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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"Those who did not deserve to rule, who would not sacrifice themselves...as they asked others to do on their behalf, would escape the fire. The sacrifice of the one who remained...who believed so much in his caste that he would lay down his life for them...that would determine which caste would be dominant among us."''|'''Delenn''', ''[[Babylon
When a character sets himself on fire to kill himself [[Incredibly Lame Pun|in a blaze of glory]]. May be done as an act of political protest.
Compare [[Man On Fire]], [[Murder
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== Comic Books ==
* [[Atop the Fourth Wall
* The insane Watcher does this in the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' spinoff comic ''[[Fray]]''.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6hQO45kY_c John Safran] tried his hand at this in his failed TV [[Pilot]] ''Media Tycoon'' to protest an [[Australian Rules Football|Australian Football]] player being reported for striking another player.
* The Minbari Starfire Wheel in [[Babylon
* In [[Stargate SG
== Theatre ==
* In ''[[Der Ring Des Nibelungen|Götterdämmerung]]'', Brünnhilde burns herself and her horse on Siegfried's funeral pyre, so she can end the [[Artifact of Doom|Ring]]'s curse [[Kill It
* [[Defied Trope|Defied]] by the title character of ''[[Pippin]]'', who is supposed to do this for the show's finale.
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