History Main / IDontWanttoDie

* {{HollywoodUndead}}'s single ''I Don't Wanna Die''

* In ''Webcomic/DocRat'', [[http://www.docrat.com.au/default.asp?thisItem=649 they suggest getting rid of the computer that the now fired practice manager brought it. It begs and pleads.]]

->''"[[TrueCompanions I want to see you all again]]. Just one more time. I'm...scared. I don't want... to die."''

* Mme Du Barry in ''Literature/TheWomanWithTheVelvetNecklace''. This is based on historical anecdote, telling that the woman's last lines before she was lowered before the guillotine were "Just one minute more, sir! One more minute!"

--> '''Darling''': Er- not all that good, Blackadder. Rather hoped I'd get through the whole show, go back to work at Pratt and Sons, keep wicket for the Croydon Gentlemen, [[{{Retirony}} marry Doris]]. Made a note in my diary on the way here. Simply says: "[[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner Bugger]]".

* {{Bones}} had this during the death of [[spoiler:Vincent]] who, with his last breaths begged "Don't make me leave. I want to stay."

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' pull of a CrowningMomentOfAwesome, [[HeartwarmingMoments Heartwarming]], and {{Tearjerker}}: In the Enies Lobby Arc, Nico Robin tried to give herself up to keep her crewmates from being arrested (and later executed) alongside her. But later when they risk their lives just to get within shouting distance of her and ask if she really wants to make a HeroicSacrifice, she breaks down and asks them to save her.
** This is an interesting example in that Robin didn't admit this immediately. While she didn't ''want'' to die, she said she'd prefer death over being abandoned again, as despite her fondness of them she believes that the Straw Hats will eventually abandon her like everyone else, because her greatest enemy is the entire world. She finally admitted the truth while in tears after the Straw Hats proceeded to declare war on the entire world by shooting and burning the World Government flag, just as proof to show Robin how far they would go for her.

->''" [[TrueCompanions I want to see you all again]]. Just one more time. I'm...scared. I don't want... to die."''

* ''OnePiece'' pull of a CrowningMomentOfAwesome, [[HeartwarmingMoments Heartwarming]], and {{Tearjerker}}: In the Enies Lobby Arc, Nico Robin tried to give herself up to keep her crewmates from being arrested (and later executed) alongside her. But later when they risk their lives just to get within shouting distance of her and ask if she really wants to make a HeroicSacrifice, she breaks down and asks them to save her.

* In the DownerEnding of ''ChronoCrusade'', Rosette, who has spent all her remaining life force battling the BigBad, seems ready to FaceDeathWithDignity, but just minutes before the time comes, she breaks down and starts crying how she doesn't want to die and lists all the things she still wants to do in her life... Well, you've read the "DownerEnding" part above.

* In ''EndOfEvangelion'', Asuka whispers this line repeatedly to herself/her robot for a full minute before screaming it and hulking out on the Mass Produced Evas.

* [[Literature/TheBible Jesus]], in Gethsemane, asks God if there was any [[TakeAThirdOption third option]] that would avoid His own death. [[ItWasHisSled There wasn't even a]] ''[[YouCantFightFate second option.]]''

* Class Zero, the young heroes of ''VideoGame/{{Final Fantasy Type-0}}'', have been preparing to sacrifice their lives for the war effort since childhood. But when the time comes and they're slowly succumbing to their wounds, they realise that not only is dying painful and scary, but being {{child soldiers}} they've also never had a chance to truly live. Most of them break down in tears and confess they never wanted to die at this point... but they do, [[TearJerker all twelve of them together]].

* In ''ValkyrieProfile'', when recruiting Nanami, Valkyrie gets side tracked to dispose of a ghost attacking her. The ghost is actually a close friend of Nanami, and Nanami stops the Valkyrie from destroying it.

->''"I want to see [[TrueCompanions you all]] again. Just one more time. I'm...scared. I don't want... to die."''

When a hero is forced to make the [[HeroicSacrifice ultimate sacrifice for the greater good]], they suddenly realize "Wait, IDontWantToDie". It might be a ChosenOne wondering why they specifically have to be the one to die and nobody else. This scenario is often used to show a somewhat flawed, human side to the hero, and also to make the scene more dramatic. It is characterized by very unheroic responses and actions wherein they lose bravery, resolve, consideration of the greater good and, sometimes, dignity. It is likely that the hero will need someone to help them calm down if they don't end up doing so themselves and FaceDeathWithDignity. There's also the possibility that this will be their DespairEventHorizon and might lead them to try and ScrewDestiny by running away. Attempts to TakeAThirdOption don't usually work out. Although there is the possibility of a DeusExMachina to save the day, this may or may not affect the impact of the scene.

->''"I want to see [[TrueCompanions all of you]] again. Just one more time. I'm...scared. I don't want... to die."''

** Not to mention the Eleventh Doctor spends the whole of the Day of the Doctor Arc running from his own death, succeeding in postponing it by 200 years ([[AnachronicOrder in his own personal timeline]]), before finally being confronted by Doreen's head telling him that he can not run anymore, [[spoiler: but he still manages to cheat his own death.]]

* In ''HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', [[spoiler:when Harry learns that he is a Horcrux and must die if Voldemort is to be made vulnerable, he does not speak to Ron, Hermione, or Ginny as he heads to his death, because he knows that doing so might cause him to cave in and not go through with it.]]
* A varient in ''[[TheSagaOfDarrenShan Cirque de Freak]]''. Darren doesn't have to die, but he ''really'' doesn't [[TearJerker want to fake his own death to abandon his family]]. Unfortunately, he has to do so or else, as a half-vampire, he runs the risk of accidentally killing his family or friends. At one point he asks Mr. Crepsley if there's any way he can just run away in the middle of the night. He's told he cannot, because his family would never stop looking for him.

-->-- [[spoiler:'''Emil''']], ''VideoGame/{{NieR}}''

* [[Literature/TheBible Jesus]], in Gethsemane, asks God if there was any [[TakeAThirdOption third option]] that would avoid His own death. [[ItWasHisSled There wasn't.]]

* In "Bohemian Rhapsody" by {{Queen}}, one of the lines is "I don't wanna die; sometimes I wish I'd never been born at all."

** ''Eli eli, lama sabachthani?''[[hottip:*:"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"]]

* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': In the Normal Ending of the Heaven's Feel route, Shirou's mind is already dead when he goes to destroy the HolyGrail. His last thoughts were about how he doesn't want to do this and how he wants to live, even if only for one more day.

* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', everyone who gets eaten by Titans acts this way right before the teeth come down. Or worse, while they are slowly dissolving in the Titans' stomach acid.

* Massive tear jerker in [[[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/109581/1/i-did-not-want-to-die/i-did-not-want-to-die I Did Not Want To Die.]] ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', everyone who gets eaten by Titans acts this way right before the teeth come down. Or worse, while they are being digested.

* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', everyone who gets eaten by Titans acts this way right before the teeth come down.

* Tearfully said word for word by the Kid in ''TheQuickAndTheDead'', after he's been gut-shot by Harod and is dying in the dirt. He dies mere seconds later.

* Pengin from ''LightNovel/{{Katanagatari}}'', a ChildSoldier, is asked for his last words by the man who just gut-shot him. Pengin cries that he doesn't want to die. His opponent calls him a coward and shoves the gun in his mouth.

* ''BusouRenkin'': Faced with the decision between stopping the villain, Victor, and saving himself [[spoiler:from BECOMING a "Victor" (which is something like WalkingWasteland status)]], Kazuki panics a bit. It's a very human moment from a WideEyedIdealist and HotBlooded hero.

* Pengin from ''{{Katanagatari}}'', a ChildSoldier, is asked for his last words by the man who just gut-shot him. Pengin cries that he doesn't want to die. His opponent calls him a coward and shoves the gun in his mouth.
* Inverted in ''{{Berserk}}'' with the villain Wyald, whose motto is "Enjoyment and excitement!" and who claims that life is a waste, but ironically enough, he is terrified of dying. After he was killed off for good, [[ThisWasHisTrueForm it was revealed that his true form]] was a frail old man.

* ''FateStayNight'': In the Normal Ending of the Heaven's Feel route, Shirou's mind is already dead when he goes to destroy the HolyGrail. His last thoughts were about how he doesn't want to do this and how he wants to live, even if only for one more day.

* In ''{{Nier}}'', Emil's final thoughts after staying behind to save his friends are that he's scared of dying and wants to see them one more time.