History Main / PreSacrificeFinalGoodbye

* ''Film/{{Armageddon}}''. Harry Stamper, in lieu of allowing his daughter's fiancée to die on the asteroid, takes his place, with a final goodbye to Grace before.

* Subverted and PlayedForLaughs in the end of the ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' prologue: As the Boss climbs the nuclear missile to disarm it before it gains enough altitude, "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" begins to play (in a direct homage to a similar HeroicSacrifice scene from ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'') as the other Saints take turns to say tearful goodbyes to their leader. Completely unfazed, the Boss tears up the missile and leaps off, crashing through the roof into the Oval Office perfectly unharmed.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Die, Hippie, Die", just as they are about to embark on [[ItMakesSenseInContext a journey drilling through a dense hippie crowd]], Randy Marsh says goodbye to Sharon, Linda Stotch says goodbye to Butters, Chef (the designated sacrificial black man) says goodbye to his women, and [[SelfDemonstrating/EricCartman Cartman]] says goodbye to... [[CompanionCube his stuffed animal, Clyde Frog]].

* In the show series/riverdale Jughead gets one when he calls Betty to tell her that he loves her before sacrificing himself to the ghoulies. Though it's revealed in the season finale that he's alive.

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* In Chapter 122, ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'', Maito Gai gets to share a few moments with his students, [[SoProudOfYou telling them how proud of them he is]], before heading off to do one last stand against [[BigBad Madara Uchiha]], using the [[DeadlyUpgrade Eighth Gate]] to match the latter's power. Despite their sorrow, they accept it needs to be done, and promise they will make sure his sacrifice won't be in vain and he'll be remembered.

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* An entirely wordless but still deeply moving example in ''Film/SpiderMan2''. Before Dr. Octavius leaves to perform his HeroicSacrifice, he looks back and shares a sorrowful, determined gaze with his former protege Peter, silently saying goodbye where there was no time for words.
* ''Franchise/StarTrek''
** ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''. After Spock exposes himself to a lethal dose of radiation to save the Enterprise from the detonation of the Genesis Device, he and Captain Kirk have a talk about their friendship with each other.
** ''Film/StarTrek2009''. The introduction, where Kirk Sr. goes [[GoingDownWithTheShip Down With The Ship]] to ensure that his crew, along with his wife and newborn son, can escape alive. He gets to hear his son's voice and even gets to name him, before dying.
--->'''George Kirk:''' Sweetheart, can you hear me? I love you so much! [[KilledMidSentence I love you--]]

* ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''. A villainous example; [[spoiler: before departing with her minions to ensure the nuclear bomb meant to destroy Gotham detonates, Talia al Ghul gently places a hand on Bane's face and sadly says "Goodbye, my friend". As she leaves, Bane whispers "Goodbye" under his breath and turns his head away to hide the tears]].
* In ''Film/WonderWoman2017'', before [[spoiler: Steve Trevor]] takes down a plane carrying the new mustard gas, he says goodbye to Diana. The audience doesn't actually hear what he says until she remembers it later.

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* In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', before Harry goes to make his HeroicSacrifice, he says good-bye in his own way to Ron and Hermione, but doesn't say anything to Ginny because he's afraid he'll change his mind if he does.
* Lady Karen from ''Literature/{{Necroscope}}'' says goodbye to Harry before she blows herself up with Shaithis.

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* The Music/{{Aviators}} song "Requiem for the King" (inspired by ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'') has the Ivory King bidding his queen a somber farewell as he plans to sacrifice himself to the Chaos in order to save her.

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* If certain dialogue options are taken during the final confrontation of ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'', the Nameless One gets a chance to speak with his friends one last time and bid them farewell before [[spoiler:going to Hell for all eternity to atone for his First Incarnation's horrendous crimes]].
* ''Videogame/FinalFantasyXV'': a mid-credits scene shows that [[spoiler: Noctis confided in his friends the night before his destined HeroicSacrifice, made peace with his fate and let them all know how much he loved them.]]

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* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Pandora gives [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2018-01-12 one]] right before she uses her forced reset to kill most of the Aberrations on the planet.

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* In Manga/ZatchBell, Belgim uses his strongest attack at Dr. Riddles. Kido takes the attack, but his book is burned in the process. Kido continues to distract Belgim and communicates with Dr. Riddles through the book with his heart. He thanks Dr. Riddles for all the fun times and tells him Dr. Riddles is his king. The book glows and Kido asks Dr. Riddles to use the final spell before he disappears. Using the new spell "Mikor Ma Zegaruga", Belgim is defeated and Kido disappears.

* ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''. A villainous example; [[spoiler: before departing with her minions to ensure the bomb detonates, Miranda gently places a hand on Bane's face and sadly says "Goodbye, my friend". As she leaves, Bane whispers "Goodbye" under his breath and turns his head away to hide the tears]].

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', the Warden is given a chance to say goodbye to their teammates before heading off to battle the Archdemon. Unless certain measures are taken beforehand, the Warden dies during the final battle.
** An additional one happens before the party delivers the killing blow to the Archdemon in the final battle. Alistair [[spoiler:(or Loghain, if recruited)]] and the Warden must decide which of them is to die to neutralize the Archdemon's soul with their own. Whomever is chosen (unless Alistair is romanced, in which case he insists that it be him) gets a final goodbye in before charging the dragon. [[spoiler:However, if you took Morrigan's deal before TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon, no such scene takes place and the Warden always delivers the final strike.]]

* In ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'' episode "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfSupermanS1E21TheHumanBomb The Human Bomb]]", ComicBook/JimmyOlsen calls his date Miriam to tell her he loves her and he may not be able to make their next date before trying to save Lois from the VillainOfTheWeek.

* In the show series/Riverdale Jughead gets one when he calls Betty to tell her that he loves her before sacrificing himself to the ghoulies. Though it's revealed in the season finale that he's alive.

* In the show Series/Riverdale Jughead gets one when he calls Betty to tell her that he loves her before sacrificing himself to the ghoulies. Though it's revealed in the season finale that he's alive.

* ‘‘Series/Riverdale’’: Jughead calls Betty to tell her that he loves her before sacrificing himself to the ghoulies. Though it's revealed in the season finale that he's alive.

* In ''VideoGame/CyberPunk2077'', "Goodbye V, and never stop fighting" are Johnny Silverhand's final words to V, although in his case, [[spoiler: he is long dead, but still sacrifice his shot at a second life he'd have gained by [[SplitPersonalityTakeover taking over V's body.]]]]

* Subverted and PlayedForLaughs in the end of the ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' prologue: As the Boss climbs the nuclear missile to disarm it before it gains enough altitude, ''I Don't Want to Miss a Thing'' begins to play (in a direct homage to a similar HeroicSacrifice scene from ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'') as the other Saints take turns to say tearful goodbyes to their leader. Completely unfazed, the Boss tears up the missile and leaps off, crashing through the roof into the Oval Office perfectly unharmed.

-->-- '''Johnny Silverhand''' to '''V''', VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077

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* ''Fanfic/AncientSins'': In the final fight with The Nothing/Tadmir, The Shadow/Batil fuses with it and prepares to end both of them, but gives Dante and co. a very heartfelt speech.
-->'''Batil''': Dante, it's okay, I was never meant to have a happy ending.
-->'''Dante''': No, you deserve love too!
-->'''Batil''': Dante, I am so sorry for everything I've done, so please, let me do this one good thing in my life.
-->'''Dante''': (sobs softly)
-->'''Batil''': It's too late for me, but this is only the beginning for you. I am so proud of the man you've become, of the life you've built for yourself, and I hope you find the happiness I couldn't give you. Goodbye, brother.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' [[spoiler:The Giant, before flying into a Nuke to save the town of Rockwell from a radioactive death, says to Hogarth, "You stay, I go. No following"]]. Also doubles as a CallBack to an earlier part of the movie, where Hogarth uses the same words towards the Giant.

'''Dante''': No, you deserve love too!
'''Batil''': Dante, I am so sorry for everything I've done, so please, let me do this one good thing in my life.
'''Dante''': (sobs softly)
'''Batil''': It's too late for me, but this is only the beginning for you. I am so proud of the man you've become, of the life you've built for yourself, and I hope you find the happiness I couldn't give you. Goodbye, brother.

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