Dragon Ball Z: Happens on more than one occasion with Vegeta, a Jerkass who quickly establishes himself amongst the Z-Fighters as their Token Evil Teammate and The Friend Nobody Likes.She changes her mind at the last moment when Hilda reveals she did everything she did to survive life at Arzenal, and bided her time long enough to escape and finally make it back home and reunite with her mom. In "Bikini Escape", a variation of sorts: she attempts to ditch Hilda in their escape from Arzenal due to the fact she doesn't trust the latter after the attempts on her life.They specifically wanted Ange to help them get to the shelter, but she does a Boom, Headshot! on one of them and remarks that she doesn't care if they die. Only makes sense to ditch someone if they're not clearly going to change for the better. In "Distorted World", Ange understandably refuses to rescue the unruly citizens of the Misurugi Empire, having already been turned on by them at the very beginning of the series.Contrast Save the Jerk (a hero saves a jerkass), Save the Villain (a hero saves a villain), Villainous Rescue (a villain saves a hero), Complaining About Rescues They Don't Like and Unwanted Rescue, and compare Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal and Callousness Towards Emergency (where a Jerkass refuse to save someone from danger). If they react to the disliked's predicament with glee, especially if the disliked is beyond rescuing, that's And There Was Much Rejoicing. If they refuse to save someone because it's not their problem, it's Bystander Syndrome.
When this trope is applied specifically to a hostage situation, it's You Can Keep Her!. and Zoidberg - if they reluctantly decide they're here to rescue everyone, Especially Zoidberg, it can double as both a Heartwarming Moment and a Harbinger of Asskicking. It's also seen in tandem with My Friends. This can be common in a Feud Episode or an Achilles in His Tent plot where a group of friends get into a fight, or one friend quits the team, but changes their mind and saves their friend's life, thus restoring their friendship. Villains who eventually save the life of those they don't like can be due to pragmatic reasons or to show that he isn't that bad after all. Sometimes, they'll get called out by their friends, either being told that they're no better than the enemy, that the villain/jerk isn't such a bad guy, or that they're no real hero. Sometimes, it could be their conscience that causes them to return to help the unlikable person. The hero will eventually end up saving the villain, jerk, or annoyance, albeit with some reluctance. Sometimes, the person the villain refuses to save is the hero since after all, they are arch enemies and the hero would just ruin his plans. In villainous variations, the villain's motive for not rescuing someone is because they simply don't like the victim. A hero who does this can be an Anti-Hero, Good is Not Nice, or Good Is Not Soft (to truly wicked villains). If it's someone the hero personally dislikes, it could be someone whom the hero finds annoying or inferior to him. If it's the jerkass, the hero's reason for not saving them is because they treated him poorly and they deserve to be in the predicament they're in. If it's the villain, the hero's reason for not saving them is because the villain has gone Beyond Redemption and would rather allow them to fall to their Karmic Death than to show them mercy which will lead them to commit more crimes. The character that the hero refuses to rescue can be a villain, a Jerkass, or someone that the hero personally dislikes. Unfortunately, for those kinds of people, not all heroes are willing to save them and they will be more than willing to let them suffer or fall to their death. Heroes always save people, and that includes those who treated them unfairly or have committed a number of crimes. Dragon Ball Z Abridged, Cooler 2: The Return of Cooler's Revenge: The Reckoning
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