History Main / NotAfraidToDie

* Any number of soldiers and badasses from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' ranging from the honorable to a fault Eddard Stark to amoral badass Jamie Lannister.

-->--''[[IndianaJones Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]''

* As seen from the quote up top, both IndianaJones and minor character Kazim from ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' count.

->''And the mercy seat is waiting\\
And I think my head is burning\\
And in a way I'm yearning\\
To be done with all this measuring of truth.\\
An eye for an eye\\
A tooth for a tooth\\
And anyway I told the truth\\
And I'm not afraid to die.''
-->--''NickCave'', ''The Mercy Seat''

->And the mercy seat is waiting\\
''And I think my head is burning\\

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': According to [[BloodKnight Kenpachi Zaraki]], every Soul Reaper captain except [[{{Foreshadowing}} Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tousen]].

* Heavily implied in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' for Commander Shepard. For one, s/he's already died once. However, by this time, s/he's also become a mild DeathSeeker who may not be actively looking for death [[HurtingHero but would welcome it as a relief if it happened.]]

--> '''Daxter''': Whoa! Freeze frame! I'd like to go on record right here that I'm firmly and officially against dying. In any way.

* The Joker in ''TheDarkKnight'' doesn't even seem to care about the prospect of his death.

Compare DontFearTheReaper (which is about not fearing the ''personification'' of death, rather than death itself)

* ''{{Bleach}}'': According to [[BloodKnight Kenpachi Zaraki]], every Soul Reaper captain except [[{{Foreshadowing}} Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tousen]].
* In ''OnePiece'', this is a trademark of those with the "Will of D." (those with the middle initial D.). Other characters are baffled as to why they all GoOutWithASmile (including Luffy when he was almost executed by Buggy).

* In ''CowboyBebop'', one of Spike's character traits is how blasé he is about the prospect of dying. He states several times that he's already died and is just watching a bad dream until he's ready to wake up and face the reality that he's dead. Encountering [[MonsterClown Tongpu]] temporarily drives the cool away from him, but in all other instances (including in several episodes and TheMovie that took place chronologically later) Spike never seems afraid of death. [[spoiler:Depending on how you interpret the ending, the last minutes of the series shows the crowning example.]]

* In ''{{Predators}}'', at one point mass murdering SerialKiller Stans catches ScaryBlackMan Mombassa by surprise and holds a knife to Mombassa's throat, demanding one of his guns. Mombassa calmly draws his pistol, puts it Stans' head, and says that Mombassa isn't afraid to die, then asks if Stans can say the same. After [[MexicanStandoff a few seconds in a standoff]], Stans backs down.

* Heavily subverted in ''{{X-Men}}'' Origins: Wolverine when Victor Creed, aka Sabretooth comes to assassinate his ex-team member Bolt. This little exchange takes place:

* Any number of soldiers and badasses from ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' ranging from the honorable to a fault Eddard Stark to amoral badass Jamie Lannister.

* In ''HarryPotter'', those who aren't afraid to die can't become ghosts. This includes [[spoiler:Sirus and [[ThanatosGambit Dumbledore]].]]

* ''{{Scrubs}}'': In "My Old Lady", Mrs. Tanner quietly refuses dialysis, explaining that she has enjoyed her life and is ready to die. Later, it is shown that J.D. is much more afraid of death than she is, and she ends up comforting him.

* Wynne from ''DragonAge: Origins'' has in fact ''already'' died, but was kept back by a benevolent Spirit of the Faith entering her body and using its own power to keep her alive. However the strain of this is weakening the Spirit, leading her to realize she ''can'' collapse and die at any moment. Nonetheless, she is perfectly fine with this because she has no regrets about the life she lived (except one, which you can help resolve in her personal sidequest), devoting her remaining time to aiding the Warden.

* Shiki Tohno, the protagonist of ''{{Tsukihime}}'', has very frail health and is perfectly at peace with the fact that any moment, his life can cease for no particular reason.

* Wynne from ''DragonAge: Origins'' has in fact ''already'' died, but was kept back by a benevolent Spirit of the Faith entering her body and using its own power to keep her alive. However the strain of this is weakening the Spirit, leading her to realise she ''can'' collapse and die at any moment. Nonetheless, she is perfectly fine with this because she has no regrets about the life she lived (except one, which you can help resolve in her personal sidequest), devoting her remaining time to aidiing the Warden.
** This is also embodied by the Grey Wardens, who's organisation is based on the principle that they are willing to sacrifice their lives to defeat the Darkspawn, have only 30 left years to live after Joining and will end their days by entering the Deep Roads to perform a LastStand against the horde.

--> "In Peace, Vigilance. In War, Victory. '''In Death, Sacrifice.'''"

** This is also embodied by the Grey Wardens, who's organisation is based on the principle that they are willing to sacrifice their lives to defeat the Darkspawn, have only 30 left years to live after Joining and will end their days by entering the Deep Roads to perform a LastStand against hordes of Darkspawn.

** This is also embodied by the Grey Wardens, who's organisation is based on the principle that they are willing to sacrifice their lives to defeat the Darkspawn, have only 30 left years to live after Joining and will end their days by entering the Deep Roads to perform a HeroicLastStand against hordes of Darkspawn.

* Wynne from ''DragonAge: Origins'' has in fact ''already'' died, but was kept back by a benevolent Spirit of the Faith entering her body and using its own power to keep her alive. However the strain of this is weaking the Spirit, leading her to realise she ''can'' collapse and die at any moment. Nonetheless, she is perfectly fine with this because she has no regrets about the life she lived (except one, which you can help resolve in her personal sidequest), devoting her remaining time to aidiing the Warden.

* Wynne from ''DragonAge: Origins'' is so old, she can collapse and die any moment, yet is perfectly fine with it because she doesn't have any regrets about the life she lived (except one, which you can help resolve in her personal sidequest).

* In ''{{Predators}}'', at one point mass murdering SerialKiller Stans surprises ScaryBlackMan Mombassa and holds a knife to Mombassa's throat, demanding one of his guns. Mombassa calmly draws his pistol, puts it Stans' head, and says that Mombassa isn't afraid to die, then asks if Stans can say the same. After a moment, Stans backs down.