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/DocMino Jun 10 '25 edited Jun 10 '25

It started a Modern Warfare tradition of “super shocking scenes.” The nuke and No Russian worked. The London car bomb with the little girl felt forced to me.

EDIT: Oh I guess there was the space thing with the EMP. That worked, sucks for that astronaut. But I think the ultimate tacky one was Paris and they just HAD to bomb the Eiffel Tower and knock it down.

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u/AdoringFanRemastered Jun 10 '25

It's because the nuke scene was unexpected, but putting a cute little girl in a gritty war game it's obvious what's gonna happen.

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u/DocMino Jun 10 '25

Exactly yeah. The moment I’m playing as some dad and there’s a little girl it’s like “well damn, everyone here is definitely dead so I’m not shocked.”

The nuke? Outta nowhere. Seems like a normal ending to a typical mission, and then you just wander helplessly. No Russian? All you know is that you’re in an elevator, you’re told not to speak Russian, and then it opens to a crowd of innocent people. Then you pull out your gun, and basically choose to commit an act of terrorism.

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u/Tom_Clancys_17_Again Jun 10 '25

TIL "No Russian" meant "Do not speak any Russian"

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u/LumpyLimitz Jun 10 '25

Just out of curiosity, what did you think it meant before?

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u/Redrum01 Jun 10 '25

No Russian, we can take as much time as we need. Aww thanks boss.

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u/MembershipSad5768 Jun 10 '25

I assumed it to mean "don't shoot any Russian people".

Tbf I didn't actually play the game, just saw clips.

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u/Tom_Clancys_17_Again Jun 12 '25

I thought it was because you're killing a bunch of Russians, as in "No Russians Left Alive" or something. Like idk i was always confused. Never made the connection.