Category:Heroic Sacrifice Tropes

Variation of the Heroic Sacrifice. Frequently a Dying Moment of Awesome.

Examples of characters sacrificing themselves to save others:
 * Cut the Safety Rope
 * Heroic Suicide
 * Jumping on a Grenade
 * Self-Destructive Charge (This can sometimes be played as an Heroic Sacrifice.)
 * Self-Sacrifice Scheme
 * Silent Scapegoat
 * Someone Has to Die
 * Suicide Mission
 * Take Me Instead!
 * Taking the Bullet
 * You Shall Not Pass

Examples of this failing due to bad writing:
 * Negate Your Own Sacrifice
 * Senseless Sacrifice
 * Stupid Sacrifice

See also:
 * Going Down with the Ship (An Heroic Sacrifice for the sake of honor, rather than saving lives, usually.)
 * I Don't Want to Die (Commonly found attached to the examples above, in particular "Someone Has to Die".)
 * Not Afraid to Die (Can be the aversion to I Don't Want to Die, or it can be partnered with it.)
 * Obi-Wan Moment (Too many Heroic Sacrifices to count.)
 * Sealed Evil in a Duel (An Heroic Sacrifice, where the hero doesn't technically die.)
 * Taking You with Me (You're dead meat anyway, but dammit you're going to save the world. Or, doom it, if you're the villain.)