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== 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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* ''[[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]].

* 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.