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== Anime and Manga ==

* ''[[One Piece]]'' built an entire arc on Luffy and Whitebeard trying to rescue Ace. In the end though, [[Not Quite Saved Enough|they were unsuccessful,]] with both Ace and Whitebeard dying in the ensuing battle against the Marines.

** In the Whole Cake Island arc, the Straw Hats venture to Whole Cake Island, the territory of Big Mom (one of the Four Emperors, the most powerful people in the New World portion of the Grand Line) to rescue Sanji. They are joined in this mission by a few of their Mink allies who were introduced in the Zou arc, one of them being the Jaguar Mink Pedro. After they they thwart Big Mom's plan and rescue Sanji, they attempt to escape Whole Cake Island only for Big Mom's lieutenant Perospero to immobilize their ship. After a lengthy series of flashbacks involving Pedro's desire to help bring about a brighter new dawn for the world despite the fact that Big Mom has drained him of 50 years of his lifespan (his pirate group is called the 'Nox Pirates' for 'Before the Dawn', indicating Pedro knows he won't live to see the new dawn come to pass, but will do what he can to help bring it about in the little time he has left), Pedro makes a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to help the Straw Hats escape Whole Cake Island so they can bring about the new dawn.

* ''Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' has this for the cute and quirky Tatchkoma's. The robots have their brief day in the limelight, before dying their tragic demise. [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|Poor Robots]].

** It won't be the last time they die, either.

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** [[The Dragon]] Damaras as well, getting offed at the end of the two-parter when he finally steps into the battlefield.

* [[Fringe]] did this to {{spoiler|the Alternate Lincoln}} after giving us a much wanted episode with the two {{spoiler|Lincoln's}} trying to figure out how they ended up so different from each other. {{spoiler|The obvious guess would probably be Altlivia's influence in his life.}}

* In the penultimate episode of [[The West Wing]]'s second season ('18th and Potomac'), {{spoiler|Mrs. Landingham}} is given a lot more screentime with a subplot involving a new car. At the end of the episode, Charlie informs Bartlett that {{spoiler|Mrs. Landingham}} has died in a car accident. The following episode, ('Two Cathedrals') has the funeral and the aftermath, alongside flashbacks giving additional backstory as to the history of {{spoiler|Mrs. Landingham}} and Bartlett, detailing how they first met when Bartlett was in prep school.