History Main / NotAfraidToDie

8** In the game, it is revealed that [[spoiler: she is aware that she will die once she fulfils her calling to help Noctis.]] It is likely that her lack of fear of death is a result of [[spoiler: having known about her death since she became the Oracle at 16, and having made peace with it by the time of the film.]]

* Yeul in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2''. Which makes Caius' centuries-long XanatosGambit to "save her" somewhat unnecessary -- too bad he doesn't realize it until the end. Also, [[spoiler:[[TheHeroDies Serah]] by the end: when Caius tries to unnerve her by saying she'll die if she continues on her path, she says she doesn't care anymore, and that if the future is saved, she's not afraid to die.]]
* Lunafreya from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' expresses this sentiment in the prequel film ''Anime/KingsglaiveFinalFantasyXV'' when Nyx points out that she's going to end up killing herself if she keeps pulling stunts like running headfirst into danger instead of away and jumping off airships.
--> '''Lunafreya''': Not all miracles are made by magic; I do not fear death. What I fear is doing nothing, and losing everything.
** In the game, it is revealed that [[spoiler: she is aware that she will die once she fulfils her calling to help Noctis.]] It is likely that her lack of fear of death is a result of [[spoiler: having known about her death since she became the Oracle at 16, and having made peace with it by the time of the film.]]

* ''Manga/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). The most prevalent example would have to be the late Pirate King Gold Roger ([[spoiler:real name Gol D. Roger]]), who smiled at his execution. A young Smoker witnessed this, and it drove him to chase after Luffy into the Grand Line after the aforementioned Buggy incident, noting the disturbing parallels between the two pirates and the realization of how dangerous Luffy was going to be.
** Subverted, however, by [[spoiler: Marshall D. Teach aka Blackbeard, who begs for his life as Whitebeard is about to smash his head open.]]
** It becomes clear both during and after the Dressrosa arc that Trafalgar Law is more than willing to die if it means bringing down Doflamingo [[spoiler: and avenging his father-figure Corazon. Fittingly this is the arc that reveals his full name: Trafalgar '''D.''' Water Law.]]
** Indeed, this is almost a prerequisite for a pirate who takes a chance with Devil Fruit; because you lose the ability to swim, it means you'll risk drowning the until the end of your career (no matter how it happens).

* Eren from ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' is this, contrary to what his allies [[DeathSeeker think of him]]. When he fights, he has no time to let the prospect of death get in his way. He has every intention of walking out of each fight alive and frequently encourages this in others, especially in face of cowardice, apathy or doubt.
--> '''Eren''': "If you win, you live. If you lose, you die. If you don't fight, you can't win!"
* In ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'', Terra of the Left is unafraid of dying because he's completely confident that he will go to Heaven, despite his ''incredibly depraved'' actions. [[spoiler:As Terra's dying, Acqua of the Back tells him he will obviously go to Hell for his sins, and Terra finally loses his smugness as he glares at Acqua before succumbing to his wounds.]]
* Sailor Saturn from ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' is the "Soldier of Ruin and Birth", and holds the Power of Death, a double-edged sword that allows her to kill any enemy at the cost of her own life. She is also fiercely loyal to the titular character and her friends, and although she won't use this power frivolously, she will not hesitate to try and unleash it against the BigBad if she thinks she can end the conflict right then and there.
* Many characters from ''Manga/DragonBall'' counts (likely due to the fact DeathIsCheap and only got cheaper as things like restrictions on how many times one could be revived were lifted), but the most notable example would be Tenshinhan/[[DubNameChange Tien]], who is willing to face enemies who killed countless people and are far beyond his league. At least, he's able to slow them down (or not).
* Ebisu in ''Manga/{{Noragami}}'' shows a lack of concern in any life-threatening event because he knows he will (and he has, several times) reincarnate afterwards. [[spoiler: Subverted when he is fatally injured, he realizes he is afraid to die.]]
* Erza Scarlet in the earlier arcs of ''Manga/FairyTail'' was very much prepared to throw away her life for her comrades if it meant saving their lives, partially due to her own DarkAndTroubledPast and how it left her scarred. This culminates in the Tower of Heaven arc, where said past comes to the forefront in the form of her childhood friend/love interest/now evil and insane brainwashed cult leader Jellal and she's ready and expects she's walking to her death to atone for her own sins. After having [[AttendingYourOwnFuneral a vision of her own funeral]] and seeing how utterly miserable her friends would be, however, she learns not to throw her own life away so readily.

* [[spoiler:After the conclusion of act 1]], Thorfinn from ''Manga/VinlandSaga'' adopts this attitude and claims he has no fear of death because he has no reason to keep on living. [[spoiler:On their first meeting, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Snake]] decides to test Thorfinn's conviction by trying to kill him, and the sheer KillingIntent behind it causes Thorfinn to reflexively counterattack and dodge. Snake then points out that no matter how much he says otherwise, Thorfinn's ''body'' clearly wants him to live, causing Thorfinn to begin searching for something WorthLivingFor.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/BaltoIIWolfQuest'', Nava claims that [[BigBad Niju]] does not fear death but change. Niju would rather face certain eventual death than leave his homeland.

%%* Indiana Jones and minor character Kazim from ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''.
* In ''Film/{{Predators}}'', at one point mass murdering SerialKiller Stans catches ScaryBlackMan Mombasa by surprise and holds a knife to Mombasa's throat, demanding one of his guns. Mombasa calmly draws his pistol, puts it to Stans' head, and says that he isn't afraid to die, then asks if Stans can say the same. After [[MexicanStandoff a few seconds in a standoff]], Stans backs down.
* In ''Film/TheLastSamurai'', Katsumoto identifies Algren as not being afraid to die, but [[DeathSeeker sometimes wishing for it]]. By the end of the movie, Algren has started to lose his death wish. Being good {{Samurai}} that they are, Katsumoto and his men are already like this.

* ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'':
** The Joker in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' doesn't even seem to care about the prospect of his death. In fact, it's almost what he's hoping to happen. [[StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred He would love nothing more than for Batman to kill him]] to prove that in the end, everyone is just as monstrous as he is.
** In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', Bruce isn't afraid of dying either, and that is the reason [[spoiler:he can't escape the prison pit the first two times he tries. He eventually escapes by harnessing his fear of dying ''in the pit, helpless to save Gotham'' and climbs out without the safety rope, his fear spurring him to succeed.]]
%%* The original ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' series:
%%** ''Film/Batman1989'': Jack Napier
%%** ''Film/BatmanReturns'': Selina Kyle
* Subverted (maybe parodied) in ''Film/IfLooksCouldKill'':
-->'''Michael Corben:'''I am not afraid to die. I am not afraid to die. Who am I kidding?
* In ''Film/KingdomOfHeaven'' the hospitaller is told he will certainly die if he goes with the army. He replies, "All death is certain" and rides away.
* Parodied in ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''; Sir Robin's minstrel claims that Robin isn't afraid to die, but he very clearly is. Probably doesn't help that the minstrel keeps going on about the horrible things that could happen.
* Subverted in ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness''. [[spoiler: During the climax, Admiral Marcus attempts to put on a big show about not being scared that Kirk is pointing a phaser in his face, but the second the far less controllable and much more ruthless Khan gets up, Marcus [[NotSoStoic visibly freaks out]] and tries to make a run for it. Unfortunately for him, Khan is a lot faster. Cue head crush.]]
* In the original ''Film/GameOfDeath'', all of the guardians of the pagoda show no signs of fear when they face death.
--> '''Hai Tien (Bruce Lee)''' [[spoiler: Why continue? Just let me pass.]]
--> '''Kareem Abdul Jabbar:''' You have forgotten, that I too am not afraid of death.
* ''Film/{{Deewaar}}'': Vijay considers his own death to be an acceptable cost of successfully infiltrating Samant's gang. He concocts a plan wherein Daavar's man Darpan will tell Samant's gang where Vijay will be, giving them a chance to kill him. He reasons that [[XanatosGambit regardless of whether they succeed in killing him]], they will trust the FakeDefector Darpan.
* In the Bollywood Film ''Ram Jaane'', a remake of Film/AngelsWithDirtyFaces, the eponymous character has a HeelRealization and sees that he’s become a bad example to all the urchins in his old neighborhood. He blabbers uncontrollably in fear in front of them, while being led to the gallows, till they all walk away in disgust. Once he is alone, Ram walks to the noose silently and upright, showing no fear.
* In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', Thanos [[spoiler:from 2014 sees his future self being [[OffWIthHisHead decapitated by Thor]] when viewing Nebula's memories of the future. The sight horrifies Gamora and Ebony Maw, but Thanos simply says it is "destiny fulfilling itself". Later when he and his forces are being turned to ash by Iron Man using the Infinity Stones, Thanos does not struggle against or show any signs of fear or anger towards it and simply seems disappointed that all of his plans and efforts were for nothing as he is disintegrated]].
* ''Film/HangmansKnot'': After almost being lynched, Cass throws himself on top of a trapdoor to keep the {{Posse}} from coming through it, despite the risk of being shot. When Major Stewart points out how dangerous that was, Cass replies that when he had the rope around his neck, he gave himself up for dead, and he guesses he still isn't over it. Later, he sneaks out of the station to attempt to scatter the posse's horses, despite Stewart telling him it is too dangerous. He is spotted and gunned down by the posse.

* In ''Literature/DragonBones'', Oreg has lost all fear of death, after being a slave for hundreds of years. He tried to commit suicide by provoking one of his masters to kill him (the only way he can die), but failed.
* Any number of soldiers and badasses from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' ranging from the honorable to a fault Eddard Stark to amoral badass Jaime Lannister. By the end of ''Literature/ADanceWithDragons'' [[spoiler: Theon Greyjoy]], someone who in earlier books was desperately afraid of dying, states that death holds no fear for him because it's honestly better than what his life is now.

* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', characters who are willing to risk death are generally on the heroic side, while even the greatest 'Dark' wizard is terrified of the notion.
** In the first book, Nicholas Flamel and his wife agree that the PhilosophersStone, a creation of both Flamel and his wife that can grant immortality, should be destroyed, as people like Voldemort will try to use the stone for evil purposes. It's stated that while they both have enough elixir of life to get their affairs in order, they'll [[TogetherInDeath both]] die soon afterward, but neither of them are all that broken up about it--they're pushing around 665 at the time of the stone's destruction, so to them, death would be (as Dumbledore puts it) "like going to bed after a very, very long day".
** Dumbledore himself, who stated that death was not to be feared in the first book, demonstrated how it's done at the end of the sixth, offering one of the people who'd betrayed and destroyed him a LastSecondChance.
** 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.
** This trope is also the ultimate difference between Harry and Voldemort. While Voldemort has used twisted magic to stave off death, Harry ultimately accepts that he'll have to die in order to return Voldemort to mortality. [[spoiler:This is why Harry is the true "Master of Death". He does not fear it: when his death (seemingly) comes, he does not try to escape it. Voldemort, however, cannot comprehend a FateWorseThanDeath, which ultimately leads to his defeat.]]
* Achimas Welde, the ImplacableMan ProfessionalKiller from ''[[Literature/ErastFandorin Death of Achilles]]'', is afraid of being crippled but not of pain or death. Ironically, [[spoiler:he ''is'' crippled by Fandorin in the end of the book... and so he chooses to bleed out and die instead of accepting Fandorin's help]].
* ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' has its protagonists gradually become much more stoic about facing death - they don't ''like'' it and they strive to not be killed, they ''are'' afraid, but they aren't particularly upset. In ''Ghost of the Jedi'', after Tash's brother and uncle [[DeathFakedForYou appear to die]], Tash debates with herself, and then decides to go after what 'killed' them anyway. She's sure that they and [[DeceasedParentsAreTheBest her parents]] will be there, if she dies, and the thought causes some degree of DissonantSerenity - which is a good state to be in if one is using The Force.
* ''Literature/{{Musashi}}'', being about Japanese swordsmen, has a lot of this. One warrior temple actually has challengers sign a disclaimer. Musashi himself, although not particularly afraid of death, doesn't think too highly about samurai who brag about how much they don't fear it. They can die their heroic deaths if they want, as far as he's concerned, the only thing he'll settle for is heroic victory.

* In Literature/TheZombieKnight, servants for the [[ImmortalLifeIsCheap obvious reasons]] and [[spoiler:Colt, because he knows he protected his children from Geoffry, and because he managed to not get his soul eaten]]
* Thoroughly subverted in the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' franchise: Despite her inner BloodKnight tendencies and her reckless courage and all the savage battles she's fought through, ''Rachel'', the strongest and fiercest member of the team, is still afraid to die before charging boldly into her [[FinalBattle last battle]]. In an earlier book she muses on how those who don't fear death are insane, and death is still portrayed as a PrimalFear to mostly everyone seen in the series, even the Yeerks, and one of the most basic traits all species shares.
* In ''Literature/{{Remnants}},'' the [[InsectoidAliens Hetwans]] seem to have no individual wills outside of serving their god, [[EldritchAbomination Ka Anor]]. At several points in the series Hetwans are captured, threatened and then killed, but they never show emotion or give into interrogation.
-->"My death is irrelevant. I serve Ka Anor."
%%* Goes for both Katniss and Peeta in ''Literature/TheHungerGames''.

* In the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' book ''Dawn'', after Brambleclaw stops Crowpaw from needlessly risking his life, Crowpaw snarls that he's not afraid of joining [[{{Heaven}} StarClan]] at that at least Feathertail would be waiting for him.

* ''Series/{{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.
** Another patient of J.D.'s, Elaine, contently imagined death as a Broadway musical. When she dies, J.D. ends up imagining it for her.

* In ''Series/NewTricks'' [[spoiler: Jack Halford]] admits to being one of these and explains it's the reason [[spoiler: he tackled two armed criminals and why he doesn't want the commendation he's been awarded for it.]]
* In ''Series/TheComicStripPresents: Oxford'' the gun-toting bad guy is confronted by a group of elderly professors who aren't afraid to die because they're all over 60.
* In the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode "I've Got You Under My Skin" the Ethros demon tells Angel that he does not fear dying at Angel's hands. [[spoiler:The only thing he has ever feared is the horrible emptiness within his soulless former host.]]
* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Years before [[Franchise/MassEffect Commander Shepard]], John Sheridan had "been there, done that".
-->"I find it amazing that you think that threats still mean anything to me. 'Do this or you're a dead man.' Death! Been there, done that[[labelnote:Context - spoiler alert]]He was LivingOnBorrowedTime, and had been since Z'Ha'Dum; he had only about nineteen years left to him at that point[[/labelnote]]."

** {{Deconstructed}} in a late ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode where Mala, the last member to do and survive the HeroicSacrifice, oposes to Daniel using certain Ancient devise to assemble the McGuffin because it's killing him. Michael points out that giving your life is easy compared [[SurvivorGuilt to being the one who survives]].
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** River Song, "The Doctor's death doesn't frighten me. Nor does my own. There's a far worse day coming for me."
** Leela invokes this trope in "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" after Weng-Chiang (AKA Magnus Greel) captures her and tells her he plans to place her in his organic distillation chamber. Which steals its victim's life-force, reducing him or her to a dried husk:
--->Kill me any way you want! Unlike you, I am not afraid to die!
* In the "Demon With A Glass Hand" episode of ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'', the hero Trent captures an alien invader who he can kill just by pulling off his protective amulet. The alien whispers "I'm not afraid to die.", to which Trent responds "Then why are you whispering?"

* Subverted in the mini-series ''On Wings of Eagles''. 'Bull' Simons has to assemble a team of EDS executives (all former military or Vietnam veterans) to spring two colleagues from an Iranian prison. However when one of the executives claims this trope Bull throws him off the team, refusing to go on a mission with someone so reckless.
* ''Series/MillionYenWomen'': The fact that [[spoiler:the invitations to come live in Shin's home outright told them they could die, yet they all showed up]] indicates that all the women follow that trope to an extent.

* It's also a prerequisite in the ''TabletopGame/DarkSun'' campaign, seeing as Athas is a DeathWorld where learning how to survive is far more important than learning to read. Water and food are scarce, the wildlife is deadly, humans are worse, and to top it off, [[there are [[MadeASlave fates worse]] [[GladiatorGames than death here.]]

* The title character of ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'' is not afraid of dying even in light of all the ominous omens taking place in Rome throughout the night, telling those who try to counsel him not to go to the Senate that death "will come when it will come." But he ''is'' pretty bummed to find out that [[EtTuBrute Brutus was among the conspirators against his life]].

* As {{ninja}}, all the characters from ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'' clearly state several times that they are ready to lay down their lives for their mission's sake or to defeat an enemy.
* ''VideoGame/TotalWar'' has units that can be unbreakable and immune to losing [[BreakMeter morale]], or [[StatusBuff a few abilities that can cause this to units]], which therefore are either of this trope or are {{Death Seeker}}s. This is quite a boon considering in most cases, units will rout from having their morale depleted before being entirely destroyed instead, though it's not uncommon for these unbreakable units have that kind of morale to balance out [[GlassCannon how quickly they will die if put under duress anyway]].

* ''VideoGame/FatalFrameII'' has Seijiro Makabe, a normal folklorist that visited Minakami village. He was imprisoned and learned that he was going to be the human sacrifice for the ritual to create a Kusabi. His spirit is seen multiple times, and ends up expressing genuine interest and joy to be allowed to experience this secretive ritual first-hand.
* Yeul in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2''. Which makes Caius' centuries-long XanatosGambit to "save her" somewhat unnecessary--too bad he doesn't realize it until the end. Also, [[spoiler:[[TheHeroDies Serah]] by the end: when Caius tries to unnerve her by saying she'll die if she continues on her path, she says she doesn't care anymore, and that if the future is saved, she's not afraid to die.]]
* Lunafreya from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' expresses this sentiment in the prequel film ''Anime/KingsglaiveFinalFantasyXV'' when Nyx points out that she's going to end up killing herself if she keeps pulling stunts like running headfirst into danger instead of away and jumping off airships.
--> '''Lunafreya''': Not all miracles are made by magic; I do not fear death. What I fear is doing nothing, and losing everything.
** In the game, it is revealed that [[spoiler: she is aware that she will die once she fulfils her calling to help Noctis.]] It is likely that her lack of fear of death is a result of [[spoiler: having known about her death since she became the Oracle at 16, and having made peace with it by the time of the film.]]
* Ulthane from ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}''. At one point War points a gun in his direction. Unimpressed, Ulthane simply shoves his face right into the muzzle.
-->'''Ulthane''': Do I ''look'' like I'm afraid of death, Horseman?

* Jarvan IV from ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' exemplifies this, being the Crown Prince of Demacia, whose creed involve, aside of equally punishing everyone for any form of crimes, to [[AttackAttackAttack always attack, never retreat or surrender]]. He boasts several quotes that shows complete fearlessness towards death, such as "We shall rest when we are dead!", "Ours is but to do and die!", "Today is a good day to die!", etc, and his skill kit shows this, emphasizing on charging onto the enemy and beating the crap out of them while also hindering their attempts to escape, but most notably his Ultimate, ''Cataclysm'', where Jarvan creates an 'impassable' barrier and unless the enemy has an escape method, their escape route is blocked, and their option is just to fight, and either kill or be killed by Jarvan (and the former, he has no qualms about it). And for the record, most of the time, Jarvan doesn't intend to get out of it, especially when said move is more often used at the middle of enemy ranks and probably attracting enemies to wail on his tough body while his allies pick off the distracted.
** Subverted by some actual Jarvan play. There's a play where Jarvan uses his Cataclysm on enemies under his own turret -- only to Flash out of it and run away while they are stuck inside.

* ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' If your Outlander PlayerCharacter chooses to [[spoiler: save Vette over Torian]], the latter will remark this. [[spoiler: It helps that he is a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Mandalorian]] and expects to meet his end in battle.]]
* Averted in ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2''. Arthur Morgan is not a man who scares easy: America's deadliest predators don't give him much pause, and [[RealMenGetShot he doesn't worry about getting slashed or shot in a fight]]. [[spoiler:But he knows full well he cannot do anything to save himself from a drawn-out, emasculating death by a lung infection (i.e., tuberculosis), and worse, he dreads what kind of judgment he might face because of the life he has led. He admits to Sister Calderon that he knows his doom is close and [[NotSoStoic it's the one time in the game he looks actually vulnerable]].]]
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel IV'', because [[spoiler:Rean has become the chosen one to become a sacrifice for the curse of Erebonia, he ends up accepting that he will have to die, something that his friends call him out on but ultimately concede as Rean's essentially living his last moments with them. When the time comes to finally sacrifice his life to save the world and his friends, he takes it as he, Crow, and Millium (Crow's life is tied to Rean's and Millium's mostly dead already and her soul is confined inside the Sword of Demise that Rean's been using throughout ''Cold Steel IV'') sacrifice their lives to destroy Ishmelga and the Great One for good.]]

* Shirou Emiya from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' is also a man without the fear of death. In fact, he is literally unable to value his own life, with his main drive being his dream of becoming a Hero of Justice able to save everyone around him, regardless of what it will cost him.

* ''WesternAnimation/MaxSteel'' has [[PsychoForHire Psycho]], as shown when he threatens to drop a canister with a deadly substance.
-->'''Jefferson''': You drop that and we all die!
-->'''Psycho''': And yet, I don't seem to care. Must be why they call me PSYCHO!

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E11OneFishTwoFishBlowfishBlueFish One Fish Two Fish Blowfish Blue Fish]]", Homer believes he has only 22 hours to live, but gets over fear of death quickly, and tries to make the most out of one day.
** PlayedForLaughs in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E3GuessWhosComingToCriticizeDinner Guess Who's Coming To Criticize Dinner]]"; when Lisa tells Homer the poisoned eclair is going to kill him, he simply shrugs and says "I've had a good run."
** In the story ''Oh, the Places You'll D'oh'' from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E2TreehouseOfHorrorXXIV Treehouse of Horror XXIV]]", the Fat in the Hat (Homer) acts like this as he lays dying.
--->'''Fat in the Hat:''' I'm frightened of nothing, not even hellfires. [[TakeThat Just don't let me]] [[Film/TheCatInTheHat ever be played by]] Creator/MikeMyers.

* Philly Phil from ''WesternAnimation/ClassOf3000'' is a subtle example. He has zero reservations about launching himself into deep space, is fairly placid about the idea of having his brain boiled, and doesn't hesitate to grab onto a single-seat biplane with nothing to secure himself beyond his bare hands.

* On some level, most of the skateboarders of Anime/SK8TheInfinity are like this, but special mention goes to Langa, who's aware that the villain ADAM is willing to grievously harm him and is still willing (as well as actually able) to go toe-to-toe with him. And then, in a late episode...[[spoiler:there's Reki]], who takes the trope to its ultimate conclusion, being unshaken even after ADAM legitimately attempts to kill him, and focusing on ''how fun skateboarding is.''

* Shiki Tohno, the protagonist of ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'', has very frail health and is perfectly at peace with the fact that any moment, his life can cease for no particular reason.
** It helps that he literally sees death everywhere (without his glasses) [[spoiler:and has actually been killed before. Though he's not dead either. It's a little weird.]]
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* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', Ruby Rose is described this way. She is a great warrior, but very naive and idealistic, not to mention inexperienced, so she is completely nonchalant about death.

* {{Discussed}} and {{Deconstructed}} in ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality''. In one of their discussions, Dumbledore tells Harry that while he doesn't actively want to die, he will accept death when it finally comes from him and that he loaths dark lords like Voldemort for fearing death. Harry mercilessly rips into this attitude, pointing out that it is no different from being a DeathSeeker since not wanting to live forever is literally synonymous with wanting to die at some point. You either wish you were immortal, openly or not, or you need to call a suicide prevention hotline. How effective/logical this argument is depends entirely on the reader's own view of death.

* ''Manga/BreakBlade'''s Girge seems to be somewhat between [[DeathSeeker seeking death]] and [[NotAfraidToDie unafraid of death]]. He did prove that he's not afraid to die when he [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice took the hero's place to be executed]]]]. But he also seek for it actively by jumping here and there in the battlefield without care of his own safety.

* [[spoiler:Kosame]] from ''Manga/MahouShoujoSite'' is terminally ill and has at most six months to live. As a result, she's careless about her well-being. She doesn't mind that her MagicalGirl powers are drawn from her life force.

** PlayedForLaughsin "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E3GuessWhosComingToCriticizeDinner Guess Who's Coming To Criticize Dinner]]"; when Lisa tells Homer the poisoned eclair is going to kill him, he simply shrugs and says "I've had a good run."

** In the story ''Oh, the Places You'll D'oh'' from "Treehouse of Horror XXIV", the Fat in the Hat (Homer) acts like this as he lays dying.

** Orks have no fear of death, as Orks are a synthetic species that didn't exist when the C'Tan introduced fear of death into the primordial soup. In their own words "Orks is made for fightin' an' winnin'" and if they die in the course of that, it's regrettable, but nothing else. They ''do'' however fear being EatenAlive -- seeing the Flesh Tearers eat fallen Orks caused the rest to flee in a panic.

* In one ComicBook/{{Chick Tract|s}}, a man encounters a burglar in his home and is disconcertingly ''delighted'' that he will be murdered, because he's lived a good life and is assured a place in heaven, so he's got everything to gain by getting there early. A bit of an FamilyUnfriendlyAesop there.
* In ''Comicbook/FantasticFour: Books of Doom'', a young [[Comicbook/DoctorDoom Victor von Doom]] is approached by a group of KGB agents who try to threaten him into working for the Soviet Union. His response?

** In ''Literature/InterestingTimes'', [[OldMaster Cohen the Barbarian]] meets a soldier who claims to be ready to die for his Emperor. Cohen kills him, and asks if anyone else is also willing. Afterward, Cohen's newest addition to the [[BadassGrandpa Silver Horde]], (a retired teacher) tells Cohen that claims like that are practically a formality or protocol in the Agatean Empire, and they're not to be taken literally. Later on Coehn [[PreemptiveShutUp preemptively warns Imperial soldiers and bureaucrats]] not to say that they're willing to die for their Emperor unless they really, ''really'' mean it.

* Parodied several times in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''. In ''Literature/InterestingTimes'', Cohen meets a soldier who is ready to die for his Emperor. Cohen kills him, and asks if anyone else is also willing.

* Parodied several times in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''. In ''Discworld/InterestingTimes'', Cohen meets a soldier who is ready to die for his Emperor. Cohen kills him, and asks if anyone else is also willing.