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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"I don't want to die... I want to see everyone again. One last time, I just want to see them...''|{{spoiler|'''Emil'''}}, ''[[
When the hero is forced to make a [[Heroic Sacrifice|great sacrifice for the greater good]], just before he does he suddenly realizes "Wait,
There is also the chance that, if not done right, it could make the hero look like a [[Dirty Coward]] in an unsympathetic way.
Unlike an [[Heroic BSOD]] or [[Heroic Safe Mode]], this realization is very emotional often met with the [[Five Stages of Grief]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[One Piece]]'': In the [[The Alcatraz|Enies Lobby]] Arc, Nico Robin tried to sacrifice herself to keep her crewmates from being arrested (and later executed) alongside her. When they risk their lives just to get within shouting distance of her and ask if she really wants to make a [[Heroic Sacrifice]], she breaks down and begs them to save her. Asskicking ensues.
** One step further. Luffy INSISTS that they save her first, then she can quit the crew if she wants to. So "we're going to complete this [[Suicide Mission]] to save you, whether you want us to or not." THEN the crying starts.
* In the [[Downer Ending]] of ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'', Rosette, who has spent all her remaining life force battling the [[Big Bad]], seems ready to [[Face Death
* ''[[Inuyasha]]'': Naraku (temporarily) tempted a holy man to the dark side by exploiting this trope; the holy man had been buried alive in hopes that he'd become a saint ([[It Makes Sense in Context]], sort of), and being trapped in a very small space in the dark made the holy man realize he wasn't as good as he thought.
* ''[[Busou Renkin]]'': Faced with the decision between stopping the villain, Victor, and saving himself
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* [[Villain Protagonist]] Light Yagami of ''[[
** This is done ''much'' more tastefully in the live-action adaptation. While the manga [[Crosses the Line Twice]] with its morbid and [[Dude, Not Funny|grossly]] ironic depiction of Light's death, the live-action version has him instead say, "I can't die here!" Furthermore, his [[Last Words|final words]] are not of his fear and unwillingness to die but rather an appeal to his father to understand his motivation for [[Justice Will Prevail|acting as Kira.]] Considering that the live-action films made him out to be a ''much'' more three-dimensional and sympathetic character with more reasons to back up his actions and given the fact that the artist reportedly admitted to feeling sick while drawing Light's death scene, this is hardly surprising.
** Of course, after all the deaths Light caused, criminal, innocent and even some of his willing allies, all without the slightest hint of remorse, the manga ending was about the only way Light could be punished without it looking extremely anti-climactic. Light is NOT supposed to be sympathetic.
** L, on the other hand, dies thinking "I was right"
* Pengin from ''[[Katanagatari]]'', a [[Child Soldier|child]] [[Ninja]], is asked for his last words by the man who just shot him. Pengin cries that he doesn't want to die. His opponent calls him a pathetic coward and shoves the gun in his mouth.
* Inversed in ''[[Berserk]]'' with the villain Wyald, whose motto is "Enjoyment and excitement!" and who claims that life is a waste, but ironically enough, he is terrified of dying. After he was killed off for good, [[This Was His True Form|it was revealed that his true form]] was a frail old man.
*
== [[Film]] ==
* Tearfully said word for word by the Kid in ''[[The Quick and
* ''The End'', a 1978 comedy about a terminally ill man named Sonny (Burt Reynolds) who intends to take his own life rather than die of the rare toxic blood disease he has been diagnosed with. After a number of (comically?) failed attempts, and encounters with
== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[Harry Potter and
* A
* Mme Du Barry in ''[[The Woman
== [[Live
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'':
** In the episode "[[Doctor Who
** ''[[Doctor Who
* Buffy in the first season's finale of ''[[
* On ''[[
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* Parodied in way too many episodes of ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'' to count- Howard Moon faces nearly every death threat with sudden tears and the words "Don't kill me, I have so much to give!"
* Ryan Chappelle in the third season of ''[[
* [[
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'''Blackadder''': Yes, lieutenant?
'''George''': I'm scared, sir.
'''Baldrick''': I'm scared too, sir.
'''George''': I mean, I'm the [[Last of His Kind|last of the tiddly-winking leapfroggers from the Golden Summer of 1914]]. I don't want to die, I'm not overly keen on dying at all, sir.
'''Blackadder''': How are you feeling, [[Embarrassing Middle Name|Darling]]?
'''Darling''': Er- not all that good, Blackadder. Rather hoped I'd get through the whole show, go back to work at Pratt and Sons, keep wicket for the Croydon Gentlemen, [[Retirony|marry Doris]]. Made a note in my diary on the way here. Simply says: "[[Facing the Bullets One-Liner|Bugger]]".
'''Blackadder''': Well, quite. }}
* A deeply disturbing scene in ''The Monocled Mutineer'' (starring Paul McGann as the titular character) shows the execution of a soldier who panicked and ran away from the field of battle. The young captain spent the night before his execution locked in a shed, stalking up and down and ranting variations on "I want to live". At dawn he was taken out, blindfolded and tied to a chair. He screamed all the way. He screamed while they were shooting him, too, and went on screaming until someone walked up and put a bullet in his head. The noises he made [[Hell Is That Noise|didn't even sound human.]]
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Fate/stay
* Played with in ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]''. At one part of the game, it's determined that either Luke or Asch needs to be sacrificed to destroy the miasma that's enveloping the world. [[Heroic Sacrifice|Luke decides to go himself]], as Asch has stronger abilities and will therefore have a better chance of succeeding at releasing Lorelei later on, which is crucial to saving the world from the [[Big Bad]]'s plans. As they reach the point of no return in the sacrifice and Luke starts to feel his body disintegrating, though, he realizes that he wants to live after all. Fortunately for him, Asch jumps to help him, and they both survive. [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog|Unfortunately for them both]], Asch was slowly dying anyway due to fonon interference related to their being perfect isofons, and the incident has greatly shortened both of their lifespans.
* ''Super [[Street Fighter]] [[Street Fighter IV
* One of the mooks' death quotes in the first ''[[Perfect Dark]]'' was this line. Another is "Why...me?"
* In ''[[
* Most of your companions in ''[[Star
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