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  • Energizer
    • "Oh... great." Dracula, killed while trying to stop the Energizer Bunny
    • "AAAAAAAHHH! I'm melting! Melting! AAAAAAHHHHH!!!" The Wicked Witch of the West, in a case of Karmic Death
    • "Long life." The treasure hunter, before being turned into the non-speaking Energizer Bunny
  • Fruit by the Foot
    • "Indeed you have. I replaced your guitar strings with Fruit by the Foot." Brown-haired kid
  • Priceline
  • PSAs
    • "I'm workin' overtime 'cause I want to take my family on a nice vacation. Soon they'll get a call telling them I was killed in an 'accident.' But, hey, I'm wearin' a busted harness here. And the company should've checked those tanks t—" Construction Worker, prevent-it.ca Work Safety PSA
  • Raid Insecticide Campaign:
  • Sega
  • Sony
    • "No, no, wait, before you do that could you explain to me how that-" Jerry, from a Ratchet & Clank commercial, before being turned into a chicken.

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    Music 
  • Evillious Chronicles:
    • In "Daughter of Evil" and "Servant of Evil", there's Riliane's/Allen's line, "Oh, it's tea time".
    • In "Evil Food Eater Conchita", there's Banica's line, "There's still something I haven't eaten!"
  • "I run these muthafuckin' streets, y'all ain't lookin fo' me. I wish a muthafucka would..." Michael Young History (he gets better though... sorta).
  • "Don't take your guns to town, son, leave your guns at home, Bill. Don't take your guns to town..."Billy Joe
  • "Tell my wife I love her very much." Major Tom,in the David Bowie album Space Oddity
  • My Chemical Romance has a song called "Famous Last Words". Aptly, it's the last track of an album about a dying cancer patient and his journey into the afterlife.
  • As the protagonist of King Diamond's Conspiracy is being cremated alive, he gives a dying promise: "Whenever the dark is near, I will return to haunt you... Godforsaken whore!"
  • Streetlight Manifesto's "They Broke Him Down", contains the lines "Right before his final breath, he said... He said 'I'll never be your saint you see, 'cause I won't be hanging around'"
  • "Oh shit, I forgot, how am I supposed to send this shit out?" Stan
    • "Now say you hate homos again!" Stan's little brother, Matthew
  • The line from Saga's song Perfectionist; "Never in my life will I taste but a bite, of a more perfectly planned out supper..." Billingford Bluffer
  • "And if I die before yo' album drop, I hope-" Kendrick Lamar's brother
  • The band Captain Tractor has an album (and a song) called this.
  • "Fellas, it's been good to know ya" were the words attributed to the cook of the Edmund Fitzgerald just before her sinking in the famous song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." While it's likely those words were said on the fateful night by someone, see the "Real Life" page for more information.
  • "Weird Al" Yankovic, "Mr. Frump In the Iron Lung":
    Well, unfortunately, soon it came to be
    Mr. Frump's dying day.
    So now, I bring to you the very last thing
    that Mr. Frump had to say:
    (Thump! Thump! Rattle.)
  • SiIvaGunner:
  • “Hold me darling, just a little while.” Wayne Cochran’s or Eddie Vedder’s girlfriend, “Last Kiss”

    Radio 
  • Adventures in Odyssey
    • "FATHER!!" Jeremy Cartwood, in the "Young Guns Bonanza" sketch
    • "No! NOOOOOOOO!" Mustapha, after Blackgaard tells him "You Have Outlived Your Usefulness"
    • "Oh, you fool, why wouldn't I? Goodbye, Jack Allen!" Dr. Regis Blackgaard, rejecting Jack Allen's offer of a Heel–Face Turn
    • "Wait... Something... is wrong. This isn't supposed to happen. What's... going... on??" Virus!Regis Blackgaard
    • "It's... over... Blackgaard!" Anti-Virus Program!John Avery Whittaker
    • "I'm sorry... I'm sorry I got you the job at the college." Armitage Shanks
    • "Oh no, they're trying to run me off the road! I've lost control! I've lost-" Justine Baker
    • "There's no other way Dad! I'm sorry." Jason Whittaker (though he turned out to be Faking the Dead)
    • "Connie, I-" June Kendall
    • "NOOOOOOOO!" Dr. Relative
  • The Last Chance Detectives radio dramas
    • "Yeah, but this is no joke." Andy, a member of Buddy Lewis and the Cats
    • "Do you guys smell that? It's something... electrical..." Nick, a member of Buddy Lewis and the Cats
    • "I can't pull it up! C'mon Buddy!" The pilot for Buddy Lewis and the Cats
    • "No! You mustn't interrupt the experiment!" Dr. Victor Belmont
    • "I don't care!" Thug's Brother
    • "What is that?" Thug
    • "It's beautiful. AAAAAHHHHH!" The Fake Agent Garfield

    Religion 
  • The Bible has Jesus's eponymous Seven Last Words before He died on the cross for mankind's sins, before He rose from the dead three days later:
    Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.
    Today thou shalt be with me in paradise.
    Woman, behold thy son, behold thy mother.
    My God, my God. Why has thou forsaken me?
    I thirst.
    It is finished.
    Father, into thy hands, I commend my spirit.
  • Celtic Mythology
    • "Farewell now to battles and to a great name, and farewell to taking tributes; for every good thing I ever had is gone from me now." Osgar
    • "My story is sorrowful. The sound of your voice is not pleasant to me. I will cry my fill, but not for God, but because Finn and the Fianna are not living." Oisín

    Scripts 
  • Superman Lives Kevin Smith
    • "Lois..." Superman. He gets better.
    • "The planet is in it's [sic] final moments, my son. As I hold you one last time, I record this message to be viewed in the even the marauder Brainiac ever tracks either you or the Eradicator back to the planet I'm sending you — Earth. Avoid him at all costs. I've used these last minutes to code your chromo frequency into the Eradicator. In the event of a significant drop in your vital signs, the Eradicator will come to your aid. Be well, Kal-El — you were so cherished." Jor-El.
    • "Superman Lives." The Eradicator.
    • "You... do not... take... lives... Th... that... is the... code... you... live by... Like... the Eradicator... I live..." Brainiac.

  • Venom 1997

    Tabletop Games 
  • Magic: The Gathering
  • Warhammer 40,000:
    • "Your presence does not surprise me, Assassin. I have known of you ever since your craft entered the Eastern Fringes. Why did I not have you killed? Because your mission and the act you are about to commit proves the truth of all I have ever said and done. I merely punished those who had wronged, just as your False Emperor now seeks to punish me. Death is nothing compared to vindication." — Presumed final words of Konrad Curze.
    • "I don't have time to die, I'm too busy!" — Goge Vandire, Ecclesiarch and Master of the Administratum ca. M36, architect of the Age of Apostasy, to the captain of his Praetorian Guard immediately before she decapitated him
  • Vampire: The Masquerade — Gehenna:
    • "Nightshade":
      • "The Dragon rises. You must stop it! Find Vykos. It knows..." Cyscek
      • "You wretched fools! I only used you to get me this far. Now, my true powers are restored, and you shall be the first of my victims! I only brought you along as a bit of repast! No one can stop me now, not even..." Tremere, in Goratrix's body
      • "Yes, magnificent one." Neferu
      • "So, you have returned. Do you claim a place among us?" Absimiliard
      • "You have failed." Typhon
      • "No! A thousand years!" Lasombra
      • "Father's home." Malkav, as spoken by his twelve hosts
      • "Y... yes. Yes, I do." Saulot, willingly sacrificing himself to end the Curse of Caine
    • "The Crucible Of God":
      • "That silly girl? I haven't heard about her in five thousand years. What'll she do, throw pots at me? Threaten to redecorate my haven?" Absimiliard, referring to the Shaper — who promptly curbstomps him
      • "I've done it! I've won the Jyhad — and found a way out. I don't have to be what my sire made me. I can be a god — and this city, my temple! I can change you, too, my loyal servants! I can change you all! No more vampires! No more curse!" The Shaper, right before she gets eaten by Ennoia. She gets better.
      • "It is done. Hear me, Children of Adam. I command-" Tremere — again in Goratrix's body — right before he's assimilated by the Tzimisce Antediluvian.
      • "Be of me." Tzimisce, through Tremere.

    Visual Novels 
  • Ace Attorney
    • "Red...White...Blue..." Mia Fey
    • "It's not too late. I'll hand this to Marshall!" Bruce Goodman
    • "That's why... I took... my revenge... It's only fair... Isn't it... ... Ini?" Mimi Miney being channeled by Maya Fey (except that's a lie)
    • "Th-Thanks...For the...coffee..." Terry Fawles
    • "I'M...NOT...READY...NOT...READY...TO...GO..." The spirit of Dahlia Hawthorne
    • "Th-That may be true, but why...? Why go this far?" Buddy Faith
    • "Your Honor! Please listen to me! I'm telling the truth... You've gotta believe meeeeeeee!" Mack Rell
    • "Y-You! Some master of cheating you turned out to be!" Shadi Smith/Zak Gramarye
    • "Listen, you're being tricked! But not how you think! It's not just me..." Pal Meraktis
    • "Ask the witness...So cold...Can't...s-see...The witness is...si...si...ren..." Romein LeTouse
    • "...The... De...vil..." Vera Misham, when asked who she made a forgery for. She gets better in the good ending only.
    • "Forgive me, Marlon... I didn't realize what pain you were in... But, please... Please don't blame Orla. It's nobody's fault... Not Orla's... and not yours............" Jack Shipley
    • "Is this me?! Which one is my face?! What am I?! Who am I?! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" the phantom. He gets better.
    • "Did you steal it?" Paht Rohl, talking about national treasure the Founder's Orb
    • "What time is it? It's nine! Ten, eleven..." Taifu Toneido
    • "P... Promise... Promise me... o-one thing, young lady. I-It's about my son." Dhurke Sahdmadhi, though his actual last words beyond this are never revealed
    • "I'm not completely heartless. I'll even throw that time machine you cherish so much overboard with you!" Dumas Gloomsbury
    • "Please help Sorin." Selena Sprocket
    • "This country, with its pretensions to a justice system, to a free press, it's really very depressing. You see our superior ways in the West, yet you lack the mental capacity to emulate them. Get out of here, you oaf. Get out, and crawl back into the cave you came from." Jezaille Brett
    • "Looks like... I'm gonna snuff it... before they get to stretch me neck. Listen... I want you to 'ave me loot. 'Anyfin... to stop the coppers gettin' their mitts on it... It's 'idden in the room... where I was lodgin' when they got me. 'Ere... this is the key to it... take it. Always stay one step ahead, mate. See you in 'ell, I guess... Shamspeare." Selden
  • Doki Doki Blue Skies
    • "[MC], I'm scared- [MC]? Mom, Dad...I'm sorry... It was always okay before...how did it turn out this way this time? It's too deep this time...I'm so scared— Mom, dad, help me... P-Please, please—anyone- I-It's all m-my fault— Mom... H-Help... I n-need...you... D-Dad... I-I'm a-all alone..." Yuri, in her route's bad ending
    • "Wait, if you're gonna sleep through everything, why am I even writing this note? You're never gooing to need to see it. Whatever, I already wrote this much, so I'll just leave it out just in case. See ya in a bit (if you even see this note)! Love, Natsuki" In her letter to you in her worst ending
    • "...I don't know. I want to say [I love you too]... A-And I think a part of me does... I always im-imagined that hearing you say you love me would've made me so h-happy. I d-dreamed that we'd say it to each other under the l-light of the m-moon or something... M-Maybe in another life, if things were different... ... You and I both know that I [have to leave you], [MC]." Sayori, speaking to MC for the last time in her bad ending
  • Doki Doki Literature Club!
    • "But a poem is never actually finished... it just stops moving." Sayori, in her final poem, "%"
    • "Do you accept my confession?" Yuri. Whether you or accept it or not, her only response is to laugh maniacally before stabbing herself to death.
    • "Alright, it’s festival time! Wow, you got here before me? I thought I was pretty ea- EYAH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Natsuki, who runs away after seeing Yuri’s corpse and is deleted offscreen by Monika.
    • "Eh? W-What's happening...? Who... I-It hurts— Ah—" Sayori, being subjugated by Monika in the official ending
    • "I won't let you hurt him." Monika, when deleting Sayori as well as everything in the game in the aforementioned scene
    • "We all love you." Sayori, in the Golden Ending
    • "PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!" Sayori, if you try deleting Monika before booting up a new game.
    • "And in your reality, if I don't know how to love you... I'll leave you be." Monika, "Your Reality"
  • Ever17
    • "My daughter... take care of her." Yoichi Tanaka, all Takeshi's route endings
    • "Don't worry... I'm not going to die." Takeshi Kuranari, Tsugumi Good End
      • "It's all right... you're not alone anymore. And... I'm not-" Takeshi Kuranari, Tsugumi Good End, remake
    • "Let's... go.. .go... home... okay...? Pipi..." Coco Yagami, Disney Death
    • "Pretending to be friends wasn't so bad, but... This is probably the last time we'll see each other. Goodbye." Tsugumi Komachi, Tsugumi-Sora Bad End
    • "Kuranari... You probably didn't... feel anything about me, but... but I... really liked..." You Tanaka, Tsugumi-Sora Bad End
      • "Kuranari... You probably didn't... feel anything about me, but... but I... really liked... you... Ah... feels so good to get that off my chest..." You Tanaka, Tsugumi-Sora Bad End, remake
    • "Goddammit... GODDAMMIT!!!" Takeshi Kuranari, Tsugumi-Sora Bad End, remake
    • "Brother... thanks for coming back... thank you." Sara Matsunaga, Sara Bad End
  • Heart of the Woods
    • "No. No no no no." Madison "Maddie" Raines, who freezes to death but comes back as a spirit and later returns to life.
    • "Now, join them." Evelyn Fischer
    • "Goodbye, Morgan. And thank you." Geladura, in the "Freedom" ending.
    • "I made a promise. Thank you, Geladura, for everything as well. For the years you kept me company. Goodbye." Morgan Fischer, in the "Sacrifice" ending.
  • Katawa Shoujo
    • "What the hell, stop leaning in like that, it bothers me." Hisao Nakai in the worst ending
  • Kindred Spirits on the Roof
    • "Goodbye... And we'll see you later." Sachi Enoki, before passing on.
    • "T-Take care of yourselves!" Megumi Nagatani, before passing on.
  • Muv-Luv Alternative
    • "...I wish I could have seen... those cherry blossoms bloom one more time..." VFA-01 Captain Michiru Isumi, before self-destructing to take out the Sadogashima Hive
    • "My apologies, Captain - I guess you'll be seeing me again in a little while. ...Haruka... let's go see Takayuki together, okay?" 1st Lt. Mitsuki Hayase, before self-destructing to destroy the Yokohama hive reactor
    • "My... sister..." 2nd Lt. Meiya Mitsurugi, at the end of the Original Hive mission
  • Never7
    • "Why...?" Yuka, Yuka's Route, end of first loop.
      • "We couldn't... see the sunrise..." Yuka, Yuka's Route Bad Ending.
    • "I'm going to sleep now, okay? Good... night..." Haruka, Haruka's Route, end of first loop and Bad Ending.
    • "Don't get any closer, or I'll really..." Saki, Saki's Route, end of first loop.
    • "Onii-chan..." Kurumi, Kurumi's Route, end of first loop.
      • "It's got nothing to do with you..." Kurumi, Kurumi's Route Bad Ending.
    • "One more time... just one more time... I want to see... the stars..." Izumi, Izumi Cure, end of first loop.
      • "The stars... were beautiful... The stars..." Izumi, Izumi Cure Bad Ending.
  • Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
    • "A-Ah... Oh my God, oh my God, there's no time left...! Listen! I was lied to! He lied to me! He put me in here! It was him! He killed me! It was him! A...Aahh... Aaahhhh... Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaght—!" The Ninth Man
    • "There... there was more?" Junpei, (remake only) Syringe Ending
    • "No! No! I'm not going back there! There's a murderer back there!" Lotus, Submarine Ending
    • "We haven't seen anything like this before..." Seven, Submarine Ending
    • "Thank you...Jumpy... Thank you...so much..." June, in the Submarine Ending
    • "Unh... Clo...ver..." Junpei, Axe ending
    • "What...? Nothing..." Clover, Safe Ending
    • "Shit! Damn you all! Why! Why!? Why me! I don't deserve this! Answer me! Answer me, Zero! Why? WHYYYYY? Zero! ZERO! ZEEEEEROOOOOOOOO!" Ace, Safe Ending
    • "Junpei! What are you doing!? You have to... get out of here... Now!" Snake, Safe Ending
    • "No. You misunderstand. You haven't lost. I...have lost." Zero, Safe Ending
  • Remember11
    • "Have you prepared yourself? Yukidoh Satoru... I'm going to erase you. I'LL KILL YOU!" Enomoto Naoya
  • Tsukihime
    • "This can't be. You...... are my death?" Nrvnqsr Chaos, Near Side
    • "I've lived for so long... but I've never been this happy like I am now. —- So, I kind of thought to myself... maybe... disappearing like this might be good." Arcueid Brunestud, Arcueid Route. She gets better.
    • "Y, you, you ----! Fading, disappearing...... I am, dis, app--- Why, why, I --- disappear, hoW, DId, yoU, kILl, ME, mEeeE, mee, mEeE mEEEME EEee---- I WoN't... disAPpear, yOU aND i, ARe CoNNEcted, You SEe. Y, ou, tRAn, sFer, mY eXisTEnce, LInks, caN nOt, be... cUT......! Michael Roa Valdamjong, Arcueid Route
    • "I was never anywhere to begin with." Michael Roa Valdamjong, Ciel Route
    • "Ah, it seems like I won't be able to talk anymore. Well, my house is this way. So this is goodbye, then. Yeah, bye-bye, Tohno-kun. Thank you - and, sorry." Satsuki Yumizuka, Far Side, First Variation
    • "......I'm so sorry. They say only death can cure a fool; but in my case, it seems even death couldn't cure me—-" Satsuki Yumizuka, Far Side, Second Variation
    • "S-stop, stop, Aki, AKIHAAAA!!" SHIKI Tohno, Akiha Route
    • "Nii-san, you knew? ... Then, I didn't, have to, hold back." Akiha Tohno, Hisui True Ending
    • "What's this? —- You look nothing... like what I heard." SHIKI Tohno, Hisui Route
    • "That's why - I wanted to be a doll." Kohaku, Hisui True Ending
  • Virtue's Last Reward
    • "Right in the middle of—" GTM-CM-G-OLM
    • "See ya." Tenmyouji, in Luna's Game Over
    • "Thank you...Sigma...And...Goodbye...Doctor..." Luna, in her ending
    • "When I get out of here, I am going to fucking end you!" Dio, in K's ending
    • "It's...it's my face..." Sigma, in K's ending
    • "Goodbye..." Alice, in Quark's ending
    • "Anyway, I'm gonna go tell Alice!" Clover, in her ending
    • "Oh God... This is it. It's all over... This is how it ends. That's right... I have to end it. This nightmare will finally be over... time to... wake up..." Sigma, in Clover's ending
    • "Such a...beautiful...world... May Brother live...in everlasting...glory..." Dio, in Alice's ending
    • "... ... ...What? No... That's... That's not possible... How can Alice's vote be "betray"...? Al...ice... Sigma, in Alice's Game Over
    • "I hope we can meet again someday. I'll be waiting...I'll be waiting..." Luna, in Sigma's ending
    • "...What?" Sigma, in response to the above in his ending
    • "Before...well, before it ends...I wanted to tell you thanks. You know we're about to die, but you still stuck with me. So...Thank you, Sigma." Phi in her ending if the bombs aren't defused
    • "This concludes our broadcast day. I pray that someday our world can be cleansed of this horrible plague. Goodbye." Reporter, End or Beginning
  • Your Turn to Die:
    • "It won’t explode, will it...? What did you say...? ...?! It’s hot...!! Gaaah...! My neck...!! Aaaah…!!! AHHHHHHH…!! It burns…!! AHHHH…!! G… Gaaaaah…!! Stay away!!" Kazumi Mishima
    • "Last... There's something I wanna say. Sure enough... It's hard for a guy and a girl to say this sorta stuff to each other, huh...? I love ya, Sara! You're my best friend!!" Joe Tazuna
    • "This is... resistance. Our lives toyed with to our enemy's whims, we are unable to save even a single person... As we die off, this is... my feeble... resistance. But it is one large step... toward counterattack...! It is a step I was able to take... because you bought me time. It is surely... not futile. I entrust them to you...! Our regrets...!! Our hopes...!! I... am satisfied." Kai Satou
    • "...Re... ko..." Alice Yabusame, if Reko survives
    • "A... A knife...?!" Reko Yabusame, if Alice survives
    • "Nooo...!! Don't... Sara...!! I don't... want to die...!! I don't want to die...!! Don't... push it... Wait...! Don't press it...!! I don't want to die yet...!!" Nao Egokoro
    • "Ahaha... No dice after all... Pathetic... after all I did... Maybe I should've believed in everyone... ...Miss Sara... There's actually just one thing wrong in your reasoning... And I'll... tell you what it... is... My final... present..." Shin Tsukimi / "Sou Hiyori", if Kanna survives
    • "Please take care of Sou... Everyone... get along together... Urgh... My neck... hurts..." Kanna Kizuchi, if Shin / "Sou" survives
    • "So... I'm happy... That I could... come to your aid... Thanks... Gin." Q-taro Burgerburg
  • Zero Time Dilemma
    • "Junpei...I'm sorry. I couldn't...avenge you..." Akane, "Suspicion", if Carlos kills her
    • "You look better...when you...smi—" Eric, Q-End 1
    • "Do you...like it? My present...to you..." Mira, D-End 1
    • "Wha—!" Phi, "Suppression", if Diana pushes the Big Red Button
    • "Oh...this feels...nice. Such a...familiar...smell..." Phi, "Suppression", if Diana doesn't push the button
    • "Sigma...Please wait for me. I'll be joining you soon..." Diana, "Fire", if she shoots Sigma
    • "I want the two of you... to keep on living. I love you..." Phi, "Fire", if she is incinerated
    • "Audentum Forsque Venusque iuvatnote ... This is yet... another... destiny...." Delta, Perceptive End

    Other 
  • "THE CURSE! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! — Imhotep (again), on the Universal Studios Hollywood version of The Mummy ride, before it was changed (now he just chuckles quietly while you return to the load/unload sector).
    • "Hey welcome back. I hope you enjoyed yourself. I would've enjoyed this interview a lot more if I HAD GOTTEN MY CUP OF COFFEE!!! Thank you. AAARRGH!!" — Brendan Fraser, in the Orlando version of the ride.
  • A long series of jokes:
    • Tarzan's last words: "Who greased the liana!?"
      • Or, alternatively, 'I miss Vine.'
    • The electrician's last words: "Yes, I'm sure I switched the main breaker."
    • The cardinal's last words: "Matches? I thought you had them."
    • The Harold Godwinson's last words: "Watch where you're pointing that bow and arrow, you'll have someone's eye out in a minute."
    • The biologist's last words: "Only experts can tell the difference between the harmless legless lizard that I'm holding in my hands and the similar-looking horned viper..."
    • The classic redneck's last words: "Hey y'all, watch this!"
      • Another version is, "Hold muh beer n' watch this!"
  • "Watch this!" is Truth in Television. There exists a book of all the deaths that have occurred at the Grand Canyon, and nearly an entire section of it is stories that start, "X had been drinking," and move on to, "X said, 'Hey, watch this!' and tumbled into the canyon."
  • Brazilian actor\comedian\philantropist Renato Aragão likes to tell the story of a starving child who died in her mother's arms asking "Is there bread in heaven?" The sad story entered Memetic Mutation in the country.


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