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* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' Orihime regretted not giving her brother her usual fond farewell when he left for work on the day he died because they had an argument earlier. When her brother came back as a Hollow and was defeated/purified by Ichigo and Rukia, Orihime took the chance to say farewell to his departing spirit.

* In the dub of ''{{Franchise/Digimon}}'', Ken yelled at his older brother that he wished he'd [[NeverSayDie dissapear]]--said brother is then hit by a car.

--> Homer:[[DontExplainTheJoke "Yeah, you probably should have said something romantic, like 'I love you'"]]

* Late in one route of ''BlazeUnion'', Siskier and Jenon playfully make fun of each other while rescuing DistressedDude King Ordene before splitting up in hopes of getting him out of danger faster, culminating in Siskier calling Jenon an idiot. Jenon winds up gravely injured, then falling into and being washed away by the castle waterways. Siskier discusses this with protagonist Garlot while the two are trying to find Jenon later on.
* In the WorldOfWarcraft novel, ''Literature/TheShatteringPreludeToCataclysm'', Thrall, while leaving for Outland, finds his old friend [[spoiler:Cairne Bloodhoof]] waiting for him, who bitterly complains about his choice of Garrosh as Warchief. The two have an argument, and Thrall's last words are telling his friend that he has made his decision and it's up to him whether he helps Garrosh or undermines the Horde by being stubborn. Thrall considers apologizing, but the next thing he hears about [[spoiler:Cairne]] is his death, which is partly Garrosh's fault.

* In ''GetMedieval'', Asher spends the whole story arc regretting that his last words to his girlfriend before ending up stranded on medieval Earth were to tell her to buy cat food.

* ''FanFic/SoulChess'': "Look if you want to go and get yourself killed that's fine by me. Don't expect me to be at your funeral." [[spoiler: -Shinji Hirako to Hiyori]]

* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'': [[spoiler: Eri regrets not being able to apologise to her friend Shiki before her death. Shiki, playing the Reaper's Game, was listening as Eri told someone about this]]

* In the dub of ''Franchise/Digimon'', Ken yelled at his older brother that he wished he'd [[NeverSayDie dissapear]]--said brother is then hit by a car.

* ''SoulChess'': "Look if you want to go and get yourself killed that's fine by me. Don't expect me to be at your funeral." [[spoiler: -Shinji Hirako to Hiyori]]
* In the dub of Digimon, Ken yelled at his older brother that he wished he'd [[NeverSayDie dissapear]]--said brother is then hit by a car.

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* In ''{{Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire}}'', after Harry and the Weasley children have a brush with Death Eaters, Mrs. Weasley mentions that she'd never forgive herself if Fred and George had died when the last time they'd talked she was chewing them out for their bad grades.

* Inverted in ''HowIMetYourMother''. After [[spoiler: Marshall's dad]] dies, his family decides to have the funeral eulogies based around the last words he said to each of them. [[spoiler: Marshall]] gets distressed because the last thing [[spoiler: his dad]] said to him was that he should rent ''CrocodileDundee 3'', whereas everyone else has profound, meaningful moments to talk about.

** In the episode "Shuffle, Ball Change", the victim and his brother got into a shoving match that resulted in the brother injuring his knee, possibly derailing his wrestling career. Their infuriated father told the victim, "God help you, Maurice". The boy disappeared soon afterwards, leaving the father thoroughly haunted by the thought that his son had run away from home thinking that his father hated him, and even more torn up when he learned that his son had in fact been murdered, and that either way, those were the last words that he said to him.

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* The song "The Last Thing She Said" is all about this trope, except that the woman with regrets is actually the one in danger of dying.

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* Discussed in [[http://xkcd.com/791/ this]] ''Webcomic/{{XKCD}}'' comic.

* In the ''Series/ColdCase'' episode ''Disco Inferno'', the father of the murder victim the detectives investigate confesses to this, for the last words he said to his son, in reaction to said son's future life choice, were [[ThisIsSparta "I... renounce... you."]] The son died later that night.

* In the ''BobTheDevilAndBob'' episode "Bob's Father" Bob visits his father in the hospital and just as Bob's leaving the room his father imitates the flatline noise as a joke just to see how he would react. Bob angrilly tells him he can go to Hell and his father dies a second later. Initially Bob is afraid that just by saying that he condemned him to Hell, but God tells him it doesn't work that way. Later God arranges one last meeting between Bob and his father so they can part on better terms.

* In the ''ColdCase'' episode ''Disco Inferno'', the father of the murder victim the detectives investigate confesses to this, for the last words he said to his son, in reaction to said son's future life choice, were [[ThisIsSparta "I... renounce... you."]] The son died later that night.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', after Demona ([[IGotBetter apparently]]) sacrifices herself to save Angela, the daughter she had just recently met, Angela immediately regrets that the last thing she said to her was that she hated her.

** Implied with Homer and his mother Mona. During Mona's final appearance, Homer blew up at Mona for never being there for him and putting her various agendas ahead of him. Later that night, Homer cooled down and made an apology card for her. Only to find that she died sometime in the night.

* In ''FruitsBasket'' Tohru regrets not saying "take care" before her mother left on the day her mother died.
* In ''{{Bleach}}'' Orihime regretted not giving her brother her usual fond farewell when he left for work on the day he died because they had an argument earlier. When her brother came back as a Hollow and was defeated/purified by Ichigo and Rukia, Orihime took the chance to say farewell to his departing spirit.

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A character has been KilledOffForReal. One of the survivors recalls the last conversation they had with the deceased, and wishes they had chosen their words more carefully. Maybe they said something hurtful, and never got a chance to take it back. Maybe the conversation was about something mundane and trivial, and they wasted to opportunity to express their true feelings to the person. Whatever the case, they look back on the incident with regret.

* In ''BurnNotice'', Fiona and her sister had a fight before her sister was killed in a shooting and she's always regretted it. Her sister's death motivated her to join the IRA.

* Discussed in [[http://xkcd.com/791/ this]] ''{{XKCD}}'' comic.

* In ''TheSimpsons'' Ned Flanders regrets that the last thing he said to Maude was "No footlongs."

* In ''{{Gargoyles}}'', after Demona ([[IGotBetter apparently]]) sacrifices herself to save Angela, the daughter she had just recently met, Angela immediately regrets that the last thing she said to her was that she hated her.
* In ''BatmanBeyond'', Terry bitterly regrets his last conversation with his father:

* BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold has [[spoiler: Bruce himself being bratty on Christmas Morning after getting his father's nutcracker solider instead of a [[TheLegendOfZorro "Swashbuckler" toy.]] His parents bring him to the "Swashbuckler" movie and he still refuses to lighten up. Doesn't take a genius to think of what happens next...]]

* TheWorldEndsWithYou: [[spoiler: Eri regrets not being able to apologise to her friend Shiki before her death. Shiki, playing the Reaper's Game, was listening as Eri told someone about this]]

* ''SoulChess'': "Look if you want to go and get yourself killed that's fine by me. Don't expect me to be at your funeral." [[spoiler -Shinji Hirako to Hiyori]]

* TheWorldEndsWithYou: [[spoiler: Eri regrets not being able to apologise to her friend Shiki before her death. Shiki, playing the Reaper's Game, was listening as Eri told someone about this]].