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** Evulz realizes the heroes might pull this to stop him, so he murders Constance to make their decision harder.
* '''Played For Laughs''': The heroes get into a bitter, serious debate about who should make the sacrifice. Constance repeatedly tries to get their attention, to no avail. Eventually, Constance shouts at the top of her lungs, "Guys! I'm literally gonna die anyway!" Everyone then feels very stupid for not thinking of this.
* '''Implied''': Constance was anxiously waiting on a diagnosis for an unknown illness before she sacrificed herself. Then, after her death, Timothy answers a serious-sounding call from her doctor.
* '''Implied''': Constance was anxiously waiting on a diagnosis for an unknown illness before she sacrificed herself. Then, after her death, Timothy answers a serious-sounding call from her doctor.
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** Constance was raised in a MartyrdomCulture and would rather go out in a DyingMomentOfAwesome than slowly succumb to an illness.
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* '''Deconstructed''': The organization the heroes work for take note of the proceedings and make sure to check future members thoroughly for terminal illnesses. If such an illness is found, the bearer is essentially scheduled for a suicide mission.
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** The organization the heroes work for take note of the proceedings and make sure to check future members thoroughly for terminal illnesses. If such an illness is found, the bearer is essentially scheduled for a suicidemission.mission.
** Constance still wants to live -- having a terminal illness doesn't mean she's okay with dying. When her teammates expect her to make a HeroicSacrifice, she [[WhatTheHellHero calls them out]] for viewing her as expendable.
** The organization the heroes work for take note of the proceedings and make sure to check future members thoroughly for terminal illnesses. If such an illness is found, the bearer is essentially scheduled for a suicide
** Constance still wants to live -- having a terminal illness doesn't mean she's okay with dying. When her teammates expect her to make a HeroicSacrifice, she [[WhatTheHellHero calls them out]] for viewing her as expendable.
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'''Basic Trope''': A HeroicSacrifice made less tragic because the character sacrificing himself/herself is dying anyway.
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'''Basic Trope''': A HeroicSacrifice made less tragic because the character sacrificing himself/herself themself is dying anyway.
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* '''Justified''': Constance never told her friends that she had cancer because she didn't want to show "weakness" and didn't want them to treat her differently because of it.
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** Constance never told her friends that she had cancer because she didn't want to show "weakness" and didn't want them to treat her differently because ofit.it.
** Constance took multiple doses of lifetime radiation during their mission and first symptoms of permanent damage start to appear. Weeks of suffering before falling into a lethal coma is not something she's looking forward to.
** Constance never told her friends that she had cancer because she didn't want to show "weakness" and didn't want them to treat her differently because of
** Constance took multiple doses of lifetime radiation during their mission and first symptoms of permanent damage start to appear. Weeks of suffering before falling into a lethal coma is not something she's looking forward to.
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** The heroes conspire with the medical professionals involved to falsify the mission report and portray Constance as a straightforward martyr.
** People thus marked can opt out of their suicide mission and choose to die at a later date out of harm's way.
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** Only one member of the group can be granted immortality. They choose Constance to save her life.
** Only one member of the group can be granted immortality. They choose Isabel to prevent her from possibly dying (relatively) young.
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* '''Parodied''': A group of mischievous children are going to pull a prank that requires that at least one of them does something that greatly increases the chance of getting caught. They choose Manny, who's in trouble anyway.
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** A group of mischievous children are going to pull a prank that requires that at least one of them does something that greatly increases the chance of getting caught. They choose Manny, who's in troubleanyway.anyway.
** Constance sacrifices herself over a really minor problem, such as "no longer having the perfect eye colour".
** A group of mischievous children are going to pull a prank that requires that at least one of them does something that greatly increases the chance of getting caught. They choose Manny, who's in trouble
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* '''Played For Drama''': It turns out the doctors tested the wrong vials and that Constance wasn't dying. However, it's too late now that she's dead.
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* '''Played For Drama''': It turns out the doctors tested the wrong vials and that Constance wasn't dying. However, it's too late now that she's dead. What makes it worse is the fact that the person who's actually dying is Tristan.
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'''Basic Trope''': A HeroicSacrifice made less tragic because the character sacrificing himself/herself is dying anyway.
* '''Straight''': Constance, Timothy, Tristan, Isabel, and Isaac find themselves in a situation in which one of them has to make a HeroicSacrifice to stop the BigBad. They have trouble deciding which one until Constance reveals that she's dying of cancer anyway, so she volunteers and is chosen.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Everyone in the group has to make a HeroicSacrifice. It turns out that everyone is dying of various terminal illnesses anyway.
** Not only is Constance conveniently dying anyway, the ExactTimeToFailure is tomorrow.
** This happens every time someone has to die.
* '''Downplayed''': Constance knows she has a 50% chance of developing Huntington's disease at some point in her life. She considers this risk enough reason to make the sacrifice.
* '''Justified''': Constance never told her friends that she had cancer because she didn't want to show "weakness" and didn't want them to treat her differently because of it.
* '''Inverted''':
** Everyone but Constance has a terminal illness, but Constance makes the HeroicSacrifice anyway.
** Constance believes she can live a long life and refuses to make a sacrifice.
** Someone in the group will get 10.000 dollars a year for the rest of their life. They choose Isabel, who's the youngest and healthiest.
* '''Subverted''': Constance says she's dying of cancer, but it turned out she lied to prevent SurvivorGuilt in her friends.
* '''Double Subverted''': But she really had AIDS, which she was ashamed of and avoided telling anyone about.
* '''Parodied''': A group of mischievous children are going to pull a prank that requires that at least one of them does something that greatly increases the chance of getting caught. They choose Manny, who's in trouble anyway.
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* '''Averted''':
** Nobody has a terminal illness. This makes the decision much harder.
** Nobody has to die.
** Everyone has to die anyway, so there's no discussion.
* '''Enforced''': "How can we make this BittersweetEnding less bitter without removing Constance's death?"
* '''Lampshaded''': "I miss Constance. Knowing that she was dying anyway doesn't help much because I still lost potential time with her."
* '''Invoked''': [[DirtyCoward Timothy]] knows in advance that someone will have to die. He poisons Constance and gets the BigBad framed for it. When someone has to die, he suggests Constance, who's fatally poisoned anyway.
* '''Exploited''': The others know that Constance is dying of cancer, and keep her in the group for that reason.
* '''Defied''':
** Constance doesn't tell them about her cancer because she feels that she isn't less worth only because she's dying anyway, and refuses to make the sacrifice.
** Tristan tells Constance that she isn't less worth because she's dying, and makes the sacrifice himself.
* '''Discussed''': "I never thought Constance would die, even if it was to stop the BigBad. Maybe she had a problem she never told me about."
* '''Conversed''': "If only every cause that will claim victims can take people that are dying anyway, like in this series."
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* '''Straight''': Constance, Timothy, Tristan, Isabel, and Isaac find themselves in a situation in which one of them has to make a HeroicSacrifice to stop the BigBad. They have trouble deciding which one until Constance reveals that she's dying of cancer anyway, so she volunteers and is chosen.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Everyone in the group has to make a HeroicSacrifice. It turns out that everyone is dying of various terminal illnesses anyway.
** Not only is Constance conveniently dying anyway, the ExactTimeToFailure is tomorrow.
** This happens every time someone has to die.
* '''Downplayed''': Constance knows she has a 50% chance of developing Huntington's disease at some point in her life. She considers this risk enough reason to make the sacrifice.
* '''Justified''': Constance never told her friends that she had cancer because she didn't want to show "weakness" and didn't want them to treat her differently because of it.
* '''Inverted''':
** Everyone but Constance has a terminal illness, but Constance makes the HeroicSacrifice anyway.
** Constance believes she can live a long life and refuses to make a sacrifice.
** Someone in the group will get 10.000 dollars a year for the rest of their life. They choose Isabel, who's the youngest and healthiest.
* '''Subverted''': Constance says she's dying of cancer, but it turned out she lied to prevent SurvivorGuilt in her friends.
* '''Double Subverted''': But she really had AIDS, which she was ashamed of and avoided telling anyone about.
* '''Parodied''': A group of mischievous children are going to pull a prank that requires that at least one of them does something that greatly increases the chance of getting caught. They choose Manny, who's in trouble anyway.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
** Nobody has a terminal illness. This makes the decision much harder.
** Nobody has to die.
** Everyone has to die anyway, so there's no discussion.
* '''Enforced''': "How can we make this BittersweetEnding less bitter without removing Constance's death?"
* '''Lampshaded''': "I miss Constance. Knowing that she was dying anyway doesn't help much because I still lost potential time with her."
* '''Invoked''': [[DirtyCoward Timothy]] knows in advance that someone will have to die. He poisons Constance and gets the BigBad framed for it. When someone has to die, he suggests Constance, who's fatally poisoned anyway.
* '''Exploited''': The others know that Constance is dying of cancer, and keep her in the group for that reason.
* '''Defied''':
** Constance doesn't tell them about her cancer because she feels that she isn't less worth only because she's dying anyway, and refuses to make the sacrifice.
** Tristan tells Constance that she isn't less worth because she's dying, and makes the sacrifice himself.
* '''Discussed''': "I never thought Constance would die, even if it was to stop the BigBad. Maybe she had a problem she never told me about."
* '''Conversed''': "If only every cause that will claim victims can take people that are dying anyway, like in this series."
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