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When a character decides to sacrifice himself or herself in order to save [[Nakama|their friends]] or [[Saving the World|the world]], but knew perfectly well that the opportunity to do so would occur. Sometimes, they even plan out the situation so that their own [[Nakama|friends]] will end up killing them.
Maybe they're an [[Apocalypse Maiden]], [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]] or [[Person of Mass Destruction]]. Maybe they [[My God, What Have I Done?|committed]] [[Blood On These Hands|a horrible crime]] [[Out, Damned Spot!|and could]] [[
This trope is specifically about one character that believes their death will make things better and tries to go through with it - [[I Thought It Meant|not about]] someone who decides to [[Taking You With Me|take others with them]] [[Suicide Attack|when they die.]]
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* ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|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 (Video Game)|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 Arms 2 (Video Game)|Wild Arms 2]]'' does this. [[Heroic Sacrifices]] are a family legacy for him, and the entire game is a [[Thanatos Gambit]] so that he can {{spoiler|seal a living universe in a [[Sealed Inside a Person Shaped Can|person-shaped can]] and then have the heroes step on that can. Bonus [[What the Hell, Hero?]] points for dragging his sister along with him.}} The heroes are ''not'' happy when they find this out.
* {{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 (Video Game)|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.}}
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** 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 [[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.
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