Tropescilloscope: Heroic Sacrifice

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

More Tropes Bloodier and Gorier The Chick Foregone Conclusion Card-Carrying Villain Broken Bird Slashed Throat Famous Last Words Even Evil Has Loved Ones N-Word Privileges Handicapped Badass Off with His Head! Improvised Weapon Actor Allusion Meaningful Background Event Video Credits Betty and Veronica Alpha Bitch Ominous Latin Chanting Artistic License – Biology Evil Laugh Blonde, Brunette, Redhead The Casanova Undying Loyalty Apocalypse How The Alleged Car Paper-Thin Disguise The Brute Defiant to the End Index of Film Westerns Ambiguous Ending Karma Houdini Adapted Out Big Fancy House Facial Horror Continuity Nod Genre Throwback Knife Nut Villain Ball You Killed My Father Beta Couple One-Word Title Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Ambiguous Disorder Adaptation Dye-Job Token Minority Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Arranged Marriage Blatant Lies Evil-Detecting Dog The Musical Italian Films Fiery Redhead Instant Death Bullet Corpsing Flashback The Dragon The Cameo Love Triangle In Name Only Important Haircut Gone Horribly Right Department of Redundancy Department Grey and Gray Morality BFG Berserk Button Brother–Sister Incest Arch-Enemy The Great Depression Anyone Can Die Dramatic Gun Cock Double Entendre Neck Snap Hate Sink Crapsack World No Antagonist Karmic Death Hope Spot Offscreen Teleportation Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Final Girl Gainax Ending Superhero Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Cool Old Lady Jerkass Has a Point Obviously Evil Refuge in Audacity Accidental Misnaming Faking the Dead Happily Married Romantic False Lead Pragmatic Adaptation Precision F-Strike Early Installment Weirdness Informed Ability Villain Song Politically Incorrect Villain Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Mind Screw Domestic Abuse Red Oni, Blue Oni Early-Bird Cameo As Himself The Quiet One Fish out of Water Kick the Dog Only One Name Smoking Is Cool Retcon He Knows Too Much Chekhov's Gunman Rewatch Bonus Serial Killer Sinister Minister Evil Counterpart Dogged Nice Guy Kids Are Cruel The Oner In Medias Res Fanservice Extra Honor Before Reason Costume Porn Large Ham Calling the Old Man Out Auto Erotica Fun with Acronyms Dying Moment of Awesome Bloody Hilarious What You Are in the Dark Shut Up, Hannibal! Abhorrent Admirer Let's Get Dangerous! Agony of the Feet Anguished Declaration of Love Fire-Forged Friends Break the Cutie Never My Fault Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Same Language Dub Make It Look Like an Accident Motor Mouth Action Girl Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Mood Whiplash One Steve Limit Skewed Priorities Light Is Not Good Death of a Child Thriller Ax-Crazy Frame-Up Broken Aesop Pay Evil unto Evil Dark and Troubled Past Evil Is Petty Pimped-Out Dress Protagonist Title The Power of Love Morality Pet Ghost Fiction The Place Wicked Cultured Never Trust a Trailer Psychopathic Manchild Playing Gertrude Adaptational Badass Eye Scream Rule of Cool Belligerent Sexual Tension Riddle for the Ages Even Evil Has Standards Reasonable Authority Figure Jerk Jock I Did What I Had to Do Shown Their Work Wrong Genre Savvy Cool Old Guy No Ending Bring My Brown Pants Covers Always Lie Major Injury Underreaction Cat Scare Batman Gambit Malevolent Masked Men Artistic License – Military Only in It for the Money Would Hurt a Child Scare Chord Eiffel Tower Effect Sacrificial Lion Storming the Castle Stuff Blowing Up Despair Event Horizon Authority Equals Asskicking Show Within a Show Failed a Spot Check The Vamp Vitriolic Best Buds Hero Antagonist Catch-Phrase The Ace Hypocrite Shirtless Scene Vomit Indiscretion Shot Science Fiction Films Villainous Breakdown Unusually Uninteresting Sight The Film of the Book Get Out! No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Plot Hole Left the Background Music On Shout-Out Genre Shift Needs Wiki Magic Love Overly Long Gag Male Gaze Children Are Innocent Horror Comedy Only a Flesh Wound Age Lift I'm a Humanitarian Trailers Always Spoil Madness Mantra Dies Wide Open The Mole The Alcoholic Dressing as the Enemy Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Curb-Stomp Battle Epic Movie Redshirt Army Shower Scene Deadpan Snarker Canon Foreigner Redemption Equals Death The Ditz He Who Fights Monsters Dual Wielding Stealth Pun Mr. Exposition Downer Ending Blood Knight Heterosexual Life-Partners folderlabel Animal Title Index German Films Together in Death I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Deliberate Values Dissonance Demonic Possession Anti-Villain Darkest Hour Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Spell My Name with an "S" Drowning My Sorrows Non-Indicative Name Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass From Nobody to Nightmare Pre-Asskicking One-Liner The Hero Artistic License – Law Pet the Dog Affectionate Parody Dirty Coward Novelization Implacable Man Moment Killer Celebrity Paradox Ms. Fanservice The Sociopath Freudian Excuse Foil Documentary Adaptation Name Change Took a Level in Badass Bilingual Bonus Bait-and-Switch Real Life Accidental Murder Fan Disservice Fantastic Racism Visual Pun Flipping the Bird Arc Words I Need a Freaking Drink Corrupt Corporate Executive Mama Bear Public Domain Feature Films The Bad Guy Wins Silence Is Golden Worthy Opponent Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Retirony Darker and Edgier Big Brother Instinct Bond Villain Stupidity Anti-Hero Alas, Poor Villain Destination Defenestration Death by Adaptation Older Than They Look Becoming the Mask Horror Films Evil Is Hammy Twist Ending Knight Templar Adults Are Useless Manic Pixie Dream Girl Punny Name Establishing Character Moment Historical-Domain Character Random Events Plot I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Dirty Cop Psychological Thriller Insane Troll Logic Laser-Guided Karma 20 Minutes into the Future Captain Obvious Bound and Gagged Babies Ever After Sealed Evil in a Can Maybe Ever After Dwindling Party Noodle Incident Well-Intentioned Extremist Crazy Jealous Guy May–December Romance Taking You with Me Pyrrhic Victory Overprotective Dad Parental Neglect Grievous Bottley Harm Spanner in the Works More Dakka Hooker with a Heart of Gold She's Got Legs Empathic Environment Kill It with Fire Advertised Extra Military and Warfare Films Nice Hat Cloudcuckoolander Sports Stories Evil Plan For the Evulz Obfuscating Stupidity Butt-Monkey Only Sane Man Mooks Deliberately Monochrome Big Bad Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Match Cut Artistic License – History Breaking the Fourth Wall Whole Plot Reference Drill Sergeant Nasty Would Hit a Girl Made of Iron Rape as Drama Chewing the Scenery Bottomless Magazines Cool Car Our Zombies Are Different Guile Hero Lock and Load Montage Wham Line Here We Go Again! Red Eyes, Take Warning Adult Fear Missing Mom Action Prologue Not Using the "Z" Word Four-Temperament Ensemble Determinator Slap-Slap-Kiss Rule of Three Unusual Euphemism My Beloved Smother Foreshadowing Those Wacky Nazis Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Real Life Writes the Plot Beauty Is Never Tarnished Idiot Ball My Greatest Failure Death Seeker Artistic License – Gun Safety Hell Is That Noise Hero of Another Story Catapult Nightmare Mundane Made Awesome B-Movie For Want of a Nail Race Against the Clock How We Got Here Car Fu Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Parental Incest War Is Hell Everyone Has Standards Never Found the Body Fainting Sexy Discretion Shot Defrosting Ice Queen Action Genre Reality Is Unrealistic Greater-Scope Villain Irony Evil Sounds Deep Rousing Speech The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Eagleland Credits Gag Kubrick Stare And I Must Scream Black Dude Dies First Bland-Name Product In the Back Determinator aka: The Determinator Smug Snake Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Police are Useless Adaptational Villainy From Bad to Worse Ship Tease Works Set in World War II Action Survivor Took a Level in Jerkass Kick the Son of a Bitch Break the Haughty Male Frontal Nudity Lampshade Hanging "Awesome McCool" Name Tranquil Fury Wham Shot Sci-Fi Horror No Name Given The '50s The Stinger Offscreen Moment of Awesome Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Slasher Movie British Films Unwitting Instigator of Doom Anachronic Order Adaptation Expansion The Load Stylistic Suck Jump Scare Body Horror Due to the Dead Not Even Bothering with the Accent No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Victoria's Secret Compartment Hypocritical Humor Exactly What It Says on the Tin Dutch Angle Neck Lift O.O.C. Is Serious Business Ungrateful Bastard Eyepatch of Power Lighter and Softer Disguised in Drag Drives Like Crazy Parental Abandonment Unspoken Plan Guarantee Humiliation Conga Naïve Newcomer Reality Has No Subtitles Leitmotif Danny Peary Cult Movies List Interrupted Suicide Depraved Bisexual Face Death with Dignity Rule of Funny Police Brutality Daylight Horror Call-Forward The Remake She Cleans Up Nicely You Have Failed Me Spiteful Spit The Un-Reveal Married to the Job Spiritual Successor Say My Name Expository Hairstyle Change Your Cheating Heart The Chessmaster Boom, Headshot! Market-Based Title Nothing Is Scarier Every Car Is a Pinto Parental Substitute Didn't Think This Through Eldritch Abomination Red Right Hand Vacation Films Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Good Is Not Nice Death by Irony Black Best Friend "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Sassy Black Woman Meaningful Echo Hidden Depths Leaning on the Fourth Wall Expy Extremely Short Timespan Dropped a Bridge on Him Animal Motifs The Stoic Chiaroscuro Blood from the Mouth Taking the Bullet Hair-Trigger Temper Call-Back Mr. Fanservice Dramatic Irony Shoot the Shaggy Dog Easily Forgiven The End... Or Is It? Anachronism Stew Bar Brawl Air-Vent Passageway Composite Character Wounded Gazelle Gambit Central Theme Attempted Rape Ass Shove Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Cruel and Unusual Death Asshole Victim Gorn Scary Black Man Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Humans Are Bastards Brainless Beauty Blackmail You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Gratuitous English Poor Communication Kills Pretty Little Headshots Crucified Hero Shot Mythology Gag Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Monumental Damage Comically Missing the Point The Mafia Scenery Gorn All Men Are Perverts Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas What the Hell, Hero? Ironic Echo Green-Eyed Monster Music Stories Deal with the Devil Fate Worse than Death Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Broken Pedestal Amusing Injuries Immune to Bullets No-Sell Stock Footage Cold-Blooded Torture Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Up to Eleven Bavarian Fire Drill Big Eater Badass Longcoat Character Development Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Properly Paranoid Vampire Fiction Faux Affably Evil Crazy-Prepared As You Know And Starring Suspiciously Specific Denial Film Noir Camp Gay Not Quite Dead Rule of Symbolism Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Beard of Evil Imagine Spot Your Head A-Splode Dissonant Serenity Self-Deprecation Fake Shemp Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Improbable Weapon User The Reveal Based on a True Story Five-Man Band As Long as It Sounds Foreign Stepford Smiler Mad Scientist Dirty Old Man Death Glare Totally Radical Amoral Attorney Not So Different Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Woman Scorned Made of Explodium Star-Crossed Lovers The Ghost Gender Flip Intergenerational Friendship The Smurfette Principle Japanese Films Tap on the Head Once More, with Clarity! Bloodless Carnage Henpecked Husband Cluster F-Bomb Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Retired Badass The '70s Disappeared Dad Bittersweet Ending Deconstruction Big Applesauce Bad Boss Those Two Guys Suddenly SHOUTING! Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Fatal Family Photo Rasputinian Death Ascended Extra Psycho for Hire Groin Attack Put on a Bus And the Adventure Continues Straight Gay Funny Background Event Creepy Child Guns Akimbo Half the Man He Used to Be Dull Surprise Manchild Double-Meaning Title Captain Ersatz Film Series Adaptational Heroism Race Lift The Cavalry Actually Pretty Funny Stealth Hi/Bye A God Am I No Celebrities Were Harmed Soft Glass Cassandra Truth A.I. Is a Crapshoot All There in the Manual La Résistance Dark Action Girl Reality Ensues Does This Remind You of Anything? Bullying a Dragon What Happened to the Mouse? Mugging the Monster Man on Fire Femme Fatale Unresolved Sexual Tension Eureka Moment Casting Gag Chekhov's Gun Heroic BSoD Ambiguously Gay Getting Crap Past the Radar Off-into-the-Distance Ending The Hero Dies Ripped from the Headlines Naked People Are Funny Vomit Discretion Shot Abusive Parents Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Award-Bait Song One-Man Army Silent Movie The Bully Nice Guy Martial Arts Movie The '80s Training Montage Evil vs. Evil Bolivian Army Ending Aside Glance The '60s Country Matters Affably Evil It's All About Me Diabolus ex Machina Serious Business Men Are the Expendable Gender Big Bad Duumvirate Room Full of Crazy Unreliable Narrator Insistent Terminology Chekhov's Skill Roaring Rampage of Revenge Red Shirt Artistic License – Geography Adaptational Attractiveness Beware the Nice Ones Bare Your Midriff Mexican Standoff Killed Mid-Sentence Black Comedy Rape MacGuffin Running Gag Author Avatar Take a Third Option Loophole Abuse Animated Credits Opening Sequel Hook The Dog Bites Back Historical In-Joke Take That! Badass Grandpa Dark Is Not Evil Not What It Looks Like Super Strength Cool Guns Rich Bitch Truth in Television The X of Y Hollywood Darkness Bury Your Gays Zombie Stories Meet Cute An Aesop Product Placement Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Scenery Porn Names to Run Away from Really Fast Improbable Aiming Skills Bowdlerise '80s Hair Fantasy Films Black Comedy Red Herring As the Good Book Says... Heroes Want Redheads Russian Films Loads and Loads of Characters "The Reason You Suck" Speech Word of God Badass in a Nice Suit Romantic Comedy Villain Opening Scene Small Name, Big Ego The Lost Lenore Intrepid Reporter Jitter Cam Leave the Camera Running Driven to Suicide Obstructive Bureaucrat Funny Foreigner Combat Pragmatist Bi the Way Yandere Conspicuous CG There Is No Kill Like Overkill Television Movie Index Badass Bookworm I Have Your Wife Hoist by His Own Petard The Starscream Oh, Crap! Recycled IN SPACE! Reckless Gun Usage Shell-Shocked Veteran Time Skip Toplessness from the Back Friend to All Children Bitch in Sheep's Clothing The Atoner "Shaggy Dog" Story Pretty in Mink Big Damn Heroes Gory Discretion Shot Meaningful Name Sanity Slippage Awesome, but Impractical The Lancer Love at First Sight Annoying Younger Sibling Badass Boast Daddy's Girl Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Cain and Abel Shipper on Deck Fourth Date Marriage Outrun the Fireball Camera Abuse Artistic License – Physics Australian Movies Punch-Clock Villain Woman in White A Date with Rosie Palms Pragmatic Villainy Mercy Kill Too Dumb to Live Homage Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie An Arm and a Leg Pre-Mortem One-Liner Demoted to Extra Really Gets Around The Big Guy Book-Ends Papa Wolf Contrived Coincidence Bald of Evil Bad "Bad Acting" Decoy Protagonist Revenge Those Two Bad Guys Epic Fail Badass Normal Adorkable Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique No OSHA Compliance "Well Done, Son!" Guy This Is Gonna Suck Heroic Sacrifice Did Not Get the Girl Face–Heel Turn Film Noir Index Manly Tears Genre Savvy Stalker with a Crush After the End Earn Your Happy Ending Jerkass The '90s Historical Villain Upgrade Villain with Good Publicity Adaptation Distillation The Voiceless French Films Evil Brit All Just a Dream A Minor Kidroduction Tagline Gold Digger Translation Convention Damsel in Distress Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Fingore It Can Think Framing Device Throwing Your Sword Always Works Closed Circle Brutal Honesty Kill 'em All Title Drop Sadistic Choice Setting Update Logo Joke Very Loosely Based on a True Story All Girls Want Bad Boys Historical Hero Upgrade Only Known by Their Nickname Canadian Movies Biopic Not So Above It All Rated M for Manly All for Nothing The Stoner Sole Survivor Enemy Mine Peek-a-Boo Corpse Mighty Whitey Fat Bastard Posthumous Character It Will Never Catch On World of Ham Mistaken for Gay Author Appeal Heel Realization The Smart Guy Curse Cut Short Disney Death It's Personal Coming-of-Age Story Dramedy Our Vampires Are Different Deus ex Machina Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Last-Name Basis Sir Swears-a-Lot Does Not Like Shoes Alliterative Name Fanservice Bunny-Ears Lawyer Suspiciously Similar Substitute Wretched Hive Cowboy Cop Freeze-Frame Bonus A Father to His Men Cat Fight Developing Doomed Characters Dumb Blonde NO INDOOR VOICE Be Careful What You Wish For Soundtrack Dissonance True Companions Creator Cameo Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Back from the Dead You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Laughing Mad Line-of-Sight Name Hong Kong Films Slasher Smile Big "NO!" Insult Backfire Armor-Piercing Question Re-Cut timeperiod Not So Stoic Spared by the Adaptation Aluminum Christmas Trees Extreme Doormat The Faceless Creative Closing Credits The Dreaded Better to Die than Be Killed Manipulative Bastard Dark Reprise Antagonist Title All There in the Script Heel–Face Turn Christmas Movies Index Cool Shades Brick Joke Narrator Hollywood Law Distracted by the Sexy Mystery and Detective Films Big-Bad Ensemble Death by Sex Almost Kiss Jerk with a Heart of Gold Fatal Flaw Disproportionate Retribution My God, What Have I Done? Bond One-Liner Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Gilligan Cut Chase Scene Exact Words Black and Gray Morality Villain Protagonist Plucky Comic Relief Drugs Are Bad Have a Gay Old Time Sequel Escalation An Axe to Grind Tempting Fate Disney Villain Death