Died in Your Arms Tonight: Difference between revisions

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If this is done on an [[Anyone Can Die]] show, expect the character to be [[Killed Off for Real]] ([[Death Is Cheap|usually]]). Can turn into [[It's Personal]] for the witness, and very often overlaps with [[How Dare You Die on Me!]] and [[Dying Declaration of Love]]. May be an extension of [[Stay with Me Until I Die|the refusal to let your loved one]] [[Dying Alone|Die Alone]].

Compare with [[~~Pieta~~ Plagiarism]], the pose characters generally find themselves in, [[Cradling Your Kill]], when a character dies in their killer's arms, and [[Deadly Hug]], where the victim is killed ''during'' the embrace. Contrast [[Intimate Healing]], where a wounded or ill character is ''less likely'' to die while in a loved one's arms. (Though strangely enough, ''intimacy'' is exactly what's being referenced by the Cutting Crew song.)

Compare with [[Pietà Plagiarism]], the pose characters generally find themselves in, [[Cradling Your Kill]], when a character dies in their killer's arms, and [[Deadly Hug]], where the victim is killed ''during'' the embrace. Contrast [[Intimate Healing]], where a wounded or ill character is ''less likely'' to die while in a loved one's arms. (Though strangely enough, ''intimacy'' is exactly what's being referenced by the Cutting Crew song.)

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== Web Original ==

* A fan's take on a ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' "Meet the Spy" animation has the Spy [[Chewing the Scenery|over-selling]] his "death" to an Engineer who just shot him, collapsing dramatically into the Engineer's arms (complete with literal [[~~Pieta~~ Plagiarism]]), {{spoiler|so he can have a point blank shot to the Engineer's head, just as planned}}. (See it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdZE59eJdEw here].)

* A fan's take on a ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' "Meet the Spy" animation has the Spy [[Chewing the Scenery|over-selling]] his "death" to an Engineer who just shot him, collapsing dramatically into the Engineer's arms (complete with literal [[Pietà Plagiarism]]), {{spoiler|so he can have a point blank shot to the Engineer's head, just as planned}}. (See it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdZE59eJdEw here].)

* {{spoiler|Ma-Ti}} in [[The Nostalgia Critic]]'s arms at the end of ''[[Suburban Knights]]''.

* [[Dark Action Girl|Clio Gabriella]] died this way in v4 of ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'', in the arms of her boyfriend Simon Telamon. She [[Alas, Poor Villain|even begged for him to help her.]]