Tropescilloscope: Heroic Sacrifice

Character sacrifices him/herself to save others. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Heroic BSoD Unwitting Instigator of Doom Every Car Is a Pinto Bring My Brown Pants Gainax Ending Beauty Is Never Tarnished Faux Affably Evil Dramatic Irony Protagonist Title Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Bullying a Dragon Face Death with Dignity Love at First Sight Freudian Excuse Kubrick Stare Nothing Is Scarier Black Comedy I Need a Freaking Drink Bar Brawl Works Set in World War II Punch-Clock Villain Overprotective Dad Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Totally Radical Kill It with Fire Deus ex Machina Line-of-Sight Name Does This Remind You of Anything? Together in Death Blatant Lies Fate Worse than Death Death by Irony The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Hollywood Darkness Stealth Hi/Bye The Cameo Man on Fire Very Loosely Based on a True Story Fan Disservice No Ending Retcon Chewing the Scenery Dull Surprise Grievous Bottley Harm Action Genre The Bad Guy Wins Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Handicapped Badass Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Disproportionate Retribution Bi the Way Flipping the Bird Deliberately Monochrome Thriller Artistic License – History Knight Templar Shout-Out Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Chekhov's Gunman The Dreaded As Long as It Sounds Foreign Say My Name Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Big Eater Cold-Blooded Torture Captain Obvious Mythology Gag Adapted Out Dramatic Gun Cock Five-Man Band B-Movie Artistic License – Gun Safety Aside Glance Pimped-Out Dress Decoy Protagonist Costume Porn Take a Third Option BFG Sadistic Choice Hoist by His Own Petard A.I. Is a Crapshoot Zombie Stories The Power of Love Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Belligerent Sexual Tension Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! 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Epilogue Credits Gag No-Sell Villain Protagonist Bunny-Ears Lawyer Pay Evil unto Evil Punny Name Riddle for the Ages Early Installment Weirdness Names to Run Away from Really Fast Rasputinian Death Alpha Bitch Fun with Acronyms Public Domain Feature Films La Résistance Plot Hole Pragmatic Adaptation Leaning on the Fourth Wall Historical In-Joke Silent Movie It Can Think Demoted to Extra Wrong Genre Savvy Comically Missing the Point Adorkable Visual Pun Chekhov's Skill French Films Drowning My Sorrows One-Man Army Historical Villain Upgrade Made of Iron Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Took a Level in Jerkass Lampshade Hanging Death by Sex Badass Grandpa NO INDOOR VOICE Spiteful Spit Final Girl Victoria's Secret Compartment Camera Abuse Mood Whiplash Redshirt Army Honor Before Reason Not Even Bothering with the Accent Deliberate Values Dissonance Fish out of Water Television Movie Index Enemy Mine Did Not Get the Girl All Just a Dream Green-Eyed Monster Leitmotif Amoral Attorney Dark Reprise A Date with Rosie Palms Black Comedy Rape Crapsack World Precision F-Strike The Un-Reveal Wham Line The Ghost The Brute Off-into-the-Distance Ending Jerk Jock Becoming the Mask The Film of the Book Lock and Load Montage Never My Fault Dual Wielding I Did What I Had to Do Light Is Not Good Cowboy Cop Star-Crossed Lovers Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Adaptation Distillation Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Romantic Comedy Award-Bait Song Big-Bad Ensemble Despair Event Horizon Homage Extreme Doormat Author Avatar Evil Is Petty The Starscream Moment Killer Token Minority Mr. Exposition The Alleged Car Stepford Smiler Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Mystery and Detective Films War Is Hell Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Really Gets Around Aww, Look! 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Gold Digger Fantasy Films Hooker with a Heart of Gold Vomit Indiscretion Shot Crucified Hero Shot Villain Song No Name Given Alas, Poor Villain Reckless Gun Usage Video Credits Crazy-Prepared Vacation Films Red Herring I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Disney Villain Death Ascended Extra Italian Films Bloody Hilarious Idiot Ball Parental Substitute Badass in a Nice Suit Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Shown Their Work Sexy Discretion Shot Dramedy Card-Carrying Villain Important Haircut World of Ham Obfuscating Stupidity Let's Get Dangerous! Author Appeal Chase Scene Posthumous Character Dogged Nice Guy Deadpan Snarker Dies Wide Open Slasher Movie Taking the Bullet Neck Lift Driven to Suicide Wicked Cultured Imagine Spot Eldritch Abomination Auto Erotica Book-Ends What the Hell, Hero? The Chick Sanity Slippage Product Placement An Aesop Darkest Hour Kick the Dog Morality Pet Soundtrack Dissonance Cool Car Exact Words In Medias Res Big Damn Heroes Cruel and Unusual Death Canadian Movies Evil Plan It's All About Me Same Language Dub Kick the Son of a Bitch Laughing Mad Face–Heel Turn Wretched Hive Those Two Bad Guys Reality Has No Subtitles Arc Words Stuff Blowing Up Adaptation Name Change Pre-Mortem One-Liner Bloodier and Gorier Mama Bear No OSHA Compliance Brother–Sister Incest Distracted by the Sexy Ominous Latin Chanting Demonic Possession Too Dumb to Live Catch-Phrase Psychological Thriller In Name Only Antagonist Title Overly Long Gag "Awesome McCool" Name Dark Is Not Evil You Killed My Father Spanner in the Works The Mole Hong Kong Films Dying Moment of Awesome Cloudcuckoolander Death Seeker Police Brutality Shower Scene Heterosexual Life-Partners Breaking the Fourth Wall Bald of Evil Off with His Head! Fantastic Racism Mind Screw Composite Character Broken Aesop Big "NO!" The '80s "Well Done, Son!" Guy Character Development The Casanova Evil Is Hammy This Is Gonna Suck Diabolus ex Machina Ms. Fanservice Last-Name Basis Rule of Symbolism Defiant to the End Hypocrite Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Disney Death Cassandra Truth And the Adventure Continues Men Are the Expendable Gender Missing Mom Peek-a-Boo Corpse Sealed Evil in a Can Combat Pragmatist Meet Cute Vomit Discretion Shot Department of Redundancy Department Rule of Three Jerkass Has a Point Not So Different The X of Y Vitriolic Best Buds Big Bad Duumvirate Flashback Drives Like Crazy The Smart Guy Big Bad Irony Famous Last Words The Remake The Quiet One The Stinger "Shaggy Dog" Story True Companions The Load Crazy Jealous Guy Big Brother Instinct Car Fu Asshole Victim Poor Communication Kills Ship Tease Manly Tears Danny Peary Cult Movies List Toplessness from the Back Artistic License – Military Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Trailers Always Spoil Empathic Environment Kill 'em All folderlabel Tagline Frame-Up The Vamp She's Got Legs A God Am I Heel Realization Film Noir Index Those Two Guys All Men Are Perverts Good Is Not Nice Bond One-Liner Villain with Good Publicity Jump Scare Brick Joke Narrator British Films Call-Forward Faking the Dead Heroic Sacrifice Break the Haughty Historical Hero Upgrade Animal Title Index Nice Hat Exactly What It Says on the Tin Villain Opening Scene Martial Arts Movie Bowdlerise An Arm and a Leg Bittersweet Ending Redemption Equals Death Hypocritical Humor The Big Guy Self-Deprecation Here We Go Again! Guile Hero Storming the Castle Romantic False Lead Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Interrupted Suicide Gilligan Cut Eureka Moment Rewatch Bonus Left the Background Music On Pet the Dog Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Serious Business Red Shirt Scenery Porn Improbable Weapon User Fat Bastard Meaningful Name Eiffel Tower Effect Only Known by Their Nickname Body Horror Intrepid Reporter Fanservice Extra Deconstruction Karma Houdini Aluminum Christmas Trees Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Air-Vent Passageway Military and Warfare Films Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Corpsing Actor Allusion MacGuffin It Will Never Catch On Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? 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