History Main / GreatWayToGo

** It is said that 17th century French playwright and actor Moliere died during the applause after one of his performances in the title role of ''Le malade imaginaire'' (''Theatre/TheImaginaryInvalid'', or ''The Hypochondriac'').

* There is a legend that Genghis Khan died because of the exhaustion of having fought a battle in the morning, going and fighting two duels and lastly bedding a captured princess when he gave out on climax. In reality, he died by falling off his horse while riding blind drunk. He was 71. That ''could'' also qualify.
* Attila the Hun's rampage through Europe came to an end when he took a Germanic princess to his bed and wedded her with such enthusiasm it gave him a fatal nosebleed. His warriors decided they needed to mourn the great conqueror he had been in the manliest way ever, and as such willingly cut themselves to shed blood instead of tears. You ''know'' you want this funeral arrangments too.

** "Amazon Women In The Mood" has a non-verbal variant where Fry and Zapp go between properly terrified and excited after being sentenced to [[OutWithABang death by "snu-snu"]]. Verbally, there's:

** In "A Pharaoh To Remember," the crew show Bender that they will still care about him after he's dead by showing him how they would conduct his funeral:

** "A Clockwork Origin":
--->'''Fry:''' (carried away by a robot pterodactyl) This is a cool way to die!

* Cody from ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama World Tour]]'' accidentally fell into the [[UsefulNotes/StatueOfLiberty Statue of Liberty's]] [[MarshmallowHell bosom]], only escaping due to Sierra's help.

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* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': a guy DiedLaughing after taking a drug, and a brother comes to seek revenge. The drug dealer whose fault it was just says that it sounded like a great way to go. [[RelativeButton The brother does not take kindly to this.]]

* ''Anime/SundayWithoutGod'': Hampnie Hambart says he wants to die with people crying by his side. [[spoiler: He dies with Ai, his daugter, crying for him in his funeral.]]

* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': In the mini-series ''Death: The Time of Your Life'', Barry reflects upon the death of Larry in a way that serves as a BrickJoke later in the series:

* In the ''[[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]]'' mini-series, ''Death: The Time of Your Life'', Barry reflects upon the death of Larry in a way that serves as a BrickJoke later in the series:

** British comedian Tommy Cooper's death from a heart attack while performing on live television '''in front of [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen the Queen]]''' is constantly referred to as an artist's dream come true, or at least a generally good way to go.

* In ''Machinima/ArbyNTheChief'', WordOfGod stated that this was his intentions during the final moments of the ([[SeriesFauxnale then-final]]) episode of the series. Though considering [[DarkerAndEdgier how dark the series has gotten since its earlier days]], [[FromBadToWorse and the events that go down in the actual episode itself]], one way or another [[DownerEnding it's still a pretty sad ending]] for [[DrivenToSuicide two of the series' most beloved characters]].

--->'''Fry:''' Dearly Beloved, we are here today to remember Bender, taken from us in the prime of life; when he was crushed by a runaway semi, driven by the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk.\\