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This is a DeathTrope, and usually a major PlotTwist. The examples section is a [[SpoileredRotten minefield of unmarked spoilers]].

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This is a DeathTrope, {{Death Trope|s}},, and usually a major PlotTwist. The examples section is a [[SpoileredRotten minefield of unmarked spoilers]].

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* Kaiser in Season 3 of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''. He wants one last amazing duel before his heart condition takes him down, and he shrugs off concern and support all season when anyone notices the pain he's in.

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* Kaiser in Season 3 of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''. He wants one last amazing duel before his heart condition takes him down, and he shrugs off concern and support all season when anyone notices the pain he's in. [[spoiler: He actually ''does'' die at the end of his duel with a Yubel-possessed Johan, with his heart giving out moments before his DeathOrGloryAttack would've reduced his life points to 0. ''[[UnexplainedRecovery Somehow]]'', he manages to reappear back on Earth a few episodes into Season 4. While his condition is seemingly no longer terminal, it ''did'' permanently cripple him.]]


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* Senegos, an extremely old Blue Dragon who acts as a quest giver in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'''s ''Legion'' and ''Dragonflight'' expansions, is revealed to be this in his reappearance during the latter. Dragons live for a long time, but even by their standards Senegos is absolutely ''ancient'' and should've been dead from simple old age a long time ago. He's kept himself alive so long through various magical artifacts solely to fulfill ThePromise to see his Dragonflight finally reunited and whole. [[spoiler: At the conclusion of the Blue Dragonflight questline, he finally gets his wish and peacefully passes away surrounded by his kin.]]
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* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': Oliver Horn's UniqueProtagonistAsset--a SoulFragment of his MissingMom that allows him to replicate her abilities as a mage and punch above his weight--is CastFromLifespan. He has already severely shortened his life by the midpoint of the series and speculates that he may not last much longer.

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* Depending on how you interpret the implications, [[spoiler: Dr. Neil Watts]] from ''VideoGame/ToTheMoon''. Either that or [[spoiler: he's addicted to painkillers]].
** In Impostor Factory, [[spoiler: the former is confirmed as Neil inherited the genetic disorder that killed his mother, Lynri.]]

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* Depending on how you interpret the implications, [[spoiler: Dr. Neil Watts]] from ''VideoGame/ToTheMoon''. Either that or [[spoiler: he's addicted to painkillers]].
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''VideoGame/ToTheMoon'': In Impostor Factory, [[spoiler: the former [[spoiler:it is confirmed as that Dr. Neil Watts inherited the genetic disorder that killed his mother, Lynri.]]
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** In Impostor Factory, [[spoiler: the former is confirmed as Neil inherited the genetic disorder that killed his mother, Lynri.]]
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* ''Fanfic/SongOfANorthernSorcerer'' has [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Robert Baratheon]] contract tuberculosis, which leaves him with less than a decade left to him and probably more around five years. It is kept secret from as many in the Seven Kingdoms as possible to prevent the nobles from getting ideas, and Robert is far from unaware that neither of his sons are ready to rule after him as Tommen is too young and Joffrey [[TheCaligula is Joffrey]] and Robert is very close to outright disinherenting him even before his mortality loomed.
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* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' has a unique variation in the final case: [[spoiler:Dhurke isn't secretly dying, he's secretly ''already dead''. When Inga took Maya hostage prior to the case beginning, Dhurke saved her but was shot in the process. He asked Maya to channel him in America so he could re-connect with his adopted son Apollo. His wife Amara later channeled him for his appearances in Khura'in.]]

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