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* 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 ==

* 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 ==

 

== Literature ==

** 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.

 

* Edie Britt from ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''.

{{quote|'''Edie''': "I died just like I lived - as the complete and utter center of attention."}}

* 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 "A Good Way to Die".

{{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 ==

* 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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