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* ''{{Hellsing}}'' has this a few times. After [[spoiler:Pip Bernadette]] gets stabbed through the chest by Zorin Blitz's thrown scythe, he has enough time to deliver a final rousing speech to [[spoiler:fledgling vampire Seras Victoria,]] give her a first and last kiss, and a final request [[spoiler:that she drink his blood to become a true vampire. She does, resulting in a CrowningMomentofAwesome, and Pip eventually recovering as an added bonus.]] Then again at the end, [[spoiler: after Seras shoots the Major, he also has time for a RoboticReveal and a final speech.]]
* In ''{{Naruto}}'', the death or near-death of a major character can take the better part of an episode, and sometimes even spill over to the next. Then there's the funeral...

* ''Battle Royale'' II is infuriating for this - all the major characters get long drawn out deaths, with the huge hordes of enemies at the end of the film all stopping their attacking to let characters like [[spoiler:Shiori Kitano]] spend five full minutes making peace with the world.
* Subverted in ''{{Brick}}'' - [[spoiler: Dode]] is a very important character. He gets the shit punched out of him and then is promptly shot in the face before he can get a word in edgewise.

* Subverted in ''{{NCIS}}'' with [[spoiler:Kate's Death]]

* ''EternalSonata'' has Claves, who has a dying monologue that drags on forever.

* In MatrixRevolutions, [[spoiler: Trinity]] takes '''for-goddamn-ever''' to die while giving a long speech to [[spoiler: Neo about all the things she wished she had said ''last'' time she died]] - which had been an aversion of the trope.

* In MatrixRevolutions, [[spoiler: Trinity]] takes '''for-goddamn-ever''' to die while giving a long speech to [[spoiler: Neo about all the things she wished she had said ''last'' time she died]] which was an aversion of the trope.

* ''Franchise/MetalGear's'' [[spoiler: Big Boss]]. His dying monologue in VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4 lasts at least a good five minutes (after a good ten-minute exposition, no less). Many other bosses in the series are guilty of the trope, but his takes the cake.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. Holy cow. Mooks usually get taken out with a sword slash and are forgotten, higher-level subordinate villains may get a few minutes to die... but EVERY SINGLE major character death is apparently contractually entitled to a half-to-whole-episode flashback either immediately before death or sometimes after it.

* ''MetalGearSolid'''s [[spoiler: [[{{MetalGearSolid}} Big Boss]]]]. His dying monologue in MetalGearSolid4 lasts at least a good five minutes (after a good ten-minute exposition, no less). Many other bosses in the series are guilty of the trope, but his takes the cake.

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' (frequent): Major and semi-major villains usually take several seconds to 'dust'. For instance, [[spoiler:in ''The Harvest'', Luke has time to fall from the stage to the floor before dusting]], but run-of-the-mill vamps most often dust before the stake is removed. This may be loosely based on the vampire's power, given that The Master was reduced to a skeleton but never dust.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. Holy cow. Mooks usually get taken out with a sword slash and are forgotten, higher-level subordinate villains may get a few minutes to die... but EVERY SINGLE major villain is apparently contractually entitled to a half-to-whole-episode flashback immediately before death. Major heroes have occasionally been cut down surprisingly quickly, but to my knowledge none have ACTUALLY died.

* ''{{Bleach}}''. Holy cow. Mooks usually get taken out with a sword slash and are forgotten, higher-level subordinate villains may get a few minutes to die... but EVERY SINGLE major villain is apparently contractually entitled to a half-to-whole-episode flashback immediately before death. Major heroes have occasionally been cut down surprisingly quickly, but to my knowledge none have ACTUALLY died.

* Subverted with [[spoiler:Damar]] near the end of ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', who despite being rather important to the plot and the universe went out with a [[KilledMidSentence one-word]] final speech.

* In ''{{Assassins Creed}}'', the major assassination targets are capable of giving entire soliloquies, followed up by an explanation of important plot points, ''after you've stabbed them in the throat.''

* In ''Film/ReturnOfTheKing'', Boromir not only takes forever to be killed (arrow after arrow, and overcranked as well), but he takes quite a while to die, complete with a speech to Aragorn--and that after waiting patiently through Aragorn's big duel with the chief Uruk-Hai.

* In ''ReturnOfTheKing'', Boromir not only takes forever to be killed (arrow after arrow, and overcranked as well), but he takes quite a while to die, complete with a speech to Aragorn--and that after waiting patiently through Aragorn's big duel with the chief Uruk-Hai.

* ''{{Hellsing}}'' has this a few times. After [[spoiler:Pip Bernadette]] gets stabbed through the chest by Zorin Blitz's thrown scythe, he has enough time to deliver a final rousing speech to [[spoiler:fledgling vampire Seras Victoria,]] give her a first and last kiss, and a final request [[spoiler:that she drink his blood to become a true vampire. She does, resulting in a CrowningMomentofAwesome, and Pip [[IGotBetter eventually getting better]] as an added bonus.]] Then again at the end, [[spoiler: after Seras shoots the Major, he also has time for a RoboticReveal and a final speech.]]

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* Subverted in {{Brick}}- [[spoiler: Dode]] is a very important character. He gets the shit punched out of him and then is promptly shot in the face before he can get a word in edgewise.

* ''TheIliad'': Although scores of heroes die during the epic's pages, most of them die without so much as a word before eating dust. However, the most pivotal death in the book, Patroclus' killing by Hector, has a long final speech by the victim, in which Patroclus warns Hector of his impeding death.

* Both played straight and inverted in ''[[{{Firefly}} Serenity]]''. One major character, [[spoiler:Book]], and one throwaway character, [[spoiler:Mr. Universe]], get drawn-out deaths with the standard speech. On the other hand, [[spoiler:Wash]]'s death is instantaneous.

* In {{Assassins Creed}}, the major assassination targets are capable of giving entire soliloquies, followed up by an explanation of important plot points, ''after you've stabbed them in the throat.''

* EternalSonata has Claves, who has a dying monologue that drags on forever.

* MetalGearSolid's [[spoiler: [[{{MetalGearSolid}} Big Boss]]]]. His dying monologue in MetalGearSolid4 lasts at least a good five minutes (after a good ten-minute exposition, no less). Many other bosses in the series are guilty of the trope, but his takes the cake.

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* Subverted in {{NCIS}} with [[spoiler:Kate's Death]]

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* ''{{Hellsing}}'' has this a few times. After [[spoiler:Pip Bernadette]] gets stabbed through the chest by Zorin Blitz's thrown scythe, he has enough time to deliver a final rousing speech to [[spoiler:fledgling vampire Seras Victoria,]] give her a first and last kiss, and a final request [[spoiler:that she drink his blood to become a true vampire. She does, resulting in a CrowningMomentofAwesome, and Pip [[IGotBetter eventually getting better]] as an added bonus.]] Then again at the end, [[spoiler: after Seras shoots the Major, he also has time for a RoboticReveal and a final speech.]]
* In ''{{Naruto}}'', the death or near-death of a major character can take the better part of an episode, and sometimes even spill over to the next. Then there's the funeral...

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* MetalGearSolid's [[spoiler: [[{{MetalGearSolid}} Big Boss]]]]. His dying monologue in MGS4 lasts at least a good five minutes (after a good ten-minute exposition, no less). Many other bosses in the series are guilty of the trope, but his takes the cake.

*''Battle Royale'' II is infuriating for this - all the major characters get long drawn out deaths, with the huge hordes of enemies at the end of the film all stopping their attacking to let characters like [[spoiler:Shiori Kitano]] spend five full minutes making peace with the world. And this entry is written by a fan of the film as well!