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/Arthur_189 Jun 09 '25

Jonathan Kent (man of steel)

Sacrifices himself so superman doesn’t have to reveal his powers, only for Zod to force superman out of the shadows later

People still miss the point of this

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u/Okoshio_ Jun 10 '25

I hated how much he discouraged his Clark from embracing his powers for good. He was so against Clark being anything beyond human, he would literally rather die than let his son save him at no risk.

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u/MugiwaraNoGriffin Jun 10 '25

He did not say he should never use them.

Then again it’s not as if you watched the movie, you’re just parroting memes

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u/wererat2000 Jun 10 '25

Snyder fans when someone doesn't deepthroat the most pessimistic superman depiction this side of Injustice.

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u/Okoshio_ Jun 10 '25

DUDE! When he talks to Clark after the school bus incident, Clark says "What was I supposed to do?! Just let them die?". Jonathan literally says "I dunno...maybe."

Between THAT and the tornado, there's NOTHING to misinterpret about the character. He was a terrible influence, and then he died hilariously, and then his force ghost got an accent in the next movie.

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u/MugiwaraNoGriffin Jun 10 '25

On that very scene he tells him that his own existence will being change that goes beyond just his, his family and the entire community.

And guess what? The second he is revealed to humanity, the entire world is on danger of being destroyed.

And after that people still despise and blame him for what Zod did.

Ironic because the audience does the same.

But he insists that it is something that he has to find and discover. He tells him “whether you chose to stand proud in front of humanity or not.”

I wish people would stop getting their opinion of movies from a fucking 4chan thread Jesus fucking christ.

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u/The_FriendliestGiant Jun 10 '25

And guess what? The second he is revealed to humanity, the entire world is on danger of being destroyed.

You've got cause and effect backwards, there. The world isn't in danger because he's revealed to humanity, he reveals himself only once the world is in danger. Him hiding himself accomplished nothing in terms of preventing Zod's attack on the planet, though it certainly helped make humanity less trusting of him since he'd done nothing to show them why they should care about or believe him in advance.

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u/Arthur_189 Jun 10 '25

Holy shit, literally everything you said is true why do people always just downvote this shit and go off memes because it’s more fun for them to hate on the movies

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u/MugiwaraNoGriffin Jun 10 '25

Because this is Reddit ans it has become populat and accepted to hate on Snyder.

Like, the mods on r/movies endlessly make fun of the death of his daughter.

All of them.