History Main / DefiantToTheEnd

* The Battle of Shiroyama was a good example of this trope. Saigo was offered the chance to surrender, but refused, and he and the other remaining samurai all fought and died on the hill.

--->'''Unnamed captive:''' Demon filth. You've ruined everything our city and country stand for! You, the False Goddess and that Dark Elf harlot can all rot in hell!\\

* Upon being ordered to surrender by the Russian warship ''Moskva'' during the opening hours of the 2022 Invasion of Ukraine, the defenders of Snake Island replied , "Russian warship, Go [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] yourself!" The island was captured and the soldiers of Snake Island were initially reported dead but were later found to be alive as POWs; the island itself was recaptured later. On the other hand, the ''Moskva'' was sunk by Ukranian anti-ship missiles several months later.

* Upon being ordered to surrender by a Russian warship during the 2022 Invasion of Ukraine, the defenders of Snake island replied as follows:
-->'''Soldiers:''' Russian warship, Go [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] yourself!
** This troper notes that the Soldiers of Snake Island infact survived and the Island itself was later re-captured. The Russian Warship on the other hand was sunk by Ukranian anti ship missiles several months later.

-->'''Soldiers:''' Russian warship, Go [[PrecisionFStrike F$#@]] yourself!

* During the Salem Witch Trials, suspected witches were subjected to public pressure to plead either guilty or not guilty, so the court hearing could commence (which inevitably led to more names being given to the crowd, keeping the cycle going endlessly). When people refused to enter a plea, a more literal form of pressure was used--a horrific punishment calling "pressing," wherein the accused was placed under a wooden plank, with rocks placed on top to slowly suffocate the victim (more on it ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crushing_(execution) here]]). When [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_Corey Giles Corey]] was accused, he refused to plead either guilty or not guilty, knowing [[MortonsFork he was more than likely to be found guilty and executed no matter what he said]]. After the pressing began, the judges repeatedly demanded his plea, but he said only two words over and over: "More weight." Keep in mind that his lungs were being squeezed to the point where he could no longer inhale, and he still refused to surrender. Though the torture killed him, Corey had the last laugh: his trial never officially commenced and he was thus able to die in full possession of his estate which would otherwise have been forfeited to the government had he been found guilty.

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* Chilean musician and activist Víctor Jara, who started an entire musical movement and spoke in favor of social justice, was marked for death shortly after the 1973 coup. He and thousands of other Chileans believed to have leftist ties were imprisoned in Chile Stadium, where the guards smashed his hands and then mocked him by asking him to play a guitar. Jara instead sang the Chilean protest song Venceremos in front of the entire stadium, at which point the guards shot him 40 times.
** [[BasedOnAGreatBigLie Except this story is false]]. At least one of the prisoners who spoke with him that day after receiving the beating said that Jara [[DespairEventHorizon saw everything as dark and that the coup would prevail]]. Therefore, his priority was to send a letter to his wife Joan to tell her how to act and prevent her from falling into the same state as him. Managing to write the letter and in it also place his last poem called “Estadio Chile”. He would be riddled with 44 bullets.[[note]]If you're wondering, yes, his wife Joan left the country alive with their two daughters.[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries'': In the episode ''Future Shock'', we learn that Godzilla did this [[OffScreenMomentOfAwesome at some point before HEAT arrives]] in the BadFuture version of 2028 in an attempt to [[DyingMomentofAwesome protect the last few million humans from a race of genetically engineered monsters called the Dragmas.]] He '''''[[HeroicSacrifice SUCCEEDED]]'''''. To top it off, it's implied he also [[TakingYouWithMe did]] ''[[TakingYouWithMe NOT]]'' [[TakingYouWithMe go down]] ''[[TakingYouWithMe alone.]]'' Crosses into both heartwarming and sad when we are told all of this after being shown his '''''Memorial Statue'''''....

* Happens quite a bit in ''WesternAnimation/{{ReBoot}}'' whenever Megabyte has the upper hand. He Lampshades it in Season 3 when confronted by a grown-up Enzo Matrix: "Where's that annoying chatter of yours? Mega Breath this and Mega Both that!"

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Bart Simpson in the episode ''Bart The Murderer''. After he had accidentally ended up in the Springfield mafia's turf, he was taken and interrogated by them, believing that he was a spy. He answered their questions with "eat my shorts" and "don't have a cow". In this case, Bart's insults and tough guy act actually impresses the mafia, convincing them to give him a job as a bartender.

* {{Inverted|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' when one of a pair of {{lizard|Folk}}s, stuck in the {{stock|Punishment}}s, snaps at his [[AintTooProudToBeg groveling]] companion not to expect mercy from their captors, and angrily gives heroic {{Catfolk}} Prince Lion-O an earful about his {{motive|Rant}}s for stealing the Cats' crops that metastasizes into a ScrewYouElves speech, despite the very real threat of death for confronting the prince of the race who enslaved him. Lion-O's response is to defend the prisoners against an AngryMob of {{Catfolk}} and successfully [[PleaseSpareHimMyLiege plead with his father]] for their release.

* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'': Near the end of 'The Bot', Bot 13/Beep-Boop returns to Lord Dominator's headquarters with the coordinates to the planet he had scouted out earlier and is just about to give them to her...but thanks to a HeelFaceTurn by [[AllLovingHero Wander]], he denies her access. When she furiously demands Bot 13 to display the coordinates, threatening to have him destroyed if he defies her, what does he do? [[spoiler: He corrects her that [[DoNotCallMePaul his name is Beep-Boop]] and deletes the coordinates from his memory right in front of her! This, of course, leads to a HeroicSacrifice on his part as he is ThrownOutTheAirlock...]]

** The protagonist gets another one near the true ending of the game when [[spoiler: the fake Igor orders his execution. Just as Caroline and Justine are about to kill him, Joker musters up enough willpower to transform into his Metaverse outfit and destroy the door on his jail cell.]] As if that wasn't badass enough, he's also able to [[HPToOne withstand all their attacks.]]

* In ''Literature/TheFaeireQueene'', Pyrrochles refuses to be spared by [[Myth/KingArthur Prince Arthur]] and pretty much orders the man to kill him or be killed himself. Arthur is disappointed, but doesn't hesitate to execute Pyrrochles.

* In [[VideoGame/CorpseParty Corpse Party: Book of Shadows]], when [[spoiler: Mitsuki Yamamoto]] is fatally stabbed by [[spoiler:Yuuya Kizami]], she refuses to give her assailant the satisfaction of hearing her scream. Additionally, in one of the wrong ends, even when her leg is broken by [[spoiler:Yoshikazu Yangahori]], she refuses to go down without a fight.
'''[[spoiler: Kizami]]:''' My, you've gotten awfully quiet. I'd love it if you'd howl for me again!\\

** Even [[spoiler:after enduring countless shocks and staring down Enel's 100,000,000 Volt Vari]], Cross does not back down, and his last effort is to spit in his face.

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS-WQbeGBB this]] episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', some defeated villains join in laughing at the girls when they are embarrassed publicly by the Professor.

* ''Film/TripleThreat'': The UsefulNotes/MI6 operative in the village refuses to cooperate with the mercenaries, and refuses to beg for his life when their leader Collins kills him.

* Some people adamantly do not believe COVID-19 to be an issue, even when they are [[https://usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/09/25/dr-matthew-trunsky-says-some-dying-covid-patients-deny-virus/5866695001 on their deathbeds]].

* ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine'': After you finally get to fight Warboss Grimskull of the invading Ork horde and beat/slash/shoot him into a pulp, Grimskull ''still'' doesn't give up, letting out a defiant "I ain't finished with you yet, Space Marine!" Unfortunately for him, Captain Titus has had enough of this Ork invasion and says, "[[PreMortemOneLiner But I am finished with you, Ork]]," [[BoomHeadshot and blows Grimskull's head off]].