Saving Lives

"You have saved our lives! We are eternally grateful!"

- Little Green Men repeatedly to Mr. Potato Head for saving them from falling out the truck.

Rescuing anything heroes love the most are designed for or used in saving lives.

Anime

 * Misty saving Ash Ketchum from drowning.
 * Chris Thorndyke saving Sonic the Hedgehog from drowning in a backyard pool
 * Kiki saving Tombo from falling to his death.
 * Joey Wheeler and Tristan Taylor saving Yugi Muto from the warehouse fire.

Cartoons & Animated Films

 * Genie saving Aladdin from drowning and being beheaded by a tricked Razoul.
 * Phoebus saves Quasimodo from falling
 * Marlin saving Dory from the jellyfish
 * Darkwing Duck saving Gosalyn from Negaduck, Megavolt, Steelbeak, Taurus Bulba and various villains
 * Tom Cat saving Jerry Mouse from the angry bulldog
 * Tod saving Copper and Amos Slade from the grizzly bear. Copper returns the favor by standing between Amos' gun and Tod, and Amos relents.
 * Mufasa saving Simba from the Hyenas
 * Tom and Jerry, along with Robin Hood, saving King Richard from being killed by Prince John's men
 * Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse saving Robyn Starling from the cabin fire
 * Kovu saving Kiara from the wildfire
 * Merida saving her bear-formed mother from being killed by her father. Elinor then saves Merida from Mordu.
 * Goofy and Max saving Tank from the burning X Games logo.
 * The three aliens saving Woody and the gang from the Incenerator
 * The bugs saving James from his wicked aunts
 * Garnet saving Steven Universe from Lightning.
 * Peridot saving Amethyst from Gem Drill.
 * Luke saving Thomas from falling off a dangerous cliff.

Live Action Films

 * Spider-Man saving Mary-Jane from the Green Goblin, Dr. Octopus, and various villains.
 * Jack Dawson saving Rose Dewitt Bukater from committing suicide on the Titanic.
 * Mighty Joe Young climbs a burning Ferris Wheel to save the boy at the top.
 * The Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion saving Dorothy Gale from the Wicked Witch of the West.
 * Anne Lewis saving Robocop from the traitor Lt. Hedgecock who followed Dick Jones' orders to destroy him.

Quotes
"I got you."

- Gru to Margo as he saves her from falling to her death.

"Hang on, Mary Jane!"

- Spider-Man saving Mary Jane from the Green Goblin

"(a drowning Aladdin has fallen unconscious; his hands rub the lamp; Genie appears in the middle of taking a bath) Never fails. You get in the bath, and there's a rub at the lamp. (squeaks rubber duckie) Hello? (sees the unconcious Aladdin) Al? (gasp!) Al! Kid! Snap out of it! Oh, you can't cheat on this one! I can't help ya unless you make a wish! You have to say, "Genie, I want you to save my life." Got it? Okay. (shakes Aladdin) C'MON, ALADDIN!! (Aladdin's head droops) I'll take that as a "yes". (head becomes siren) WOOGA! WOOGA! (Genie turns into a submarine) Upscope! (babbles in German as he pulls Al out of the water; Aladdin coughs the water out of his lungs) Don't you scare me like that! (Aladdin: Genie...I...uh...(hugs Genie)...Thanks, Genie.) Oh, Al. I'm gettin' kinda fond of you, kid. Not that I'd wanna pick out curtains or anything..."

- Genie saving Aladdin from drowning.

"(Bradley has blasted Max and Tank into the X-Games wire and fabric logo, causing it to crash on top of them and set on fire!) Tank: Help! Bradley! Gammas, help me! Anyone! 9-1-1, baby! (Max sees the finish line nearby, but rushes to help Tank) Max Goof: [cough! cough!] Tank, talk to me, man! Tank: Over here, man! Dog boy! Am I glad to see you, sweetheart. Goofy: Max, where are you?! Where are you, Max? [cough!] Maxie! (slips on Max's skateboard) Max Goof: Dad, help me lift this beam off of Tank! (Goofy gets up and starts to lift the beam up just as the flaming debris is about to fall) Tank: C'mon! We're about to be Baked Alaska here! (Blimp Announcer: Ladies and Gentlemen, it looks like it's all over!) (The crowd hangs their heads in grief) (Blimp Announcer: Wait a minute! (sees Max, Goofy and Tank have escaped the flames unharmed!) I can't believe my eyes, folks! They are ALIVE!) (Crowd cheers!)"

- Max and Goofy saving Tank from being burned alive from the X-Games Logo that Bradley blasted him and Max into.

"[Spiker and Sponge cornered James on top of the truck with the giant peach as police try to protect him and the people around them] Mr. Grasshopper: James, up here! Glowworm: Hello, we are here! (A bright green light appears in the sky) Centipede: Hey, buddy! (Aunt Sponge: What are they?) Glowworm: Young James! Centipede: Hey, Jimmy! (Aunt Spiker: Bugs!) [the crowd looks up in amazement] Centipede: Need a little help down there? (Aunt Sponge: Giant bugs! [Spiker screams] Help!) Centipede: Hey, you old biddies! [blows raspberry] (Aunt Sponge: Help! Help us!) [the crowd ignores the aunts' pleas for help for they are to distracted for what they are seeing] Mrs. Ladybug: Whoo-ee! Here we are, dear! Earthworm: Hello, James! James: I told you they were real! Mr. Grasshopper: Hello, old boy! Miss Spider: Requesting clearance to land! [the crowd continues looking up as the bugs land on top of the giant peach. Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker cowers next to a group of children] James: Miss Spider, throw me a string! [Miss Spider gives James some of her web. James lassos his mentally deranged aunts and captures them] Ok, pull them up! (Aunt Sponge: Help!) [The bugs pull them Spiker and Sponge up as they scream] (Aunt Sponge: Where are we going?!) [They continue to scream as they are pulled up to the tip of the crane] Spin them around! (Aunt Sponge: You little...) [Mr. Grasshopper kicks them around as they scream continuously] Wrap them tightly! [Miss Spider throws more of her web around their feet. As they spin and scream at the same time, their wigs fall off. The crowd looks in wonder as the deranged aunts are getting wrapped up] Tighter! Tighter! [The bugs continue to wrap them until they are completely covered in Miss Spider's web] Cop: Well I'll be a... The kid was telling the truth. [The aunts struggle to breath. The cop realizes that James was right about them and has had enough with them] Get those two creeps outta here!! [The crane men takes the wicked aunts away and the crowd shouts in agreement of getting rid of them]"

- The bugs saving James from his wicked aunts and helped him prove that he was telling the truth about them.

"(Frollo locks the miller and his family inside their house with a spear; he turns to Phoebus) (Frollo: Burn it.) What?! (Frollo, handing Phoebus a torch: Until it smolders. These people are traitors and must be made examples of.) With all due respect, sir, I was NOT trained to murder the innocent. (Frollo: But you WERE trained to follow orders!) (Phoebus douses his torch in a water barrel; Frollo snarls with rage) (Frollo: Insolent coward!) (Frollo grabs another torch and touches the flame to the windmill. The entire structure is quickly engulfed in flame. Phoebus crashes through the window and brings the family outside to safety. Then Frollo's soldiers grab Phoebus) (Frollo: The sentence for insubordination is death, such a pity. You threw away a promising career.) Consider it my highest honor, sir."

- Phoebus refusing to burn the innocent miller's house under Frollo's orders, then saves the family when Frollo sets the house on fire anyway. In response, Frollo attempts to have Phoebus executed, but not before Esmeralda intervenes with a distraction.

"(Manny, Sid, and Diego are trying to escape a lava field. Diego leaps across a huge gap) Sid: Wow! I wish I could jump like that! Manny: WISH GRANTED! (kicks Sid all the way to the other side!) Diego: C'mon! Move faster! Manny: Have you noticed the river of lava?! (Lava begins melting the bridge quicker by the second. Manny holding the baby leaps to safety. Diego leaps, but doesn't quite make it, leaving him hanging for dear life on the slippery-fast melting glacier. Manny notices Diego in danger) Manny (handing Sid the baby): Hold Pinky! (Manny tries to creep out and save Diego, aware that his weight could cause the whole thing to fall into the lava below. He manages to grab Diego and toss him to safety just as the ice breaks away, sending Manny falling towards the lava!) Sid: MANNY! (Sid and Diego look mournfully...when suddenly, volcanic forces shoot Manny upward and back to safety, where he lands with a mighty THUD!) Sid: Manny! Manny! Manny, you okay?! C'mon, say something! Anything! Manny: [muffled speaking] Sid: What? What? I can't hear you! Manny: You're standing on my trunk! (Sid notices and moves his foot off Manny's trunk and Manny gasps for air) Sid: OH, YOU'RE OKAY! Diego: Why did you do that? You could've died trying to save me. Manny: That's what you do in a herd: Look out for each other. Diego: Well...thanks. Sid: I dunno about you guys, but we are the weirdest herd I've ever seen."

- Manny rescuing Diego from the river of lava.

"SANCTUARY! SANCTUARY! SANCTUARY!!!"

- Quasimodo saving Esmeralda from being burnt at the stake by Frollo.

"(Marlin and Dory are racing through Jellyfish) Dory: Ha ha ha ha! Whooo! Give it up, old man. You can't fight evolution, I was built for speed!) Marlin: Question is, Dory, are you hungry? Dory: Hungry?) Marlin: Yeah, CAUSE YOU'RE ABOUT TO EAT MY BUBBLES! Duck to the left! Right there! (Marlin swims out of the Jellyfish forest with the current in sight) THE CLOWNFISH IS THE WINNER! Woohoo! We did it! We're gonna...uh...Dory? Oh, no... (races back into the Jellyfish swarm) DORY! DORY! DORY! (Finds her in the clutches of one jellyfish he pulls her out, the sting also giving Marlin pain) AAAARGH!!! Dory (weakly, barely awake): Am I disqualified? Marlin: No, you're doing fine! You're, you're actually winning! But you gotta stay awake. Uh, where does P. Sherman live? Dory (weaker): : P... Sherman... Wallaby Way... Sydney... Marlin: That's it! (swims towards an empty gap in the jellyfish forest) Oww! Ow! Stay awake! Stay awake! Ow! Stay awake! STAY...AWAKE!!!! (Manages to flow out of the jellyfish swarm; both start sinking) Marlin: Wake... Dory: P. Sherman... Marlin: Awake... Dory:...42 Wallaby Way... (As Marlin loses consciousness, he sees the shadow of a turtle loom over him) Marlin: Awake... wake up... Nemo..."

- Marlin saving Dory from the Jellyfish swarm

"(Narrator: Then there was trouble. Thomas' wheels were too big for the Narrow Gauge tracks!) Thomas: Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!! (Thomas rolls out of control; and breaks through some buffers, leaving him dangling at the edge of a cliff!) W-W-Whoa! W-Whoa! Whoa! (Narrator: Thomas was in danger!) Thomas: HELP! HELP! HELP! (Luke hears Thomas in danger and rolls back toward him) (Diesel: Watch out, Thomas! He's gonna push YOU off now! Just like he did with that yellow engine!) Thomas: Oh, no! (Narrator: Everyone waited. Everyone watched Luke) Luke: THOMAS! Thomas, don't worry! I'll pull you back to Owen. Thomas: What? (The foreman hooks a cable on Thomas' back buffer and on Luke's front) Luke: Trust me. I can do this! I'm your friend!  (Luke pulls and pulls facing difficulty) Thomas: T-T-Trembling tracks! Luke (still pulling with all his might): Hold on, Thomas! (After several tugs, Luke manages to haul Thomas back to safety; everybody cheers) Thomas: Haha! Thank you, Luke! (Narrator: Luke felt strong--stronger than he'd ever been! The engines whistled and cheered.)"

- Luke saving Thomas from falling off a precarious cliffside.

"I've heard a great deal about you, Fa Mulan. You stole your father's armor, ran away from home, impersonated a soldier, deceived your commanding officer, dishonored the Chinese Army, destroyed my palace, and... you have saved us all."

- The Emperor of China listing Mulan's dishonorable actions, before praising her for saving him and all of China from the Huns.

"Scarecrow: Dorothy, Are you in there? Cowardly Lion: It's us! (Dorothy: Yes! It's Me! She's locked me in! Cowardly Lion: Listen fellas, it's her! We gotta get her out! Open the door! (start taking off their Winkie uniforms.) (Dorothy: Oh, hurry! Please hurry! The hourglass is almost empty!) Tin Woodman: Stand back! (starts chopping down the door with his axe until it opens.) (Dorothy: Oh! Oh Toto! Oh, Lion, darling! I knew you'd come! I knew you would!)"

- Toto, Scarecrow, Tin Woodman and Cowardly Lion rescuing Dorothy from the Wicked Witch of the West