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{{quote|''Deadly Change-of-Heart: When the cold heart of a villain softens and he turns into a good guy, the plot will quickly require him to be killed, usually after maudlin final words.''
|'''[[Roger Ebert]]'''{{'}}s [http://academic.sun.ac.za/forlang/bergman/tech/glossary/ebert_glos.htm Movie Glossary]}}
In [[Redemption Equals Death]], a villain will make a [[Heel Face Turn]] and then is killed off. In ''this'' trope, the order is flipped: the [[Heel Face Turn]] happens ''because'' the villain knows that he is absolutely about to die. Usually, a character who undergoes '''Death Equals Redemption''' only lives long enough afterward to say something that shows he is no longer evil to the core, though some get to give a [[Final Speech]], or even undergo a full-blown [[Freudian Excuse]] flashback.
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== Anime
* In ''[[Ergo Proxy]]'' Raul and Daedalus both get their priorities straight just before dying.
* Quent in ''[[Wolf's Rain]]'', realizing that wolves aren't evil when Toboe tries to save him.
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* In ''[[The Man with No Name (fanfic)|The Man With No Name]]'', {{spoiler|the villain dies to save [[Doctor Who|the Doctor]] and [[Firefly|Mal's]] lives after begining to [[My God, What Have I Done?|regret what he had done]] and finding out he wouldn't have much longer to live because of his actions}}.
== Film ==
* ''[[Fantastic Mr. Fox]]'': Rat
{{quote|'''Rat:''' The boy is being held in an apple crate on top of a gun cabinet in the attic of Bean Annex.
'''Fox:''' Would you have told me if I hadn't killed you first?
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