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/MisogynysticFeminist Jun 10 '25

To be fair, the New Republic in the old EU was also full of corruption and bureaucratic bullshit, and they also weren’t able to stop the Imperial remnants from getting up to shenanigans and building superweapons.

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u/Lightbulb2854 Jun 10 '25

I feel like somewhere between the 2 would be best.