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** ComicBook/RocketRaccoon: "Mother[=FU-]=!" After being [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice run through with a jury-rigged rocket]], having his bracelet destroyed by Stitch to keep him from teleporting and realising he's on a collision course with his own Orbital Weapons Stash.

** ComicBook/RocketRaccoon: "MotherFU-!" After being [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice run through with a jury-rigged rocket]], having his bracelet destroyed by Stitch to keep him from teleporting and realising he's on a collision course with his own Orbital Weapons Stash.

* In ''ComicBook/Eternals2021'', Phastos decides to face ComicBook/{{Thanos}} rather than risk more innocent deaths while Thanos hunts him down. He steps into the open and shouts "Thanos! You want me? Here I—" ...at which point Thanos arrives, crushes his skull and kills him.
* Jaime Madrox aka "Multiple Man" from ''ComicBook/XFactor'' comments on how nobody ever commits suicide mid-sentence, then later mentions that he might. Later, one of his dupes (duplicates) blows himself up mid-sentence.
* In ''ComicBook/SwampThing'' #53, Alec manages to croak out most of "I love..." to Abby before his apparent death.
* In What If? ''ComicBook/DarkReign'', Clint Barton, also known as Hawkeye, does this to Osborn. Best part of the book.
* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW'':
** In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers'', Snare dies in mid-sentence ''while asking for a MercyKill.''
** When Pharma [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor makes light of Ambulon's grisly death]] at Pharma's own hand (well, [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]]) in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', he's only allowed to get up to "Your face! It was an absolute pic-" before First Aid, a 'bot with a very ''proactive'' approach to being TheMedic, [[MoreDakka blows his head off with a minigun]].
* The illustrated novel ''Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection'' is presented as being the recovered journal of a survivor dealing with the initial stages of the ZombieApocalypse. It ends with the journal suddenly trailing off mid-sentence, and slight spatters of blood on the side of the page.
* In the first chapter of ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'', a Fingerman grabs what he thinks is V's hand, only for him to be left holding a prosthetic hand as V fights the other secret policemen and escapes with Evey. The Fingerman then says, "I've got his hand. What should I do with his--" and explodes in the same panel.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'', the death of Mindf**k. "I love you, Theresa. I'll always love y--"

** In ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'', an alternate ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} fades into oblivion as shouting she has to warn her counterpart about...
--->'''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''': Oh no! I'm too late! The timeline where I go back in time never happened! I'm fading from existence! Now I'll never be able to tell myself that the Principal is secretly-- <POOF>

* In ''ComicBook/SupermanEarthOne'', Tyrell's ship blows up while he is mocking Superman.
* Miss America in ''ComicBook/TheGoldenAge'' is killed by Robotman in her attempt to expose Dynaman as being Adolf Hitler in Daniel Dunbar's body.
* ''ComicBook/{{Family}}'': In the climax Talia kills Silver by dropping a helicopter on his head while he's in the middle of screaming "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU A--"
* In ''ComicBook/RedRobin'', Scarab tries to kill Tim Drake mid sentence, right as he's about to name the corrupt cops who hired her during a press conference for a Wayne Foundation charity. Unknown to Scarab it's actually a shapeshifted Miss Martian giving Tim's speech who she shoots and Red Robin attacks her right as she fires which causes her aim to be off. Later when the real Tim walks out of the hospital on crutches pretending to be recovering from his injury he finishes that sentence to the gathered paparazzi and reporters.
* In ''ComicBook/TheFurtherAdventuresOfIndianaJones'' #1, Indy's former student Charlie Dunne is explaining to Indy what he has learned about the legendary treasure the Ikons of Ikammanen when he is killed by a knife thrown through the window of Indy's office.
* In the first issue of ''ComicBook/{{Pitt}}'' this happens to a biker that attacks the title character:
-->My old man always said… finish what you star— unf!
* ''ComicBook/{{Horizon}}'': When the guards who escorted Finn back to his cell see he has a gun, one of them manages to get out "Oh [[CurseCutShort shi-]]" before Finn blows his brains out.
* ''ComicBook/SamuraiGrandpa'': In the first {{Flashback}} of the comic, we see a young [[TheProtagonist Ojichan]] with his sword drawn against an enemy. The enemy says this.
-->'''Enemy:''' Stay your sword, Samurai. You do not want this fi--*decapitated by Ojichan*

** [=QuarterJade=]/Jodi is killed in the middle of saying "[[CurseCutShort What the f]]-" by LetsPlay/{{Valkyrae}} when she returns to the launch pad and sees the bodies of Rae and Sykkuno's previous victims. [[note]]This is actually a small change from the round of ''VideoGame/AmongUs'' that inspired the video, as in the game the field of vision for crew mates was set too low for Jodi to see the bodies before she was killed. Her reaction only came after she was killed, as that's when she see what was going on.[[/note]]
** Sykkuno exploits the version where the person who's ''doing'' the talking suddenly kills someone not expecting anything to happen until the talk is over. After finding [=BrookeAB=] he walks and talks with her for a few seconds, playing up feigned innocence and earnestness. After the two walk to an isolated spot on the map Sykkuno suddenly kills her, [[https://youtu.be/3JmGQTMvO-U?t=367 having never quite finished the thought he was using to lure her away]].

* Frequently happened in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' for anyone killed by [[SociopathicHero Mikazuki]], be it a DoubleTap, or [[DropTheHammer having a gigantic two handed mace thrown right in the face]]. Including one who he headshots in the middle of [[DeathSeeker thanking Mikazuki for killing him so he can die with honor]].

* ''Anime/CodeGeass'' has this happening to [[spoiler:Monica [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Krushevsky/Kruszewski]] of the Knights of the Round. Shortly after Suzaku kills one of her fellow Knights (BitCharacter [[WeHardlyKnewYe Dorothea Ernst]]), she tries to get a bead on him, only for him and the [[AceCustom Lancelot Albion]] to fly ''right'' in front of her Florence. She eats a point-blank shot from the V.A.R.I.S. Rifle before she can finish saying the traitor's name.]]

* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}:

* In ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' Scarab tries to kill Tim mid sentence, right as he's about to name the corrupt cops who hired her during a press conference for a Wayne Foundation charity. Unknown to Scarab it's actually a shapeshifted [[ImmuneToBullets Miss.]] [[ComicBook/MartianManhunter Martian]] giving Tim's speech who she shoots and Red Robin attacks her right as she fires which causes her aim to be off. Later when the real Tim walks out of the hospital on crutches pretending to be recovering from his injury he finishes that sentence to the gathered paparazzi and reporters.

-->"I am the King of Chak- ''(cut to next panel with him lying on the floor and a hole in his head)''

* Regius tries to say something to Zest after he's impaled by Due's claws in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', but he doesn't get any further than "Zest, I... I..." before succumbing to his wounds.

* In ''Manga/DragonBall'', King Piccolo kills Chiaotzu while he's wishing on the Dragon Balls for Piccolo to disappear--thus it's a case of being killed ''so'' they can't finish their sentence[[labelnote:note]]A later revelation about the Dragon Balls' power, specifically that they can't be used to defeat someone stronger than their creator, make it ambiguous if Chiaotzu ploy would have worked anyway.[[/labelnote]].

* During the Marley arc of ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', Griez, a Marleyan soldier and one of the biggest examples of Marley's racism toward Eldians, goes on a fairly extended and disgusting rant about [[spoiler:Sasha]], who recently died, right in front of her own parents and the guy she loved. Thankfully, this vileness is cut short by [[spoiler:Yelena]], who [[BoomHeadshot blows his brains out]] as he's spewing out a final insult toward [[spoiler:Sasha]].

* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS1E09CrisisPoint Crisis Point]]", the holographic Ransom is killed just before he can tell Boimler about Freeman's allergy.

** [[spoiler: Kozuki Oden's death turns this, somehow, into a truly epic MomentOfAwesome. After surviving his own execution by standing in boiling oil for an '''hour''', ''while holding his nine samurai above his head'', he begins to say his catchphrase: "I am Oden, and I was born-" before Orochi shoots him in the head. The audience, so impressed with his sheer strength and willpower, ''finishes the line'' out of respect: "-to boil!"]]

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Katara does this to some poor Fire Nation soldier in the middle of bragging to his friends in "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSouthernRaiders The Southern Raiders]]", it's doubtful he actually died unless he couldn't swim.

* In the season 2 finale of ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'', [[spoiler: Marcy is stabbed by King Andrias while she's telling Anne some important information]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Marcy:''']] I-I just need to- [[spoiler: ''[gets stabbed by King Andrias]'']]\\
''({{Beat}})''\\
[[spoiler:'''King Andrias:''']] [[WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou Now look what you made me do...]]
* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', Jakov is partway through his debriefing and about to give a personal message to Archer when the entire room goes up in flames.
** Earlier in the same episode, a defector is explaining that Barry is the new KGB head & has a master plan when Cyril shoots him in the head.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Katara does this to some poor Fire Nation soldier in the middle of bragging to his friends in "The Southern Raiders", though if he could swim it's doubtful he actually died.
* Parodied ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. In "The Fat Guy Strangler", Patrick tries to strangle Peter as he is saying "Nothing left to do but finish this sen-"

--> '''Phineas''': All right, Candace! Way to-*''Crash''*

* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''; Scaramouche barely gets a chance to explain why he brought old information to Aku about Jack not having the sword.
--> "Oh, but Master, I-" *[[YourHeadAsplode Boom!]]*
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
** Arnie Pie says "Tell my wife I love..." before his helicopter crashes.
** Also, in the episode "Homer's Enemy", Frank Grimes has finally gone nuts over no-one else calling Homer on his reckless behavior, He approaches electric wires and says, "I don't even need safety gloves, BECAUSE I'M HOMER SIMP--" Then he touches the wires and guess what happens.
** In the Creator/DrSeuss-themed segment from "Treehouse of Horror XXIV", "Oh, The Places You'll D'oh!" this happens to the Fat in the Hat (Homer) when Maggie stabs him with his umbrella as he's creeping in on the kids.
--->'''The Fat:''' I'm staying forever, you're all stuck with that, 'cause I'm your new daddy, the Fat in the--''(stab)''
** In the "Treehouse Of Horror XVI" segment "Survival Of The Fattest", [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame Mr. Burns is hunting down some of Springfield's men]]. As Burns shoots Krusty the Clown, Krusty tries to tell a joke:
--->'''Krusty:''' Dying is just like golf, except in golf-- (''he gets shot some more'')
* Squidward in ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' invokes this during his story to Spongebob in "Graveyard Shift".
-->'''Squidward:''' But most people call him the Ha-''(chokes)''...because that's all they have time to say before he...GETS THEM!

--->"Fool. The super-tank is impervious to all weap-" ''[BOOM]''

** "Steven the Sword Fighter": Pearl gets [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence stabbed in the stomach]] but is actually fine due to her gem being unharmed. Only her physical body was damaged (which doesn't make it any less painful but she can recover from such injuries). Before she can finish telling Steven "Steven, it's okay. I'm gonna be just--" she ends up "poofing" back into her gem to recover.
** Also occurs when Peridot gets captured in "Catch and Release", attempting to warn the Crystal Gems of their impending doom, stating "I'm the only one [[HisNameIs who knows about the--]]!", right before she gets poofed. Upon re-forming back in the temple, she [[UnPaused actually finishes her sentence]], not immediately noticing what happened, saying "...the Cluster, you insufferable, half-formed traitor mega-clods!"

* In ''Machinal'', just before the protagonist dies offstage in the electric chair, she lets out a strangled cry: "Somebody! Somebod--"

* Done quite humorously in the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 3.5'' supplemental ''Complete Mage'', in a line relating to a prestige class.

* Commissars in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' are usually presented as this, as it's their job to maintain morale and discipline by shooting any trooper who shows signs of cowardice, heresy, or pointing out that the battle plan sucks grox bal-'''*BLAM*'''. In the same game, the flavor text of a Tyranid unit that is basically a mine full of [[HollywoodAcid acid]] reads, more or less, as:

---> "The second one went on about having something against me and explained her powers forever. I could hardly hear her 'cause of the other guy's roaring. She was annoying, so I just [[WouldHitaGirl tore out her throat]]."