“ | I don't know what's scarier. The fact that everyone in this kingdom wants to run a sword through my heart... Or that sometimes I just wanna let 'em. | „ |
~ Nimona telling Ballister Boldheart about her suicidal ideation caused by years of being demonized and labeled as a "monster" by other people. |
“ | Gurgi not let his friend die. Taran has many friends. Gurgi has no friends. | „ |
~ Gurgi about to sacrifice himself to the Black Cauldron to save Taran. |
“ | The gods of Olympus have abandoned me, now there is no hope. | „ |
~ Kratos on attempting to end his internal remorseful misery. |
Heroes who have either attempted to take their own lives or succeeded in taking their own lives, or have been overly eager in the face of death. There can be several different reasons for this, often including "honor", sacrificing oneself for their greater cause/allies, or even a redeeming sacrifice done out of remorse. Other more negative reasons may include despair, the hero being an insane nihilist, their lives being terrible or ostensibly worthless, hoping they'll take the villains down with them or avoiding a horrible fate.
Examples of successful suicides include Jesus Christ (sacrificing himself to give up his life for humanity sins), Kerchak (he took a blow from Clayton's gun to save his adopted son, Tarzan), Stoick the Vast (he sacrificed himself to give up his life for his son), Kratos (his suicide was an example of a redeeming one), and Cole MacGrath (he chose to activate RFI to destroy the near-immortal Beast once and for all as well as fulfill his future self Kessler's dead wish, which the RFI's wave of energy not only destroy the Beast, but also kill most Conduit-gene bearer including himself).
However, some of these characters have attempted their sacrifice for their greatest cause, but they were saved by unexpected circumstances: Eren Yeager sacrificed himself to save Armin Arlert at his seemingly dying moment due to his injuries by letting himself devoured by a soulless Titan, but survived when he ended up awakening his Titan Shifting powers, Wreck-It Ralph sacrificed himself by throwing himself down into the volcano to save Sugar Rush and the entire arcade from viruses, but got rescued by Vanellope von Schweetz at the last minute, Hercules (from Disney) nearly sacrificed his own life to retrieve Megara's soul from the Underworld, but survived by earning his godhood and WALL-E held up the holo-detector for EVE to put in the plant and got badly damaged.
It is important to note that if the hero does take their own life, it must be ON PURPOSE to qualify as Suicidal. Heroes who accidentally killed themselves do not count, as with heroes who only faked their own deaths.
Many of these heroes can be tragic because suicide is depicted honestly or even sympathetically in both fiction and real-life, so there is no question that the majority of these heroes have had such experiences that have pushed them over the edge of suicide. Despite this, some of these heroes can be Pure Good because they can take their lives in extremely selfless or benevolent ways, many of the ones where they try to take down the villains with them or even take their lives in a heroic or humble way to save someone they love and sometimes even a whole world or universe (e.g. Doctor Octopus (Raimiverse), Queen Anna, Po, Anne Boonchuy, Eleven and Rosalina)
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- Hemmer
- Henry Emily (Five Nights at Freddy's)
- Henry Emily (Novels)
- Henry Mills
- Henry Stickmin
- Hercules (Disney)
- Hershel Greene
- Hershel Layton
- Hexadecimal
- Hibiki Kugenin
- Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (DreamWorks)
- Himiko Yumeno
- Hiro (Ginga Legend Weed)
- Hiruzen Sarutobi
- Hisashi Igou
- Historia Reiss
- Hitomi Kashiwa
- Hiyoshi Gō
- Hokuto Sumeragi
- Hollow Knight
- Homura (Shinobi)
- Horse (Centaurworld)
- Hotel Guest
- Hubb Lebowski
- Huey (Paper Mario)
- Hulk (2010 Marvel Animated Universe)
- Hulk (Hulk 2003)
- Hulk (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Humpty Alexander Dumpty
- Humpty Dumpty (original)
- Hunter (Metro)
- Hunter (Zombie Hunter)
- Hyena
- Hyoma Aoi
- Hyper Metal Sonic
- Húrin
- Ichimatsu Matsuno
- Ichiro Inuyashiki
- IG-11
- Ignis Stupeo Scientia
- Ikaris (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Ikaros
- Ike Broflovski
- Ikebukuro Settlement Head
- Ikki Igarashi
- Ima-Gun Di
- Imca
- Indiana Jones
- Ingrid the Snow Queen
- Inspector Javert
- Ippei Mine
- Iron Giant
- Iron Man (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Iron Mike
- Irresponsible Dad
- Isaac (The Binding of Isaac)
- Isaac Netero
- Isabeau
- Isabella Eastwood
- Ishiro Serizawa
- Itachi Uchiha
- Izuku Midoriya
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- Jack Dawson
- Jack Garland
- Jack Kahuna Laguna
- Jack Marston
- Jack Shephard
- Jackson Whittemore
- Jacqui (The Walking Dead)
- Jaime Lannister
- Jake (Adventure Time)
- Jake (Dr. Dolittle)
- Jake Malloy
- James (Fallout 3)
- James Bond (Daniel Craig)
- James Norrington
- James Sunderland
- James Talloran
- James Taylor
- Jane (The Walking Dead)
- Jasper Jordan
- Jaune Arc (RWBY)
- Javik
- Jax Teller
- Jayce Talis
- Jeff Koval
- Jellal Fernandes
- Jemma Simmons
- Jen Yu
- Jeremy Gilbert
- Jericho Cane
- Jerome (Ginga Legend Weed)
- Jesse Pinkman
- Jester (Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths)
- Jesus Christ (theology)
- Jetfire (Transformers Film Series)
- Ji-yeong
- Jigoro Kuwajima
- Jill Warrick
- Jim (Jim's Computer)
- Jim Halsey
- Jim Lake Jr.
- Jimmy Hernandez
- Jin Kazama
- Jinora
- Jodie Holmes
- Joe Bonham
- Joe Swanson
- Joel Miller (TV Series)
- John (Ginga Nagareboshi Gin)
- John Coffey
- John Constantine (Arrowverse)
- John Goodspeed
- John H. Miller
- John Hartigan
- John Locke
- John Nash
- John Pilgrim
- John Smith (Disney)
- Johnny (The Room)
- Johnny Alpha
- Johnny Joestar
- Joji Yuki
- Joker (Mega Man Star Force)
- Jonas Muller
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- Jonathan Joestar
- Jonathan Levinson
- Jordy Verrill
- Joseph Bowman
- Joseph Korso
- Joseph Oda
- Joseph Seed
- Josh Birk
- Joshua Rallus Harris
- Judas Iscariot
- Judeau
- Julian Chase
- Juliet Capulet
- Julius Gaw
- Jun Himeya
- June Lin Milliam
- Justice Guild of America
- Juvia Lockser
- Juzo Sakakura
- Jyn Erso
- Jörmungandr (God of War)
- Jūshirō Ukitake
- K-2SO
- K1-B0
- Kado Oquoné
- Kaede (Elfen Lied)
- Kaede Kayano
- Kagaya Ubuyashiki
- Kagero (Fire Emblem)
- Kagero (Ninja Scroll)
- Kahhori
- Kai Hiwatari
- Kairel
- Kairi Sisigou
- Kaito Momota
- Kakashi Hatake
- Kamina
- Kan Jou
- Kanade Amou
- Kanan Jarrus
- Kanjigar the Courageous
- Kao Ushi
- Kara Milovy
- Kareleinne-08
- Karla 9000
- Karma Akabane
- Kasumi (Dead or Alive)
- Katniss Everdeen
- Kazuma Kiryu
- Kazumi Sawatari
- Kazuto Kirigaya
- Keith Fact (1989)
- Keith Keiser
- Keith Shadis
- Ken Amada
- Ken Barlow
- Ken Kaneki
- Kenichi Gō
- Kenny (The Walking Dead)
- Kenny McCormick
- Kenshiro
- Kenshirō Kasumi
- Kerchak
- Kersti
- Kevin Lomax
- Kevin Swanson
- Kevin Van Newton
- Kiana Kaslana
- Kiba Inuzuka
- Killua Zoldyck
- Kim (Miss Saigon)
- Kimberly Corman
- Koichi Kimura