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* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'': Narrowly {{averted|trope}} in "[[Recap/ChuckS4E02ChuckVsTheSuitcase Chuck Vs The Suitcase]]". When Chuck thinks the TimeBomb strapped to his hand will kill him and Sarah, he confesses he still loves her ''despite'' her CommitmentIssues about being unable to unpack in their house. When they service, she's pissed at him that his last words to her were going to be nagging her about it.

* ''Discworld/GoingPostal'': "Albert Spangler", standing on the gallows after his [[GreatEscape prison break]] is foiled, rather lamely says "I wasn't really expecting to die". {{Subverted|Trope}} when the hangman allows him a do-over and he comes up with some well-received FamousLastWords. (Unknown to the public, "Spangler" survives his execution and discards the alias anyway.)

* ''Series/LateNightWithConanOBrien'': an audience member stated that the host wouldn't shoot him, saying "[[TemptingFate There's no way my last words would be 'Dollars to donuts.']]" Conan then shoots him.

* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': An early episode sees JD about to be grilled by hospital higher-ups. He keeps thinking to himself "I'm okay, I'm okay, I'm okay," eventually misthinking it as "I'm a K." It then switches to an ImagineSpot where he's blindfolded and getting a last cigarette lit as thought about to be executed by firing squad, when Dr. Cox asks for his last words.

* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', [[spoiler:Adam Taurus]]'s last words after he is fatally stabbed and before he falls to his death is a simple "Oh."

* [[SedgwickSpeech General John Sedgwick's]] last words are often reported as "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." before being killed by a sniper (or even "They couldn't hit an elephant at this [[KilledMidSentence dist-]]"). While he did say the full sentence shortly before being shot by a snipe, his ''actual'' last words were telling a soldier to return to his position.

* In ''Series/GameOfThrones'', when the Hound kilks some rogue Brotherhood Without Banners members, all one can say is a whimpering "Fuck you". When The Hound mocks him for his rather uncreative choice in last words, he follows it up with an equally pathetic "...Cunt," causing The Hound to snark "You're shit at dying, you know that?"

* ''Podcast/TheLastPodcastOnTheLeft'': In part three of their series on Ed Gein, the hosts can't help but find amusement in the last words stated to have been said by Gein's second victim before he shot her from behind.

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Lame Last Words are last words that nobody would want to go out on. They may be such things as an unwitty response to an insult, [[KilledMidSentence dying in the middle of your sentence]], or others.

Some last words only sound lame without context. If the last words Bob said were "Man, Alice is gonna kill me." then it could be this trope. However, if Alice is a deity and has powers over death, then Bob's last words made sense in context.

* ''Film/TheDevilsRejects'': Invoked by Otis Firefly as he tortures Adam Banjo. Banjo tries to be DefiantToTheEnd by telling Otis "[[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] [[ProfaneLastWords you]]" and Otis points out that it doesn't intimidates him and doesn't paints Adam as any kind of badass.

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* {{LetsPlay/DaithiDeNogla}} while playing VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV once shouted "I'm the swinger for the LA Lakers!" before being immediately gunned down.
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-->'''Janet''': What's your name?
-->'''Glenn''': Well, everyone calls me Glenn, but the name on my demon certificate is actually Snakes Pour Forth From His Anu-- [[[KilledMidSentence explodes into blue goo]]]

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-->'''Steadman's recording:''' I really wish I hadn't tripped over that damned dog.
-->'''Annie and Kat:''' Huh.

-->'''Qui-Gon:''' "I get heroic last words, right? ...I just want to say something important. You know, some real 'roleplaying drama' stuff."\\
'''GM:''' "Okay, I'll alow that."\\
'''Qui-Gon:''' "Obi-Wan... I'm fading... come here... There's something... I have to tell you... before I die..."\\
'''Obi-Wan:''' "You want me to train Anakin as a Jedi?"\\
'''Qui-Gon:''' "Ooooh, yeah, that's even better."

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* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7uD-cyJsp4 After Tien's heroic attempt to kill Cell]] via repeated Ki Ko Ho fails (although he did manage to stunlock him for quite a while) and Cell floats out of a hole, he contemptuously tells Tien he could've chosen better last words ([[spoiler:before Goku teleports in, rescues everyone, and teleports out]]).
-->'''Cell:''' Y'know, if you want my personal opinion, "kikoho" is a pretty poor choice of last words. But to be fair, it's ''far'' from the worst decision you're made today.\\
'''Tien:''' Ki ko ''fuck yourself''.\\
'''Cell:''' Aww, see? ''That's'' the spirit.

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* ''Series/MadAboutYou'': Paul is filming an interview with his uncle when he has a heart attack, and the last words he says are "Hoooo mooos!" Paul and the other characters try to find the meaning of those words, but can't find a satisfactory answer. In the end, [[spoiler:Jamie happens to look at the serial number of the camera Paul was using - Hoo-Moo5]].

->"''Y'know, if you want my personal opinion, 'kikoho' is a pretty poor choice of last words. But to be fair, it's'' far ''from the worst decision you're made today.''"

* In ''Film/{{Tomorrowland}}'', seconds before his globe crashes down on him, all the normally prim and proper Nix can muster is an undignified, "Oh, ''bollocks''."

* In ''Videogame/AlphaProtocol'''s "Thorton Inc." ending, if you kill to choose Leland, then [[PlayerCharacter Mike]] tells Leland that the data disk he gave Leland was actually [[WhyAmITicking a mine]]. Leland's last words are a confused "What?"

-->'''Cell:''' Y'know, if you want my personal opinion, "kikoho" is a pretty poor choice of last words. But to be fair, it's ''far'' from the worst decision you're made today.
'''Tien:''' Ki ko ''fuck yourself''.