A good character willingly takes all blame for certain disastrous events, making everyone believe in his Face Heel Turn, then usually dies for his "sins", purportedly not clearing his name. It is usually much later (if at all) that the others realize that the Silent Scapegoat actually performed an elaborate Heroic Sacrifice or Zero-Approval Gambit. Subtrope of The Scapegoat and What You Are in the Dark. Examples of Silent Scapegoat include: