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This trope is about situations where suicide becomes heroic. Say a character discovers that he is a [[Person of Mass Destruction]], a crucial part of an [[Evil Plan]], or the [[Big Bad]]'s [[Soul Jar]]. In such situations killing oneself may be the only way to save the day.
This is a specific sub-trope of [[Heroic Sacrifice]]. The difference is that in most [[Heroic Sacrifice]]s dying is merely an unfortunate by-product of a heroic act. In a Heroic Suicide, '''dying is the goal'''. Or, to put it another way, a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] engages in lethal activity even though it will get him killed. A '''
The clearest examples are when a character personally ''will become'' the threat that endangers others, and they have to kill themselves to prevent it. Any such situation ''definitely'' counts as a Heroic Suicide. Otherwise, it ''might'' count, but be careful.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Hartigan from ''[[Sin City]]'' kills himself so that no one will hurt Nancy to get at him.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[Harry Potter and
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
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* In ''[[Sherlock]]'' Moriarty invokes this by setting up Sherlock to be "exposed" as a fraud and telling him that if he doesn't commit suicide by jumping off a building, a group of assassins he's hired will kill his friends (Sherlock appears to jump, but he's revealed to still be alive at the very end). Also an inversion in that Moriarty shoots himself to prevent Sherlock from foiling his [[Evil Plan]] by forcing him to call the assassins off.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In the ''[[Soul Series]]'',
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