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* In ''Theatre/PurlieVictorious'', the shock of hearing that his son [[spoiler: bought the Big Bethel church in Purlie's name]] causes Ol' Cap'n Cotchipee to die on his feet.
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* In ''Manga/{{Basilisk}}'', the ninja duel between Muroga Hyouma and Chikuma Koshirou ends with the former dying while standing up, though he was leaning on his sword.
* Jashugan, the Emperor of Motorball, from ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita'' manages to defeat the title character after taking a fatal blow and stays standing. A couple other characters also die standing up. Alita herself does the "knocked out and still moving" variation at one point.
* In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'''s hellish Eclipse arc, Guts runs up to resident badass Pippin, thinking he's still alive. The next panel reveals his corpse has actually been hollowed out from the back.
* Happens in a ''Manga/BlackJack'' story. A young doctor who has lost his entire family to cancer and is now dying of it himself vows to treat one cancer patient before he dies. He completes the operation, but when the other doctors go to congratulate him, they find he has died on his feet. Weirder still, a post-mortem reveals that his heart had already stopped a few minutes into the operation. Just another example of determination overcoming the laws of biology.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** [[spoiler:Captain-Commander Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, though only his legs and about half his torso stay standing. The rest is sliced to pieces by Juhabach.]]
** Before [[spoiler:Yamamoto]], [[spoiler: Nnoitra]] invoked this trope by dying as his knees reached the ground, [[DeathSeeker more or less exactly as he wanted]].
** [[spoiler:Nianzol Weizol]] remained standing after being fatally impaled. His corpse collapsed on a pool of his own blood shortly afterwards, however.
* In an episode of ''Manga/CaseClosed'', the victim had just finished an exacting workout and her muscles were tense enough to throw off her time of death after being murdered. Conan recognizes this after seeing a statue of a legendary Japanese warrior who had died on their feet in a battle. (See Benkei, below) However, [[ItsPersonal since the people involved were old friends of Kogoro]], Conan allowed Kogoro time to figure it out for himself with the help of his subtle hints--[[BewareTheSillyOnes and in a rare for the time occurrence,]] ''[[BewareTheSillyOnes he did]]''.
* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', the series legendary slayer [[spoiler:Yoriichi Tsugikuni]] was a samurai whose skills seemed to be divine even though he remained human while his twin older brother became a demon in fear of death, [[spoiler:Yoriichi]] kept slaying demons throughout his whole life till he grew to be 80 years old, he could no longer let his brother shaming himself by living as a demon, they battled to the death, as old as [[spoiler:Yoriichi]] was he still seemed to be an otherworldly swordsman who his demon brother could not accept, a human who could be this strong was like the living proof that he became a demon out of fear, but [[spoiler:Yoriichi's]] life couldn't go for any longer, he died standing up with his sword in the ready, before it could decapitate the demon.
* ''Manga/FairyTail'':
** [[spoiler:Makarov]] remains standing in place after performing a HeroicSacrifice for the sake of his allies, by [[spoiler:casting Fairy Law, a spell that is CastFromLifespan, against an enormous enemy army--since Makarov was already a very old man and the cost varied based on how many targets were affected, he used up the rest of his life and died]].
** In ''Manga/FairyTail100YearsQuest'', a non-fatal version occurs in the Moon Dragon God arc when Lucy's opponent, [[AmazonianBeauty Mimi]], refuses to keel over and actually manages to stand up after taking Lucy's [[FantasticNuke Urano Metria]], which gives Lucy a shock at first because she was about ready to collapse herself by that point, until she realizes Mimi ''passed out'' in the process of standing and stayed ram-rod straight up. Not for nothing is Mimi called "[[RedBaron The Immovable]]".
* Tung Fu Rue in the ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' OAV dies after showing Terry his ultimate attack, still in his fighting stance.
* Several times in ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', being an epic manga, many characters receive an epic death where their body keep standing:
** The most iconic death in the manga and the TropeCodifier in the manga industry: [[spoiler:Raoh's]] corpse stays frozen, his fist gloriously clenched upwards, after he literally sends his soul to Heaven to bring Light and Hope to The World. This scene is so iconic that any instance of this trope played in a manga afterward is very likely a reference to his death scene.
** As well, [[spoiler:Toki dies this way after Kenshiro's fight with Ryuga, through a combination of radiation poisoning and sacrificing himself so that Kenshiro will use the sorrow from his death to unlock the ability of [[IntangibleMan Muso Tensei]].]]
** And then [[spoiler: Juuza, immediately after falling gets back on his feet and keeps fighting Raoh for another minute and a half, '''despite being already dead''', being able to wound a shocked Raoh with one last punch before falling down and bleeding out. This after having previously bashed heads with Raoh the day before. Raoh is so humbled by this that he immediately orders his men to give Juza a respectable funeral, out of respect for his fallen adversary. Considering the hellacious beating Juuza takes leading to his death and post-mortem fight, this might qualify as a RasputinianDeath as well.]]
** [[spoiler:The giant twins Raiga and Fuga]] meet this end as they are killed while [[spoiler:holding up a massive block of stone that threatened to seal the exit out of the then-crumbling Cassandra prison.]] Also a DyingMomentOfAwesome given that [[spoiler:they struggled to hold it up while alive, yet even while ''dead'' they continued to hold it up.]]
** Even [[spoiler:Kokuoh, Raoh's (and later Kenshiro's) massive horse]] dies in this way towards the end of the series, dying a peaceful death in the middle of a thunderstorm.
** At the end of the final battle of the Anime, [[spoiler:Kaioh]] and [[spoiler:Hyoh]], [[spoiler: Raoh and Kenshiro's brothers, respectively]], die this way, courtesy of a jet of lava erupting from the ground, solidifying the both of them into a statue in which the former is cradling the latter.
* [[spoiler:[[BadassNormal Akise Aru]]]] of ''Manga/FutureDiary'' shows how much of a {{Determinator}} he is when, even after [[spoiler:[[OffWithHisHead he's decapitated]]]], he keeps walking towards Yukiteru with his final message about the truth of his murderer. He remains standing the for the short remainder of the episode and outlasts the concrete that [[GoryDiscretionShot obscures above his chest, the screen going black as it finally collapses]].
* In ''Anime/GingaDensetsuWeed'', [[spoiler:Tobē]], who has been fatally injured, refuses to fall down and die. He was about to fall, but three other dogs who showed up at the last moment stood around him and propped him up until his body froze solid in a standing position, guaranteeing it would stay that way without support. The series, and its precursor, had a few examples of this.
* Parodied in ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'' during the [[BlatantLies Sumo Wrestling Tournament]]. Tomoki takes numerous [[MegatonPunch Karate chops]] while being [[ShockAndAwe held against an electric fence]]. He stands back up, but the reffere holds up [[strike:Sohara]] [[PaperThinDisguise Masker Wrestler's]] hand in victory announcing that Tomoki [[YouAreAlreadyDead is already dead.]] [[spoiler:Later played straight with Yoshitsune.]]
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'': Subverted with Akira Otoishi when his Red Hot Chili Pepper got almost destroyed upon falling into water, he lived through all that even if he seemed like he died standing.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'': [[spoiler:Jotaro]] in the final battle is instantly killed when his face is split in half, causing him to stand dead right where he was before his body falls over.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolion JoJolion]]'': [[spoiler:Kei]] receives a fatal EyeScream in the last fight, managing to pass a phone to Josuke before she died standing and slumps.
* ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'': [[spoiler:[[MageKiller Toji Fushiguro]]]] met his end after Satoru Gojo blew half of his torso with Hollow Purple. After imparting his last words, he passed away firmly standing on his feet.
* [[spoiler:Ususama Myo-oh Mayuri]] in ''Manga/LegendOfHeavenlySphereShurato''. Actually a JustifiedTrope: [[spoiler:not ''only'' he was turned into a HumanPincushion, but he was ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice and the lance to the gut that he had taken "supported" the dying Mayuri on his feet]].
%% Needs Context * [[spoiler:George H.W. Bush]] in ''Manga/TheLegendOfKoizumi''. Yes, you read that correctly.
* In ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'', [[spoiler:the hero dies this way, and apparently the BigBad as well]].
* In ''Literature/LordMarksmanAndVanadis'', Roland is murdered when he is trapped in a room with a swarm of bees. Later, after clearing the bees away, his killers comment on how Roland's body didn't fall over.
* A HumongousMecha variation occurs in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'': [[spoiler:In the final episode, Mikazuki takes major damage (to his Gundam and himself) while fighting Gjallarhorn. Finally, charges Julietta's Reginlaze and she does everything she can to stop him before he gets to her; when he gets within melee range, her sword rips off the Barbatos' cockpit hatch...and she realizes he passed out from blood loss mid-charge, and dies soon after.]]
* A non-fatal villainous variant occurs in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''. Stain, heavily injured after his fight against Izuku, Shoto, and Iida, escapes his bonds and rescues a heavily-injured Izuku from a noumu. He proceeds to turn to the assembled pro heroes, which includes Endeavor, and takes a few steps while releasing a KillingIntent so strong it freezes all of them in place. He then stands still, and it takes them several nervous seconds to realize that's because he passed out standing up.
* Another non-fatal version occurs in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. During the preliminary exams, [[BadassNormal Rock]] [[TheDeterminator Lee]] seeks to prove that, despite his lack of ninjutsu and genjutsu, he has become a splendid ninja through hard work alone. Unfortunately, his opponent is [[AxCrazy Gaara of]] [[TheAce the Desert]]. After a long and grueling fight, Gaara breaks Lee's left arm and left leg, crippling Lee. However, before Gaara can be declared the winner, Lee suddenly stands up and enters a fighting position. Initally, everyone assumes he is still conscious, but it's only when Lee's teacher, Might Guy, looks closer that everyone realizes that Lee is out cold, his body standing up through sheer willpower alone.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** [[WorldsStrongestMan Whitebeard]] dies standing, [[http://img13.deviantart.net/390e/i/2010/065/6/8/one_piece__death_of_whitebeard_by_sprky2008.jpg after going through a downright insane]] RasputinianDeath and proclaiming to the entire world that the One Piece exists (and thus giving a gigantic middle finger to the World Government). Considering how he was probably the most badass character to ever ''exist'' in ''One Piece'', he clearly could not have died any other way. As a kicker, his BadassLongcoat falls off immediately after, revealing that despite being shot, stabbed, slashed, and blown to hell pretty much everywhere else, his back didn't have so much as a scar;[[note]]Minus one that was the result of a sword coming from the front THROUGH his back[[/note]] in his ''entire life'', he ''never retreated from an enemy, not even'' '''[[TheJuggernaut One. Single. Time.]]''' Additionally, Whitebeard's death, including how much punishment he took before dying, seems to be based on Benkei's death (see below), right down to still holding his weapon (bonus points on Whitebeard also wielding a polearm/spear-type weapon). This event serves as the page image for this very trope.
** While not actually a death, [[spoiler:Zoro]] definitely tried to invoke this, and came damn near close to dying, when he let Kuma transfer all of the pain and fatigue Luffy suffered during his fights on Thriller Bark to him. Keep in mind that Luffy is able to withstand more damage than a normal human can (and he's a Rubber Man to boot, raising his damage tolerance). The next morning, [[spoiler:Zoro]] is standing perfectly still, saying that "he's fine" [[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank while both he and the ground around him are covered in his blood]]. It is this very event that is now the trope image for MadeOfIron.
* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
** Barry's Empoleon faints standing up [[spoiler:after a brutal Thunder attack by Paul's Electivire during the Sinnoh League]]. It gives a pretty creepy [[KubrickStare glare]] while being attacked.
** Ash's [[spoiler:Incineroar]] ends up fainting this way after having a hard-fought battle against its rival and then evolving right after. It is declared unable to battle while it was frozen in its post-evolution roar.
** A wild Galarian Farfetch'd faints this way after a grueling battle with Ash's Riolu. Ash doesn't take this chance to catch it...but it voluntarily joins his team anyway.
** The same Farfetch'd, evolved into Sirfetch'd, has another moment like this after a SingleStrokeBattle with [[spoiler:Cynthia's Garchomp]].
* ''Manga/RecordOfRagnarok'':
** At the end of the battle between Adam and Zeus, [[spoiler:it's revealed that Adam died in the climax of the battle, yet [[BeyondTheImpossible still continued to trade blows with Zeus]]. By the time everyone realizes what happened, Adam's body continues to stand]].
** The battle between Raiden Tameemon and Shiva. [[spoiler:''Not once'' does Raiden ever fall during the entire battle, and when Shiva finally kills him with a ''[[RoundhouseKick Deva Loka]]'' [[OffWithHisHead to the head]], Raiden's body continues to stand straight]].
* In ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', TheBigGuy of Shinomori Aoshi's first QuirkyMinibossSquad [[TakingTheBullet takes a fusillade]] of [[GatlingGood Gatling gun]] fire for his boss, falls to his knees, and dies balanced there, still shielding Aoshi in death.
* [[spoiler:Aldebaran Taurus]] in ''Manga/SaintSeiya''.
* Diaz Ragu of ''Anime/ShadowSkill''. [[spoiler:He took on the avatar of Death itself, tore his body apart from superhuman battle techniques, and was still standing when he actually managed to get it to concede the fight.]]
* Munsu, the protagonist of ''Manwha/ShinAngyoOnshi'', dies standing at the climatic final fight of the manga.
** His death is also the main cause of the BigBad's own one, by standing on his cape.
* In ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'', this is how [[spoiler:Hajime Saitou]] dies. His friends even call out to the guy as they see him on his feet, believing he's still alive, and then he falls on his back...
* "Unconscious" variation in the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' manga, ''Sakura Ganbaru!'' After a glorious two-on-one match against Cammy and Sakura, a defeated Zangief staggers on the edge of consciousness, but, having dedicated his skills and his body to proud Mother Russia, he ''cannot'' afford to let it fall, much less in view of his beloved comrades. So he wills himself back up, into his victory pose, and stays that way even after blacking out. Cammy, Sakura, and all spectators acknowledge his defeat, but they are awed by his devotion even more, making it a symbolic victory.
* In ''Anime/SwordOfTheStranger'', [[spoiler:Luo-Lang dies kneeling]].
* When [[spoiler:Lordgenome]] was killed in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', he was able to stay standing for a time, and even talk for a bit. Impressive, since the hole in his chest was big enough that he wouldn't have had lungs, let alone a functional spine. Meh [[HandWave spiral energy]].
* Wolfwood barely managed a variant of this in the ''Anime/{{Trigun}}'' anime. He knelt in front of an altar to beg forgiveness and died in that position, propped up by his cross.
* The first Battle Wolf in ''Manga/{{Toriko}}''. After giving birth to her child, dispatched a serpent rumoured to be its competitor in ancient days effortlessly, and being shot through by a laser, she still died on her feet, a proud image of the Battle Wolf it was cloned from; a Battle Wolf that had averted global extinction in ancient times.
* In ''Literature/VampireHunterD: Bloodlust'', [[spoiler:Nolt Marcus of the Marcus Brothers]] does one of these after Benge the Shadow Manipulator kills him. He doesn't fall to his knees though. He's standing upright, perfectly still, blood dripping down his torso from his mouth and his chest. His death is made even more of a Tearjerker when he uses the last bit of strength he has to try and kill his murderer and warn [[spoiler:his brothers to "Watch out... for the shadow"]].
* In ''Manga/VinlandSaga'', Thors remains standing up even as he's shot repeatedly with arrows and killed, and remains in a standing position afterwards.
* [[spoiler:Gin Minowa]] from ''Literature/WashioSumiIsAHero'' was found standing up dead in the middle of a road after driving back three Vertex by herself.
* In ''Anime/ZombielandSaga'', Ai Mizuno died when she was struck by lightning during one of her concerts. She's shown standing upright immediately afterwards, burnt to a crisp and still pointing straight up at the sky.
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* In ''Manga/{{Basilisk}}'', the ninja duel between Muroga Hyouma and Chikuma Koshirou ends with the former dying while standing up, though he was leaning on his sword.
* Jashugan, the Emperor of Motorball, from ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita'' manages to defeat the title character after taking a fatal blow and stays standing. A couple other characters also die standing up. Alita herself does the "knocked out and still moving" variation at one point.
* In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'''s hellish Eclipse arc, Guts runs up to resident badass Pippin, thinking he's still alive. The next panel reveals his corpse has actually been hollowed out from the back.
* Happens in a ''Manga/BlackJack'' story. A young doctor who has lost his entire family to cancer and is now dying of it himself vows to treat one cancer patient before he dies. He completes the operation, but when the other doctors go to congratulate him, they find he has died on his feet. Weirder still, a post-mortem reveals that his heart had already stopped a few minutes into the operation. Just another example of determination overcoming the laws of biology.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** [[spoiler:Captain-Commander Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, though only his legs and about half his torso stay standing. The rest is sliced to pieces by Juhabach.]]
** Before [[spoiler:Yamamoto]], [[spoiler: Nnoitra]] invoked this trope by dying as his knees reached the ground, [[DeathSeeker more or less exactly as he wanted]].
** [[spoiler:Nianzol Weizol]] remained standing after being fatally impaled. His corpse collapsed on a pool of his own blood shortly afterwards, however.
* In an episode of ''Manga/CaseClosed'', the victim had just finished an exacting workout and her muscles were tense enough to throw off her time of death after being murdered. Conan recognizes this after seeing a statue of a legendary Japanese warrior who had died on their feet in a battle. (See Benkei, below) However, [[ItsPersonal since the people involved were old friends of Kogoro]], Conan allowed Kogoro time to figure it out for himself with the help of his subtle hints--[[BewareTheSillyOnes and in a rare for the time occurrence,]] ''[[BewareTheSillyOnes he did]]''.
* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', the series legendary slayer [[spoiler:Yoriichi Tsugikuni]] was a samurai whose skills seemed to be divine even though he remained human while his twin older brother became a demon in fear of death, [[spoiler:Yoriichi]] kept slaying demons throughout his whole life till he grew to be 80 years old, he could no longer let his brother shaming himself by living as a demon, they battled to the death, as old as [[spoiler:Yoriichi]] was he still seemed to be an otherworldly swordsman who his demon brother could not accept, a human who could be this strong was like the living proof that he became a demon out of fear, but [[spoiler:Yoriichi's]] life couldn't go for any longer, he died standing up with his sword in the ready, before it could decapitate the demon.
* ''Manga/FairyTail'':
** [[spoiler:Makarov]] remains standing in place after performing a HeroicSacrifice for the sake of his allies, by [[spoiler:casting Fairy Law, a spell that is CastFromLifespan, against an enormous enemy army--since Makarov was already a very old man and the cost varied based on how many targets were affected, he used up the rest of his life and died]].
** In ''Manga/FairyTail100YearsQuest'', a non-fatal version occurs in the Moon Dragon God arc when Lucy's opponent, [[AmazonianBeauty Mimi]], refuses to keel over and actually manages to stand up after taking Lucy's [[FantasticNuke Urano Metria]], which gives Lucy a shock at first because she was about ready to collapse herself by that point, until she realizes Mimi ''passed out'' in the process of standing and stayed ram-rod straight up. Not for nothing is Mimi called "[[RedBaron The Immovable]]".
* Tung Fu Rue in the ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' OAV dies after showing Terry his ultimate attack, still in his fighting stance.
* Several times in ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', being an epic manga, many characters receive an epic death where their body keep standing:
** The most iconic death in the manga and the TropeCodifier in the manga industry: [[spoiler:Raoh's]] corpse stays frozen, his fist gloriously clenched upwards, after he literally sends his soul to Heaven to bring Light and Hope to The World. This scene is so iconic that any instance of this trope played in a manga afterward is very likely a reference to his death scene.
** As well, [[spoiler:Toki dies this way after Kenshiro's fight with Ryuga, through a combination of radiation poisoning and sacrificing himself so that Kenshiro will use the sorrow from his death to unlock the ability of [[IntangibleMan Muso Tensei]].]]
** And then [[spoiler: Juuza, immediately after falling gets back on his feet and keeps fighting Raoh for another minute and a half, '''despite being already dead''', being able to wound a shocked Raoh with one last punch before falling down and bleeding out. This after having previously bashed heads with Raoh the day before. Raoh is so humbled by this that he immediately orders his men to give Juza a respectable funeral, out of respect for his fallen adversary. Considering the hellacious beating Juuza takes leading to his death and post-mortem fight, this might qualify as a RasputinianDeath as well.]]
** [[spoiler:The giant twins Raiga and Fuga]] meet this end as they are killed while [[spoiler:holding up a massive block of stone that threatened to seal the exit out of the then-crumbling Cassandra prison.]] Also a DyingMomentOfAwesome given that [[spoiler:they struggled to hold it up while alive, yet even while ''dead'' they continued to hold it up.]]
** Even [[spoiler:Kokuoh, Raoh's (and later Kenshiro's) massive horse]] dies in this way towards the end of the series, dying a peaceful death in the middle of a thunderstorm.
** At the end of the final battle of the Anime, [[spoiler:Kaioh]] and [[spoiler:Hyoh]], [[spoiler: Raoh and Kenshiro's brothers, respectively]], die this way, courtesy of a jet of lava erupting from the ground, solidifying the both of them into a statue in which the former is cradling the latter.
* [[spoiler:[[BadassNormal Akise Aru]]]] of ''Manga/FutureDiary'' shows how much of a {{Determinator}} he is when, even after [[spoiler:[[OffWithHisHead he's decapitated]]]], he keeps walking towards Yukiteru with his final message about the truth of his murderer. He remains standing the for the short remainder of the episode and outlasts the concrete that [[GoryDiscretionShot obscures above his chest, the screen going black as it finally collapses]].
* In ''Anime/GingaDensetsuWeed'', [[spoiler:Tobē]], who has been fatally injured, refuses to fall down and die. He was about to fall, but three other dogs who showed up at the last moment stood around him and propped him up until his body froze solid in a standing position, guaranteeing it would stay that way without support. The series, and its precursor, had a few examples of this.
* Parodied in ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'' during the [[BlatantLies Sumo Wrestling Tournament]]. Tomoki takes numerous [[MegatonPunch Karate chops]] while being [[ShockAndAwe held against an electric fence]]. He stands back up, but the reffere holds up [[strike:Sohara]] [[PaperThinDisguise Masker Wrestler's]] hand in victory announcing that Tomoki [[YouAreAlreadyDead is already dead.]] [[spoiler:Later played straight with Yoshitsune.]]
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'': Subverted with Akira Otoishi when his Red Hot Chili Pepper got almost destroyed upon falling into water, he lived through all that even if he seemed like he died standing.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'': [[spoiler:Jotaro]] in the final battle is instantly killed when his face is split in half, causing him to stand dead right where he was before his body falls over.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolion JoJolion]]'': [[spoiler:Kei]] receives a fatal EyeScream in the last fight, managing to pass a phone to Josuke before she died standing and slumps.
* ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'': [[spoiler:[[MageKiller Toji Fushiguro]]]] met his end after Satoru Gojo blew half of his torso with Hollow Purple. After imparting his last words, he passed away firmly standing on his feet.
* [[spoiler:Ususama Myo-oh Mayuri]] in ''Manga/LegendOfHeavenlySphereShurato''. Actually a JustifiedTrope: [[spoiler:not ''only'' he was turned into a HumanPincushion, but he was ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice and the lance to the gut that he had taken "supported" the dying Mayuri on his feet]].
%% Needs Context * [[spoiler:George H.W. Bush]] in ''Manga/TheLegendOfKoizumi''. Yes, you read that correctly.
* In ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'', [[spoiler:the hero dies this way, and apparently the BigBad as well]].
* In ''Literature/LordMarksmanAndVanadis'', Roland is murdered when he is trapped in a room with a swarm of bees. Later, after clearing the bees away, his killers comment on how Roland's body didn't fall over.
* A HumongousMecha variation occurs in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'': [[spoiler:In the final episode, Mikazuki takes major damage (to his Gundam and himself) while fighting Gjallarhorn. Finally, charges Julietta's Reginlaze and she does everything she can to stop him before he gets to her; when he gets within melee range, her sword rips off the Barbatos' cockpit hatch...and she realizes he passed out from blood loss mid-charge, and dies soon after.]]
* A non-fatal villainous variant occurs in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''. Stain, heavily injured after his fight against Izuku, Shoto, and Iida, escapes his bonds and rescues a heavily-injured Izuku from a noumu. He proceeds to turn to the assembled pro heroes, which includes Endeavor, and takes a few steps while releasing a KillingIntent so strong it freezes all of them in place. He then stands still, and it takes them several nervous seconds to realize that's because he passed out standing up.
* Another non-fatal version occurs in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. During the preliminary exams, [[BadassNormal Rock]] [[TheDeterminator Lee]] seeks to prove that, despite his lack of ninjutsu and genjutsu, he has become a splendid ninja through hard work alone. Unfortunately, his opponent is [[AxCrazy Gaara of]] [[TheAce the Desert]]. After a long and grueling fight, Gaara breaks Lee's left arm and left leg, crippling Lee. However, before Gaara can be declared the winner, Lee suddenly stands up and enters a fighting position. Initally, everyone assumes he is still conscious, but it's only when Lee's teacher, Might Guy, looks closer that everyone realizes that Lee is out cold, his body standing up through sheer willpower alone.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** [[WorldsStrongestMan Whitebeard]] dies standing, [[http://img13.deviantart.net/390e/i/2010/065/6/8/one_piece__death_of_whitebeard_by_sprky2008.jpg after going through a downright insane]] RasputinianDeath and proclaiming to the entire world that the One Piece exists (and thus giving a gigantic middle finger to the World Government). Considering how he was probably the most badass character to ever ''exist'' in ''One Piece'', he clearly could not have died any other way. As a kicker, his BadassLongcoat falls off immediately after, revealing that despite being shot, stabbed, slashed, and blown to hell pretty much everywhere else, his back didn't have so much as a scar;[[note]]Minus one that was the result of a sword coming from the front THROUGH his back[[/note]] in his ''entire life'', he ''never retreated from an enemy, not even'' '''[[TheJuggernaut One. Single. Time.]]''' Additionally, Whitebeard's death, including how much punishment he took before dying, seems to be based on Benkei's death (see below), right down to still holding his weapon (bonus points on Whitebeard also wielding a polearm/spear-type weapon). This event serves as the page image for this very trope.
** While not actually a death, [[spoiler:Zoro]] definitely tried to invoke this, and came damn near close to dying, when he let Kuma transfer all of the pain and fatigue Luffy suffered during his fights on Thriller Bark to him. Keep in mind that Luffy is able to withstand more damage than a normal human can (and he's a Rubber Man to boot, raising his damage tolerance). The next morning, [[spoiler:Zoro]] is standing perfectly still, saying that "he's fine" [[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank while both he and the ground around him are covered in his blood]]. It is this very event that is now the trope image for MadeOfIron.
* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
** Barry's Empoleon faints standing up [[spoiler:after a brutal Thunder attack by Paul's Electivire during the Sinnoh League]]. It gives a pretty creepy [[KubrickStare glare]] while being attacked.
** Ash's [[spoiler:Incineroar]] ends up fainting this way after having a hard-fought battle against its rival and then evolving right after. It is declared unable to battle while it was frozen in its post-evolution roar.
** A wild Galarian Farfetch'd faints this way after a grueling battle with Ash's Riolu. Ash doesn't take this chance to catch it...but it voluntarily joins his team anyway.
** The same Farfetch'd, evolved into Sirfetch'd, has another moment like this after a SingleStrokeBattle with [[spoiler:Cynthia's Garchomp]].
* ''Manga/RecordOfRagnarok'':
** At the end of the battle between Adam and Zeus, [[spoiler:it's revealed that Adam died in the climax of the battle, yet [[BeyondTheImpossible still continued to trade blows with Zeus]]. By the time everyone realizes what happened, Adam's body continues to stand]].
** The battle between Raiden Tameemon and Shiva. [[spoiler:''Not once'' does Raiden ever fall during the entire battle, and when Shiva finally kills him with a ''[[RoundhouseKick Deva Loka]]'' [[OffWithHisHead to the head]], Raiden's body continues to stand straight]].
* In ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', TheBigGuy of Shinomori Aoshi's first QuirkyMinibossSquad [[TakingTheBullet takes a fusillade]] of [[GatlingGood Gatling gun]] fire for his boss, falls to his knees, and dies balanced there, still shielding Aoshi in death.
* [[spoiler:Aldebaran Taurus]] in ''Manga/SaintSeiya''.
* Diaz Ragu of ''Anime/ShadowSkill''. [[spoiler:He took on the avatar of Death itself, tore his body apart from superhuman battle techniques, and was still standing when he actually managed to get it to concede the fight.]]
* Munsu, the protagonist of ''Manwha/ShinAngyoOnshi'', dies standing at the climatic final fight of the manga.
** His death is also the main cause of the BigBad's own one, by standing on his cape.
* In ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'', this is how [[spoiler:Hajime Saitou]] dies. His friends even call out to the guy as they see him on his feet, believing he's still alive, and then he falls on his back...
* "Unconscious" variation in the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' manga, ''Sakura Ganbaru!'' After a glorious two-on-one match against Cammy and Sakura, a defeated Zangief staggers on the edge of consciousness, but, having dedicated his skills and his body to proud Mother Russia, he ''cannot'' afford to let it fall, much less in view of his beloved comrades. So he wills himself back up, into his victory pose, and stays that way even after blacking out. Cammy, Sakura, and all spectators acknowledge his defeat, but they are awed by his devotion even more, making it a symbolic victory.
* In ''Anime/SwordOfTheStranger'', [[spoiler:Luo-Lang dies kneeling]].
* When [[spoiler:Lordgenome]] was killed in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', he was able to stay standing for a time, and even talk for a bit. Impressive, since the hole in his chest was big enough that he wouldn't have had lungs, let alone a functional spine. Meh [[HandWave spiral energy]].
* Wolfwood barely managed a variant of this in the ''Anime/{{Trigun}}'' anime. He knelt in front of an altar to beg forgiveness and died in that position, propped up by his cross.
* The first Battle Wolf in ''Manga/{{Toriko}}''. After giving birth to her child, dispatched a serpent rumoured to be its competitor in ancient days effortlessly, and being shot through by a laser, she still died on her feet, a proud image of the Battle Wolf it was cloned from; a Battle Wolf that had averted global extinction in ancient times.
* In ''Literature/VampireHunterD: Bloodlust'', [[spoiler:Nolt Marcus of the Marcus Brothers]] does one of these after Benge the Shadow Manipulator kills him. He doesn't fall to his knees though. He's standing upright, perfectly still, blood dripping down his torso from his mouth and his chest. His death is made even more of a Tearjerker when he uses the last bit of strength he has to try and kill his murderer and warn [[spoiler:his brothers to "Watch out... for the shadow"]].
* In ''Manga/VinlandSaga'', Thors remains standing up even as he's shot repeatedly with arrows and killed, and remains in a standing position afterwards.
* [[spoiler:Gin Minowa]] from ''Literature/WashioSumiIsAHero'' was found standing up dead in the middle of a road after driving back three Vertex by herself.
* In ''Anime/ZombielandSaga'', Ai Mizuno died when she was struck by lightning during one of her concerts. She's shown standing upright immediately afterwards, burnt to a crisp and still pointing straight up at the sky.
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* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': Subverted when [[AnimalisticAbomination The Varanus]] possesses the inability to be killed. Even after [[ActionGirl Ann]] impales it through the head, it remains in place standing before regaining consciousness and tries to move while stuck.
* ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}'':
** Patriot is TheJuggernaut among the Reunion leaders, and is unbelievably durable and stubborn. He withstands a massive amount of damage from the best Operators that Rhodes Island can throw at him, and when his armor is finally breached and he suffers fatal wounds, he still pushes on until the last moment. When he finally dies, he remains standing, as unshakable in death as he was in life.
** During ''Stultifera Navis'', [[spoiler: High Inquisitor Dario]] gives his life protecting the last [[LighthousePoint Eye of Iberia]] from an endless horde of [[SeaMonster Sea Terrors]]. When Kal'tsit and Saint Carmen discover his body, they find him surrounded by the burning remains of thousands of Sea Terrors, still on his feet and with his {{sword plant}}ed firmly into the ground.
* In ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'', this is [[spoiler:how Yasha dies]]. This trope gets subverted in Lost Episode 2, however, as when Asura and Akuma fought each other, they eventually turned into stone. The subversion is that they Start moving again and fight once more, still looking like stone statues!
* [[spoiler:Ben]] dies this way when you defeat him in ''VideoGame/BraveFencerMusashi'', after some [[ItHasBeenAnHonor final words]].
%%* The Nue in ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII''.
* ''Videogame/CityOfHeroes'' will occasionally forget to animate the "[[NeverSayDie defeat]]" of enemies who are beaten too quickly. Given the amount of damage necessary--a OneHitKill on a completely unaware enemy--and the infrequency of the occurence, it can be [[PlayedForLaughs comedic]] or epic.
* In ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'':
** Some units, when killed, don't go into their "dead" animation, instead remaining standing. Especially annoying when you run into these and think you're about to be attacked.
** Invoked by [[FourStarBadass General Sturnn]] in ''Winter Assault'' in the closing stages of the Imperial Guard Missions. See above quote.
* Several of Connor's deaths in ''[[VideoGame/DetroitBecomeHuman Detroit: Become Human]]'' involve him being shot while standing up, causing him to fall to his knees as the camera lingers on him. Justfied in that he's an android, not a human.
* ''VideoGame/DragonBallLegends'': In Part 7, Book 6, Chapter 5: "''The Bonds of Friendship''", after being defeated by Bardock, Super Saiyan 3 Shallot, & Super Saiyan 2 Gohan (Youth), Fusion Android #13 dies content with having fought for himself rather than simply following his programming and shuts down while standing with a smile on his face which even Bardock comments on and seemingly earns Shallot's respect. Unfortunately Super Buu (Gohan Absorbed) ruins the moment by blowing up Fusion Android #13's remains while mockingly referring to him as a mere "toy" and that he was just "cleaning up".
* In Lu Bu's historical ending in ''Videogame/DynastyWarriors: Xtreme Legends 8'', Lu Bu dies standing after he attempts to struggle and go after Cao Cao, only to be cut down. Guan Yu does this in the same game.
* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'', primarily ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'', can have issues with corpses that remain standing with their arms straight out at their sides. This is usually after loading a cell where multiple deaths have occurred at a previous time, and the game simply can't handle all the requests being made of it, and as such forgets to apply Havoc to them. There's actually a must have Mod called streamline that has the option to 'Kill Corpses', whenever you enter a cell, to make sure they stay down.
* Every ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' up to '' Path of Radiance'', including the DS games, uses this as the death animation.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'': Emperor Doel, the DiscOneFinalBoss, goes out this way (albeit leaning on the larger of [[DualWielding his two blades]]) after urging the party to head west to Tiberoa and pursue Lloyd. For good measure, Albert, Doel's nephew, salutes him, recognizing that his uncle has finally come to his senses.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'': Weissman's fate has him shot by Kevin Graham with a Salt Bolt, a dangerous material that turns people into granite the moment contact is made, leaving Weissman standing dead after his body has been turned to stone.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': This happens to Ganondorf twice.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'': Ganondorf [[TakenForGranite turns to stone]] after being stabbed in the head by the Master Sword, and stands up while this happens.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'': At the end of the FinalBoss battle, Ganondorf is left lying on the ground when you finish him, but in the cutscene, he's standing, meaning he didn't just die on his back, he ''stood back up'' after you ran him through.
* A quirk of the game engine and the way it determines damage means that sometimes [[HumongousMecha BattleMechs]] will do this in ''VideoGame/MechWarrior 2''. The most common 'Mech death is [[StuffBlowingUp simply exploding]], where the 'Mech's parts are separated from each other and flung all over the place. The second most common death is a 'hull' death, where the 'Mech has exploded, but retains its shape--however, bumping into the remains of the 'Mech will cause it to fall apart instantly with no resistance. The last and rarest example is closest to this trope, where the 'Mech has been destroyed (stops moving and shooting) but is still 100% solid. Running into it will cause you to take damage as though you had run into any other physical object, and it won't simply fall apart when touched like the 'hull' death. If you want this 'Mech to go down, you're going to have to keep shooting it until the wreck finally gets the message and explodes ''again.'' Unsurprisingly, it's mostly heavy and assault 'Mechs that refuse to go down when they die.
* If you take the "let time do it" method to surpass The End in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', Snake approaches him from behind and tries to hold him up only to discover The End died with his eye on the scope.
* Possibly parodied in ''VideoGame/Mother3'' when a pigmask watches you get in a horrible hovercraft accident. If you examine him afterwards, it is revealed that he has passed out, presumably from fright, yet he's still standing up. With his arm raised.
* A bug in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' can cause enemies to stay standing up instead of falling over dead, though they still count as dead and you can't interact with them, they just stand their doing their idle animations.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'': Holly Summers blows herself with a grenade after her defeat, with her body still standing despite the explosion.
* ''VideoGame/PrinnyCanIReallyBeTheHero'': After the final fight with Asagi in the alternate story mode, a bomb in her Prinny Costume (which she put in there, mind you) goes off when she's unable to get the costume off in time, due to a stuck zipper. The blast kills her, but she manages to remain on her feet, shocking Hero Prinny.
-->'''Hero Prinny''': She's dead, but... still standing. That's dedication, dood!
* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'':
** Muneshige Tachibana, the resident [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]] [[AnachronismStew wielding]] {{samurai}}, has a defeat animation where he drops his chainsaws and slouches over while standing. He isn't actually dead unless you are playing as a character who outright kills their opponent instead of defeating them.
** Takeda Shingen's animation had him put down his weapon and do a BadassArmFold, standing proud before he keels over a moment later.
** Several characters have defeat animations in which they attempt to get back on their feet only to fall over.
* In ''Videogame/ShadowOfTheColossus'', [[spoiler: Malus, the 16th and last Colossus, is basically unable to fall down as his feet are magically bound to the ground and his stone skirt and stone armor are as flexible as, you guessed it, rock]].
* In ''VideoGame/SoldierOfFortune II'', Mullins suddenly dies standing up [[HostageSpiritLink if an NPC is killed]] ([[WhatTheHellPlayer or he disobeys orders on a certain mission]]).
* ''Videogame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic''. Caused by a bug. It seems to happen when the NPC is already occupied with certain ongoing animations, such as StatusEffects, and therefore doesn't process the cue to start its death animation properly.
* Q from ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike]]'', if defeated by a light attack, will start convulsing and stretching out his arms to try and grab the opponent, but ultimately shut down like a robot, still standing and with his arms still up. This further adds to the question of [[AmbiguouslyHuman whether or not he's human]].
* Occurs multiple times throughout the ''VideoGame/{{Tenchu}}'' series:
** [[TheBigGuy Genbu]] from ''Birth of the Stealth Assassins'' dies on his feet after being mortally wounded by Ayame during the climax. He drops his dual clubs to signify his the moment of his death.
** [[TheBrute Ganda]] from ''Wrath of Heaven'' dies this way.
** [[BigBad Jyuzou]] from ''Fatal Shadows'' dies after being run through by [[TheHero Rin]].
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'': Emperor Doel, the DiscOneFinalBoss, goes out this way (albeit leaning on the larger of [[DualWielding his two blades]]) after urging the party to head west to Tiberoa and pursue Lloyd. For good measure, Albert, Doel's nephew, salutes him, recognizing that his uncle has finally come to his senses.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'': Weissman's fate has him shot by Kevin Graham with a Salt Bolt, a dangerous material that turns people into granite the moment contact is made, leaving Weissman standing dead after his body has been turned to stone.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': This happens to Ganondorf twice.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'': Ganondorf [[TakenForGranite turns to stone]] after being stabbed in the head by the Master Sword, and stands up while this happens.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'': At the end of the FinalBoss battle, Ganondorf is left lying on the ground when you finish him, but in the cutscene, he's standing, meaning he didn't just die on his back, he ''stood back up'' after you ran him through.
* A quirk of the game engine and the way it determines damage means that sometimes [[HumongousMecha BattleMechs]] will do this in ''VideoGame/MechWarrior 2''. The most common 'Mech death is [[StuffBlowingUp simply exploding]], where the 'Mech's parts are separated from each other and flung all over the place. The second most common death is a 'hull' death, where the 'Mech has exploded, but retains its shape--however, bumping into the remains of the 'Mech will cause it to fall apart instantly with no resistance. The last and rarest example is closest to this trope, where the 'Mech has been destroyed (stops moving and shooting) but is still 100% solid. Running into it will cause you to take damage as though you had run into any other physical object, and it won't simply fall apart when touched like the 'hull' death. If you want this 'Mech to go down, you're going to have to keep shooting it until the wreck finally gets the message and explodes ''again.'' Unsurprisingly, it's mostly heavy and assault 'Mechs that refuse to go down when they die.
* If you take the "let time do it" method to surpass The End in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', Snake approaches him from behind and tries to hold him up only to discover The End died with his eye on the scope.
* Possibly parodied in ''VideoGame/Mother3'' when a pigmask watches you get in a horrible hovercraft accident. If you examine him afterwards, it is revealed that he has passed out, presumably from fright, yet he's still standing up. With his arm raised.
* A bug in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' can cause enemies to stay standing up instead of falling over dead, though they still count as dead and you can't interact with them, they just stand their doing their idle animations.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'': Holly Summers blows herself with a grenade after her defeat, with her body still standing despite the explosion.
* ''VideoGame/PrinnyCanIReallyBeTheHero'': After the final fight with Asagi in the alternate story mode, a bomb in her Prinny Costume (which she put in there, mind you) goes off when she's unable to get the costume off in time, due to a stuck zipper. The blast kills her, but she manages to remain on her feet, shocking Hero Prinny.
-->'''Hero Prinny''': She's dead, but... still standing. That's dedication, dood!
* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'':
** Muneshige Tachibana, the resident [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]] [[AnachronismStew wielding]] {{samurai}}, has a defeat animation where he drops his chainsaws and slouches over while standing. He isn't actually dead unless you are playing as a character who outright kills their opponent instead of defeating them.
** Takeda Shingen's animation had him put down his weapon and do a BadassArmFold, standing proud before he keels over a moment later.
** Several characters have defeat animations in which they attempt to get back on their feet only to fall over.
* In ''Videogame/ShadowOfTheColossus'', [[spoiler: Malus, the 16th and last Colossus, is basically unable to fall down as his feet are magically bound to the ground and his stone skirt and stone armor are as flexible as, you guessed it, rock]].
* In ''VideoGame/SoldierOfFortune II'', Mullins suddenly dies standing up [[HostageSpiritLink if an NPC is killed]] ([[WhatTheHellPlayer or he disobeys orders on a certain mission]]).
* ''Videogame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic''. Caused by a bug. It seems to happen when the NPC is already occupied with certain ongoing animations, such as StatusEffects, and therefore doesn't process the cue to start its death animation properly.
* Q from ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike]]'', if defeated by a light attack, will start convulsing and stretching out his arms to try and grab the opponent, but ultimately shut down like a robot, still standing and with his arms still up. This further adds to the question of [[AmbiguouslyHuman whether or not he's human]].
* Occurs multiple times throughout the ''VideoGame/{{Tenchu}}'' series:
** [[TheBigGuy Genbu]] from ''Birth of the Stealth Assassins'' dies on his feet after being mortally wounded by Ayame during the climax. He drops his dual clubs to signify his the moment of his death.
** [[TheBrute Ganda]] from ''Wrath of Heaven'' dies this way.
** [[BigBad Jyuzou]] from ''Fatal Shadows'' dies after being run through by [[TheHero Rin]].
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* ''Fanfic/FateOfTheClans'': At the end of Cú Chulainn's first life, he tied himself to a rock using his own intestines in order to ensure that he'd die on his feet, killing any enemies that got too close. Even after he died, he still cut the hand of the one who'd fatally injured him.
* ''[[Fanfic/CatchYourBreath Ocean Stars Falling]]'': After witnessing Ace getting injured by Akainu's magma, Yugito loses control and descends upon the admiral in a hybrid jinchuuriki form. By the time she finishes ripping him to shreds, Kei suspects that her opponent is already dead.
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* The appendices to ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' include the story of Helm Hammerhand, an ancient King of Rohan who was besieged in the Hornburg during a very bad winter by the Dunlendings and their allies. A soothsayer gave Helm the omen that if he never killed anyone by using a weapon, he himself could never be killed by a weapon: thus he took to leading night-time sorties against the besiegers, killing men with his bare hands. Keep in mind that Helm was large and strong enough that this whole war started when he killed a half-Dunlending lord with a single mighty punch. Helm worked up such a kill count than the enemy feared him as if he were a snow troll stalking through their camps. Then one night during a particularly cold night bad blizzard he didn't return, and that morning the enemy found him outside standing upright, but dead and frozen: no ''weapon'' killed him.
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* The appendices to ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' include the story of Helm Hammerhand, an ancient King of Rohan who, was besieged in the Hornburg during a bad winter by the Dunlendings and their allies. A soothsayer gave Helm the omen that if never killed anyone by using a weapon, he himself could never be killed by a weapon: thus he took to leading night time sorties against the besiegers, killing men with his bare hands. Keep in mind that Helm was large and strong enough that this whole war started when he killed a half-Dunlending lord with a single mighty punch. Helm worked up such a kill count than the enemy feared him as if he were a snow troll sneaking through their camps. Then one particularly cold night he didn't return, and that morning the enemy found him outside standing upright, but dead and frozen. No ''weapon'' killed him.
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* The appendices to ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' include the story of Helm Hammerhand, an ancient King of Rohan who, who was besieged in the Hornburg during a very bad winter by the Dunlendings and their allies. A soothsayer gave Helm the omen that if he never killed anyone by using a weapon, he himself could never be killed by a weapon: thus he took to leading night time night-time sorties against the besiegers, killing men with his bare hands. Keep in mind that Helm was large and strong enough that this whole war started when he killed a half-Dunlending lord with a single mighty punch. Helm worked up such a kill count than the enemy feared him as if he were a snow troll sneaking stalking through their camps. Then one particularly cold night he didn't return, and that morning the enemy found him outside standing upright, but dead and frozen. No frozen: no ''weapon'' killed him.
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* The appendices to ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' include the story of Helm Hammerhand, an ancient King of Rohan who, being besieged in the Hornburg during a bad winter, took to going out alone at night and kill enemies with his bare hands. One day he didn't return, and in the morning was found outside standing upright, but dead and frozen.
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* The appendices to ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' include the story of Helm Hammerhand, an ancient King of Rohan who, being was besieged in the Hornburg during a bad winter, winter by the Dunlendings and their allies. A soothsayer gave Helm the omen that if never killed anyone by using a weapon, he himself could never be killed by a weapon: thus he took to going out alone at leading night and kill enemies time sorties against the besiegers, killing men with his bare hands. One day Keep in mind that Helm was large and strong enough that this whole war started when he killed a half-Dunlending lord with a single mighty punch. Helm worked up such a kill count than the enemy feared him as if he were a snow troll sneaking through their camps. Then one particularly cold night he didn't return, and in the that morning was the enemy found him outside standing upright, but dead and frozen.frozen. No ''weapon'' killed him.
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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benkei Saito no]] UsefulNotes/MusashiboBenkei is said to have died this way, [[UrExample in the 12th Century]]. After fighting to buy time for his lord [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled to commit]] {{Seppuku}}, none of the enemy wanted to test his wrath, believing him to be ''a demon from hell''. Medically speaking, it's believed that the lactic acid his muscles produced from the fighting caused a sudden onset of rigor mortis, causing his body to "Lock up" while still standing [[RuleOfCool and holding his spear]]. He has a small shrine today where this happened--see ''Manga/CaseClosed'' above, where it becomes a plot point, and ''many'' characters in Japanese media [[FountainOfExpies have deaths based on his death]].
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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benkei Saito no]] UsefulNotes/MusashiboBenkei is said to have died this way, [[UrExample in the 12th Century]]. After fighting to buy time for [[UsefulNotes/MinamotoNoYoshitsune his lord lord]] [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled to commit]] {{Seppuku}}, none of the enemy wanted to test his wrath, believing him to be ''a demon from hell''. Medically speaking, it's believed that the lactic acid his muscles produced from the fighting caused a sudden onset of rigor mortis, causing his body to "Lock "lock up" while still standing [[RuleOfCool and holding his spear]].spear]]. The event gained notoriety as the "Standing Death of Benkei". He has a small shrine today where this happened--see ''Manga/CaseClosed'' above, where it becomes a plot point, and ''many'' characters in Japanese media [[FountainOfExpies have deaths based on his death]].
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* Happens to [[spoiler: Margaret White]] in ''Film/{{Carrie}}'' after she is [[spoiler: stabbed several times by Carrie]].
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* ''Film/SevenManArmy'', a film depicting the Sino-Japanese war, have one of the titular seven Chinese soldiers getting shot to raise the Chinese flag, and in his dying moments, uses his upright body to prop the flag and prevent it from collapsing.
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* A [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Furyan]] character in ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'' commits suicide by walking into a storm of solar radiation, and is shown still walking even as his body gets incinerated.
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* A [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Furyan]] character in ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'' ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick2004'' commits suicide by walking into a storm of solar radiation, and is shown still walking even as his body gets incinerated.
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* ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'': Lex Luthor, controlled by Braniac's head on his cranium, [[FightingFromTheInside fights from inside]] when he begs a superpowered Lana Lang to kill him. It doesn't do his body much good: Braniac controls his corpse like a macabre puppet. The Braniac-cap himself exhibits this trait once rigor mortis sets in -- detaching itself and crawling on the ground, "[[ThePowerOfHate powered only by malice]]", swearing to kill Superman even as he dies.
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* ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'': Lex Luthor, controlled by Braniac's head on his cranium, [[FightingFromTheInside fights from inside]] when he begs a superpowered Lana Lang to kill him. It doesn't do his body much good: Braniac controls his corpse like a macabre puppet. The Braniac-cap himself exhibits this trait once rigor mortis sets in -- detaching itself himself and crawling on the ground, "[[ThePowerOfHate powered only by malice]]", swearing to kill Superman even as he dies.
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* In Larry Hama's recent ''ComicBook/GIJoe'' continuation, Duke comes to Snake-Eyes' Mountain cabin to warn them about Cobra's reappearance, only to find Scarlett under attack by Red Ninjas. After helping her out, they enter the burning cabin to find three ninjas just standing there on fire. Scarlett remarks that it must have been recent, as they don't realize they're dead yet.
* ''Comicbook/ThePunisherMAX'' had a crazy mobster henchman who after having one of his eyes pulled out, getting cut, beaten, shot, impaled on an iron spiked fence and having Frank blow his head in half with a shotgun still took two more steps making even Frank panic a little.
* The ''[[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]]'' story, "Facade", features Urania Blackwell, aka "Element Girl", who wants to die but can't. When she finally asks the sun god Ra to take away her "gift", her body is temporarily left as a standing, human-shaped figure of dust.
* ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'': Lex Luthor, controlled by Braniac's head on his cranium [[FightingFromTheInside fights from inside]] when he begs a superpowered Lana Lang to kill him. It doesn't do his body much good: Braniac controls his corpse like a macabre puppet. The Braniac-cap himself exhibits this trait once rigor mortis sets in, detaching itself crawling "powered only by malice", swearing to kill Superman even as it dies.
* In Larry Hama's recent ''ComicBook/GIJoe'' continuation, Duke comes to Snake-Eyes' Mountain cabin to warn them about Cobra's reappearance, only to find Scarlett under attack by Red Ninjas. After helping her out, they enter the burning cabin to find three ninjas just standing there on fire. Scarlett remarks that it must have been recent, as they don't realize they're dead yet.
* ''Comicbook/ThePunisherMAX'' had a crazy mobster henchman who after having one of his eyes pulled out, getting cut, beaten, shot, impaled on an iron spiked fence and having Frank blow his head in half with a shotgun still took two more steps making even Frank panic a little.
* The ''[[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]]'' story, "Facade", features Urania Blackwell, aka "Element Girl", who wants to die but can't. When she finally asks the sun god Ra to take away her "gift", her body is temporarily left as a standing, human-shaped figure of dust.
* ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'': Lex Luthor, controlled by Braniac's head on his cranium [[FightingFromTheInside fights from inside]] when he begs a superpowered Lana Lang to kill him. It doesn't do his body much good: Braniac controls his corpse like a macabre puppet. The Braniac-cap himself exhibits this trait once rigor mortis sets in, detaching itself crawling "powered only by malice", swearing to kill Superman even as it dies.
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* In ''Webcomic/WeaponBrown'' the expy of [[spoiler:The Phantom]] gets his head blown clean off. Not only does he die standing, he ''[[spoiler: becomes the corpse that walks]]''!
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* In ''Webcomic/WeaponBrown'' ''Webcomic/WeaponBrown'', the expy {{Expy}} of [[spoiler:The Phantom]] [[spoiler:ComicStrip/{{the Phantom}}]] gets his head blown clean off. Not only does he die standing, but he ''[[spoiler: becomes also ''[[spoiler:becomes the corpse that walks]]''!walks]]!''
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** Finduilas in ''Literature/TheSilmarillion''dies pinned to a tree after the siege of Nargothrond. She was being taken to the big bad's fortress Angband as a slave but the slavers were ambushed by the Haladin rangers. The bad guys executed their prisoners and retreated. Though, in this case she didn't die standing because she was badass. Likely it was for a very different reason, but Tolkien leaves that to the imagination.
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* Rigor mortis is incredibly unlikely to cause these situations. Rigor mortis is caused by muscles not having the energy to come ''relax'', and while the person may die, their cells take quite a while to get the idea and use up all their energy stores. Muscles work by expending energy to separate two proteins which ''really'' want to associate and then cocking one like stretched spring. Then they reunite, the cocked protein pulls hard and the two proteins stick. The combined action of countless of these proteins causes the muscle to contract. When the cell is out of energy, the muscle locks up--it can't separate these proteins to continue the cycle and therefore can't move. Unless the body is propped up somehow, gravity wins. Website/TheOtherWiki has good discussions on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myosin how this works]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigor_mortis rigor mortis]]. The observant may notice a few links to some other post-death funny business; neither of these are anywhere near coordinated enough to keep someone standing. If a body could somehow just happen to be supported for many hours...well, maybe. Barring bizarre alien biology, handwaving this trope with rigor mortis is more likely to be an AssPull and is probably not better than letting it slide on RuleOfCool.
** However, as noted in the ''Manga/CaseClosed'' and related "Standing Death of Benkei" examples above, extreme lactic acid buildup can cause rigor mortis to onset much faster, sometimes in as little as one hour. That still makes it difficult, but not impossible. Benkei was wielding a naginata, and the ready-rest position would have had him leaning on it for support. Coupled with the many, many arrows in his body pinning his heavy armor to his flesh and sticking in its joints, the unique conditions make it entirely plausible.
*** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaveric_spasm cadaveric spasm]] Sometimes called instantaneous rigity, is a rare form of rigor mortis that occurs at the moment of death.
** However, as noted in the ''Manga/CaseClosed'' and related "Standing Death of Benkei" examples above, extreme lactic acid buildup can cause rigor mortis to onset much faster, sometimes in as little as one hour. That still makes it difficult, but not impossible. Benkei was wielding a naginata, and the ready-rest position would have had him leaning on it for support. Coupled with the many, many arrows in his body pinning his heavy armor to his flesh and sticking in its joints, the unique conditions make it entirely plausible.
*** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaveric_spasm cadaveric spasm]] Sometimes called instantaneous rigity, is a rare form of rigor mortis that occurs at the moment of death.
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** Similarly, a carapace from an insect which sheds them, such as a cicada, can be mistaken for a corpse and potentially remain clinging to a tree or wall for years.
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** A much more disturbing account from WWII: The gas chambers at death camps would sometimes be filled to the point that no one could move. Upon death, the corpses were literally packed so tightly together that they supported each other and were still standing.
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* In the British Armed Forces, depending on your regimental prejudices, Guardsmen/Paratroopers/Royal Marines are thought of as so dense that being killed in action simply won't register; they have to be ''told'' they're dead and have permission to fall over...
* And while the people concerned may not have ''died'' standing up, in the mediaeval and following periods of British history there are many cases of religiously-inclined people stipulating on being buried in the upright position, so that they can answer the call more swiftly on Judgement Day without having to waste God's time by standing up. However, Elizabethan playwright Ben Jonson asked to be buried standing up, on the grounds that a burial plot eighteen inches square would cost less than the usual six-foot-by-three.
* And while the people concerned may not have ''died'' standing up, in the mediaeval and following periods of British history there are many cases of religiously-inclined people stipulating on being buried in the upright position, so that they can answer the call more swiftly on Judgement Day without having to waste God's time by standing up. However, Elizabethan playwright Ben Jonson asked to be buried standing up, on the grounds that a burial plot eighteen inches square would cost less than the usual six-foot-by-three.
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* Rigor mortis is incredibly unlikely to cause these situations. Rigor mortis is caused by muscles not having the energy to come ''relax'', and while the person may die, their cells take quite a while to get the idea and use up all their energy stores. Muscles work by expending energy to separate two proteins which ''really'' want to associate and then cocking one like stretched spring. Then they reunite, the cocked protein pulls hard and the two proteins stick. The combined action of countless of these proteins causes the muscle to contract. When the cell is out of energy, the muscle locks up--it can't separate these proteins to continue the cycle and therefore can't move. Unless the body is propped up somehow, gravity wins. Wiki/TheOtherWiki has good discussions on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myosin how this works]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigor_mortis rigor mortis]]. The observant may notice a few links to some other post-death funny business; neither of these are anywhere near coordinated enough to keep someone standing. If a body could somehow just happen to be supported for many hours...well, maybe. Barring bizarre alien biology, handwaving this trope with rigor mortis is more likely to be an AssPull and is probably not better than letting it slide on RuleOfCool.
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* Rigor mortis is incredibly unlikely to cause these situations. Rigor mortis is caused by muscles not having the energy to come ''relax'', and while the person may die, their cells take quite a while to get the idea and use up all their energy stores. Muscles work by expending energy to separate two proteins which ''really'' want to associate and then cocking one like stretched spring. Then they reunite, the cocked protein pulls hard and the two proteins stick. The combined action of countless of these proteins causes the muscle to contract. When the cell is out of energy, the muscle locks up--it can't separate these proteins to continue the cycle and therefore can't move. Unless the body is propped up somehow, gravity wins. Wiki/TheOtherWiki Website/TheOtherWiki has good discussions on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myosin how this works]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigor_mortis rigor mortis]]. The observant may notice a few links to some other post-death funny business; neither of these are anywhere near coordinated enough to keep someone standing. If a body could somehow just happen to be supported for many hours...well, maybe. Barring bizarre alien biology, handwaving this trope with rigor mortis is more likely to be an AssPull and is probably not better than letting it slide on RuleOfCool.
