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* ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' (NES), before [[YourHeadASplode a-sploding Master D's head]]:

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* ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' (NES), ''VideoGame/BionicCommando1988'', before [[YourHeadASplode a-sploding Master D's head]]:
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* ''VideoGame/HiFiRush'': When Chai goes to deliver a finishing blow to the head of [[WarmUpBoss QA-1MIL]]:
-->'''Chai:''' You've got a killer track. But every song's gotta end.

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* In ''VideoGame/TheWarriors'', the mission "Destroyed" has you fighting against [[spoiler: Vergil]] who had one of the Warriors killed to lure Cleon into a trap. After beating him, Cleon delivers a rather badass one liner before finishing him off.
-->'''[[spoiler: Vergil]]''': Fuh--fuck you, copperhead. I'm the boss. You wuz nothin'... you wuz nothin' before me. Nothin'.
-->'''Cleon''': Open your eyes motherfucka, you ain't nothin' but ashes. *throws a molotov at him*
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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'': If you steal from the Town Tool Shop and come back, the shop owner has some very choice words for you before he fries you with lightning:
--> '''Shopkeeper:''' I wasn't kidding when I said pay! Now, you'll [[ShopliftAndDie pay the ultimate price]]!

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* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' series, which features some pretty interesting pre-mortem one-liners, including [[AntiHero Kain]] occasionally shouting at his enemies "Vae Victus!"[[note]]It means "woe to the conquered" and/or "suffering of the vanquished" in Latin.[[/note]]
** Vorador in ''Blood Omen'', as he assaults the Guardians of the Pillars in the [[spoiler: Sarafan Stronghold]]:
--->'''Vorador''': (Laughs) "''Call your dogs! They can '''feast''' on your corpses!''"
** Raziel in ''Soul Reaver 2'', after [[spoiler: impaling his past Sarafan self with the Reaver, [[BrokenPedestal feeling greatly disillusioned]] [[KnightTemplar about him]]]]:
--->'''[[spoiler:Wraith]] Raziel''': "''I '''renounce''' you.''"

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* The ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' series, which series features some pretty interesting pre-mortem one-liners, including [[AntiHero Kain]] occasionally shouting at his enemies "Vae Victus!"[[note]]It means "woe to the conquered" and/or "suffering of the vanquished" in Latin.[[/note]]
** Vorador in ''Blood Omen'', ''VideoGame/{{Blood Omen|LegacyOfKain}}'', as he assaults the Guardians of the Pillars in the [[spoiler: Sarafan [[spoiler:Sarafan Stronghold]]:
--->'''Vorador''': (Laughs) "''Call --->'''Vorador:''' ''[laughs]'' Call your dogs! They can '''feast''' on your corpses!''"
corpses!
** Raziel in ''Soul ''[[VideoGame/LegacyOfKainSoulReaver2 Soul Reaver 2'', 2]]'', after [[spoiler: impaling [[spoiler:impaling his past Sarafan self with the Reaver, [[BrokenPedestal [[IHatePastMe feeling greatly disillusioned]] [[KnightTemplar disillusioned about him]]]]:
--->'''[[spoiler:Wraith]] Raziel''': "''I Raziel:''' ''I '''renounce''' you.''"''



** Thanks to the interrupt system, the second game features even more opportunities to do this. Like telling a ranting krogan "You talk too much" before shooting at the tank of flammable gas he's unwittingly standing over.
** Another interrupt when facing down a particularly mouthy mook who just so happens to be standing next to a glass window on the upper levels of a skyscraper:
--->'''Mook:''' (turning away) I got nothin' to say to you...\\
''Shephard [[DestinationDefenestration pushes him out of the window]]''\\

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** Thanks to the interrupt system, the second game ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' features even more opportunities to do this. Like this, like telling a ranting krogan "You talk too much" before shooting at the tank of flammable gas he's unwittingly standing over.
** Another interrupt when facing down a particularly mouthy mook {{mook|s}} who just so happens to be standing next to a glass window on the upper levels of a skyscraper:
--->'''Mook:''' (turning away) ''[turning away]'' I got nothin' to say to you...\\
''Shephard ''[Shephard [[DestinationDefenestration pushes him out of the window]]''\\window]]]''\\



--->'''Collector Drone''': You are insignificant.\\
'''Aria T'loak''': Maybe...\\

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--->'''Collector Drone''': Drone:''' You are insignificant.\\
'''Aria T'loak''': T'loak:''' Maybe...\\



'''Aria''': But you're ''dead''!\\

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'''Aria''': '''Aria:''' But you're ''dead''!\\



** Shepard gives one to a downed Reaper [[spoiler:on Rannoch]].
--->'''Shepard''': Tell your friends I'm coming for them. (calls down OrbitalBombardment)

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** Shepard gives one to a downed Reaper [[spoiler:on Rannoch]].
--->'''Shepard''':
Rannoch]] before calling down OrbitalBombardment.
--->'''Shepard:'''
Tell your friends I'm coming for them. (calls down OrbitalBombardment)them.



-->'''Nolan''': What do you say, buddy? Punch out now, and I'll give you a job... scrubbing toilets!\\
'''[=McClair=]''': Thanks... I'll pass.

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-->'''Nolan''': -->'''Nolan:''' What do you say, buddy? Punch out now, and I'll give you a job... scrubbing toilets!\\
'''[=McClair=]''': '''[=McClair=]:''' Thanks... I'll pass.



* At the end of ''[[VideoGame/LegacyOfKain Soul Reaver 2]]'', Raziel to [[spoiler:Serafan Warrior Raziel]]: "I renounce you."

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* There are a few in ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale''.
** There's an attempt at one on Lee near the end of ''A New Day'':
--->'''[[spoiler:Larry]]:''' [[spoiler:You ain't coming with us, you son of a bitch! ''[punches Lee onto his back while Walkers fill the store]'']]
** In ''Starved for Help'', a played straight or subverted example, depending on player choices:
--->'''[[spoiler:Danny St. John]]:''' [[spoiler:You see!? You understand now, don't ya?! You can have me! It's how the world works now! Give part of yourself... so others can live! ''[...]'' You gotta keep me alive. If you kill me, the meat gets tainted! You can't eat it!]]\\
'''Lee:''' [[spoiler:You're already tainted!]]
* ''Franchise/TombRaider'' has a few, notably at the end of TRIII, [[spoiler: when Willard is telling Lara his plans.]]

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* There are a few in ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale''.
** There's an attempt at one on Lee near the end of ''A New Day'':
--->'''[[spoiler:Larry]]:''' [[spoiler:You ain't coming with us, you son of a bitch! ''[punches Lee onto his back while Walkers fill the store]'']]
** In ''Starved for Help'', a played straight or subverted example, depending on player choices:
--->'''[[spoiler:Danny St. John]]:''' [[spoiler:You see!? You understand now, don't ya?! You can have me! It's how the world works now! Give part of yourself... so others can live! ''[...]'' You gotta keep me alive. If you kill me, the meat gets tainted! You can't eat it!]]\\
'''Lee:''' [[spoiler:You're already tainted!]]
* ''Franchise/TombRaider'' has a few, notably at the end of TRIII, [[spoiler: when ''VideoGame/TombRaiderIII'', [[spoiler:when Willard is telling Lara his plans.]]plans]].



* Seether drops a simple, "Goodbye!" on a hapless Hellcat pilot in ''[[VideoGame/WingCommander Wing Commander IV]]'' before dispatching him with his fission cannon.

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* There are a few in ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale''.
** There's an attempt at one on Lee near the end of ''A New Day'':
--->'''[[spoiler:Larry]]:''' [[spoiler:You ain't coming with us, you son of a bitch! ''[punches Lee onto his back while Walkers fill the store]'']]
** In ''Starved for Help'', a played straight or subverted example, depending on player choices:
--->'''[[spoiler:Danny St. John]]:''' [[spoiler:You see!? You understand now, don't ya?! You can have me! It's how the world works now! Give part of yourself... so others can live! ''[...]'' You gotta keep me alive. If you kill me, the meat gets tainted! You can't eat it!]]\\
'''Lee:''' [[spoiler:You're already tainted!]]
* Seether drops a simple, "Goodbye!" on a hapless Hellcat pilot in ''[[VideoGame/WingCommander Wing Commander IV]]'' ''VideoGame/WingCommanderIVThePriceOfFreedom'' before dispatching him with his fission cannon.
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* There are a few in ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead''.

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* There are a few in ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead''.''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale''.



-->[[spoiler:Larry:]] [[spoiler:You ain't coming with us, you son of a bitch! ''punches Lee onto his back while Walkers fill the store'']]
** In Starved For Help a played straight or subverted example depending on player choices
-->[[spoiler:Danny St. John:]] [[spoiler:You See!? you understand now, don't ya?! You can have me! It's how the world works now! Give part of yourself... so others can live! --(...) --You gotta keep me alive. If you kill me, the meat gets tainted! You can't eat it]]
-->Lee: You're already tainted!

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-->[[spoiler:Larry:]] --->'''[[spoiler:Larry]]:''' [[spoiler:You ain't coming with us, you son of a bitch! ''punches ''[punches Lee onto his back while Walkers fill the store'']]
store]'']]
** In Starved For Help ''Starved for Help'', a played straight or subverted example example, depending on player choices
-->[[spoiler:Danny
choices:
--->'''[[spoiler:Danny
St. John:]] John]]:''' [[spoiler:You See!? you see!? You understand now, don't ya?! You can have me! It's how the world works now! Give part of yourself... so others can live! --(...) --You ''[...]'' You gotta keep me alive. If you kill me, the meat gets tainted! You can't eat it]]
-->Lee: You're
it!]]\\
'''Lee:''' [[spoiler:You're
already tainted!tainted!]]
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* ''VideoGame/{{Blazblue}}'': ''Central Fiction'' ends with [[AntiHero Ragna]] giving a real corker of one:
-->''"Be devoured by the infinite darkness... [[spoiler:Yuuki Terumi.]]"''

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* ''VideoGame/{{Blazblue}}'': ''Central Fiction'' ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCentralFiction'' ends with [[AntiHero Ragna]] giving a real corker of one:
-->''"Be devoured by the infinite darkness... [[spoiler:Yuuki Terumi.]]"''Terumi]]."''
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* ''VideoGame/TheOuterWorlds'': If you invest into the right SkillScoresAndPerks, companions will launch a special attack on command designed to be a CoupDeGrace while spouting these.
-->'''Vicar Max:''' [[ChurchMilitant I smite thee]] in the name of the law!
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** Another interrupt when facing down a particularly mouthy mook who just so happens to be standing next to a glass window on the upper levels of a skyscraper:
--->'''Mook:''' (turning away) I got nothin' to say to you...\\
''Shephard [[DestinationDefenestration pushes him out of the window]]''\\
'''Shepard:''' How about goodbye?
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** Kazuya's [[GuestFighter guest appearance]] in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' has him mirror the final battle from ''Tekken 7'' for his Final Smash, Final Blaster, by transforming into Devil once more and yelling the same phrase, "This will be your burial ground!". Notably, where other characters {{avert|ed Trope}} NeverSayDie, as they usually declare a PreAsskickingOneLiner (including ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]]'', whose one-liner[[note]]"Return to the Planet." (Hoshi ni kaere.)[[/note]] doesn't tell the opponent to outright "die"), Kazuya differs from them; he doesn't just want to win the fight, [[{{Jerkass}} he genuinely wants his opponent]] ''[[{{Jerkass}} dead]]''!

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** Kazuya's [[GuestFighter guest appearance]] in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' has him mirror the final battle from ''Tekken 7'' for his Final Smash, Final Blaster, by transforming into Devil once more and yelling the same phrase, "This will be your burial ground!". Notably, where other characters {{avert|ed Trope}} NeverSayDie, as they usually declare a PreAsskickingOneLiner (including ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]]'', whose one-liner[[note]]"Return to the Planet." (Hoshi ni kaere.)[[/note]] doesn't tell the opponent to outright "die"), Kazuya differs from them; them by {{avert|ed Trope}}ing the trope; he doesn't just want to win the fight, [[{{Jerkass}} he genuinely wants his opponent]] ''[[{{Jerkass}} dead]]''!

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* ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'': In ''VideoGame/Tekken7'''s Story Mode, Kazuya and Heihachi engage in one hell of a FinalBattle where Kazuya awakens his Devil form to take on Heihachi. Should you win round 1 against Devil Kazuya, however, Kazuya will utter "This will be your burial ground!"[[labelnote:In JP]]Koko ga kisama no hakaba da![[/labelnote]], [[TheBattleDidntCount swat away Heihachi into the sky and then take him down]], before [[BeamSpam firing multiple beams from his body]], yelling "It's over... NOW DIEEEEE!"[[labelnote:In JP]]Owari da... SHINEEEEE![[/labelnote]]. [[spoiler:Then Heihachi {{subvert|ed Trope}}s this by [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat surviving the attack]] and [[EleventhHourSuperpower awakening his true power]] to fight Devil Kazuya in one [[TheLastDance Last Dance]]. It's then averted when, after said final battle, Kazuya merely finishes Heihachi off without one of these, merely letting out a {{kiai}}. He does engage in a BondOneLiner afterwards, though.]]
** Kazuya's [[GuestFighter guest appearance]] in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' has him mirror the final battle from ''Tekken 7'' for his Final Smash, Final Blaster, by transforming into Devil once more and yelling the same phrase, "This will be your burial ground!". Notably, where other characters {{avert|ed Trope}} NeverSayDie, as they usually declare a PreAsskickingOneLiner (including ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]]'', whose one-liner[[note]]"Return to the Planet." (Hoshi ni kaere.)[[/note]] doesn't tell the opponent to outright "die"), Kazuya differs from them; he doesn't just want to win the fight, [[{{Jerkass}} he genuinely wants his opponent]] ''[[{{Jerkass}} dead]]''!



-->Lee:you're already tainted!

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* In ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'', 47 loves to give these when talking to his victims in disguise, such as saying that particular foods (which he can poison) or views (which he can shove his victim off of) are "to die for".

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* In ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'', 47 loves to give these when talking to his victims in disguise, such as saying that particular foods (which he can poison) or views (which he can shove his victim off of) are "to die for".for" - though of course just ''how'' far pre-mortem they are is technically up to the player.
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* In ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'', 47 loves to give these when talking to his victims in disguise, such as saying that particular foods (which he can poison) or views (which he can shove his victim off of) are "to die for".

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** ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' : Kratos' most famous line, mostly for its {{punctuat|edPounding}}ion: "Feel the pain ''[stabs the villain]'' of those inferior beings ''[stabs, sheathes]'' as you burn in Hell."
%%* ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'''s Yuri Lowell does this to a few people, notably [[spoiler:Alexei and Zagi]].



** ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' : Kratos' most famous line, mostly for its {{punctuat|edPounding}}ion: "Feel the pain ''[stabs the villain]'' of those inferior beings ''[stabs, sheathes]'' as you burn in Hell."
%%* ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'''s Yuri Lowell does this to a few people, notably [[spoiler:Alexei and Zagi]].

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* ''VideoGame/TalesFromTheBorderlands'':
** August delivers one to a guy who owed him money:
--> '''NPC:''' Please, August! I'll pay! I'll pay, I'll pay, I'll pay!\\
'''August:''' [[ExactWords You are]]. (BANG)
** Like the above-mentioned Minecraft: Story Mode by the same company, the game gives you an assortment of these to deliver to [[spoiler: Handsome Jack]], should you choose to destroy the last place his consciousness resides in.
--> '''Rhys:''' I win, [[spoiler: Jack]]. It's over.
** In the first episode, Fiona can give one to [[spoiler: Felix]], if the player chooses not to warn him about the bomb in the Mystery Box of- er, the briefcase with the money.
--> '''Fiona:''' ''Choke on it''.



* Their are a few in ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead''
** their's an attempt at one on Lee near the end of A New Day

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** their's There's an attempt at one on Lee near the end of A ''A New DayDay'':

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