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== [[Film]] ==
* The German Comedy ''Neues vom Wixxer'' has the eponymous serial killer shooting up the office of Scotland Yard's Commissioner from a safe distance via sniper rifle. During the shootout, a random bobby happens to walk in and exclaim, "Good news, Sir John! [The doctor says] [[Tempting Fate|I don't have cancer after all]]!". Then... well, [[Boom! Headshot!|you know]]...
* Humorously subverted and parodied by Zucker, Abrams and Zucker in ''[[The Naked Gun (Film)|The Naked Gun]] 2 1/2'' ("Who else here is almost dead?" and "Well if that's your attitude, forget it") and in ''[[Top Secret]]'', where the character Latrine only ever runs into shot and gasps something while injured.
* In the original ''[[Godzilla]]'' movie, some shipwrecked mariners are found. They say that they were attacked by a monster, and then die almost immediately after of radiation burns.
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** Also happens in ''[[Attack of the Clones]]'', where Anakin's mom survives a long period of time enslaved by Sand People, only to die in Anakin's arms once rescued. Given Padme, it is clear prequel women have a strange sense of deciding when to die.
* Captain Jacobi in ''[[The Maltese Falcon (Film)|The Maltese Falcon]]''.
* Subverted in ''[[Kung Pow Enter the Fist]]'' where all of [[The Chosen One]]'s friends (including his dog) become [[Almost
{{quote| '''Master Tang''': Just because a guy goes "eeeeeaaaahhh..." doesn't mean he is dead.}}
* Played almost to the point of ridicule in ''[[Dead On Arrival]]''. The main character, fatally poisoned, staggers into a police station and tells his story to the policemen, narrating the whole movie before dying.
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* Parodied in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Film)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''.
* Parodied (possibly a shout out to Monty Python) in ''[[Sin City]]'': The Big Fat Kill.
* In ''[[The Edge (Film)|The Edge]]'', Bob and Charles get stranded in the wilderness in the middle of winter and have to try to survive and get rescued. Bob becomes badly injured by an animal trap {{spoiler|while trying to kill Charles because he loves Charles' wife and is jealous of his fortune}}, and then spends a long time as the [[Almost
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** Or "Afraid...I shan't live long enough...to tell you...pity."...after already "waking up" twice and wasting all of each time informing Max that he's dying.
** Also in ''[[The Film of the Series|The Nude Bomb]]'', when a murder-attempt victim keeps springing back to life, leaving the heroes vacillating between calling for a hearse or an ambulance. They finally settle on the latter.
* In the ''[[Star Trek the Original Series (TV)|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' episode "Balance of Terror", the [[Almost
* Somewhat subverted in the final episode of ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'': Actor Casey Biggs didn't want Damar to go out without some last words, so Damar says "Keep..." just before he dies. Biggs later admitted he had no idea what would have come after "keep."
* The Face of Boe in the third season of ''[[
{{quote| You...are not...alone...}}
** The Tenth Doctor himself did this in "The End of Time" as he was dying of radiation poisoning -- he managed to survive just long enough to visit all of the surviving companions he'd known in that incarnation, [[Genre Savvy|cleverly avoiding]] actual death by giving out no plot-relevant information besides supplying Jack with the name of the guy sitting next to him in a bar. Of course, once he started dying really ''badly'', he went ahead and hinted to past!Rose that later that year she'd be traveling with [[The Nth Doctor|his previous incarnation]]. That seemed to have finished him off.
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** Happens only to The Boss in [[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater|the third game]].
** There's quite a number again in [[Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots|the fourth game]]. It is revealed that Vamp got his apparent immortality from nanomachines that instantly regenerated all damage to his body. Naomi had terminal cancer for years and was also be kept alive by the very same nanomachines. After having achieved all her goals, she commits suicide by shutting them down and dies just minutes later. And finally, Zero is an incredibly old man by the time the game ends and just too stubborn to die even though he's completely paralyzed by age and barely has any consciousness left. He dies only when Big Boss cuts off his oxygen supply.
** It appears to happen to EVA after she is impaled by a rod from an iron grate after she crashes her bike in a [[Shout
* In ''[[Legend of Dragoon]]'', a messenger shows up in the town of Lohan to inform you that the king has been kidnapped, and dies. Particularly convenient since your characters had just decided to go and see the king.
* ''[[Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door (Video Game)|Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door]]'' has the rare example of an Almost Dead Computer. He survives being erased somehow, long enough for you to travel the entire world (That's not an exaggeration; the quest to get to him involves visiting every city on the map), travel to the moon, and fight your way through an enemy fortress (including a [[Humongous Mecha]] boss). Then he dies, taking the fortress with him. Almost... he hangs on long enough for you to get to the teleporter and safely off the moon. At the end of the game, he's brought back to life with the factory intact without any explanation.
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** Notably this doesn't happen in real time, but in the "cyberspace" where the protagonist ends up when the synchronization fails. When these scenes end, not a second has passed around them. Ofcourse this raises the question of just how this works in the story's internal logic.
*** The way a couple of the monologues are said, including the leader of the Teutonics going "No, please, don't do this!" despite already having been knifed, implies that Altair cornered his targets and allowed them final words before killing them.
** ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Video Game)|Assassin's Creed Brotherhood]]'' makes these far more believable. The targets only have enough time for one or two sentences before dying. One early one uses his sentence to mock the long confessions from the first game "What were you expecting, a confession?" *dead*
* In one Shockwave adventure game, you encounter in the first scene a dying man clinging to the edge of a rooftop. It's important to ask every question you can if you want all his info, because the second you leave the conversation he loses his grip and falls off the roof.
* In ''[[A Link to The Past]],'' Link finds his uncle in the sewers under Hyrule Castle, mortally wounded. The uncle lives just long enough to give Link his sword and tell him to go help the princess before expiring.
** It turns out that he's [[Not Quite Dead]] - as one of the scenes in the ending shows you that "Your Uncle Recovers."
*** Or maybe he was. The king and the priest were both dead, but Link's wish brought them back; it could have also brought his uncle back.
** Also, after Zelda flees Castle Town in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|Ocarina of Time]]'', searching an alleyway reveals an injured [[Red Shirt]] who tells Link that Zelda wanted to give him something, and that if he has it he should to hurry to the Temple of Time before going limp. Further attempts at conversation result in "He's not moving anymore..."
** ''[[Majoras Mask|Majora's Mask]]'' has Mikau, the Zora, encountered moments before his death. Whether you meet him in the first, or last hour in the game's 3-day repeating [[Groundhog Day Loop]], he always has just enough time to perform a song before he dies.
* The dying villager at the entrance to the Church that begins the "Butcher" quest in ''[[Diablo]]''. Since he'll hang on forever as long as you don't speak to him, and you don't actually need to speak with him to deal with the Butcher, some players simply ignore him in order to save his life.
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