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The machine
Terminator 2 is probably the easiest answer.
no Terminator is the main protector in movie
But John was just a teenager tho
Mary Poppins
Alien (if you count the cat)
28 Days Later
Run Lola Run (sorta)
yes on Mary Poppins and Run Lola Run
Alien (if you count the cat)
I count Ripley following protocol and refusing to open the airlock for a contaminated crewmate. If Ash hadn't stepped in, the movie would have ended very differently.
Also she defended Burke when the Marines were going to kill him for what he did. I mean she wanted him punished but... Letter of the law here. He was weak, she defended him.
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Jonesy is a good cat
The first Underworld from 2003 is like this, but it's painfully early 2000s. It's from that era when every action movie was ripping of The Matrix as hard as possible.
this looks like the closest match thanks
Pain? No that feeling is wonder.
It is wonderfully early 2000s.
First matrix. Trinity is much more skilled than Neo until the final act.
Similarly - Edge of Tomorrow Emily Blunt is skilled and trains Tom Cruise until he's competent enough to save the world. By the end they're both extremely competent. Only reason Tom Cruise saves the world and not her is due to the timeloops. She'd already done it once.
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Firefly original series with Wash + Zoe
Hunger games
Wanted (2008 film) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanted_(2008_film)
Angelina Jolie carries the protagonist until he can learn to fight on two feet
A sadly underappreciated show:
Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles
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Alita: Battle Angel i think was like this a bit, but it is maybe not straightforward enough
maybe the no game no life movie , but i dont think that is really what you are looking for
Not movie, but Powerpuf Girls, Kim Possible, and Totally Spies
Steven Universe too!
Totally Spies
My God, this thread is taking me down the memory trip. Me likey
Shera as well
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- Star wars force awakens.
- Tangled
- Mulan
- Transformers
- Avatar (Blue people)
Could probably come up with more.
Lego Movie
Aliens. After Gorman's breakdown, all the marines start taking orders from Ripley.
Chitty chitty gangbang
Now is that a Netflix title or do I have to pay extra to watch that?
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curiously I have seen it with tv shows lately. A good place, hellava boss, and the anime Tougen Anki has like the most extreme version of that I think possible. I feel like I have seen more but can't recall atm.
Long kiss goodnight
Any of the Sailormoon movies possibly?
Tuxedo Mask usually gets more into trouble than the heroine herself.
Although I wouldn't actually count him as weak, just weaker.
And it's an old anime series, like starting in the 1990s, with later reboots.
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The Long Kiss Goodnight
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