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== [[Fan Works]] ==
* For ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', in Kasuto of Kataan's "[https://web.archive.org/web/20160914005458/http://kasuto.net/fanfic.php?main=fanfic%2Feternity.html&top=fanfic%2Feternitymenu.html Eternity]", the villain is attempting to kill herself with a special spell {{spoiler|which would happen to kill several million bystanders}} after realizing that immortality is actually a curse since the world is boring after living for a really long time. She had already tried every other conventional method and failed.
** Being the author of this story, I'm flattered that I'm listed on this site. But to contribute, this story was a [[Shout-Out]] and [[Homage]] to ''[[The X-Files|X-Files]]'' season 6 episode 10 [http://in-the-x-i-believe.blogspot.com/2007/08/season-6-tithonus-6x09.html "Tithonus"].
* In ''[[The Hill of Swords]]'', a crossover between ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' and ''[[The Familiar of Zero]]'', Shirou [[Up to Eleven|outperforms]] Saito's [[Last Stand]], {{spoiler|and ends up dying after having pretty much wiped out an army of 70,000 soldiers.}} He went into the battle for this reason:
{{quote|{{spoiler|And as he stood upon the battle fields, she thought back to his oath: [[I Will Wait for You|to be reunited with his love upon a hill of swords.]] To be reunited with his lover. His lover was dead. [[Together in Death|And it was only through battle that he could finally join her again. When he too was dead]].}} }}
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* The WWI pilot in [[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy]] wants to go out in a blaze of glory like the rest of his deceased war buddies. {{spoiler|Seeing as he dies fighting a giant face made of sand while successfully escorting Rick and Johnathan to Hamunaptra, it's probably safe to say that he succeeded. His last words?}}
{{quote|{{spoiler|"Here I come, laddies!" and a huge laugh.}}}}
* The Joker from ''[[The Dark Knight Saga|The Dark Knight]]''. There has been several occasions where he puts his life on the line for his cause.
* Sir Lancelot in ''[[Excalibur (film)|Excalibur]]''. He's more of a defeat seeker than a death seeker though, having traveled around looking for a King who was good enough to beat him and thereby win his fealty. He claims he was [[Cursed with Awesome]].
* J.B. Books in ''[[The Shootist]]''. The death that was coming for him, though, was far worse than the death he sought.
== [[Literature]] ==
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* One of the characters in Peter David's black comedy fantasy novel ''[[Sir Apropos of Nothing]]'' was a Death Seeker whose reckless deeds resulted in him becoming the most highly respected knight in all the land. At that point he realised that he actually quite liked being alive, hung up his sword and retired behind a mantle of [[Obfuscating Stupidity|obfuscating senility]].
* Colbey, the main character of the ''[[The Last of the Renshai|Renshai]]'' novels, is a follower of the Norse gods, and must die in battle to reach Valhalla. (Dying while refusing to fight all-out doesn't count, and would get him damned to Hel.) He's in his ''eighties'' by the end of book 1, the oldest person his tribe has ever had, and the best swordsman in history. He's even given the title "Deathseeker" by some. {{spoiler|Eventually, it's discovered that he became "semi-mortal" in his sixties (meaning he can't grow any older) and eventually becomes a god. He still rejoices in a challenging fight centuries later, mind you...}}
* Himei starts out as this in ''[[Sailor Nothing]]'', before [[The Power of Friendship]] gives her something to live for. The premier example, however, is {{spoiler|Dark General Argon. Because of his nature as [[The Heartless]] he's unable to kill himself directly, so he instead ensures that the protagonist will unleash her [[Unstoppable Rage]] on him -- in some of the worst ways possible.}}▼
* Brox (Broxigar [[First-Name Basis]]) of the [[War of the Ancients]] [[Warcraft]] novels trilogy fits this trope perfectly, after being the sole survivor of his squad. {{spoiler|He actually gets his wish in the end by performing a [[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}
* Eowyn in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', whose courageous ride to the Battle of the Pelennor Fields has also been described as a lovesick suicide attempt.
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** Another example from ''Animorphs'' is [[Sixth Ranger Traitor|David]] by the end of his last book. Abandoned by Crayak, betrayed by his henchmen and still condemned to [[Fate Worse Than Death|live out the rest of his days as a rat]], he tearfully begs Rachel to end his misery.
* In ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]]'', Galbatorix became one after the death of his first dragon, but then stopped after he got the idea that he might be able to convince the elders to give him another dragon. And once, that didn't work, [[Big Bad|well...]]
* In the opening chapters of ''[[The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax]]'', the first ''[[Mrs. Pollifax (franchise)|Mrs. Pollifax]]'' novel by [[Dorothy Gilman]], the title character, weighed down by being a suburban widow with no real meaning to her life, shows signs of this -- she very nearly commits suicide at one point, and even when trying to realize a childhood dream by applying for a job as a spy with the CIA emphasizes how she is expendable and can be sacrificed to save the life of a younger, better-trained agent. Fortunately, once she finds herself in real danger, this part of her personality vanishes and she becomes supremely competent at staying alive.
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* In ''[[Angel]]'', the Groosalugg was so "hideous" that he sought monsters to destroy him. He failed to die so incredibly he got made his kingdom's champion.
** Faith is a Death Seeker when she appears in late first season, kidnapping Wesley and torturing him all to get Angel angry enough to kill her. Back in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', she had done a similar thing with Buffy, though then her motive was that, by killing her, [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him|Buffy would become like her]], which would be a sort of "post-death revenge" on Buffy by Faith.
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* [[Doctor Who|The Ninth Doctor]] shows some signs of this. From Dalek: "You survived {{spoiler|the time war}}." "Not by choice."
** [[Doctor Who|The Tenth Doctor]] also practically personifies it. It's pretty much stated in ''Turn Left'' that he'd just let himself die if it weren't for Donna.
* ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' has a guy ironically wearing a [[Red Shirt]] who is the criminal of the day. I don't remember the episode, but he thinks he killed his girlfriend, and wants to join her in death. The catch? Even in a gun store filled with armed people, all shooting at him and no one else, the man won't die. Even when he jumps off a building at the end, he's caught in a safety trampoline.
== [[Music]] ==
* The song "Across the Rainbow Bridge" by Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth is written from the perspective of an aging Norse warrior setting out to find an honourable death and so enter Valhalla.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==▼
▲== Tabletop Games ==
* The name comes from Death Seekers of the Lion Clan in [[Legend of the Five Rings]]''.
** The Damned of the Crab Clan are the 'diseased' variation. They are victims of the corruption they fight, and seek to do more damage to their enemy than they would giving into the Taint.
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* {{color|green|D}}{{color|white|o}}{{color|green|c Scratch}} of ''[[Homestuck]]'' has accomplished his life's purpose, and as such, wants his life to end. He's a [[Physical God|First Guardian]]. You can see why he's having trouble dying.
** There's also Scratch's {{spoiler|adopted daughter, the Handmaid, aka Aradia Megido's ancestor}}. In her case, she's immortal thanks to {{spoiler|a curse Lord English put on her, and can only die once she's completed her tenure}}. Thanks to Scratch's [[Abusive Parents|conditioning]], she desperately wants to die.
* The title character of ''[[Nodwick]]''. Being a henchman is a difficult and thankless job, and results in him being brutally killed - and then resurrected by [[White Mage| Piffany]] - countless times. He has often expressed a desire to stay dead, but he cannot. As stated in his contract (which he wisely always keeps with him) states that if his physical body dies he is required to "remain on this plane of existence even if all pulmonary and cardio-vascular functions cease, so long as hope of revivication exists or until one year after date of death, whichever is ''longer''."
== [[Web Original]] ==
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* While [[The Nostalgia Chick]]'s never said that she ''wants'' to die, it's pretty easy to infer from her growing alcoholism that she wouldn't really mind it.
* Salem, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[RWBY]]'', was made immortal by the gods thousands of years ago, of the [[From a Single Cell]] variety, and is willing to bring about the end of the world of Remnant if it will mean she can finally die.
▲* Himei starts out as this in ''[[Sailor Nothing]]'', before [[The Power of Friendship]] gives her something to live for. The premier example, however, is {{spoiler|Dark General Argon. Because of his nature as [[The Heartless]] he's unable to kill himself directly, so he instead ensures that the protagonist will unleash her [[Unstoppable Rage]] on him -- in some of the worst ways possible.}}
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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'''Grandpa''': That's the spirit, tubby! }}
** Played straight in the ''Coon and Friends Trilogy'', when Mysterion (aka {{spoiler|[[They Killed Kenny|Kenny]]}}) confronts [[Eldritch Abomination|Cthulhu]] both to save his friends and in the apparent hope of finally being [[Killed Off for Real]].
== [[Real Life]] ==
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