I did a bit of digging trying to see if there might be something in Transformers related to Optimus Prime, when the wiki rabbit hole lead me to Primus apotheosis
, a part of which has transformers also develop a martyrdom complex. This is a pic of Pyro in The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers with his Imagine Spot of how he'll die. I modified it so the captions are a bit larger and more readable.

Edited by Earnest on Apr 28th 2024 at 10:58:07 AM
The trope doesn't actually require the person die, though, just an extreme willingness to die or put themselves at risk. Some examples like Optimus have the blessing of lots of resurrections, but it's not necessary.
I bring this up just so if anyone else wants to post a suggestion they aren't pigenoholed to examples where the character also dies.
Edited by Earnest on May 3rd 2024 at 12:25:33 PM
I'm hesitant to post this for a couple of reasons, mainly that I couldn't find a higher quality version of this clip
from The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, but it does parody the typical MWAC over-insistence on protecting loved ones. If anyone has a higher quality source, I can swap out the images or tweak the captions.

That has the same problem for being a glorified page quote. The images are blurry and it's difficult to discern what's going on and it's generally bad-looking.
How's this? From the Injustice comic.
The panels can be chopped up and rearranged any way you like, of course.


The current image isn't link to any trope link. Instead, it's link to other website which is age restricted. Plus, I think it requires reader's knowledge about Tony Stark due it doesn't shown he sacrifice for little to no reason, it's just a bingo board.
Replacement would be nice, but consider what this trope about, it's kinda difficult to have one.
The editor who primarily focus on video game tropes