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{{quote|'''Kreely Slaver:''' I'll DIE before I'll--
'''''[[Wave Motion Gun|THOOOM!]]'''''
'''[[Ridiculously Human Robot|Ennesby]]:''' [[Bond One-Liner|"...finish my sentence," I think he was saying.]]
|''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'', [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2004-07-19 2004-07-19]}}
No matter what the medium or genre of a work of fiction is in, there are a few general rules that are usually in place. One of them is that if a character isn't a [[Red Shirt]], it doesn't matter if they're in a situation of dire peril as long as they're speaking. Because [[Talking Is a Free Action|as long as they're talking]], nothing bad is going to happen to them. Oh sure, they can die after saying some [[Famous Last Words]] or important [[Final Speech]], but dying in the middle of a sentence, especially if it's an ordinary, unimportant one? That's not going to happen, ri--[[Self-Demonstrating Article|GHAAAAACKKK!]]
...Let me step in for him.
There are any number of reasons to kill a character, whether major, minor, or [[
One thing is for sure: when this trope happens, you know that this is for real. If the story was a light, not too serious sort before, it's just gotten a whole lot [[Darker and Edgier|darker and more serious]] after this.
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See also [[Dead Line News]] when this happens on the other side of a TV screen (though not necessarily in the middle of a sentence).
If a character is killed mid-''word'', there's a good chance of it being a [[Curse Cut Short]]. The [[Almost-Dead Guy]] will invariably die mid-sentence, and there's a good chance of the sentence beginning "[[His Name Is--]]--" followed by dead silence as [[The Un-Reveal]].
If this is a sci-fi story and the scientist figures out how to destroy the alien monster, expect him to die halfway through his explanation, just as he's about to say that it can only be destroyed
Contrast [[Talking Is a Free Action]]-- '''''BLAM!'''''
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* Several [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwCyVku1HvI safety ads] use this trope.
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'', Spike Spiegel did this to one of the [[mook]]s of his [[Evil Counterpart]] Vicious right as the mook was telling him to [[Put Down Your Gun and Step Away|put down his gun and step away]].
* ''[[Death Note]]'' has {{spoiler|L getting the trademark heart attack almost finishing the word "shinigami"}}; as well as {{spoiler|Matt being shot and killed by Takada's bodyguards for his part in kidnapping her [[Too Dumb to Live|right in the middle of listing the reasons why they won't shoot him]]}}.
** Not really so much killed mid-sentence, but L does interrupt Soichiro Yagami by going 'Bang'.
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* ''[[Elfen Lied]]'': Kouta's sister Kanae is split in half by Lucy as she tearfully begs Kouta not to hate her. {{spoiler|Shirakawa}} suffers the same fate when she is about to warn Kouta about Lucy, and {{spoiler|Kakusawa}} [[Your Head Asplode|loses his head]] bargaining with Lucy.
* In ''[[Soul Eater]]'', Mosquito is killed mid-sentence by Noah.
* Subverted repeatedly by ''[[Bleach]]''. There are many occasions when you'd think this has just
** Finally happens with {{spoiler|Giriko.}} He boasts so much about his power that {{spoiler|Kenpachi got fed up, and just bisected him.}}
* {{spoiler|Kaji}} of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. Sounding cheerful to see the killer.
* In the 9th OVA for ''[[One Piece]]'', a retelling of the Drum Kingdom Saga that adds Robin and Franky, they do this to Dr. Hiriluk.
* {{spoiler|Kagero}} in ''[[Ninja Scroll]]'', although that may count as Dying Mid Sentence.
* Not actually '''killed''', but in ''[[Girls und Panzer]]'' one character gloated about how the tank '''behind which''' hers was weaving back and forth had armor the opposing team couldn't possibly "penetrate." But then her much-less-armored vehicle swung too far to one side just as someone '''missed''' the bigger one. Her laughter cut short the instant that shot hit and disabled her tank. In the anime, she doesn't even get a [[Big No]] or a gasp, just immediate silence.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Being both [[Combat Pragmatist]] and having a [[Genre Savvy]] [[Medium Awareness]], [[Deadpool]] has pulled this more than once on his enemies and targets.
** And had it pulled on him in turn; the difference comes in whether the attacker unknowingly intends to actually kill him, or they are aware of Deadpool's [[Healing Factor]] and simply want to shut him up while he regenerates.
* Jaime Madrox aka "Multiple Man" from ''[[X-Factor (comics)|X-Factor]]'' commented on how nobody ever commits suicide mid-sentence, then later mentions that he might. Later, one of his dupes (duplicates) blows himself up mid-sentence.
* In ''[[Swamp Thing]]'' #53, Alec manages to croak out most of "I love..." to Abby before his apparent death.
* In What If? ''[[Dark Reign (comics)|Dark Reign]]'', Clint Barton, also known as Hawkeye, does this to Osborn. Best part of the book.
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* Miss America in ''[[The Golden Age]]'' is killed by Robotman in her attempt to expose {{spoiler|Dynaman as being Adolf Hitler in Daniel Dunbar's body}}.
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* [[Deadpool]] did this to [[Watchmen (comics)|The Comedian]] in one ''[[I'm a Marvel... and I'm a DC]]'' skit after The Comedian made the mistake of only describing how the skit worked as "We basically just fight over our movies".
* ''[[The Joker Blogs]]'': The priest officiating at Harleen Quinzel's wedding, who the Joker shoots before he can finish the "[[Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace]]" bit.
* The ''[[Portal 2]]'' fanfiction ''[[Test of Humanity]]'' has {{spoiler|1=GLaDOS}} doing this. She tries to call {{spoiler|Wheatley a "stupid moron" for getting stuck in an exhaust pipe and causing too much pressure to build up}} but the lab explodes before she can.
{{quote|{{spoiler|"You stupid mor-"}}}}
* The ''[[My Little Pony:
{{quote|"Oh, that's not fair."}}
* In the ''[[Lucky Star]]/[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' crossover ''[[Stars Above]]'', {{spoiler|this happens to Tsukasa in the 2013 timeline, setting up Kagami's [[Start of Darkness]], and then to [[Puella Magi Kazumi Magica|Kazumi]], to reinforce the fact that [[Anyone Can Die]]... [[Everybody's Dead, Dave|and most eventually do.]]}}
* In ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]'', Gohan gets his neck snapped by a kick from Recoome before he can complete his sentence about how Goku will kick Recoome's ass despite Gohan losing the fight."
== [[Film]] ==
* Lord Farquad in ''[[Shrek]]'' gets eaten in mid-sentence:
{{quote|'''Farquad:''' I will have order! I will have-- ''(gets eaten by Dragon)''}}
* [[The Joker]] when he dies in ''[[Batman Beyond
{{quote|'''The Joker:''' That's not funny, that's not--''(keels over)''}}
* This is how {{spoiler|Rachel Dawes}} died in ''[[The Dark Knight]]'', making what was said from the [[Final Speech]] that got cut off a slight [[Tear Jerker]].
* [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] pulled this at the very start of ''[[Casino Royale]]'', talking to a traitor about his first kill.
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{{quote|'''{{spoiler|Wash}}:''' I'm a leaf on the wind. Watch how I-- ''(gets harpooned by a Reaver ship)''}}
** Also, {{spoiler|Mr. Universe}}. Okay, technically he didn't die right away, but he gets his speech cut off by a sword to the guts, and he is dead the next time we see him. {{spoiler|Fortunately for Mal and crew, Mr. Universe had just enough life left to make a helpful recording}}.
* {{spoiler|[[The Woobie|Selma]]}} from ''[[Dancer in
* In an awesome subversion of {{spoiler|[[Never Give Up Speech|a monologue]]}}, this is how {{spoiler|[[Samuel L. Jackson]]}}'s character died in ''[[Deep Blue Sea]]''. The [[Sedgwick Speech]] variant of this trope.
* R.K. Maroon in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]''.
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* {{spoiler|Audrey II}}'s death in ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]'' combines this with [[Curse Cut Short]]. "[[Oh Crap|OH SHI--]]"
* Subtle example in [[I Miss You I Miss You|I Miss You]]. Cilla begins to say something and gets hit by a car and dies.
* In ''[[Muppet Treasure Island]]'', more like "Died of a Heart Attack Mid Sentence," the dying Billy Bones warns Jim, Gonzo and Rizzo to beware the one-legged man, but also "Beware running with scissors or any other pointy objects! It's all good fun, 'till somebody loses a-" and he screams "Aaaahh" and dies before possibly saying "
== [[Literature]] ==
* In the original version of ''[[Podkayne of Mars]]'' by [[Robert Heinlein]], teenage heroine Podkayne says "Do listen please, because this is important. I love--" before she is killed by a bomb blast. However, Heinlein's publisher hated such a downbeat ending to a novel aimed at teens and insisted Heinlein revise the ending to allow Podkayne to live. The most recent editions have included both endings.
* This is how {{spoiler|Fred Weasley}}
{{quote|"You're joking, {{spoiler|Perce}}! You actually are joking... I don't think I've heard you joke since you were--"}}
** Could be a mild case of [[His Name Is--]] as well, as some readers would have really liked to have heard the rest of that sentence.
* In ''Confessor'', the last book of the ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' series, Richard, freshly freed from his imprisonment by the Imperial Order, approaches the officer who'd captured him. Said officer gets four words into his "I've been waiting for this" speech before Richard cuts him down without breaking his stride.
** Furthermore, he later {{spoiler|does the exact same thing to the series' resident Big Bad, and to top it all off, he orders him to be thrown in the mass grave with all his dead Mooks.}}
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* Pharaun Mizzrym from ''[[Forgotten Realms|War of the Spider Queen]]'' series once was held at wand-point by a fellow drow wizard. This guy would be more of a trouble if he could shut up on his own, though.
{{quote|'''Pharaun:''' ''(to a ''[[Literally Shattered Lives|glasstrike]]''-n statue)'' If you hadn't been so busy expounding on my foolishness, you might have heard the words of my spell.}}
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** {{spoiler|Salzella}} in ''[[Maskerade]]''... [[Final Speech|eventually.]]
** A minor thief in ''[[Guards! Guards!]]'' turns around the corner and accidentally finds himself mugging a dragon, and dies with "Oh sh--" And then his ghost finishes "--it."
** Many an ancient lord's final words were, "You can't kill me, I'm wearing magic ar''rrgh''!" ("Armour" being the interrupted word)
* Lewis Carroll's ''[[The Hunting of the Snark]]''. The luckless person to find it {{spoiler| (the Baker)}} calls out "It's a Boo--!" and then {{spoiler|softly and suddenly vanished away, for the Snark ''was'' a Boojum, you see.}}
* ''[[Wheel of Time]]'' "You? No!" The word still hung in the air when death took him.” And that's the end of Asmodean. That's also all we hear about it for 8 books. It's slightly frustrating.
* Jake Featherston, the CSA's [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] [[Expy]] in [[Harry Turtledove]]'s ''[[Timeline-191]]'' series, does ''not'' commit suicide; he's still pushing his underlings to regroup when a group of black guerrillas spots them. "Get us some motorcars and--"
* {{spoiler|Javier Giscard}} in ''[[Honor Harrington|At All Costs]]''. He realizes that he's up against a weapon he can't hope to defend against, and manages to get through only half of his lover's first name before he's vaporized.
* Apparently happens to
* ''The Slithergadee'', by [[Shel Silverstein]]:
{{quote|''The Slithergadee has crawled out of the sea.
He may catch all the others but he won't catch me.
No you won't catch me, old Slithergadee,
You may catch all the others, but you wo--'' }}
** ''I'm Being Eaten by a Boa Constrictor'', also by Shel Silverstein, ends with the lines:
{{quote|"Oh, heck, it's up to my neck.
Oh, dread, it's upmmmmmmmmmmffffffffff..." }}
== [[Live
* Malcolm Reynolds from ''[[Firefly]]'' wasted no time in shooting Dobson while the latter was in the middle of a [[Put Down Your Gun and Step Away]] moment. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Without even breaking stride.]]
{{quote|I'm not playing anymore! Anyone so much as'''''BANG'''''}}
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* ''[[Angel]]''
** In the fifth season, {{spoiler|Wesley shot his father the moment dad began threatening Fred}}. Fortunately, {{spoiler|it was just a cyborg with an illusion to make it look like dear old dad}}.
** In the same season,
{{quote|'''{{spoiler|Angel}}:''' Were you even listening?}}
* {{spoiler|Paul Ballard}} dies this way on ''[[Dollhouse]]''.
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** And, a couple of episodes later, to the killer, {{spoiler|Ari Haswari}}:
{{quote|"Sorry to spoil your-- *BAM!* }}
* This happens to the Borg at the start of the ''[[Star Trek:
{{quote|'''Borg ships:''' [[Catch Phrase|We are the Borg]]. [[You Will Be Assimilated]]. [[Resistance Is Futile|Resistance Is]]-- '''KABOOOOMM'''}}
* Emmett on ''[[Chuck]]'' is killed in the middle of [[Mugging the Monster|calling someone a pussy.]]
** In another episode, John Casey kills off a bad guy right in the middle of said baddie giving off [[Evil Gloating|a gloating speech]].
* This appears several times on ''[[24
* {{spoiler|Stringer Bell}} from ''[[The Wire]]''.
{{quote|"Get on with it motherfu..."}}
** Also
* On ''[[The West Wing]]'', in an almost painful [[Tempting Fate]], a secret service agent happens to walk in to a convenience store in the midst of a robbery. Only seeing one of two robbers, he gets him to drop his weapon, gets him on the floor, and then says the kid was smart, because he's secret serv--
** Actually, it didn't quite happen that way. They first screwed the audience into thinking he might actually, improbably get away with it because he ''does'' survive the tempting fate line about being secret service. Afterwards, when he's safe, he jokes to the clerk that he hates to be a problem customer, but if he doesn't get a Milky Way bar pretty soo--
* The Ice Truck Killer in Season 1 of ''[[Dexter]]''.
* A running joke in the ''[[Wayne and Shuster]]'' sketch "Rinse the Blood Off My Toga" involves people being killed mid-sentence as they try to tell the investigators [[His Name Is--|the name of Caesar's killer]].
* Happens in the ''[[Breakout Kings]]'' episode "There Are Rules", when the white-collar criminal who masterminded the [[Once an Episode|prison break of the week]] pulls a gun on his relatively violence-oriented accomplice, and the latter tries to [[Hannibal Lecture]] him:
{{quote|"...you got a problem, Ronald. You got nobody to pull that trigger for you. This is a job you can't delegate. You gotta actually dirty your hands for once, and we both know that--" BLAM}}
* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "World War Three", one of the Slitheen gets one, getting out half of [[Precision F-Strike|"Oh, bollocks."]] before getting blown up.
* In the Season 3 opener of ''[[Chicago Fire]]'', in the flashback, Paramedics Gabriela Dawson and Leslie Shay are treating an injured person in a building, during what was originally intended to be Dawson's last call before she transfers to another firehouse. They're discussing this as they treat the injured person, and then this happens:
{{quote|'''Shay''': "You know, I'll never get used to--" ''sudden explosion, Shay is hit on the head by debris and killed''}}
== [[Music]] ==
* "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" by the Beatles. "But as the words are leaving his lips/A noise comes from behind"
* Vaughn Monroe's '50s novelty hit "In the Middle of the House" ends this way, with the singer run over by a locomotive.*
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* Assemblage 23's "30kft" ends with the singer's phone call cutting out.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Done quite humorously in the ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' 3.5 supplemental ''Complete Mage'', in a line relating to a prestige class.
{{quote|''"Bah! Face one 'holier than thou' spellcaster, you've faced them all! This so-called scourge doesn't worry me at--"''|'''Count Lucius Darvold''', vampire lord, twice deceased.}}
== [[Theatre]] ==
* [[The Zeroth Law of Trope Examples]] strikes again, since this is how Hotspur dies in [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Henry IV]], Part I'':
{{quote|...''O, I could prophesy,''
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{{quote|'''Orin:''' Are you satisfied? I--laughed--myself--to--
'''Seymour:''' Death? ''(Orin dies)'' }}
* Cited in the song "I Love a Film Cliche" from ''[[A Day in Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine]]'':
{{quote|''The killer's name, Inspector, is aaaaagh''}}
== [[Toys]] ==
* Several examples in ''[[Bionicle]]'':
{{quote|'''{{spoiler|Mutran}}:''' Amazing. If I could tap this energy, I could -- Wait! Yes! I see it now -- It's so absurdly simple. I can control this storm! All I have to do is -- YAARRGHH!
'''{{spoiler|Bitil}}:''' What do I gain by saving them? When I make it out of here, Teridax will see that I am his most trusted lieutenant! He'll see--
'''Narrator:''' [[Deadpan Snarker|No he won't.]] }}
== [[Video Games]] ==
* As if interrupting him mid-speech wasn't rude enough (with a flaming chakram to the face, no less), Axel also cuts Vexen's last words short in ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]''.
{{quote|"No! Please don't! I don't want to-!"
"[[Pre-Mortem One-Liner|Goodbye. *snap*]]"
[[Kill It with Fire|*FWOOSH*]] }}
* The player character in ''[[Alpha Protocol]]'' can do this to a ''lot'' of people during the game, depending on dialogue choices. They vary between extremely awesome, or incredibly chilling depending on your relationship with the person in question.
* In one of the later missions of ''[[Assassin's Creed II]], we see a guard reporting to the [[Big Bad]] that "Everything is going according to pla-" {{spoiler|before being killed by Ezio, who had secretly replaced one of the others guards}}.
* In the ''[[Call of Duty
** Again, in ''[[Call of Duty:
{{quote|'''{{spoiler|[[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate|Dr. Clarke]]}}:''' Ah, yes, {{spoiler|the numbers.}} They're the key to-- ''(headshot)''}}
* This happens to {{spoiler|Cole}} near the end of ''[[Clive Barker's Jericho]]'':
{{quote|"Sir! I believe he is going to channel our powers against us, however, if you're currently in possession of --" *ZAP* "Silence, BITCH!" '''*SPLAT*'''}}
* Even in the original ''[[Call of Duty]]'', we get this memorable line
{{quote|Medic : Oh God. They're shooting medics too! They're not playing by the-}}
* ''[[Dead Space 2]]'' takes the cake; for the first time, you get to see a necromorph infection-and-mutation up Close ANd PERSONAL.
{{quote|'''Franco:''' You're in terrible terrible dang--AAAUUUGGGHHH! WHOOOO... *Snarl*}}
** CUE NECK AND FACE SKIN EXPLODING... on Issac's face.
* In ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV
* In ''[[Fable]] 2'', {{spoiler|end boss Lucien rambles on and on for some time after you interrupt his ascension to godhood. The player can kill him mid-sentence, with Reaver thanking them. Alternately, if left to ramble long enough, Reaver will shoot Lucien himself.}}
* This happens to Ultimecia in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'', and again in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]''.
{{quote|'''True Ultimecia:''' Reflect on your... Childhood... Your sensation... Your words... Your emotions... Time... It will not wait... No matter... How hard you hold on... It escapes you... And...}}
* A terrified sailor in ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]]''{{'}}s first stage:
{{quote|"These creatures, they came out of nowhere! Our ships are all destroyed-all hope is lost, Spartan! Even for yo-" [[Pretty Little Headshots|*thuk*]]}}
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto]] III’s'' {{spoiler|Maria Latore}} apparently dies like this off screen.
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* ''[[Legend of Dragoon]]'': {{spoiler|Lavitz Slambert}}, as he is fatally wounded: "Dart, survive... and..." [[Died in Your Arms Tonight|He dies in Dart's arms before he can finish.]]
* ''[[Mass Effect]]'': "You talk too much." ''[[Stuff Blowing Up|BANG]]''
** Many, many of the Renegade interrupts in ''[[Mass Effect
{{quote|"There are two ways down..."}}
** It's not always Shepard, either:
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{{quote|''' {{spoiler|Mordin}}:''' ''(singing)'' I've studied species Turian, Asari, and Batarian
My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian
[[Major-General Song|I am the very model of]]-''(BOOM)'' }}
* Robert Barnes, a captured contact in the [[Nintendo 64]] version of [[Mission: Impossible (film)||Mission Impossible]], falls over dead when you try to talk to him. There's even a [[Lampshade Hanging]]:
{{quote|'''Ethan''': I
* More of a "killed mid-thought", but during one conversation in ''[[Neverwinter Nights]] I'' an option for every response is "snap her neck", which interrupts the speaking character rather effectively.
* Towards the beginning of ''Penumbra: Black Plague'', the player can listen to a cassette tape made by a research member on the main weakness of the Infected. You can hear them growling and approaching as he speaks, and they attack and rip him to shreds right before he says the weakness.
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* A genuinely funny moment from the [[Sega CD]] adaptation of ''[[Space Adventure Cobra]]'' occurs when Cobra discovers that {{spoiler|the Parrot Grass on his vessel is actually a spy impersonating the plant}}. When confronted, [[One-Winged Angel|it reveals its true form]] and says "My name is--" before getting blasted to smithereens by Cobra's [[Arm Cannon]].
== [[Web Animation]] ==
* In ''[[Homestar Runner]]'', Strong Bad receives an email from someone named Trevor, who says "I am a vampire and"—and his message ends right there. After mocking him for leaving his sentence unfinished, Strong Bad suddenly comes to the conclusion that Trevor couldn't because someone put a stake through his heart while he was writing.
* In ''[[The Demented Cartoon Movie]]'', at least one scene ends with a character being blown up in mid-sentence.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]''
** When Belkar kills the Chimaera at the very beginning.
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* ''[[Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures]]'': Dark Pegasus has a [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_923.php personal way] of killing people mid-sentence.
* {{spoiler|Mike}} from ''[[Its Walky]]'', in the middle of a [[Facing the Bullets One-Liner]].
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' had [
* Not killed, but Charles in ''[[PS238]]'' teleports people away mid-sentence.
* There are several ones in ''[[Goblins]]''. For example, the deaths of {{spoiler|Seth Brainwrath, Young And Beautiful (the fortune teller) and Saral Caine}}.
* [http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0455.html Count Dooku] in ''[[Darths and Droids]]'': "Non! Wait! [[Luke, I Am Your Father|Anakin, Ah am your f]]--"
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]''
** [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2004-07-19 A single Kreelie guard on foot] hailed by an armed troop transport
{{quote|'''Ennesby''': You there on the ground. Drop your weapon or be ''fired upon''!
'''Guard''': I'll ''die'' before I [THOOOM]
'''Ennesby''': "...finish my sentence", I think he was saying.}}
** [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2018-01-07 An Unioc investigator] who "discovered" the hard way what happened to a destroyed vessel.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'':
** This happens to [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|South Dakota]] after being caught and held at gunpoint by Washington.
{{quote|'''South Dakota:''' Oh, come on, what are you going to do, shoo-- *Bang!*
'''Wash:''' Yes.
** Also, every time someone gets shot, it seems their last words are inevitably [[Curse Cut Short|"SON OF A--"]]
** This trope was also played with in the last episode of the ''Blood Gulch Chronicles'', when Captain Flowers deliberately delayed revealing an (apparently) important piece of information about the Reds to Tucker. When asked why he was doing this, he remarked that he [[Lampshade Hanging|seemed to be dramatically pausing]] for some- '''*BLAM* ''' Hrrrk... Blaaah...
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'''Player:''' Thank God you're here!
'''Strategy Guide:''' Don't worry, pal. I'll sa-- ''(stabbed)''
''(Ryu [[Death Glare|glares at player]])''
'''Player:''' [[Oh Crap|Oh God...]] }}
* Presenting a list of [http://everything2.com/title/Incomplete%2520two-word%2520sentences%2520with%2520which%2520to%2520end%2520your%2520life Incomplete two-word sentences with which to end your life].
* In ''[[The Gamers]]'', Newmoon tries to do this to the bandit king repeatedly, but is thwarted by the DM.
* From ''[[The Adventures of
{{quote|Bubble Man: The name's Bubble Man and I got somethin' to say-
Mega Man (Duane): DEAD. I'm not fuckin' with you. }}
* ''[[Death Battle]]'': [[Transformers|Starscream]]. "You haven't won. I'm invincible! My Spark lives. You can never defeat Star--" '''GULP''' {{spoiler|Spark eaten by [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Rainbow Dash]]. Yes, a ''[[My Little Pony]]'' character just defeated a giant robot.}}
** {{spoiler|He survived, though}}
* {{spoiler|Roman Torchwick}}, just barely, in V3E11 of ''[[RWBY]]'' -- he's killed as he utters the last syllable of the last word in his last line.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Korgoth of Barbaria]]'' does an hilarious [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|overkill]] version of this to a [[Giant Mook]].
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Katara does this to some poor Fire Nation soldier in the middle of bragging to his friends in "The Southern Raiders", though if he could swim it's doubtful he actually died.
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{{quote|'''Phineas''': All right, Candace! Way to-*''Crash''*}}
== [[Real Life|Real Li...]] ==
* Did ''not'' happen to [[Sedgwick Speech|General John Sedgwick]], but everyone likes to quote it that way because it would be funnier and/or more ironic. (Mind you, those ''were'' almost his [[Famous Last Words]] — he said only one more sentence before being shot.)
* The last words heard from the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'': "Roger, uh, bu--"
** Comparatively, the last transmission from ''Challenger'' was, apparently, "[[Oh Crap|Uh-oh.]]"
* Peter the Great of Russia had decided in advance to name his heir on his deathbed. Unfortunately, his last words were "I leave everything to..."
* [[wikipedia:Texas International Airlines Flight 655|Texas International Airlines Flight 655]] was cruising at around 2500 feet, at night in near zero visibility, when the copilot became concerned about terrain (they had diverted from their normal course in the hope of avoiding a storm). He consulted the charts, and was startled at what he saw. He started to tell the captain that "Minimum en route altitude here is forty-four hun--" when they hit a mountain.
* According to [https://web.archive.org/web/20120626135017/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/bernardo/36.html Karla Homolka's] testimony, Paul Bernardo began strangling Kristen French while she was in the middle of a sentence.
* Kevin Cosgrove, while on the phone with 911 dispatchers, is cut off when the North Tower collapses, along with a scream.
* The last words from the American submarine USS Thresher, in communication with a surface ship just before sinking, were "...exceeding test depth...".
* Frederick III of Germany was dying of throat cancer and could not speak in his last days. He started writing, "Victoria, me, the children..." before lapsing into unconsciousness and dying.
* [[wikipedia:BOAC Flight 781|BOAC Flight 781]] broke up in flight while the captain was in the middle of a radio transmission.
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