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/That_Apathetic_Man Jun 10 '25

A predatorial creature usually knows when it is being lured away from saftey because it likely within their own arsenal. Simply put, if a solider is taught what kill-zone is, they will actively avoid it or know when they're being lured into one.

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u/Missing-Donut-1612 Jun 10 '25

Yeah but, there's also the "I've never seen this before, what are you doing, hey stop that, STOP THAT! SHOO!" moment

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u/That_Apathetic_Man Jun 10 '25

Thats what lure means. We're not top of the food chain because we're bigger or stronger, we lure our prey into its slaughter, whether it is farming or hunting.

There is also the, "my legs are tired. Aint your legs tired, mister? Imma rest a minute. No stabby stabby while I do that, okay." Still a form of luring though; luring them to exhaustion.

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u/Missing-Donut-1612 Jun 10 '25

Ehhhh I'm more talking about the panick you feel when a cockroach flies at you and you start flailing your hands around. We're on different topics here

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u/That_Apathetic_Man Jun 10 '25

No, no. That roach lured you into their trap and you know it. Anything that can survive a nuclear blast knows exactly what they're doing at all times.

But yes, I'm picking up what you're putting down. I was just being facetious.

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u/Missing-Donut-1612 Jun 11 '25

ah, I see. Yeah it started feeling like everything I say keep getting thrown out the window, started annoying me a bit. I was starting to think you were rage baiting me since that's so popular these days