History Main / TakeMeInstead

* In the film ''Darby O'Gill and the Little People'', Darby uses his third wish to go in his sick daughter's place when Death comes to claim her.

* Inverted in ''Penn And Teller Get Killed''. When the titular magicians and their female manager are abducted by thugs, Penn yells "Do what you want to the woman, but leave us alone!"

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* "{{Merlin}}" spends most of 1X13 [[spoiler: Offering his life in exchange for Arthur's after Arthur suffered a mortal...bite.]] in the same episode, we have [[spoiler: Merlin trying to offer himself for his mother, Gaius doing so instead to protect Merlin, Merlin offering himself in exchange for Gaius, and ultimately the price paid is the life of the big bad of that season.]] [[BalancingDeathsBooks Balancing Deaths Books]] indeed.

* Saint Maximilian Kolbe, a Catholic priest was sent to Auschwitz in 1941. When one man from his barracks was missing, the Nazis decided to kill ten random people by starvation. One of them (called Franciszek Gajowniczek) worried about what would happen to him since he still had a family outside, so Kolbe volunteered instead, and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome led the other condemned prisoners in song and prayer for three weeks.]] The Catholic Church canonized him in 1982, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming and the man he saved attended his canonization]]

* In the StarTrekTheLostEra novel ''Well of Souls''. The spirit lifeform Uramtali wants to use the telepathic civilian Ven Kaldarren as [[MindRape: a host for her consciousness]]. Unfortunately for her, he's instinctively blocked her telepathic summons, and she can't reach him. As a back up plan, she lures his young son and another child instead, trying to possess ''them''. She still wants Kaldarren, though; they're just bait and "incentive". She attempts to take the son (knowing Kaldarren would surrender himself for his child), but his mind is not suitable, so she's left possessing the other boy. This isn't quite so certain, but Kaldarren soon offers a TakeMeInstead anyway.

* During the ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh!}}'' Doma arc, Yugi [[spoiler: lets the Seal of Orichalcos take hsi soul, sparing Yami's.]]

In Dean Koontz's The Good Guy, Timothy Carrier encounters a hitman at a bar who mistakes him for the man who ordered the hit. The killer hands him $10,000 and a picture of a woman, promising the rest when she's gone. After Tim locates the woman, they are both hounded by the killer on a harrowing chase, and eventually he offers himself in the exact words, "take me instead'" so that she might go free.

In {{Dean Koontz's}} The Good Guy, Timothy Carrier encounters a hitman at a bar who mistakes him for the man who ordered the hit, and who hands him money and a picture of a woman, promising the rest when she's gone. After Timothy locates the woman, they are both hounded by the killer on a harrowing chase, and eventually he offers himself in the exact words, "take me instead'" so that she might go free.

* On The Run, Meg is taken hostage by the big bad, and her brother tries to take her place. the two fight over it, leading the big bad to laugh, and reveal that yes, he framed their parents, , the Falconers are such loyal people, they'd do anything for family. to bad for him meg has a guardian guard pig, and the farm is bugged

* A variation occurs in the ''{{Supernatural}}'' episode "The Rapture." [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Castiel's]] former vessel, Jimmy, gets shot while trying to rescue his wife and daughter from demons. However, Castiel has taken up residence inside Jimmy's daughter Claire, and takes down the demons with ease. Castiel-in-Claire then tells the dying Jimmy that he can now be at peace. Jimmy begs Castiel to possess him again, instead of his daughter. Castiel says to Jimmy, "I want to make sure you understand. You won't die, or age. If this last year was painful for you, picture a hundred, a thousand more like it." Jimmy responds, [[TakeMeInstead "It doesn't matter! You take me! Just take me."]]

-->The Caller: ...Then I have to take somebody with me don't I? And since Kelly is the most important thing in your life, I'll take her.
-->Stu: No, take me! Take me! I'm the one you want!

-->Lloyd: Let them go, I'm the one you want.
-->Bruce: No I am, I'm the brains, I went to MIT.
-->Lloyd: You know what? He did, take him.

-->Megatron: Come here, boy. You remember me, don't you?
-->Sam Witwicky: Just let them go, okay? It's me you want.

''MadTV'' sketch takes place at a funeral, with a woman mourning her husband, screaming "Take me, Jesus! Take me instead!" Sure enough, Jesus shows up, brings the woman's husband back to life, and then asks the woman to go with him. Naturally, the woman wasn't expecting her wish to be granted, and HilarityEnsues.

* In the first part of the Adventures in Odyssey episode "The Perfect Witness" Katrina Shanks speaks this trope verbatim to the criminals who were robing the bookstore where she worked and were kidnapping young, blind costumer Jenny.

** Did they really want [[TheCaligula him]] to stay alive, or were they planning to commit suicide in despair because he survived?

* Saint Maximilian Kolbe, a Catholic priest was sent to Auschwitz in 1941. When one man from his barracks was missing, the Nazis decided to kill ten random people by starvation. One of them worried about what would happen to him since he still had a family outside, so Kolbe volunteered instead, and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome led the other condemned prisoners in song and prayer for three weeks.]] The Catholic Church canonized him in 1982. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming and the man he saved attended his canonization]]

* This troper can not recall the name, but a priest in a camp during the holocaust (Auschwitz?) offered himself to be starved to death in the stead of someone who tried to escape.
** It was Saint Maximilian Kolbe, a Catholic priest. One man from his barracks was missing, so the Nazis decided to kill ten random people by starvation. One of them worried about what would happen to him since he still had a family outside, so Kolbe volunteered instead, and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome led the other condemned prisoners in song and prayer for three weeks.]] The Catholic Church canonized him... [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming and the man he saved attended his canonization]]

* A ''MadTV'' sketch takes place at a funeral, with a woman mourning her husband, screaming "Take me, Jesus! Take me instead!" Sure enough, Jesus shows up, brings the woman's husband back to life, and then asks the woman to go with him. Naturally, the woman wasn't expecting her wish to be granted, and HilarityEnsues.

* In UsagiYojimbo, Kitsune the pickpocket pulls this trope when her accomplice, Noodles, is caught and is about to be crucified. She starts crying and screaming through the fence that she's the guilty one and that she should die. [[spoiler:Sadly, her pleas are ignored.]]

* In UsagiYojimbo, Kitsune the pickpocket pulls this trope when her accomplice, Noodles, is caught and is about to be crucified. She starts crying and screaming through the bars that she's the guilty one and that she should die. [[spoiler:Sadly, her pleas are ignored.]]

* In UsagiYojimbo, Kitsune the pickpocket pulls this trope when her accomplice, Noodles, is caught and is about to be crucified. She starts crying and screaming through the bars that she's the guilty one and that she should die. [[Spoiler: Sadly, her pleas are ignored.]]