->''"My ancestors are smiling at me, Imperials. Can you say the same?"''
-->-- '''A [[LaResistance Stormcloak]] soldier''' to his executioner, ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''

Before a character dies, they fire off a line essentially saying "[[YouCannotKillAnIdea I'm going to die, but our fight goes on]]," or otherwise demonstrating their continued defiance toward and disdain for their killers. Usually included in a LastStand.

Can be the last line of an entire series if it's a BolivianArmyEnding. The DoomedMoralVictor is... fond of this trope. A specific take is RegretEatingMe as well as SeeYouInHell. Very very often a DyingMomentOfAwesome. Some do manage to live, which TheCavalry can help along, but there's significant overlap with FinalSpeech. A subtrope of GallowsHumor.

See FaceDeathWithDignity. Similar to DefiantToTheEnd, but employs humor rather than treating the situation with contempt or rage. See also DyingDeclarationOfHate. If it's multiple people, particularly people who worked on the same side, we may hear one say, "ItHasBeenAnHonor." Contrast PreMortemOneLiner for when the giving end of the death blow does a one-liner, which can overlap if the character is TakingYouWithMe.

!!As this is a {{Death Trope|s}}, [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff unmarked spoilers abound]]. [[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned Beware]].
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!!Examples:

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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* [[spoiler:Kaji]] in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': "You're a little late, aren't you?"
** [[spoiler:Ritsuko]]: "Liar." [[spoiler:We never find out what lie prompts this accusation.]]
** A version in another language says that she was told [[spoiler: by Gendou, "I've always loved you."]] Maybe that's not what was said, but ItMakesSenseInContext.
* [[spoiler:Spike Spiegel]] in ''Anime/CowboyBebop''. "Bang."
* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', [[spoiler:Greed]] gets one when he is about to be melted down and reabsorbed [[spoiler:by Father]]. His last words are "[[RegretEatingMe I hope you get the shits.]]"
** In the official translation, he [[spoiler:talks about how good the fires of Hell will be when he sees his siblings there with him]].
* That's how [[spoiler:Kagari]] goes out in Anime/PsychoPass: "Man, this bites." [[spoiler:Ouryo Rikako]] also gets one.
* And then there's [[spoiler:Masane Amaha]], from ''Anime/{{Witchblade}}'' with "LET'S BLOW SOME SHIT UP!"
* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', at the end of the second arc, [[spoiler:Rosa]] gives a heart-wrenching last line as she faces down a garden full of {{Mooks}}, reaffirming for the audience how much she loves her daughter. "Come on! Let the one of you who wants to eat this bullet [[spoiler:Maria]] chambered for me come forward!" In the anime, that line is cut, and the OneLiner becomes "[[spoiler:Maria]], let's go together. Always together. [[spoiler:You'll always be together with your Mama]]!"
** In a less heartwarming and more straight out awesome example, [[spoiler:Will]] in episode 7. He is facing the strongest witch in the world who has vowed to kill [[spoiler:Lion]] no matter what he does. He raises his sword, points it at the witch, and says a combination of three awesome one-liners, as his situation gets progressively worse, ultimately concluding with both him and [[spoiler:Lion]] about to be killed before [[SpannerInTheWorks Lambadelta]] steps in.
-->"[[spoiler:Will]]: It's about time someone trimmed your claws! My name is [[spoiler:Willard H. Wright]], this will be the last time I will draw my sword!"
** A literal one from Ep6, Dawn of the golden witch: "Hi, pleased to meet you! I am [[spoiler: Furudo Erika]], the detective! I may be an uninvited guest, but please, welcome me! I am the visitor, the 18th human on Rokkenjima!"
* In ''Anime/CodeGeass R2'', [[spoiler:Lelouch gives an insulting one to the Black Knights after they betray him designed to drive Kallen away from him to have her spared from the crossfire. The movie version has them suspect he's just saying it and don't want to shoot yet, but they're ignored by Schneizel's men.]]
* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': Jan Valentine does it twice in under ten minutes. First when he breaks into the round table meeting to find the entire room full of people aiming guns at him ("Oh, fuck me,") and then one that's more [[LargeHam fitting for him]] when he's [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived his usefulness]].
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** Late Pirate King Gold Roger moments before his execution, "You want my treasure? You can have it! I left everything I gathered together in one place. Now you just have to find it!" This prompts many young adventurers to become adventure-seeking pirates, and kicks off what is known as "The Great Pirate Era".
** As [[spoiler:Whitebeard faces death at the hands of the Marines and Blackbeard Pirates]], he loudly and proudly declares that "[The treasure of] The One Piece is real!" once again reigniting the flames of adventure and romance.
** Wano Country sees Kozuki Oden fire a zinger that's a variation of his catchphrase. He was being boiled alive for a whole hour before his execution: "Oden wouldn't be Oden..." Unfortunately, he didn't get to finish, forcing his retainers to deliver the punch line. "...if it wasn't boiled!"
* [[spoiler:João Rebelo]] in ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes'': "Very well then. Shoot me. And buy your security."
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* In the ''ComicBook/SinCity'' book "The Hard Goodbye", [[spoiler:Marv]] says "Is that the best you can do, you pansies?" ''while'' being executed by electric chair.
** These also may be the last words of SerialKiller Albert Fish.
** Toward the end of ''"That Yellow Bastard"'':
--->[[spoiler:'''Hartigan:''' An old man dies, a young girl lives. Fair trade.]]\\
[[spoiler:'''BANG!''']]\\
[[spoiler:'''Hartigan:''' I love you, Nancy.]]
* A classic one at the end of ''ComicBook/Red2003''.
-->'''Paul Moses:''' I'm the monster. Do your best.
* The second Comicbook/BlueBeetle gets one in ''Countdown To Infinite Crisis'', where a villain has captured the Beetle, threatening to kill him unless he teams up with him. The Beetle's response? "Rot in hell, Max."
** The cover to the issue featuring the death of the third Blue Beetle has him echoing the line when placed in an identical situation by a different villain. [[spoiler: He manages to survive it this time.]]
* In the Grendel Tales: Devil' Choices, main bad guy, captured and facing firing squad [[spoiler: yells at the squad: "ATTENTION! As you were! That was lousy, soldiers. Next time it better be perfect. At-ten-tion! Aim! FIRE YOU FUCKS!"]]
* In ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'', the Kingpin tracks down one of his lieutenants who had betrayed him. Knowing he's dead meat anyway, the underling proceeds to point out Kingpin's failings as a father and a husband before uttering his epic final words: "L'chaim, fat ass!"
* In ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'':
--> [[spoiler: '''Johnny:''' A billion to one? You think I'm afraid of that? '''YOU THINK I'M AFRAID OF THAT?! FLAME ON!''']]
* ''Comicbook/LobsterRandom'', as he is about to be executed at the beginning of the story, asks his executioners to hurry up as "[he's] got things to do, being dead and all." [[spoiler: Luckily, he is rescued before the terminal regression fully takes effect.]]
* The first issue of ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies'' has Magneto fighting an army of zombie superheroes. Just as he's cornered and the zombies are about to eat him Magneto yells: "[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything I hope you choke on me!]]"
* "A ninja's duty in life... is death!" said in ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' by Shingen of the Neko ninja clan, whose last chance to sabotage an armory is to light a pile of black powder while he and the corrupt government member he's shouting at are inside the building. Overlaps with NotQuiteDead and adds a hint of irony because that ninja had been struck down earlier.
* From ''ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}'': "My name's [[spoiler:Dirk Anger]] and I say ☠☠☠☠ all of you."
* In ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'''s ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' Issue #64, "ComicBook/TheJoker Walks the Last Mile", the Clown Prince of Crime says this line to a cop who is leading him to his execution: "So this is the famous Last Mile, eh? Don't cry, boys...this will hurt me worse than it'll hurt you! Ha! Ha!"
* From ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo and the Knights of the Golden Circle'' when Robo's fighting [[spoiler:a mechanized Butcher Caldwell]]:
-->'''[[spoiler:Robo:]]''' I already know how it ends. ''You don't win.''
* ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'': ''Century'' has [[spoiler: Severus Snape giving one to Harry Potter/The Anti-Christ during the Hogwarts massacre]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Severus Snape]]:''' Go ahead, you little shit! You always were a little shit!
* ''ComicBook/Hitman1993'' does this with Nate The Hat during the BolivianArmyEnding. This is after he's ''already been shot once!''
-->'''Nate:''' You think you bad?! YOU THINK YOU FUCKING BAD?! *grabs the gun and shoots the mook back*
* In The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, Wilhelm Ryan is captured and being sentenced to death by a council of 78, with only one of them refusing. When the representative explains his refusal and leaves, Ryan makes this declaration:
--> '''Wilhelm Ryan:''' Remember the words of the 78th man. They'll come back to you... Right after I do. ''Kill me if you can''.
* ''ComicBook/StrikeforceMorituri'': According to the [[ShowWithinAShow government-sponsored comic book]] about the Black Watch's final mission against the alien Horde, the last two members face their imminent death with a defiant speech about humanity's inevitable triumph. Too bad that's not what really happened.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide'': Before [[spoiler:[[SmugSnake Kluge]] shoots her brains off, Ritsuko]] glares at him and snarls: "Fuck you".
* ''Fanfic/AndSoWeFight'' gives us this final excange between Ganondorf and Zelda:
-->'''Ganondorf:''' For your kingdom, princess?
-->'''Zelda:''' No. For me.
* ''Fanfic/DominoesStarWarsTheCloneWars'': Slick, right before being killed by Ventress after betraying the Separatists.
--> '''Ventress:''' Traitor!\\
'''Slick:''' ''Triple crosser.''
* ''Fanfic/ReunionGGo'': [[spoiler: When WesternAnimation/KimPossible's fiance Ray Beam is revealed as the villain Deathray, who plans to freeze Kim in a cryogenic chamber, Ray asks Kim if she has any last words. She answers, "The wedding is ''so'' off!"]]
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[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]
* In the film, ''Film/{{The Alamo|2004}}'', Davy Crockett is left the only survivor of the entire battle. Santa Anna offers him a chance to live by formally surrendering for his army, but Crockett rejects it and demands that [[RefugeInAudacity Santa Ana's army surrender to him instead]]. Furious, the enemy commander orders him stabbed with bayonets, to which Davy's only reply is a warning that "I'm a screamer!"
* Private Hudson's death scene in ''Film/{{Aliens}}''. Even as the monsters are pulling him through the floor, he's firing and screaming "Come on! Let's go, yeah! YEAH! Come on! Come and get it, bastards! Come on, you too! Oh, you want some of this? Take it! Yeah, fuck you!"
* In ''Film/{{Alien 3}}'', Dillon gets the last laugh. "Is that all you can do?"
* At the beginning of ''Film/TheBattleOfAlgiers'' the random Algerian nationalist being executed gets this, thereby inspiring Ali La Pointe.
* ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'': FREEEEEEDOOOOOOOM!!!!!
* ''Film/BreakerMorant'': "Shoot straight, you bastards - don't make a mess of it!"
** There is speculation that the real quote was simply "Shoot straight" - that is, "tell the truth about why you're shooting us."
* ''Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid'': "For a moment there, [[BolivianArmyEnding I thought we were in trouble]]."
* Bert's one badass moment in ''Film/CabinFever''; he's at death's door from the virus, and, right before [[MadeOfPlasticine being gooified by shotgun fire]], barely conscious, he says, "Goodnight, fucker..."
* ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}''
-->'''Hal Tucker''': "Delmar, from me to you, you're an asshole."
-->'''Delmar''': Yeah? And you're a loud-mouth punk slag, who's about to die."
-->'''Hal Tucker''': [[UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill "Maybe. But in a minute I'll be dead, and you will always be an asshole."]]
* In the Creator/JohnWayne movie ''Film/TheCowboys'', Jebediah Nightlinger (the inimitable Roscoe Lee Browne) is about to be lynched. He is granted permission to make his peace with God and says:
-->I regret trifling with married women. I'm thoroughly ashamed at cheating at cards. I deplore my occasional departures from the truth. Forgive me for taking your name in vain, my Saturday drunkenness, my Sunday sloth. Above all, forgive me for the men I've killed in anger ... and those I am about to.
* The horror film ''Film/DogSoldiers'' features [[spoiler: the dying words of Spoon to the werewolf about to eat him: "I hope [[RegretEatingMe I give you the shits]], you fucking wimp."]]
* In the fantasy movie ''Film/TheFall'': "Shoot, you animals. [[spoiler:They'll pay you well for Darwin's hide."]]
* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull''. He escapes.
-->'''Irina Spalko:''' Any defiant last words, Dr. Jones?
-->'''Indy:''' ''I like [[UsefulNotes/DwightEisenhower Ike]].''
* ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'': Say "Auf Wiedersehen" to your Nazi balls!
* ''Film/JurassicPark'': [[spoiler: [[GreatWhiteHunter Robert Muldoon]] gets one before being mauled by the "Big One."]]
--> "Clever girl..."
* Two in ''Film/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'':
** A talking fox to the White Witch, who has Edmund, one of the prophesied kings of Narnia, captive.
--->'''Fox:''' Forgive me, your majesty.\\
'''The Witch:''' Don't waste my time with flattery.\\
'''Fox:''' Not to seem rude, but I wasn't actually talking to you.
** Tumnus' last words before being turned into stone: "I believe in a free Narnia."
* ''[[Film/Napoleon1927 Napoléon]]'' (1927): "Don't forget to [[DecapitationPresentation show my head]] to the people. It is well worth the trouble." -- Danton
* ''Film/SawVI'': Josh is left without a chance to survive in the Shotgun Carousel due to William saving two other victims, and when his turn comes round, he tells William (as the end of one long FinalSpeech) "When you're killing me, you LOOK AT ME!"
* ''Film/SevenPsychopaths'': Myra, when Charlie is about to shoot her and asks where her husband is.
-->'''Myra''': You figure it out, dumbass.
* Watkins in the ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' movie gets "Just trying to kill some bugs, sir!" before setting off a nuke to bring down as many bugs as he can (as he is too badly wounded to run with the main characters).
** Although really his last words are something along the lines of "want some? WANT SOME?" with added swearing and shooting thrown in (possibly as a nod to Aliens, see below), which might, in fact, be even better.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'': "You can't win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine."
* In ''Film/VForVendetta'', V is facing down a squad of enemies:
-->'''Creedy''': You've got nothing. Nothing but your bloody knives and your fancy karate gimmicks...''we have guns''!\\
'''V''': No, what you have are bullets... and the hope that when your guns are empty, I am no longer standing because if I am, you'll all be dead before you've reloaded.
** And when their guns were empty, he was still standing.
--->'''V''': ...''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome My turn.]]''
** He delivers one final one when only he and Creedy are left standing:
--->'''Creedy''': Why won't you die?!\\
'''V''': Beneath this mask, there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask, there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof.
* ''Film/TheWickerMan1973'': Sgt. Howie is being dragged to be burnt alive as a human sacrifice, but defiantly affirms his faith in the face of the murderous villagers. The AffablyEvil MagnificentBastard Lord Summerisle immediately turns this around and reminds him it's that very piety that makes him such an ideal candidate for sacrifice - and that the only reward for his faithfulness is to die a martyr's death. Howie, shaken to the core, opts to pray aloud: "Dear God, I humbly entreat thee for the soul of this thy servant, Neil Howie, who will today depart from this world. Do not deliver me into the enemy's hands or put me out of mind forever. Let me not undergo the real pains of hell, dear God, because I die unshriven. And establish me in that bliss which knows no ending, O Christ, Our Lord..."
* Sabretooth gets a good one in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' as both Logan and Creed are facing a firing squad. Subverted in that he knows he isn't going to die, so it's more of a mocking one-liner.
-->'''Victor Creed''': [[GoodThingYouCanHeal Wake me]] when [[ForegoneConclusion it's over]].
* ''Film/DayOfTheDead1985''. "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8s7JAmLF4M Choke on 'em!]]"
* In ''Film/RedDawn1984'', the executed civilians sing America the Beautiful just before [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxr_vzc5m4 being gunned down]].
* In ''Film/DisturbingBehavior'', [[spoiler:Mr. Newburry]] has this to say just before his HeroicSacrifice:
-->'''[[spoiler:Mr. Newburry:]]''' ''[[ShoutOut HEY! TEACHER!]] [[Music/PinkFloyd LEAVE THOSE KIDS ALONE!]]''
* Dong-Soo in ''Friend'', upon being ambushed and stabbed [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill dozens of times]] by a young and seemingly terrified henchman of his arch-enemy:
-->'''Dong-Soo:''' You've stabbed me enough. You can go now.
* In ''Film/ThePrestige'', one of the [[spoiler: many]] dueling main characters is about to be hanged.
-->'''Guard:''' Any last words?
-->'''[[spoiler: Alfred Borden]]:''' Abra Kadabra. *the trap door of the gallows opens*
* A villainous example: Apophis gets one in ''Film/StargateContinuum'', shortly before being executed by supreme System Lord Ba'al:
-->'''Apophis:''' May your reign be measured in days, and your death in years.
* ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}''
** ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'': Ray and Peter have this little exchange right before they cross the streams in a desperate, almost certainly suicidal gambit to stop Gozer:
--->'''Peter Venkman:''' See you on the other side, Ray.\\
'''Ray Stantz:''' [[ItHasBeenAnHonor Nice working with you, Dr. Venkman]].
** In another villainous example in ''Film/GhostbustersII'', the Big Bad was poisoned, shot, stabbed, hung, stretched, disemboweled, drawn and quartered.[[note]]'''Venkman:''' Ouch.[[/note]] Just before his head died, he said: "Death is but a door, time is but a window, I'll be back!"
* ''Film/ChildrenOfMen'': Pull my finger.
* ''Film/{{Valkyrie}}'': LONG LIVE SACRED GERMANY!!!
* Abraham Whistler in ''[[{{Film/Blade}} Blade: Trinity]].''
-->'''SWAT Cop:''' Move a finger and you're dead!
-->'''Whistler:''' [[FlippingTheBird How's about this one?]]
-->'''[[TakingYouWithMe BOOM!]]'''
* While a bit tricky on the heroic part, it's hard to fault that considering the nature of ''Film/FullMetalJacket''. Namely, [[Creator/RLeeErmey the drill sergeant]] staring down the barrel of a loaded M-14 being held by a visibly deranged recruit that had just that day gotten word that he made it through to proper infantry. He may have thought "Private Pyle" wasn't going to shoot at all, or that yelling him down would work as it always had, but you ''have'' to have a set in order to look your potential murderer in the eye and scream in a rage "[[DefiantToTheEnd WHAT IS YOUR MAJOR MALFUNCTION, NUMBNUTS?!]] [[FreudianExcuse DIDN'T MOMMY AND DADDY SHOW YOU ENOUGH ATTENTION WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD?!?!]]"
* ''Film/PatriotsDay'', during the shootout with the Boston Bombers:
-->'''Police Sgt. John [=MacLellan=]''': '''''"WELCOME TO WATERTOWN, MOTHERFUCKERS!"'''''
* In ''Film/TheLastStarfighter'', from the villains:
-->'''Kodan Officer:''' We're locked into the moon's gravitational pull! What do we do?
-->'''Commander Kril:''' We die.
* ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'': General Chang (who has been endlessly quoting Shakespeare as his cloaked Bird of Prey hammers the ''Enterprise'') realizes the end has come when the ''Enterprise'' fired a modified torpedo to home onto his ship's gas emissions and sees it coming straight for the screen.
-->'''Chang:''' ''[[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} To be... or not... to be...]]
* ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', delivered by Worf: "Then perhaps today ''is'' a good day to die! Prepare for [[RammingAlwaysWorks ramming speed]]!"
* Amon Goeth in ''Film/SchindlersList'' at his hanging.
-->'''Goeth:''' Heil Hitler.
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'' has Gandalf's last words, "Fly, you fools", before he falls to the abyss dragged by the Balrog. The trope is subverted since Gandalf does not die right there and keeps on fighting but his fellowship and the audience doesn't learn that until much later.
* In ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'', Ed ends up in the basement of a bar that is burning down on top of him, mortally wounded by a zombie with only two bullets left in his gun. As Shaun and Liz make their tearful farewell...
-->'''Liz''': Goodbye, Ed. Love you.
-->'''Ed''': Cheers!
-->'''Shaun''': I love you too, man.
-->'''Ed''': Gaaayy!
* From ''[[Film/SophieSchollTheFinalDays Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage]]'', just before Hans Scholl is beheaded.
-->'''Hans''': Es lebe die Freiheit! ''(Long live freedom!)''
* In ''Film/DjangoUnchained'', Dr. Schultz is bested and humiliated by [[BigBad Mr. Candie]], only for Candie to demand he shake his hand like a partner lest everything be undone. Schultz, despite being in the room with an armed mook, instead opts to draw his gun, kill Candie, and shrug:
-->'''Dr. Schultz''': (smiling) I'm sorry. I couldn't resist.\\
''[He is BlownAcrossTheRoom]''
* In ''Film/{{Prisoners}}'', [[spoiler: Holly Jones]] gives one to Detective Loki as he enters the room where [[spoiler: she]] is about to murder [[spoiler: Anna Dover]].
-->'''[[spoiler: Holly Jones]]''': [[PreMortemOneLiner Make sure they cremate me. I don't wanna be buried in some damn box.]]
* Downplayed in ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'', since Ron doesn't actually get killed, but near the end of the chess game, he had every reason to believe that he would be...
-->'''Ron''': Check.
* An intersting version happens at the end of ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' where Dumbledore, at the mercy of the Death Eaters and Snape, says "Severus... please..." However, this was Dumbledore asking for the MercyKill they had agreed to months before.
* In ''Film/{{Krampus}}'', Aunt Dorothy gives a resigned SeeYouInHell right before [[spoiler: being dragged off by Krampus' dark elves]].
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[[folder:Literature]]
* In ''Literature/OneHundredYearsOfSolitude'', Arcadio is executed by a firing squad after the town of Macondo is attacked by conservative forces. His last words are "Bastards! Long live the Liberal party!".
* Moist von Lipwig aka Albert Spangler's last words before being hanged in ''Literature/GoingPostal'' are "I commend my soul to any god that can find it", which everyone later agrees are pretty good as last words go. [[spoiler: He doesn't actually die, but it's still a pretty cool line.]] Rather against tradition, and with a little huffiness from the executioner, he had been allowed an opportunity to improve on his original last words: "I wasn't actually expecting to die."
* In ''Literature/BloodMeridian'', John Joel Glanton says to a Yuma Indian who has him pinned down and is about to kill him: "Hack away, you mean red (N-word)!"
* In the ''{{Expendables}}'' series, Admiral Chee is assigned to "explore" a DeathWorld. Knowing that the so-called mission is just a pretense by the High Council to get him killed in the line of duty, Chee submits a survey report consisting solely of "The High Council commits unnatural acts with poodles". [[spoiler:He dies shortly afterward.]]
* Creator/JamesThurber's short story "Literature/TheSecretLifeOfWalterMitty" ends with Walter Mitty leaning against a wall and imagining himself facing a firing squad, saying, "To hell with the handkerchief."
* The Finnish war epic [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unknown_Soldier_%28novel%29 The Unknown Soldier]] has several cases where people defy the enemy guns, but one literal case of a man facing execution who refuses a blindfold. "I've seen more rifles up the muzzle than you down the sights."
* ''Literature/LesMiserables'' has Enjolras against a wall, flinging his gun away and baring his chest to the firing squad, saying "Shoot Me" and defying them to shoot him. Then Grantaire, having been completely cynical about the Republic cause Enjolras has been fighting for, picks this moment to wake up from a drunken slumber and shout "Vive La Republique! I'm one of them!" He deliberately puts himself in front of the squad and reconciles himself with Enjolras.
* Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac, after [[spoiler:the death of Christian]], walks out into a battle between the French and the Spanish, rearing for a fight. His last words before they’re lost in the noise of battle: “They’re the Cadets of Gascony, of Carbon De Castel-Jaloux! Fighting and lying shamelessly ...” At which point falls the curtain. [[spoiler: He gets better, if only for one more act, at the end of which he dies again—for real.]]
* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' has Gandalf's last words, "Fly, you fools", before he falls to the abyss dragged by the Balrog. The trope is subverted since Gandalf does not die right there and keeps on fighting, but his fellowship and the reader doesn't learn that until much later.
* In chapter 84 of the epic ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'', badly injured Shu-Han general Fu Tong is called upon for his surrender by Wu after being defeated at Yiling. Fu Tong's response? “No Han general would ever submit to the dogs of Wu!”
* Cpt. Ahab's DyingDeclarationOfHate directed at the titular Literature/MobyDick qualify too; also a prime example of DefiantToTheEnd and RevengeBeforeReason.
-->'''Ahab:''' To the last, I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.
* In ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' ''The Last Guardian'', a dwarf finds himself facing Opal alone, who's brimming with power. Knowing he's probably about to die, he proceeds to tell Opal "I always thought you'd be taller. Plus, your hips are wobbly."
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryCoven'': [[spoiler:Myrtle]] in her [[spoiler:final]] death by burning at the stake: [[spoiler:"[[TheFashionista BAL]][[LargeHam ENCIAGAAA!]]"]]
* ''Series/{{Angel}}'' has one as part of the BolivianArmyEnding. The heroes are facing an army of demons, including a dragon, and someone asks what the plan should be.
-->'''Angel:''' Well... I kind of want to slay the dragon.
** And the last words of the show: "Let's go to work."
* In ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'' episode "The Living Dead", Steed is put up in front of a firing squad with (seemingly) no help coming:
-->'''Executioner:''' Do you have any last requests?\\
'''Steed:''' Yes, could you cancel my milk?
* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}''. When confronted by Cylon agent (and ex-lover) Gina, Admiral Cain's last words are short and rude, as [[FourStarBadass befits her character]].
-->'''Gina:''' Can you roll over, do tricks, beg?\\
'''Cain:''' [[PardonMyKlingon Frak you.]]\\
'''Gina:''' You're not my type. ''(shoots her)''
** Boomer's death in the GrandFinale. She rebelled against Cavil and saved Hera from being experimented on in an attempt to bring back resurrection. She then returned Hera to Helo and Athena. Boomer then allowed Athena to execute her.
--->'''Boomer:''' We all make our choices. Today, I made a choice. I think it's my last one.
* In the ''Series/{{Blackadder}} Goes Forth'' episode "[[Recap/BlackadderS4E2CorporalPunishment Corporal Punishment]]", Blackadder comes up with some snappy one-liners when he's facing the firing squad ("This side of the wall or the other side?"). However, when it starts to look like his planned last-minute reprieve isn't going to happen, his nerve breaks and his actual last words (had the reprieve not happened anyway) would have been "Okay, something's gone badly wrong here. Baldrick, you're mincemeat!"
** Played straight in "[[Recap/BlackadderS4E6Goodbyeee Goodbyeee]]"; just before Blackadder and his men go over the top, Baldrick comes up with a cunning plan to escape. Blackadder muses "Well, I'm afraid it'll have to wait. Whatever it was, I'm sure it was better than my plan to get out of this by pretending to be mad. I mean, who would've noticed another madman around here?", followed by him wishing the others good luck - a surprisingly warm statement, coming from our favorite MagnificentBastard.
** Subverted in the ''Blackadder II'' episode "[[Recap/BlackadderS2E2Head Head]]"; Percy says, regarding one of the day's executions:
--->Farrow was rather moving, my lord. A great strong man, he stood there gaunt and noble in the early morning mist, and in a loud clear voice he cried out, "My wife might have bloody well turned up."
* In ''Series/BlackSails'', Charles Vane last words are a good example of this. Facing the gallows in front of a mob baying for his death, instead of cowering in fear he uses the moment to inspire a rebellion. This is what he has to say:
-->'''Charles Vane:''' These men who brought me here today do not fear me. They brought me here today because they fear you... because they know my voice - the voice that refuses to be enslaved - once lived in you, and may yet still. They brought you here today to show you death and use if to frighten you into ignoring that voice. But know this. We are many. They are few. To fear death is a choice... and they can't hang us all... [[GetItOverWith Get on with it, motherfucker.]]
* In [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS1E12ProphecyGirl "Prophecy Girl"]], the ''Series/{{Buffy|the Vampire Slayer}}'' first-season finale, Buffy prepares to face her prophesied death and succumbs to her own BuffySpeak when trying to make up a noble last line: "When Giles wakes up, tell him ... oh, I don't know. Make up something cool, tell him I said it."
* The ''Series/{{Community}}'' PaintballEpisode [[Recap/CommunityS2E24ForAFewPaintballsMore "For A Few Paintballs More"]] has Troy running around a corner, only to stand face-to-face with a squad of City College students aiming directly at him, where he simply says:
-->'''Troy:''' I had a dream it would end this way.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks "Day of the Daleks"]], the Controller (the human leader of a Dalek puppet government who switched sides to aid the Doctor) says "Who knows? I may have helped to exterminate you," just before he gets, well, exterminated.
** Leela's response to imminent and agonizing death at the hands of Magnus Greel in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"]] says rather a lot about her (she does, however, survive).
--->'''Leela:''' When we are both in the Great Hereafter, I will hunt you down, Bent-Face! And put you through my agonies a thousand times!
** Echoed in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf "Bad Wolf"]], after the Controller (the human controller of a Dalek puppet corporation who switched sides to aid the Doctor) says "Oh my masters! You can kill me, for I have brought your destruction!" just before she gets, well, destroyed.
** The Daleks elicit this type of reaction very, very often:
--->'''Dalek:''' [[foldercontrol]]

[[folder: Exterminate! ]]
\\
'''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays Jack Harkness]]:''' I kinda figured that!
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E2ToothAndClaw "Tooth and Claw"]]: Sir Robert [=MacLeish=], while facing down an alien werewolf armed with nothing but an ornamental sword:
--->"I committed treason for you. Now my wife will remember me with ''honour!''"
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E13LastOfTheTimeLords "Last of the Time Lords"]]: Once again delivered by Jack Harkness (who, by that point, has become immortal): "Ah, here we go again..."
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth "The Stolen Earth"]]: Harriet Jones, having had her location exposed to the Daleks while helping the Doctor's companions find him, is immediately faced by a squad as they crash into her house. Staring death in the face, she uses her last seconds to tell them who she is:
--->'''Harriet Jones:''' Harriet Jones. Former Prime Minister.\\
'''Daleks:''' [[/folder]]

[[folder: [[Ironic Echo Yes, we know ]]
[[PhraseCatcher who you are.]]]]\\
'''Harriet Jones:''' Oh, you know nothing of any human. And that will be your downfall.
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': in ''The Peacekeeper Wars'', [[spoiler:Ka'Dargo]] finds himself mortally wounded by a Scarran attack, but true to his [[spoiler:Luxan]] heritage, he opts to [[TakingYouWithMe go down fighting]]. Crichton offers some words, "The first Scarran you see, you tell him who his daddy is!" As the Scarrans pour into the scene, he grimly says, "''I'm'' your daddy!" before unloading with two plasma rifles, providing cover for the others to escape on ''Moya''.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Rodrik Cassel:
--->'''Rodrik:''' He who passes the sentence should swing the sword. Coward.
** The Master Torturer: ''"You little '''bastard'''"''. In retrospect, it's obvious why he called his killer a "bastard". Ramsay Snow is one and hates being reminded of it.
* ''Series/GetSmart'' has plenty of these comebacks in the face of danger such as Smart saying "And loving it!" when told of the dangers he's faced. One particularly good line is when he's told that if captured he'll be tortured. "Well, I can stand the pain if they can stand the screaming."
* ''Series/{{Lost}}'': Ben and [[spoiler:a man pretending to be]] Locke have finally found [[spoiler:Jacob]]. After Ben recites his list of grievances about how [[spoiler:Jacob]] always ignored him even though Ben dutifully followed his orders, and that Ben has never been allowed to see him but Locke is marched straight to him, Ben asks "what about ''me''?" [[spoiler:Jacob]] replies "[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome what ''about'' you?]]" Ben [[spoiler: stabs him to death]].
** Though [[spoiler: these aren't actually his last words; those would be "they're coming" as he lies bleeding to death.]]
* ''Series/{{Luther}}'': Benny to Luther, over the phone, while held at gunpoint by an assassin. “Boss, I need you to kill this prick for me”
* ''Series/OrphanBlack'': [[spoiler:Kendall Malone]]. "No tears, Cosima. These shites aren't worth the salt."
* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'':
** Snow, strapped into a bomb vest he can't deactivate, decides to [[TakingYouWithMe take Kara with him]], and faces their imminent death with absolute calm.
--->'''Snow''': You were right, Kara, about me being dead. I'm gonna be ''great'' at it.
** [[spoiler:The Special Counsel]] in the season 2 finale is executed by his former subordinate after completely failing his task of [[spoiler:protecting the Machine]]. His last words to his killer are an even "Fair enough."
** In the same episode, imprisoned mob boss Carl Elias is taken from the prison and driven out to the middle of nowhere by a pair of {{Dirty Cop}}s. His first words when the bag is taken off his head?
--->'''Elias:''' Oh, ''[[OrphanedPunchline that]]'' [[OrphanedPunchline kind of "prisoner transfer."]]
** Scarface, right before a bomb goes off that will kill him and a bunch of Dominic's guys who were beating him to get to Elias:
--->'''Scarface:''' As the Romans said, ''morior invictus''[[labelnote:Translation]]Death before defeat.[[/labelnote]].
* [[spoiler:Paul Kellerman]] in ''Series/PrisonBreak''. When he is sitting in the prison van that "just happens to pull into the side of the road" he starts talking about how the French considered it an honour to face execution with a smile. Then the doors are opened by a masked man with a sub-machine gun, and [[spoiler:Kellerman]] says "Took you long enough?". Cue the gunfire, [[spoiler: This is subverted when he wasn't the one who got shot.]]
* ''Series/{{Rome}}'' has something similar for Brutus' death. "Tell my mother... tell her something suitable."
* ''{{Series/Salem}}'': True to life, Giles Corey merely says "More stones" when being pressed to death.
* Before [[spoiler:Danny]] was shot dead in ''Series/{{Spooks}}'', he went into a rant, calling his Iraqi captor a "death-worshipping fascist". Arguably a case of "provoking the bullets one-liner", as he went on the rant specifically in order to get shot dead and thus save his companion's life.
* ''Series/StargateSG1's'' most memorable example is when There But For the Grace of God, {{A|lternateUniverse}}U Sam is trying to prevent a Goa'uld invasion of Earth/the SGC. When some [[{{Mooks}} Jaffa]] corner her in the briefing room, she at first claims to surrender and that she has valuable technology she's willing to share with Apophis. They cautiously lower their weapons, expecting this weak human woman to show them the tech, giving her time to pull out a grenade and say "Thank you. I also wish to blow us all to hell." Cue massive explosion.
** Every free Jaffa: "I die free!"
** Colonel O'Neill has some good ones: "Now what?" [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy "Now we die."]] "Well, that's a bad plan."
** Hathor's last lines and O'Neill's response are pretty good. Colonel O'Neill grabs Hathor from behind.
--->'''Hathor:''' We will destroy you for this!\\
'''O'Neill:''' And we would just like you to go away!
** Ma'chello's very bittersweet goodbye. "Thank you, for my holiday."
** A slight subversion, O'Neill THINKS he and Teal'c are about to bite the big one.
--->'''O'Neill:''' Mayday, mayday. We are so goin' in!
* Subverted in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. When Damar is about to be executed, he goes into the whole "you can't kill the movement" speech before a Jem'hadar cuts him off by saying that last words are not permitted. His final speech ends up consisting of "keep..."
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E22SpaceSeed Space Seed]]", Khan wakes up when nobody is watching, pilfers a scalpel, and when Bones returns grabs him by the neck while threatening him with the blade.
-->'''[=McCoy=]:''' Well, either choke me or cut my throat. Make up your mind! [[note]]According to Khan, the line actually [[VillainRespect saved Bones' life.]][[/note]]
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': the Vidiians have invaded and captured the [[spoiler:duplicate]] U.S.S. ''Voyager'' and burst in to take control. Captain Janeway turns to them, smiles pleasantly, and says, "Hello. I'm Captain Kathryn Janeway. Welcome to the bridge." Cue the autodestruct.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': In Season 5, [[spoiler:Jo and Ellen die blowing up hellhounds with a homemade bomb--it was Jo's idea. Jo gets a FinalSpeech, while Ellen, right before she pushes the button, sneers at one of the hellhounds, "You can go straight back to Hell, you UGLY BITCH!!!"]]
** And:
--->'''Dean:''' ''[after hunters shot Sam]'' You go ahead and kill me. [[DeathIsCheap But when I get back...]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge I'm gonna be pissed.]]
* ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'' has [[spoiler:Abraham]] in the Season 7 opener, "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be", after he is struck once by the barbed-wire covered bat "Lucille", all while its owner, Negan, states that the victim is "taking it like a champ". You go, [[spoiler:Abe]].
-->'''''"[[spoiler:[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Suck. My. Nuts.]]]]"'''''
* ''Series/TheWire'':
** [[spoiler: Stringer Bell]] gets a matter-of-fact one of these as he is cornered by Brother Mouzone and Omar Little: "Well get ON with it, [[KilledMidSentence motherf-]]". This becomes a moment of FridgeBrilliance when you realise that Bunny Colvin utters the very same words as he feels the fallout over "Hamsterdam".
** [[spoiler: Bodie]] also gets a good one: "This is MY corner! I ain't goin' NOWHERE!"
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Music]]
* ''Music/EvilliousChronicles'': In "Daughter of Evil", when Riliane is at the guillotine, she looks to the crowd and says, "Oh, it's time for tea", her signature line aside from "Bow down to me". "The Servant of Evil", however, reveals that it's actually Allen, Riliane's servant and twin, up there, disguised as her, with Riliane in the crowd, bawling her eyes out.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mythology and Religion]]
* OlderThanFeudalism: Literature/TheBible:
** When the crowd led by Judas comes to arrest UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}, he says: "Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me?" Later, he says "Into your hands, I commend my spirit" and also "It is finished".
** When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refuse to bow down to Nebuchadnezzar's golden idol, their response is "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter, for if so it must be, our God whom we serve is able to save us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will save us from your power, O king. But even if He does not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your god or worship the statue of gold that you have set up."
** The Book of Deuteronomy is almost entirely comprised of Moses' last speech to the Israelites. He concludes with a blessing which ends "Thus Israel dwells in safety, untroubled is Jacob's abode, in a land of grain and wine, under heavens dripping dew. O happy Israel! Who is like you, a people delivered by the Lord, your protecting Shield, your Sword triumphant! your enemies shall come cringing before you, and you shall tread on their backs." There are no bullets, but Moses knows that he is about to die, and chooses to go out blessing the people who will enter the Promised Land without him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Podcasts]]
* In ''Podcast/Wolf359'' Isabel Lovelace [[PrecisionFStrike drops the only F-bomb ever used]] in the otherwise strictly PG-13 show.
-->'''Lovelace''': Fuck you.
* Discussed in ''Podcast/FatFrenchAndFabulous'': Some of the best last words come from people about to be executed, because they have a clear expectation that they are about to die and have time to consider what they want to say compared to someone who dies in an accident.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Theatre]]
* The musical ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' gives one to Enjolras: "Let others rise to take our place until the Earth is free!"
* There's a musical adaptation of the Bible called both "The Toymaker's Dream" and "The Masterpiece" which has a song titled 'You can be bought at any price' play during the shenanigans of Judas betraying Jesus. Jesus belts out "Then let this cup of poison pass; if not, then let your will be done!" right before getting captured.
* The titular character of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' gets his when he realizes the prophecy that he could "not be slain by any man of woman born" won't protect him (Macduff, the man he's fighting, was born of a caesarean section).
-->'''Macbeth''': Lay on, Macduff. And damned be him that first cries 'Hold, enough!'
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Video Games]]
* Zack in ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'', facing down half the Shinra army on his own -
-->'''Zack''': Boy oh boy, the [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic price of freedom]] is steep.
** ...plus, his war cry of 'IRASSHAIMASSE!'/COME AND GET IT! has the added connotation in Japanese of being shouted out by staff at every shop and restaurant, and would probably be better translated as 'COME GET SERVED!'
* ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'': Each of the hero classes has a unique response to [[spoiler: being [[SadisticChoice chosen as a target]] for "Come Unto Your Maker", the OneHitKill attack used by the FinalBoss]]. While some will express fear (like the Grave Digger or the Jester) or beg for their lives (like the Arbalest or the Vestal), most will react [[FaceDeathWithDignity stoically]] (like the Bounty Hunter or the Highwayman) or [[DefiantToTheEnd defiantly]] (like the Crusader or the Hellion).
* Tidus in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' having his last battle after confessing he is about to disintegrate. "I know this is selfish... but this is my story!"
* ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarII'' has one for [[spoiler: every single party member, except the protagonist who just strikes a cool pose in the BolivianArmyEnding]].
** In the [=PS2=] remake, [[spoiler:Nei is similarly silent in the ending.]]
* ''[[VideoGame/OgreBattle Ogre Battle 64]]'' has one with almost every stage boss who dies.
* ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'':
--> '''Luca Blight''': "It took hundreds to kill me, but I killed humans by the thousands! I am sublime! I am the true face of evil!"
* Essentially every named character in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragon''.
** Essentially every ''Fire Emblem'' character you bring into your final battle sequence delivers some kind of one-liner.
* ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'': When going through the optional scenes of Dera-Deka, the final scene has him summoning a powerful demon to control, but ends up mortally wounded. After the protagonist cleans up the demons, Dera-Deka lampshades this trope. "I always had a line... in case I was ever killed on the job... But I can't re... mem..."
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'': Thinking he's about to be eaten by a monster (after collapsing after a long traversal of a desert and a tough battle on top of that) [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Yuri]] says: "Heh... go ahead. Hope you choke... on my bones..." Lucky him this isn't the end [[spoiler: and it's heavily implied said "monster" actually is the one to get him and the group to safety.]]
* Most of the PlayerCharacter's companions in ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' get to toss one off at the end game when facing the PhysicalGod BigBad.
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'':
-->'''Emily Wong:''' You want to see how a human dies? At ramming speed.
** Grunt has a good one too [[spoiler: provided you didn't earn his loyalty in ''2''.]]
--->'''Grunt:''' ''My'' turn. Heh heh heh.
* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', a Stormcloak soldier in the opening cuts off his own last rites and defiantly steps up to the chopping block.
-->'''Stormcloak''': My ancestors are smiling at me, Imperials! Can yours say the same?
** Ulfric himself gives one at the end of the Imperial route to the Civil War plot:
--->'''Ulfric''': Let the Dragonborn be the one to [kill me]. It would make for a better song.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}}'', [[SemperFi Major Strickland]] has this to say on the {{Hu|mongousMecha}}nter bearing down on him:
--> "I'm a Marine, son! I'll walk on water if I have to! Now get off my fucking island while I draw its fire!"
* In ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', near the end of the first act of the Jedi Knight storyline, Darth Angral asks if Orgus Din has any last words. Din recites the final line of the Jedi Code ("There is no death, there is only the Force").
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft: Mists of Pandaria'' has the boss [[MultiMeleeMaster Xin the Weaponmaster]], whose dying action is to [[DefiantToTheEnd hock a bloody loogie in the players' faces]] and say this:
-->''"You call that a fight?"''
* In the original ''VideoGame/{{Saints Row|1}}'', the final mission ends with the Playa cornered on the yacht of [[spoiler:Alderman Hughes]], who proceeds to exposit on his EvilPlan to wipe out the Saints and gentrify Saints' Row, starting by killing the new boss, the Playa. [[TheSilentBob Our anti-hero]] gives one of his few spoken lines in the game to tell [[spoiler: Hughes]] "Can we hurry this shit up?! I wanna go to Freckle Bitch's!"
* In the last Ronin mission in ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'', Kazuo Akuji has just been impaled with his own katana by the Boss, onto the deck of a burning ship loaded with fireworks that are about to explode. Even as he bleeds out, Kazuo has one final defiant boast in him. Of course, given his situation, it doesn't faze the Boss any.
-->'''Kazuo:''' When I escape, ''the world'' will not be big enough for you to hide in!\\
'''Boss:''' Luckily for me you're gonna burn to death in a few minutes.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Prototype2}}'', the last boss, [[spoiler: Alex Mercer]], gives this to the protagonist.
-->"Welcome to the top of the food chain."
* In ''VideoGame/InvisibleInc'', you can have your last remaining agent give one of these before they are shot to death. As appropriate for a RogueLike, every agent has multiple possible last words.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Until Dawn}}'', during one of Mike's possible deaths, when he uses [[spoiler: his lighter]] to [[spoiler: ignite the gas-filled lodge]], killing [[spoiler:the wendigoes]] and himself, he delivers this line to the main villain.
--> "Ha! Ha! How's that feel you fuck?"
* ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' ''Brood War'': [[BigBad Kerrigan]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness turns on her temporary allies]] and orders the deaths of [[GrumpyOldMan General Duke]] and [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Fenix]]. Both of them get one of these:
-->'''Duke:''' Do your worst then girl. You ain't taking Edmund Duke without a fight!
-->'''Fenix:''' The Khala awaits me, Kerrigan. And although I am prepared to face my destiny, you'll not find me easy prey!
* ''[[VideoGame/StarcraftIILegacyOfTheVoid Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void]]'' has one dropped by [[spoiler:Zeratul]]. After receiving a CurbStompBattle from a [[DemonicPossession possessed]] Artanis, [[spoiler:Zeratul]] prepares to free him by sacrificing himself, reciting the Protoss BattleCry: "[[MeaningfulEcho My life... for Aiur!]]"
* ''VideoGame/StarWarsJediFallenOrder'' has Cal give one at the end of the game when confronted by [[spoiler:Darth Vader]], knowing he has no chance to win after his opponent [[spoiler:just sent Jedi Master Cere into a pit of lava with a lazy flick of his wrist. Both she and Cal survive, but things looked seriously grim at that point]].
-->'''[[spoiler:Vader:]]''' You would be wise to surrender.\\
'''Cal:''' Yeah... probably.
* [[spoiler:Dhurke]] gets one reminiscent of this trope in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'', except it was ''after'' being shot. It's enough to make his killer freak out and run away in terror.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Sakura Wars|2019}}'', Sakura Amamiya responds to Xiaolong Yang's ultimatum to give up her dreams with "So as long as I can move, as long as I can fight... I won't give up!"
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Animation]]
* After Oran wipes the floor with his two {{Giant Mook}}s in Chapter 19 Act 3 of ''WebAnimation/BrokenSaints'', Mars pulls a conspicuously long gun at the back of Oran's head. Oran, completely still, merely says, "I am waiting", and then begins to pray. Unlike more commercially-run series, LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt doesn't apply in ''Broken Saints'', so [[spoiler: a lot of people thought Oran was gone when Mars pulled the trigger. But Kamimura, BadassLongRobe that he is, takes the opportunity to take Mars down before the trigger is pulled.]]
* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'':
** ''WebAnimation/{{Re|dVsBlueTheRecollection}}construction''
*** Episode 9:
----> "Grif, I think this is it. Listen, there's something I always wanted to tell you"\\
"I have something I wanted to say to you too buddy"\\
"You first"\\
"It was me that stole your identity and ran up all those credit card charges at all those pawnshops and peepshow... sorry"
*** In the finale: "When it goes off, I'll be fine. It only affects computers, remember? And I, am a motherfucking ghost" for Church, and for Washington: "Emp? You have got to be fucking j-"
** ''WebAnimation/{{Re|dVsBlueTheRecollection}}creation''
*** When cornered by the Meta in the 16th episode, Simmons stated that he would die as he expected, "Under-equipped and surrounded by people I hate? Yeah, that's pretty much how I pictured it since I got assigned to this unit"
*** Additionally 2 episodes later, Sarge told Grif about his measures in the event of his death, finishing with the words "-and always remember: Somebody hates you"
* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', Pyrrha has one last thing to say to Cinder before she dies:
-->'''Pyrrha''': Do you believe in destiny?
* two examples in WebAnimation/WolfSongTheMovie
->[[spoiler:Zar]]: “I am not ashamed of what I have done. I am glad I have been brought into the light before the end. My memory will haunt you, even after I’m dead, and knowing that gives me peace. Do your worst!”
** [[spoiler: Damien has some final instructions to his own daughter, and let’s just say she isn’t exactly fine with them]]
->[[spoiler:Damien:”the soul he put into me is too strong. Kill me now before it takes over”]]
->[[spoiler:Kara: “no but I just got you back”]]
->[[spoiler:Damien: I have made many mistakes in the past, but now is bigger than any of it, you are my daughter. I would rather die by your fangs than succumb to the evil of this world”]]
->[[spoiler:Kara: but I..”]]
->[[spoiler: Damien: do it! Show the world what honour and dignity really looks like.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Webcomics]]
* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', [[spoiler:Thief]]'s last line before being killed by [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination Black Mage]]]] is "my only regret is that I didn't hate you '''more'''."
** The Onion Kid, being faced by a barrage of arrows. "[[TheChewToy Guess I ran out of]] [[DoomMagnet parents.]]"
* In ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'', Zexion, after being cornered by two werepires, proudly declared to Sho that he banged the Contessa, flipped them off, and said: "I shall die as I lived: a complete and utter tool". Granted, Axel intervenes and Zexion survives, but still.
* ''Webcomic/TheBoyWhoFell'': After getting [[PeoplePuppets body-controlled]] by [[spoiler:Spinne]], seeing as his only alternative is being the enemy's puppet anyway, [[spoiler:Ibias]] decides to signal the Neutral Council that there's a problem [[ThanatosGambit by blowing himself up]]:
-->"Absolute power… huh? If such… a thing exists… then… I'm afraid the Neutral Council… will have to get involved."
* ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' has one for Obi-Wan at the end of Episode 2. [[ShoutOut It links to this page.]]
-->'''Count Dookû''': Now, tahm for ze [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0396.html coop-de-grah!]]\\
'''Obi-Wan''': You mean coup de grâce. Which is already French, you realize.
* Croona Travoria from Webcomic/DominicDeegan invokes this trope against Lord Siegfried, declaring that he 'Would not take her alive.' [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2002-08-06 She was right.]]
* King Radical from Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja starts with a BigNo but then changes to a smiling "Wait. Yes. This will be so ra-"(-dical) when he dies from a double GrievousHarmWithABody, first with Dracula (vampirizing him), then with Pope Francis (who's "holyness" blows him up).
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': When [[spoiler:Lucrezia]] undergoes a second breakthrough and is in the middle of becoming a [[PhysicalGod Immortal Queen]] she restrains Wooster and tries to threaten him into capitulating to her and defying his queen Albia. His response despite knowing she's about to kill him is ''[[BaitAndSwitch "Albia...]][[DefiantToTheEnd is eternal"]]''.
* ''Webcomic/GuildedAge'': End of Chapter 8:
-->'''Syr'nj:''' You all have a choice. Remember that.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** He gets saved at the last second, but [[HeroicComedicSociopath Belkar]] spouts one when very recently Fallen Paladin [[spoiler:Miko Miyazaki]] bears down on him.
--->'''Belkar''': Funny. I always figured I'd be killed by a '''paladin'''.
** [[GuileHero Lord Shojo]] delivers one to that same paladin right before being cut down for "treason".
--->'''Shojo''': Everything I did, I did for my people.
** Even better are his actual last words after being mortally wounded, causing the gods to remove the paladin's powers for committing an evil act.
---> It appears...not everyone...agrees with your...analysis.
* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': The last [[UnSorcerer Secret Keeper]] in Grenzlan glares up at the [[TheArchmage Aseptick]] Irma when he's surrounded with his allies left as bloody smears around him and spouts a vicous quip, though she responds with ''"[[DefiedTrope I don't think so.]]"'' and kills him only after he questions her queen.
-->''Alderode stands the gods' chosen country, '''whore.''' 'Til chaos quenches the watching sun, she '''will''' endure.''
* [[{{Jerkass}} Mike]] in ''Webcomic/ItsWalky''.
-->'''Mike''': You call this tentacle violation? Your ''[[YourMom mom's]]'' [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome better at this]]. [[DontExplainTheJoke That's because she's a]] ''[[KilledMidSentence prosti]]''-
* Yan from ''Webcomic/YingAndYan'' responds sarcastically when his conjoined twin brother Ying offers to [[https://tapastic.com/episode/565938 take a bullet for him]] during an apparent holdup.
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* ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest''; when [[spoiler: Eve Walker-Luther]] is about to be killed by Sarah Atwell:
---> [[spoiler: '''Eve Walker-Luther:''']] ''"Come on! I deserve better than this! Kill me properly!"''
* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'':
** Regent does this just before getting swallowed by Echidna, who can create evil clones of the people she consumes. As he's getting swallowed he shouts "Do you think when you make my evil clone, you can give him a goatee?" Although it turns out this wasn't his death, as he's pulled out of Echidna's body later with no permanent harm done.
** Regent's last words when facing [[OmnicidalManiac Behemoth]] are "Hey, shitcrumb! [[KilledMidSentence Easy-]]" He does this in an attempt to direct Behemoth's attention away from his implied romantic interest Imp, and probably an intentional sacrifice. Just before this quote, he says "Fuck it" and marches into the open.
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* In ''{{WebVideo/AFK}}'', Steven [[spoiler: is about to be executed by the Devil's Cheerleaders on Clint's orders. When asked if he has any last words, Steven responds by calmly directing a stream of expletives at Clint.]]
* In ''WebVideo/DoomsdayArcade'', after Kratos stabs Bruce with his chained blades, Bruce draws him in and [[spoiler:pulls the pin on his [[TestosteronePoisoning grenade heart]], shouting "By the order of sweet mother Australia, I'm placing you under CARDIAC ARREST!"]]
* ''WebVideo/ThereWillBeBrawl'': "Survive this day, and tell your brother that no one ever made a trophy of the king!"
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* In ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars,'' as Ravage stared down the explosion that was about to consume him: '''"DECEPTICONS FOREVER!"'''
** Everything Dinobot says after the first act of "Code of Hero" qualifies:
--->'''Quickstrike''': What's a warrior without his... weapons, eh?
--->'''Dinobot''': A warrior still! ''(punches out Quickstrike)''
** Later:
--->'''Megatron''': Hmm, my ears are burning, yessss. Why, Dinobot! What a delightful surprise! Let's see, where are we now? I have the Golden Disk. I have the power to change the future. And the only remaining obstacle in my path to unimaginable glory... is yourself. Exhausted. Damaged beyond recovery. DEFEATED.
--->'''Dinobot''': [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Not... just... YET!]]
** And finally:
---> '''Megatron''': Really, Dinobot. A stick? Against a Transmetal? Oh please. ''(laughs)'' What can ''you'' possibly do?
---> '''Dinobot''': [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Improvise!]] ''([[RockBeatsLaser smashes stick into a rock for a makeshift hammer]], then proceeds to attack Megatron with said-hammer)''
* In the classic WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatPiggyBankRobbery'', Daffy Duck is a detective, surrounded by dozens of ComicStrip/DickTracy-esque goons. When all hope seems lost, he shouts at the top of his lungs, "YOU'RE ALL UNDER ARREST!" Eventually subverted; ''he won''.
* Sheldon from ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'': "I'm in love with your mom!"
* ''WesternAnimation/ShadowRaiders'': "For my planet's sake, I spit my last breath at thee!" You don't get too much more awesome than quoting ''Literature/MobyDick'' as you're about to ram your doomed homeworld into the PlanetEater's face.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': "Gentlemen, it's been an honor." Spoken by Franchise/{{Batman}} as he's manually piloting the Watchtower on a [[ColonyDrop crash course]] with the Thanagarian hypergate during the series finale. Subverted in that Superman saves him at the last nanosecond ([[BigDamnHeroes as usual]]), but though he claimed he "knew" Supes would pull through, he was obviously willing to [[HeroicSacrifice go down with the ship]] to save Earth.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'': The LighterAndSofter AnimatedAdaptation of ''ComicBook/EmperorJoker'' has one. Batman is bound and dangling on a rope over an AcidPool, [[FaceDeathWithDignity Facing Death with Dignity]], and the helpless, powerless Bat-Mite sadly apologizes to him, saying that he feels useless without his powers. The Dark Knight uses this one-liner as a response to try to encourage Bat-Mite: "The measure of a hero is his heart, not his '''[[SuddenlyShouting POWERS!]]'''" As Batman is finishing his sentence, a blade cuts the rope, dropping him into the acid, where he gets StrippedToTheBone to Bat-Mite's horror. As the Joker laughs in glee on seeing this, he brings his nemesis back to life just to kill him all over again in a DeathMontage.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'': Sterling is [[ShotAtDawn about to be shot]] by the KGB. After he's given a [[OneLastSmoke cigarette]] and a blindfold, he is perfectly content with his final words on this world being [[PrecisionFStrike "F**k you, you douchebags."]]
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* James French, a convicted murderer scheduled to be executed via electric chair, suggested to a reporter interviewing him: "How's this for tomorrow's headline? 'French Fries!'"
* Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester, was burnt at the stake in 1555 along with his friend Nicholas Ridley. His last words are reputed to have been, "Be of good cheer, master Ridley, and play the man; for we shall this day light such a candle in England, as, by God's grace, shall never be put out."
* As Creator/CSLewis pointed out in his sermon "Learning in Wartime," "Men [[ThePlan propound mathematical theorems in besieged cities]], [[ContemplateOurNavels conduct metaphysical arguments in condemned cells]], [[GallowsHumor make jokes on the scaffold]], [[CasualDangerDialogue discuss a new poem while advancing to the walls of Quebec]], and [[FaceDeathWithDignity comb their hair at Thermopylae]]. This is not panache; [[HumansAreSpecial it is our nature]]."
* There is a Mexican legend collected in Artemio de Valle-Arizpe's seminal works on Mexico City's colonial legends about a man who was judged by UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition and found guilty of heresy: He was a Jew trying to pass as a Catholic. All his money was confiscated at the [[ComeToGawk Auto de Fe]] they told him to abjure his faith. Knowing his life and money were lost, he was DefiantToTheEnd and mocked his tormentors every way he could, and when they [[BurnTheWitch burned him at the stake]] he cried: ''Put more firewood! I already paid for it!''
* Similarly, Giles Corey from the [[WitchHunt Salem Witch trials]] and his famous reply to being asked to confess (while being purposefully crushed by rocks) - "More weight."[[note]]His refusal to confess, or more specifically his refusal to plead either guilty or not guilty, blocked the Salem government from seizing his estate, allowing it to pass to his heirs[[/note]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Hale Nathan Hale]] is a famous [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution American patriot]] for exactly one reason; his last words before being hanged by the British for being a spy:
-->"I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country."
* According to surviving accounts, Fr Mariano Gomes, one of the Gomburza trio of Filipino native priests executed by the Spanish colonial regime in 1872, was recorded as saying these last words:
-->"“Dear Father, I know very well that a leaf of a tree does not move without the Will of the Creator; inasmuch as He asks that I die in this place, may His will be done."
** With him for the ride was Fr José Burgos, who after a brief protest of his innocence, then had this conversation with his executioner, who was to kill all three priests by garrote method:
-->'''Executioner''': “Father, forgive me if I have to kill you. I do not wish to do so.”
-->'''Fr Burgos''': “My son, I forgive you, comply with your duty.”
** The third priest, Fr Jacinto Zamora, apparently didn't say anything that was recorded, however.
* José Abad Santos, Filipino lawyer and jurist executed by the Japanese occupying forces in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, had this to say:
-->"Not everyone is given the rare opportunity to die for one's country."
** He also told his son (who was present) to stay strong.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoya_Kosmodemyanskaya Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya]] was a Soviet partisan in [=WW2=], arrested by the Germans for setting fire to several bunk-houses they had occupied in her village. As she was led to the gallows, she exhorted her countrymen to carry on the fight, with the pointed observation that:
-->"[[WeHaveReserves There are two hundred million of us]]. You can't hang us all."
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaker_Morant Harry "The Breaker" Harbord Morant's]] last words, while facing a firing squad are the epitome of defiance: "Shoot straight, you bastards! Don't make a mess of it!"
* UsefulNotes/CheGuevara's last words before his execution:[[note]]Believed to imply [[YouCannotKillAnIdea the immortality of the revolution compared to that of a person]][[/note]]
-->"I know you've come to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man."
* ''Supposedly'', Jose Rizal, one of the Philippines' national heroes, directly quoted from (presumably some Latin translation of) the Bible for his final words during his execution:
-->"Consummatum est!" ("It is done!")
** Other accounts say he didn't actually say anything intelligible, and that the Bible quote was merely ''attributed'' to him by cults that later worshipped him as effectively a god (alongside if not in spite of the Christian God, in a ''very'' heavily Catholic/Christian country)—as well as by the vast legal and institutional cult of personality that blew up his reputation all out of proportion and forced future generations of Filipino students to learn every little insignificant detail of his life, regardless of its actual relevance to nation-building or historical study, or the regions, provinces and ethnolinguistic or cultural groups those students are from.
* Sometimes, if a military officer noted for bravery is to be executed by firing squad, he may give the order to fire. This happened to two of Napoleon's marshals - Marshal Ney said, "Soldiers, when I give the command to fire, fire straight at my heart. Wait for the order. It will be my last to you. I protest against my condemnation. I have fought a hundred battles for France, and not one against her ... Soldiers, fire!". Murat cried, "Soldiers! Do your duty! Straight to the heart but spare the face. Fire!"
* During UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein's execution, a heckler in the crowd told him to go to hell, and he reportedly responded, "[[TakeThat The hell that is Iraq?]]"
* During the Arauco War, a notorious [[BadassNative Mapuche warrior]] named Galvarino was captured by the Spanish after he attacked their settlements in retaliation for them having previously dismembered him, though Galvarino attached [[BladeBelowTheShoulder blades to his missing stumps to kill his enemies]]. Impressed with the native's ferocity and taking pity in his condition, the Spaniards offered to spare him and let him go, but Galvarino refused, preferring death instead. Though his last words aren't recorded, the legend says that Galvarino told them more-or-less "If you let me live, I will tear you apart with my teeth".
* As he was about to be executed, Giuseppe Zangara, the would-be assassin of [[UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt FDR]], shouted, "Goodbye to poor people everywhere! Push the button! Go ahead, push the button!”
* Joe Hill, famous leader of the IWW, had about as literal a one of these as you can get. Facing a firing squad, as the executioner called ‘ready... aim...’ Joe cut in with ‘Fire!’.
* Nguyễn Thái Học, Vietnamese revolutionary, read out some poetry in French (presumably to make sure his defiance would be understood by his enemies) as his last words on his way to the guillotine for plotting to overthrow the colonial French government. "Dying for his homeland is the most beautiful fate, the most worthy of envy. Long live Việt Nam!" [[note]]"Mourir pour sa patrie c’est le sort le plus beau, le plus digne d’envie. Que vive le Việt Nam!"[[/note]] His comrade and schoolmate, Phó Đức Chính, yanked the blindfold off and demanded to be turned facing up so he could see the blade descend.
* Doubling with DefiantToTheEnd: Võ Thị Sáu pinned a flower to her hair and sang revolutionary songs in prison, on the way, and on the execution grounds itself, right in the face of the firing squad. As she became a mythical local and national figure, records vary on what she actually said.
** Before being shot, she looked straight ahead (having refused a blindfold, so that she could "look on my beautiful homeland to the last, and to have the bravery to stare straight down the barrel of [the executioners'] guns") and yelled, "Down with the French colonists! Long live independent Vietnam! Long live President Hồ!"
** When ordered to kneel by the executioners, she allegedly retorted, "I only know how to stand, not to kneel!"
* During the UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}n invasion of UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} in February 2022, when told to surrender by a superior Russian force, the 13-man garrison on Snake Island told the invaders "Russian warship, go fuck yourselves". The initial reports claimed the Ukrainians were then killed, and by the time more reputable sources [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated confirmed they were captured instead]], the line was already entrenched as a memetic example of the trope and made it to postage stamps that sold like hot cakes.
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