diff --git a/discord/errors.py b/discord/errors.py
index 852c0462b7..418e4b5abe 100644
--- a/discord/errors.py
+++ b/discord/errors.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
 
 class DiscordException(Exception):
-    """Base exception class for pycord
+    """Base exception class for Pycord
 
     Ideally speaking, this could be caught to handle any exceptions raised from this library.
     """
diff --git a/discord/utils.py b/discord/utils.py
index 4360b77a10..19320f6de8 100644
--- a/discord/utils.py
+++ b/discord/utils.py
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
 import types
 import warnings
 
-from .errors import InvalidArgument
+from .errors import InvalidArgument, NotFound
+from .guild import Guild
 
 try:
     import orjson
@@ -448,6 +449,15 @@ def get(iterable: Iterable[T], **attrs: Any) -> Optional[T]:
             return elem
     return None
 
+async def get_or_fetch(guild: Guild, type: str, id: int):
+    getter = getattr(guild, f'get_{type}')(id)
+    if getter is None:
+        try:
+            getter = await getattr(guild, f'fetch_{type}')(id)
+        except NotFound:
+            raise NotFound(404, 'HTTP request operation failed.')
+    return getter
+
 
 def _unique(iterable: Iterable[T]) -> List[T]:
     return [x for x in dict.fromkeys(iterable)]