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* ''{{Gargoyles}}'': Right before allowing the Magus to put him under the same indefinite sleep spell as the rest of his clan, Goliath asks the Magus and the Princess to protect his clan's eggs.

* After being shot by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, considered the spark that started World War I, Archduke Franz Ferdinand's last words were (to his wife) "Sophie, Sophie! Don't die! Live for our children!"

* After being shot by Gavrilo Princip in Serajevo on June 28, 1914, considered the spark that started World War I, Archduke Franz Ferdinand's last words were (to his wife) "Sophie, Sophie! Don't die! Live for our children!"

* ''BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'': The original Black Canary's Final Speech exhorts Wildcat and the Justice Society to take care of her "little angel"... who then grows up to be the next Black Canary.

* Early in ''FinalFantasyXIII'' Hope's mother joins Snow (along with some other rebels). She's killed (along with pretty much every other volenteer, but [[RedShirt they're not plot relevent]]) and she says this just before falling to her death. [[spoiler: Since she didn't tell him who her son was, Snow has no idea who to protect and decides to protect all the children that were to be taken on The Purge. Meanwhile Hope witnessed this and blames him for it, follows him and ends up as a party member.]]

* Rem's famous last words in ''{{Trigun}}'' are for Vash to take care of Knives. She probably didn't envision Knives [[spoiler: to be the one who killed all her crew and tried to crash all the SEEDs ships or that he would turn into a complete homicidal maniac but what can you do.]]

* In ''{{Noir}}'', in a flashback, Mireille Bouquet's mother's request to [[spoiler: a 5-year old Kirika; who just killed Mireille's father and is about to kill her; is to take care of Mireille.]]

* ''SenseAndSensibility'': The events of the novel are set in motion by the death of Henry Dashwood, who asks his wealthy son to take care of his step-mother and half-sisters. John promises he will... [[JerkAss and doesn't.]]

* {{Series/Merlin}}: Before Morgana's father died, he asked his good friend Uther to take care of Morgana. Subverted in that [[spoiler:Morgana's "father" wasn't her real father, Uther was.]]

* He wasn't planning on dying, but {{Dexter}} asked his sister Deb to take care of his son when he was getting ready to leave everything behind after [[spoiler: Rita's death]].

* {{Merlin}}: Before Morgana's father died, he asked his good friend Uther to take care of Morgana. Subverted in that [[spoiler:Morgana's "father" wasn't her real father, Uther was.]]

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* In VCAndrews' ''Midnight Whispers,'' Dawn apparently shouted this to her brother Philip before she burned to death with her husband. He does take Christie and her brother in, but...[[AbusiveParents it]] [[RapeAsDrama doesn't]] [[TheUnfavorite go]] [[IcestIsRelative over]] [[{{Understatement}} well.]]

** To be fair, he'd intended to at first, but [[WitchWithACapitalB his wife]] slowly talked him out of it. Though you can't say he put up a struggle.

The human version of IAmDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin -- [[LastRequest someone dying asks someone]] to please take care of their kids/family. Often implies a strong level of trust and respect between the two parties.

The human version of IAmDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin -- someone dying asks someone to please take care of their kids/family. Often implies a strong level of trust and respect between the two parties.

* At the end of ''Film/{{Tarzan}}'', a dying Kerchak tells Tarzan to "take care of them," meaning the rest of their clan.

* A tweaked example in ''TheToweringInferno'': An explosion knocked the scenic elevator off its track. Lisolette (Who had gone to lengths to save the children in the tower) was holding a child. She shoves it into someone else's arms before she falls from the glass elevator to her death.