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* In ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (Filmanimation)|How to Train Your Dragon]]'' this trope is subverted, after being invoked, quickly subverted, then re-invoked: Stoick and Gobber see the Green Death, and together with the whole adult Viking population have a [[Mass "Oh Crap"]] moment. After the big dragon decides to kick everybody's ass, Stoick runs in to buy time for the retreating army, mainly because wiping out all the parents in the population isn't too healthy. When Stoick tells Gobber why he's doing it, Gobber joins him, to double the time. Then, just before they go in, Hiccup and his friends arrive on dragons in a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment.

* [[The Big Guy]] from ''[[Final Fantasy: theThe Spirits Within (Anime)|Final Fantasy the Spirits Within]]''.

* Spoofed in ''[[Corpse Bride (Animation)|Corpse Bride]]''. The pastor stands at the doors of the church {{spoiler|just before the climactic wedding, shouting at the Dead that they are not to enter the church. They merely file past him, admonishing him for shouting in a church.}} The fact that the character getting a [[You Shall Not Pass]] is played by Christopher Lee, who played Saruman the White in the Lord of the Rings films, makes the scene even more delicious for those who recognize Lee's ultra-distinctive voice.

* In ''[[Cloudy Withwith a Chance of Meatballs]]'' Brent holds off a horde of giant roast chickens while Sam and Flint go to shut down the FLDSMDFR.

{{quote| "Now go, you crazy kids, and save the world!"}}

* [[The Princess and Thethe Frog|Ray the firefly]] put up a great fight against the evil shadows sent by Facilier, to give Tiana enough time to run away with the talisman. {{spoiler|Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to stop Facilier from stepping on him and killing him.}}

* The 2010 Live Action Adaptation of ''[[Uchuu Senkan Yamato|Space Battleship Yamato]]'' ends with this trope when {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice|Kodai stays behind on the Yamato]] to fire the ship's [[Wave Motion Gun]], which is blocked and will explode if fired, in order to stop the last Meteor Bomb from falling to Earth and destroying it.}}

* Played straight in ''[[Predator (Film)|Predator]]'', when Billy chooses to stop and wait for the alien hunter on a log bridge, throwing away his gun to fight with a big knife. Next thing we know, we're seeing through the Predator's eyes and he's creeping over the base of a fallen tree to confront Billy. Two seconds later the other survivors hear a horrible drawn-out scream. Then the Predator catches up with them again.

* The movie ''[[300 (Film)|Three Hundred]]'' depicted a ([[Very Loosely Based on a True Story|very fanciful]]) version of the [[Truth in Television|real life]] Battle of Thermopylae. In it, a handful of Greek soldiers successfully defend a narrow pass against a million-strong Persian army for three days before getting killed -- and would have held out longer had they not been betrayed.

** Then the Australians and New Zealanders [[httpwikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae_<!--Battle 28194129of Thermopylae (1941)|did it again in 1941]]. -->

*** [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae_:Battle of Thermopylae (disambiguation) |Before them the Phocians did it again in 353 BC against Filip, the Greeks in 279 BC against Brenus, the Selucids against the Romans in 191 BC, the Greeks again in 267 AD against the Heruli, and the Greeks again against the Otomans in 1821.]] So that seems to be a pretty popular place to hold one, possibly because the terrain in that location is pretty much perfect for a defensive stand.

* In ''[[Star Wars]]'' (''A New Hope'') [[The Obi-Wan|Obi-Wan Kenobi]] distracts [[Big Bad|Darth Vader]] and a squad of [[Elite Mooks|stormtroopers]] so the heroes can sneak back aboard the ''[[Cool Starship|Millennium Falcon]]''. His "If you strike me down, [[Ascend to Aa Higher Plane of Existence|I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine"]] comment implies he meant to [[Heroic Sacrifice|sacrifice]] himself all along.

** [[Word of God]] has it that while Vader was a cyborg, Obi-Wan was an old man and out of practice, and was getting winded. And note: [[Go Out Withwith a Smile|he smiles]] before [[Obi-Wan Moment|he puts up his lightsaber.]]

* ''[[The Mummy 1999 (Film)Trilogy|The Mummy 1999]]'' movie had [[The Lancer|Ardeth Bey]] literally wade into the undead hordes to give the heroes a chance to escape. Thanks to [[Executive Meddling|test audience]] reaction, he shows up at the end, mildly wounded. It happened a second time in the movie, or rather a first time, too: the museum curator (and secret Medjai agent) guy who held off the zombified population while the heroes escaped through the sewer. The second Mummy movie had Bey leading an entire army for the same purpose.

* In ''[[Serenity (Film)|Serenity]]'', River Tam [[Let's Get Dangerous|finally demonstrates]] just how immensely badass she is by [[One-Man Army|holding back a seemingly innumerable horde of Reavers by herself]], as the rest of the crew is either dead, exhausted, out of ammo, or severely wounded by that time. They huddle behind a locked door, expecting that when they open it again she'll be dead. When it opens, however, she is standing in the middle of a horde of ''dead'' Reavers, [[Curb Stomp Battle|without a scratch on her.]]

* ''[[Monty Python and Thethe Holy Grail]]'' actually has ''three'' examples, one with the [[Black Knight]] ("''None'' shall pass!"), one with the wizard ("Answer me these questions three."). Arguably, the latter is actually ''more'' subversive. The other, of course, is the Knights of Ni.

* The ending of the second ''[[X-Men (Filmfilm)|X-Men]]'' film is an example of this trope, with Jean Grey staying behind to hold off the inevitable just long enough for the rest of the team to escape. {{spoiler|Although everyone, including her, thinks that [[No One Could Survive That]], she manages to [[Disney Death|survive]]}}.

* In ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: At World's End'', Commodore Norrington, instead of following Elizabeth on a rope off of the Flying Dutchman, chooses to cut it instead to guarantee her escape. He is then {{spoiler|killed by Bootstrap Bill}}.

** This trope was oddly subverted at the end of ''Dead Man's Chest'', when Elizabeth {{spoiler|handcuffs Jack to the mast of the Black Pearl in order to keep the Kraken from coming after the rest of the crew, since it only wants Jack. This, after Jack chose to come back and help the crew escape rather than abandon them as he almost did.}}

* Embraced and subverted in ''[[Star Trek First Contact (Film)|Star Trek: First Contact]]''. Picard clearly ''wants'' to sacrifice himself and his ship; "The line must be drawn HERE!" but in the end, compassion and common sense win out and he orders the crew to safety. In an earlier scene, one of the more amusing in the film, Doctor Crusher activates the Emergency Medical Hologram as the invading Borg are approaching Sick Bay and orders it to create a diversion. As the Borg break down the door, the nonplussed Doctor attempts to prescribe them an analgesic creme to soothe the skin rashes caused by their cybernetic implants.

{{quote| "I'm a doctor, not a doorstop!"}}

** Pulled off in ''[[Star Trek III: theThe Search For Spock (Film)|Star Trek III the Search For Spock]]''. Kirk orders the destruction of the beloved ''Enterprise'' so that he and his crew can escape to Genesis while the explosion kills most of the enemy Klingons.

** In the new ''[[Star Trek (Filmfilm)|Star Trek]]'', Captain George Kirk of the ''Kelvin'' does this to the ''Narada''.

** Variation of this occurs too many times to list in ''[[Star Trek Voyager (TV)|Star Trek: Voyager]]''. Janeway attempted to sacrifice Voyager on a number of occasions, and at least one version of Janeway succeeds. Dubbed a "variation" because she's also willing to claim "[[You Shall Not Pass]]" on behalf of the crew and ship, as well as herself.

* The remake of ''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 (Filmfilm)|Dawn of the Dead 2004]]''. Arguable, but when C.J. remains in the truck at the end and then blows himself and all of the remaining zombies up. No, I don't know why they were all killed, but they were.

* ''[[The Matrix (Film)|The Matrix]]''

** In ''[[The Matrix (Film)|The Matrix]]'', Morpheus does this in order to buy time for Neo and the others to escape. While the remaining crew members later contemplate pulling his connection in order to prevent the Agents from gaining access codes to Zion, the last human city, Neo decides instead to rescue him, which he [[Gunship Rescue|does in stunning awesomeness.]]

** ''[[The Matrix (Film)|The Matrix]] Reloaded''. Neo fights against the Merovingian's [[Mooks]] so Trinity and Morpheus can escape with the Keymaker.

* In ''[[The 13 th13th Warrior]]'', one of the 12 Norsemen stays behind in the tunnel to hold off the rampaging horde of {{spoiler|cannibalistic cave-dwelling Neanderthals}} after uttering the [[Last Stand|tip-off phrase]] for a wounded soldier: "''Well, I think I've gone as far as I can.'' Today was a GOOD day. Meet me in Valhalla!"

* ''[[Australia (2008 film)|Australia]]'': {{spoiler|The Drover's best friend against Japanese soldiers.}}

* ''[[Starship Troopers (Filmfilm)|Starship Troopers]]''. During the showdown in the Bug hive near the end of the movie, trooper Watkins is injured and can't escape.

{{quote| '''Watkins:''' Give me the nuke!<br />

'''Rico:''' [[More Hero Than Thou|You trying to be a hero]], Watkins?<br />

'''Watkins:''' I'm trying to kill some bugs, sir!<br />

** Similar thing happened to Tom Sizemore's character in ''[[Red Planet (Filmfilm)|Red Planet]]''.

* ''[[Gamera]] 2: Attack of the Legion''. The SDF is evacuating Sendai when Legion attacks. {{spoiler|Gamera arrives in time to hold the Legion off, but is mortally wounded while the SDF leaves.}}

* In ''[[District 9]]'', this is the protagonist's turning out. Oh, and he's also in an [[No Kill Like Overkill|armed to the teeth]] suit of [[Powered Armour]]. {{spoiler|He ''catches a rocket propelled grenade''.}}

* In ''[[Prince of Darkness (Film)|Prince of Darkness]]'', Catherine Danforth pushes Susan Cabot, who's been possessed by The Devil, into the mirror, to prevent her from pulling the Anti-God into our world. Unfortunately, she's also pulled into the mirror, which the priest then destroys, to seal the portal.

* [[Tron Legacy (Film)|Tron: Legacy]]: "Flynn, ''run!''" Of course, this [[Heroic Sacrifice]] turns into an awful [[Fate Worse Than Death]].

* Papa Smurf in ''[[The Smurfs (Filmfilm)|The Smurfs]]'' does this to save the other Smurfs from Gargamel, leading to [[No One Gets Left Behind]].

* Citizens of New York in ''[[Spider -Man]]'' 2'' attempt this against Doctor Octopus to keep him from getting to Spiderman. [[Subverted Trope|It doesn't work.]]

* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'': Gandalf at the Bridge of Khazad-dûm in Moria, when facing the Balrog. He [[Trope Namer|even screams "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!" at him]]. Just after he seemingly defeated the Balrog, he's pulled into the abyss with him, instructing the rest of the fellowship to "Fly, you fools!" before falling.

* Subverted in ''[[Men in Black (Filmfilm)|Men in Black]]''. After the giant cockroach alien kills two other aliens in a cafe and smashes the place up, a brave waiter blocks the doorway and says, "You're not going anywhere, pal!" only to get knocked into next week.

* ''[[Terminator (Filmfranchise)|Terminator]] II: Judgment Day''. Sarah Conner tricks John into getting onto the sliding track so he's taken to safety, then stays behind to prevent the T-1000 from following and killing him.