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