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* ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'': Karlach's infernal engine is too hot to be sustained outside of Avernus indefinitely, meaning that at some point, the engine will explode and kill her from the inside. Karlach is content with dying with her freedom in tact rather than returning to Avernus. [[spoiler: At the end of the game, Karlach can either go out with her freedom in tact, return to Avernus but with Wyll or your character, or become a mind flayer but in doing so, avoid going back to Avernus.]]
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* ''Fanfic/{{Everqueen}}: Reclamation'': Surprisingly, this how Be'lakor goes out: his plan to devour Isha so he can ascend to godhood backfires spectacularly when she embraces her War Goddess aspect. When she has him dead to rights, the Chaos Gods reach out, offering to give him the power to save himself, at the cost of binding himself to them as their slave again. To the surprise of ''everyone'', the First Fallen decides he would rather let Isha kill him then return to bondage. Even Isha seems to show a measure of respect.
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** A similar thing was done earlier in the war at Jotapata. In that case their leader, Josephus, rigged the selection so that he'd be the last man standing and then [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere surrendered]].

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** A similar thing was done earlier in the war at Jotapata. In that case their leader, Josephus, rigged the selection so that he'd be the last man standing and then [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere surrendered]]. His name is still synonymous with 'traitor' in Judaism.
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* In ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'', Angel [[MercyKill asks the player character(s) to end her suffering]] as her own father has kept her imprisoned as a living power source to charge a key necessary to unlock a superweapon. She is so desperate to be free of her situation that ''she sends the protagonist(s) extra ammo as they destroy the systems keeping her alive.''

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* In ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'', Angel [[MercyKill asks the player character(s) to end her suffering]] as her own cruel father has kept her imprisoned ''since childhood'' as a living power source to charge a the key necessary to unlock a an alien superweapon. She is so desperate to be free of her situation that ''she sends the protagonist(s) extra ammo as they destroy the systems keeping her alive.''
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* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Suddenly Human", one of the Talarians the ''Enterprise'' rescues from their damaged ship is actually a human named Jono. In an attempt to get Jono to accept his human heritage, Captain Picard tries to get him involved in a number of activities. Conflicted between the Talarian way of life he had and returning to the humans he was told he was, he decides to try and murder Picard in his sleep in a SuicideByCop-style action, hoping they will kill him so he can die as a Talarian rather than return as a human. This convinces Picard to stand down and return Jono to the Talarians.
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Happens in many RealLife slave narratives. Often overlaps DyingReconcilliation.

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Happens in many RealLife slave narratives. Often overlaps DyingReconcilliation.
DyingReconciliation.
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Happens in many RealLife slave narratives.

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Happens in many RealLife slave narratives.
narratives. Often overlaps DyingReconcilliation.

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* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Daenerys is going for something like this when she orders the slave collars removed from the crucified children.

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* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS3E3WalkOfPunishment Walk of Punishment]]": Daenerys offers water to a crucified slave, but he declines, as "there are no masters in the grave".
** "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS4E1TwoSwords Two Swords]]":
Daenerys is going for something like this when she orders the slave collars removed from the crucified children.
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* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Himiko establishes many times over that her freedom is more precious to her than anything besides her friends; it's why she's so terrified of being caught by the authorities and forced to live in prison, or killed in the struggle against heroes. When Ochaco is bleeding out in front of her after fighting so hard to save her, she realizes she'll never be happier than in that moment, and chooses to give her life for Ochaco's with a blood transfusion to ensure she truly dies on her own terms.

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* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaHimikoToga Himiko Toga]] establishes many times over that her freedom is more precious to her than anything besides her friends; it's why she's so terrified of being caught by the authorities and forced to live in prison, or killed in the struggle against heroes. When Ochaco is bleeding out in front of her after fighting so hard to save her, she realizes she'll never be happier than in that moment, and chooses to give her life for Ochaco's with a blood transfusion to ensure she truly dies on her own terms.
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* The ''Anime/GrimmsFairyTaleClassics'' version of "Literature/GodfatherDeath" recontextualizes [[spoiler:the godson's death]] as this -- [[spoiler:finally tired of having to obey Death, he [[HeroicSacrifice saves the princess knowing that Death will kill him in return]] so he can finally save innocents by his own free will]].

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* In ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'', David outright rejects [[FinalBoss Adam Smasher's]] offer to become a construct and accepts his fate knowing he kept Lucy safe. Given that engrams don't legally have rights, his decision ensured he wouldn't become Arasaka property.

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* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': Kenny finds that his desire for power has made him a slave just like Rod and Freida. So when he is mortally wounded, he decides to let it end.
* In ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'', David outright rejects [[FinalBoss Adam Smasher's]] Smasher]]'s offer to become a construct and accepts his fate knowing he kept Lucy safe. Given that engrams don't legally have rights, his decision ensured he wouldn't become Arasaka property.property.
* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'': The Mother Spider Demon lets Tanjiro kill her so she can finally die in peace and be freed from Rui and "Father's" abuses.



* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'': Bucciarati tells this to Giorno before ascending to the afterlife, saying that he freed himself from being a slave of fate and took his own path.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolion JoJolion]]'': Kaato's takes a fatal wound from Toru's Wonder of U to feed Tsurugi the sap from the Locacaca plant, saving his life and freeing herself and the rest of the family from their curse before she dies.
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Himiko establishes many times over that her freedom is more precious to her than anything besides her friends; it's why she's so terrified of being caught by the authorities and forced to live in prison, or killed in the struggle against heroes. When Ochaco is bleeding out in front of her after fighting so hard to save her, she realizes she'll never be happier than in that moment, and chooses to give her life for Ochaco's with a blood transfusion to ensure she truly dies on her own terms.



* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': At the end of the Mysterious Console [[DownloadableContent DLC]], Noni, after learning that she's a digital construct of the real Noni who died long ago, chooses to leave the console knowing she'll disappear forever, being content with finally being free instead of remaining trapped within a device.



* In ''VideoGame/Persona5 [[UpdatedRerelease Royal]]'', Akechi tells Joker that despite being brought back to life as a result of a LotusEaterMachine, he wants to carve his own path and accept the choice he made in their last meeting, and that he refuses to embrace a false reality while being under the control of someone else.

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* In ''VideoGame/Killer7'': Emir Parkreiner is proclaimed to be evil by Harman, and considered "The Bloody Heartland" by those who know him. But he clearly realized something was wrong with his operation and his life after murdering all of the Smiths besides Harman and, not wanting to keep dealing with all the manipulation anymore, took himself out.
* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':
** ''VideoGame/Persona2'': [[VideoGame/Persona1 Kandori]] willingly lets himself die a second time when the underwater ruins collapse around him, freeing him from Nyarlathotep's thrall once and for all.
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''VideoGame/Persona5 [[UpdatedRerelease Royal]]'', Royal]]'': Akechi tells Joker that despite being brought back to life as a result of a LotusEaterMachine, he wants to carve his own path and accept the choice he made in their last meeting, and that he refuses to embrace a false reality while being under the control of someone else.else.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'': Holly Summers dies on her own terms instead of letting the UAA get a hold of her.



* Before entering his final battle in ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'', Zack utters: "The price of freedom sure is steep." It was that or be killed by the army.

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* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears'': The Archfiends and several other previous bosses from [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV the original game]] are ''furious'' with being revived and controlled by the Maenads/Creator, and will actively kill themselves if the party damages them enough to free them from mental control.
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Before entering his final battle in ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'', ''[[VideoGame/CrisisCore Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII]]'', Zack utters: "The price of freedom sure is steep." It was that or be killed by the army.army.
* ''VideoGame/Mother3'': After intentionally killing himself with a rebounded lightning bolt, Clause dies as himself, free of Porky's control.
* ''VideoGame/{{XenoGears}}'': Hammer's final moments has him dying with relief, being freed from the pain brought upon him when he was integrated with a Gear.



* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'': Hawke's mother Leandra says this as she dies, free of the horrific spells and magic that had been done to her. Free to return to those of Hawke's family who have since died.
** Anders invokes this trope at the end when he blows up the Chantry. He believes it's better for Kirkwall mages to die fighting for their freedom than live under the Cricle.
* In the final mission of ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'', Thrall said to Archimonde (who was about to kill him): "Our spirit is stronger than you know, demon! If we are to fall, then so be it! At least now we are free!" In the previous two games in the series, the orcs had been MoreThanMindControl servants to the demons. Then he teleported away, so this may not count...
** A better example might be Thrall's friend Grom, who dies in battle against the demon Mannoroth, who originally corrupted the orcs. As he lays dying from his wounds, he remarks that at least he was able to free himself, to which Thrall responds, "No, my friend.. you've freed us all." (It's worth noting that Grom ''killed'' Mannoroth in the battle. What killed him was the fact demons explode when they die.)

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* ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'': Gamma deletes Eggman's master status from his own system and then decides that he must rescue his brothers, who are still Eggman's servants, by destroying them in a DuelToTheDeath.
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'': Hawke's mother Leandra says this as she dies, free of the horrific spells and magic that had been done to her. Free to return to those of Hawke's family who have since died.
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died. Anders invokes this trope at the end when he blows up the Chantry. He believes it's better for Kirkwall mages to die fighting for their freedom than live under the Cricle.
* In the final mission of ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'', ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} III'', Thrall said to Archimonde (who was about to kill him): "Our spirit is stronger than you know, demon! If we are to fall, then so be it! At least now we are free!" In the previous two games in the series, the orcs had been MoreThanMindControl servants to the demons. Then he teleported away, so this may not count...
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count. A better example might be Thrall's friend Grom, who dies in battle against the demon Mannoroth, who originally corrupted the orcs. As he lays dying from his wounds, he remarks that at least he was able to free himself, to which Thrall responds, "No, my friend.. you've freed us all." (It's worth noting that Grom ''killed'' Mannoroth in the battle. What killed him was the fact demons explode when they die.)



* ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'': In the prelude to the true ending, the Arisen player ends up as [[AGodIsYou Seneschal]]. If they decide to stay in the Seneschal Chamber, they can observe the now peaceful world but as a result are perpetuating the [[ViciousCycle wicked cycle]] the game's universe is trapped in. The true ending has the Arisen [[HeroicSuicide end their own life]], so they and the world may be free from the cycle.
** Even the [[SoundtrackDissonance upbeat out of place JPop opening]], ''Into Free'' by B'z, is basically a song the Arisen's corpse falling at the end of the game, describing it as "flying into free".

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* ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'': In the prelude to the true ending, the Arisen player ends up as [[AGodIsYou Seneschal]]. If they decide to stay in the Seneschal Chamber, they can observe the now peaceful world but as a result are perpetuating the [[ViciousCycle wicked cycle]] the game's universe is trapped in. The true ending has the Arisen [[HeroicSuicide end their own life]], so they and the world may be free from the cycle.
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cycle. Even the [[SoundtrackDissonance upbeat out of place JPop opening]], ''Into Free'' by B'z, is basically a song the Arisen's corpse falling at the end of the game, describing it as "flying into free".



* ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania|2017}}'': In Season 4, Lenore steps out into the sunlight to die, having had a HeelRealization and not wanting to be Isaac's prisoner.



* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E4Orders "Orders"]], Fives seems to be relieved as he dies that he no longer has the [[ManchurianAgent control chip]] in his brain, even though he wasn't able to spread the word about the true nature of the chips like he was trying to do.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': After being mortally wounded while fighting alongside the Rebellion in the GrandFinale, Gregor uses his last words to thank Rex and the Rebels for giving him a chance to fight for a cause he actually believed in for once, rather than one he was programmed to serve.

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''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E4Orders "Orders"]], Fives seems to be relieved as he dies that he no longer has the [[ManchurianAgent control chip]] in his brain, even though he wasn't able to spread the word about the true nature of the chips like he was trying to do.
* ** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': After being mortally wounded while fighting alongside the Rebellion in the GrandFinale, Gregor uses his last words to thank Rex and the Rebels for giving him a chance to fight for a cause he actually believed in for once, rather than one he was programmed to serve.



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* ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite'': After narrowly avoiding Songbird, Elizabeth begs Booker to never let it confine her again, putting his hand around her neck to make it clear she'd rather die. Booker promises that it won't come to that. [[spoiler:He fails in at least one timeline, and Elizabeth gets the FateWorseThanDeath that Comstock had long since promised her.]]
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* In the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' series, the Hork-Bajir are a peaceful alien race who have been enslaved by the parasitic Yeerks and used as shocktroops. The small amount of freed Hork-Bajir have a simple rallying cry: "Free or dead!".

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* In the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' series, the Hork-Bajir are a peaceful alien race who have been enslaved by the parasitic Yeerks and used as shocktroops. The small amount of freed Hork-Bajir have a simple rallying cry: "Free or dead!". That cry carries a deeper meaning though, as it's also a pledge to the Animorphs (who helped free them) that they'll commit suicide if need be to avoid being taken alive in order to protect the Animorphs secrets, especially that they are human.
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* In the highly popular TatooineSlaveCulture fanon created by author Fialleril, the slave language of Amatakka has a phrase 'Dukkra ba dukkra', which loosely translates as 'death is freedom'. In multiple stories, Anakin explains that in Amatakka, freedom is such an unobtainable concept, that the word for freedom and death are one and the same, and that a slave being able to choose their death is in a sense the only freedom they can obtain.

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* ''Series/BlackMirror'': The goal of the sentient video game characters in ''"USS Callister"'' - fly the ship through to the update patch (represented in-game by a wormhole) and get deleted by the firewall connecting the computer to the Cloud, so they can escape the VideoGameCrueltyPotential of their evil creator. [[spoiler:It doesn't work... Because they don't get deleted, only Daly's mod does - ''they'' become a part of the proper game. Getting to explore an entire procedurally-generated universe in a CoolStarship? [[EarnYourHappyEnding That sure sounds like heaven, doesn't it?]]]]
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva "Castrovalva"]], when the denizens of Castrovalva (a time/space trap created by the Master to destroy the Doctor) rebel against the Master, destroying the trap and themselves: "You made us, man of evil, but we are free!"

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* ''Series/BlackMirror'': The goal of the sentient video game characters in ''"USS Callister"'' - "[[Recap/BlackMirrorUSSCallister USS Callister]]" -- fly the ship through to the update patch (represented in-game by a wormhole) and get deleted by the firewall connecting the computer to the Cloud, so they can escape the VideoGameCrueltyPotential of their evil creator. [[spoiler:It doesn't work... Because they don't get deleted, only Daly's mod does - -- ''they'' become a part of the proper game. Getting to explore an entire procedurally-generated procedurally generated universe in a CoolStarship? [[EarnYourHappyEnding That sure sounds like heaven, doesn't it?]]]]
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva "Castrovalva"]], "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva Castrovalva]]", when the denizens of Castrovalva (a time/space trap created by the Master to destroy the Doctor) rebel against the Master, destroying the trap and themselves: "You made us, man of evil, but we are free!"



* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'': [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in the episode "The Grell" by a RubberForeheadAlien whose species was enslaved by humans when he and his master's family are stranded in the wilderness. He states that he would rather go back to his people's now uninhabitable planet, even though it would mean certain death. When his master asks him why, he replies "Because I would die free".

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* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'': [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in In the episode "The Grell" by "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S5E4TheGrell The Grell]]", a RubberForeheadAlien [[RubberForeheadAliens Rubber-Forehead Alien]] whose species was enslaved by humans when he and his master's family are stranded in the wilderness. He states that he would rather go back to his people's now uninhabitable planet, even though it would mean certain death. When his master asks him why, he replies "Because I would die free".



-->'''Guy of Gisborne''': I lived my life in shame. But thanks to you, I die proud. I am free...
* ''Series/RobinOfSherwood'', after his men take their first losses in fighting.
-->'''Robin''': Listen to me. Our friends who were killed, they'll never starve, or be tortured or chained in the dark. They're here with us, in Sherwood, and they always will be because they're free.

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-->'''Guy of Gisborne''': Gisborne:''' I lived my life in shame. But thanks to you, I die proud. I am free...
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-->'''Robin''': --->'''Robin:''' Listen to me. Our friends who were killed, they'll never starve, or be tortured or chained in the dark. They're here with us, in Sherwood, and they always will be because they're free.



---> '''Herne:''' "So he is free."

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---> '''Herne:''' "So --->'''Herne:''' So he is free."



-->"Do not shed tear. There is no greater victory than to fall from this world a free man."

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-->"Do -->''"Do not shed tear. There is no greater victory than to fall from this world a free man.""''
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-->-- '''Atticus''': For those of us about to die, we salute you! I die a free man!

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