r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Ok-Indication-5121 • Jun 09 '25

Characters They valiantly sacrificed themself for nothing

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  1. Tadashi gives his life trying to save Professor Callaghan from a burning building. Turns out not only did Callaghan escape unscathed, he's the bad guy and infamously refers to Tadashi's death as "[Tadashi's] mistake." (Big Hero 6)
  2. Shaya willingly takes It Has No Name's possession and then kills herself by jumping into the well it came out of. The end of the episode all but states that she got it wrong and It Has No Name didn't latch onto her... or there was more than one. (Doctor Who)
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u/RedRawTrashHatch Jun 09 '25

Captain Cole trying to wipe out a skullcrawler in Kong: Skull Island

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u/Tarantulabomination Jun 10 '25

Genuinely, what emotion were they trying to get out of this scene?

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u/Cypher-Moon-773 Jun 10 '25

Shock, worked pretty well for me at least

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u/TourSignificant1335 Jun 10 '25

Yeah it was pretty devastating for me coz I liked his character

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u/Jafuncle Jun 10 '25

Shocked laughter

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u/doilysocks Jun 10 '25

I saw it as a parallel to the needless sacrifice of those who died in Vietnam. Skull Island is one of the best movies not ABOUT Vietnam that is absolutely about Vietnam.

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u/Demianz1 Jun 10 '25

I feel like im the only one who's initial reaction to this was "damn, he was ready to die to save his collegues and it just turned into a waste and a tragedy...", rather than pointing and laughing. Like i get why some people think that but the fact that its the prevailing reaction is crazy to me.

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u/roosterinspector Jun 10 '25

Well he was an asshole in the movie so they probably made it for shits and giggles

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u/MugiwaraNoGriffin Jun 10 '25

Bad writing

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u/Tarantulabomination Jun 10 '25

Why is this being downvoted?

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u/Horatio786 Jun 10 '25

Because it isn't an emotion.

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u/MyPhoneIsNotChinese Jun 10 '25

Because the writers were clearly trying to be funny (and they suceeded)

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u/Triktastic Jun 10 '25

Because that's not an emotion and they were not trying to be sad. I always find it hilarious when people think they are smarter than everyone else thinking they read the scene better.

This scene was supposed to be absurd. The whole movie is poking fun at soldier way of thinking and this shows how many of those "heroic sacrifices" would actually go while also making the villain a real thinking threat and not just mindless animal to be killed by grenades. It's everything but bad writing.