the chance to kill the Prince to recover her Mermaid body, but she refuses to do so and, after dying of a tragic noble sacrifice, she gets a different reward: the chance to gain a soul, and therefore immortality. False heroes in film are frequent and very common. An example includes the 1980 South African blockbuster film The Gods Must Be Crazy where the protagonist Andrew Steyn saves a group of schoolchildren from some rebels. Steyn’s rival Jack Hind acts as if he did the deed in front of both men’s love interest Kate Thompson. Another great example of a false hero is Syndrome from The Incredibles. See also Antihero False protagonist References Fairy tale stock characters Heroes ATU 400-459 ATU 460-499 False hero