Does someone sacrifice themselves?
Scenes where characters sacrifice themselves for another character, i.e. by staying behind to keep the monsters off or jumping in the line of fire to protect another character. These are often times incredibly sad and for people with anxiety, or people who has had a close one die from a similar scenario, this can be extremely hard to watch.
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Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
146
No
6
11
howdywrites
Technically yes, a line cook does
TV Show • 2023 Report
Yes
106
No
25
11
cetacn
episode two: [ spoiler ] tess sacrifices herself in order to save joel and ellie. she sets fire to the capitol building to eliminate the infected. she is inside when this happens. it happens at around 50:00.
TV Show • 2022 Report
Yes
82
No
2
8
shrubblanket
they don't die, but wednesday is shot with an arrow to protect someone
Movie Report
Yes
79
No
0
Movie • 1973 Report
Yes
75
No
0
27
DelanceyElliott
Classic Goncharov.
Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
51
No
2
3
KamiSteele
There is a scene where two elderly folks ritualistically jump off a cliff, with one not dying on impact and needing to be euthanized with a mallet. The context is that, past a certain age, traditionally villagers opt to die for religious reasons. There's a latter scene with two villagers volunteering to be ritualistically sacrificed via immolation as part of their culture's traditions, but later shots imply they regretted their decision before death.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
41
No
3
2
RiftWitch
OJ confronts Jean Jacket during the final showdown, staring it down to buy time for his sister, and the camera cuts away to her for the remainder of the climax. It is left intentionally ambiguous whether he survived, or if the clues are simply cinematic styling. My interpretation is pretty firmly in the former, however.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
40
No
4
TV Show • 2016 Report
Yes
34
No
1
1
Mike attempts to sacrifice himself to save Dustin but is saved
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
30
No
2
2
Vitya
S6
E6
This is Supernatural, someone always sacrifices themself
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
29
No
0
2
howdywrites
SPOILER: one of the dads does
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
27
No
2
6
adriantoine
One character drowns to death to save another one. Nothing graphic at all.
TV Show • 2010 Report
Yes
25
No
13
1
a character who is already terminally bit allows himself to be eaten alive to buy another character time
TV Show • 2020 Report
Yes
24
No
0
4
MaskedCorvid
S3
E3
There's only one time where a character sacrifices themself and dies, Season 3 episode 1
There's also several scenes where a character tries to sacrifice themselves: the last 2 episodes of season 1, Season 2 Episode 7, Season 2 episode 19, and Season 2 episode 21.
Movie • 2018 Report
Yes
24
No
1
3
Everyman
SPOILERS: One character asks another to set fire to an artifact which they believe will save the family. The second character refuses, and the first burns the artifact, inadvertently killing the other.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
23
No
19
1
Pantalones
There are several instances throughout the seasons but one of the bigger instances is the Tenth Doctor sacrificing himself to save Wilf from deadly radiation. In the 8th season Danny Pink sacrifices himself to give a child another chance at life. The Twelfth Doctor sacrifices himself so a group of humans can escape from Cybermen.
Movie • 2020 Report
Yes
23
No
0
0
Many times in the series
Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
23
No
2
Movie • 2021 Report
Yes
21
No
10
0
Pantalones
At the hotel in Osaka, many people sacrifice themselves to try and keep assassins from finding John Wick. One is John's old friend, and he keeps fighting even while injured to buy time.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
21
No
1
1
kars4kids
Spoilers: a whale-like creature allows itself to be shot at to protect navi children. The father of the same children repeatedly attempts to turn himself in to save them. In both instances, everyone survives, but characters take action willing to sacrifice themselves.
Movie • 2001 Report
Yes
20
No
0
2
Pantalones
There are two separate instances of self-sacrifice.
The first is Harry's parents dying to protect him from Voldemort.
The second is during a life-sized game of chess, a character sacrifices himself so his friends can win the game. He is knocked out but not killed.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
19
No
6
6
malovela
Not completely. Two persons try to rescue someone else, knowing that they're risking their own life to a greater or lesser extent: one of them by going back into a terrifying and dangerous place after escaping; the other by helping someone to escape, thus slowing themselves down somewhat. Neither dies as a direct result of their semi-sacrifice.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
19
No
0
3
Princessssamm
Not effectively, but they try to.
Podcast Report
Yes
19
No
0
4
Kriz
Multiple characters sacrifices themselves or others, as well as the topic offhandedly mentioned throughout the story
Movie • 1997 Report
Yes
19
No
1
2
saste12
In a way, yes. Some characters choose to embrace death and just drown rather than try to get on the life boats.
Movie Report
Yes
18
No
2
3
Vibe013
Kinda less sacrifice but someone does die trying to help out the villain
Video Game Report
Yes
18
No
0
3
fadedecho
ranboo in hitting on sixteen, tommy in his finale streams
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
18
No
3
3
sapphicpixie
Near the end of the movie a main character stays behind to fight a villain, they get pretty severely injured but they dont die
Movie • 2010 Report
Yes
17
No
0
6
ProfessorProcyon
Yes, but he's brought back to life.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
17
No
8
5
Brendan765
the blue shell koopa likely sacrifices himself to try to kill mario and donkey kong on rainbow road