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Death Equals Emotion

If an important character, often the Big Bad, is an Emotionless Girl or similar character, chances are that on their deathbed, they'll finally learn how to feel. Accordingly, their last words often reflect this.

A Death Trope and subtrope of Final Speech. Sometimes overlaps with I'm Cold... So Cold... or Alas, Poor Villain.

Examples

Anime and Manga

In Bleach, as the previously stoic Uliquiorra dies, he discovers the meaning of THE HEART.

Film

Occurs when Brandt dies in Equilibrium.
In the film version of Battle Royale, Kazuo Kiriyama finally feels something when he is killed.
In Terminator 2, the T-800 says that he finally understands why humans cry.
In Pirates of the Caribbean, Barbossa says "I feel... cold."

Literature

In Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders, as a dying Kennit is absorbed into Paragon, his joining with the ship restores the empathy, memories, and emotions that he'd stored away, and he dies finally knowing love and peace.

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