Remi: (To the paramedics) Actually I'm happy because if I didn't do my stupid video they wouldn't be here today! That's fate! This happened to Heinz Doofenshmirtz in an episode of Phineas and Ferb when he accidentally saved a falling kitten when he tripped coming out of the store. As a result, everyone (including his enemies) believes him to be defecting to the good side. He even attempted to get rid of the news footage of the event to save his reputation.

Mama,” he whispered. “I’ll get a job too, then.” Mama started shaking. “But Izuku, you want to be a hero!” She started stroking his green curls, clutching her boy tightly. “You don’t have to do that for me.” The "Recall" short from Overwatch is a retroactive example of this. When Winston sends out the recall signal for all Overwatch agents, it was also transmitted to the long abandoned Eco-point Antarctica. Waking up Sole Survivor of the outpost, Mei, mere days before the station power would have died and left her to freeze with the others. Red Dwarf: In " Officer Rimmer", when the crew come across a ship in mortal danger, rather than risk going into the asteroid field, Rimmer decides to rid himself of the problem by launching a nuclear mining torpedo at it. The missile glances off an asteroid and the blast from the explosion throws the ship clear of danger. The ship's captain responds by promoting Rimmer. But Kaachan, I don’t want to be a hero!” Izuku whines. “You told me not to be a hero, so why would I get in your way?”

Reviews

Secret of Mana: The Boy just wanted to cut some tall grass...though you do find out later that he comes from a heroic lineage.

Real heroes are all around us. It’s just that deliberate heroes spend most of their lives “up where the mountains meet the heavens above. Out where the lightning splits the sea.” These aspects are interwoven with a "hero" who says selfless things and who acts in kind ways. So, he's inspiring. But the morality is a mixed bag with the dishonesty of the situation. That's part of the story and part of the satire. It's also the part that can be confusing for young people. They may ask, "Do we applaud dishonesty or not?" Or, "Does the end justify the means?"With all the media attention placed on Garcia's character, this film is at it's satirical best. The secondary, more enjoyable story regarding around Hoffman is wonderful, but it's the constant television exclusives and the cameras following Garcia around constantly which is the best part. He Was a Quiet Man: Bob Maconel was planning on Going Postal in his office building, but a similarly withdrawn co-worker beats him to it by roughly a minute. Bob shoots the co-worker with the gun he was carrying at that moment, and is suddenly hailed by his company and the media as a hero. The screenplay and plot were not spectacular. The rest of the technical aspects were OK to good. A big distraction to me was the excessive use of profanity by Hoffman's Bernie. It wasn't necessary for the character or story, and was enough of a distraction to lower the film's overall rating by a notch. And that's reason also to keep older children from watching the film - or for advising the more mature teens on the subject. The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King Jr. Johnny English is based on this. Johnny English does end up actually doing something heroic (save the Queen from an assassination attempt), but by doing something really stupid rather than by doing something awesome. He gets a knighthood, since this is comedy. Usually Rowan Atkinson's characters think they are this, but aren't (usually they're too inept to actually be heroic).