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== Film ==
* This trope takes its name from the love theme and ending song of ''[[Titanic]]'' (performed by [[Celine Dion]]), where she keeps her promise that she'll survive. She's gonna go on and make lots of babies, watch them grow and die an old... an old lady warm in her bed, not here, not this night.
* ''[[Somewhere in Time]]'' reverses this trope as the story is told from the man's perspective and he can't go on living without her.
* The classic version with a child would be ''[[Cold Mountain]]''.
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== Video Games ==
* This is pretty much the entire point of the ending of ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' and the beginning of ''[[Final Fantasy X
* Happens in ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'': the potential romantic interest invariably dies in the ending. The PC, on the other hand, goes on to romp around the distant country side (with their ''new'' boy/girlfriend, no less) on an epic quest of personal discovery {{spoiler|and soul-eating}} in the Expansion Pack. Sucks to be you, {{spoiler|Casavir, Bishop, and Elanee}}.
** You can actually tell your new love interest "Sorry, I'm taken." though.
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