History Main / IRegretNothing

* In ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'':
** When being overcome by the Spirit Bomb, Frieza declares that he has only one regret. Of course, he survives.
--->'''Frieza:''' If I had any single regret for the countless horrific events that have transpired in my wake, [[ItsAllAboutMe it's that I'm dying.]]
** When Cell is being obliterated by Gohan's final Kamehameha, he breaks out into a mental musical cover of Music/FrankSinatra's ''My Way'' and basically admits he couldn't be any happier with how he goes out.
--->'''Cell''': "♪The record shooooooows, I took the blooooooows, and did it myyyy waaaaaaaaaay~!♫"
** Future Cell tried to do the above when Trunks Heat Domes him to death. It doesn't work out.
--->'''Future Cell''': "♪And now... the end is near...♫ AH GODDAMN IT SHIIIIIIIIIET..."

* In adamwestslapsod ''WebVideo/TheLegendOfZeldaTheAbridgedSeries'' series, after Link "defeats" Twinrova one of them says "I regret nothing!... except dying."

* In ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', in Kaiba's flashbacks, when he take over his step-father's company, we learn that he doesn't had enough shares but he got them from Hobson.
-->'''Hobson:''' Hobson give shares to Seto!\\
'''Gozaburo:''' Hobson, how could you do this to me? After I picked you up from the gutters--\\
'''Hobson:''' Hobson regret nothing!
* When Kurama has him at his mercy in ''WebVideo/YuYuHakushoAbridged'', Genbu is left with only his bad humor as a potential weapon. Neither Kurama nor Hiei let him have any of it.
-->'''Genbu''': ... ... Git-er-done? (LaughTrack interrupted by...)\\
'''Hiei''': No! No more laugh track!\\
'''Genbu''': Well... this sucks more than a-\\
'''Kurama''': If you make one more stupid comparative joke, I'm going to kill you.\\
''({{beat}})''\\
'''Genbu''': ... ...dollar whore with no gag reflex? ''(slice)'' I REGRET EVERYTHING!! ''(explodes)''\\
'''Kurama''': ''({{beat}})'' ...[[IronicEcho Git 'er done,]] [[PrecisionFStrike motherfucker.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS8E19Karen20InSpongeiac Karen 2.0]]", it is revealed that Plankton had installed a jealousy scheduler and a molecular rearranger ray into his computer wife, Karen, but [[DidntThinkThisThrough he didn't think she would use both against]] ''[[DidntThinkThisThrough him]] [[DidntThinkThisThrough in retaliation at his replacing her with a new computer wife, Karen 2]]. As the first Karen tries to attack Plankton with the rearranger ray, he tries to reason with her, but she responds in this manner.

* In ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'', when an aphrodisiac-influenced Teruteru tries to make his move on Hiyoko, but is then punched out by Chiaki, he claims he regrets nothing.
* A minor character in ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' is killed by the shrapnel from a smashed baseball bat during a [[SeriousBusiness particularly intense game.]] His last words are "I die with no regrets."

* In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', following the HeroicSacrifice of Wizardmon, Gatomon gets a last moment with him. As he dies, he tells her that he has no regrets, because without her, his life would have had no meaning. He finishes with "I'm glad we could be friends" and dies. Gatomon does not take this well.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'': Wamuu's final lines after being defeated by Joseph Joestar, feeling satisfied with the outcome of the battle.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'': Prior to the final battle with DIO, Kakyoin declares that he has no regrets making it this far with everyone, and whatever the outcome, [[spoiler:even if his death is one]], he'll be content either way.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]'': Once he's beaten by Johnny, Sandman accepts his end regardless of his decision to work under Valentine. His only concern goes out to his sister, who he prays for her safety.
* At the end of episode 7 of ''Manga/AttackOnTitanJuniorHigh'', Hange says this while being chased by Levi for flooding the sports festival with confetti.

* In ''Manga/SazanEyes'', during the climax, [[TheDragon Benares]] contemplates the impending EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and ultimately affirms that he has no regrets with his life.

-->'''Future Cell''': "♪And now... the end is near...♫ AH GODDAMN IT SHIIIIIIIIIET..."

* ''Film/{{Lolita}}'' (1997): in a voiceover by Humbert after he leaves Dolores (whose life he has ruined by molesting her) to shoot fellow pedophile Claire Quilty.
-->'''Humbert:''' Ladies and gentleman of the jury. I have to say that I regret all that I did before that last goodbye. But I regret nothing of what came after.
* ''Film/NineDead'': Sully does express some remorse for what he considers to be his worst crime, but when he finds out that the real reason behind his capture is something he considered [[ButForMeItWasTuesday completely insignificant]], he proudly embraces his criminal lifestyle, telling the captor he isn't sorry for any of it.
* In ''Film/{{Rush|2013}}'', Niki Lauda says he has no regrets after withdrawing from the Japanese Grand Prix because it wasn't safe.
-->'''Niki Lauda:''' No regrets. -- Not one.

* ''Literature/{{Persuasion}}'': Anne Elliot gives a speech about how "I have nothing to reproach myself with" regarding the eight years of needless pain and suffering she and Captain Wentworth endured as a result of her letting Lady Russell persuade her into breaking their engagement... even though she states she would never give someone the same advice in a similar situation.

* In Edgar Lee Masters ''The Spoon River Anthologies'', [[UndeadNarrator Fiddler Jones]] states that he had no regrets.
* Several of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's characters (notably [[Literature/MethuselahsChildren Lazarus Long]] and his vast family) are fond of saying "When the ship lifts all bills are paid. No regrets."
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' Nicodemus Archleon, leader of the Order of the Blackened Denarius[[note]]Each member carries on their person a single silver coin imbued with one of thirty Fallen Angels who served Lucifer. Nicodemus carries Anduriel, Lucifer's second-in-command.[[/note]] and has been around on Earth for close to two thousand years. In ''Skin Game'' while this phrase wasn't said, Nicodemus and Harry stand before the ArchangelUriel, who is very angry at Nick. So angry is the angel, his halo appears. Harry is just winged by the sight before averting his eyes and could see every bad and stupid choice he ever made in his life and saw how easy it could have been to take the better path. Nick stares head on into the holy light and laughs at the archangel.
* ''Literature/WarriorCats'': In ''The Last Hope'', Crowfeather says that he doesn't regret anything he's done during the FinalBattle.

* The page quote comes from the ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' episode "Partridge", which involves [[SleazyPolitician Councilman Jamm]] suing Ron for punching him in the face. Tom and April decide to lie to protect Ron, but Ron decides that since Jamm completely deserved to be punched in the face, he might as well tell the complete truth.
* A [[StockPhrases Stock Riff]] on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
* Eko from ''Series/{{Lost}}'' confesses this to what he thinks is the spirit of his dead brother [[spoiler:(which is actually the Smoke Monster, judging him), right before it mauls and kills him, seemingly disappointed by his words.]]

* When ''Series/EarthFinalConflict'' killed off [[MagnificentBastard Sandoval]], they had him say this.
* One of {{Series/Dexter}}'s victims, when confronted with his crimes shouted "I'm not sorry", Dexter replied "I'm not sorry either" just before killing him.
* Subverted in the early ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "Solitudes": trapped in an ice cavern with rescue apparently not coming, Captain Carter tells Colonel O'Neill that she has "no regrets... how about you?" True to form, O'Neill (who's currently suffering from some serious internal injuries including broken ribs) replies "I'll regret dying."

* In the ''Series/BabylonFive'' episode "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E22TheFallOfNight The Fall of Night]]", Sheridan is [[OrderedApology ordered to apologize]] to the Centauri for firing on one of their ships. Rehearsing what he plans to say, he [[SarcasmMode makes it clear]] that [[BackhandedApology he's not at all sorry]].
-->'''Sheridan:''' I'm sorry we had to defend ourselves against an unwarranted attack. I'm sorry that your crew was stupid enough to fire on a station filled with a quarter million civilians, including your own people. And I'm sorry I waited as long as I did before I blew them all straight to Hell!... As with everything else, it's the thought that counts.
* ''Series/DeusSalveORei'': Princess Catarina says this when [[spoiler:she is about to be hanged for her crimes]] in the last episode, being guilty of starting a war that killed thousands, destroyed her own home, sided with a tyrant to achieve her goal, tried to kill her own father and many other pleasant things. She even states that if given the chance, she'd do it all over again.
* In the ''Series/GameOfThrones'' episode "Oathbreaker", before he's about to be executed for treason, [[spoiler:Alliser Thorne]] gives a speech how [[IDidWhatIHadToDo everything he did was for the Night's Watch]], and if he could, he would do it all over again knowing how it would end.

* Aaron the Moor in ''Theatre/{{Titus Andronicus}}'':
-->'''Aaron:''' [[DefiantToTheEnd Ay, that I had not done a thousand more]]. Even now I curse the day -- and yet, I think, few come within the compass of my curse -- wherein I did not some notorious ill, as kill a man, or else devise his death, [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil ravish a maid]], or plot the way to do it, [[FrameUp accuse some innocent and forswear myself]], set deadly enmity between two friends, make poor men's cattle break their necks; set fire on barns and hay-stacks in the night, and bid the owners quench them with their tears. Oft have I [[GraveRobbing digged up dead men from their graves]], and [[DeadGuyOnDisplay set them upright at their dear friends' doors]], even when [[HopeSpot their sorrows almost were forgot]]; and on their skins, as on the bark of trees, have with my knife carved in Roman letters, 'Let not your sorrow die, though I am dead.' Tut, [[CardCarryingVillain I have done a thousand]] [[KickTheDog dreadful things]] [[ForTheEvulz as willingly as one would kill a fly]], and nothing grieves me heartily indeed but that I cannot do ten thousand more.

* In ''VideoGame/{{RuneScape}}'', these are [[spoiler: Lord Drakan's]] last words.

* In ''WebAnimation/MGTSchool'', Rasta says this after screaming at Akira to snap out of her daze (it also provides the page quote).

* ''Webcomic/RoomiesItsWalkyJoyceAndWalky'': [[spoiler:Ruth]] invokes this trope when she [[spoiler:dies pushing Danny out of the way of a truck]]
-->'''Ruth:''' Act with integrity...no regrets!
* ''Webcomic/AwkwardZombie'': [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/gunship At the end of this strip]] when Sora is criticized for his ship design.
* [[http://betweenfailures.com/archive/116-danger-zone/ This]] comic from ''Webcomic/BetweenFailures'', after a FunbagAirbag incident.
* ''Webcomic/RomanticallyApocalyptic'', [[http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/57 here]].

* [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0091.html This]] ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' strip unsurprisingly parodies not only this trope, but also Main/ImColdSoCold with a fruit pie.

* ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'': [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/great-power-great-responsibility-comes-with-ect Jared drops the trope name after he gets his pressure washer privileges revoked. Again.]]
* ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' has [[spoiler:K2-SO]]'s death:
-->'''[[spoiler:K2-SO]]:''' My only regret is that I didn't... shoot... more things...

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In one Halloween special, Mr. Burns is seen in hell, turned into an ugly (well, even uglier) creature, and he says this line.
** This is inverted in another Halloween special segment, "The Homega Man", as Comic Book Guy watches a nuke descend upon Springfield.
--->''"But Aquaman, you can't marry a woman without gills! You're from two different worlds! ''(sees nuke falling)'' ...Oh, I've wasted my life."''
** Also, we pan over the [[RightOnQueue very long line]] to see the ''Itchy & Scratchy'' movie, which goes over a drawbridge; the drawbridge opens and one person falls through. As he's falling he calls out the StockPhrase in question.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFpMEtBTxHU]]
** [[Creator/FXNetworks FXX]]'s 12-day long marathon of the show in 2014 compared its length to the lifespan of the average butterfly, with a different bump for each day depicting the butterfly going through stages of its life. On the 12th day, the butterfly was dead and its headstone had "I regret nothing" written on it.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': Eclipsa's feelings about what the Magic High Commission considers her misdeeds. Different than a lot of examples, this is used for purely dramatic effect.
-->'''Moon:''' Eclipsa, are you sorry for what you've done?\\
'''Eclipsa:''' No. I'm not.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' episode "Grubble Gum", Gazpacho declares this once he realizes he's about to be consumed by an ever-growing [[VideoGame/KatamariDamacy katamari]] of grubble gum.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
** From the episode "Crimes of the Hot:"
--->'''Bender:''' Look, I love life and its pleasures as much as anyone here, except perhaps you, [[TheHedonist Hedonismbot]]. But we need to be shut off! [[EspeciallyZoidberg Especially you, Hedonismbot]].\\
'''Hedonismbot:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv4Gui9hKCM I apologize for nothing!]]
** When That Guy from the '80s dies from boneitis at the end of "Future Stock" his dying words are "My only regret... is that I have... BONEITIS!"
* Zuko on ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' after passing up the opportunity to HeelFaceTurn, resulting in his uncle being imprisoned. Of course, Zuko ''does'' regret everything, he's just trying to convince himself otherwise.

* From ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra,'' after [[TheConqueror Kuvira]] discovers [[spoiler:[[HypercompetentSidekick Zhu Li]]]]'s betrayal:
-->'''[[spoiler:Zhu Li]]:''' [[YouMonster You're a monster]]. I regret ''nothing''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': In the opening for the second half of the season 2 finale, Terra monologues that she has no regrets serving Slade and [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat seemingly]] killing the Teen Titans. [[spoiler:We find out that she was lying.]]
-->'''Terra:''' My name is Terra. I have done horrible things. And I have absolutely no regrets.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': Batman contemplating his eventual demise in "I Am the Night".
-->'''Batman:''' It might be the Joker, or Two-Face, or just some punk who gets lucky. My decision. No regrets.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'':
** Terry pulls this off in the first season finale "Ascension." When he discovers his role in [[CreateYourOwnVillain turning Derek Powers into Blight]], Terry has no regrets over it, since it means now everyone can see Powers for the monster he really is.
--->'''Terry''': You mean, ''I'' made him that?\\
'''Bruce''': You may have. In part.\\
'''Terry''': Good. (''{{beat}}'') Hey, this guy had my father ''murdered'' and all he's done since is hide from the law! Well, no more hiding for Mr. Derek Powers. Now everyone can see him for what he is...even in the dark.
** In "Sneak Peek", when faced with the possibility of his identity being outed, Bruce is pretty subdued about it, confessing to Terry that he suspected that sooner or later, his identity would be exposed. His only real complaint is that it's at the hands of [[{{Paparazzi}} a sleazy tabloid reporter]] like Ian Peek.
--->'''Bruce''': I always assumed I'd be found out sooner or later. It's just galling that a piece of garbage like Peek had to be the one.
* Said twice by Cosmo in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' before taking off in an EscapePod with Wanda to escape a doomed Earth.
* Played with in the WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoon ''The Case of the Missing Hare''. After stage magician Ala Bahma throws a [[PieInTheFace pie in Bugs' face]], prompting Bugs to declare "Of course you realize that ThisMeansWar," Bugs leads the magician through merry hell until at the end of the cartoon, he holds a pie in his hands and briefly impersonates Red Skelton's "Mean Widdle Kid": "If I dood it, I get a whippin'. ''({{Beat}})'' I dood it." And the pie lands in the magician's face.
* Dramatic example in the ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' episode "Code of Hero". [[spoiler:Dinobot takes on the ENTIRE Predacon force to keep them from wiping out the primitive humans and changing the future. He succeeds, but the damage and energy loss is fatal.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'' have Sy Borgman subverted the trope when he [[spoiler:performed HeroicSacrifice to save Harley Quinn from [[HeManWomanHater Doctor Psycho]]]]. Sy Borgman, as a former CIA agent, regrets lots of things.

* ''WesternAnimation/VivaPinata'': This is one of [[BigBad Professor Pester's]] catchphrases. He usually utters it whenever his evil plans fail.
--> '''Pester''': ''I HAVE NOOOOOO REGRETS!!!''

'''The Doctor:''' Edith Piaf. Born on a doorstop and sang the blues.\\

** In the first game, [[spoiler:whoever you're forced to abandon on Virmire]] states, "I understand, Commander. I don't regret a thing".
** In the second game, this can come up during Shepard's talks with Samara:

** In the third game...

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'':

** In the Impel Down arc, this is Bon Clay's last line, as he rushes forward Chief Warden Magellan. It's also a major theme in the following arc and the series as a whole, as part of being a pirate is to live life without regrets (especially according to Luffy and Ace).

** The shipwright Tom was slated for execution due to building Gold Roger's ship. At his final trial hearing, he declared he had no regrets about what he had done and was proud of the ship he built.

* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'': Korekiyo Shinguji's only regret when he is found out as the blackened is that he wasn't able to meet his goal of killing 100 friends for Sister. Not at all that he regrets killing Angie and Tenko.

* LetsPlay/{{Jacksepticeye}} goes into the inversion of this trope in his playthrough of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' after seeing [[StatuesqueStunner Lady Dimitrescue]]'s [[spoiler: [[OneWingedAngel Molded]] [[DraconicAbomination form.]]]]