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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'':
** The Face of Boe makes a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] in "Gridlock," giving up the last of his life energy to help save the thousands of people trapped in New New York's underground traffic system.
** [[The Master]], after Lucy disrupts his revival during "The End Of Time." He wins the [[Superpower Lottery]] as a result, but all his new abilities are fueled by his own life-force.
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* In the ''[[Shin Megami Tensei (Franchise)|Shin Megami Tensei]]'' series, special physical attacks (which do not involve simply using the 'attack' command) take a small chunk of the caster's HP to use. Of course, when enemies use the same attacks on the party, [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|they effectively get to do so without losing any HP]].
** Not true for Nocturne, in which at least most phys enemies do damage themselves.
** Becomes an aversion of [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]] in ''[[Persona 3]]'': {{spoiler|The main character's [[Eleventh -Hour Superpower]] to seal away Death at the end of the game uses up all of his hit points. He hangs onto life for about a month after the final battle, apparently running on pure willpower, before slipping into a coma and dying}}.
** There's also the Recarmdra spell, which fully heals/revives all other allies in exchange for setting the caster's [[HP to One]] or outright killing them.
** [[And There Was Much Rejoicing|Averted in]] [[Strange Journey]]!
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* Colette's Sacrifice spell from ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]''. Still costs an incredible amount of MP on top of it, though.
* In ''[[Ogre Battle|Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis]]'', Euphare's Energy Transfer skill lets her give up 1/4 of her HP to restore another character's MP. Since all characters start each battle with 0 MP and recover a bit per turn, Euphare's skill borders on a [[Game Breaker]], letting you use powerful summons and other spells immediately on turn 1.
* In the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' spinoff game ''Destiny of the Doctors'', the Graak starts with 9999 hit points, but any exertion reduces that. Fortunately, there are enough restorative crystals for it to gain enough hit points to finish restoring the Doctor's incarnations.
* In ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'', drinking a [http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Jumbo_Dr._Lucifer Jumbo Dr. Lucifer] reduces the user to 1 HP, converting the rest of their HP into MP with a multiplier. Since [[Death Is a Slap On The Wrist]], though, that may not be as bad as it seems.
** Additionally, if the item combined with a Pastamancer spell known as "Cannelloni Cocoon," which heals the user's full hit points for 20 MP, it wouldn't really matter how hard hitting death was. Full hit points for a fraction of the magic you just regained.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]'', the Magus taps the magic of Avalon in the episode of the same name, which severely weakens him. While initially it only exhausts him, {{spoiler|he ends up casting so many spells this way that he dies as a result}}.
* In ''[[Batman the Brave And The Bold (Animation)|Batman the Brave And The Bold]],'' {{spoiler|[[Mix -and -Match Critters|B'wana Beast]]}} pulls a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] this way, straining his powers to death to tear apart a revived super-[[Eldritch Abomination|Starro]] (after the Hunter had already drained him to revive it in the first place).
* In ''[[Huntik Secrets and Seekers (Animation)|Huntik Secrets and Seekers]], '' There is a spell called "Soul Burn" which trades life force for enhanced powers, for a short time. Used in episode 26 by {{spoiler|Sophie Casterwill}}.
 
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