History Quotes / DyingMomentOfAwesome

-->--'''Christopher Pike''', to James T. Kirk, ''Film/StarTrek''

-->--''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension - Lost Paths''

-->--''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged''

--->--'''Any War Boy about to attempt one of these,''' ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''

->'' '''"WITNESS ME!''' ''

->'''Nazi vampire''': Down to just one man, huh?
->'''Sir Penwood''': That's where you're wrong. Where you see one man, I see four.

->'''Sir Penwood''': When you get to Hell, tell 'em Sir Penwood sent you. And then apologize on my behalf for the inconvenience.

-->--'''Ganner Rhysode''' before his LastStand, ''Literature/NewJediOrder''

->''[[MyNameIsInigoMontoya I am Ganner!]] This threshold is mine! I claim it for my own! Bring on your thousands, [[MookChivalry one at a time]] or [[ZergRush all in a rush]]! I don't give a damn! [[YouShallNotPass None shall pass]]!''

->[[MyNameIsInigoMontoya I am Ganner!]] This threshold is mine! I claim it for my own! Bring on your thousands, [[MookChivalry one at a time]] or [[ZergRush all in a rush]]! I don't give a damn! [[YouShallNotPass None shall pass]]!

--->--'''Any War Boy about to attempt one of these,''' ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''

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-->-- '''Fry''' being carried off by [[NinjaZombiePirateRobot a robot pterodactyl]], ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''

->''"Get this: The [[CrisisOnInfiniteEarths Anti-Monitor]], the [[BigBad biggest bad guy of them all]], is ready to [[OmnicidalManiac blow up all of reality]]. So what does {{ComicBook/Supergirl}} do? She punches him. And punches him, and punches, and punches and punches and just ''wails'' on the guy until one lucky blast from the Anti-Monitor kills her. But her death had meaning. It had soul. It showed a character dying to save lives. She wasn't just some [[StuffedInTheFridge victim or shock death]]. She forced the heavily-injured Anti-Monitor to retreat... Bottom line, if a character's going to die, they'd better go out swingin'!"''

->''"It was, just as Kinski had predicted, suicide. He should never have done it. It is widely held by those who knew him, and Kinski himself, that he never recovered from ''{{Woyzeck}}.'' But what was the ultimate result? If you are the viewer of this film, Kinski’s portrayal shocks your feelings out of the vault of intellectualizing or passive observing. He forces you to feel with him, to align yourself with your buried emotions. He outs your sensitivity. Is this not something Christ-like? It is, for my money. Kinski is the pure cure for the 21st-century disease — the numbness unto droning."''

-->-- '''BonJovi''', "Blaze of Glory"

-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''' on Micky Rourke's death-by-tigers in ''DoubleTeam''.

->''"[[Main/RaulJulia This is a man]] who knew he was dying and decided to make his own eulogy by [[Film/StreetFighter levitating 2 meters off the ground and firing lightning into Jean-Claude Van Damme]], just so that [[SoMyKidsCanWatch kids could watch.]] He was such a brilliant beacon of [[LargeHam intensity]] that he made a wish for children when '''he''' was the one who was dying, and the result still brightens the world today."''

->''"[[Main/RaulJulia This is a man]] who knew he was dying and decided to make his own eulogy by [[Film/StreetFighter levitating 2 meters off the ground and firing lightning into Jean-Claude Van Damme]], just so that [[SoMyKidsCanWatch kids could watch.]]"''

->[[Main/RaulJulia This is a man]] who knew he was dying and decided to make his own eulogy by [[Film/StreetFighter levitating 2 meters off the ground and firing lightning into Jean-Claude Van Damme]], just so that [[SoMyKidsCanWatch kids could watch.]]''
-->-- '''{{Website/Cracked}}''', "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-best-moments-in-worst-movies-ever-made_p2/ The 4 Best Moments in the Worst Movies Ever Made]]"

->'''Tony:''' Definitely didn't picture my demise like this. I'd always figured going out like Cagney in "White Heat" - fiery explosion. Or Redford and Newman in "Butch Cassidy" - hail of bullets!
->'''Gibbs:''' Or Charlie Chaplin in "The Gold Rush."
->'''Tony:''' How did he die?
->'''Gibbs:''' Silently.
-->-- ''Series/{{NCIS}}''

->Climb to the top of the world\\

You will fall from a height most men have never reached.

->Shot down in a blaze of glory\\

->You want my treasure? You can have it! I left everything I gathered together in one place. Now you just have to find it.

->Once you decide that you're going to have the death of Spock, then how does that affect the other people? Why is it there? I got a lot of stick from a lot of people from the very beginning about the idea of killing Spock. Somebody said, "You can't kill him." And I said, "Sure you can; the only question is whether you do it well."

->Now to be honest, I'm actually really against character death in general. Why take away the ability to tell stories about them? But if you're going to kill a character, here's a tip. If you ''really'' must kill a character, you make sure it's their CrowningMomentOfAwesome, the instant where the readership looks at that character and says "Oh that is the most {{badass}} thing I've ever seen!"
->Here are two examples:
->First, there's the pre-Crisis ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}. [...] Get this: The Anti-Monitor, the [[BigBad biggest bad guy of them all]], is ready to [[OmnicidalManiac blow up all of reality]]. So what does Supergirl do? She punches him. And punches him, and punches, and punches and punches and just ''wails'' on the guy until one lucky blast from the Anti-Monitor kills her. But her death had meaning. It had soul. It showed a character dying to save lives. She wasn't just some [[StuffedInTheFridge victim or shock death]]. She forced the heavily-injured Anti-Monitor to retreat.
->Or hell, how about [[SpiderMan Doctor Octopus]]? Yeah, he died once too. [[DeathIsCheap He returned]], but when they decided to kill him off, they knew he shouldn't [[DroppedABridgeOnHim go out like a pansy]]. They spent half the issue with him fighting and scoring a few good hits before he died, because the writers knew you had to honor the legacy of the character.
->Bottom line, if a character's going to die, they'd better go out swingin'!
-->-- '''[[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]''', describing this trope (and inspiring this trope page)

->There is one way to never see your country come to ruin, and that is to die in the last ditch.
-->-- '''King William III of England''' (the origin of the phrase "last-ditch")

->TheFlash bursts into flames, which is pretty harsh, but don't pretend that isn't the most badass way to go out. When you get to heaven after dying by way of exploding from going too fast, you get a high-five from God.

->BEST. DEATH. EVAH!
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''' on Micky Rourke's death in ''DoubleTeam''.

->The rise and fall of Tony Montana, and what a way to go out.

->In anger smites | the warder of earth,\\
Forth from their homes | must all men flee;\\
Nine paces fares | the son of Fjorgyn,\\
And, slain by the serpent, | fearless he sinks.
-->-- ''[[Literature/PoeticEdda Voluspa]]'', stanza 56, describing Thor's defeat, and death by venom, of the serpent

->This is a cool way to die!
-->-- '''Fry''' being carried off by a robot pterodactyl, ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''

-->-- '''Creator/JamesRolfe''' describing the final shoot-out in ''{{Film/Scarface}}''

->''This is a man who knew he was dying and decided to make his own eulogy by [[Film/StreetFighter levitating 2 meters off the ground and firing lightning into Jean-Claude Van Damme]], just so that [[SoMyKidsCanWatch kids could watch.]]''
-->-- '''''{{Website/Cracked}}''''', "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-best-moments-in-worst-movies-ever-made_p2/ The 4 Best Moments in the Worst Movies Ever Made]]"

->'''Tony:''' Definitely didn't picture my demise like this. I'd always figured going out like Cagney in "White Heat"; fiery explosion. Or Redford and Newman in "Butch Cassidy"; hail of bullets!
->'''Gibbs:''' Or Charlie Chaplin in "The Gold Rush".

->''Climb to the top of the world\\

You will fall from a height most men have never reached.''\\
-- '''Music/TheProtomen''', "The Fall"

->''Shot down in a blaze of glory\\

'Cause I'm going down in a blaze of glory''\\
-- '''BonJovi''', "Blaze of Glory"

->''"You want my treasure? You can have it! I left everything I gathered together in one place. Now you just have to find it."''

->''"Once you decide that you're going to have the death of Spock, then how does that affect the other people? Why is it there? I got a lot of stick from a lot of people from the very beginning about the idea of killing Spock. Somebody said, 'You can't kill him.' And I said, 'Sure you can; the only question is whether you do it well.'"''
-->-- '''Nicholas Meyer''', Director of Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan

->"Now to be honest, I'm actually really against character death in general. Why take away the ability to tell stories about them? But if you're going to kill a character, here's a tip. If you '''really''' must kill a character, you make sure it's their CrowningMomentOfAwesome. The instant where the readership looks at that character and says 'Oh that is the most badass thing I've ever seen!'.

->Here are two examples.

->First, there's the pre-Crisis Supergirl. When CrisisOnInfiniteEarths was being written, it was decided that Superman had too much baggage from Krypton. He had Kryptonian enemies, allies, Kryptonian cats, dogs, horses, monkeys. They wanted Superman to be the last son of Krypton so that meant killing off or just ignoring these things.

->Get this: The Anti-Monitor, the [[BigBad biggest bad guy of them all]], is ready to [[OmnicidalManiac blow up all of reality]]. So what does Supergirl do? She punches him. And punches him, and punches, and punches and punches and just wales on the guy until one lucky blast from the Anti-Monitor kills her. But her death had meaning. It had soul. It showed a character dying to save lives. She wasn't just some [[StuffedInTheFridge victim or shock death]]. She forced the heavily-injured Anti-Monitor to retreat.

->Or hell ... how about [[SpiderMan Doctor Octopus]]? Yeah, he died once too. He returned, but when they decided to kill him off, they knew he shouldn't [[DroppedABridgeOnHim go out like a pansy]]. They spent half the issue with him fighting and scoring a few good hits before he died, because the writers knew you had to honor the legacy of the character.

->Bottom line, if a character's going to die, they'd better go out swingin'!"

->"There is one way to never see your country come to ruin, and that is to die in the last ditch".
-->--- King William III of England (the origin of the phrase 'last-ditch').

->''TheFlash bursts into flames, which is pretty harsh, but don't pretend that isn't the most badass way to go out. When you get to heaven after dying by way of exploding from going too fast, you get a high-five from God.''
-->-- Website/{{Cracked}}, [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19537_the-7-stupidest-attempts-to-reinvent-batman_p2.html The 7 Stupidest Attempts to Reinvent Batman]]

->"BEST. DEATH. EVAH!"
-->-- WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic on Micky Rourke's death in ''DoubleTeam''.

->"The rise and fall of Tony Montana and what a way to go out."

->''In anger smites | the warder of earth,''
->''Forth from their homes | must all men flee;''
->''Nine paces fares | the son of Fjorgyn,''
->''And, slain by the serpent, | fearless he sinks.''
-->-- '''Voluspa''', stanza 56, describing Thor's defeat, and death by venom, of the serpent

->"This is a cool way to die!"
-->-- '''Fry''' being carried off by a robot pterodactyl. WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}

->''This is a man who knew he was dying and decided to make his own eulogy by [[StreetFighterTheMovie levitating 2 meters off the ground and firing lightning into Jean-Claude Van Damme]], just so that [[SoMyKidsCanWatch kids could watch.]]''

-->-- '''Fry''' being carried off by a robot pterodactyl. WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}

->Get this: The Anti-Monitor, the [[BigBad biggest bad guy of them all]], is ready to [[OmnicidalManiac blow up all of reality]]. So what does Supergirl do? She punches him. And punches him, and punches, and punches and punches and just whales on the guy until one lucky blast from the Anti-Monitor kills her. But her death had meaning. It had soul. It showed a character dying to save lives. She wasn't just some [[StuffedInTheFridge victim or shock death]]. She forced the heavily-injured Anti-Monitor to retreat.

-->-- '''Voluspa''', stanza 56, describing Thor's defeat, and death by venom, of the serpent

-->-- '''Creator/JamesRolfe''' describing the final shoot-out in ''{{Film/Scarface}}''

-->-- '''Creator/JamesRolfe''' describing the final shoot-out in ''Film/Scarface''