History Main / TheSoulsaver

* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': [[spoiler: this is essentially what the title character becomes at the end of the series.]]

* In ''EchoBazaar'', an optional subplot leads to your character becoming one of these, literally rescuing people's {{Soul Jar}}s from devils.

* LarryNiven and Jerry Pournelle's SF novel ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferno_(novel) Inferno]]''. Benito Mussolini tries to save the souls of people in Hell by helping them escape. At the end of the novel Allan Carpentier takes over his role.

* ''GhostWhisperer'' goes around helping ghosts resolve their conflicts and send them into the light.

* The Guardian Spirit's from ''HitoHitoriFutari''.

* ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' - [[spoiler: this is essentially what the title character becomes at the end of the series.]]

* When the Soul Reapers from {{Bleach}} destroy a Hollow, they allow its soul to pass on to the Soul Society, so that their souls can later be reborn. Quincys, however, are the antitheses of this trope - when they destroy a Hollow they destroy the soul, too.

* Part of the [[OldKingdom Abhorsen's]] job description: sending the souls of the recently departed swiftly down the river of Death, and putting the walking Dead to rest again.

* According to TheBible Jesus dying on the cross saved the souls of all who believe in Him, both those who had died before Him like Abraham and people who came after Him. (Some interpretations have him literally going ToHellAndBack to retrieve the righteous dead.)

* Part of the [[OldKingdom Abhorsen]]'s job description: sending the souls of the recently departed swiftly down the river of Death, and putting the walking Dead to rest again.

A character who saves souls from some kind of literal or symbolic hell/limbo. The character might be a preacher, psychologist, psychic or whatever, depending on the setting. In some cases and settings, the saving requires some time and afterthought. In others, a EpiphanyTherapy is available.

* The fourth and fifth book of ''{{Sandman}}'' revolves around this trope. The fourth being ''Season of Mist'', with Morpheus trying to save his lover from Hell. Not out of love, however, but due to guilt and the realization that he messed up. He had condemned her to hell quite some time ago because she refused his marriage proposal. In terms of moral improvement, he saved (or at least improved) ''himself''.

* In ''Film/TheSixthSense'', a human and a ghost do this to each other. It is implied that the human goes on to save more lost souls from their limbo.

* Part of the [[OldKingdom Abhorsen's]] job description: sending the souls of the recently departed swiftly down the river of Death, and putting the walking Dead to rest again.

* In ''WorldOfWarcraft'' [[OurAngelsAreDifferent A'dal]] appears to save a dying crusader from being transformed into one of the Scourge by sending his soul directly to the Light.

* In ''ChickTracts'', any christian can save lost souls from certain damnation, casting out evil spirits along the way.

* In ''TheSixthSense'', a human and a ghost do this to each other. It is implied that the human goes on to save more lost souls from their limbo.
* ''{{Film/Poltergeist}}''. The psychic Tangina helps a group of ghosts (lost souls) trapped in the astral plane go into the Light.

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* One part of a Medium's job in ''GunnerkriggCourt'' is helping those who "stuck" after death and before afterlife, and are inaccessible to {{Psychopomp}}s, so only mortals can deal with them. Unlike "normal" ghosts (aware of both visible and [[SpiritWorld invisible]] world and having their own niche), "stuck" people indefinitely exist half in reality, half in their own nightmares and as such aren't easy to approach even in the best circumstances.

* In ''TheSixthSense'', a human and a ghost do this to each other. It is implied that the human gos on to save more lost souls from their limbo.

* The exorcists in ''[=~D.Gray-Man~=]'', especially [[TheMessiah Allen]]. The [[TheHeartless akuma]] they're fighting are powered by the souls of the dead, and unless they're destroyed using [[HolyHandGrenade Innocence]], they disappear instead of being redeemed. Some of the organization is a lot more focused on destroying Akuma than saving their souls, though.

* In ''DantesInferno'', the player can absolve damned historical figures, normal souls and demons, thus releasing them from Hell, and earning holy experience points in the process.

A character who save souls from some kind of literal or symbolic hell/limbo. The character might be a preacher, psychologist, psychic or whatever, depending on the setting. In some cases and settings, the saving requires some time and afterthought. In others, a EpiphanyTherapy is available.

May or may not be a HeavenSeeker: The saving means peace, closure, and often some kind of good life - but it can be either in this life or in some afterlife or release.

* In ''DantesInferno'', the player can absolve damned souls and demons, thus releasing them from Hell, and earning holy points in the process (and earn holy XP in the process).

* The fourth and fifth book of ''{{Sandman}}'' revolves around this trope. The fourth being ''Season of mist'', with Morpheus trying to save his lover from Hell - but not out of love as much as out of guilt and the realization that he did a horrible mistake. It was he who condemned her to hell once upon a time, and he did that only because she refused his marriage proposal.
** In the fifth book, ''A Game Of You'', most of the main characters spend most of the storyline trying to save the protagonist's mind from remaining artificially stuck in a dream. It doesn't work out very well.

* According to TheBible Jesus dying on the cross saved the souls of all who believe in Him, both those who had died before Him like Abraham and people who came after Him.

* In ''TheSixthSense'', a human and a ghost do this to each other. It is implied that the human go on to save more lost souls from their limbo.

* According to TheBible Jesus went to Hell after dying on the cross and saved the souls of those who had died before him like Abraham.