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** Kosh deserves a mention. By getting the Vorlons to strike at the Shadows, he opened himself up to be assassinated by them.

** To end the {{spoiler|Minbari Civil War}}, Delenn manages to trick the leader of the Warrior Cast to join her in a ritual which will decide the {{spoiler|outcome of the war}} by whoever lasts in a wheel of fire the longest. {{spoiler|She's replaced at the very last second by Neroon who pushes her out, announces his conversion to her side, and dies, thus allowing her to reorganize the Grey Council.}}

** At the beginning of "Acts of Sacrifice", an unnamed Narn cruiser does this to allow a civilian transport to escape from a war zone, interposing itself between the attacking Centauri and the jump point.

** During the Battle at Coriana VI, the [[Abusive Precursors|Shadows]] attempt to destroy [[Chosen One|Sheridan]]'s ''White Star'' with two missiles. A Drazi ''Sun Hawk'' and a Minbari ''Sharlin'' interpose themselves between the ''White Star'' and the missiles, not only saving Sheridan but also showing the Shadows and the Vorlons that the younger races will no longer take their crap.

** The writers may get rid of [[The Scrappy]] in this way, in an attempt to change him from annoying pest to [[Alas, Poor Scrappy|fondly remembered hero]]. Irritating one-shot characters may also receive this treatment.

*** ''[[Doctor Who]]'': {{spoiler|Adric}}, as mentioned above, and {{spoiler|Luke Rattigan}} in "The Poison Sky".

* Eden, of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', who kills herself to prevent Sylar from gaining her influencing abilities.

** Then subverted. D.L. takes a bullet from Linderman to save Niki. Enter season two: he is dead, and we are lead to assume that that is how he died. But then a flashback to four months ago has him make a full recovery from the hospital, and is indeed well enough to go fight fires and stuff...only to [[Dropped a Bridge on Him|get shot by some random crackhead with the hots for Niki]].

** Jamie Bamber must love this trope, as his Matt Devlin of [[Law and Order UK]] was shot protecting his friend Alesha Philips (along with the young witness in their case) from a hail of gunfire.

* In the ''[[Sliders]]'' episode "The Exodus", Professor Arturo steps in front of Quinn Mallory and takes a bullet meant for him. Of course, at this point Arturo is already severely brain-damaged thanks to Colonel Rickman, but he still sacrifices himself so that Quinn can live to get the others home.

* On ''[[Burn Notice]],'' {{spoiler|Ian}} sacrifices himself to stop a rogue diplomat.

** A few episodes later, {{spoiler|Fiona turns herself in}} to make Anson's leverage over Michael worthless.