on the drawing board: dudes in distress

I am just realizing the similar theme of 'dudes in distress' in this and my last piece, 'Deep Blue'.  In both cases it seems to be the 'regular' guy who needs a bit of help from the misfit/outcast character, the guy who lives in the jungle or the merman who lives in the sea.  They also seem to say, 'to you I may seem strange, but in my world I am the one who belongs and you don't fit in.'