Obi-Wan Moment: Difference between revisions

** In ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'', Clair also gets a very serene Obi-Wan Moment. After she's slashed through by Will, she actually curtsies as she dissolves into the stage.

* In ''[[Sonic X]]'' (and the video game ''[[Sonic Adventure 2]]'' which the anime was based on) just before being ejected into space and blown up (not really) Sonic looks at his friends, says "hey, it's okay" before telling Tails to finish what he started. He's still smiling as he's blown out of the Space Station. Tails finishes what he started. Awesomely.

* Done by Captain Falcon in the ''[[F-Zero]]'' anime, just before [[Memetic Mutation|its most]] [[Megaton Punch|famous scene]].

* Nuriko in ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'' falls under this trope. He was smiling at the time he died.

* In '[[Terminator (franchise)|Terminator]] 2' {{spoiler|the T-800 calmly lets Jon lower him into molten steel and gives a thumbs up before being completely immersed}} This is in stark contrast to the deaths of {{spoiler|the T-1000}}. In the same movie, {{spoiler|Dyson sets off a bomb so that with his death everyone had a chance to get out of danger, so he sort of qualifies.}}

* The [[Trope Namer]], of course, is Obi-Wan Kenobi of the ''[[Star Wars]]'' films, and the brief second of eye contact he makes with Luke right before Darth Vader kills him in ''[[A New Hope]]''.

** [[Liam Neeson]] got a variant of this trope as Qui-Gon Jinn in ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'', calmly meditating before his final, brief duel with {{spoiler|Darth Maul}}. This is a case where he didn't necessarily show that he'd be dying, but likely considered the possibility.

* During {{spoiler|Ra's al Ghul's}} death in ''[[Batman|Batman Begins]]'', he closes his eyes as the train's about to hit the tower and kill him. Looks like {{spoiler|Liam Neeson}} [[Chronically-Killed Actor|likes this way of dying in films]].

* At the end of ''[[Justice League Crisis On Two Earths|Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths]]'', the ultra-fatalistic Owlman realizes he's about to be blown up, smiles very slightly, and softly utters his [[Catch Phrase]]: "It doesn't matter."

* ''~300~''

'''Leonidas:''' It is an honor to have lived by yours. }}

* [[Tron]]: When [[The Dragon|Sark's]] forces come to arrest the old program Dumont, he stares them down and greets them as he would programs seeking contact with their Users, a ''major'' blasphemy in the totalitarian system.

== Live Action TV ==

* ''[[Lexx]]'''s {{spoiler|Zev and Lyekka}} both smile and reassure their friends before dying. The latter is resurrected, only to choke out ''another'' comforting goodbye one episode later.

* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'', [[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S4 E12 The Stolen Earth|The Stolen Earth]], {{spoiler|Harriet Jones'}} doesn't go out with crying and cursing, but with {{spoiler|her [[Catch Phrase]]}}, making her last scene not only a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], but also a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].

{{spoiler|'''Harriet Jones''': "Oh you know nothing of any human. And that will be your downfall.}} }}

** {{spoiler|The 9th Doctor}} gives Rose a grateful smile to show he's finally made peace with his pain and personal demons before being engulfed in golden energy and {{spoiler|regenerating into the 10th}}.

* This is the point of Megadeths A Tout Le Monde.

* [[David Bowie|David Bowie's]] "Space Oddity":

"She knows!" }}

* Johann Sebastian Bach composed a cantata entitled "Come, Sweet Death". He also supposedly went out calmly surrounded by people he loved. Considering the guy invented half of the techniques used in modern music, it's understandable that he could die confident that his legacy would live on.

== Web Comics ==

* {{spoiler|Syphile}}, of all people, gets one of these in ''[[Drowtales]]'' doubling as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]:

* Eva, a secondary character in ''[[Our Little Adventure]]'' has an [[This Is Gonna Suck|especially cynical]] one. Though she was expecting her soul to [[Go Into the Light|depart to her paladin goddess]], the final part of her death was [[And I Must Scream|something]] [[Downer Ending|not even she expected.]]

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* Jaller's death in ''[[Bionicle]]: Mask of Light'' as he takes a Rahkshi attack to save Takua, knowing that Takua is [[The Chosen One]] and destined to become the Toa of Light.

 

== Real Life ==