History HeroicSacrifice / WesternAnimation

* As in the comics example mentioned above, [[spoiler: Ferro Lad]] on ''Series/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}'' sacrifices himself to stop the Sun-Eater in the first SeasonFinale.
* In ''{{ReBoot}}'', [[spoiler:Hexadecimal, after her HeelFaceTurn,]] in order to destroy Daemon, fragmented [[spoiler:her]]self in order to administer a cure to the Net.

* In '''TransformersAnimated'', [[spoiler:Optimus Prime does this in "Transform and Roll Out", defending the Allspark from Starscream. He comes BackFromTheDead about a minute later, though.]]

* In ''TheSimpsons'', it's revealed that [[spoiler:Waylon Smithers Senior]] went into a nuclear reactor core unprotected and turned it off, in the process giving his life to save Springfield, everybody at the plant and [[spoiler:Waylon Smithers Junior]]. One of the few times Mr Burns shows any respect for any character in the series.

** Also, in "Into the Wild Green Yonder", Fry [[spoiler:realizes that he is "the Dark One" who he has been pursuing and must kill in order to save the galaxy. Fortunately, his logic was flawed ([[CloudCuckoolander as per usual]]) and he survives and also kills the real Dark One]].

* [[spoiler:Kenny]] in the ''SouthPark'' movie, earning a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming in the process.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Fry, upon realizing that Leela's oxygen tank is empty, and that she is too busy fixing the ship in order to save the lives of the crew to listen to his warnings, plugs her tube into his own full tank and suffocates, saving her.
** Also, the whole Space Bee thing: throwing himself in front of Leela so the bee would sting him. [[spoiler:It didn't quite work out as planned...]]
** Then there's the whole Scootie Puff Junior fiasco: he gambled on being condemned to an eternity in oblivion than risk Leela's safety in the end. Good thing [[spoiler:Nibbler remembered "Scootie Puff Junior sucks]]."
** Fry did this yet again in ''[[TheMovie Bender's Big Score]].'' [[spoiler:Well, not quite him. Lars, his time clone, broke up with Leela when he realized he was going to die. Upon the original Fry's attempt at reconciling them, Nudar holds Leela hostage. Knowing his life is going to end one way or the other, he kills himself blowing Nudar up with a self-destructing Bender clone]].
** Also, in "Into the Wild Green Yonder", Fry [[spoiler:realizes that he is "the Dark One" who he has been pursuing and must kill in order to save the galaxy. Fortunately, his logic was flawed (as usual) and he survives and also kills the real Dark One]].
** Big Bertha in "[[FreakyFridayFlip The Prisoner of Benda]]," sacrificing herself to help the Professor save Emperor Nikolai.
-->'''Professor Farnsworth:''' But you could get a new body. You could have a rich, full life!

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Fry, upon realizing that Leela's oxygen tank is empty, and that she is too busy fixing the ship in order to save the lives of the crew to listen to his warnings, plugs her tube into his own full tank and suffocates, saving her. [[IGotBetter He gets better]].

* In ''TheBraveLittleToaster'', [[spoiler: Lampy, Kirby, and Toaster all pull this off.]] Respectively by [[spoiler: allowing himself to be struck by lightning, jumping off a waterfall, and jumping into the gears of a trash compactor to jam the machine. They all [[IGotBetter get better]], but the "deaths" of Lampy and Toaster were traumatizing, as the viewer probably believed they actually were dead for a few minutes.]]

* ''GalaxyRangers'' loved this Trope. At least four examples in the series, starting with Eliza, who ordered the ship with her kids to blast off, leaving her to a FateWorseThanDeath.

* Dinobot, in the ''{{Transformers}}: BeastWars'' episode "Code of Hero", fights the entire Predacon force on his own to prevent them from altering history. He drives them off, but is mortally wounded in the process.

* In the season one finale of ''{{Avatar The Last Airbender}}'', [[spoiler: Princess Yue sacrifices herself to revive the Moon Spirit, which had been killed by Admiral Zhao. She then becomes the new Moon Spirit. Though in this case she had been living on borrowed time her entire life, as the Moon Spirit had shared some of its life energy to prevent her from being stillborn, and she simply gave it back.]]

* In the second episode of ''Ben10AlienForce'', [[spoiler: the plumber agent saves Kevin's life, but tears his suit - since he doesn't breathe air, he]] dies. This is considered part of the reason Kevin agrees to help Ben for the rest of the series.

* In ''CodeLyoko'', Aelita is sometimes [[MartyrWithoutACause a bit too eager]] to make a HeroicSacrifice, despite the very strong disapproval of her friends (especially Jérémie). She actually went through it in Season 1 episode "Just in Time", but Jérémie managed to bring her back to the virtual world. Another close call was in Season 2 finale "The Key".

* In ''{{Futurama}}'', Fry, upon realizing that Leela's oxygen tank is empty, and that she is too busy fixing the ship in order to save the lives of the crew to listen to his warnings, plugs her tube into his own full tank and suffocates, saving her. [[IGotBetter He gets better]].

* ''{{Batman the Brave and the Bold}}'': "I have an idea. [[FamousLastWords Just not sure it's a good one.]]" [[spoiler:-- Blue Beetle II (Ted Kord)]]

* ''CodenameKidsNextDoor'': in what is possibly the only existing example without any possibility of physical injury, Tommy Gilligan (Numbuh 2's brother) has just been assigned to Sector V. He saves the sector, and the whole organization, from being turned into animals by the BigBad. However, it turns out that by removing his boogers from the registry (ItMakesSenseInContext), he is not allowed to be part of the organization, even though the others (who had never liked him) now believe he should be.

* "What are you ''doing''?!?" [[AvatarTheLastAirbender "Saving the jerk who dumped me."]]

* In ''{{The Mighty Ducks}}'' first episode, [[spoiler: Canard]] throws himself into dimensional limbo to save the rest of the team and allow them to pursue Dragonus to Earth.

** Also at the end of season two [[spoiler: Iroh stays behind in the caverns fighting Zuko, Azula, and all of the Fire Nation soldiers to buy time to allow Aang and Katara to escape to safety, even though he knew he couldn't escape himself.]]
*** Then in the third season [[spoiler: Mai betrays Azula to prevent her from reaching Zuko and is imprisoned as a result.]]
** Also from a season three, it is revealed through flashbacks that [[spoiler: Katara's mother Kya, lied about her daughter being a water bender, instead saying it was her. Her last words to Katara were "Everything will be all right." She was lying. However, it should be noted that she was expecting to be taken captive instead of killed, though it's no less admiable.]]

** [[spoiler: Kevin's father Devin Levin]] jumps in front of a lethal blast to save [[spoiler: Max Tennyson from Ragnarok.]]
* In ''CodeLyoko'', Aelita is sometimes [[MartyrWithoutACause a bit too eager]] to make some HeroicSacrifice, despite the very strong disapproval of her friends (especially Jérémie). She actually went through it in Season 1 episode "Just in Time", but Jérémie managed to bring her back to the virtual world. Another close call was in Season 2 final "The Key".
** In the end, [[spoiler: her father, Franz Hopper, made the Heroic Sacrifice to destroy XANA, his creation, once for all.]]
* ''TheFairlyOddParents'' "[[TheMovie Wishology]]" Jorgen Von Strangle and Timmy Turner. Jorgen in the first part of the trilogy [[spoiler:magically transforms himself into Timmy so the Eliminators and the Darkness do not take Timmy.]] Timmy at the end of the second part when [[spoiler:he throws himself up into the Darkness so his the group of people he is with are not hurt or captured.]] This is especially significant because [[spoiler:In addition to his family and friends being in the group, three of the beings are his mortal enemies and four are magical fairies who are almost impossible to kill.]]

** Also, in "Into the Wild Green Yonder", Fry [[spoiler:realizes that he is "the Dark One", who he has been pursuing, and must kill in order to save the galaxy. Fortunately, his logic was flawed (as usual) and he survives, and also kills the real Dark One]].

** Also, in the episode "The Final Face Off" [[spoiler: Wildwing destroy Dragonus' dimensional ray to prevent the Earth from being invaded and conquered by the Saurian army, even though he knows that the dimensional ray was the only way he and his friends could return home to Puckworld, and as a result they are now permanently trapped on Earth.]]
* ''IronManArmoredAdventures'' does this a few times. The first is when [[spoiler: Arthur Parks, a former super-villain named the Living Laser sacrifices himself to save Tony in ''Designed Only for Chaos'' [[RedemptionEqualsDeath after joining the hero's side.]] ]]

* ''CodenameKidsNextDoor'': In what is possibly the only existing example without any possibility of physical injury, Tommy Gilligan (Numbuh 2's brother) has just been assigned to Sector V. He saves the sector, and the whole organization, from being turned into animals by the BigBad. However, it turns out that by removing his boogers from the registry (ItMakesSenseInContext), he is not allowed to be part of the organization, even though the others (who had never liked him) now believe he should be.

* In ''[[SupermanDoomsday Superman: Doomsday]]'', an internally-injured Superman, seeing Doomsday about to murder a child for the fun of it, flies him up past the atmosphere and then gives him the biggest bodyslam in history. The impact kills Supes, too.[[spoiler: If only for a little while.]]

** In the Japanese ''{{Transformers}}: The HeadMasters'', Optimus sacrifices himself to stabilize Vector Sigma at the beginning of the season. This is his FinalDeath of the series, at least in animated form(there was later a toy line and manga called ''Battlestars: The Return Of Convoy'', where he ''was'' brought BackFromTheDead).

* Near the end of the fourth season of ''{{Winx Club}}'' [[spoiler: Nabu decides to try to close the shadow abyss in order to save the Earth fairies. He succeeds, but uses up all of his energy and dies as a result.]]

* PlayedForLaughs and Subverted in ''{{Madagascar}} Escape 2 Africa'', when [[GullibleLemmings Melman the giraffe]] thought he was dying when the other giraffes saw brown spots all over his body. He allows himself to be sacrificed to a volcano to bring water back to the reserve. [[SarcasmMode Thank You]] [[{{Jerkass}} Julian]]. Gloria does manage to save him. Afterwards, [[YankTheDogsChain Mort arrives with the shark still chasing him.]] [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks The shark misses]] and [[DisneyVillainDeath falls into the volcano]]. The shark's fate is a villainous sacrifice.

* In ''TheBraveLittleToaster'', [[spoiler: Lampy, Kirby, and Toaster all pull this off.]] Respectively by [[spoiler: Allowing himself to be struck by lightning, jumping off a waterfall, and jumping into the gears of a trash compactor to jam the machine. They all [[IGotBetter get better]], but the "deaths" of Lampy and Toaster were traumatizing, as the viewer probably believes they actually are dead for a few minutes.]]
** [[spoiler: Radio]] also did this in the sequel by [[spoiler: giving up his function tube in order to save their obsolete super computer friend]], and seeing as how [[spoiler: they needed him to save their animal friends]] it counts double. Considering that [[spoiler: it was because of him that the only other tube broke]] it was the least he could do.

* Suprising, ''RegularShow'' has had some truly heroic ones. In "Benson Begone" [[spoiler:Benson prepares to perform one to save everyone from the demonic Susan by running her down with a limo, only for Leon, a character from earlier in the episode, to jump into the limo. He then pushes Benson to safety and takes out Susan's heels, causing her to fall back into Hell while he spirals out of control and crashes into a wall, the limo exploding on impact.]] A second one happens in "Go Viral" [[spoiler: the episode's BigBad, the Warden Of The Internet, tries to kill Mordecai, Rigby, and Pops from escaping her {{Cyberspace}} prison. Suddenly, one of the other viral videos she captured, the Wedgie Ninja, grabs her and gives her a wedgie, telling the others to run. After they escape, he keeps it up and eventually causes the Warden to explode, killing himself in the process but making the internet safe for viral videos once more.]]

* Suprising, ''RegularShow'' has had some truly heroic ones. In "Benson Begone" [[spoiler:Benson prepares to perform one to save everyone from the demonic Susan by running her down with a limo, only for Leon, a character from earlier in the episode, to jump into the limo. He then pushes Benson to safety and takes out Susan's heels, causing her to fall back into Hell while he spirals out of control and crashes into a wall, the limo exploding on impact.]] A second one happens in "Go Viral" [[spoiler: the episode's BigBad, the Warden Of The Internet, tries to kill Mordecai, Rigby, and Pops from escaping her {{Cyberspace}} prison. Suddenly, one of the other viral videos she captured, the Wedgie Ninja, grabs her and gives her a wedgie, telling the others to run. After they escape, he keeps it up and eventually causes the Warden to explode, killing himself in the process but making the internet safe for viral videos once more.]]

* ''TheFairlyOddParents'' Jorgen Von Strangle and Timmy Turner. Jorgen in the first part of the trilogy [[spoiler:magically transforms himself into Timmy so the Eliminators and the Darkness do not take Timmy.]] Timmy at the end of the second part when [[spoiler:he throws himself up into the Darkness so his the group of people he is with are not hurt or captured.]] This is especially significant because [[spoiler:In addition to his family and friends being in the group, three of the beings are his mortal enemies and four are magical fairies who are almost impossible to kill.]]

* Suprising, ''RegularShow'' has had some truly heroic ones. In "Benson Begone" [[spoiler:Benson prepares to perform one to save everyone from the demonic Susan by running her down with a limo, only for Utopia, a character from earlier in the episode, to jump into the limo. He then pushes Benson to safety and takes out Susan's heels, causing her to fall back into Hell while he spirals out of control and crashes into a wall, the limo exploding on impact.]] A second one happens in "Go Viral" [[spoiler: the episode's BigBad, the Warden Of The Internet, tries to kill Mordecai, Rigby, and Pops from escaping her {{Cyberspace}} prison. Suddenly, one of the other viral videos she captured, the Wedgie Ninja, grabs her and gives her a wedgie, telling the others to run. After they escape, he keeps it up and eventually causes the Warden to explode, killing himself in the process but making the internet safe for viral videos once more.]]

* [[spoiler: Octus]] from ''[[SymBionicTitan Sym-Bionic Titan]]'' pulled one of these in order to save Lance.

** [[Spoiler: Radio]] also did this in the sequel by [[spoiler: giving up his function tube in order to save their obsolete super computer friend]], and seeing as how [[spoiler: they needed him to save their animal friends]] it counts double. Considering that [[spoiler: it was because of him that the only other tube broke]] it was the least he could do.

* [[spoiler: Van Rook]] of {{The secret saturdays}} jumps in front of an energy beam intended for Drew. It was the first (and sadly last) truely heroic thing he ever did.

* Batman attempts this in the Season 2 GrandFinale of ''JusticeLeague''. To prevent the Thanagarian's hyperspace bypass generator from destroying Earth, [[ColonyDrop he sets the Watchtower space station on a collision course with the generator]], then insists on staying in the Watchtower to insure that it doesn't drift off-course. Superman realizes what Batman is doing, and flies in to pull Bats out, just in time.
** "Legends": The Justice Guild (a {{Golden Age}}/{{Silver Age}} themed Justice League) [[spoiler: had already sacrificed themselves in a [[SenselessSacrifice failed]] attempt to stop WorldWarIII on their world. The Guild the League meets sacrifice themselves a second time to defeat the RealityWarper that recreated them.]]

* [[spoiler: The Flash]] from ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' in the episode ''Divided We Fall''. It's the league's DarkestHour, and the founding members are down. [[spoiler: The Flash built up energy by running circles around the planet, literally, and culminated with using the energy to defeat Luthor in an explosion. Because of this, he sort of phased out of reality. He got better very quickly.]]

-->'''Big Bertha: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome I am]] ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome trying]]'' [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome to have a rich, full life!]]

* In ''{{Futurama}}'', Fry, [[spoiler: upon realizing that Leela's oxygen tank is empty, and that she is too busy fixing the ship in order to save the lives of the crew to listen to his warnings, plugs her tube into his own full tank and suffocates, saving her. He gets better.]]
** Also, the whole Space Bee thing, [[spoiler: throwing himself in front of Leela so the bee would sting him. It didn't quite work out as planned...]]
** Then there's the whole Scootie Puff Junior fiasco, [[spoiler: he gambled on being condemned to an eternity in oblivion than risk Leela's safety in the end. Good thing Nibbler remembered "Scootie Puff Junior sucks".]]
** Fry seems to do this alot. [[spoiler:Well, not quite him. In the first movie, one of his time clones realises that he would die a horrible death due to being a living paradox (since one person cant exist in the same timeline twice, the time clone would always get killed), broke off his marriage with Leela. Upon the original Fry's attempt at reconciling them, Nudar walks into the room and holds Leela hostage. Knowing his life is going to end one way or the other, he tricks and grabs Nudar and holds him against a Bender clone, who was about to self-destruct (this bender was frozen in time, makes sense in context). The explosion kills him and Nudar, and fixes the last of the paradoxes.]]
** Also, in "Into the Wild Green Yonder", Fry [[spoiler:realizes that he is "the Dark One", who he has been pursuing, and must kill in order to save the galaxy. He is in possession of the only weapon that can kill the Dark One, and therefore uses it on himself. Fortunately, his logic was flawed (as usual) and he survives, and also kills the real Dark One, who was hidden nearby.]]

* [[spoiler: The Flash]] from ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' in the episode ''Divided We Fall''. It's the league's [[DarkestHour]], and the founding members are down. [[spoiler: The Flash built up energy by running circles around the planet, literally, and culminated with using the energy to defeat Luthor in an explosion. Because of this, he sort of phased out of reality. He got better very quickly.]]

* [[spoiler: Van Rook]] of {{The secret saturdays}} jumps in front of an energy beam intended for Drew. It was the first (and sadly last) truely heroic thing he ever did.

** Also from a season three, it is revealed through flashbacks that [[spoiler: Katara's mother Kya, lied about her daughter being a water bender, instead saying it was her. Her last words to Katara were "Everything will be all right." She was lying.]]