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Inspirational Martyr
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A martyr (from Greek word mártys, "witness") is a person who is suffering (or has suffered) persecution for their beliefs and has inspired other people through their behaviour. The most frequent assumption in popular culture is that the martyr has died because of their belief in their cause. It isn't a requirement to die, although the term "living witness" may be used instead of Martyr, in that case. Many times, the martyr's enemies will give them one last chance to refute their belief, just before killing them. If the martyr dies reasserting their belief, the crowd is often inspired by their death. If the martyr does refute their belief, the crowd's inspiration may be destroyed (which is why the enemy is trying this at all). If the crowd loses their inspiration, this is a subverted trope. If the crowd hears the martyr disown their beliefs, and still remains inspired by their example, it's a Double Subversion. And if the shadowy organization wants to turn a martyr against their cause into an asset, they can use propaganda to twist the martyr's belief into a post-mortem confession in their favor, though this may take anywhere between a week and a few centuries. Compare As Long as There Is One Man and You Cannot Kill An Idea (both are about how the cause will stay living), Martyrdom Culture (a culture that encourages meaningful deaths), Failure Gambit (the martyr may use one of those to invoke this trope), Doomed Moral Victor (which doesn't necessarily move people to the cause), Thanatos Gambit and My Death Is Just the Beginning (who intentionally dies to further a plan, but not necessarily involving a cause). Compare also The Paragon whose goal is the same (being an inspiration for people), but doesn't involve suffering (at least, not as much as this trope). Contrast Martyr Without a Cause (when their "cause", while heroic, is rather trivial). Also contrast Heroic Sacrifice, which is any example of injury from a brave or heroic act. The Martyr may not have even been a hero themselves, but their death inspires others to become heroes. Be wary of people who understand well the symbolism and effect of this trope — for those people, see Don't Create a Martyr. Do note that while martyrs do not have to die (per its definition), they often do, so expect unmarked spoilers. No Real Life Examples, Please! - the term has been linked to politics these days and we know what that entails. As this is a Death Trope, unmarked spoilers abound. Beware. |
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In Fight Club, the protagonist's friend Bob is killed by police during one of Project Mayhem's shenanigans. "His name is Robert Paulsen" becomes the group's slogan. | |
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The captain of the Japanese submarine I-53 is this is The Great Pacific War. He pulls off a successful torpedo attack against US ships navigating the Straits of Magellan off the coast of Chile, but is later interned by the Chilean government and commits seppuku for this dishonor. His attack had already made him a hero back home, but the suicide raised him from "hero" to "heroic martyr figure". | |
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300: Rise of an Empire: Leonidas' heroic death at the Battle of Thermophylae in the first movie is exploited by Themistocles to try to unite Greece against Persia. | |
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RRR: The film is set during the era of British Raj in India. The evil Governor Scott orders the hero to be publicly flogged to make an example of him, and instead causes a riot. | |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann has to go over the top every time, and this is no exception. Kamina, Decoy Protagonist of the series, dies as his team is attempting to capture the Dai-Gurren. The morale is crushed, so Word of God is that he came Back from the Dead to inspire his team to continue fighting. His dream of all children being able to look up without fear is the dream that drives everyone to save humanity. After his death, flashbacks and Dead Person Conversation allow him to remain an inspiration to his team. | |
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In Spartacus, the slave Draba defeats Spartacus in a duel and is ordered to execute him by his masters; disgusted, he refuses the order and attacks them instead, getting instantly killed for his act of defiance. His body is then hung up in the slave quarters to serve as a warning against rebellion... where it has the exact opposite effect. | |
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Tweeny Witches: Sigma's father foretold the coming of a savior, only to be killed by Grande for opposing the use of dark magic. This has turned Sigma not only into an anti-authoritarian Broken Bird but also into a combination of The Starscream and a Well-Intentioned Extremist seeking to help the savior prevent the destruction of the Magical Realm in honor of his father. | |
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Parodied in Monty Python's Life of Brian. As Brian is tied to the cross, his fellow revolutionaries come to see him so they can offer a testimonial of thanks for his becoming a martyr, which will surely advance the revolutionary movement (and their particular faction of the highly fragmented rebellion). And then they leave him to die. Brian is not pleased, as he was hoping they had come to save him. | |
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Priscilla McAlister in the fourth act of The Dolls of New Albion. Her Suicide by Cop at the hands of a totalitarian police state has such a profound impact on Soldier 7285, not only does he find himself unable to shoot when ordered, but he vows to rebel against the oppressive government he served. | |
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BioShock Infinite: In an alternate universe, protagonist Booker DeWitt deviated from the path of the Booker you play as and became this; originally joining forces with the revolutionary Vox Populi, who combat Columbia's violent classism and racism, in order to find Elizabeth, this Booker not only fought for the freedom of all the oppressed groups in the city but also convinced others, some who had been on the Founders' side before, to join the cause. He died in battle and is memorialized proudly by the Vox, but when the main Booker dimension-hops with Elizabeth into the universe where he died, Vox Populi leader Daisy Fitzroy is not at all pleased to see him; she says that her Booker died a hero and lives on in spirit, his legacy acting as a story parents tell their children, and that the Booker she's talking to is either an imposter or a ghost — she promptly sends her men to eliminate him. | |
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Subverted in Savageland when Salazar is blamed and executed for the massacre at Sangre De Kristo. He becomes a martyr for Latinos fighting racism and injustice. It's doubtful though whether he even cared. He was so broken by his experience that he's stopped caring about the world. | |
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The Dark Knight. Harvey Dent is made a martyr by Batman, while destroying his own reputation to inspire the people of Gotham to turn to the side of law and order instead of summary vigilante justice. | |
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Deewaar: One of the dockworkers who's new on the job refuses to pay the racketeers since he needs the money to send to his family. When he gets in a fight with a racketeer and ends up accidentally getting run over and killed, Vijay decides to start fighting back against the racketeers. | |
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Joan of Arc Age of Empires II in her campaign, she is captured and burned by the English. Despite her death, the French continued their war in memory of Joan and soon won the war in the end. | |
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In Clocks that Don't Tick, William kills the Lady of Pestilence in order to make her a martyr. It works quite well. | |
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In Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Raul Menendez becomes one in any ending where David Mason kills him. His death causes the ending to include a post-mortem posting of a YouTube video, which inspires supporters of "Cordis Die" to revolt all around the world. | |
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Paul's walk into the desert in Dune Messiah is an example and is fully exploited by his priesthood through Children of Dune | |
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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice: Tahrust Inmee initially fears that his Heroic Suicide was in vain when it failed to keep his wife from being found out as a murderer. However, his willingness to die for the ones he loved ends up causing a rush of recruits to La Résistance, with his death becoming known as "the Defense Culpability Act (DCA) Tragedy", not least because in the process he exposed the existence of Khu'rain's secret police. | |
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In Wraith Squadron, the backstory of ex-child actor Garik "Face" Loran features several films that are thinly-disguised pro-Empire propaganda, including one entitled Win or Die where he embraces the Imperial cause, over the objections of his stodgy, Republican parents, who eventually end up shooting him. In a stunning fit of patriotic Glurge, he dies in the Emperor's arms, wishing he would take over the galaxy already. Apparently, recruitment for the Imperial Navy went up 5% when it was released. The modern-day New Republic fighter pilot is not proud. | |
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The Dune series plays a lot with the themes of heroes, messiahs, and martyrs. Paul's walk into the desert in Dune Messiah is an example and is fully exploited by his priesthood through Children of Dune In the Legends of Dune prequels by Brian Herbert, the death of Serena Butler's infant son at the manipulators of the robot Erasmus set off the Butlerian Jihad. Later Serena was set up to become a martyr herself by the Jihad's leaders. Later, Iblis Ginjo (the one who set up Serena's "martyrdom") ends up being raised to this status alongside Serena and her son after Xavier Harkonnen pilots the ship they're on into a star, after finding out that Iblis has been endorsing the Tlulaxa "organ farms". Unfortunately, the Harkonnen name ends up being tarnished as a result, even though he's the real hero of that story. The Dune Encyclopedia offers a differing, though similar, explanation of a forced abortion of Jehanne Butler's unborn daughter Sarah, who would have borne the Kwisatz Haderach. It is at that point that some humans feel that the machines have too much control. The Jihad in this instance wasn't a Robot War but a religious movement against the use of machines. In the Great Schools of Dune trilogy (taking place about 80 years after Legends of Dune), Rayna Butler, the leader of the Butlerian movement, ends up being killed by a pro-technology protester. This elevates her to martyrdom among the Butlerian fanatics, and her successor Manford Torondo only fuels that fire, using the countless throngs to intimidate the weak Emperor Salvador. |
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Knights of the Old Republic features a notable deconstruction of this trope in Rohlan the Questioner. During the Mandalorian war, Rohlan was a Mandalorian with the annoying tendency to desert in order to seek out answers to various un-Mandalorian questions, as well as survive suicide missions. When he (seemingly) died on Flashpoint, Mandalore the Ultimate personally wrote a dying speech for him, where "Rohlan" accepted that the only answer is the word of Mandalore, effectively making him a martyr for a cause he didn't believe in. | |
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Better Bones AU: Briarlight is very popular in her Clan and, when she is killed for opposing Ashfur, her death inspires her Clanmates to fight against him as well. | |
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In V for Vendetta and its film adaptation, it's Valerie, the lesbian actress who's died from being experimented on before the action starts, but who slips a letter into V's cell in which she tells her story and urges whoever reads it not to give up their integrity in the face of torture and abuse. | |
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In the Legends of Dune prequels by Brian Herbert, the death of Serena Butler's infant son at the manipulators of the robot Erasmus set off the Butlerian Jihad. Later Serena was set up to become a martyr herself by the Jihad's leaders. Later, Iblis Ginjo (the one who set up Serena's "martyrdom") ends up being raised to this status alongside Serena and her son after Xavier Harkonnen pilots the ship they're on into a star, after finding out that Iblis has been endorsing the Tlulaxa "organ farms". Unfortunately, the Harkonnen name ends up being tarnished as a result, even though he's the real hero of that story. | |
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A Song of Ice and Fire of course has Lord Eddard Stark. The North rebelled after his execution. Though the rebellion failed and his son Robb was also killed, the dwindling resistance continue to fight in Ned's name. | |
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One Piece: When it's clear that their plans are about to fail, the higher-ups of the New Fishman Pirates started slaughtering their own subordinates while invoking this trope; in their own words, "die and be left as a grudge (for fishmen's freedom)". Brook pointed out how nonsensical it is, then the Straw Hats kicked all their asses just to show everyone how wrong they were. Straighter example in Gold Roger, the Pirate King, who used his death to become one of these. His final words are what inspired countless people to take on the life of a pirate in search of his lost treasures. Later Whitebeard in his death does the same. Dr. Hiriluk, from the Drum Arc. His willingness to die, relief that a possible disaster was only a trick intended to kill him, and his desire to heal his sick country inspire several characters, including Wapol's captain of the guard and the 20 M.D.s Wapol keeps in his service, to work for the betterment of the kingdom. |
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By the time of the Mega Man Zero series, humans have grown tired of the seemingly endless Robot War that ravaged their world, that most of them wanted nothing more to do with Reploids anymore. However, it was Zero's actions (most especially his Heroic Sacrifice, saving a human colony from a Colony Drop) that opened the way for the humans to accept Reploids again, and culminated in a peaceful era that lasted at least two centuries. | |
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This backfires rather badly on the Confederacy in the backstory to StarCraft. When a popular senator on one of their core worlds, Angus Mengsk, started stirring up trouble, they sent in assassins to silence him in a dramatic fashion (killing him, his wife, and their daughter, and then cutting his head off and taking it with them), hoping to cow the resistance into submission. Instead, the world entered open revolt. The Confederacy doubled down, nuking the entire planet with orbital missiles. This, in turn, inspired Angus's son, Arcturus Mengsk, to create his own rebellion, called the Sons of Korhal. These rebels were eventually able to take down the Confederacy. Mengsk himself proves somewhat wiser, slandering the rebels that beset his regime and opposing them militarily but avoiding assassins. While he would love to kill Raynor and the others, he knows he has to do it in a way that makes Raynor out to be the villain. | |
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Amazing Grace and Chuck: The film's villain has Amazing killed in a plane crash, but rather than intimidating them into ending their anti-nuclear movement as he'd hoped, it instead inspires them to kick it up a notch with a protest of silence that spreads among children across the globe. | |
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The Matrix: Path of Neo averts this trope by diverting from the movie's events in favor of a more action-packed finale. As Lampshaded by the Wachowski Sisters themselves... | |
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King William The Just from Legacy of Kain franchise was corrupted by Moebius the Time Streamer into becoming The Nemesis. Kain travels back in time and kills William. Kain returns to the present to find that it has changed because William became a martyr in whose name the humans have slaughtered the vampire race. | |
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Towards the end of the first Arcia Chronicles, Lupe's worthless husband and wannabe poet Rodolph Gleo gets drunk and recites a short poem in public, calling his fellow Tayanans to resist the ongoing Tarskian occupation. He is promptly shot by a Tarskian informant but his last words ("They shoot because they're scared... can't shoot us all... Fight them!") spurs on a riot that quickly spreads throughout the country and eventually lifts the occupation. | |
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In Campaign 2 of Critical Role, Mollymauk tells the rest of the Mighty Nein that his life philosophy is to leave every town better than he found it, no matter how he was treated there. After Molly is killed, the rest of the Nein, Beau especially, adopt this philosophy themselves to honor his memory, influencing their character development and the direction of the story greatly. | |
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Warhammer 40,000: A variation: Living Saints are Sisters of Battle who are martyred by the various enemies of the Imperium, their images and backstories used to boost morale. Unlike most examples, they come back — as glowing-eyed, angel-winged incarnations of His wrath with six-foot flaming broadswords. A Confessor named Dolan spoke against the Cardinal Bucharis, who was committing heresies against the Imperium and creating his own empire by conquering worlds to his rule. Bucharis hoped that executing him would discourage any rebellion, instead the people under the Cardinal rose up against the Cardinal. Million of unarmed citizens mobbed the Cardinals armed guards, and they cornered him and tore him to shreds with their bare hands. Defied with Cardinal Salem of Saint Caspelan. The Tyranid Hive Mind knew that killing the Cardinal would create a martyr and make the planet oppose greater resistance, so it sent an elite lictor known as Deathleaper to break down morale by jumping out of shadows, messily killing his bodyguards and escaping. The unfortunate Cardinal went mad in over a week, and the effect on planetwide morale made the planet an easy target. Sanguinius, one of the Emperor's Primarchs who died and in the most dramatic manner (he tried to duel Horus at the height of his power, to save the Emperor from having to battle his own son, and lost), is by far the most well-known and beloved Primarch by the Imperium's citizens because he was The Paragon of the Primarchs and because of the tragic manner of his death. He has a festival named in his honour that is celebrated across much of the Imperium. This is essentially the endgoal for any Sister of Battle, to the point where they sometimes put their own battle plans in jeopardy because they're moving out of position to find a glorious death. |
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: Superman's death at the end of the film proves his worth as humanity's savior. His sacrifice also motivates Batman to form the Justice League. | |
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Mistborn: The Original Trilogy has Kelsier, who deliberately invokes this trope by knowing that he is too weak to defeat The Lord Ruler directly, wishing instead for his sacrifice to inspire the Skaa Rebellion to continue despite deaths. The Lord Ruler is eventually defeated by Kelsier's handpicked successor. | |
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Braveheart's main character, William Wallace, is used as a Martyr to the Scottish nobles. Throughout the movie, the common men of Scotland have been revolting against the English, but it isn't until Wallace's death at the climax that a Scottish noble decides to follow Wallace's example, and lead Scotland to freedom. | |
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In Nemesis the Warlock, Torquemada aims to become one when his secretly alien body rapidly mutates, he commits suicide and orders the Terminators present to tell everyone he died battling Nemesis, thus ensuring the Termight Empire would rise to new heights of xenocide. | |
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The Avengers (2012): S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson's brutal murder by Loki moves the superheroes to finally come together as a real team, as well as giving new meaning to their codename. | |
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The Hunger Games: After the death of Rue, Katniss makes a large show of honoring her to the cameras. This unintentionally creates the spark that ignites the rebellions that begin to spring up around Panem. Katniss eventually decides on this fate for herself, as her PTSD gets worse. The Mockingjay is most effective as a symbol, while Peeta is the one with the skills to play to the camera and inspire the rebellion. Katniss thinks it'll be simpler for everyone if she dies as a martyr rather than lives as a psychologically damaged tribute. |
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During a timeout during the Ultimate Game in Space Jam, Michael Jordan raises the stakes involved: if the Monstars win, Moron Mountain gets Michael Jordan; if the Toon Squad wins, the NBA players get their talents back. Once the Toon Squad becomes victorious, Michael asks the loaded question, "Why do you take it from this guy?" referring to the Monstars' ruthless boss Swackhammer. Inspired by Jordan's daring gambit, the Monstars turn on their boss and exile him to the moon. | |
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The Legend of Korra: Defied by Amon as he knew that debending the Avatar too soon before his following had grown strong enough would rally every bender in the world against him. Ironically, Amon himself could've been one after he was defeated by Korra and knocked into the bay, if not for over-the-top use of his hidden bending. |
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From Astro City, the Silver Centurions are the greatest heroes of the forty-third century, with beings from over a hundred worlds all inspired by the works of the Silver Agent from The '70s. | |
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In Kingdom Hearts III, Sora's conversation with the Nameless Star in the Final World more or less confirms that while Kairi is the reason Sora retains his body, Riku's Heroic Sacrifice against the Demon Tide is the reason his heart survived and kept him from losing all hope (a point that is made clearer in the original Japanese dialogue). | |
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In Dragon Age II, Anders intends to become this in the endgame for the Mage rebellion. Hawke can oblige this wish, have him live to support the rebellion, or even convince him to support the Templars in an attempt to redeem himself for the chaos he caused. | |
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The Influence path to victory in Republic: The Revolution requires arranging one of your inner circle members to be murdered by The Government, then turning them into a martyr to rally your supporters in a bid for power. | |
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Emmeryn becomes one in Fire Emblem: Awakening - she sacrifices herself not only to spare Chrom from making a Sadistic Choice but also to show the people of Plegia that there is a better way to live than in a neverending cycle of war. And it works- soon after her Final Speech, many Plegian soldiers desert the army, having lost their will to fight. | |
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Transmetropolitan: The Smiler has his campaign advisor Vita Severn and later his own wife assassinated to garner sympathy points for himself. | |
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Montana from Blood In Blood Out is the most well-respected member of the La Onda gang. The gang gets revenge on their rivals after he is assassinated. Their members start their own chapters in other prisons because they believe that they are the fulfilment of Montana's dream. It turns out that it was his own lieutenants Magic and Miklos who orchestrated his murder. | |
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In Equestria: A History Revealed, it is hinted that the rebellious General Thunderhide may have purposefully set up his own death to seem suspicious to ensure his martyrdom, and to strengthen his legacy of the growing pegasi nationalism movement. | |
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