History TakingYouWithMe / VideoGames

* Some VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} Attacks let you do this, such as Destiny Bond, which defeats the Pokémon that defeated the user of Destiny bond.

* ''{{Fallout}}''. This is one of the theories of how the nuclear war started. The series never reveals how exactly it happened, but some of the BackStory states the U.S., having taken back Alaska from the Chinese, were now invading China itself and getting rather close to Beijing. As such, it's possible that the Chinese leadership decided to take America and the rest of the world with them rather than be defeated.

* Another one from BioWare was Sagacious Zu making his HeroicSacrifice against Death's Hand in ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'', using the pillars supporting the room to make the roof collapse on both of them while buying the PlayerCharacter and companion time to escape.

* ''{{Fallout}}''. This is one of the theories of how the nuclear war started. The series never reveals how exactly hit happened, but some of the BackStory states the U.S., having taken back Alaska from the Chinese, were now invading China itself and getting rather close to Beijing. As such, it's possible that the Chinese leadership decided to take America and the rest of the world with them rather than be defeated.

* {{Fallout}}. This is one of the theories of how the nuclear war started. The series never reveals how exactly hit happened, but some of the BackStory states the U.S., having taken back Alaska from the Chinese, were now invading China itself and getting rather close to Beijing. As such, it's possible that the Chinese leadership decided to take America and the rest of the world with them rather than be defeated.

* ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Rush|Series}}'' had Eggman/Eggman Nega's giant robot. Upon reducing it to its last hit point, Eggman/Nega would ram the robot's shoulder spikes into the stage. If you don't hit him quickly enough after he hits the stage a third time, the stage falls apart, leading you to [[OneHitKill fall to your death]]. Not sure if the spikes themselves can kill, but it's a possibility.
** In the sequel, Captain whisker (piloting the last giant machine of doom)will fire two lasers on both sides that slowly close in on you. This is clearly overpowering the machine (what with it exploding and being forced to lower itself). The lasers are impossible to dodge, and you have to hit the weak point when it's close enough to not get killed in the process. Obviously, it's debatable if Captain whiskers would of survived if he succeeded, but the machine probably would of blown up anyways.

* In ''Videogame/FireEmblemFates'', [[FieryRedhead Saizo]]'s personal skill ''Pyrotechnics'' involve him ''and'' his enemies losing life points if he initiates battle '''and''' he already has less than half his own life points. [[spoiler: Additionally, in the GoldenPath he attempts to pull this trope on the Avatar, [[InterruptedSuicide but Sakura and Kaze]] stop him, and later he joins the party.]]

** And in the prequel, ''ChainOfMemories'', Lexaeus does this after being defeated by Riku. Although, in the UpdatedRerelease, the manner of his death is changed...

* In ''StarControl II'', Shofixti's preferred weapon is a self-destruct switch (promptly called Glory Device). Moreover, when faced with overwhelming odds, they ''made their own star go supernova'' just to obliterate a part of enemy armada.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' even had the "Final Attack" materia that cast whatever spell it was linked too when that character hit 0 hp. It could be used to immediately revive them (and any other fallen allies) with the right materia combo, but it could also be used to launch any of dozens of devastating attacks to invoke this trope.

* The final battle between Martin and Mehrunes Dagon in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' could be considered this, although neither really dies -- Dagon is only [[SealedEvilInACan sent back to his own realm]], and Martin inexplicably became a dragon statue.
** Clarification: Martin, as the last Imperial descendant of Emperor Talos, destroys the Amulet of Kings containing the blood of Akatosh, Dragon-God of Time. This transforms Martin into an avatar of Akatosh's power, allowing him to destroy the physical manifestation of the daedric prince Mehrunes Dagon and kick his titanic ass back to Oblivion. Martin doesn't survive the fight and his massive, petrified dragon-shaped remains are left as an eternal statue... right in the courtyard of the Imperial Temple to Akatosh. Although Dagon is still very much alive, Martin's sacrifice restored the barrier between both planes of existence, which has severely weakened daedric influence on Nirn.

* A few champions in ''LeagueOfLegends'' have abilities that lend themselves to this:

* Killian in ''PerfectDark Zero'' attempts to crash his gunship into you after you defeat him.

* "Videogame/UntilDawn" The way if [[spoiler: Sam dies, this is how [[HeroicSacrifice Mike]] takes out the Wendigos.]]

* "Videogame/UntilDawn" The way if [[spoiler: Sam dies, this is how Mike takes out the Wendigos.]]

* Seen in the end of ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'', as the final bosses merge together after defeated into a giant dragon, even though they know that they'll be unable to live for a long time after the battle due to the massive amount of energy.
* Throughout the MetroidPrime trilogy, Space Pirates with jetpacks will kamikaze into you upon defeat. Complete with a [[NightmareFuel scream of agony.]]

** The kicker is that, in ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', one of these enemies RandomlyDrops the ultimate weapon that one of your party members can equip, and another enemy that drops one for another character is frequently paired up with a self destructing enemy, and the percentage chance that you actually win it is '''ridiculously''' low. [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Have fun grinding for it.]]
*** If you want an idea of how low it is, Mother commonly uses a number, 128, for rare drops. The 128 meaning 1 out of 128. And this number is calculated when you touch the enemy. So for those who use emulators, if you didn't save before you touched that Starman, who may or may not contain a DX, the one version of Starman who has that weapon, ''tough luck''. Oh, and after you beat the next boss, Lost. Forever. Don't you love old [[EasternRPG JRPGs]]?

* The Harkonnen Devastator in ''DuneII'' is a [[TankGoodness large nuclear powered tank]] which can be ordered to self destruct, potentially taking out nearby enemies. It will also do so automatically once critically damaged. However, one of the other factions has a unit that has temporary mind control, which then turns out very badly for Harkonnen.

** Halo: Reach has a heroic version in the form of Emile, who after being stabbed from behind by an Elite Zealot whips out his knife and jams it in the Elite's throat, taking the Elite down with him. His last words, "I'm ready! HOW BOUT YOU!", are a great example of what one might say in a Taking You With Me situation or a TheLastDance situation.

* Giacimo's HeroicSacrifice in the climactic cutscene of the ''RiseOfLegends'' campaign is preceded by the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Cuotl]] boss trying to drag him into a random bottomless pit with him.

** Zack charges at an army ''and takes most of them down'' before being [[DoomedByCanon shot to death]] in ''CrisisCore''.
** This is also the way Cloud kills Sephiroth the first time, at least in CrisisCore--specifically, he grabs the sword sticking through him, shoves it further to get a good grip, and throws its wielder into the reactor by it. Sephiroth is too startled to let go.

** In ''{{Persona 3}}'', in the final night at the top of Tartarus, [[spoiler:a wounded, but still alive Jin chooses to let you go, and instead faces the hordes of Shadows climbing up the tower with several grenades in his hands...]]
* ''GearsOfWar 2'': in the multiplayer, if you have your grenades equipped, and you are downed - by pulling the right trigger you can try to take them with you. Great against players who try to perform [[FinishingMove executions]], want a body shield, or an objective. Unfortunately rather unavoidable if a person holding a grenade was downed in a match using Execution rules (downed players may stand back up after some time if not finished off in close-range, though may only stand up again twice).
* ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty 4'' does it twice; once with the aptly-named Martyrdom perk, and twice with the Misery Loves Company challenge, which requires that you kill yourself and an enemy by cooking a grenade and keeping hold of it until it detonates. Downed but not quite dead enemies will also sometimes pull out a grenade to take you with them.
* ''EternalDarkness'' reveals at the end of the game that your three playthroughs, each against a [[BigBad different ancient]], have allowed Mantorok to drag all three of the elder gods it guards against into a temporal web that lets it destroy all three of them. Mantorok is already dying - in each timeline, Pious Augustus performs a lethal ritual on it - but it's managed to take out all the gods it was supposed to keep in check as it dies.

* Freeware game ''AnUntitledStory'' has the final boss do this. In this final phase of the battle, instead of doing damage to him like every other boss of the game and every form of the boss before this, you simply have to survive his bullet and laser patterns for an arbitrary time limit (1 minute 15 seconds on Normal). Strangely enough, the main character could just as well do a heroic sacrifice and still succeed, but that would imply that he doesn't hook up with the pink female bird on the ending screen. You can't save after you beat the final boss.

* Fawful attempts this in ''MarioandLuigiBowsersInsideStory''. Ironically, his self-destruct ended up ''saving'' everyone by blasting them out of Bowser's belly.

* ''TheKingOfFighters'' has a number of [[SNKBoss bosses]] who try this.