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** [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20081226.html This] one too, also shows that [[Anyone Can Die]]. The [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20090301.html funeral services] qualify as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] too.

** General Tagon (Captain Tagon's father) comes at this from a strategic angle. If you're going to sacrifice someone, it should be someone you care for--if its someone you hate, its not a sacrifice, its ''murder''. This ends about as you'd expect.

'''General Tagon:''' Alive? No, not really. }}

* ''[[Homestuck]]'': {{spoiler|Jade sacrifices her Dream Self to push John out of the way of an oncoming meteor in the End of Act 4.}}

* During the Escape from Brassmoon story arc of [[Goblins]], a group of monsters is holding off guards by the gate while waiting for it to open. It finally does, to their relief and joy, only for a group of guards to charge towards them. The ogre in the group pushes the others towards the exit, grabs a spear and goes to meet the guards. Two pages later, you see two of the guards stabbing him repeatedly.

** Subverted in the same arc a few pages later. Complains tells Big Ears that he's badly injured and can't move, so Big Ears will have to--and Big Ears cuts him off, furiously telling him he won't leave him behind. Complains stares at him for a moment, then:

** Played with in the case of {{spoiler|Chief}}, who stayed behind to fight [[Hero-Killer|Kore]] to allow the rest of his group a chance to escape and hide in a dungeon crawl. The other goblins decide to go back to save him after they hear his screams of pain, but [[Tear Jerker|they utterly fail to do so]].

* In [[Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi]], Atomic Betty was about to get crushed by a giant robot claw (they never showed the robot), then Sparky runs and pushes her out of the way so he could get crushed to death instead. Leaving Betty with a big [[Say My Name]].

* In ''[[Blue Yonder]]'', [http://www.blueyondercomic.net/comics/1037502/blue-yonder-prologue-page-8/ Maiden Flight goes to hold off the attackers because they can not get her younger brother.]

* Parodied in ''[[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]]'' [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1535#comic 1535]:

''Caption: Paleontology texts have changed a lot since dinosaurs took over the school board.'' }}

* In the [[Fanfic|fan]][[Web Comic|comic]] ''[[Roommates 2007|Roommates']]'' [[Zombie Apocalypse]] arc [[Pirates of the Caribbean|James Norrington]] sacrifices himself to save a little girl and gets bitten by a zombie. {{spoiler|Later gets [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] because being [[Death Is Cheap|canonically dead]] gives him [[Plot Armor]].}}