A Good Way to Die: Difference between revisions

== Anime And Manga ==

* ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' sees this trope at play a lot amongst heroes or main antagonists. Raoh, Toki, Rei, Yuda, Ryuga, Jyuza, Fudoh, Shu and Souther all die without regrets (Raoh actually has this as [[Famous Last Words|his final words]]).

** This is also reflected in Kenshiro's ''Musou Tensei'', the strongest technique of Hokuto Shinken. When Kenshiro uses it, the spirits of his dead allies gives him strength, and a spiritually powerful fighter can see their spirits watching over Kenshiro, as if still putting their hopes on him even after death.

* 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.

* [[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.

 

 

* 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.

'''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.

'''V''': ''That is the most beautiful thing you could have ever given me...'' }}

* [[Kill Bill|Bill]] dies this way. Not only did Beatrix prove to him she was the better fighter, but he also died with their business concluded and their daughter in good hands.

'''Beatrix''': ''You look ready.'' }}

* ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan]]''. [[Late Arrival Spoiler|You should know this one]].

* In ''[[13 Assassins]]'', most of the samurai protagonists willingly join a [[Suicide Mission]], knowing that it's the only way to die a warrior's death in an era of peace.

* ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'': Before Phil Coulson dies, he tells Nick Fury:

 

== 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.

* 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 [[Discworld/The Last Hero|The Last Hero]], {{spoiler|Cohen and his tribe die while saving the world, and are immortalized in song. ''This was their intention from the very beginning.''}}

== Live Action TV ==

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

* 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 "[[A Good Way to Die]]".