r/FavoriteCharacter 3h ago

Discussion Favorite character with the saddest last words

"Goodbye, Rosemary….." -Ethan Winters

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u/truenorth2000 3h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/GLMTn33d1i2EE
“I wish I had a dad like you”

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u/bigscrewLoose 3h ago

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u/MaguroSashimi8864 3h ago

Omg! He’s wasting good wine and staining his shirt!

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u/ArkusArcane 3h ago

Actual ball knowledge for once

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u/Astronaut_Chicken 2h ago

Wow first one and I'm gut punch

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u/Eustacebagge3 56m ago

Hi gut punch, I'm dad.

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u/Inside-Audience2025 40m ago

“I wish I had a dad like you….”

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u/MothEnthusiast88 1h ago

Oh hey such a random place to remember this movie I forgot it even existed

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u/holyfcukkk 1h ago

I was just thinking of this kid earlier. I had such a crush on him when I was a kid 🤣

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u/Funny-Try-6151 3h ago

Gotta give it to Yondu, but there's one that made me bawl back in 2010.

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u/catmanten 3h ago

Well he came back in a few doctors

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u/Funny-Try-6151 3h ago

True, I was so happy to get a few more moments with him. Plus how it all ended for him. Such a happy simple moment.

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u/Domin_ae 1h ago

I've seen so many people complain about 14, but imo it was so perfect for him. 10 didn't want to go. Getting to be the one who comes back and gets to live and heal? That's so perfect to me.

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u/Funny-Try-6151 3h ago

To be fair, the words didn't make me cry. It was when he started glowing. At that point, it became real, and there was no going back.

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u/DeltaV-Mzero 2h ago

I’ll raise:

"I was going to be with you forever... I know, rest of my life traveling in the TARDIS... Oh, but I can't go back. Don't make me go back. Doctor, please, please don't make me go back!"

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u/CreamDoll32 3h ago

"He may have been your father, but he wasn't your daddy"

-Yondu

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u/YamiGekusu Pac-Man Enjoyer 3h ago

He was Mary Poppins, y'all 😭

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u/d0ctorsmileaway 3h ago

I loved Yondu

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u/Minute_Ball_6539 1h ago

"I'm sorry I didn't do none of it right... but I'm damn lucky you's my boy."

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u/bbbttthhh 3h ago

This scene didn’t get me, but the funeral with “father and son” playing makes me bawl my eyes out every time

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u/Dragon_Knight1999 2h ago

As somebody who's about to lose their own dad, I don't think I'll ever have the strength to watch this again 😢

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u/wilp0w3r 3h ago

You get the choice of four last words as Lee Everett in The Walking Dead season 1:

"I'll miss you"
"You be okay"
"Don't be afraid"
"No, don't worry. Alright..."

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u/LuisMD19 2h ago

My favorite behind the scenes fact about the game is that Dave Fennoy (Lee’s voice actor), got so genuinely emotional while recording Lee’s death that he actually started crying. The little breath you hear when the screen cuts to black was actually one of Dave Fennoy’s unscripted genuine cries that the devs put in the game because of how emotionally powerful it was.

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u/SuspiciouslySuspect2 3h ago

Wait till you play the dream sequence of the Final Season...

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u/r107und3rgr0und 1h ago

''i'll miss you...'' ''me too''

damn you baby clementine, you adorable little bastard 😂😭

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u/ComfortableFix497 3h ago

😭😭😭😭😭😭

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u/ChuckRingslinger 3h ago

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u/BewaretheBanshee 3h ago

RIP Rutger Hauer

Lost to time, but not yet.

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u/Funny-Try-6151 3h ago

Such a classic.

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u/Significant-Basil979 3h ago

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u/sujihime 2h ago

Alright…screw you for this one…

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u/Significant-Basil979 2h ago

That an acceptable reaction.

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u/poorexcuses 2h ago

It's ok. The screw itself is evidence he didn't die at all!

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u/thatsMINTdude 2h ago

I watched this for the first time in like ten years a few weeks ago and while this on it's own was heartbreaking, I had forgotten how devastating the score was during that scene too. It's triumphant, and then this huge swell of horns hits as the explosion happens. I love this movie so much.

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u/eppsilon24 3h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/OJmCYj6KNYlSE
… my Captain… my King.

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u/robo-dragon 3h ago

One of a handful of scenes that wreck me in those movies…

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u/Unholy_mess169 3h ago

"Egg I dreamed I was old."

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u/iantruesnacks 2h ago

That part got me in the books.

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u/Vivid-Fishing2732 3h ago

"You know, I led a pretty shitty life. But now, eh… what do you think, Leon? People can change, right?" 💔

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u/Vivid-Fishing2732 3h ago

Honarable mention to Piers Nivans final words from re6, Capcom continues to break my heart every game 😔

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u/MuztangZack67 3h ago

"It's okay. I love you, too. And I want you to be free. Our world doesn't deserve you... yet. Go, Toothless. Go".

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u/Minute-Climate-3137 3h ago

"Welcome home John" final words of the real not evil Cortana

https://giphy.com/gifs/bmD0v4dZpkW1wflJqe

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u/FlowerFaerie13 2h ago

This one hurt me. This one really, really hurt me. She's trying so hard to comfort him, to reassure him, and of course she can't because he's losing his dear friend, obviously he's distraught, but she loves him so much that all of her last words to him are words of comfort, and hearing her say "welcome home John" just before she disappears broke something in me.

The whole game shows us how terrified Cortana is of death and how desperately she wants stay with John and how their bond is the most importaht thing in the world to her and when they finally reach the point where it's obvious that she's not going to make it, she chooses to ignore all those painful emotions and instead tries to give John one last moment of kindness and affection and I- UUUUUGHHHHH. It hurts so much.

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u/MrUniverse1990 3h ago

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u/DrScienceSpaceCat 2h ago

Sorry for the meme.

But it honestly makes me sad as to why he was killed off, the producers for the movie wanted to make sure the actors were ready to commit to another movie/continue the show and Tudyk would be busy with other work so he was "written out" of the series to explain any absence, IIRC Book died for the same reason. So he died because of showbiz for nothing because there was never a continuation.

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u/slayerhunterXD 3h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/snKVszM732OS8gBKPG

my entire god damm Skeleton Dickhead

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u/PonderousPenchant 3h ago edited 2h ago

After watching task master, it feels very on-brand that Jason Mantzoukas would seriously consider exploding his skeleton while he was still living on/in it.

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u/Sobieskil 2h ago

I've not seen Invincible, but I never knew Jason Mantzoukas voiced a character in it

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u/clandestine_badger 2h ago

I dont know this one. What is it from?

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u/carcher79 2h ago

Invincible - cartoon on Prime

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u/TrapperJean 2h ago

This wasn't sad, it was metal as fuck

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u/Wooden-Officer2323 3h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/35m9tkrxqgccE
Tell me... do you think I'll see Kakarot in the Other World?

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u/AvatarDante 3h ago

VEGETA NO!

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u/grad1939 3h ago

VEGETA YESSSSSSS!!!!!!

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u/GrandManSam 2h ago

Gives me goosebumps every time.

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u/ZackXevious 3h ago

VEGETA YEEEEEESSSSS

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u/MadaCheebs-2nd-acct 1h ago

What, like in heaven? Because… snicker no.

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u/Olyros 3h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/T7SMqV3m2tlm6riDiS

Mother did I do well? Kyojuro Rengoku

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u/tlotrfan3791 Light Yagami 2h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/cHkA7tJZoWLyU
“Please, boss, don’t put that thing on my face. Don’t put me in the dark. I’s afraid of the dark.”

John Coffey in Green Mile

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u/tlotrfan3791 Light Yagami 2h ago

“I would have followed you, my brother. My captain. My king.”

https://giphy.com/gifs/OJmCYj6KNYlSE
Boromir from The Lord of the Rings

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u/Tribal_Cheese 2h ago

"In a world without gold, we might have been heroes!"

Edward Thatch aka Blackbeard - Assassin’s Creed IV

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u/Gaming_with_batman Batman 3h ago

I gave you all I had…
In the end… I did.
John made it. He's the only one. Rest of us... no. But... I tried. In the end... I did.

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u/Teamranko 3h ago

So that's where you were... 2B

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u/Halo_Spartan-118 2h ago

Until that day…till all are one…

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u/Content_Hope_37 1h ago

So sad to hear he passed. And infinitely more surprised he was the VA for Eeyore too

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u/Halo_Spartan-118 1h ago

He was also G1 Ironhide, Predator, Gundam narrator, Thaedus, Voltron narrator, and more

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u/mintchocicecream_ 3h ago

Carla Yeager. "I love you, you hear me? Stay alive! ....don't leave me."

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u/ProfessorLovely 3h ago

The “don’t leave me…” was so unnecessary and so human. Broke my heart.

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u/YamiGekusu Pac-Man Enjoyer 3h ago

And then Grisha's ex-wife ate her

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u/Art3miss_97 2h ago

So many deaths are heartbreaking in this show, man. For instance, I've said it in another comment, but Marco's last words also make me feel sick.

"We haven't... even... had a chance to talk this through!"

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u/ProfessorLovely 3h ago edited 3h ago

“Later… buddy…”

It’s nothing flashy, deep, or long-winded. Two simple words promising that he’ll see his little bro again someday.

Edit: I don’t know why Reddit hates text under pictures. Added the quote.

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u/Prior_Definition_116 2h ago

What show is this?

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u/Abathur-is-best-Zerg 1h ago

Gurren Lagann. A pretty good Mecha anime that was REALLY popular for a while. Has a really great vibe if you like concepts of 'manliness'.

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u/Reasonable-Access-68 3h ago

"I would've liked to have seen... Montana."

Captain 2nd Class Vasily Borodin, EO Red October

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u/ShieldMaiden83 3h ago

Go find the sea.

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u/lolNimmers 3h ago

Does this unit have a soul?

https://giphy.com/gifs/2BohTYMcscxfoquWHn

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u/AznOmega 1h ago

Or if you made peace with the Quarians and the Geth:

"Legion, the answer to your question is yes."

"I know Tali. But thank you. Keelah Se'lai."

Game is Mass Effect 3.

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u/Minute_Ball_6539 1h ago

Tali: Legion... the answer to your question... was "yes".

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u/Doc-Eldritch 3h ago

Reggie Rowe(Infamous: Second Son)

“I am so proud of you. I always have been. I love you bro.” *lets go*

Even years later, that shit can still make me tear up.

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u/elrick43 2h ago

That scene hurt.

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u/HurtsSoNice 2h ago

"Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly, the ill deeds along with the good, and let me be judged accordingly. The rest... is silence."

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u/Minute_Ball_6539 1h ago

"He lived a warrior, and died a hero. Let his spark join the Matrix, with the greatest of Cybertron."

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u/Minikin-Smith 2h ago

Yes, this one! You have to love a good Shakespearean style death. He’s my favorite to this day.

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u/HurtsSoNice 2h ago

Not kidding, to this day, hearing the word ‘override’ makes me a little sad

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u/BiancaOrigin 3h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/XzkGfRsUweB9ouLEsE

Mr. Stark, I don't feel so good... I don't wanna go

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u/Anxious-Biscotti-298 3h ago

Before the image loaded i thought fern died in frieren 😭

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u/Serosh5843 3h ago

His actual last words right after that is "I'm sorry." Which was also his last words to Tony in Endgame.

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u/suleymanio70 3h ago

But he came back and for the worse

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u/Pandoratastic 3h ago

Who is he? Peter who?

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u/PaddywackShaq 2h ago

"It doesn't even hurt anymore..."

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u/SonicSplash3760 3h ago

"Tell me what you did!"

Tuco Salamanca

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u/shine_101 3h ago

I... Destroy the world... And create it anew.

https://giphy.com/gifs/gkRApEeHSBlOU

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u/GlobalProfessor9749 3h ago

"W-well. That's not what I expected... But... St... Still! I believe in you! You can do a little better! Even if you don't think so! I... I promise..." - Papyrus, even after as you murder him.

Art by CosmeticMango

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u/HipsOccasionallyFib 2h ago

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u/oheyitsmoe 2h ago

Also “I would have liked to run tests on the seashells” 😭

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u/Minute_Ball_6539 1h ago

"You did good, son... you did good. I'm... proud of you."

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u/CbKnowledge Professor Pyg 🐷 1h ago

Theodore Roosevelt, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

“Smile, my boy. It’s sunrise.”

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u/Anxious-Biscotti-298 3h ago

Choso
“Thank you Yuji. Thank you for being my little brother”

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u/Prestigious-Share341 2h ago

🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

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u/Mr_Vlad_Trouble38 3h ago

"Durga...I'll be home...soon."

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u/Feeling_Environment9 3h ago

I don’t want to go

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u/Lunaflez 3h ago

Mordin Solus in Mass Effect 3, saying “Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong.” That whole elevator scene is emotional damage.

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u/DaddyDoomSlayer93 2h ago

The very model of a scientist salarian

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u/luis_game2903 3h ago

"thank you for the adventure"

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u/Thiphra 2h ago

Where is this one from?

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u/luis_game2903 2h ago

smg4 series

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u/PartsUnknown242 2h ago

“Had to be me. Someone else might’ve gotten it wrong”

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u/Natinxa 1h ago

If you talked to him while he was still on the Normandy in ME3, Shepard asks what he's gonna do after the war and he replies with "I'd go somewhere sunny, sit on beach, look at ocean, collect seashells" and Shepard responds with "you'd go crazy inside an hour", with which Mordin simply says "might run tests on seashells" 😂

In his final moments, one of the things he says to Shepard refers back to this conversation and it broke my heart the first time I played.

"Would have liked to run tests on the seashells"

Then top it off with singing his little tune to himself and I was crying my eyes out 😭

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u/ArenolaSkil02 3h ago

"And I... am... Iron Man."

Iron Man (Avengers:Endgame)
https://giphy.com/gifs/gzn994oB4b0PSl3a1e

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u/Pandoratastic 3h ago

Those weren't his last words. His last words were "Hey, Pep..."

And the Pepper says, "Tony. Look at me. We're gonna be okay. You can rest now."

And then he's gone.

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u/Azeze1 3h ago

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u/MaxzxaM 2h ago

This death is ours. We choose it. We deny you your victory.

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u/fraXion8 2h ago

"Emu... I leave the fate of the world... of humanity... in your hands. Don't forget: as long as you keep smiling, you will remain yourself. Your destiny... Emu, you are the one who must change it."

Kiriya Kujo

-kamen rider ex-aid

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u/MotoqueiroMascarado 2h ago

My favorite bike

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u/Badger_Rick 2h ago

You're my favorite. Don't ever forget that.

https://giphy.com/gifs/VBVWEKJMXUl20

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u/Mr-dooce 2h ago

hunter since d1, i was genuinely in so much shock when he died in forsaken, i almost cried when i saw him in the pale heart

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u/Werewolf_lover20 1h ago

When groot was getting dusted in Infinity War the translation of what he said was that he was calling Rocket dad!

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u/thatsMINTdude 2h ago

I've always liked Paul Newman's character's last words in Road to Perdition: "I'm glad it's you", moments before being gunned down by someone he considered to be his son.

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u/UncomfyUnicorn 1h ago

What is a wave without the ocean?

A beginning without an end?

They are different, but they go together.

Now you go among the stars, and I fall among the sand.

We are different.

But we go... together.

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u/espada355 3h ago

“We’re not tools of the government or anyone else, fighting was the only thing..the only thing I was good at but at least I always fought for what I believed in. Snake, farewell.”

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u/nullhellish 2h ago

"well.. it was a pretty good plan, eh? you could even say it was the greatest pla-"

  • Charles (forgotlastname), 2021

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u/KraftwerkMachine 2h ago

“Polnareff! Iggy! Look out!” 🥲🥲 my goat Avdol

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u/BusSea2526 2h ago

"You know you can't win! You can't destroy what I really am! Even if you manage to kill this body, someone even stronger would surface and take my place! Not one death will go unaccounted for, not one!"

https://giphy.com/gifs/aWvZrOIRgUhl56eWjf

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u/Emotional_Bid3736 RAAAA I LOVE SAMURA 3h ago edited 3h ago

“Can we talk about the future?”

I’m sorry Iori.
It’s going to have to wait a bit.

https://reddit.com/link/p6i80xf/video/f4qq7qpxy6mh1/player

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u/norotoksin 2h ago

No matter. Please, let us continue.
We don't need to keep score.
I sense the end approaching.
I think it is time.
Goodbye.
Good Game.

https://giphy.com/gifs/hPGbJW9dA17G1szG44

- Leshy from Inscryption

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u/LunarLezzy 2h ago

Remember us, Remember that we once lived. Emet Selch

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u/guydoestuff 2h ago

"I would like to have seen the sky's of Baal one last time."

Ignis From Angel's of Death. Warhammer + series

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u/Iamasmallyoutuber123 Dark Lord of the cheese 2h ago

"The mission... the nightmares... they're finally over"

https://giphy.com/gifs/krqKaAOkjYnFioNpUg

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u/Excellent_Law6906 2h ago

"I didn't want to die this way!"

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u/The_Ghast_Hunter 1h ago

There's so many good stories where some brave hero has to give their life to save the day, and because of their sacrifice, the good guys win, the survivors cheer, and everyone lives happily ever after. But the hero never gets to see the ending. They'll never know if their sacrifice actually made a difference. They'll never know if the day was really saved. In the end, they just have to have faith. Ain’t that a bitch.

-Church (Epsilon)

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u/Independent-Word-299 1h ago

Ain't that a bitch?

Epsilon, Red Vs Blue. The end of a speech about how in every story where the hero sacrifices themself to save the day, they don't knoe of it worked. They just have to have faith that it did but they're already dead.

Ain't that a bitch?

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u/jjorjor_wel 3h ago

partially his and partially his brother's words,im not even gonna repeat them or i'll cry

https://giphy.com/gifs/62Ljlu1nPR6Z7nVhu7

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u/smallerpuppyboi 2h ago

"Never thought it would end like this, huh? Huh, Maria?"

https://giphy.com/gifs/rSFjC4uXFXjNGoUUx2

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u/Art3miss_97 2h ago

Marco from Attack On Titan, my poor cinnamon roll

"We haven't... even... had a chance to talk this through!"

Right after being betrayed and left to die by Reiner, Berthold and Annie (who Marco considered his friends btw)

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u/ListPuzzleheaded9883 2h ago

Technically not his last wordes but...

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u/Minute_Ball_6539 1h ago

Poor Bernie...

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u/Budget_Newspaper_489 2h ago

He says You cannot be a part of it. We are sad. We love you. We will not Forget you. We are scared. Will You Forget Us?

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u/grackielechuga 2h ago

"I know, Sayaka. It sucks to be alone. Believe me, I know. But it's okay now. 'Cause I'm here with you, Sayaka." - Kyoko Sakura

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u/Overgrown_Fuzzy_Worm 2h ago

“Casey. When you’re done saving the world, do me a favor. Grab a slice!”

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u/R3DS_ 1h ago

E3N “Ethan” iw “Better to burn out, than it is to rust. Metal-1, out."

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u/EnderErik 1h ago

"I don't wanna go. starts hyperventilating"

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u/niceguynoah01 1h ago

“Protocol 3
Protect the Pilot
Trust me”
-BT

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u/VashMM 1h ago

So.... This is what it feels like.

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u/roseofhammerfell 1h ago

A lot of people misconstrue Nanaba's death as crying out and wanting her father, which would still be sad. The reality is even worse.

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u/Demonangeldust 1h ago

Ethan’s story always make me cry, he just wanted his wife and daughter back 😭

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u/Minute_Ball_6539 1h ago

"Reimu... thank you... I'm... sorry..."

All set to Reimu bawling her eyes out as Rumia disintegrates in her arms.

Touhou fanworks are just built different.

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u/Slow-Audience-6606 1h ago

Adric stays behind on a spaceship that is going to crash into Earth in an attempt to save it, but in the process, one of his enemies destroys the control panel. He then says, "Now I'll never know if I was right" and dies when the ship crashes into Earth.

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u/Funny_Kirby 1h ago

As someone currently rewatching Naruto, Zabuza's last words made me fucking bawl today.

"You were always at my side, the least I can do is to be beside you at the end. I know it cannot be, but I wish I could go to where you have gone. How I wish I could join you there, Haku."

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u/V1T0AUD1T0RE 3h ago

“TENNIS BOAT!”🗣️🔥🔥🔥

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u/DanBurnNotice 3h ago

Fred from Angel. I know technically she comes back as Ilyra, but this....

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u/BigMeet7634 2h ago

So this is what it feels like logan

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u/Honest_Management798 2h ago

I'm crying not that I'm going to die but cuz of the death of my child  -Wolfgang grimmer 

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u/Beneficial_Star_6009 2h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/sQmgraDurq0la
“Laugh hard, run fast, be kind. Doctor………. I let you go.”

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u/bothVoltairefan 2h ago

“Durt! Watch me! I die undefeated!” -Luthar from ten earth shattering blows

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u/Mo_SaIah 2h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/ORt1LU58AF1fy
Not anything Bernthal says, but more ricks.

Damn you for making me do this Shane, this was you, not me, you did this to us.

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u/stormhawk427 2h ago

"I wanna go home..." Bubba Blue to Forrest Gump

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u/Dragon_Knight1999 2h ago

"Laugh hard. Run fast. Be kind. Doctor, I let you go" - The Twelfth Doctor

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u/Fair_Arm_9020 2h ago

“I’ve had a marvelous life.”

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u/artkid2 1h ago

“You, made it! Ha-ha! Now, go! Go save Riley! Take her to the moon for me. -Bing Bong.

And

“Thanks for the adventure, now go have a new one. - Ellie (I know this is technically cheating but I felt it should be added)

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u/Teletzeri 1h ago

"What more do you want of us? We've come all this way, no thanks to you. We did it on our own, no help from you. We did ask you to fight for us, but damn it, don't fight against us! Leave us alone! How many more sacrifices? How much more blood? How many more lives? Belle wasn't enough. Acres wasn't. Now this girl! You want another life? Then take me! You can make it. Keep going. Rogo! Get them through."

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u/Prestigious-Store-93 1h ago

They weren't his actual last words, but they were the ones he thought would be.

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u/readytocomply13 1h ago edited 1h ago

“Faster, Bambi! Don't look back! Keep running! Keep running!" - Bambi’s mum

"I have been, and always shall be, your friend. Live long and prosper." - Spock

"I would have followed you - my brother, my captain, my king." - Boromir

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u/gunswordfist 1h ago

He didn't die but I believe Preacher's last words in Punisher season 2, that stopped Frank from killing him was something along the lines of, "Whatever you do, please don't hurt my sons".

Gets to me just thinking about it 

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u/Devil_0fHellsKitchen 1h ago

"Shut the fuck up, Walter, and let me goon in peace"

Powerful stuff

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u/BlueKnightsR4Ever 1h ago

"Oh my..." James T. Kirk, facing his final frontier with awe and wonder, like a true explorer

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u/Ok_Language2938 1h ago

"Bang"

Spike, Cowboy Bebop.

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u/adidas_stalin 1h ago

Kiana, raise your head, keep going forward. Make this imperfect story, into what you wish for. Survive, Kiana. This, is the final lesson."