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*** For that matter, everyone who "[[Unexplained Recovery|dies]]". The most jarring example would be {{spoiler|Palom and Porom turning themselves to stone to prevent walls from crushing you; the door in front of you could have easily been broken with a simple fire spell.}} Another involves {{spoiler|Cid, who jumps off of an airship holding a nuclear weapon to seal the entrance to the underworld, when he could have just dropped it.}}
* The Shofixti in ''[[Star Control]] 2'' blew up their own sun in order to deal a crippling blow to the Ur-Quan invaders... which not only nearly wiped out their entire race, but caused the Ur-Quan (who sought to enslave all life other than their own) to lose their battle against the Kohr-Ah (who sought to ''destroy'' all life other than their own). [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]].
* Every time the monster Sin rears its ugly head in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', a Summoner is sent on a quest for the Aeons in hopes of performing the Final Summoning that is said to be the only way to defeat Sin, a quest that invariably costs the Summoner his or her life. {{spoiler|But as it's revealed, the Final Summoning does nothing to stop Sin for good, as the Final Aeon that destroys Sin becomes the new Sin, making everybody's sacrifices pretty much meaningless}}. Not surprisingly, Yuna in ''[[
** Subverted with regards to Cid: Every opportunity he has to suggest it, he suggests a suicide ramming run using the airship. Every time, he's shot down as there's far less suicidal means of success. Rikku even mocks him for it one time.
* Subverted in ''[[Metroid]] Fusion''; in a cutscene, {{spoiler|Samus pleads with the computer Adam to let her out to try to self-destruct the B.S.L. space station to destroy the X Parasites within (which would also destroy her, as apparently the ship's self-destruction would be immediate). Adam tells her that this would be pointless, as it would leave the X Parasites on the planet SR-388 (which the station was orbiting) alive and able to spread across the universe, while simultaneously destroying the universe's only hope to defeat the parasites, Samus herself. (He instead suggests setting the station to [[Colony Drop|collide with the planet]], [[Earthshattering Kaboom|destroying both]] along with the X Parasites and allowing Samus to escape before the station impacts.)}}
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