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* Treize Khushrenada in ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' does this in the Worthy Opponent way.
{{quote| '''Treize:''' It was an honor to fight with you pilots. Milliardo, I'll be waiting on the other side...}}
* The last time Ed and Mustang meet before the climax of [[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' - Chrono's father (Admiral Lindy's husband) last act before activating the self-destruct to stop the Book of Darkness was to salute Admiral Graham.
* In [[Yu Yu Hakusho]], a [[Normally I Would Be Dead Now|critically injured]] Kuwabara gives this speech to his teammates when he is prepared to use up his life energy to end his match with Risho. Then Yukina shows up and [[The Power of Love]] kicks in.
* In [[Yu-Gi-Oh!]], Yami routinely ends duels with "It's been an honor dueling you" if his opponent is a friend. (Or at least, not an outright enemy.) Usually this is a sign that [[Curb Stomp Battle|he's about to kick their ass all over the place.]]
* Shortly after [[Dragonball Z|Frieza]] transforms into his second form, Gohan and Krillin, while [[Oh Crap|terrified]] of Frieza's transformed state, give this exchange.
{{quote| '''Gohan:''' Well, it's been nice knowing you, Krillin.<br />
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* [[The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer]] may well be the king of this trope as far as manga goes. The war the knights are involved in has a fairly high body count, and each knight's animal familiar sticks around just long enough to say goodbye upon the event of their counterpart's death. So this trope tends to come up a lot, yet every time it does, you can count on a stirring yet heartbreaking scene.
** Pushed right into [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] territory when {{spoiler|Muu the Crow Knight says goodbye to Mikazuki after the war ends.}}
* One of the best scenes in ''[[
* In ''[[Highschool of the Dead]]'', just before Soichirou and Yuriko Takagi {{spoiler|charge into battle against the zombies}}:
{{quote| '''Soichirou''': Yuriko. You... are a fine woman!}}
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== Fan Works ==
* [[The Private Diary of Elizabeth Quatermain
* In ''[[The TSAB - Acturus War
* The protagonist of [[Dragon Age:
* In [[DC Nation]]'s version of Blackest Night, Monsieur Mallah and Robotman are trapped in Codville (the small town the original Patrol died protecting), surrounded by Black Lantern versions of their allies and enemies. When it's clear that [[Last Stand|they are completely screwed]], Mallah admits that, despite Robotman being a long-standing enemy, it's been an honor under the circumstances.
* In ''[[
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{{quote| '''Andy:''' It's been a pleasure serving with you, Commander.<br />
'''Fisher:''' The honour's all mine, Andy. }}
* ''[[
{{quote| '''Riker:''' Serving with you... has been an honor.<br />
'''Picard:''' The honor was mine, Captain. }}
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'''Gimli:''' ... Aye. I could do that. }}
* ''[[The Rock]]'' has Major Ted Baxter say this to Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel during a [[Mexican Standoff]].
* One of the few serious moments in ''[[
** Which leads to a beautiful [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], as it inspires both a heartfelt rendition of the [[Catch Phrase]] and a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]].
* ''[[Titanic]]'' had the [[Truth in Television|bandleader say it to the band]] as they [[While Rome Burns|kept playing while the ship went down]].
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* The penguins in ''[[Madagascar]]'', before battling the fossas.
* Optimus delivers this line in the 2007 ''[[Transformers]]'' [[Transformers Film Series|movie]] before the Autobots storm Hoover Dam.
* As they lay dying at the climax of ''[[
{{quote| '''Stelios:''' It is an honor to die by your side.<br />
'''Leonidas:''' It was an honor to have lived by yours. }}
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* In ''Force Ten From Navarone'', when Barnaby (Harrison Ford) and Mallory (Robert Shaw) realize they've run out of time (and in case anyone doesn't understand, Barnaby says so) to blow the dam, they shake hands, Mallory says, "It's been a pleasure serving with you, Colonel," and they stroll calmly away from a large pile of plastique with an absurdly short timer on it. Subverted because Miller "forgot" to tell them the dam would take some time to collapse, allowing them to escape.
* In ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: The Curse of the Black Pearl'', [[Those Two Guys|the two British soldiers]] about to climb on the ship and fight the immortal pirates don't even have to say anything. They shake hands, and let out twin wordless battle cries.
* In ''[[The Replacements (
* In a slightly unusual context, when Captain Staros is removed from command in ''[[The Thin Red Line]]'' he says goodbye to his friends.
{{quote| '''Staros:''' You are like sons to me. ''(pause)'' [[A Father to His Men|You are sons to me]].}}
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* Paul Giamatti's character in ''[[Cinderella Man]]'' says this as his fighter is going into the ring to face a boxer that has killed two men in the ring before.
* At the end of the big chase scene at the end of ''[[The Blues Brothers]]'', when their car is plummeting off an incomplete highway, one Nazi looks at the other one and goes, "[[Armoured Closet Gay|I've always loved you]]," just before crashing.
* One character in the third ''[[
* Spock's final words in ''[[Star Trek II:
{{quote| "I have been, and always shall be, your friend. Live long... and prosper."}}
* Just before they begin their apparently suicidal quest in ''[[Clash of the Titans]]'', Perseus says something akin to this to the companions who chose to remain with him. He remarks that his father was, at least initially, the only great man he knew. Now, he could say he knew ''four'' great men. He then directs his attention to the only female and supernatural being in the group, amending his statement with: "And one woman. .... and whatever the hell you are."
* The Green Army Men say this at the beginning of ''[[Toy Story 3]]''.
** One of the many things that can be interpreted when Woody and Buzz {{spoiler|look at each other one last time after [[Face Death
* In ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]'', Gallaxhar's ship is falling apart and is about to crash...along with The Missing Link, B.O.B. and Dr. Cockroach:
{{quote| '''The Missing Link:''' It's been an honor knowing you, Doc.<br />
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'''B.O.B.:''' CAKE AND BALLOONS FOR LUNCH? IT'S GONNA BE THE BEST DAY EVER! I LOVE YOU GUYS!// }}
** [[Fridge Brilliance]] kicks in once you realize that B.O.B. is far more durable than the either the Missing Link or Dr. Cockroach and probably could have survived the explosion.
* ''[[Flash Gordon (
{{quote| '''Prince Vultan''': Goodbye, Flash, it's been...<br />
'''Flash''': I know. For me too, Vultan. }}
* ''[[X
{{quote| '''American commander''': Gentlemen, it's been an honor to serve with you.<br />
'''Soviet commander''': Comrades, thank you for your service. }}
* In ''[[Transformers (
{{quote| '''Wheelie:''' We had a good run Brains, me and you.<br />
'''Brains:''' Yeah, but we're gonna die. }}
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== Literature ==
* ''[[
{{quote| '''Aziraphale:''' I'd just like to say, if we don't get out of this, that... I'll have known, deep down inside, that there was a spark of goodness in you.<br />
'''Crowley:''' [...And] I'll have known that, deep down inside, you were just enough of a bastard to be worth liking. }}
* Also subverted in the brilliant "[[Discworld
{{quote| "I'd just like to say...."<br />
"Yes, old friend?"<br />
"I'd have made a much better Arch-Chancellor then you." }}
** Later, in ''Unseen Academicals'', they get to find out.
* ''[[
* Pulled off with flair in the first of the ''[[
{{quote| "Valkyrie Cain, it has been an absolute pleasure knowing you."}}
* Oh so subverted in ''[[The Bartimaeus Trilogy]]''.
* In [[Graham McNeill]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' [[Ultramarines (
** In ''Dead Sky Black Sun'', in the [[Mordor|Eye of Terror]], Uriel and Pasanius see an atrocity about to committed on helpless prisoners and decide they can't pass by, though they are heavily outnumbered.
{{quote| ''If we do not survive, then it has been an honour to call you my friend.''}}
** In ''The Killing Grounds'', Uriel inverts this. [[Fire-Forged Friends|After the battle]], he tells Leodegarius that it had been an honour to fight beside him; Leodegarius says that the honor has been his.
* From the second book of [[David Drake]]'s [[
{{quote| "Captain.... We won't have much time after we exit for observations so I thought I'd say this now. Goddam little in my life went the way I'd have liked it to, not till I met you. I guess on average I've come out ahead."}}
* ''[[Quiller|Quiller's Run]]'' by [[Adam Hall]]. The protagonist is listening to a black box flight recording of the last moments of a Thai airliner as it's about to crash, killing everyone on board.
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Star Trek:
{{quote| '''Romulan captain:''' I regret that we meet in this way. You and I are of a kind. In a different reality, I could have called you friend.<br />
'''Captain Kirk:''' What purpose will it serve to die?<br />
'''Romulan captain:''' We are creatures of duty, Captain. I have lived my life by it. [[Honour Before Reason|Just...one more duty...to perform]]. }}
* In ''[[Star Trek:
** Many, many times in ''[[
* Spoofed in ''[[
* In ''[[Bones]]'', Hodgins says this to Brennan when they're [[Buried Alive]] in a car, right before implementing an escape plan that could either free them or kill them instantly.
* ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'' when Capt. Cragen begins his temporary dismissal after the [[Downer Ending]] of the past season finale:
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Doctor: Ready?<br />
{{spoiler|Octavian}}: Content. }}
* First parodied by Edmund in ''[[
* Used by [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Ronan Dex]] to John Sheppard in the fifth season opener of ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]''. They didn't die.
{{quote| '''Ronon''': All right, how do you want to play this?<br />
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** Invoked (sorta) later on by Rodney McKay, who starts to tell Daniel Jackson that he's always respected him, before the latter dies. After they're rescued, Rodney denies that this was what he was going to say.
{{quote| '''Daniel''': You can only give compliments to the ''dying''??}}
* In the ''[[
** In the episode "Meridian," where Daniel Jackson dies ([[Death Is Cheap|the first time it stuck]]), Teal'c has a tearful moment where he tells Jackson that if he succumbs, the battle against the Goa'uld will have lost one of its greatest warriors...and he will have lost one of his greatest friends.
* Lisbon gives one of these to Cho when she thinks she and Jane are going to die in ''[[The Mentalist]]'' episode Code Red. You think she'd be a little more [[Genre Savvy]] half-way through the second season . . .
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* Sam delivers the Miami version of this in a ''[[Burn Notice]]'' episode, while defusing a very dangerous bomb: "It's been real."
** At the end of the forth season, Michael says, "Jesse Porter, for what it's worth, I'm sorry I burned you." Jesse's a little broken up.
* ''[[
** John to D'Argo in the season 1 finale.
{{quote| '''Crichton''': I love hanging with you, man.}}
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'''Master Chief:''' We'll make it.<br />
'''Cortana:''' It's been an honor serving with you, John. }}
** And again in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''; these are Emile's last words to {{spoiler|Carter, who is mortally wounded and later sacrifices himself to destroy a Scarab.}}
** And in ''Halo Wars'', spoken by Douglas (Spartan-42) to Sergeant Forge, after Forge tells the Spartans to let him detonate the FTL-drive manually.
{{quote| '''Forge''': Son, I have a feeling before this is over, we'll need every last Spartan in the fight. I can do this. Report back to the ship.<br />
'''Douglas''': Good luck, sir. It's been an honor. }}
* In ''[[
{{quote| '''Dr. Cid:''' Let him by, Venat. It is done. Ah, how I have enjoyed these six years.<br />
'''Venat:''' The pleasure was all mine. }}
* In at least the [[Game Boy Advance]] version of ''[[
* Done as part of the [[Downer Ending]] for ''[[Unreal II:
* Spoofed in ''[[Mana Khemia Alchemists of Al Revis]]''. [[Boisterous Bruiser|Flay]] had to find a replacement for [[The Hero|Vayne]] during the [[Tournament Arc]]. Who did he recruit? The ''referee'' (the Master of Ceremonies didn't mind, he allowed it for the entertainment value). When Vayne returns, the referee responds with the quote.
* At the very end of ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'', Morte tells the Nameless One "It's been a pleasure, chief." Interestingly, this is '''after''' the final battle, but just before the Nameless One {{spoiler|finally dies and goes to hell}}.
* ''[[
** All over the place in [[
** {{spoiler|Mordin's death in particular, sacrificing himself to cure the Krogan of the genophage}}.
{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Mordin''': Had to be me. [[Meaningful Echo|Anyone else might have got it wrong!]].}}}}
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** Teyrn Loghain invokes this towards the Warden, if they defeat him in a trail-by-combat and decide to execute him for his crimes. Resigning himself to his fate, he calmly states that was wrong about them and that he's glad that his beloved homeland of Ferelden will be left in their capable hands.
** In ''Dragon Age: Awakening'', should the PC decide to defend Vigil's Keep during the final battle, {{spoiler|Seneschal Varel is mortally wounded in combat, and will say this to the PC before dying in the thick of battle}}.
* Parodied in Episode 4 of ''[[Strong
* ''[[Half Life]] 2'': Episode 2 at the end of the chapter "Freeman Pontifex": The Vortigaunt who helped you through Victory Mine says this after you retrieve the car and prepare to go your separate ways.
* '''ALL''' protagonist deaths in the ''[[Digital Devil Saga]]'' games involve this in some way shape or form. Even more epic since at the start of the first game, no one knew what honor was.
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* General Leang in ''[[Command and Conquer Generals]]''
{{quote| "This has been an interesting contest. Perhaps you will challenge me again?"}}
* Near the end of [[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater|Snake Eater]], Snake essentially tells EVA this when they are (almost) shot down by two [[Mi Gs]] while escaping on a WIG.
{{quote| '''Snake:''' You were great, EVA.<br />
'''EVA:''' Huh?<br />
'''Snake:''' Thanks. }}
* At one point in the penultimate level of [[Star Fox (
* At the end of ''[[Jak 3
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== Web Original ==
* [[That Guy With
* In ''[[Greek Ninja]]'', Yamauchi-sensei starts his final speech to Sasha with ''"It was an honor to have you as my student..."''.
* In the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series
* Not many of these speeches include a [[Groin Attack|knee to the crotch]] or a statement that the listener should kill himself if the speaker does not return. Manwhores Randy's does. Only in [[Manwhores]].
== Web Comics ==
* Played straight [http://www.faans.com/index.php?p=1223 in] the webcomic ''[[
* Mocked in ''[[Exterminatus Now]]'' the same way as in ''[[World in Conflict]]'':
{{quote| '''Eastwood:''' Guys... just in case we don't get out of this, I want you to know... You're all wankers and I hate you.}}
** It's spoofed again in a [http://exterminatusnow.comicgenesis.com/d/20080119.html later episode].
* In ''[[Sam and Fuzzy]]'', [http://samandfuzzy.com/792 parodied].
* When Tagon's ship is facing imminent destruction in a ''[[
* {{spoiler|Siegfried's}} death in [[Dominic Deegan]]. Dominic is actively crying while he sincerely gives him his last rites, which are in the form of a ritual benediction in-setting...and then the guy goes to Hell. And Karnak shows up to personally gloat over it. Owch.
** It goes:
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Transformers]]: [[
** "Up wind of you [Rattrap], by preference."
** Also shows up in ''[[Transformers Animated]]'''s first season finale. In a desperate stand against the Decepticons, Optimus tells his crew that he wouldn't want anyone else by his side. ([[Kid Appeal Character|Bumblebee]], on the other hand, replies that it'd be nice if they were backed up by the Elite Guard.)
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** Also, the Justice Guild, heroes of an alternate reality who discover that their world was destroyed by a nuclear holocaust, and that they were only the memories of a telepathic man-child given life. When they realized that they would cease to exist in order to save what was left of humanity in their world, they silently nodded and shouted their [[Badass Creed|battle-cry]], "Let Justice Be Done!"
{{quote| "We gave our lives once to [[Heroic Sacrifice|save this world]]. We can do it again."}}
* Played straight in the ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
* Subverted in ''[[Megas XLR]]'', when an out-of-control Megas is on a collision course with a Glorft starship, one pilot looks at the other one and goes, "I've always hated you." Seconds later, Megas plows through the ship's bridge, and the ship explodes.
* Arcee says this to Optimus in an episode of ''[[Transformers Prime]]'' where they believe they were going to freeze to death in the Arctic.
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