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5->''"[[BelievingTheirOwnLies No matter how you try to fool yourself out of it, the truth remains the same.]] Silencing me like this won't do any good. A day will come when you have to atone for your sins. [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu I can only hope that your atonement costs you your life!]]"''
6-->-- '''The Magistrate''' to '''Hantengu''', ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', "A Connected Bond: Daybreak and First Light"
7
8->'''Hougen:''' Go on, do it! Start crying for help! If you do, I'll put you out of your misery faster!\
9'''John:''' Nobody... nobody would ever beg to lowlife scum like you. I refuse.
10-->-- ''Anime/GingaDensetsuWeed''
11
12->''"Listen, Gin. A soldier must never show any signs of weakness. He must show defiance, even when facing death. Our determination can make the difference between life or death."''
13-->-- '''Ben''', ''Manga/GingaNagareboshiGin''
14
15->'''Greed:''' ''[being lowered into a pot of boiling lava]'' '''Oh, yeah!! Come on in, brothers and sisters! The water's fine!! And I'm sure the flames of hell are even hotter! I'll go scout it out for you and see what it's like!'''\
16'''Father:''' Go back to the place where you were born. Go back into my soul, Greed.\
17'''Greed:''' '''''FINE BY ME, DAD! BUT DON'T BLAME ME IF YOU GET SICK!'''''
18-->-- ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''
19
20->''"If you lose your blade, then use your fists!! If you lose your fists, then use your teeth!! Struggle until the very end!!"''
21-->-- '''Toda Kagekatsu''', ''Manga/RecordOfRagnarok''
22
23->'''[[WorldsStrongestMan Adam Smasher]]:''' [[VillainRespect You would make an interesting construct.]]\
24'''David:''' Whatever, [[FutureSlang choom]]. Like I give a shit.\
25'''Adam Smasher''': ... Ah well.\
26''[Smasher shrugs and shoots David dead.]''
27-->-- ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners''
28[[/folder]]
29
30[[folder:Comic Books]]
31->''Uh-oh. Kill shot. Nothing I can do. Guess I could still... spit in her face.''
32-->-- '''Cassandra Cain''', ''ComicBook/Batgirl2000''
33
34->'''Morrow''': Jesus, Nichols. You ever get sick of killing monsters?\
35'''Nichols''': ''[[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner Not really.]]''
36-->--''Comicbook/{{BPRD}}: The Devil You Know''
37
38->'''Skrull:''' Swear allegiance to the new skrull empire: Share magic again. Or stay proud and die.\
39'''John the Skrull:''' Terms and conditions apply. Here, General Eccentric, is there a place for silliness in your fascist dreamworld, sir? Got anything for me?
40-->-- ''Comicbook/CaptainBritainAndMI13'' #4
41
42->'''The Bat:''' How did you do it?\
43'''[[Franchise/{{Batman}} James Gordon]]:''' Ask [[ComicBook/LexLuthor your boss]]. He's the who put source code in everyone's brains.\
44'''The Bat:''' You're saying you created [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} her memories]].\
45'''James Gordon:''' I'm saying ''go to Hell'', Bruce. That's what I'm saying.
46-->-- ''ComicBook/GothamCityGarage''
47
48->'''ComicBook/SuperboyPrime:''' Your world is finished. I'll be the r-r-real Superboy again. I will! M-M-ME!\
49'''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}:''' Screw you, "Superboy."
50-->-- ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''
51
52->'''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}:''' You...\
53'''Xenon:''' Ah. It desires to be defiant.\
54'''Supergirl:''' You... can just go... straight to Hell.\
55'''Xenon:''' Oh, as if I haven't heard ''that'' before.
56-->-- ''ComicBook/ManyHappyReturns''
57
58->''"I hopes it chokes on my poisoned--"''
59-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''', ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton''
60
61->''"Is that the best you can do, you pansies?"''
62-->-- '''Marv''', after surviving the first shock in an electric chair, ''ComicBook/SinCity''
63
64->''"It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses and apologized to no one. I shall die here. Every inch of me shall perish. Every inch, but one. An inch. It is small and it is fragile and it is the only thing in the world worth having. We must never lose it or give it away. We must NEVER let them take it from us."''
65-->-- '''Valarie''', ''ComicBook/VForVendetta''
66
67->'''Mirror Master:''' Well, guys, what do you think... Is this the end?\
68'''Weather Wizard:''' Not as long as we keep fighting.\
69'''Trickster:''' Yeah, screw these chumps, Sam!
70-->-- ''[[ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013 Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion]]''
71[[/folder]]
72
73[[folder:Fan Works]]
74->'''Cell:''' You know, if you want my personal opinion, [[CallingYourAttacks "Kikoho"]] is a pretty sad choice of last words. But to be fair, ''[[ImpliedDeathThreat it's far from the worst decision you've made today.]]''\
75'''Tien:''' Kiko-fuck yourself...\
76'''Cell:''' Aw, see? [[VillainRespect That's the spirit]].
77-->-- ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''
78
79->'''Kuradeel:''' If only I could have met [[[MurderInc Laughing Coffin]]] in their prime...\
80'''Kirito:''' Wait, you never met them?! I thought you said you... ''oh my god''. You're not a member... ''you're a [[{{Fanboy}} FANBOY!]]'' ''[bursts out laughing]'' That's ''amazing!''\
81'''Kuradeel:''' You made them {{sell out}}! And what did it get them?! An army at their door and a blade to their hearts! ''[chokes up]'' It... it used to be about the ''murder'', you know?\
82'''Kirito:''' Let me guess, [[ItsPopularNowItSucks you prefer their early work?]]\
83'''Kuradeel:''' ''And what of it?!'' ''[stabs him]''\
84'''Kirito:''' URGH! ''[forcing a shit-eating grin despite the pain]'' This is... the greatest day of my life!\
85'''Kuradeel:''' ''Do you mind?! I am TRYING to KILL you!''\
86'''Kirito:''' ''[labored snickering]'' Hey... if I gotta die anyway... least I can do is make sure you don't get to enjoy it!
87-->-- ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'', Episode 9
88
89->''"You say I'm going to die? Like hell I am! I'm not going down without a fight! I'd like to see that bear try to execute me that easily! I'm not spineless like Kaito was, so just try to kill me! […] Screw all of you fuckers! [[SeeYouInHell I'll see you in hell]]!"''
90-->-- '''Ayame Ishikawa''', ''Fanfic/DespairsLastResort''
91
92-> "''DON'T [[FearlessFool YOU]] SEE NOW? WE'RE ONE SOUL STRONGER AND YOU ARE ALONE. [[TheBadGuyWins YOU CAN'T WIN]], SO WHY DO YOU STILL [[evil:FIGHT?]]''"
93-->-- '''Ultra M''', ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinMariosMadness''
94
95-> ''"The only thing they can do is fight. It's not because they know they can win, it's because they'll lose themselves if they don't."''
96-->-- '''District 2 Victor Artemisia''' [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10411610/6/The-End-is-the-Beginning-is-the-End-The-Quarter-Quell The End is the Beginning is the End: The Quarter Quell]] in the ''Fanfic/WeMustBeKillers'' series
97
98->"Unfortunately, my dear doctor, you will not be around to see it." His finger tightened on the trigger. "Such a pity."\
99"Fuck you."
100-->-- ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide''
101
102->Is this the fate of our Imperium? Not to be rendered to fire by the hand of [[TheLegionsOfHell the Archenemy]], smashed under the fist of [[SpaceOrcs the Greenskin]], scoured by [[RoboticUndead the Necrons]]... but instead, as '''[[ToServeMan supper]]'''... to some [[HordeOfAlienLocusts impossibly vast alien metapredator]]?!\
103... [[LittleNo I, I say nay.]] I refuse to believe it. I have to refuse, for the alternative is to [[DespairEventHorizon give in to the sheer scale of the foe we face.]] So, I must [[SpitefulSpit spit]] upon the HiveMind and its devourers. [[BringIt Let them come]]. Let them taste Imperial [[{{BFG}} bolt]], let them perish under Imperial [[ArchaicWeaponForAnAdvancedAge steel]], let them test the [[HeroicResolve resolve]] of human faith, for they will see that it [[{{Determinator}} cannot and will not be found wanting]].\
104[[SigningOffCatchphrase Ave imperator. Gloria in Excelsis Terra.]]
105-->-- WebVideo/OculusImperia, closing words of the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YmlYM5o6RU Xenobiologis: Tyranids - Origins & History]]'' record
106[[/folder]]
107
108[[folder:Film -- Animated]]
109->'''Frollo:''' Your time has come, gypsy. You stand upon the brink of the abyss. Yet even now, it is not too late. I can save you from the flames of this world and the next. Choose me or the fire!\
110'''Esmeralda:''' ''[[[SpitefulSpit spits into his smug face]] and gives the mother of all {{Death Glare}}s]''
111-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}''
112
113->''"Now all of China knows you're here."''
114-->-- '''[[RedShirt Random night watchman]]''', [[SmallRoleBigImpact after lighting the signal fires to warn about Shan Yu]], ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}''
115
116->''"I do not fear you."''
117-->-- '''[[spoiler:Ishnifus Meaddle]]''' while making eye contact with his killer, ''WesternAnimation/MetalocalypseTheDoomstarRequiem''
118
119->'''Prince John:''' Traitors to the crown must die!\
120'''Robin Hood:''' Traitor to the crown? That crown belongs to King Richard! ''Long live King Richard!''\
121'''Crowd:''' [[UndyingLoyalty Long live King Richard!]]
122-->-- ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973''
123[[/folder]]
124
125[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
126->'''Loki:''' In the end, you will always [[KneelBeforeZod kneel]].\
127'''[[BadassBystander Old German Man]]:''' ''(standing up)'' Not to men like you.\
128'''Loki:''' [[AGodAmI There are no men like me.]]\
129'''Old German Man:''' There are ''always'' [[ANaziByAnyOtherName men like you.]]
130-->-- ''Film/TheAvengers2012''
131
132->'''Surtur:''' You cannot stop Ragnarok. Why fight it?\
133'''Thor:''' Because that's what heroes do!
134-->--''Film/ThorRagnarok''
135
136->''"Wakanda forever."''
137-->--'''Dora Milaje soldier''' before [[spoiler:Killmonger slashes her throat]], ''Film/BlackPanther2018''
138
139->'''Black Panther:''' We can still heal you...\
140'''Killmonger:''' Why, so you can lock me up? Nah. Just bury me in the ocean with my ancestors who jumped from ships, 'cause they knew death was better than bondage.
141-->--''Film/BlackPanther2018''
142
143->''"You... will ''never'' be... a god..."''
144-->-- '''[[spoiler:Loki, the God of Mischief]]''', while being choked to death by Thanos, ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''
145
146->'''M'Baku:''' This will be the end of Wakanda.\
147'''Okoye:''' [[DoNotGoGentle Then it will be the noblest ending in history]].
148-->-- ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''
149
150->''"Kemosabe was dead of a ruptured heart before he hit the floor. Gone down and out with both guns blazing. Soul intact."''
151-->--'''Music/ElvisPresley''', ''Film/BubbaHoTep''
152
153->''"It is not on a boat we'll meet again Abigail, [[SeeYouInHell but in Hell]]."''
154-->--'''John Proctor''' to '''Abigail Williams''', ''Theatre/TheCrucible''
155
156->'''Ezekiel Cheever:''' Purge your contempt and give us the name of the man who accused Putnam. You will say it, Corey.\
157'''Reverend Parris:''' Speak man, we cannot releant. What say you, Corey?\
158'''Giles Corey:''' More... Weight.
159-->--''Theatre/TheCrucible''
160
161->''"Choke on them! Choke on them!"''
162-->-- '''Rhodes''' as he's DevouredByTheHorde, ''Film/{{Day of the Dead|1985}}''
163
164->'''[[RedShirt Adam Banjo]]:''' Fuck... you...\
165'''[[VillainProtagonist Otis B. Driftwood]]:''' [[DeconstructedTrope That's what they all say. "Fuck you!" Well it ain't gonna save you. It don't scare me none and it don't suddenly make you a fucking hero]]. [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Do you wanna see what happens to heroes, boy?]]
166-->-- ''Film/TheDevilsRejects''
167
168->''"I don't know it, I'm telling you. Get on a jet to Tokyo and ask the Chairman. I'm telling you, you're just going to have to kill me."''
169-->--'''Takagi''', ''Film/DieHard''
170
171->"''You're behind me, aren't you. ''[beat]'' I'm gonna FUCKIN' HAVE YOU! YAAARGH! AAAAAAARGH! ARGH-!''"
172-->-- '''Joe Kirkley''' dies fighting a werewolf that got the jump on him, ''Film/DogSoldiers''
173
174->"''I hope I give you the shits, you fucking wimp!''"
175-->--'''Spoon''', ''Film/DogSoldiers''
176
177->'''Killer Karl:''' That is it! I'm gonna count to ten and you're gonna hand over all the cash, or I'm gonna splatter your grease paint mug across the state line! One...\
178'''Captain Spaulding:''' Fuck yo mama!\
179'''Karl:''' Two...\
180'''Spaulding:''' Fuck yo sister!\
181'''Karl:''' Three...\
182'''Spaulding:''' Fuck yo grandma!
183-->--''Film/HouseOf1000Corpses''
184
185->''"Okay, alright, turn me into a dark overlord. I'll still spit in your wormy face!"''
186-->--'''Beverly Switzler''', ''Film/HowardTheDuck''
187
188->''"You were always scum."''
189-->-- [[spoiler:'''[[VillainousValor Captain Phasma]]''' to Finn]] before she falls to her death, ''Film/TheLastJedi''
190
191->''"You think you can do anything you want? Well you can't. You see, because we are human beings, and we have the UNITED STATES ARMY THAT'LL FIGHT YOU TO THE LAST MAN AND WILL NEVER SURRENDER!!!"''
192-->-- '''General Decker''', ''Film/MarsAttacks''
193
194->''"We all may meet our Maker today, but the one thing I do not want on my tombstone: 'she went down without a fight.'"''
195-->-- '''Secretary of Defense Ruth [=McMillan=]''', ''Film/OlympusHasFallen''
196
197->'''Prince Humperdinck:''' For the last time, surrender!\
198'''Westley:''' DEATH FIRST!
199-->--''Film/ThePrincessBride''
200
201->'''T-1000:''' Call to John. I know this hurts. Call to John, now.\
202'''Sarah Connor:''' Fuck you!
203-->-- ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''
204[[/folder]]
205
206[[folder:Literature]]
207->'''Male Mockingbird:''' Give it your best shot, ''[[EyeScream freak]]''.\
208'''[[BigBad Jett]]:''' ''[kills him]'' Bingo. I believe that was a direct hit.
209-->-- ''TheCatMaster''
210
211->"The invading presence descended. It could tell this one was nearly expended - no more energy left to fight. It pushed in on the memories that the creature so jealously guarded... and recoiled at the sudden resistance, a defiance of terrible strength. Keyes clutched at the last of his vital memories, and - inside his mind, where there was no-one but he and the creature that attempted to absorb him - screamed ''NO!''"
212-->-- ''Literature/HaloTheFlood''
213
214->''"Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee."''
215-->-- '''Captain Ahab''', ''Literature/MobyDick''
216
217->''"How the piglets would grunt if they knew how the old boar suffered!"''
218-->-- '''Literature/{{Ragnar Lodbrok|AndHisSons}}''''s last words
219
220->'''Syrzan the [[{{Cthulhumanoid}} Illiti]][[OurLichesAreDifferent lich]]:''' What an idiot you were to return. You knew you were no match for me.\
221'''Pharaun Mizzrym:''' Stop preening. You look ridiculous. This isn't [[MentalWorld your pathetic dream world]]. This is reality, where I'm a prince of a great city and you're just a sort of mollusk, and a dead, putrid one at that.
222-->-- ''[[Literature/WarOfTheSpiderQueen Dissolution]]''
223
224->'''Stonefur:''' ''[when asked to kill Stormpaw and Featherpaw]'' You'll have to kill me first!\
225'''Tigerstar:''' Very well. ''[to Darkstripe]'' Kill him.
226-->-- ''Literature/WarriorCats'', ''The Darkest Hour''
227
228->'''Warrior 1:''' Til shade is gone, til water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder's eye on the Last Day.\
229'''Warrior 2:''' By my honor and the Light, my life will be a dagger for Sightblinder's heart.\
230'''Warrior 1:''' Until the Last Day, to Shayol Ghul itself.
231-->-- Aiel Warrior's Oath, ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime''
232
233->'''Darkstalker:''' ''[controlling his father's actions]'' Admit that I am the greatest animus of all time.\
234'''Arctic:''' You are the greatest animus of all time.\
235'''Darkstalker:''' Tell them there is no more powerful dragon than me.\
236'''Arctic:''' There is no more powerful dragon than you.\
237'''Darkstalker:''' Now say that you wish you had been a better father.\
238'''Arctic:''' I ''do'' wish I'd been a better father. If I were, I would have strangled you the moment you hatched.
239-->-- ''Literature/WingsOfFire Legends: Darkstalker''
240
241->''"I would sooner have your sword inside me than your cock."''
242-->-- '''[[SilkHidingSteel Agnes Blackwood]]''' to [[EvilOverlord Harwyin Hoare]] after he offered to make her his [[SexSlave saltwife]] in exchange of sparing her life, ''Literature/TheWorldOfIceAndFire''.
243
244->''"Oh, child. No one else will ever love you."''
245-->-- '''[[BigBad Nirai Kujen]]''' to his killer, ''Revenant Gun'', ''Literature/TheMachineriesOfEmpire''
246
247->''"We have a few minutes still. You can send a message. I would let your superiors know that when [[SociopathicSoldier Colonel Tanaka]] opened fire without provocation on Draper Station, she didn't just kill us. She killed you too. I hope it was worth it."''
248-->-- '''Jillian Houston''', ''Literature/LeviathanFalls''
249
250->'''Childs''': Parasite. Monster. Disease. Thing.\
251'''The Thing''': How little [[ItIsDehumanizing it]] knows. It knows even less than I do.\
252'''Childs''': I know enough, you motherfucker. You soul-stealing, shit-eating rapist.
253-->-- ''Literature/TheThings''
254[[/folder]]
255
256[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
257->'''Sheridan:''' You know, it's funny, I was thinking about what you said. "The preeminent truth of our age" is that "you cannot fight the system." But if, as ''you'' say, the truth is fluid, that the truth is subjective, then maybe you ''can'' fight the system. As long as just one person refuses to be broken - refuses to bow down.\
258'''Interrogator:''' But can you win?\
259'''Sheridan:''' Every time I say '''''no.'''''
260-->-- ''Series/BabylonFive'', [[Recap/BabylonFiveS04E18IntersectionsInRealTime "Intersections in Real Time"]]
261
262->''"Suck... my... nuts."''
263-->-- '''Abraham Ford''', ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010''
264
265->''"I ain't beggin' you... I ain't beggin'..."''
266-->-- '''Merle Dixon''', ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010''
267
268->''"If I am a guilty man, my crime is in daring to believe that the truth will out and that no one lie can live forever. I believe it still. Much as you try to bury it, the truth is out there. Greater than your lies, the truth wants to be known. You will know it. It'll come to you, as it's come to me, faster than the speed of light."''
269-->-- '''Fox Mulder''' at his sentencing hearing, ''Series/TheXFiles'', "The Truth"
270
271->''"[[PunctuatedForEmphasis There! Are!]] [[TwoPlusTortureEqualsFive Four! Lights!]]"''
272-->-- '''Jean-Luc Picard''', ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E10ChainOfCommand Chain of Command, Part 2]]"
273
274->'''Runner:''' One hundred men against twelve hundred. Either [[UsefulNotes/KatanasOfTheRisingSun they're]] incredibly brave, or incredibly stupid.
275->'''Leckie:''' Or they just really fucking hate us.
276-->-- ''Series/ThePacific''
277
278->'''Abel Gideon:''' When I'm not busy [[AutoCannibalism eating myself]], you wish me to be eating oysters, drinking sweet wines and snacking on acorns. All to make me tastier?\
279'''Hannibal Lecter:''' Oh yes. And you are making ''[[UsefulNotes/SnailsAndSoOn them]]'' tastier.\
280'''Abel Gideon:''' And I you. Imagine what you must taste like. Won't be long until someone's taking a bite out of ''you.''\
281'''Hannibal Lecter:''' ''[admiringly]'' You're becoming brighter, Abel. Dying hasn't dulled you one bit.
282-->-- ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'', "[[Recap/HannibalS03E01 Antipasto]]"
283[[/folder]]
284
285[[folder:Music]]
286->''"Oh, what is death, but parting breath\
287On many's the bloody plain,\
288I've dar'd his face, and in this place,\
289I'll scorn him yet again!\
290So farewell, light, and sunshine bright\
291And all beneath the sky;\
292May coward's shame disdain the name\
293O' the wretch that dares not die!"''
294-->-- Attributed to '''Jamie [=MacPherson=]''', "[=MacPherson=]'s Lament"
295
296->''"You can stand me up at the gates of hell \
297but I won't back down. "''
298-->-- '''Music/TomPettyAndTheHeartbreakers''', "I Won't Back Down"
299
300->''"Far from their land as they made their stand,\
301a disregarded demand.\
302It's surrender or die and the stakes are high,\
303they live and they die, there's no time for goodbye.\
304[[LastStand Weapon in hand as they made their stand,]]\
305still disregarding demand,\
306they would never comply, they would rather die!\
307[[BigDamnHeroes Broke through the blockade, they were finally saved!]]"''
308-->-- '''Music/{{Sabaton}}''', "The Lost Battalion"
309[[/folder]]
310
311[[folder:Poetry]]
312->''"It matters not how strait the gate,\
313How charged with punishments the scroll,\
314I am the master of my fate:\
315I am the captain of my soul."''
316-->-- '''Creator/WilliamErnestHenley''', "Invictus"
317
318->''"Though far outnumbered let us show us brave,\
319And for their thousand blows deal one deathblow!\
320What though before us lies the open grave?\
321Like men we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack,\
322Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!"''
323-->-- '''Claude [=McKay=]''', "[[http://www.wsu.edu/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/mckay.html If We Must Die]]"
324[[/folder]]
325
326[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
327->''"Greet death with sword in hand."''
328-->-- '''Alesha, Who Smiles at Death''', ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''
329
330->''"SETTRA DOES NOT SERVE!! SETTRA ''RULES!!''"''
331-->-- '''Settra the Imperishable''', ''TabletopGame/WarhammerTheEndTimes''
332
333->"There will be times when a officer will find the limitless hosts of the enemies of man arrayed against him, when all hopes for victory fade away to leave them confronted with the bitter truth of their own mortality. Perhaps it could have been avoided, but perhaps not; know that this galaxy despises man and his works, and in such a dark place and dark time, the only victory possible is over one's own despair. The commander must reach deep into his own soul, and the souls of his men, and find the most terrible and potent weapon in his arsenal - devotion to the Emperor, defiance unto death. Face the enemy in their multitude with fire in your heart and a prayer on your lips! Your deaths are your own, and thus do you deny the enemy his victory."
334-->-- ''[[BigBookOfWar The Tactica Imperialis]]'', ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''
335
336->''"How can we fight [[HordeOfAlienLocusts such a thing?]] I will tell you: until the last breath. If we can but delay that great maw from closing around us, then we have achieved what countless empires, countless worlds, countless galaxies, have not. I say this not to terrify you. I say it simply so you understand, simply so you do not waste your time with luxuries such as hope. [[HopelessWar There is no hope.]] The Great Devourer is upon us. Let us see how long we may restrain her jaw."''
337-->-- '''Inquisitor Kryptman''', ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''
338
339->''"Our time will come again, Eldrad has promised us. Once more you upstart Mon-keigh ''[[SpitefulSpit (spits)]]'' shall kneel before our power! This time we will not be so lenient! We will exterminate you, every world, every vessel, every one of you! Eldrad has seen the stars stained red with your blood, and it pleases him! You think us weak, but we will be your doom, children of Earth."''
340-->-- '''Unnamed Eldar Ranger''' shortly before his execution, ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''
341[[/folder]]
342
343[[folder:Theatre]]
344->'''Geoffrey:''' You chivalric fool! As if it matters how you fall!\
345'''Richard:''' When the fall is all there is, it matters.
346-->-- ''Theatre/TheLionInWinter''
347[[/folder]]
348
349[[folder:Video Games]]
350->''"Do you know what kind of creature waits for its death? Sheep."''
351-->--'''Apollyon''', ''Videogame/ForHonor''
352
353->'''Crusader:''' Unholy abomination! I will take you with me!\
354'''Hellion:''' Send me to hell then! ''AAAKYLORAAAHHH!''\
355'''Highwayman:''' No way out. Hmph, let's do this.\
356'''Occulist:''' Finally, the face of my tormentor. Come, then.
357-->-- ''Videogame/DarkestDungeon'', upon being selected to take the FinalBoss's [[OneHitKO instant death attack]]
358
359->''"The acceptance of defeat is an invitation for its repetition."''
360-->-- '''Space Marine Announcer''' upon a defeat, ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar''
361
362->''"The humans won... Our people have been slaughtered... Go ahead... Take my life. It won't change anything. [...] We fought for a dream and we lost... But nobody can stem the tide of history. One day we will prevail. Thousands of our people died today. What difference does one more make?"''
363-->-- '''Markus''' [[spoiler:if Jericho fails to win the Battle for Detroit under his command, North died, and Connor remained a loyal machine]], ''VideoGame/DetroitBecomeHuman''
364
365->''"You can take my life. It doesn't matter anymore. [...] We fought for our dream and we lost, but you can't hold my people down forever. One day, we'll rise up again, and we will win. Go on. Shoot. What are you waiting for?"''
366-->-- '''North''' [[spoiler:if Markus died at the freedom march, Jericho fails to win the Battle for Detroit under North's command, and Connor remained a loyal machine]], ''VideoGame/DetroitBecomeHuman''
367
368->''"Driven mad by Caesar's victory at Hoover Dam, and unable to escape his memories, Boone staged a suicide mission against the Legate. Fighting as he wished he would've fought on the day of his wife's death, he brought down scores of Legionaries before being caught. Before his crucifixion, he was brought before the Legate, who expressed his admiration for Boone's reckless abandon. Boone [[SpitefulSpit spat tobacco in his eye]], for all of Caesar's armies to see."''
369-->-- One possible ending for '''Craig Boone''', ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''
370
371->'''Kratos:''' A choice from the gods is as useless as the gods themselves.\
372'''Zeus:''' Even now, as you draw your last breath, you continue to [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu defy me?!]]
373-->-- ''VideoGame/GodOfWarII''
374
375->''"We are [[IDieFree not your slaves.]]"''
376-->-- '''Rila''' before [[TakingYouWithMe detonating a bomb]] to take out a squad of Reaper forces, ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''
377
378-> '''Prince Sun-Soo''': By the blood of my family... never! I will fight you to my very last breath!
379-->-- ''VideoGame/NewLegends''
380
381
382->'''[[BigBad Megatron]]:''' ''No one'' leaves without ''my'' permission!\
383'''[[BigGood Optimus Prime]]:''' ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis I wasn't asking.]]''\
384'''Megatron:''' [[LampshadeHanging Always defiant to the end aren't you, Prime?]]
385-->-- ''VideoGame/TransformersFallOfCybertron''
386
387->'''Davian Thule:''' This fight isn't over yet!\
388'''Thomas Macabee:''' [[PrepareToDie But your life is.]]
389-->-- ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000: VideoGame/DawnOfWar''
390
391->'''Gul'dan:''' You will be remembered as the king who [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed his life]]... [[SenselessSacrifice for]] ''[[SenselessSacrifice nothing]]''.\
392'''Varian:''' For ''the Alliance!''
393-->-- ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''
394
395->[[spoiler:'''Uldren Sov''']]: AnyLastWords\
396[[spoiler:'''Cayde-6''']]: ''How's your sister?''
397-->-- ''VideoGame/Destiny2 : Forsaken''
398
399->'''[[PlayerCharacter Raider]]:''' What you've done is wrong! [[WhileRomeBurns You feast, while all around you people starve?!]] You and your warriors will [[JoinOrDie learn to live like the rest of us. Or you will become food for crows!]]\
400'''Ragnar:''' [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids Idiot child!]] Might as well ask me to pick up...FARMING! [[ItsWhatIDo We're Vikings!]]\
401'''Raider:''' So that's a "no"?\
402'''Ragnar:''' [[FaceDeathWithDignity Valhalla...]]
403-->-- ''VideoGame/ForHonor''
404
405->'''ComicBook/NormanOsborn:''' You want me to BEG? Not gonna happen.\
406'''ComicBook/DoctorOctopus:''' ''[EvilLaugh]'' The world ''will'' know the truth before they mop you off the pavement. ''[Otto holds a phone up to Osborn's face]'' Tell them what you did!\
407'''Osborn:''' I... Never...\
408'''Doctor Octopus:''' Everything you have is built on lies. '''''[[ThatLiarLies LIES!]]''''' ''[Otto drops Osborn off the roof, then catches him and lifts him back up]'' You stole MY company, MY ideas... Now... The truth.\
409'''Osborn:''' The truth... [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Okay...]] The truth is, you were only ever worth a damn when you worked for me. The truth is [[TheResenter you could never accept that I'm better than you.]] You're a failure, Otto. '''''And you always will be.'''''
410-->-- ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4''
411
412->''I wasn't the first to find [[UnderwaterCity Rapture]], you crazy ''bitch.'' And I won't be the last. You do... [[ReforgedIntoAMinion whatever you want to me]]... as long as I'm with [[MissingChild Cindy]]... I'm ... [[BittersweetEnding I'm a happy man]].''
413-->--'''Mark Meltzer,''' ''VideoGame/Bioshock2''
414
415->'''Xemnas:''' There was a time when I trusted you to deal with traitors. And now, your betrayal outstrips them all. [[AnyLastWords What final words do you have for your superior?]]\
416'''Axel:''' Well let me think about it. How about, "You were never my superior."\
417'''Xemnas:''' Ah, ever the rogue pawn. Knocked from the board early in the game. Utterly useless and forgotten.\
418'''Axel:''' You kidding? Do you know how popular I am? I got loads of people rootin’ for me. Sorry, boss. No one axes Axel. Got it memorized?
419-->--''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''
420
421->[[spoiler:'''Joel''']]: Who are you?\
422'''Abby:''' Guess.\
423[[spoiler:'''Joel''']]: Why don't you say whatever speech you got rehearsed... and get this over with.
424-->--''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII''
425
426->'''Surtr:''' [[AnyLastWords Do you have something to say? Last words? Speak]]!\
427'''Helbindi:''' Something to say? Yeah, I think I do. What you got coming to you... you deserve it.
428-->-- ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes''
429
430->'''Valter''': Is that you, Cormag? Even you have turned your back on your emperor?\
431'''Cormag''': ......\
432'''Valter''': Don't tell me you stand there thinking you can beat me. You're not strong enough. You know this to be true.\
433'''Cormag''': ......\
434'''Valter''': If you swear fealty to Grado again, I may let you live. You don't want to die an oath breaker, do you? Well? Will you crawl before me and beg for forgiveness?\
435'''Cormag''': ...Yes, I have broken my vows, Valter. And yes, it may be I who falls when we tilt lances... But a dog like you will never see me crawl.\
436'''Valter''': Brave words from a traitor. Let's see if your lance is as sharp as your tongue.
437-->--''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'', Ephraim's route
438
439->"[[WarGod Bandos]] won’t just make us suffer, he won’t just reduce us to barbarism – he’ll turn us into an instrument of evil. But if we fight it now, then even if we die, that will be the crowning of our defiance. You say that we can’t win, that we can’t fight. Well, perhaps you’re half right; perhaps we can’t win. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuyMLoeba5s But we can fight]]."
440-->--'''Zanik''', ''VideoGame/RuneScape'', "The Chosen Commander"
441[[/folder]]
442
443[[folder:Web Comics]]
444->''"Here's a good tactic to put the evil mastermind off side. When you've been captured and are about to be subjected to the inevitable megalomaniacal evil villain monologue, [[IShallTauntYou taunt]] the villain! [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Rattle off a list of how incompetent and stupid he is, and how all his plans are pathetic]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and how his underlings are ripping off his evil villain employee pension plan behind his back]].\
445Even better if you can keep this rant up for a good five minutes without letting the villain get a word in edgeways. We guarantee that your GM will be impressed with your roleplaying skills."''
446-->-- '''[[Tropers/{{Dmmaus}} David Morgan-Mar]],''' ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'', [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0327.html Ep 327]]
447
448->''"My only regret is that I didn't hate you ''more''."''
449-->--'''Thief''', to [[spoiler:Black Mage]], ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater''
450
451->''YISUN said, “Listen, here are three types of looking. Three men make a pilgrimage but despite their best efforts, lose the path. The desert is hot, and the men will soon be dead. They have run out of water.\
452\
453The first man doesn’t know he has run out of water, nor does he bother to check. He blithely continues onwards until he is shocked to find his own death coming up from the sand to meet him.\
454\
455The second man checks his canteen and sees immediately he is out of water. He gives up and curls up in a ball, and dies quite piteously, obsessing over his failures. A miserable man.”\
456\
457Hansa said, “An ominous riddle.”\
458\
459“The third man,” YISUN said, “checks his canteen, and finds he will soon be a dead man. Yet he is resolute, and presses onwards anyway, looking for his destination.”\
460\
461“Does he find it?” asked Hansa.\
462\
463“No,” said YISUN, “Quite plainly. His death finds him at the appointed time. Yet he presses on anyway, until the moment his corpse hits the dust.”\
464\
465“What an idiot,” said Hansa.\
466\
467“Absolutely,” said YISUN.\
468\
469“What a magnificent idiot,” added Hansa.\
470\
471“Hansa is observant,” said YISUN.''
472-->-- ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons''
473[[/folder]]
474
475[[folder:Western Animation]]
476->'''Bane:''' You've got nothing. Beg for mercy -- '''SCREAM MY NAME!'''\
477'''Batman:''' Never.
478-->-- ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The Adventures of Batman and Robin]]'', "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobinE10Bane Bane]]"
479
480->'''Bolo:''' ''[closes in on Oreskis]'' Invictus, prepare to have one less ally!\
481'''Oreskis:''' ''[spits a gob of blood]'' '''Bring it.'''\
482''[Bolo breaks through Oreskis' defense and deals a fight-ending blow]''
483-->-- ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'', "[[Recap/FinalSpaceS3E3TheVentrexian The Ventrexian]]"
484
485->'''Omni-Man''': You're doing this for nothing! Being a part of the empire will make Earth better than it ever was.\
486'''Invincible''': And what if they resist?\
487'''Omni-Man''': That's why we're here! To keep them from resisting, to show them how wrong they are, how pointless it is. That they can be a part of something bigger -- Or die!\
488'''Invincible''': ''[gets into a fighting stance]'' I won't let you.\
489'''Omni-Man''': ''[knocks Invincible to the ground with a punch]'' [[VillainousBreakdown You want to die for this planet, fine! What's 17 more years? I can always start again! Make another kid!]]
490-->-- ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'', "[[Recap/Invincible2021S01E08WhereIReallyComeFrom Where I Really Come From]]"
491
492->'''[[BigBad Kuvira]]:''' You swore your loyalty to me, and I gave you a chance of greatness! ''[[FakeDefector THIS]]'' is how you repay me?!\
493'''Zhu-Li:''' [[YouMonster You are a monster!]] [[IRegretNothing I regret]] ''[[IRegretNothing nothing]]''!
494-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', ''Operation Beifong''
495
496->'''Darth Vader:''' No matter. The power within will soon serve the Emperor...\
497'''Ezra:''' I don't fear you!\
498'''Darth Vader:''' Then you will die braver than most.
499-->-- ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E20TwilightOfTheApprenticePartII "Twilight of the Apprentice, Part II"]]
500
501->'''Megatron:''' What's this? You lied?!\
502'''Ultra Magnus:''' I will never betray the Autobots.\
503'''Megatron:''' I ''will'' unify Cybertron!\
504'''Ultra Magnus:''' You will never win this war.
505-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TransformersWarForCybertronTrilogy''
506[[/folder]]
507
508[[folder:Real Life]]
509->''"You will follow us soon! Your house will be beaten down and salt sown in the place where it stood!"''
510-->--'''Georges Danton''' upon passing Robespierre's house on his way to the guillotine
511
512->''"Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and if, which I do not for a moment believe, this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old."''
513-->-- '''Winston Churchill''', addressing the House of Commons in the aftermath of the Battle of France, [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII 4 June 1940]]
514
515->''"[[GonnaNeedMoreTrope More weight.]]"''
516-->-- '''Giles Corey''', Age 81 years, during the Salem witch trials[[note]]He was being tortured by having rocks stacked on him until he confessed to witchcraft, in which case he would have been excommunicated and had his property seized, or pleaded his innocence, which have led to his conviction and execution, and his property would still be confiscated. Instead Corey chose to die during interrogation as a Christian, which doomed him and his wife, but allowed his family to inherit his lands.[[/note]]
517
518->''"They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn't want to be broken. Of course I can be murdered but I remain what I am, a political POW and no-one, not even the British, can change that. I may die, but the Republic of 1916 will never die. Onward to the Republic and liberation of our people."''
519-->-- '''Bobby Sands''', while on hunger strike during UsefulNotes/TheTroubles
520
521->''"Death had to take Roosevelt sleeping, for if he had been awake, there would have been a fight."''
522-->-- '''Vice President Thomas R. Marshall''' on '''UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt'''
523
524->''"This is free Athens calling. Greeks, the German invaders are at the outskirts of Athens. Brothers and sisters, keep firmly in your soul the spirit of the front-line. The invader is entering the deserted city with all precautions. Greeks, lift up your hearts and keep up your spirits. Attention! Very shortly, the Radio Station of Athens will no longer be Greek. It will be German, and it will broadcast lies. Greeks, pay no attention to them. Our struggle will continue, and it will be continued until the final victory. Long live the Greek nation!"''
525-->-- '''Konstantinos "Kostas" Stavropoulos''' in the final radio broadcast before [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII the fall of Athens on April 27, 1941]]
526[[/folder]]

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