History Main / ForeseeingMyDeath

* On ''Series/TheXFiles}'', in the episode "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose", Peter Boyle played a man who could accurately predict the manner of someone's death, including his own.

* Centauri of ''Series/BabylonFive'' have prophetic dreams of their deaths. Londo recognizes G'kar as the one who kills him the first time they meet (but doesn't realize that it was a MercyKill).
* On ''Series/{{The X-Files}}'', in the episode "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose", Peter Boyle played a man who could accurately predict the manner of someone's death, including his own.

** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor The Name of the Doctor]]", it's revealed that the Eleventh Doctor has been aware of this for some time, knowing both the location and guessing at some of the circumstances of the Doctor's eventual death at Trenzalore. Note that this isn't actually the death of ''his'' Eleventh incarnation, but rather the ultimate fate of the ''Doctor'' himself. He freely admits that this is something that cannot be avoided and that he will ''[[YouCantFightFate always]]'' die at Trenzalore in one last final battle. [[spoiler: The swirling energy that comprises his timestream and serves as his "corpse" makes this point even more obvious]].

** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor The Name of the Doctor]]", it's revealed that the Eleventh Doctor has been aware of this for some time, knowing both the location and guessing at some of the circumstances of the Doctor's eventual death at Trenzalore. Note that this isn't actually the death of ''his'' Eleventh incarnation, but rather the ultimate fate of the ''Doctor'' himself. He freely admits that this is something that cannot be avoided and that he will ''[[YouCanFightFate always]]'' die at Trenzalore in one last final battle. [[spoiler: The swirling energy that comprises his timestream and serves as his "corpse" makes this point even more obvious]].

** In "[[RecapDoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor The Name of the Doctor]]", it's revealed that the Eleventh Doctor has been aware of this for some time, knowing both the location and guessing at some of the circumstances of the Doctor's eventual death at Trenzalore. Note that this isn't actually the death of ''his'' incarnation, but rather the ultimate fate of the ''Doctor'' and he freely admits that this is something that cannot be avoided. He will ''always'' die at Trenzalore during in one last final battle.

* A rather interesting variation occurs in Series 6 of ''Series/DoctorWho'', in which the Doctor invites his younger self and three others to see his own death, but he's the only one of the four that doesn't see it. For the rest of the first half of the season, Amy and Rory know exactly when, where and how the Doctor is going to die, but they can't tell him (lest they make it fixed in his timeline too, preventing him from escaping it). He doesn't find out until "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler Let's Kill Hitler]]".

* A rather interesting variation occurs in Series 6 of ''{Series/DoctorWho}'', in which the Doctor invites his younger self and three others to see his own death, but he's the only one of the four that doesn't see it. For the rest of the first half of the season, Amy and Rory know exactly when, where and how the Doctor is going to die, but they can't tell him (lest they make it fixed in his timeline too, preventing him from escaping it). He doesn't find out until "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler Let's Kill Hitler]]".

* A rather interesting variation occurs in Series 6 of ''{Series/DoctorWho}'', in which the Doctor invites his younger self and three others to see his own death, but he's the only one of the four that doesn't see it. For the rest of the first half of the season, Amy and Rory know exactly when, where and how the Doctor is going to die, but they can't tell him (lest they make it fixed in his timeline too, preventing him from escaping it). He doesn't find out until {{Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler}}.
** The 2009 specials had the Doctor receiving a prophecy of his "[[TheNthDoctor death]]" from Carmen (''"[[ArcWords He will knock four times]]"''), but he doesn't find out what it means until {{Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E17E18TheEndOfTime}}.

* Implied in ''FinalFantasyII'' that [[TheMedic Minwu]] knew he was going to die, if not ''exactly'' when he did, then the general idea of it.
* ''{{Final Fantasy XIII-2}}'': It is said that the Seer of Paddra (aka Yeul) always knew her fate -- right down to the exact time and circumstances (usually the result of a vision), but was unable to change it -- for fear of bringing a worse one upon her people.

* Quite a few characters from ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'', specifically Aradia!bot right before she exploded, seemed to know they were going to die soon. Somewhat subverted though because in ''Homestuck'', DeathIsCheap.

* ''{{Final Fantasy XIII-2}}'': It is said that the Seer of Paddra (aka Yeul) always knew her fate, but was unable to change it -- for fear of bringing a worse one upon her people. Also, at the 3/4 mark of the story, Serah learns that she will die because of her powers (which are the same as Yeul's)

* In the opening of ''Videogame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' Tiber Septim states that he is aware of his own imminent death and is powerless to prevent it moments before it happens.

* In ''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!"

* Centauri of ''Series/{{Babylon 5}}'' have prophetic dreams of their deaths. Londo recognizes G'kar as the one who kills him the first time they meet (but doesn't realize that it was a MercyKill).

* RobertHeinlein's short story "Life-line". Professor Pinero builds [[AppliedPhlebotinum a machine that can electronically predict the exact date and time of a person's death]]. He writes down when his own death will occur and seals it inside an envelope. When he's murdered, the envelope is opened and the prediction turns out to be correct.

* 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 him at the end of the End Time instance.

* 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.

* From ''Literature.TheBible'', Mark 10:32-34, Jesus speaking about Himself:

* In ''[[TheMatrix Matrix: Revolutions]]'', the Oracle foresees her death / assimilation by the rogue Agent Smith, as evidenced by her calm, unsurprised demeanor when he finally arrives at her current place of residence.

* In ''MobyDick'', Queequeg saw his own death in the bones he cast--probably a link to the later death of everyone when the ship sank.

* From ''TheBible'', Mark 10:32-34, Jesus speaking about Himself:

* [[PsychicChildren Jojen Reed]] from ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' is heavily implied to have done this - he was blessed with symbolic visions of the future, and throughout the series, he repeatedly tells Bran and his sister that "this is not the day he dies."

* In the opening of ''TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' Tiber Septim states that he is aware of his own imminent death and is powerless to prevent it moments before it happens.

* Rika Furude in ''{{Higurashi}}'' tells Akasaka in the Time Killing Chapter that she will be killed around the Cotton Drifting festival of 1983. She knows this due to the GroundHogDayLoop.

* The Hungarian novel ''The Book of Fathers'' is about twelve generations of a Hungarian family, where the firstborn son has an ability to see into the past of his ancestors, or into the future. Nándor Csillag, who lives in the first half of the 20th century, once has a vision of how his life will end; choking to death with many others in semidarkness. He couldn't understand it. Because he was of Jewish descent, eventually he was gassed to death in Auschwitz.

* Centauri of ''Series/{{Babylon5}}'' have prophetic dreams of their deaths. Londo recognizes G'kar as the one who kills him the first time they meet (but doesn't realize that it was a MercyKill).
* On ''TheXFiles'', Peter Boyle played a man who could accurately predict the manner of someone's death, including his own.
* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' had an episode in season 7 with a girl who told Buffy she was going to die at a certain point. Buffy saved her from a demon worshipping cult that was going to sacrifice her...only for her to die from a heart problem.