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Suitable for a [[Bittersweet Ending]] or a [[Downer Ending]], but can happen anywhere in a story -- even as a [[Framing Device]] at the very beginning of a work that [[Starts With Their Funeral]]. Remembering the sacrifice may inspire characters to fight on, lest it have been a [[Senseless Sacrifice]].
 
Contrast [[Forgotten Fallen Friend]], [[Dead Guy, Junior]].
 
'''[[Death Trope]]. Spoilers follow.'''
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* In one episode of ''[[M*A*S*H (TV)|Mash]]'', Colonel Potter acts oddly. At the end, he reveals that he and some comrades had found some cognac in an abandoned French chateau during [[World War I]], saved the last bottle, and declared that the last survivor would drink a toast to the rest. Potter is now the last survivor, and draws in the MASH staff to hear his story and share the bottle.
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined (TV)|Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' has this trope, like many others, to an art form. It's played quite frequently in the Viper rec room, especially. Apollo's retirement toast is an awesome example of the trope. (involving five shots of a potent drink--quite possibly [[Military Moonshiner|eau de flight deck]]):
{{quote| "To Galactica!" (Apollo takes a first shot amidst cheers)<br />
"To the men and women of Galactica!" (Apollo takes a second shot, amidst more cheers)<br />
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