History TakingTheBullet / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', as soon as he sees him, Tellah starts beating up a SpoonyBard named Edward. His daughter, Anna, ran away to be with Edward because she loved Edward. Sadly, when King Baron attacked, we find [[spoiler:Anna]] played this trope straight (with arrows) at the cost of the person's life.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'', Kind Miis, Miis with high enough RelationshipValues for the Sacrifice assist, and Warrior Miis using the Proud Protector skill will all jump in front of enemy attacks, taking the damage for them and increasing friendship. If multiple Miis do this simultaneously, the damage will be divided among them -- notably, this is the only way to survive the Fiend's 999 scythe; if all three party members take the hit, it'll be divided to 333, which is just barely survivable for a handful of jobs at high levels.

* Most kill shots in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' can be intercepted by another body, so this is an option, although one you only want to use if you're more expendable and you're sure your target wasn't going to dodge it anyway. A number of spells that aren't blocked outright also have their damage reduced for each target they pass through, so this can be used to mitigate the effect. Of particular note is Caitlyn's Ace in the Hole attack, a long-range sniper shot that locks onto a target and never misses, but can be intercepted by a nearby teammate. Elise is also noted for being extremely difficult to killshot in spider form because of the spiderlings that follow her around. Braum heavily invokes this trope with Stand Behind Me and Unbreakable, the former consisting of Braum jumping in front of an ally, giving them both a temporary bonus to armor and magic resist, and the latter having Braum raise his shield, destroying all projectiles that hit it while he nullifies the damage from the first attack and reducing damage from following ones.

** If you romance Jaheira in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'', a band of thugs will hold her hostage and demand your valuables during your travels. You have the option of offering to take her place as a hostage. If you do, the bandits shoot you instead and boy does this piss off Jaheira. After your party demolishes the bandits (they aren't that tough) [[AngerBornOfWorry Jaheira will be absolutely furious]] with you for risking your life for her this way.

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry1'': Late in the game, Trish pulls a HeelFaceTurn and shields Dante from Mundus' attack with her own body.

*** First when Gold Knuckle, a minor character, does it because he wants more time in the spotlight. [[EverythingFades He appears to die]], but gets better...after about 10 seconds. Naturally, it get a LampshadeHanging courtesy of [[OnlySaneMan Almaz]].

*** The third time happens with Almaz, who takes a blunt of a trap made to Sapphire. This is again taken with drama until Almaz points out that he is perfectly fine. [[spoiler:Unlike the other two examples, however, the trap was an poison needle inside a doll, and he started to suffer from the effects later.]]

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', a boulder is hurled towards King [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse Mickey]] and WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} pushes him out of the way, taking the full force of the giant rock. Feeling sad and full of angry vengeance, Sora, [[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck Donald]], and the King run forward, battling through hordes of Heartless only to find that [[SubvertedTrope Goofy was only knocked out the whole time.]][[note]]Which is, of course, a given since Goofy is, you know, a cartoon character (created in the west for comedy productions).[[/note]]
** A non-lethal example happens in a cutscene near the end of the Xemnas boss fight. Riku takes a blow to the side for Sora, and hands off his Keyblade for him to hand Xemnas a dual wielded curb stomp battle for his trouble.
** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', Clu throws his disc at Sora in anger for setting Rinzler free from his reprogramming. Rinzler sees this, and shoves Sora out of the way so he would take the full blow, saving Sora's life [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of his own]].

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfTianding'' have Chen Liang-Jiou, a boss enemy whom you assume to be a traitor, proven to be GoodAllAlong when he purposely throws himself in the path of bullets fired by the main villain, Shimada, sacrificing himself to save you. Unfortunately Shimada then sees fit to pull a FrameUp on you for the murder.
* Most skillshots in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' can be intercepted by another body, so this is an option, although one you only want to use if you're more expendable and you're sure your target wasn't going to dodge it anyway. A number of spells that aren't blocked outright also have their damage reduced for each target they pass through, so this can be used to mitigate the effect. Of particular note is Caitlyn's Ace in the Hole attack, a long-range sniper shot that locks onto a target and never misses, but can be intercepted by a nearby teammate. Elise is also noted for being extremely difficult to skillshot in spider form because of the spiderlings that follow her around. Braum heavily invokes this trope with Stand Behind Me and Unbreakable, the former consisting of Braum jumping in front of an ally, giving them both a temporary bonus to armor and magic resist, and the latter having Braum raise his shield, destroying all projectiles that hit it while he nullifies the damage from the first attack and reducing damage from following ones.

* The encounter with Conrad Verner in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' has him dive in front of a gunshot to save Shepard from an assassin. [[spoiler:Provided you finished a certain sidequest in the first game, said "gunshot" was instead a previously-met character sabotaging the assassin's gun. If not, then the HeroicSacrifice gets played straight.]]

* In ''VideoGame/TrueCrimeStreetsOfLA'', Rafferty took the bullet for Nick when Rocky was about shoot him cuffed to the chair.

** Paladins also used to have an ability called Divine Intervention, which instantly killed the Paladin in return for giving its target full invulnerability for up to three minutes at the cost of immobilizing them. Mostly used when defeat is certain and everyone is going to die, since they don't take durability damage by dying this way and the invulnerable player can then hearthstone out to avoid said damage as well.
** In the end of the Gilneas storyline, Liam Greymane is killed by Sylvanas Windrunner when he takes a poisoned arrow intended for his father, king Genn Greymane.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'': One of the changes to Peach's moveset is that during her neutral special, Toad now willingly stands between her and the incoming attack.