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*** Many sources quote him as refusing, saying "If I am to be killed, let Adolf do it himself," so it wasn't indecision so much.
** Similarly, Ludwig Beck offered to commit suicide after being arrested for his role in the Valkyrie plot. Unfortunately subverted, since [[Nightmare Fuel|he survived the gunshot]] and a sergeant had to deliver a coup de grace.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080616211617/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/wwII-a-f.html Thomas Baker] subverted this trope while badly injured and retreating from a Japanese attack. He told another soldier that he was slowing down the retreat too much, so he asked to be left behind with a loaded pistol. He was last seen sitting against a tree, calmly holding a pistol loaded with 8 rounds. When they went back for his body, they found it in the same place, [[Improbable Aiming Skills|facing 8 dead enemy soldiers.]]
** That would qualify as a [[Badass]] [[Taking You with Me|Dying]] [[Dying Moment of Awesome|Moment of Awesome]]. Bit of a mouthful though...
** You forgot to mention he requested a new pistol because [[Badass|his was too damaged from '''melee combat''' to shoot]].
** Sergeant Thomas Baker received the posthumous Congressional Medal of Honour for the feat. Talk about [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] !
*** [https://web.archive.org/web/20080616211617/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/wwII-a-f.html Said Medal of Honor is found here.] [[Too Cool to Live|May his legacy of asskicking live on...]]
* In a subversion of sorts, the former Head of the Metropolitan Police (Head of the Greater London police and generally regarded as the top policeman in the UK) Sir Iain Blair was once described as the sort of man who if offered the traditional revolver and bottle of whiskey, would drink the whiskey and come out shooting.
** Preventing this type of reaction is why the [[Trope Namer]] pistol is loaded with only one round.
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