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{{examples}}
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* ''[[Code Geass]]''. {{spoiler|Lelouch takes over the world and becomes an oppressive dictator who violates human rights like he's going for a world record. Then his (former) friend assassinates him publicly and becomes a hero to literally the entire world for freeing them from Lelouch. Little do they know, it was his plan. By uniting the world under his friend, Lelouch ushers in an era of world peace.}}▼
* In ''[[Stargate (film)|Stargate]]'', Jack O'Neil reveals toward the end that {{spoiler|the reason why they brought a nuclear bomb with them was so he could detonate it and destroy the Stargate from the other end in case they encountered a hostile world that wished Earth harm. The reason he's willing to nuke himself?}} His son accidentally killed himself with his gun and he spends the whole film dealing with it.▼
* In ''[[Naruto]]'', it turns out this was part of
* ''[[Nabari no Ou]]'': Raikou tells Gau that he'd kill him if Raimei was told the truth about their clan's annihilation. [[Heroic Sacrifice|Gau decides that it's worth it.]]▼
* ''[[Saint Seiya]]''. Shun comes up with this when
* [[Our Mermaids Are Different|Hisui]] from ''[[Kaizoku to Ningyou]]'' attempted [[Stupid Surrender|something]] [[Stupid Sacrifice|like this]] when they were cornered on [[Engrish|Ruberia]] (there were also shades of [[I Surrender, Suckers]] in that he intended to escape at the first opportunity), but Leo saw right through him. It was a pretty reckless plan, honestly, but understandable given the circumstances. It was [[It's All My Fault|All His Fault]] they were in danger to begin with, after all.
== Film - Live Action ==
▲* In ''[[Stargate (film)|Stargate]]'', Jack O'Neil reveals toward the end that
== Literature ==
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* {{spoiler|Dumbledore's}} plot to have {{spoiler|Snape}} kill him in [[Harry Potter]].
* [[It Was His Sled|Of course,]] [[The Bible|Jesus.]]
* ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' {{spoiler|Sydney Carton}}
* A lot of the more sympathetic Sith in the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] try to grasp at power so that the current government will be stronger for defeating them.
* In the second book of ''[[The Hunger Games]]'' trilogy, Katniss goes into the Quarter Quell fully intending to protect Peeta for as long as possible, die, and let him win and survive, both because she feels that she owes him (since he and Haymitch worked to keep her alive in the previous Hunger Games) and because she thinks he would be more useful in uniting the rebels and aiding the revolution against the Capitol. {{spoiler|As it turns out, the rebels manage to get ''both'' of them, along with a few others, out of the arena alive.}}
* In ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'' {{spoiler|Elena}} makes a bargain with Elijah, with him [[Exact Words|carefully phrasing]] the agreement to exclude {{spoiler|her.}} It turns out the specific terms were noted, and accepted anyway.
* Kelsier gets one of these at the end of the first [[Mistborn]] novel - planning to make himself [[God Guise|appear godlike]] by allowing a shapeshifter to take his place after being very obviously killed in battle.
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* ''[[Babylon 5|"If you go to Z'ha'dum, you will die."]]''
** ''"I will do as you ask. But there is a price to pay. I will not be there to help you when you go to Z'hadum."''
▲* ''[[Code Geass]]'' {{spoiler|Lelouch takes over the world and becomes an oppressive dictator who violates human rights like he's going for a world record. Then his (former) friend assassinates him publicly and becomes a hero to literally the entire world for freeing them from Lelouch. Little do they know, it was his plan. By uniting the world under his friend, Lelouch ushers in world peace.}}
▲* In [[Naruto]] it turns out this was part of {{spoiler|Itachi's plan to protect Sasuke and make him stronger.}}
▲* ''[[Nabari no Ou]]'': Raikou tells Gau that he'd kill him if Raimei was told the truth about their clan's annihilation. [[Heroic Sacrifice|Gau decides that it's worth it.]]
▲* ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' Shun comes up with this when {{spoiler|he was possessed by Hades}}. However, {{spoiler|his plan was adverted due to his brother not willing to bring himself to kill his brother}}.
== Videogames ==
* ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' had two. The first happened when Colette {{spoiler|tried to sacrifice herself to become an angel and save Sylvarant. Lloyd and co. saved her.}} The second one happened later in the game, in the Tower of Salvation, when there is a trap and Genis helps Lloyd to escape.
** ''[[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]'' has {{spoiler|Emil, who intended to sacrifice himself for the world's sake, and actually does in the [[Nonstandard Game Over|bad end]].}}
* {{spoiler|Irving}} in ''[[Wild
* {{spoiler|Adam}} in ''[[Metroid: Other M]]''. He even incapacitates Samus so she can't overpower him and object to him doing so! In the postgame, {{spoiler|this is given slightly more explanation when a flashback to Adam in the control room is shown and Samus is talking to MB about going to the control room to destroy the Metroids, which Adam soon decided to go in her place}}.
* {{spoiler|Stocke}} spends the last part of ''[[Radiant Historia]]'' with one of these, {{spoiler|knowing that as the ritually prepared sacrifice he is the only one who can halt the Desertification. If you get the [[Golden Ending]] it's subverted, however, as [[Big Bad|Heiss]] (who would have been the last sacrifice if he hadn't run away) willingly makes the sacrifice in his place.}}
* ''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2]]'': {{spoiler|Serah finds out that saving the timeline would have [[Power Degeneration|side]] [[Your Days Are Numbered|effects]] due to [[Blessed with Suck|her seeress abilities]], but goes ahead anyway. [[Downer Ending|Guess what happens after the Big Bad is defeated]].}}
* {{spoiler|The Fallen Child}} in ''[[Undertale]]'' attempted a [[Thanatos Gambit]] on this style, {{spoiler|killing themselves so their monster adoptive brother Asriel could absorb their soul, get trough the barrier separating the Underworld and the human world, and get the remaining souls needed to destroy the barrier for once and all. The sacrifice went in vain, as Asriel refused to actually kill humans, which resulted in their combined form being killed by humans}}.
== Webcomics ==
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{{quote|"And in case it wasn't clear, I won't be coming back."}}
** It turns out that {{spoiler|Rose}} [[Subverted Trope|just intends to use her]] [[Extra Lives|dreamself]]. As Dave says, "those fuckers are all kinds of mad expendable". (Although, if you ask {{spoiler|Jade}}...)
*** {{spoiler|Things just got a lot worse for Rose. Her realself was killed by Jack Noir, so if she uses her dreamself that way, it's curtains for her
*** {{spoiler|Eventually Rose and Dave (who also lost his real-self) argue over who gets to sacrifice themselves to destroy the Green Sun. Ultimately they both get stuck doing it, but then it's ''completely subverted''. First is the timely appearance of their Quest Beds, which let's them [[Came Back Strong|Come Back Strong.]] Second is that they actually ''[[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|create]]'' [[Unwitting Pawn|the Green Sun]].}}
* Cassandra Kam, a graduate student in ''[[Tales Of Gnosis College]]'', arranges to feed herself to an exotic creature, possibly a [[Blob Monster]]. She implies in a final statement that she has a serious and beneficent reason for doing this, although it isn't specified to the audience.
== Web Originals ==
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