History Main / NotAfraidToDie

** Oddly enough, PredecessorVillain Grindelwald willingly let Voldemort kill him and laughed in his face while telling him the trope title pretty much word for word. Granted the guy had been in locked in a prison for over fifty years with nothing to do but wallow over his misdeeds (Dumbledore tells Harry that he believes he eventually came to regret what he’d done) and he was well into his 110s so death was probably a relief at that point.

** In the second episode, Louis is so profoundly disgusted at himself after he almost ate his nephew that he's shedding TearsOfBlood, and he encourages his lover Lestat to burn him alive and replace him with someone else.

** According to Rashid in the fifth episode, Louis wants to die, so the memoir that Daniel Molloy will publish based on their second interview will mean that Louis will be slaughtered by other vampires. Louis doesn't deny it.
--->'''Rashid''': Well, what do you think will happen to Mr. du Lac when you publish this book, when the other vampires of the world get their hands on it? [...] They will make their way to Dubai. They will scale the sides of this building, force their way inside, and paint the walls with his blood. You are chronicling a suicide.\\

--->'''Louis''': I teased the sun that night in Jackson Square. Thought about the walking cane and pile of ash they'd find in the morning. But Paul had forever ruined Grace's wedding night, and I would not do the same to Claudia on the anniversary of her escape. If I was to join Dante's Wood of the Self-Murdered, it would be another night.

* This is the main theme of ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'': The problem that Puss initially has is that he doesn’t just not fear death, he doesn’t even care about it. Since [[CatsHaveNineLives he has nine lives]], he’ll just bounce right back if something bad were to happen to him. At the beginning of the movie, he is on his last life, which makes him actually fear death and goes into retirement in order to expand his last life. Once he finds out about the wishing star, Puss goes out of retirement in order to use the wish to restore his lives. Meanwhile, a mysterious wolf hunts him down during his journey. [[spoiler: When he finally reaches the star, it’s revealed that The Wolf is actually [[TheGrimReaper Death]], and that the reason he was hunting down Puss is because of how he recklessly wasted his lives, and wanted to take his last life personally as punishment. During their final confrontation, Puss tells Death that he knows that he cannot defeat him, and that he’s a serious deal, but he does not fear him, and will keep fighting for his life until he cannot fight anymore. This is what encourages Death to put away his blades, and lets Puss live out the rest of his days until his time truly comes.]]

* This is the main theme of ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'': The problem that Puss initially has is that he doesn’t just not fear death, he doesn’t even care about it. Since [[CatsHaveNineLives he has nine lives]], he’ll just bounce right back if something bad were to happen to him. At the beginning of the movie, he is on his last life, which makes him actually fear death and goes into retirement in order to expand his last life. Once he finds out about the wishing star, Puss goes out of retirement in order to use the wish to restore his lives. Meanwhile, a mysterious wolf hunts him down during his journey. [[spoiler: When he finally reaches the star, it’s revealed that The Wolf is actually [[TheGrimReaper Death]], and that the reason he was hunting down Puss is because of how he recklessly wasted his lives, and wanted to take his last life personally as punishment. During their final confrontation, Puss tells Death that he knows that he cannot defeat him, and that he’s a serious deal, but he does not fear him, and will keep fighting until for his life until he cannot fight anymore. This is what encourages Death to put away his blades, and let’s Puss live out the rest of his days until his time truly comes.]]

* This is the main theme of ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'': The problem that Puss initially has is that he doesn’t just not fear death, he doesn’t even care about it, since [[CatsHaveNineLives he has nine lives]] he’ll just bounce right back if something bad happens to him. At the beginning of the movie, he is on his last life, which makes him actually fear death and goes into retirement in order to expand his last life. Once he finds out about the wishing star, Puss goes out of retirement in order to use the wish to restore his lives. Meanwhile, a mysterious wolf hunts him down during his journey. [[spoiler: When he finally reaches the star, it’s revealed that The Wolf is actually [[TheGrimReaper Death]], and that the reason he was hunting down Puss is because of how he recklessly wasted his lives, and wanted to take his last life personally as punishment. During their final confrontation, Puss tells Death that he knows that he cannot defeat him, and that he’s a serious deal, but he does not fear him, and will keep fighting until for his life until he cannot fight anymore. This is what encourages Death to put away his blades, and let’s Puss live out the rest of his days until his time truly comes.]]

--->Kill me any way you want! Unlike you, I am not afraid to die!

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': According to Rashid, Louis de Pointe du Lac wants to die (presumably he doesn't outright commit suicide because of his Catholic upbringing), so the memoir that Daniel Molloy will publish based on their second interview will mean that Louis will be slaughtered by other vampires. Louis doesn't deny it.
-->'''Rashid''': Well, what do you think will happen to Mr. du Lac when you publish this book, when the other vampires of the world get their hands on it? [...] They will make their way to Dubai. They will scale the sides of this building, force their way inside, and paint the walls with his blood. You are chronicling a suicide.\\

* [[AllThereInTheManual Supplementary information]] for ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'''s [[MultiMookMelee Salmon]] [[TimedMission Run]] mode says that the [[TheHorde Salmonids]], the FishPeople the players fight, are not afraid of death. This is because Salmonid culture has them fighting while wielding cookware such as {{frying pan|OfDoom}}s and barbecue grillers and whatnot, and says that when other sea creatures kill and eat them, that's their way of becoming one with the world and the cycle of life, death, and rebirth.

* In the FinalBattle of ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' ''III'', Malfurion Stormrage comes up with a plan to defeat Archimonde by blowing up the WorldTree right in his face. When Tyrande points out that this will rob the Night Elves of their immortality, Malfurion replies that if fear of death is enough to make them hesitate then maybe they have lived long enough.

* One of ''Manga/{{Akagi}}'''s main personality traits is his utter fearlessness in the face of death. Given that his life philosophy is that LivingIsMoreThanSurviving, he'd rather die fully alive than survive (he does, however, concede that it's mostly blind luck that allows him to risk death while fully alive instead of [[DroppedABridgeOnHim dying from factors beyond his control]]). This leads to its logical conclusion in ''Manga/{{Ten}}'', [[spoiler:when Akagi, faced with the prospect of living with Alzheimer's, overdoses on morphine while his mind is still intact.]]

* ''Fanfic/CodeGeassPaladinsOfVoltron'': Is this more than a DeathSeeker like in canon - Suzaku isn't throwing himself into suicidal situations anymore, but when it appears that he will be killed fighting Zarkon, he merely closes his eyes and attempts to FaceDeathWithDignity.

* Wynne from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' 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.
** This is brought to the point in the supplementary novel ''Literature/{{Asunder}}'', where [[spoiler:Wynne, without batting an eye, transfers the spirit that has kept her alive for eight years to the fallen Templar Evangeline, resurrecting her but dying herself.]]

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

* Commander Shepard often displays this in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' and ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''. Makes sense, since they've ''already'' done that, having been killed at the start of the second game.
--> '''Garrus''': The Collectors already killed you once and all it did was ''piss you off''...

** Deconstructed with Kirk later on, as he's terrified of getting old and becoming useless, and he would rather die than live out his days after retirement. The Nexus lets him fix every mistake he feels he's made, and he GoesOutWithASmile after being told he's made a difference.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural]}}'' has more than one DeathSeeker in the main cast, so this occurs in various forms.

A prime trait of any BloodKnight and pretty much anyone who makes a famous LastStand, HeroicSacrifice, decides to FaceDeathWithDignity or with some FamousLastWords. Also a trademark of the ShellShockedVeteran, the OldSoldier, and someone who has SeenItAll. When this character finally passes on, they will ''always'' have an ObiWanMoment; sometimes it will be a DyingMomentOfAwesome, as well. Doing this at the wrong time may result in a StupidSacrifice, however.