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* In ''[[Getter Robo|Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo]]'', Musashi has the most dignified death of all his incarnations, gleefully taking the Dinosaur Empire with him as he goes.
** This is actually pretty much the same way he goes out in the original Manga, only there he was [[Determinator|melting and on fire at the time]].
* [[You Should Know This Already|Kamina]] certainly dies this way in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''
* An interesting case where an inanimate object had a good death: the Going Merry, Luffy's first ship in ''[[One Piece]]''. It is implied during the series that the ship is sentient, and it basically keeps sailing on willpower alone until it gives out, but not before allowing Luffy to find Franky, ensuring that Luffy would have another ship to command after it was gone.
* Lelouch vi Brittania orders Kururugi Suzaku to kill him in his staged public execution of his former allies - the Black Knights, at the end of ''[[Code Geass]]''. He succeeded, not only freeing the false death mates and the entire world, but also his own burden as the "villain", knowing he has accomplished what he has to do.
== Comic Books ==
* [[The Flash|Barry Allen's]] final heroic sacrifice in ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]''. He got better.
* Richard Dragon's (apparent) death during his duel with Lady Shiva is heavily implied to be this. He dies having A) sacrificed himself to save the life of a young boy in a hospital, B)Finally proven, at least to himself, that he could beat Shiva, and C) spent his last moments on Earth with the woman he loved most in the world. It comes with an absolutely beautiful internal monologue and a fantastic splash page as Shiva finishes him off with her [[Forgotten Superweapon|trademark]] [[Forbidden Technique|Leopard]] [[Finishing Move|Blow]], which only she and Dragon know how to use, Shiva having taught the technique to him when they were lovers years ago. It somehow manages to be a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]], and [[Tear Jerker]] all at once.
{{quote|Richard Dragon: The Leopard Blow. Her signature. Taken from the deadliest land animal on Earth. Used by the deadliest woman on Earth. No one sees it and lives. Not even Richard Dragon. }}
== Film ==
* In the 1930s film ''The Petrified Forest'', Leslie Howard demands this from [[Humphrey Bogart]] and gets it. Arguably, Bogart later gets one of his own, ultimately being gunned down because he couldn't bear to give up on love.
* The Evil Robot [[Bill and Ted]] go out like this, surprisingly enough, congratulating the "good human usses" for outwitting them, and die smiling.
{{quote|'''Evil Bill''': Evil Ted, I think we may have met our match.
'''Evil Ted''': Kudos to you, Good Human Usses! }}
* In the film version, after being done with his [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]], Eric Draven, AKA [[The Crow]], lies against his tombstone dying, but right before death, he is visited by his lover Shelly's spirit, and he dies fully content that both his revenge was done and that he was reunited with his lost love.
* In ''[[The Last Samurai]]'', Katsumoto and his Samurai brethren choose to die the way they lived; with honour, as warriors fighting with traditional weapons in a hopeless battle against an overwhelmingly superior force.
* V's death in the ''[[V for Vendetta]]'' film.
{{quote|'''Evey''': ''I don't want you to die!''
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== Literature ==
* ''[[Little Big Man]]'': At the end of the novel, the Cheyenne chief Old Lodge Skins declares that "It is a good day to die." He asks Jack to accompany him to the summit of a nearby hill, where he lays down and promptly dies.
** Averted in the [[wikipedia:Little Big Man (film)|film adaptation]], in which he doesn't die and instead just gets up and walks back down the hill.
{{quote|'''Old Lodge Skins''': "Sometimes the magic works, and sometimes it doesn't."}}
* In ''Xenocide'', Ender refuses to Speak the death of {{spoiler|Quim}}, not because the deceased would have disapproved (though he would have), but because Ender felt there was nothing to say - {{spoiler|Quim's}} life was true and complete, and he died spreading the Gospel, as he'd have wished.
* In ''[[
▲== Live Action TV ==
* Edie Britt from ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''.
{{quote|'''Edie''': "I died just like I lived - as the complete and utter center of attention."}}
* The old klingon warrior in the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "Once More Into the Breach" dies via [[Heroic Sacrifice]], as a Klingon should, rather then die forsaken from old age.
* In ''[[Lexx]]'' Kai led some of his fellow Brunnen-G in a doomed counterattack against His Divine Shadow rather than give up and accept death like the rest of their race. In the musical episode "Brigadoon" the song about the Brnnen-G's [[Last Stand]] is even called "
{{quote|"And so the half a dozen little craft set out, against the mighty power of His Divine Shadow. Not really believing they would win, for the prophecy told them they would not, but knowing that they would die well!"}}
== Music ==
* The Loreena McKennit song "Skellig" is about a monk dying of old age after living a life doing exactly what he wanted to do and passing on his legacy to another monk to continue.
== Video Games ==
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* ''[[Legend of Dragoon]]'': While Lavitz's actual physical death is a rather needless [[Heroic Sacrifice]], his undead spirit ends up trapped in an [[Abusive Precursors|ancient Wingly city]]. Once freed, he manages to use the last of his life energy to give the protagonists a way to avert [[The End of the World as We Know It]], and passes to the afterlife after a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|warm reunion with his friends]].
* Psycho Mantis's death in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''. He actually says so himself, stating that helping Snake before he dies feels "nice".
* Similarly, [[Anti-Villain|The Boss]] in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'''': Snake Eater'', who has the nickname "[[Meaningful Name|The Joy]]" for the emotion she feels in battle, has [[The Last Dance|a final showdown]] with [[Duel Boss|her most beloved apprentice]], [[Player Character|Naked Snake]], from which [[I Cannot Self-Terminate|she does not intend to survive]] but does not intend to throw either. It is [[Looks Like She Is Enjoying It|clear from her words and expressions]] before, during, and after the battle, that this was the way [[Peaceful in Death|she wanted to go]].
* In ''[[Persona 3]]'', Chidori dies not only saving Junpei from death at the expense of her own life, but also declaring her love for him. She even shows her love beyond death, with her Persona fusing with Junpei's to form Trismegistus.
** Prior to that, Shinjiro dies satisfied after [[Taking the Bullet]] for Ken, whose mother he'd accidentally killed two years before. In this case, he's satisfied not only because he's saved Ken, but because he was concerned about what effect it would have on Ken if Ken avenged his mother personally as he was planning to (and Shinjiro was prepared to let him) do. His [[Famous Last Words]] sum it up: "This is the way it should be."
* The [[Fallout: New Vegas]] DLC Honest Hearts gives us [[Crazy Survivalist|The Survivalist]], who, after surviving [[The End of the World as We Know It]] (with extreme guilt issues), finds his way to Zion National Park. Afterwards, he 1) kills off a pack of ghouls alone, 2) kills almost 100 members of a expeditionary force from Vault 22 (and [[A Match Made in Stockholm|falling in love with one of the women that had gotten trapped in a bear trap of his]], 3) watching his new wife and son both die during childbirth (and more guilt), he came across a group of children that had wandered into the valley. After caring for them for many years, he was finally starting to wear out. After saying his good-byes, he tells them all to be good and climbs to the top of the Red Gate to finally pass. It's definitely believable that he had a smile on his face the whole time.
* In ''[[Danganronpa (video game)|Danganronpa]]'', {{spoiler|Celestia is sentenced to be burned at the stake. Seeing as Celestia seems to believe herself to be an actual witch - or at very least, having fantasized about being one her whole life, she seems accepting of it, possibly even complacent, seeing it as a fitting end for a witch. She has a content smile on her face as the fire is lit. Unfortunately, Monokuma takes it completely off script; before she is actually burned, he drops a fire truck on her.}}
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