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== Western Animation ==
* In an episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', this occurs when the [[Recycled in Space|Space Titanic]] is sinking into a black hole. The main characters board an escape pod, but the extra weight of Bender's [[Girl of the Week]] is causing the escape pod to drift towards the black hole, [[Heroic Sacrifice|so she willingly lets go]], saving the other characters. She is, of course, killed by falling into the black hole, and is never heard from ([[Forgotten Fallen Friend|or even mentioned]]) again.
* The nuclear shelter scenario is spoofed in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Bart's Comet". A comet is about to strike Springfield and so the entire towns' population tries to cram into Ned Flander's bomb shelter. They somehow manage this, but can't get the door closed. After arguing about who should be sacrificed Homer points out that the one skill future society doesn't need is the ability to sell left-handed products, so Ned gets thrown out of his own shelter. Eventually they all feel guilty about this decision, so leave the shelter to die with him. The comet ends up striking the bomb shelter and destroying it.
* This crops up in ''[[Transformers: The Movie]]'', with the Decepticons (who are retreating from a battle on Earth back to Cybertron) finding out that there's not enough fuel to make the voyage with the current amount of weight on the shuttle. Starscream (of course!) suggests airlocking the wounded Decepticons so the healthy ones will survive. Surprisingly, the Decepticons put it to a vote; the wounded Decepticons vote against the idea, the uninjured ones vote for it. Since the uninjured outnumber the wounded, out the airlock they go.
** Given that Transformers can [[Batman Can Breathe in Space|breathe in space]] and that there were plenty of other planets closer than Cybertron around, it's pretty clear they could have easily [[Take a Third Option|Taken A Third Option]] if they were really inclined. Starscream just wanted to finally get rid of Megatron, who was one of the wounded.
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