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* In ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' (the anime anyway), there's an unusual case with the demon Dabura, who is sent to heaven when he dies because the ruler of the afterlife wants to punish him and thinks he'd enjoy hell too much. Being around so much pure good actually turns him into a cuddly emotional guy that likes to pick flowers.
** Not to mention Vegeta in the Freeza Saga, after being beaten by Freeza and on the verge of death he throws his pride to the side begs Goku to stop Freeza, cries even and is given an ''[[Freudian Excuse]]'' for the way he acts. Although when he is finally resurrected his [[Heel Face Turn]] at the edge of death is more or less forgotten.
* In ''[[The Slayers]]'', Rezo the Red Priest's evil plan backfires on him and he is possessed by Shabranigdo the Dark Lord. However, in the end, Rezo's soul surpresses Shabranigdo's and gives Lina Inverse the chance to destroy him. As Rezo's soul departs to the afterlife, his voice thanks Lina.
* Lordgenome, previous [[Big Bad]], from ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' [[Heroic Sacrifice|sacrifices his life]] in order to give the Team Dai Gurren a fighting chance, by converting the [[Wave Motion Gun|Big Bang Storm]] launched by the [[Big Bad|Anti-Spiral]] into energy, declaring in his [[Final Speech]] that helping build a future for humanity would leave him completely satisfied. Simon accepts Lordgenome's wish and uses the energy to either power up the titular mecha [[The Movie|or]] transform into Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
* Precia Testarossa in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] [[The Movie]] First''. In contrast to her tv version, who remained an [[Evil Matriarch]] when she died, this version of Precia [[Fond Memories That Could Have Been|realizes at the very end that she should have treated Fate as a second daughter instead of obsessing over the death of Alicia]].
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* Souther/Thouzer in ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' acts out as a man who defies love all the time and prefers being a [[Complete Monster]] [[Evil Overlord]] all the time, until he's beaten out by Kenshiro and realize he'll die. In his last breaths, he recalled his love with his master Ougai, revealing his human side shortly before he dies with his crumbling Holy Cross Mausoleum.
* In ''[[Tenshi ni Narumon]]'' it might be be kinda subverted, since in the last episode, it looked like Mikael and Silky (especially Mikael) could gain redemption only through letting go and dying, but then at the very end when Noelle eventually cleaned up the whole mess, everything turned out just fine, no one died and everyone seemed to get their happy ending.
* Kanna from [[Inuyasha]]. She tells Kagome through a small shard Naraku's [[Achilles' Heel]] as a result of Naraku ordering her death.
* In [[Shadow Skill]], [[Power Born of Madness|insane]] [[Fallen Hero]] G is finally restored to sanity when he is forced to fight Gau in a lucid state. He self-destructs shortly afterwards as he was already a [[Paper Talisman]] [[Our Liches Are Different|Lich]] [[Living on Borrowed Time]] but [[Defeat Equals Friendship]] such that he manages to come back later as a ghost to help in the [[Final Battle]].
* ''[[Bleach]]:'' Tousen. He spent much of his adult life plotting revenge on Soul Society as a result of the death of his [[Implied Love Interest|friend]]. One of his deepest fears was to [[Becoming the Mask|die a shinigami,]] the thing he hated most. As a result, he hollowfied to escape being a shinigami. At the end, when defeated and dying after his battle with Komamura and Hisagi, he returns to the shinigami form he had once despised, finally understanding the value of the friendships he had forged amongst the shinigami. He has just enough time to make his apologies to Komamura and Hisagi absolutely clear before [[Big Bad|Aizen]] kills him. Of course, he was dying anyway, but [[Complete Monster|Aizen]] just wanted to prove a point.
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== Comic Books ==
* [[Doctor Strange|Baron Mordo]], when he discovers that he's dying of cancer. Then he's brought back to life as a villain by writers who [[Did Not Do the Research]].
** Similarly in ''Doctor Strange: The Oath'' the main antagonist manages to linger a few minutes after dying to give a conflicted Strange some counsel.
* The early run of [[X-Men]] had a villain called the Changeling, who did this when he realized he had six months to live. His character later became the inspiration for the character of [[X-Men (animation)|Morph.]]
* In ''[[Thorgal]]'': Ogathai. He recognizes Thorgal as his son in a brief moment of clarity after being fatally shot.
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* A somewhat literal case with Gowron in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'': Jealous of Martok's popularity, he decides to take control of the Klingon fleet and squander lives in order to gain himself political glory until Worf challenges him to a duel to the death. As a result, he dies an honourable warrior's death and Worf performs the Klingon death ritual for him.
* ''24'' George Mason in Season 2. He is initially an [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]], and then attempts to leave LA when he realizes how big the nuclear explosion will be. He is exposed to lethal amounts of plutonium. After learning he will die ''very soon'' but he is not contagious, he returns to work and takes control of the situation. He the ultimately flies the bomb to where it can be safely detonated, saving Jack and convincing him to not give up.
* In the ''[[Alien Nation (TV series)|Alien Nation]]'' made-for-tv movie ''Dark Horizon'', the Tenctonese Overseer Ahpossno spends the entire movie trying to bring back news to his masters of the slaves' survival on Earth. In a desperate attempt to stop him, George infects him with a lethal virus, hoping that the slavemasters will think this means all of the Tenctonese died of a plague on Earth. As Ahpossno is dying while en route to his masters, he has flashbacks of the happy times he shared with George's family. Ultimately he sides with his people and, with his dying breath, tells his fellow Overseers that all of the slaves are dead.
* In ''Lost'', evil undead Sayid fights back against his brainwashing and sacrafices himself saving the lives of his friends.
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* If you go to the trouble to redeem Aribeth in ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]: Hordes of the Underdark'', it might count.
* Neku in ''[[The World Ends With You]]''.
* Faldio in ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]''; Faldio realizes he was wrong for believing in firepower over the [[Power of Friendship]] when it comes to saving lives on the battlefield. He proceeds to break himself out of prison just in time to kill himself in a combination [[Heroic Sacrifice|Heroic]]/StupidSacrifice as an apology to Welkin and Alicia, and to maintain some of the game's overall themes. It's a matter of some contention in the fandom.
* Psycho Mantis in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'', in his [[Final Speech]], helps you move on and mentions it's the first time in a long time he's used his power to help people. He declares it 'nostalgic' just before he dies. Subverted as part of it was really him leading you on further into the villains' [[Batman Gambit]].
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== Webcomics ==
* Bounty Hunter in ''[[RE-TAKE]]''.
* ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'': [[Defied Trope|Defied]] in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0464.html this comic] by [[Knight Templar|Miko the (former) paladin]], who attempted to save her world by destroying an ancient gate. [[Alas, Poor Scrappy|While she is lying on the floor]] [[Half the Man He Used To Be|in two very large pieces]], she is told by the founder of her order [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|how badly she'd messed things up]]. He sadly informs her that though she carried out her duty, she cannot be readmitted to the paladins, because she never actually admitted that her original mistake was wrong or did anything to fix it.
{{quote|'''Soon Kim:''' Perhaps, if you had more time...but then again, perhaps not. Redemption is a rare and special thing, after all. It is [[Title Drop|not for everyone]]. }}
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