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''Whilst my gross flesh sinks downward, here to die.''|''[[Richard II (Theatre)|Richard II]]'', V.v}}▼
 
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▲''Whilst my gross flesh sinks downward, here to die.''|''[[Richard II (Theatre)|Richard II]]'', V.v}}
 
A classic way to show someone is dying. They have been shot, stabbed, poisoned, whatever, and then, recoiling from the wound, back into a wall and sink slowly to the ground. A smear of blood trailing down the wall is customary.
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Also see [[Head Desk]] and [[Face Palm]], two variations of the "extremely frustrated" version.
 
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'''Spoilers ahead''', as this is a [[Death Tropes|Death Trope]].
 
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== Anime & Manga ==
* There's a [[Memetic Mutation|meme]] out of the ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' fandom from the scene where {{spoiler|Light}} is staggering away after being shot. He falls dramatically toward a wall, flattening himself against it as he struggles to stay upright. The meme: "I fucking LOVE this WALL!"
* Rin Tohsaka does this in ''[[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight]]'' after {{spoiler|failing to prevent Kotomine from taking Ilya away from Shirou's house}}. She gets better, though, [[Subverted Trope|because she is just that awesome.]]
* Happens in ''[[Psyren]]'' to {{spoiler|Shao}} when he fought {{spoiler|Junas}}. He got better.
* {{spoiler|Misato}}'s death, in ''[[End of Evangelion]]''.
* {{spoiler|Tsume}} does this against a rock in ''[[Wolfs Rain|Wolf's Rain]]''. It's particularly shocking since [[Mortal Wound Reveal|the audience aren't aware until then just how badly he was hurt]].
* {{spoiler|[[Cloning Blues|The original]] [[Failure Knight|Zest]]}} in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikersStrikerS]]'', after being killed by [[Little Miss Badass|Cinque]].
* In ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano!]]'', this is how one of the conductors on the train falls after being shot in the head.
 
 
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== Film ==
* Inigo Montoya in ''[[The Princess Bride (Filmfilm)|The Princess Bride]]'', although he rallies afterward.
* ''[[Resident Evil (Filmfilm)|Resident Evil]]''. After Rain Ocampo becomes a zombie, she's shot in the head, moves back and hits the wall of the subway car she's in, then slumps down.
* Parodied in the original ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Filmfilm)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' movie. One of the vampire minions backs up against the wall, sinks, and then moans and groans and says "ow ow ow" for ten minutes. The [[Easter Egg]] at the end of the credits shows him ''still'' bellyaching.
* {{spoiler|Lee}}'s death in ''[[The Magnificent Seven]]''
* ''[[The Matrix (Film)|The Matrix]]'' scene where Neo dies, when Agent Smith repeatedly shoots Neo after he backs up and hits the wall but before sinking to the ground.
* ''[[Final Justice]]'' used this during the opening gunfight. As the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' crew helpfully pointed out, you can tell that the filmmakers recycled footage because you can see the dying guy slide down the same wall ''twice''.
* ''[[Ice Station Zebra]]'' features one when {{spoiler|Ferraday shoots Anders}}.
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== Live Action TV ==
* During a Halloween episode of ''[[Boy Meets World]],'' [[Red Shirt]] [[Shout -Out|Kenny]] gets stabbed through the head with a giant pencil and slumps to his death, leaving a pencil trail on the wall behind him. Cory points at where the trail begins and tearfully tells the others, "we'll always remember he was that tall."
* In the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' episode "Let's Kill Hitler", {{spoiler|a poisoned Doctor slumps weakly against the wall of the TARDIS while talking to a Voice Interface hologram in the shape of a young Amy.}} He gets better - barely.
* In ''[[Top Gear]]'', after the "Race to the North" challenge Clarkson slumps against the wall of the hotel bar they were racing to. Because he's been on the footplate of a steam locomotive, he leaves a trail of soot rather than blood.
 
 
== Theatre ==
* Page quote from ''[[Richard II (Theatre)|Richard II]]'', after the former king of England is stabbed by conspirators.
 
 
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* {{spoiler|Asch}} does this in ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]''.
* This is the position that Mia is found in after her murder at the start of the second case of the first ''Phoenix Wright: [[Ace Attorney]]'' game.
* In the 'Missing Link' DLC for ''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Video Game)|Deus Ex Human Revolution]]'', {{spoiler|Netanya Keitner}} dies this way after {{spoiler|Pieter Burke discovers her working with the player}}
 
 
== Web Original ==
* In ''[[DoctorDr. HorriblesHorrible's Sing -Along Blog]] '', after {{spoiler|Penny is impaled with exploded death ray bits,}} she does this.
 
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