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** Even [[TheBrute Yammy]] of all people, gets a certain amount of pathos in the end, as his dog Kokapurro comes and sits next to him and howls. Side materials make this worse, showing that while Yammy was absolutely a [[DumbMuscle stupid]], uncaring thug, his simple presence kept Kokapurro alive in the CrapsackWorld that is Hueco Mundo, and that while he [[KickTheDog kicked it around]], [[PetTheDog he never chased it away]].

** Bertolt Hoover, the infamous Colossal Titan himself. Over the course of the series, he caused considerable death and destruction by attacking the Walls twice and acting as a spy within the military. In the final confrontation with his former comrades, he resolves to ShootTheDog and coldly goes about attempting to kill every single one of them. It's only through Armin nearly sacrificing his life that Eren is finally able to bring the Colossal Titan down, leaving Bertolt in a crippled state. The group eventually decides to use the serum to turn Armin into a Titan, and Bertolt wakes up just before he's devoured. He spends his final moments begging his former friends for help, before realizing help won't come and crying out for Annie and Reiner. His death itself is pathetic enough that it gives the heroes no satisfaction, and a short time later they learn the truth behind Bertolt's actions. Raised in a concentration camp, his family volunteered him for a military TykeBomb project at a very young age in hopes of earning a better life. His superiors indoctrinated him to believe the people he would be attacking were "children of the devil" plotting to destroy the world, and his actions would ''save'' humanity. Even after he realized the people inside the Walls weren't evil, he was TrappedInVillainy because his superiors would simply [[EatenAlive replace]] him with another Warrior, then punish his entire family by [[AFateWorseThanDeath turning them into mindless Titans]].

** Haman Khan's suicide in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'', after Judau makes her realise that she is in fact the villain of the piece. The death of Glemmy Toto, child-abusing teenage dictator that he may have been, can also provoke this reaction, given that he dies at the hands of the one person he cared about.
** The death of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'''s BigBad, Gilbert Durandal, and his [[TheDragon right-hand man]], Rey Za Burrel, both genuine {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s who honestly thought UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans. Realising they've been wrong the entire time, Rey shoots Durandal, and the two of them die together as Messiah base collapses around them.

** Master Asia from ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]''. First, he congratulates Domon on his victory. Second, as the Master Gundam expodes, Domon remembers all of the good times he had with Master Asia. Third, the ghosts of the Shuffle Alliance apologize to the dying Master Asia for not realizing how great his despair at the Gundam Fight was. Fourth, Master Asia apologizes to Domon for everything he has done and the two of them recite the motto of the School of the Undefeated of the East before he dies peacefully.
** Treize Khushrenada from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' allows Wufei to kill him to atone for everyone who has died for his war.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' has a number of villains (usually {{Noble Demon}}s like Bruford, Wamuu and N'Doul) given somber, honorable deaths, but probably one of the biggest examples of an utter bastard given a surprisingly tragic death is Enya from Part 3. Despite being an utter bitch and a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter when it comes to her AxCrazy SerialKiller of a son, she was still fiercely loyal to Dio. When she's finally captured by the heroes, though, Dio sends an assassin to kill her to prevent her from revealing anything about his powers. Despite learning that, in the end, Dio didn't trust her, [[UndyingLoyalty she still adamantly refuses to divulge anything to the heroes even as she's dying.]] Even Polnareff, who was utterly humiliated by her in the previous fight, and whose son murdered his sister, couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

*** Vegeta gets another moment like this during the Buu Saga. After deliberately becoming one of Babidi's Majins to become stronger, killing scores of innocent people to provoke Goku into fighting him, and causing [[HumanoidAbomination Majin Buu]] to be revived by his actions, Vegeta ultimately [[HeelRealization realizes]] what a selfish dick he's been and how badly he screwed up. When he asks Piccolo if he will be able to see Goku in the afterlife, Piccolo tells Vegeta point-blank that he'll most likely be condemned to Hell for his past crimes. Vegeta [[RedemptionEqualsDeath sacrifices himself]] in an attempt to kill Buu regardless, fighting for someone other than himself for the first time in his life. Piccolo and Krillin, who spent the majority of the series hating him, are even mournful when he sacrifices himself, with Krillin even screaming his name.

*** Vegeta gets another moment like this during the Buu Saga. After deliberately becoming one of Babidi's Majins to become stronger, killing scores of innocent people to provoke Goku into fighting him, and causing [[HumanoidAbomination Majin Buu]] to be revived by his actions, Vegeta ultimately [[HeelRealization realizes]] what a selfish dick he's been and how badly he screwed up. When he asks Piccolo if he will be able to see Goku in the afterlife, Piccolo tells Vegeta point-blank that he'll most likely be condemned to Hell for his past crimes. Vegeta [[RedemptionEqualsDeath sacrifices himself]] in an attempt to kill Buu regardless, fighting for someone other than himself for the first time in his life.

* ''Manga/DeathNote'': Light Yagami in the anime, when he is finally defeated. The way he calls out to Takada and Misa, asking what he should do now that he's lost and going to die, is pretty heartwrenching. The anime even flashes back briefly to when Light was just an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent to drive the point home. {{Averted|Trope}} in the manga, in which [[AssholeVictim he dies pathetically, without any kind of sympathy]].

** Vegeta's death after Frieza gives him a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. Vegeta has been despicable for sixty-something episodes, and has just killed a village full of cute alien children and their big brothers. You'd expect a character of this type to die in a spectacular explosion, then never be seen again. But instead, after Frieza shoots him for describing Goku as a Super-Saiyan, we get Vegeta's lengthy final speech about his genuinely horrendous childhood, and see Vegeta crying as he begs Goku to kill Frieza and avenge their people, before breathing his last in a BigSleep from his terrible injuries. Although [[DeathIsCheap he eventually gets better like nigh everybody else in the series]], he does get a burial from Goku.

** Subverted with Frieza's death. A few minutes before his death, he is split in two parts by a reverse attack. He is dying and asks Goku for mercy. Although Goku was aware of all of the horrible things Frieza did, he still manages to show some sympathy and gives Frieza some of his energy. However, Frieza immediately used it to try to kill Goku (again), [[BackstabBackfire which fails]]. Afterwards, Goku is shaking and needs a minute to compose himself. He knows that Frieza did this to himself but wishes he could have avoided it.

** Vegeta gets another moment like this during the Buu Saga. After deliberately becoming one of Babidi's Majins to become stronger, killing scores of innocent people to provoke Goku into fighting him, and causing [[HumanoidAbomination Majin Buu]] to be revived by his actions, Vegeta ultimately [[HeelRealization realizes]] what a selfish dick he's been and how badly he screwed up. When he asks Piccolo if he will be able to see Goku in the afterlife, Piccolo tells Vegeta point-blank that he'll most likely be condemned to Hell for his past crimes. Vegeta [[RedemptionEqualsDeath sacrifices himself]] in an attempt to kill Buu regardless, fighting for someone other than himself for the first time in his life.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' has a number of villains (usually {{Noble Demon}}s like Bruford, Wamuu and N'Doul) given somber, honorable deaths, but probably one of the biggest examples of an utter bastard given a surprisingly tragic death is Enya from Part 3. Despite being an utter bitch and a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter when it comes to her AxCrazy SerialKiller of a son, she was still fiercely loyal to Dio. When she's finally captured by the heroes, though, Dio sends an assassin to kill her to prevent her from revealing anything about his powers. Despite learning that, in the end, Dio didn't trust her, [[UndyingLoyalty she still adamantly refuses to divulge anything to the heroes even as she's dying.]] Even Polnareff, who was utterly humiliated by her in the previous fight, couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

* ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita'' had Zapan, a bounty hunter cyborg whose problems can [[WhatTheHellHero all be ultimately traced back to Alita]]. Exposition time: Alita beat him up and humiliated him for not wanting to serve as cannon fodder for her quest against a brain-eating cyborg. From there, he tries to stop her from helping a wanted fugitive escape, at which point, Alita dupes the security bots on site into thinking that Zapan was trying to steal her proof of bounty. She ''rips his face off'' and leaves him for dead, only to be discovered with partial memory loss by a young woman named Sarah who worked at a soup kitchen. The two fall in love, and live fairly happily until Zapan sees Alita on television, gets horrific flashbacks, and has a mental breakdown, screaming "This isn't my face!" as he ''tears off most of the skin on his face.'' As he thrashed in pain, he killed several winos, and, more importantly, accidentally decapitated Sarah. He became wanted and horrifically depressed. Alita hunts him down, then, after mind-raping him ''a second time'', she lets him get devoured by cyborg dogs. Almost done: after he's resurrected and put in the super-robot-killing-machine Berserker Body, he starts wreaking havoc on Scrapyard, finally being hit by several 'Collapser' bullets from Alita, and the two are plummeting from several miles in the air, both horrifically wounded and on the verge of death. But suddenly, Zapan wakes up: he's lying on a sleeping mat in the market next to Sarah, who comforts him after he briefly recounts his horrible nightmare. She hugs him and tells him that he's not a monster like the Zapan in the dream is, and that she'll always be with him... and then he snaps out of his mortal-wounding induced hallucination, right back to where he was. He screams Sarah's name once, then continues to disintegrate, but not before flapping his wings just once, enough to break Alita's fall and save her. Although considering everything she did you him, one has to wonder why he didn't just let her die.

* In ''Manhua/RavagesOfTime'' every single dead villain receives at least a chapter as a eulogy, making Yuan Shu and Lu Bu look extremely sympathetic.

* ''Anime/DeathNote'': Light Yagami in the anime, when he is finally defeated. The way he calls out to Takada and Misa, asking what he should do now that he's lost and going to die, is pretty heartwrenching. The anime even flashes back briefly to when Light was just an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent to drive the point home.
** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the manga. [[AssholeVictim He dies pathetically, without any kind of sympathy]].

** Fifth season: All of the Sailor Animamates in some form as most are [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness killed for failing their ruler in some way]]. They are all given sympathetic deaths in the process, either fearful for their lives (Iron Mouse, Aluminium Siren), calling out to loved ones (Red Crow), or still half-possessed by Galaxia and incapable of taking action (Tin Nyanko). The viewer learns after this one that all of the Animamates used to be legitimate, good Sailor Senshi who were turned by Galaxia, making their words upon dying even more sympathetic upon reflection.