Tropescilloscope: Heroic Sacrifice

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

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