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* In ''[[Cerebus]]'', it's prophesied that the title character will die "alone, unmourned, and unloved". It may be a pessimistic description of anyone's death as much as a curse on Cerebus.
** This became eerily prophetic as author Dave Sim [[Creator Breakdown|descended into madness]], and the few readers who trudged along to issue #300 mostly did so out of a perverse sense of finding out how this thing was finally going to end.
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* In "The List: Punisher #1", Frank Castle, after being beaten and torn apart by Wolverine's son Daken at Osborn's request, does die alone. He has alienated his only friend, Henry. To make matters worse, this comes after he has {{spoiler|rekilled his family, whom the Hood had brought back to life}}. No one is there to cry for him {{spoiler|save Henry, who is there in time for him to see Daken decapitate Frank}}, though he does not know this at the time. This set-up provides the breaking of the Punisher and leads up to his coming to terms with his actions in "Franken Castle".
* The fate of Mr Sinister in ''[[Age of Apocalypse]]'', giving the character a rare [[Tear Jerker]] moment. Despite having kicked the dog a LOT both in the AoA continuity and the normal Marvel comics, his final moments have him realising that there's no one left to even mourn him
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* At the [[Final Battle]] of ''[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8130614/1/Yu-Gi-Oh-The-Thousand-Year-Door-Redux Yu-Gi-Oh! The Thousand Year Door: Redux]'', when the final blow on Iris is struck, mortally wounding her, she tells the heroes right before she dies that before she became the [[Big Bad| Shadow Queen]] so long ago, she was so far past the [[Despair Event Horizon]] that she had given up all hope that she would be rescued, that she would survive, or even that anyone would care. She only had one hope left, and one desire: She didn't want to die without anyone knowing she had lived, or that she had even been born. She didn't care if anyone comforted her or pitied her, she just wanted someone to ''know''. The ironic part was, this one thing that was never included or even offered in the [[Deal with the Devil| bargain she made with Graz'zt]] that made her the Shadow Queen, but ironically, as she tells them this, it seems she got her wish after all.
== [[Film]] ==
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* Charles Foster Kane at the beginning of ''[[Citizen Kane]]''.
* [[Godzilla]] at the end of ''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]''.
* ''[[Balto]]'': It’s heavily implied that this is Steele’s ultimate fate. After he decides to betray his
==[[Literature]]==
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* ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' reveal that this is the fate of {{spoiler|Altair, who seals himself and the Apple of Eden in the Masyaf library in order to protect the Apple. However before he does the deed he at least shares one final moment with his son Darim.}}
* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei II]]'' has you find the corpse of [[The Hero]] of ''[[Shin Megami Tensei I]]'' alone, in a secluded cavern.
** This is more or less Lahmu's final fate in ''Shin Megami Tensei V''. Additionally, he realizes that he is not going to be able to become the creator which was his ultimate goal. His human partner Sahori in contrast dies rather peacefully, as she more or less knows at this point that she was never alone in the world.
* E-102 Gamma in ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'' after being mortally wounded by his "brother" E-101 Beta who he previously "rescued", the only one to witness his [[Heroic Sacrifice]] is the little bird that escaped from it. Subverted in the ''[[Sonic X]]'' adaption where Amy puts two and two together about her bird Lily's parents just before finding him in time to watch him perish. She's pretty choked up about it.
* Darius, the final boss of Therion's story in ''[[Octopath Traveler]]'' suffers this after his defeat. Running from Therion, he is ambushed and betrayed by his own men and robbed and left mortally wounded. As he dies, he calls out Therion's name begging for help, not realizing Therion was long gone with the Dragonstones.
** Miguel "Twinspears'", the third boss (not final) and main villain of Alfyn's story, has his wounds reopen after he is defeated by Alfyn, but Alfyn ignores his pain and focuses on saving a child Miguel [[Would Hurt A Child|kidnapped and later stabbed.]] Alfyn then leaves the woods with the child while leaving Miguel behind to succumb to his wounds.
== [[Visual Novels]] ==
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