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{{quote|''Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.''|'''Pancho Villa''' ([[Beam Me Up, Scotty|but not really]])}}
 
Contrary to popular belief, very few fatal injuries result in [[Instant Death Bullet|instant death.]] As long as you haven't been [[Off with His Head|decapitated]], [[Boom! Headshot!|shot in the head]], or [[Your Head Asplode|asploded]], your body will take at least two minutes to fully shut down, giving you a chance to belt out a few parting words to your comrades or the enemy that felled you. Of course, this doesn't really work in real life, since few people (except for those ''expecting'' to die) have good last words prepared, or the energy or wherewithal to say ''anything'' as they go into shock.
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'''Massive Spoilers Within''', so don't go further if you don't want them . [[The Other Wiki]] has an [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Last_words extensive] [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fictional_last_words list] of its own.
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{{examples on subpages}}
* [[Famous Last Words/Anime|Anime]]
* [[Famous Last Words/Comic Books|Comic Books]]
** [[Famous Last Words/DC Comics|DC Comics]]
** [[Famous Last Words/Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]]
* [[Famous Last Words/Film|Film]]
* [[Famous Last Words/Literature|Literature]]
* [[Famous Last Words/Live Action TV|Live Action TV]]
* [[Famous Last Words/Theater|Theater]]
** [[Famous Last Words/William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare]]
* [[Famous Last Words/Video Games|Video Games]]
* [[Famous Last Words/Web Original|Web Original]]
** [[Famous Last Words/Daring Do|Daring Do]]
* [[Famous Last Words/Webcomics|Webcomics]]
* [[Famous Last Words/Western Animation|Western Animation]]
** [[Famous Last Words/Disney|Disney]]
* [[Famous Last Words/Real Life|Real Life]]
* Multiple Medium
** ''[[Famous Last Words/James Bond|James Bond]]''
** ''[[Famous Last Words/Star Wars|Star Wars]]''
** ''[[Famous Last Words/Transformers|Transformers]]''
** ''[[Famous Last Words/Ben 10|Ben 10]]''
** ''[[Famous Last Words/Young Justice|Young Justice]]''
 
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== Advertising ==
* [[Sega]]
** "Sega Saturn shiro...! Sega Saturn shiro...! Sega Saturn SHIROOOOOO!!!" - {{spoiler|[[Sega Saturn|Segata Sanshiro]]}}
* Priceline
** ""Save yourself...some money." - {{spoiler|[[William Shatner|The Negotiator]]}}
 
 
== Music ==
* "I run these muthafuckin' streets, y'all ain't lookin fo' ''me.'' I wish a muthafucka would..." {{spoiler|Michael Young History.}} (He gets better though... sorta.)
* "Don't take your guns to town, son, leave your guns at home, {{spoiler|Bill}}. Don't take your guns to town..."{{spoiler|Billy Joe}}
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-LtW7_PV6E Famous Last Words, the non MCR song].
* As the protagonist of [[King Diamond]]'s ''Conspiracy'' is being cremated alive, he gives a dying promise: "Whenever the dark is near, I will return to haunt you... Godforsaken whore!"
 
 
== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]''
** "Ach! Hans, run! It's the [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=46622 lhurgoyf]!" [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=113540 Saffi Eriksdotter]
** "I'm Phyrexian. I can't trust myself. I'm always wrong." [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=12331 Xantcha]
** "[[Heel Realization|I'm the mad one!]]" [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=12368 Radiant, Archangel]
** "I'm sorry. Our destinies are completed. We are both doomed." [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=4916 Selenia, Dark Angel]
** "The old sage's magic cannot last much longer. Goodbye, Gerrard." [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=25977 Hanna, Ship's Navigator]
** "The last time I saw you, you were heading into Rath. We fought, I remember. I'm sorry. We also said good-bye. I didn't think that good-bye would be our last. I was wrong about everything. Everything. Good-bye, my angel." [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=9856 Barrin, Master Wizard]
** "It's going to be all right--" [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=29985 Seton, Krosan Protector]
** "Good-bye, beloved child." [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=29943 Cabal Patriarch]
** "The oath is gone, right? I saved you. I did good. Didn't I?" [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=50253 Marrow-Gnawer]
** "It's beautiful. I can see her. She's come back. It's her." [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=89101 Agrus Kos, Wojek Veteran]
** "Here sits one who maybe more than any other, can stop their spread. And he is my friend. I will not let him fall like a dog to this sickness. You cannot ask me to let that happen." [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=212240 Venser, the Sojourner]
* "Your presence does not surprise me, Assassin. I have known of you ever since your craft entered the Eastern Fringes. Why did I not have you killed? Because your mission and the act you are about to commit proves the truth of all I have ever said and done. I merely punished those who had wronged, just as your [[Dark Messiah|False Emperor]] now seeks to punish me. [[Doomed Moral Victor|Death is nothing compared to vindication.]]" -- [[Never Found the Body|Presumed final words of]] [[Pay Evil Unto Evil|Konrad]] [[Outscare the Enemy|Curze]], ''[[Warhammer 40000]]''
 
 
== Other ==
* "THE CURSE!! [[Big No|NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-]] -- Imotep (again) [[The Mummy Trilogy|On the Universal Studios, Hollywood version of The Mummy ride]], before it was changed. (He now just chuckles quietly while you return to the load/unload sector).
** "See? That wasn't so scary. A cup of coffee, please? Thank you. AAARRGH!!"—Brendan Fraser, in the Orlando version of the ride.
* A long series of jokes:
** Tarzan's last words: "Who greased the liana!?"
** The electrician's last words: "Yes, I'm sure I switched the main breaker."
** The cardinal's last words: "Matches? I thought you had them."
** The general's last words: "Watch where you're pointing that bow and arrow, you'll have someone's eye out in a minute."
** The biologist's last words: "Only experts can tell the difference between the harmless legless lizard that I'm holding in my hands and the similar-looking horned viper..."
** The classic redneck's last words: "Hey y'all, watch this!"
*** Another version is, "Hold muh beer n' watch this!"
* "Watch this!" is [[Truth in Television]]. There exists a book of all the deaths that have occurred at the Grand Canyon, and nearly an entire section of it is stories that start, "X had been drinking," and move on to, "X said, 'Hey, watch this!' and tumbled into the canyon."
* Historical: Jorge Chavez, a Franco-Peruvian who was the first man to fly over the Alps Mountains, suffered mortal injuries while trying to land on that flight. His last words: "Arriba -- siempre arriba." "Higher -- ever higher." This phrase is the motto of the Peruvian Air Force.
* The [[Yogscast]] have a few.
** "We're getting separated! Heroes!" - {{spoiler|Knight Peculier}}
 
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