sacrificing a friend to save one's self theme

A character must choose whether to accept their own demise, typically death or capture, or whether to callously sacrifice a friend to save themself.

Examples

Captain Kirk decided to maroon his old friend Gary on an uninhabited planet after Gary developed dangerous psychic abilities in tos1x01 "Where No Man Has Gone Before".

3 total · 1 choice · 2 major

StoryLevelMotivation
tz2002e1x42 choice Five college students deliberated whom of them should be sacrificed to countermand an ancient Aztec curse.
movie: The Land Unknown (1957) major Should the three men stranded in the Antarctic jungle leave Margaret Hathaway behind with the demented Dr. Carl Hunter in exchange for being given a means of escape?
tos1x01 major Kirk :: Kirk decides to maroon Gary