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Self-Sacrifice

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Any death that is voluntarily chosen in order to help or thwart others. The result need not be successful, provided the intent is there (and the character dies!)

Note that a spur of the moment rescue attempt that ends badly doesn't automatically qualify for this category. We have to be reasonably sure the martyr willingly accepts they are going to die if they act, but act anyway.



50 deaths in this category :
30 Days of Night
  Beau Brower - 82% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Explosion' icon 'Blaze of Glory' icon 'Crushed' icon 'Chase' icon
Alien 3
  Ellen Ripley - 62% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Falling' icon 'Monster' icon 'Combustion' icon
Aliens
  Lieutenant Gorman - 66% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Explosion' icon 'Suicide' icon
Armageddon
  Harry Stamper - 74% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Explosion' icon
Bram Stoker's Dracula
  Dracula - 80% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Decapitation' icon 'Stabbed' icon
Carnosaur
  Dr. Jane Tiptree - 80% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Monster' icon 'Disease' icon
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  Aslan - 63% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Vanishing Corpse' icon 'Execution' icon 'Stabbed' icon 'Resurrection' icon 'Wrath of the Gods' icon
Conan the Barbarian
  Valeria - 76% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Prophecy' icon 'Poison' icon 'Resurrection' icon 'Magic' icon 'Projectile' icon
Dante's Peak
  Granny Ruth - 49% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Pointless' icon 'Acid' icon 'Suicide' icon
Deep Impact
  Jenny Lerner - 50% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Bludgeoning' icon
El Cid
  Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar (El Cid) - 77% 'Melee' icon 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Projectile' icon
End of Days
  Jericho Cane - 1% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Impalement' icon 'Suicide' icon
Eragon
  Brom - 13% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Unsatisfying' icon 'Stabbed' icon 'Magic' icon 'Projectile' icon
Executive Decision
  Austin Travis - 81% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Falling' icon 'Pressure' icon 'Golden Duck' icon
Exorcist, The
  Father Damien Karras - 70% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Falling' icon 'Suicide' icon
Freddy vs. Jason
  Kia Waterson - 70% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Crushed' icon 'Hacked' icon
Gran Torino
  Walt Kowalski - 72% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Shot' icon
Great Escape, The
  Flight Lieutenant Eric Ashley-Pitt - 52% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Shot' icon
In The Line of Fire
  Mitch Leary/John Booth/James Carney - 63% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Falling' icon 'Prophecy' icon
Independence Day
  Russell Casse - 70% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Explosion' icon 'Blaze of Glory' icon 'Suicide' icon 'Revenge' icon
Iron Man
  Yinsen - 58% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Shot' icon 'Offscreen Killing' icon
Island of Terror
  Dr. Reginald Landers - 50% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Unique' icon 'Monster' icon 'Acid' icon
Jaws 2
  Marge - 90% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Animal' icon 'Devoured' icon
King Kong
  Herb - 70% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Animal' icon 'Devoured' icon
Krull
  Lyssa - 45% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Monster' icon
  Rell the Cyclops - 68% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Prophecy' icon 'Crushed' icon 'Energy Weapon' icon
  Ynyr - 84% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Unique' icon 'Magic' icon 'Old Age' icon 'Lover' icon
Leon
  Leon - 56% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Explosion' icon 'Head Shot' icon
Man on Fire
  Creasy - 66% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Shot' icon 'Offscreen Killing' icon 'Exsanguination' icon
Outsiders, The
  Johnny Cade - 63% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Crushed by Falling Object' icon
Pandorum
  Manh - 67% 'One on One' icon 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Monster' icon 'Slashed' icon
Se7en
  John Doe - 50% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Dilemma' icon 'Shot' icon 'Revenge' icon
Seven Pounds
  Tim Thomas - 76% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Poison' icon 'Animal' icon 'Suicide' icon
Sin City
  John Hartigan - 65% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Own Weapon' icon 'Shot' icon 'Suicide' icon
Spider-Man 2
  Otto 'Doc Ock' Ocatvius - 64% 'One on One' icon 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Drowning' icon
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
  Khan Noonien Singh - 70% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Explosion' icon
  Mr Spock - 50% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Unsatisfying' icon 'Resurrection' icon 'Radiation' icon
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
  Dr. David Marcus - 50% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Stabbed' icon
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
  Sybok - 79% 'One on One' icon 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Unique' icon 'Explosion' icon 'Vanishing Corpse' icon 'Psi' icon 'Projectile' icon
Star Trek: Generations
  Captain James Kirk - 61% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Falling' icon 'Crushed' icon
Star Trek: Nemesis
  Data - 75% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Explosion' icon
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
  Obi-Wan Kenobi - 92% 'Duel' icon 'Swordplay' icon 'Master/Pupil' icon 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Vanishing Corpse' icon
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
  Darth Vader - 75% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Betrayal' icon 'Electricity' icon
Sunshine
  Mace - 68% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Freezing' icon 'Machinery' icon 'Exsanguination' icon
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
  Miles Bennett Dyson - 50% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Explosion' icon 'Shot' icon
  The Terminator - 33% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Unsatisfying' icon 'Pointless' icon 'Combustion' icon 'Melting' icon
Terminator Salvation
  Marcus Wright - 57% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Offscreen Killing' icon
Towering Inferno, The
  Will Giddings - 74% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Combustion' icon
V for Vendetta
  V - 75% 'Gunfight' icon 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Blaze of Glory' icon
World is not Enough, The
  Valentin Zukovsky - 70% 'Self-Sacrifice' icon 'Explosion' icon 'Not quite dead...' icon 'Betrayal' icon 'Shot' icon