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'''Kazim:''' My soul is prepared! How's yours?|''[[Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (Film)|Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade]]''}}
 
For whatever reason, whether it's because of everything they've experienced or lived through, this character lives without any fear of death. They don't actively look for it the way the [[Death Seeker]] does, but if it ever comes for them, they will [[Obi -Wan Moment|face it graciously]], [[Face Death With Dignity|without crying, whimpering]], or trying to make a [[Deal With the Devil]]. They're going to face up to it.
 
A prime trait of any [[Badass]], [[Blood Knight]], and pretty much anyone who makes a famous [[Last Stand]], [[Heroic Sacrifice]], decides to [[Face Death With Dignity]] or with some [[Famous Last Words]]. Also a trademark of the [[Shell -Shocked Veteran]], and [[Old Soldier]]. When this character finally passes on, the will ''always'' have an [[Obi -Wan Moment]]; sometimes it will be a [[Dying Moment of Awesome]], as well. Doing this at the wrong time may result in a [[Stupid Sacrifice]], however.
 
Compare [[Don't Fear the Reaper]] (which is about not fearing the ''personification'' of death, rather than death itself) and [[We All Die Someday]] (which is about the acceptance of your own mortality).
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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* In ''[[Predators (Film)|Predators]]'', at one point mass murdering [[Serial Killer]] Stans catches [[Scary Black Man]] Mombassa by surprise and holds a knife to Mombassa's throat, demanding one of his guns. Mombassa calmly draws his pistol, puts it Stans' head, and says that Mombassa isn't afraid to die, then asks if Stans can say the same. After [[Mexican Standoff|a few seconds in a standoff]], Stans backs down.
* In ''[[The Last Samurai]]'', Katsumoto identifies Algren as not being afraid to die, but [[Death Seeker|sometimes wishing for it]]. By the end of the movie, Algren has started to lose his death wish. Being good [[Samurai]] that they are, Katsumoto and his men are already like this.
* ''[[Half Past Dead]]'': Lester, an inmate due to be executed for the accidental deaths of five federal agents in a [[Train Job]] gone wrong, is depicted as being bothered more by the waiting than by his impending death. He feels that he [[The Atoner|deserves the death penalty]] for [[My God, What Have I Done?|what he caused]].
* Heavily subverted in ''[[X Men Origins Wolverine (Film)|X Men Origins Wolverine]]'' when Victor Creed, aka Sabretooth comes to assassinate his ex-team member Bolt. This little exchange takes place:
{{quote| '''Bolt:''' I'm not afraid of you, Victor. I'm not afraid of dying.<br />
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