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*** There's a difference between smiling because you're at peace and smiling because you're psychotic.

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* In ''{{Digimon}}'', [[spoiler: Wizarmon may always have his mouth covered, but while he's dying after taking a fatal attack for Tailmon, it's very obvious he's [[TearJerker smiling up at her behind his cloak as he thanks her for her friendship]]]].

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* In ''{{Digimon}}'', [[spoiler: Wizarmon may always have his mouth covered, but while he's dying after taking a fatal attack for Tailmon, Gatomon, it's very obvious he's [[TearJerker smiling up at her behind his cloak as he thanks her for her friendship]]]].


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* The Mario series has [[spoiler: Dimentio]] and [[spoiler: Fawful]], from Super Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi, respectively, as each [[spoiler: has a final plan to eliminate the Mario Bros.]]
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*** [[spoiler: Therkla. [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0593.html Here.]]]] [[TearJerker I've got something in my eye...]]
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* How about Sin City while Tobey Maguire is being cut up and fed he's still smiling.

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* How about Sin City while Tobey Maguire Kevin is being cut up and fed he's still smiling.
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* How about Sin City while Tobey Maguire is being cut up and fed he's still smiling.
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** Lust also goes out with this way in [[DyingMomentOfAwesome the]] [[APlagueOnBothYourHouses manga/brotherhood]], not so much the [[TearJerker first one]].
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* In Vocaloid Kagamine Len's ''Servant of Evil'' (and Meiko's Daughter of Vengeance), [[spoiler:he smiles as he stands at the guillotine.]]
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" ''{{Saiyuki}}'': Kanan smiles as she kills herself infront of Gonou (Hakkai). Yaone would have done exsactly the same thing if she'd gone through with it. Hakkai himself when he thinks he's going to be killed smiles, very creepily as he [[EyeScream pulls out his own eye]]

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" * ''{{Saiyuki}}'': Kanan smiles as she kills herself infront of Gonou (Hakkai).(Hakkai), she was trying to smile for his benefit presumably. Yaone would have done exsactly the same thing if she'd gone through with it. Hakkai himself when he thinks he's going to be killed smiles, very creepily creepily, as he [[EyeScream pulls out his own eye]]
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" ''{{Saiyuki}}'': Kanan smiles as she kills herself infront of Gonou (Hakkai). Yaone would have done exsactly the same thing if she'd gone through with it. Hakkai himself when he thinks he's going to be killed smiles, very creepily as he [[EyeScream pulls out his own eye]]
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* Played for laughs in ''CannibalTheMusical''. One of the character is fatally shot while singing a song. Later, another character remarks how [[PeacefulInDeath peaceful]] he looks. The camera cuts to a shot of the corpse with a giant, goofy grin.
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* SurvivalOfTheFittest has a few, the most recent (and gut-wrenching) being [[http://s10.zetaboards.com/SOTF_V2/topic/7292280/1/?x=20 Eve Walker-Luther's death]] by ColdBloodedTorture at the hands of Sarah Atwell.
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* {{Tron}}: When the dying Ram realizes that Flynn is a User, and there to help - thus validating the belief he was persecuted for by the MCP.

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** Haku, Zabuza, [[spoiler:Chiyo, Asuma, and Jiraiya]] all died smiling. Kishimoto likes to have the good guys deaths softened in the knowledge they died at peace, bad guys don't get such a luxury.

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** Haku, Zabuza, [[spoiler:Chiyo, Asuma, Jiraiya, Itachi ([[TheReveal retroactively]]), and Jiraiya]] Nagato]] all died smiling. Kishimoto likes to have the good guys deaths softened in the knowledge they died at peace, bad guys don't get such a luxury.


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*** [[spoiler:Kisame]] is also an exception, as he [[FakingTheDead appeared to die]] then he [[AlasPoorVillain really died]] sporting a psychopathic grin ''both'' times (especially the second).
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**In his last moments, [[spoiler: Ulquiorra, who didn't as much [[TheStoic cracked an expression]] during the whole arc he appears in, gives a tiny smile to Orihime, while she keeps trying to reach his hand as he disintegrates]].
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* [[spoiler: Jedi Knight Jai Maruk]] in ''Yoda: DarkRendezvous''.
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* In ''TheFountain'', Tom the space traveler finally achieves peace with death moments before the nearby star goes nova. He's smiling as he's vaporized.
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* Played with in ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' with Tywin Lannister. Doesn't die happy (in fact, in life, never laughed at all), but a post-mortem "drying" gives the corpse a permanent smile.
** Not never smiles. Rarely smiles. ''Never'' laughs.
** That's not the only thing he does post-mortem...
--> [[CrowningMomentOfFunny "In the end, Lord Tywin Lannister did not shit gold."]]
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**As well as [[spoiler:Shinji]], who, [[spoiler:while bleeding to death out of two point-blank gunshot wounds, not only sneers at his would-be killer, and asks why he looks so sad, since this is what he wanted, but stands up, walks a few feet, throws back his head, laughs, assures everyone that this is how it should be, and collapses.]] Much more of a tear-jerker than it sounds like.
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* In ''[[Fantasia - Requiem of the Abyss]]'', Valen gives Shea one final smile as a LastRequest before the latter dies.

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* In ''[[Fantasia ''[[FantasiaOtomeGameSeries Fantasia - Requiem of the Abyss]]'', Valen gives Shea one final smile as a LastRequest before the latter dies.
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* In ''[[Fantasia - Requiem of the Abyss]]'', Valen gives Shea one final smile as a LastRequest before the latter dies.
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* To an extent this applies to Katsumoto from ''TheLastSamurai''. He is smiling just before sustaining his final wound, and dies reflecting upon the beauty of the cherry blossoms he is seeing. "Perfect. They are ''all'' perfect".

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* To an extent this applies to Katsumoto from ''TheLastSamurai''. He is smiling just before sustaining his final wound, and dies reflecting upon the beauty of the cherry blossoms he is seeing. "Perfect. They are ''all'' perfect".perfect."



* The Purifier in TheChroniclesOfRiddick cheerfully commits suicide by strolling into the lethal sunlight of Crematoria with a faint but noticeable smile on his face. Even [[HeroicSociopath Riddick]] was shocked.

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* The Purifier in TheChroniclesOfRiddick ''TheChroniclesOfRiddick'' cheerfully commits suicide by strolling into the lethal sunlight of Crematoria with a faint but noticeable smile on his face. Even [[HeroicSociopath Riddick]] was shocked.



* StarTrekGenerations: "It was... ''fun.'' Oh my..."

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* [[StarTrekGenerations "It was... ''fun.'' Oh my..."]]

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* [[StarTrekGenerations]]: "It was... ''fun.'' Oh my..."

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* Subverted in ''{{Vandread}}'', when TheStoic Meia performs her HeroicSacrifice to save Ezra's baby daughter, she smiles (a very rare event!) as she throws herself out of an airlock into space. It turns out, however, that their escape pod has just been picked up by the ship, but she didn't know that.
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* [[spoiler:Rachel]] in the final ''Animorphs'' book.

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* [[spoiler:Rachel]] in the final ''Animorphs'' ''{{Animorphs}}'' book.
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* [[spoiler:Rachel]] in the final ''Animorphs'' book.
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* In ''SonicX'' the revolutionary Molly does this, smiling at Shadow through her windshield before piloting her ship directly into the metarex fleet. Also a CrowningMomentofAwesome.

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* In ''SonicX'' the revolutionary Molly does this, smiling at Shadow through her windshield before piloting her ship directly into the metarex fleet. Also a CrowningMomentofAwesome.CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

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