Basic Trope: A character is rescued in an embarrassing way.
- Straight: Super Bob rescues Alice from a burning building, carrying her in his arms as she cries in fear.
- Exaggerated: Alice was in the shower when her building caught fire. Before she could get clothed, Super Bob grabs her, flies her down and dumps her naked in front of her neighbours.
- Downplayed: Super Bob rescues Alice quite normally, but she is still embarassed.
- Justified: Alice is an anti-superhero activist. Being rescued by one is a huge blow to her reputation.
- Inverted: Emperor Evulz prepares an awesome death for Alice, planning to make her skydive into a volcano as heavy metal music plays. Alice, who is suicidal and a Nightmare Fetishist, is delighted, and is later annoyed when Bob rescues her.
- Subverted:
- Double Subverted:
- Parodied: Alice was in the shower when her building caught fire. Before she could get clothed, Super Bob flies in, grabs Alice, flies to New York and dumps Alice on a talk show broadcasting her uncensored nudity worldwide, where she is forced to give an hour long interview about her rescue.
- Zig Zagged:
- Averted:
- Enforced:
- Lampshaded:
- Invoked:
- Exploited:
- Defied:
- Discussed: "!"
- Conversed: "?"
- Played For Drama:
- Played For Horror: Swearing revenge on Bob for his embarrassing rescue of her, Alice becomes a supervillain who massacres civilians as Bob tries in vain to rescue them.
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