Time to Take Action

Heroic Overview Gallery

“	No more hiding, Dante. I gotta seize my moment!	„
	~ Miguel Rivera making his decision to go into the concert and claim his destiny.

In any story, there's a moment when the villain decides to take matters into his own hands and carry out his evil plans himself. Similarly, a time to take action when the hero(ine) decides to carry out his/her heroic deeds, stand up to his/her enemies, save the day, set things right, and/or fulfill his/her destiny.

In many cases, this can lead to his/her noble choice, his/her journey beginning, and/or his/her redemption, but especially when it comes to mustering up his/her courage to do something. Usually the hero/heroine can do it him/herself, but he/she can also be driven by someone's wisdoms and encouragement.

Noteworthy Examples

Animated Films

Disney/Pixar

• Encouraged by his father and Rafiki's wisdoms, Simba decides to go back to Pride Rock to save his kingdom from Scar's tyranny.
• Ariel makes her choice to jump into the ocean and swim out to save Eric from Ursula's curse.
• Aladdin makes his decision to go back to Agrabah and set things right.
• Melody decides to go out to the ocean to learn the secret of her enchanted locket.
• Miguel Rivera makes his decision to go to the concert to become a musician.
• Mulan makes her choice to disguise herself as a man and join the army in her father's place to save his life.
• Carl Fredricksen makes his choice to fulfill his promise to Ellie and head to Paradise Falls in his house. Later, he makes his decision to go to Muntz's blimp and save Russell, transcending the weight of Ellie's loss.

Non-Disney

• Rodney Copperbottom makes his decision to go to Robot City to find a job and help his father pay back Mr. Gunk.
• Kayley makes her decision to go into the Forbidden Forest to find Excalibur to save her mother and Camelot from Ruber's evil plan. Later, she makes her decision to take down Ruber herself before he can kill King Arthur.
• The Iron Giant makes his choice to sacrifice his life to save Rockwell from the incoming missile.

Live-Action Films

• After the school bully, Terrel, gets his best friend Kevin to beat him up, Chiron, not wanting to turn his friend over to the police, makes his decision to take care of Terrel himself and puts the latter in his place with the aid of a chair. Years later, he musters up his courage to stand up to his abusive mother and reconcile with her.
• Rey makes her decision to stand up to Kylo Ren after the latter wounds Finn.
• After hearing that Shere Khan murdered Akela, Mowgli makes his decision to use the Red Flower to rid the jungle of his tyranny.
• Dave Seville makes his choice to rescue Alvin, Simon and Theodore from Ian Hawke upon hearing he's making the boys perform despite their exhaustion.

Cartoons

• Steven Universe and Connie Maheswaran make their choice to rescue Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl's gemstones with the help of Blue and Yellow Diamond.

TV Shows

• Rick's group had enough of Negan and the saviors taking their stuff like food, bed spreads, and guns and killing their friends, Michonne talks to Rick it time to put an end to Negan once and for all. Which Rick agrees.

Quotes

“	Hogarth. You stay. I go. No following. (The Giant looks up to the sky.) (Hogarth: I love you.) (With that, the Giant launches himself into space to face the missile, which starts to come down.) (Hogarth, in the Giant's memory: You are who you choose to be.) Superman. (The Giant bravely closes his eyes as the missile crashes down, causing both of them to light up the sky with a huge explosion, saving the entire town.)	„
	~ The Iron Giant deciding to take action and sacrifice himself to save Rockwell.

“	I know this necklace means something. And if no one's gonna tell me...I'm gonna find out for myself.	„
	~ Melody making her decision to go out to sea to learn the secret of her pendant.

“	Sykes, where's Angie? (Sykes: You tell me! [phone rings, Sykes answers it] Whale Wash you get a whale of a... oh, it's for you.) Huh? (Sykes hands Oscar the phone) Hello? (Luca: is this the Sharkslayer? Yeah, who's this? (Luca: it's Luca the Octo... I mean... forget about it. Now follow these instructions to the letter like, okay? File cabinet, top drawer. There's a package. Get it (Oscar opens the package to find the pearl necklace he gave Angie the other night) That's right, tough guy. We've got your girl. Now there's gonna be a sit-down in one hour.) (Lenny: Who is it?) Shh! (Luca: Be there if you don't wanna see her sleeping with the fishes... the dead ones. Now nod your head if you understand. (Oscar nods) Now tell me if ya nodded your head.) I nodded. (Luca hangs up) They've got Angie, and they want a sitdown! I-I never meant for anybody to get hurt! Esp-especially not Angie! This is all my fault. (Oscar opens a clipboard to see Angie's secret paper showing how much she loves him) (Sykes: It's a classic move. Seen it a thousand times.) (Lenny: They take the thing you love the most, and then they use it against you!) (Oscar stares for a moment) Look, we gotta go to that sit-down and we gotta save her. (Lenny: Whoa, whoa, whoa! I wanna save Angie too but I can't just waltz right in there and say "Hi, Pop! I'm a dolphin!") (Sykes: Lenny?) (Lenny: "And my friend the Sharkslayer here is a fake.") (Sykes: Fake?!) (Lenny: C'mon, we're gonna need a better plan than that!) (Sykes: [laughs uneasily] This is a joke, right? 'cause I told Lino...) (suddenly flashes back to his phone call with Lino.) (Sykes: (over phone) Shut up, Lino! Shut up! [Lino growls]) (After flashback, Sykes inflates in total panic and horror) (Sykes: (helium voice) Tell me you didn't make it all up, kid! Tell me that's not Lenny! Tell me you're a real Sharkslayer! PLEASE!) I'm sorry, Sykes. I'm not. (Oscar hangs his head. Suddenly, his mood brightens, getting an idea) But the sharks don't know that....''	„
	~ Oscar learning that Don Lino's mob has kidnapped Angie. Remembering the sharks don't know he's a phony, he decides to take action and keep the charade long enough to save her.

“	(the Rugrats are locked inside of a warehouse by Coco LaBouche with Jean-Claude guarding them) I'm sorry, guys. If I didn't want a princess mommy so bad, we wouldn't be in this terrible place. (Tommy: It's not so terrible. I mean...at least we gots Reptar to keep us company.) Well, I decided I don't want a princess mommy no more. I don't need the magic and sparkly dust. Alls I wants is a real mommy like you guys gots! I want a mommy who smiles, and talks nice to me, a-and tucks me in at night, and tells me stories! (tears leak out of his eyes)...and... who loves me. (Chuckie starts sobbing; Angelica comes up to him) (Angelica: Oh come on, Finster, don't cry.) I can't help it, Angelica! I feel bad! M-My daddy's marrying a lady, who-who doesn't like me, or my Wawa, or my friends! (Angelica: Actually, Finster, it's sorta my fault.) (Tommy: What do you mean, Angelica?) (Angelica: Well...let's see. Where do I start? It's like this. Mr. Yummyhoochie was on TV, and he told the French lady you can't have joy if you don't got a heart. Well, she had one in a jar but she still needed a spiny man with a kid so I told her how you wanted a princess mom and she was supposed to get me my own pony float, but she made the whole thing up! (the babies stare blankly at her.) AARGH! I helped that lady trick your daddy into marrying her!) (The Rugrats: Oh!) (Chuckie: You did? but...) (Dil: Bad Yucky! BAD!) (Angelica: Pipe down, drooly!) (Dil blows her a raspberry) (Tommy: Dilly's right! That's one of the worstest things you've ever done, Angelica!) (Angelica: I know it was bad, even for me. Sometimes I just can't help myself. I'm sorry, Chuckie.) (Chuckie wipes his tears. Then his eyes narrow and he stands up with a look of courage on his face) You guys, I can't let that lady marry my daddy! It's like you always say, Tommy. "A baby's gotta do what a baby's gotta do!" And we gots to stop that wedding! (Tommy: How're you gonna do that, Chuckie?) (Chuckie suddenly stammers) Umm... Uh, actually, I-I-I was hoping you had an idea, Tommy. (Tommy thinks then looks at the giant mechanical Reptar robot.)	„
	~ Chuckie Finster deciding to rally his friends to stop the wicked Coco LaBouche from marrying his father.

“	Abu? Abu! (Aladdin looks back and realizes his mistake.) Oh, this is all my fault. I should've freed the Genie when I had the chance. (Aladdin digs Abu out of the snow and puts him in his vest.) Abu! Are you okay? (Abu nods weakly.) I'm sorry, Abu. I made a mess of everything. Somehow, gotta go back and set things right. (Aladdin walks through the snow and steps on Carpet, who is frozen solid.) Carpet! (Aladdin sees Carpet pinned under the tower and tries to dig it out. He is unable to do it, so he begins to remove the snow from the base of the pillar.) Abu, start digging! (Abu follows suit.) That's it! (The snow is finally removed and the pillar rolls toward them. It falls over a cliff as soon Aladdin and Abu successfully save Carpet.) Yeah! All right! (Abu topples over. Carpet brushes the snow off and rushes to Aladdin and Abu before they hop on Carpet, ready to head back to Agrabah.) Now, back to Agrabah! Let's go!	„
	~ Aladdin makes his choice to return to Agrabah and set things right.

“	(Blue Diamond takes Steven and Connie back to Pink Diamond's room after Steven convinces Blue Diamond the truth.) (Blue Diamond: All right, it's safe.) (Steven and Connie hop off of Blue Diamond's hands as get out the food supplies they packed.) (Both: Food.) (Blue Diamond becomes annoyed as Steven and Connie both grab a bite to eat and the Pebbles see the commotion. Steven and Connie lie back and decide to rescue their friends as they change into their regular clothes as they begin to rescue Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl.) (Connie Maheswaran: Goodbye, Pebbles. Wish us luck.) (The pebbles look at Connie and wave goodbye as well as wishing her and Steven good luck.) (Steven Universe: I'm ready. We've got friends to save.)	„
	~ Steven Universe and Connie Maheswaran making their choice to rescue Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl's gemstones with the help of Blue and Yellow Diamond.

“	(Otis prepares to leave the barnyard, when he hears a very frantic voice) (Peck: Otis! Otis!) (Peck sprints in, squawking frantically) All right, Peck, take it easy. What's the matter? (Peck: They took...we gotta..come on!) (Otis follows Peck to the chicken coop, where all the barn animals are clamoring.) (Duke: Otis, the coyotes! It just happened! They took Etta, Hannah, maybe six, seven others, I don't know. They've never come during the day before.) They knew I wouldn't be expecting them until tonight. They played me. (Duke: What?) Nothing. (Daisy: Otis, they took Maddy.) (Otis gasps in horror, then hangs his head.) (Miles: Those coyotes are strong) (Otis turns to the elderly mule.) What? (Miles: The Coyotes, they're strong. I was just wonderin' what a stronger man might do.) (Otis considers this then turns back to the animals, then his face turns serious and brave. He turns to Miles.) You'll look after things? (Miles: Be proud to.) I'll be back. (Otis heads off to save the hens from Dag.)	„
	~ Otis hearing that Dag and his coyote pack stole some hens and their chick Maddy from the coop, making him realize that Dag double-crossed him, since he wasn't expecting him and the coyotes until tonight. Otis heads off to the junkyard rescue the chickens.

“	Hang onto your fronds, Planty. We're going to save Lucy!	„
	~ Emmett Brickowski making his decision to venture into space to rescue Wyldstyle and the rest of the gang from General Sweet Mayhem.

“	Poor Odie. He faces a life of torture, neglect and degradation... Hey! Nobody gets to mistreat my dog like that except ME!	„
	~ Garfield deciding to go after Happy Chapman to save Odie