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Not the same as the SelfFulfillingProphecy, WhodunnitToMe or ThanatosGambit or to be confused with PsychicGlimpseOfDeath.

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Not the same as the SelfFulfillingProphecy, WhodunnitToMe or ThanatosGambit or to be confused with PsychicGlimpseOfDeath.
PsychicGlimpseOfDeath. Not to be confused with NotHowImDyingDeclaration, though there can be overlap.
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'''As a DeathTrope, all examples, by their very nature, will be treated as spoilers.'''

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'''As a DeathTrope, {{Death Trope|s}}, all examples, by their very nature, will be treated as spoilers.'''
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* ''Mindstar Rising'' by Creator/PeterFHamilton. Psychic soldier Greg Mandel recruits a fellow Mindstar Brigade veteran who can see the future, and notes how this trope has turned what was once an efficient officer to a prematurely aged spinster. It's not that she ''has'' seen her death, but the constant fear of doing so if she looks too far into the future.

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* ''Mindstar Rising'' by Creator/PeterFHamilton. ''Literature/MindstarRising'': Psychic soldier Greg Mandel recruits a fellow Mindstar Brigade veteran who can see the future, and notes how this trope has turned what was once an efficient officer to a prematurely aged spinster. It's not that she ''has'' seen her death, but the constant fear of doing so if she looks too far into the future.
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* Vanyel, the protagonist of the ''Literature/LastHeraldMageTrilogy'', has recurring prophetic dreams about his death in a duel with an evil sorcerer. His final fight doesn't go exactly as foreseen, but it follows the major notes (and series readers already know Van is DoomedByCanon).

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* In ''Film/BigFish'', the main character knows how he will die because he looked into a witch's eye. Later he escapes a scrape as he announces "This isn't how I die!"
** Subverted in that he actually ''doesn't'' know, since he made up the whole story, but has his son make up his own story of how he died at his deathbed.

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* In ''Film/BigFish'', the main character knows how he will die because he looked into a witch's eye. Later he escapes a scrape as he announces "This isn't how I die!"
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die!" Subverted in that he actually ''doesn't'' know, since he made up the whole story, but has his son make up his own story of how he died at his deathbed.



* ''{{Series/The Chosen|TVSeries}}'': Jesus spends the entire series aware of the date He's walking towards, and indirectly acknowledges or references His impending death in conversation from time to time from the very beginning of the series onwards.



** Nozdormu, as part of his powers as the ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft's'' Aspect of Time, was given foreknowledge of the exact time and manner of his death. In fact, he oversees the players' killing his future self at the end of the End Time instance.
*** Chromie reveals this knowledge of their death is shared with the rest of his flight: They all know the time of their 'true' death, and use it as a measuring stick for how bad the flow of time has been disturbed; if they find a timeline where they die sooner or later than intended, they know something has been tampering with time in an unacceptable manner.
** The chieftains of the Bleeding Hollow clan undergo a ritual in which they carve out one of their eyes and receive a vision of their death. Knowing the circumstances of their death they can lead without fear even against foes that would usually concern them. Kilrogg in particular anticipated that final battle.
*** Kilrogg grants a vision of how players will die as part of his fight: Outnumbered against an endless army of Burning Legion demons as Azeroth burns, dying as Khadgar casts his last spell. The player is empowered by the vision as it is proof that Kilorgg will not kill them.

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** Nozdormu, as part of his powers as the ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft's'' Aspect of Time, was given foreknowledge of the exact time and manner of his death. In fact, he oversees the players' killing his future self at the end of the End Time instance.
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instance. Chromie reveals this knowledge of their death is shared with the rest of his flight: They all know the time of their 'true' death, and use it as a measuring stick for how bad the flow of time has been disturbed; if they find a timeline where they die sooner or later than intended, they know something has been tampering with time in an unacceptable manner.
** The chieftains of the Bleeding Hollow clan undergo a ritual in which they carve out one of their eyes and receive a vision of their death. Knowing the circumstances of their death they can lead without fear even against foes that would usually concern them. Kilrogg in particular anticipated that final battle.
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battle. Then Kilrogg grants a vision of how players will die as part of his fight: Outnumbered against an endless army of Burning Legion demons as Azeroth burns, dying as Khadgar casts his last spell. The player is empowered by the vision as it is proof that Kilorgg will not kill them.
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