sacrifice for one's people theme

A character does a self-sacrificial thing for the sake of the people they belong to, i.e., their tribe, country, ethnic group, etc.

39 total · 7 choice · 13 major · 19 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
bbf4x14 choice Delenn and warrior both sacrificed themselves for Minbar
bbf5x18 choice Londo became slave to alien parasite in order to save his people
gdtcoc2022e03 choice The story lead up to the heroic decision by Dr. Winters to blind and deafen himself as well as slit his own throat in order to foil the plans of the evil alien parasite that was about to take over his body and, likely as not, subvert human civilization.
movie: Attack the Block (2011) choice Moses became a hero
movie: The Dark Knight (2008) choice Batman contemplated giving himself up to save innocents in Gotham from further terror. Finally he took the blame for Harvey Dent's crimes so as to leave Gotham with a role model.
voy2x21 choice Janeway for parallel Voyager crew
voy7x25/26 choice Admiral Janeway went back in time to bring her crew home early without hope that she herself could be returned home
bbf3x03 major G'Kar wanted to give himself up for his people and family
bbf3x16 major Sheridan in particular knew he would die
bbf3x17 major Sheridan in particular knew he would die