History Main / FacingTheBulletsOneliner

* ''WesternAnimation/{{JusticeLeague}}'': "Gentlemen, it's been an honor." Spoken by Franchise/{{Batman}} as he's manually piloting the Watchtower on a [[ColonyDrop crash course]] with the Thanagarian hypergate during the series finale. Subverted in that Superman saves him at the last nanosecond ([[BigDamnHeroes as usual]]), but though he claimed he "knew" Supes would pull through, he was obviously willing to [[HeroicSacrifice go down with the ship]] to save Earth.

-->'''Russian BigBad:''' "Any defiant last words, Dr. Jones?"
-->'''Indiana:''' "''I like [[DwightEisenhower Ike]].''"

* ''MassEffect3'':

* ''Film/JurassicPark'': [[spoiler" [[EvilPoacher Robert Muldoon]] gets one before being mauled by the "Big One."]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{JusticeLeague}}'': "Gentlemen, it's been an honor." Spoken by {{Batman}} as he's manually piloting the Watchtower on a [[ColonyDrop crash course]] with the Thanagarian hypergate during the series finale. Subverted in that Superman saves him at the last nanosecond ([[BigDamnHeroes as usual]]), but though he claimed he "knew" Supes would pull through, he was obviously willing to [[HeroicSacrifice go down with the ship]] to save Earth.

* ''Series/GetSmart'' has plenty of these comebacks in the face of danger such as Smart saying "And loving it!" when told of the dangers he's face. My personal favorite is when he's told that if captured he'll be tortured. "Well, I can stand the pain if they can stand the screaming."

--->[[spoiler: [[IronicEcho "Yes, we know]][[FridgeHorror who you are."]]]]

* In ''Film/VforVendetta'', V is facing down a squad of enemies:

* Series/{{Stargate SG-1}}'s most memorable example is when There But For the Grace of God, [[AlternateUniverse AU]] Sam is trying to prevent a Goa'uld invasion of Earth/the SGC. When some [[{{Mooks}} Jaffa]] corner her in the briefing room, she at first claims to surrender and that she has valuable technology she's willing to share with Apophis. They cautiously lower their weapons, expecting this weak human woman to show them the tech, giving her time to pull out a grenade and say "Thank you. I also wish to blow us all to hell." Cue massive explosion.

* [[spoiler:The Special Counsel]] in ''PersonOfInterest'' is executed by his former subordinate after completely failing his task of [[spoiler:protecting the Machine]]. His last words to his killer are an even "Fair enough."

* When cornered by the Meta in Red Vs Blue's 16th episode of Recreation, Simmons stated that he would die as he expected, "Under-equipped and surrounded by people I hate? Yeah, that's pretty much how I pictured it since I got assigned to this unit"

* "[[WesternAnimation/{{JusticeLeague}} Gentlemen, it's been an honor]]." Spoken by {{Batman}} as he's manually piloting the Watchtower on a [[ColonyDrop crash course]] with the Thanagarian hypergate during the series finale. Subverted in that Superman saves him at the last nanosecond ([[BigDamnHeroes as usual]]), but though he claimed he "knew" Supes would pull through, he was obviously willing to [[HeroicSacrifice go down with the ship]] to save Earth.

* [[ThereWillBeBrawl "Survive this day, and tell your brother that no one ever made a trophy of the king!"]]

* [[SuikodenII It took hundreds to kill me, but I killed humans by the thousands!]]

* [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Yuri:]] [[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia "Heh... go ahead. Hope you choke... on my bones..."]]

-->"Oh, it's time for tea."/
Then in Servant of Evil you learn that [[spoiler:it was actually ''Len'', Rin's servant and twin, up there, disguised as her, with Rin in the crowd, bawling her eyes out.]]

-->"Oh, it's time for tea."//

In {{Vocaloid}}'s ''Daughter of Evil/ Servant of Evil'', when Rin is at the guillotine, she looks to the crowd and says:
--->"Oh, it's time for tea."
Then in Servant of Evil you learn that [[spoiler:it was actually ''Len'', Rin's servant and twin, up there, disguised as her, with Rin in the crowd, watching with teary eyes. Actually, she was bawling her eyes out. Nobody cared.]]

* [[Film/{{Braveheart}} FREEEEEEDOOOOOOOM!!!!!]]
* [[InglouriousBasterds Say "Auf Wiedersehen" to your Nazi balls!]]

* [[StarWars "You can't win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine."]]

* [[ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid "For a moment there,]] [[BolivianArmyEnding I thought we were in trouble."]]

* [[Film/TheWickerMan "Dear God, I humbly entreat thee for the soul of this thy servant, Neil Howie, who will today depart from this world. Do not deliver me into the enemy's hands or put me out of mind forever. Let me not undergo the real pains of hell, dear God, because I die unshriven. And establish me in that bliss which knows no ending, O Christ, Our Lord..."]]

* [[ChildrenOfMen Pull my finger.]]
* [[Film/{{Valkyrie}} LONG LIVE SACRED GERMANY!!!]]

* [[Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry General Chang]] (who has been endlessly quoting Shakespeare as his cloaked Bird of Prey hammers the ''Enterprise'') realizes the end has come when the ''Enterpise'' fired a modified torpedo to home onto his ship's gas emissions, and sees it coming straight for the screen.

* In ''{{Crysis}}'', [[SemperFi Major Strickland]] has this to say on the [[HumongousMecha Hunter]] bearing down on him:

* That's how [[spoiler: Kagari]] goes out in {{Anime/Psychopass}}. And [[spoiler:Ouryo Rikako too.]]

* In ''VforVendetta'', V is facing down a squad of enemies:

* [[spoiler:The Special Counsel]] after completely failing in his assigned task is gunned down along with the others involved. His last words are an even "Fair enough."

->''Sejanus: "I have no need of a trial to prove your guilt."''
->''Gallus: "A song sung by every small-town corrupt policeman, which is what you are and what you should have stayed. There's no escape in sight."''

See FaceDeathWithDignity. Similar to DefiantToTheEnd, but employs humor rather than treating the situation with anger.

* Ahab confronts ''Literature/MobyDick'' with lines that are later appropriated by the well-read and GenreSavvy Khan Noonien Singh in ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan:''
--> "To the last, I grapple with thee. From Hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee."

* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' touches this trope a couple of times.
** In 'Safe', Simon Tam attempts to reason with the torch-bearing mob that intend to burn his sister as a witch. He's unsuccessful, so he climbs up onto the heap of firewood and takes her in his arms.
--> '''Simon:''' Light it.

See FaceDeathWithDignity, DefiantToTheEnd.

* Subverted in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. When Damar is about to be executed, he goes into the whole "you can't kill the movement" speech before a Jem'hadar cuts him off by saying that last words are not permitted.

* "A ninja's duty in life... is death!" said in ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' by a neko ninja, whose last chance to sabotage an armory is to light a pile of black powder while he and the corrupt government member he's shouting at are inside the building. Overlaps with NotQuiteDead and adds a hint of irony because that ninja had been struck down earlier.