Line #54 HeroicSacrifice/WebComics


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7	{{Heroic Sacrifice}}s in webcomics.
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9	* [[http://hiddendepths.smackjeeves.com/comics/1357602/003-venusaur/ Venusaur]] does this in ''151 Hidden Depths''.
10	* ''WebComic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcninja''. In the "Futures Trading" story arc, Chuck Goodrich was protected from far by the [=NASAGhast=], which killed any of the dinosaurs that tried to harm him. But the battle was being lost due to the dinosaurs' ultimate weapon, the Horrorsaurus. In a moment of honor and courage, Chuck provoked the Horrorsaurus into attacking him so the [=NASAGhast=] would kill it, but the spirit didn't act quickly enough to prevent his gruesome death.
11	* ''Webcomic/AmericanBarbarian'' ends with the titular hero sacrificing himself to finally defeat Two-Tank Omen and therefore end his tyranny.
12	* ''Webcomic/AngelMoxie'': Multiple times. [[spoiler:Grant does this early on to defeat Shugari's demon minion. Later, at the end of the story, Alex does this to defeat Yzin, and Miya does this to save Alex.]]
13	* In the WhatIf story in ''Webcomic/AttackOfTheSuperWizards'', Big Red Mc Lane sacrifices himself after blowing up the universe to create a NewEden.
14	* ''Webcomic/TheBeastLegion'': [[http://www.thebeastlegion.com/comic/issue-12-page-11-desperate-measures/ Xeus pushes Master Grotto out of the way from Fyres sudden Attack]] putting himself in the way instead.
15	* ''Webcomic/BirdBoy'': [[http://bird-boy.com/volume-1-page-3 Mali Mani never returned from bringing light back to the world]].
16	* In ''Webcomic/BlueYonder'', [[http://www.blueyondercomic.net/comics/1037502/blue-yonder-prologue-page-8/ Maiden Flight goes to hold off the attackers because they can not get her younger brother.]]
17	* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'':
18	** Played with when the heroes, [[IDidWhatIHadToDo in desperation]], decide to kill the CardCarryingVillain Bob by [[ColonyDrop dropping an asteroid on his fortress]] even though the impact will also [[TakingYouWithMe kill the heroes]] and the many, many innocent people who happen to be to be within the range. Bob decides that, since he's going to die anyway, he might as be the only one who does, so he [[SuperpowerMeltdown blows himself up to stop the asteroid]]. Of course, they NeverFoundTheBody...
19	** [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/040120c Presented]] [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/040121c as one]].
20	* Done by ''[[SecondLawMyAss MOUSE]]'', of all computers in ''Webcomic/CommanderKitty'', when he [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2013/06/01/questions-answered/ fries most of his units]] trying to [[spoiler: keep [[BigBad Zenith]] from taking over the ship]].
21	* At the beginning of ''Webcomic/CrimsonKnights'' Judoch and Wilburg's father Culwech holds off the werewolves while his children escape.
22	** Later on [[spoiler:Geron, Huldric and other knights]] [[LastStand hold off]] [[spoiler:the Cralesian forces]] just long enough that most of their forces can escape through the catacombs.
23	* ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'':
24	** Karnak, the Demon Lord of Wounds, is an odd candidate for this. Especially since his sacrifice was what lead to him [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2006-04-13 physically entering hell and becoming a Demon Lord.]]
25	** A less odd candidate is Klo Tark, who switches places with Dominic when the latter is about to be annihilated in a foreign plane.
26	* ''Webcomic/DraculaEverlasting'': After Jill helps free Nicholas from the control of Dracula, he kills himself with the stake so that he cannot be controlled again.
27	* ''Webcomic/DragonBallMultiverse'': According to the South Kaioshin, the Grand Kaioshin did this in most universes to tame Majin Buu.
28	* In ''Webcomic/DragonMango'', [[http://dragon-mango.com/comic/chapter05/dm05-24.htm the priestess sees the future clearly, realizes her death leads to the best possibility, and so dies willingly.]]
29	* ''Webcomic/{{Dregs}}'': Subverted three times in a row when saving the sewer and the town above from the Baron's bomb. Chub ''almost'' goes down with the bomb, failing to jump off in time while sailing it into a cistern, and then Coney leaps off the ledge to save Chub without any real survival plan for himself, but the nudist is able to catch them at the last moment. Then the nudist herself briefly appears to have died from being caught in the explosion's shockwave, but it turns out she was just unconscious.
30	* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'':
31	** Nanase experiences the pain of death repeatedly (through the repeated destruction of her fairy-doll avatar) during her fight with Abraham for Ellen's life. She has to be hospitalized afterward due to the extreme expenditure of magic and loses her magic completely for over 8 months.
32	** When a vampire nearly shoots Raven, Pandora causes his gun to explode in his face, then vaporizes him and the other two surviving vampires in the building, knowing that such direct action will lead to her immediate execution (the method of which she exploits to [[DyingMomentOfAwesome all but wipe out Earth's vampires]]).
33	* In ''Webcomic/{{Endstone}}'', [[http://endstone.net/2009/03/10/issue-1-page-6/ Kyri had handed over her daughter to a friend whom she knew would look after her; neither of them had to say that she wasn't coming back.]]
34	* ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'': [[spoiler: Bogroll taking down ''Lord Ansom himself''.]] There's no possible greater glory for the lovable oaf.
35	* ''Webcomic/EvelyneAndTheOccult'':
36	** Leo's grandfather gets stabbed through by a demon to protect Leo.
37	** Evelyne's grandfather was murdered by Lucía while trying to hold her off to give his daughter a chance to escape.
38	* ''Webcomic/FakeNewsRumble'': [[spoiler: Yonatan leaps in front of Stephanos, shielding him from Cheney's attack.]] [[UnexplainedRecovery He got]] [[BackFromTheDead better.]]
39	* ''ComicStrip/{{Fleep}}''. After [[TomatoInTheMirror discovering a very nasty truth about his past actions]], Jimmy gives up his chance of being rescued in order to assure that another civilian would survive. Jimmy's own internal monologue downplays the heroism of the sacrifice--he just wants to see his wife, and [[spoiler:now that she's dead,]] redemption is the only shot he has at ever seeing her again.
40	* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': [[spoiler:Lars [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20061211 shoves Agatha out of the way of an enraged Baron Wulfenbach's downswing]],]] putting himself in the way instead, and pays dearly. As a result, "Agatha [[UnstoppableRage Flips Out]]". It also [[ItHasBeenAnHonor earns him incredible respect]] from the Jagermonsters. Maxim even gives up his hat (the one thing Jagers prize above all else) to be buried with Lars, because he's made himself as good as a Jager with his act, and no Jager should be buried without a hat. Maxim walks hatless from that point on, until he acquires the replacement in a suitably epic mini-arc.
41	* ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'':
42	** During the Escape from Brassmoon story arc, a group of monsters is holding off guards by the gate while waiting for it to open. It finally does, to their relief and joy, only for a group of guards to charge towards them. The ogre in the group pushes the others towards the exit, grabs a spear and goes to meet the guards. Two pages later, you see two of the guards stabbing him repeatedly.
43	** Subverted in the same arc a few pages later. Complains tells Big Ears that he's badly injured and can't move, so Big Ears will have to--and Big Ears cuts him off, furiously telling him he won't leave him behind. Complains stares at him for a moment, then:
44	---> Are you high?! I was ''going'' to say you should find a board or something to put me on, and you could maybe drag me out of here! Damn ''right'' you're not leaving me behind!
45	** Played with in the case of [[spoiler: Chief]], who stayed behind to fight [[HeroKiller Kore]] to allow the rest of his group a chance to escape and hide in a dungeon crawl. The other goblins decide to go back to save him after they hear his screams of pain, but [[TearJerker they utterly fail to do so]].
46	* ''WebComic/TheGreatWizardTranscendent'': The remaining Hero group threw themselves at the Devil at the beginning of the webcomic to give Mikhail time to summon a meteor strike.
47	* ''WebComic/GuildedAge'': [[spoiler:A badly injured Rachel]] pushes Frigg out of the path of [[spoiler:the reality-destroying monster the cultists summoned]] rather than trying to escape.
48	* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': There are a number of these throughout the comic, somewhat mitigated by the fact that every player starts out alternating between two bodies so that they can be resurrected into the other if one dies, all players go to an afterlife from which they cans till interact with living people and each other, and there are a number of ways to cheat death beyond that. In that regard, these sacrifices are more similar to sacrificing an extra life or body in a video game than actually sacrificing one's life in real life or other works. This is not to say that characters actually ''know'' that this is the case when they sacrifice themselves, mind.
49	** At the end of Act 4, [[spoiler: Jade sacrifices her Dream Self to push John out of the way of an oncoming meteor.]]
50	** In Act 5, "Hivebent", [[spoiler: Sollux withstands the MindRape of the cry of EldritchAbomination that was killing of every troll on the planet just long enough to get Feferi into the Medium.]]
51	** Feferi allows her dream self to get killed so she can prove the Horrorterrors of the Furthest Ring aren't at all something to be feared, so that she can [[YourMindMakesItReal interact with Jade on a more personal level]].
52	** Sollux has another go at it when he [[spoiler: overexerts his powers to propel the asteroid to the green sun before their window of opportunity passes]].
53	** This is one of the only two ways that a player who has ascended to the god tiers can die a permanent death, the other being a KarmicDeath.
54	* In ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'', during the Rabbits' Rampage storyline, Danielle Kindle[[note]]The ''original'' one. Long story.[[/note]] [[https://www.kevinandkell.com/2003/kk0921.html threw herself in the way of a sharpened carrot stake]] aimed at George Fennec, taking it in the heart. They had seconds to complete their plan, which was to kiss so that their ElectricLove connection could fry their mainframe.
55	* ''Webcomic/KidRadd'': [[spoiler:Bogey lets the titular character kill him in the final chapter, dropping a power-up that saves his life from an imminent, apocalyptic blast. [[BackFromTheDead He gets better though.]]]]
56	* ''WebComic/MagickChicks'': [[AFatherToHisMen Faith]] has put herself on the line for her fellow students on two occasions:
57	** The first was when she opted to [[YouShallNotPass stay behind to hold off Svletvana and Veronique]][[note]]who were enthralled by [[spoiler: Hecate]], at the time[[/note]], despite having been [[BroughtDownToNormal stripped of her powers]] and left physically weakened, [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/sharper_than_a_sanjiegun to buy Tiffany time to get the wand.]] She was subsequently [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/a_backup_plan beaten unconscious.]]
58	** Chapter 15 concludes with Faith expending all her power to launch Melissa and Sandi free of [[spoiler: Cerise]]'s spell circle, [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/save_artemis so they could escape and save the school]] after it'd been taken over. Her fate, along with the rest of the student council's [[UncertainDoom has remained unknown.]]
59	* ''Webcomic/MobTies'': Mika was very nearly killed by [[BigBad Bengal]], but for Kyoko, the LoveFreak GenkiGirl, leaping in front of the knife that would have killed her.
60	-->'''Mika:''' "You idiot! Why did you hurt yourself to protect me?"\
61	'''Kyoko:''' "Because it's your wedding day, silly! You should be happy on your wedding d..."\
62	'''Mika:''' "Kyoko? KYOKOOOO!!!"
63	* At the end of ''Roleplay/NanQuest'', a SadisticChoice is revealed: either [[spoiler:Pablo]] or [[spoiler:Santiago]] must die. [[spoiler:Pablo]] sacrifices themselves to spare Nan from having to choose.
64	* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
65	** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0827.html strip 827]], Thanh attempts to singlehandedly take on [[TheDragon Redcloak's]] forces during the fall of the Resistance, in order to buy time for Niu to escape and [[BringNewsBack get word]] to [[SupportingLeader Hinjo]].
66	** Belkar has to be the BearerOfBadNews, during which [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0880.html he explains the sacrifice for the party that]] [[spoiler:Durkon]] made.
67	** Durkon's father died in this manner [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy before he was born]], having caused a cave-in to save the rest of his squad from a troll with dragon blood. [[spoiler:This is also the reason why he was never resurrected, since having died a hero's death meant that he had earned his place in Valhalla. His wife couldn't bear to tear him away from paradise, even if it meant raising their son by herself.]]
68	* In ''Webcomic/PowerpuffGirlsDoujinshi'', Atomic Betty was about to get crushed by a giant robot claw (they never showed the robot), then Sparky runs and pushes her out of the way so he could get crushed to death instead. Leaving Betty with a big SayMyName.
69	* In ''Webcomic/RubyQuest'', Tom prepares to do this after [[LastMinuteHookup sharing a kiss with Ruby]] to allow time for her and Jay to escape the Metal Glen by fighting Ace. However, [[BaitandSwitch before he can fight Ace,]] [[SubvertedTrope Stitches lunges at Ace and tackles him, allowing Tom to escape with Ruby and Jay,]] in which this trope is then played straight for Stitches.[[note]] This was the result of an OffTheRails situation where the players had [[CuttingtheKnot Tom smash open a locked medicine locker with a crowbar]], which gave him a tranquilizer, allowing the players to [[NonLethalKO defeat Stitches (and therefore obtain a key) without killing him]], and give him a photo of the facilities patients, leading the [[AndroclesLion mutated Stitches to save Tom once he woke up.]][[/note]]
70	* ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'':
71	** In the ZombieApocalypse arc, [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean James Norrington]] sacrifices himself to save a little girl and gets bitten by a zombie. [[spoiler: Later gets [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] because being [[DeathIsCheap canonically dead]] gives him PlotArmor.]]
72	** Later he does it again in ''Such Stuff...'' to save Sarah from Jareth and Jareth from himself and this time he actually dies. [[spoiler: But this one was AllJustADream combined with YourSoulIsMine by Jareth's father. So he got better.]]
73	* In ''[[Webcomic/RoomiesItsWalkyJoyceAndWalky Roomies]]'', [[spoiler:Ruth dies stopping a drunken Danny from driving into a truck.]]
74	* Parodied in ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1535#comic 1535]]:
75	-->'''Dinosaur''': "Save yourself, mammal! We will fend off the asteroids!"\
76	''Caption: Paleontology texts have changed a lot since [[WrittenByTheWinners dinosaurs took over the school board]].''
77	* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'':
78	** [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2002-03-03 This]] strip.
79	** [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-12-26 This]] one too, also shows that AnyoneCanDie.
80	** General Tagon (Captain Tagon's father) comes at this from a strategic angle. If you're going to sacrifice someone, it should be someone you care for--if it's someone you hate, it's not a sacrifice, it's ''murder''. This ends about as you'd expect.
81	--->'''Captain Kevyn:''' You have many friends, general?\
82	'''General Tagon:''' Alive? No, not really.
83	** PlayedForLaughs [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2002-07-20 here]]. Does it count as a heroic sacrifice if you clone yourself first?
84	** [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2015-03-03 Maxim 20:]] If you're not willing to shell your own position, you're not willing to win.
85	** [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2016-09-18 Maxim 70:]] Failure is not an option. It is mandatory. The option is whether or not to let failure be the last thing you do.
86	* Xenol in ''Webcomic/SecondEmpire'' develops an extremely ingenious plan to cripple the pursuing enemy ship following their disastrous escape from Skaro. However, he needs explosives, and the closest thing he has is the [[SelfDestructMechanism Self-Destruct Mechanism]] in his warriors' travel machines. Fully knowing just how important Xenol will be to the Daleks, all present warriors immediately volunteer. [[spoiler:Xenol proceeds to show his awesomeness by ensuring the two chosen ones ''survive'' the SelfDestructiveCharge.]]
87	* ''Webcomic/{{Sidekicks}}'': In the season 1 finale, [[BigBad Metheos]] recovers during his fight with [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Darkslug]] and fires a [[KamehameHadoken Beam Burster]] at [[{{Sidekick}} Dream Girl]]. Darkslug puts his body in the way of the attack (mirroring an event that occurred in Dream Girl's youth) and takes grievous damage as a result. But Metheos charges up another full body Beam Burster to finally destroy Darkslug for good. Before he can, Darkslug tells Dream Girl why he picked her as his sidekick[[spoiler:, transfers [[BequeathedPower all his powers and the First Prana into her]]]] and then shields her from Metheos' explosive blast with his hero cape.
88	* Buwaro the [[ThePollyanna Fire Demon]] from ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'' takes a bolt of divine lightning for the woman he loves, who [[http://web.archive.org/web/20100612112111/http://www.sdamned.com/2010/01/01092010/ happens to be an angel.]]
89	* ''Webcomic/SweetHome2017'':
90	** [[spoiler: Jayhun]] goes down trying to stop the security guard from killing anyone else.
91	** [[spoiler: Seop Ahn]] pushes Hyun out of the way of one of Beefcake’s punches and gets crushed in his place.
92	** Jisu stops Hyun from pulling her away from the flying monster to stop him from being dragged along with her, even telling him to finish her song lyrics for her, but he manages to grab her again and drive the monster away before she's out of his reach.
93	** [[spoiler:Dusik]] blows himself up while taking multiple monsters with him.
94	* ''Webcomic/TalesOfGnosisCollege'': [[spoiler:Moira makes one in hopes of preserving friendly relations between humanity and Howard the Tentacle Beast's species. Nanetta makes one for ''Moira'' at the same time.]]
95	* In chapter 11 of ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'', Elan throws himself in front of the enemy forces to ensure Elka makes it to safety; he doesn't last long before the enemy wrights [[{{Gorn}} crush him between pillars of earth]]. The villain scores some {{Irony}} points by calling him a coward as he does so. It's implied that he did it because he was going to die soon anyway, as he had a heart condition and had gone several days without his treatment.
96	* In ''Webcomic/WeakHero'', while protecting the downed Ben, Alex is kicked into a pile of wooden planks by Donald. The pile begins to collapse on top of him and Ben uses his last ounce of energy to run forward and protect Alex. This is what caused his arm injury that has persisted through into high school.
97	* In ''Webcomic/{{Widdershins}}'' [[http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/september-21st-2012 Thackerey runs back into a burning building to properly desummon a spirit.]] O'Malley follows to save him.
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