parents are kidnapped and replaced by evil Vapor Beings taking their places. He manages to trap the imposters first and then goes to save Mom and Dad with the help of his clansmen.
* Delia Ketchum is this in the third ''{{Pokemon}}'' movie, abducted by Entei after Molly Hale wishes for a mother. [[{{Understatement}} Her son Ash is not pleased by this turn of events.]]
* When [[AxisPowersHetalia Lovino aka South Italy]] was a kid, his "boss" Antonio aka Spain saved him from being kidnapped. Years later, Spain falls sick when his econpomy goes rotten, so South Italy decides to search for a "cure".

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** * In SaberRiderAndTheStarSheriffs, Saber Rider is faced with a similar problem when his parents are kidnapped and replaced by evil Vapor Beings taking their places. Beings. He manages to trap the imposters first (with a little help of his EvilDetectiveDog) and then goes to save Mom and Dad with the help of his clansmen.
* Delia Ketchum is this in the third ''{{Pokemon}}'' movie, abducted by Entei after Molly Hale Hale, an emotionally broken little girl whose father has just disappeared, wishes for a mother. [[{{Understatement}} Her son Ash is not pleased by this turn of events.]]
* When [[AxisPowersHetalia Lovino aka South Italy]] was a kid, his "boss" and ParentalSubstitute Antonio aka Spain saved him from being kidnapped. Years later, Spain falls sick when his econpomy economy goes rotten, so South Italy decides to search for a "cure".
* In the VampirePrincessMiyu OAV, [[spoiler: the main character Miyu]]'s main motivation is to save her parents, [[spoiler: who are kept in an eternal slumber by the Shinma leaders as catch to have Miyu hunting down the Shinmas who have escaped to the human world.]]



* In ''AvatarTheLastAirbender,'' when [[spoiler: Sokka rescues Hakoda from the Boiling Rock.]]

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* In ''AvatarTheLastAirbender,'' when [[spoiler: Sokka rescues his father Hakoda from the Boiling Rock.]]



* In ''{{Terminator}} 2: Judgment Day'', John Connor risks his life to save his mother Sarah from being [[KillAndReplace killed and replaced]] by the T-1000. After she's rescued she castigates him for risking his life.

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* In ''{{Terminator}} 2: Judgment Day'', John Connor risks his life to save his mother Sarah from being [[KillAndReplace killed and replaced]] by the T-1000. After she's rescued rescued, however, she castigates him for risking his life.life so much for her.




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* In FireEmblemElibe, Eliwood's main motivation is to find his father Elbert, who disappeared in strange circumstances. [[spoiler: He finds him... in the lair of the Black Fang, gravely injured and weakened. And then he dies in his arms.]] And before that, Lyn's adventures involved her dracing against the clock to both to claim her inheritance as the Princess of Caelin ''and'' save her ill grandfather Hausen. [[spoiler: And she has to do the second part again one year later, when the Black Fang attacks their realm.]]
** Likewise, one of the missions in FireEmblemTheSacredStones involves protecting Pontifex Mansel, L'Arachel's ParentalSubstitute ''and'' the leader of the Rausten Theocracy.
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* Happened once in TotallySpies!, when the girls's ([[HotMom very pretty]]) mothers were kidnapped. [[HypnotizeThePrincess And the ladies are then brainwashed]] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy into fighting their daughters.]]


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* One story in FreshPrettyCure involved Love's mother getting taken into a mirror world and temporarily replaced by an evil version of herself, and Love has to figure out that what she thinks is her mother is a fake and find the real one.

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* One story in FreshPrettyCure involved Love's Love Momozono's mother getting taken into a mirror world and temporarily replaced by an evil version of herself, and Love has to figure out that what she thinks is her mother is a fake and find the real one.one.
** In SaberRiderAndTheStarSheriffs, Saber Rider is faced with a similar problem when his parents are kidnapped and replaced by evil Vapor Beings taking their places. He manages to trap the imposters first and then goes to save Mom and Dad with the help of his clansmen.




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* When [[AxisPowersHetalia Lovino aka South Italy]] was a kid, his "boss" Antonio aka Spain saved him from being kidnapped. Years later, Spain falls sick when his econpomy goes rotten, so South Italy decides to search for a "cure".
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* Whenever {{Batman}} gets into serious trouble that he ''can't'' get escape on his own, his adopted kids/sidekicks will go to hell and back to bail him out. The entire Batfamily including (and especially) Bruce will do the same if anything happens to [[ParentalSubstitute Alfred]].


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* Whenever {{Batman}} gets into serious trouble that he ''can't'' get escape on his own, his adopted kids/sidekicks will go to hell and back to bail him out. The entire Batfamily including (and especially) Bruce will do the same if anything happens to [[ParentalSubstitute Alfred]].

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* Whenever ''{{Batman}}'' gets into serious trouble that he ''can't'' get escape on his own, his adopted kids/sidekicks will go to hell and back to bail him out. The entire Batfamily including (and especially) Bruce will do the same if anything happens to [[ParentalSubstitute Alfred]].


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* Whenever ''{{Batman}}'' {{Batman}} gets into serious trouble that he ''can't'' get escape on his own, his adopted kids/sidekicks will go to hell and back to bail him out. The entire Batfamily including (and especially) Bruce will do the same if anything happens to [[ParentalSubstitute Alfred]].

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\n* Whenever ''{{Batman}}'' gets into serious trouble that he ''can't'' get escape on his own, his adopted kids/sidekicks will go to hell and back to bail him out. The entire Batfamily including (and especially) Bruce will do the same if anything happens to [[ParentalSubstitute Alfred]].

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* In ''{{Pitfall}}: The Mayan Adventure'', the objective is for [[SpinOffspring Pitfall Harry Jr]] to rescue his kidnapped father, who appeared in the original Pitfall games during the 8-bit era.
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* Delia Ketchum is this in the third ''{{Pokemon}}'' movie, abducted by Entei after Molly Hale wishes for a mother. [[{{Understatement}} Her son Ash is not pleased by this turn of events.]]
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* {{Buffy}}'s mother Joyce has been used as leverage against her daughter several times. Buffy also has had to rescue Giles, her ParentalSubstitute, on more than one occasion.
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*''DannyPhantom'' has the titular hero constantly protecting his parents from the main villain: namely Vlad wooing his mother which is the lesser of his two evils--the other is him wanting to kill Danny's father.
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* ''Ice Pirates'' combines this, PlotRelevantAgeUp, and ExpressDelivery into one for the movie's bizarre climax. The pirates and their enemies boarding the ship are all caught in some kind of temporal vortex that causes rapid aging. The princess that the protagonist ''just slept with'' has a kid, said kid grows into an adult off-screen and saves the now-aged protagonist from a last bunch of robots. Then the ResetButton kicks in. Yeah, it's weird. ([[SoBadItsGood But kind of fun.]])

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* ''Ice Pirates'' ''TheIcePirates'' combines this, PlotRelevantAgeUp, and ExpressDelivery into one for the movie's bizarre climax. The pirates and their enemies boarding the ship are all caught in some kind of temporal vortex that causes rapid aging. The princess that the protagonist ''just slept with'' has a kid, said kid grows into an adult off-screen and saves the now-aged protagonist from a last bunch of robots. Then the ResetButton kicks in. Yeah, it's weird. ([[SoBadItsGood But kind of fun.]])
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* ''Ice Pirates'' combines this, PlotRelevantAgeUp, and ExpressDelivery into one for the movie's bizarre climax. The pirates and their enemies boarding the ship are all caught in some kind of temporal vortex that causes rapid aging. The princess that the protagonist ''just slept with'' has a kid, said kid grows into an adult off-screen and saves the now-aged protagonist from a last bunch of robots. Then the ResetButton kicks in. Yeah, it's weird. ([[SoBadItsGood But kind of fun.]])
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* [[ScroogeMcDuckUniverse Huey, Dewey, and Louie]] are always rescuing Scrooge and/or Donald from danger.

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* [[ScroogeMcDuckUniverse Huey, Dewey, and Louie]] are always rescuing Scrooge and/or Donald DonaldDuck from danger.
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* SailorMoon and ChibiMoon are so upset when Hawk's Eye attacks Ikuko (Sailor Moon's mother and Chibi Moon's grandmother) that they get their Super forms in Super S.

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* SailorMoon and ChibiMoon Chibi Moon are so upset when Hawk's Eye attacks Ikuko (Sailor Moon's mother and Chibi Moon's grandmother) that they get their Super forms in Super S.

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* SailorMoon and ChibiMoon are so upset when Hawk's Eye attacks Ikuko (Sailor Moon's mother and Chibi Moon's grandmother) that they get their Super forms in Super S.
* One story in FreshPrettyCure involved Love's mother getting taken into a mirror world and temporarily replaced by an evil version of herself, and Love has to figure out that what she thinks is her mother is a fake and find the real one.

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