sacrifice to defeat an enemy theme

Someone notably risks their own neck or other interests in order to defeat an adversary.

Examples

Captain Picard was ready to destroy the Enterprise-D, himself and the crew with it, rather than give in to Nagilum in tng2x02 "Where Silence Has Lease".

19 total · 1 choice · 7 major · 11 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
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.
ds96x06 major Benjamin was on the verge of sacrificing the Defiant to foil Dukat and the Dominion.
ds96x22 major Captain Tim Watters took an enormous risk to challenge an overpowering enemy in the Jem'Hadar.
ldr2019e1x13 major Cutter sacrificed her beloved ship to defeat the enemy, in the end.
movie: Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016) major At the climax, the heroine of the story Alice took it upon herself to rid the world of zombies by releasing an airborne anti-virus that she was told would be lethal to her. She lived, but she released the substance fully thinking it would be the end of her.
tng2x02 major Captain Picard initiated an auto destruct in an effort to thwart Nagilum.
voy2x21 major Captain Janeway destroyed Voyager to foil the Vidians and save the parallel Voyager.
voy4x07 major Captain Janeway flew into a binary pulsar at great risk to herself and her crew in order to to foil some hostile aliens.
ds93x26 minor Benjamin initiated an auto destruct rather than concede defeat.
ds94x26 minor Garak was prepared to give up his life and that of his crew in order to save the Alpha Quadrant from Dominion domination.