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{{quote|'''Tony:''' Definitely didn't picture my demise like this. I'd always figured going out like Cagney in "White Heat"; fiery explosion. Or Redford and Newman in "Butch Cassidy"; hail of bullets!
'''Gibbs:''' Or Charlie Chaplin in "The Gold Rush".
'''Tony:''' How did he die?
'''Gibbs:''' Silently.|''[[NCIS]]''}}
{{quote|''Climb to the top of the world
And as you stand tall you will see
That when you fall
You will fall from a height most men have never reached.''|'''[[The Protomen]]''', "The Fall"}}
{{quote|''Shot down in a blaze of glory
Take me now but know the truth
'Cause I'm going down in a blaze of glory''|'''[[Bon Jovi]]''', "Blaze of Glory"}}
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{{quote|''"Once you decide that you're going to have the death of Spock, then how does that affect the other people? Why is it there? I got a lot of stick from a lot of people from the very beginning about the idea of killing Spock. Somebody said, 'You can't kill him.' And I said, 'Sure you can; the only question is whether you do it well.'"''|'''Nicholas Meyer''', Director of [[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan]] }}
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{{quote|Bottom line, if a character's going to die, they'd better go out swingin'!"|'''[[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]]''', describing this trope (and inspiring this trope page)}}
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{{quote|''[[The Flash]] bursts into flames, which is pretty harsh, but don't pretend that isn't the most badass way to go out. When you get to heaven after dying by way of exploding from going too fast, you get a high-five from God.''|[[Cracked.com|Cracked]], [http://www.cracked.com/article_19537_the-7-stupidest-attempts-to-reinvent-batman_p2.html The 7 Stupidest Attempts to Reinvent Batman]}}
{{quote|"BEST. DEATH. EVAH!"|[[The Nostalgia Critic]] on Micky Rourke's death in ''[[Double Team]]''.}}
{{Quote|"Rise, from the blood of your heroes;
You were the ones who refused to surrender.
The three,
Rather die than to flee,
Know that your memory
Will be sung for a century."|[[Sabaton]], "Smoking Snakes," about the [[World War II]] [[Last Stand]] of three Brazilian soldiers. The Germans who killed them were so impressed that they buried the Brazilians with a marker [[Worthy Opponent|proclaiming them heroes]].}}
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