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Line 1: {{trope}}{{Needs Image}} {{quote\|'''V''': I fell in love with you, Evey, like I no longer believed I could. '''Evey''': Then I don't want you to die! '''V''': That's the most beautiful thing you could have ever given me.~~\|''[[V for Vendetta]]''}}~~ \|''[[V for Vendetta]]''}} Death seems imminent for a character. Her grief-stricken [[Love Interests]] who has been doing the [[Will They or Won't They?]] sidestep with her decides that he'd better let clean with his feelings for her or else he'll have to live with the thought of [[Never Got to Say Goodbye\|never having said it to her]]. Line 16 ⟶ 17: A kinkier variation of this is the "we're going to die tomorrow, and [[You Don't Want to Die a Virgin, Do You?\|I don't want to die as a virgin]]" mindset. Formerly known as [[Going Down with the Ship]], which has now been ~~reappropriated~~re-appropriated for the traditional (and more literal) use of that phrase. {{examples}}▼ {{deathtrope}} == Anime and Manga ==▼ ▲{{examples}} ▲== Anime and Manga == * ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'': Misato brings the [[Subtext]] between her and Shinji out in the open {{spoiler\|when she's fatally shot in the back}}. Although that could have been Misato just desperately saying ''anything'' that came to mind to try and get an emotional reaction out of Shinji, who was slipping at least halfway into a [[Heroic BSOD]] at the time. While {{spoiler\|dying of blood loss and thus not thinking entirely clearly.}} Line 32 ⟶ 34: In the movie, Michel {{spoiler\|survives}}, instead the dying declaring of love is given to {{spoiler\|Alto who confesses to Sheryl, before he either dies or is folded into another galaxy}}. * {{spoiler\|Mireille}}, in the [[Grand Finale]] of ''[[Noir]]'', to {{spoiler\|Kirika, who's about to fall into a volcanic vent with [[Big Bad]] Altena}}. Leads to a [[Take My Hand]] moment. * ''[[~~Mai~~My-HiME]]'' sort of does this, with Mai {{spoiler\|trying to tell Tate her feelings for him while he's green-sparking and dying after Yatagarasu is killed. He comes back later, but is apparently able to put his feelings for Mai into more concrete terms.}} * ''[[Full Metal Panic!\|Full Metal Panic Fumoffu]]'' plays with this in the last episode, where a supposed biological agent infects the class and they all think they're going to die. Sagara asks Kaname to take her clothes off and she debates whether they should [[You Don't Want to Die a Virgin, Do You?\|consummate their relationship before death]] and Ono seems to be ready to tell Tokiwa what he feels about her. {{spoiler\|The biological agent really just destroys synthetic material like clothing and Sagara just told Kaname to take off her clothes because he had a suspicion about the agent's properties. Of course, the rest of the school doesn't get the memo until too late, making the rest of the class [[Ax Crazy\|upset]] at Sagara to say the least.}} * ''[[Naruto]]'': {{spoiler\|In chapter 437, Hinata goes to help Naruto against Pain. When he says that she can't possibly win and asks why she's there, she responds that Naruto changed her life and that as a result, she's not afraid to die protecting him [[Anguished Declaration of Love\|because she loves him]]. Pain quickly defeats and stabs her, and while this initially seems to be playing the trope straight, she survives with Sakura's help. All that remains is to see how Naruto reacts}}. ** Which could take a while, since {{spoiler\|the current world war is currently occupying their attention}}. Line 46 ⟶ 48: * Inverted in ''[[Ai no Kusabi]]'' with a Dying Demonstration Of Love. {{spoiler\|Iason has lost his legs and is left behind to [[Dying Alone\|Die Alone]] in an exploding building. Riki now acknowledging his feelings for him decides to go back and snuggles up against Iason refusing to let him face death alone and have [[One Last Smoke]]. They ''[[Together in Death\|Die Together]]''.}} * An ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' example comes in the dub, when England is dying after an incident involved a penjandrum and Scotland. America rushes to England's bedside and is clearly distressed. England manages to say, "America, I'm in lo-" before the Grim Reaper cuts him off. He recovers, but the shippers absolutely ''exploded''. * Since even mentioning the name of the series is a spoiler, here: {{spoiler\|in ''[[Mawaru Penguindrum]]'', Shouma's [[Famous Last Words]] double as a [[Dying Declaration of Love]] for Ringo. "Thank you... and I love you...". (Notice that Shouma straight goes for the "Aishiteru", aka one of the strongest expressions of romantic love in the Japanese language.)}} * [[Tear Jerker\|Heartbreakingly]] [[Subverted Trope\|subverted]] by {{spoiler\|Judeau}} in [[Berserk]]. He tries to do this with {{spoiler\|Casca}}, but can't quite say it, and only manages a comment on how she's crying. His last thoughts are "That's it!? Those are my last words!?". * {{spoiler\|Stella}} in ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]''. She even manages to say "I love you", while [[Third Person Person\|she was never able to use first and second person]] like this before. * {{spoiler\|Joe}} from [[Ashita no Joe]] ''sorta'' does this to {{spoiler\|Youko, telling her to keep [[Tragic Keepsake\|his boxing gloves]]. And then [[It Was His Sled\|THAT scene]] comes almost immediately afterwards.}} (It should be noticed that {{spoiler\|the original Japanese was much more subtle, but [[Dub Text\|the Italian dub makes it a direct example]] as Joe straightforwardly tells Youko that the gloves area proof of his love for her}}). * In [[~~Sanka Rea~~Sankarea]], {{spoiler\|Chihiro is about to be eaten by Rea (not to mention the two of them are in a building that's about to burn down). Despite the fact that she's about to kill him, Chihiro tells Rea that he likes her a lot and doesn't mind that he's about to die.. Of course, the [[Power of Love]] saves them both}} == [[Comic Books]] == * Cruelly subverted in the ''Beyond!'' miniseries. [[Spider-Man]] gets killed by Venom and dies proclaiming his love to Mary Jane...or so he thought. He's actually so delirious from his wounds that he mistook [[Prehensile Hair\|Medusa]] for his wife. Medusa got the sentiment though, and was so upset that she very nearly executed Venom. {{spoiler\|And further subverted in that it wasn't actually Spider-Man, and he wasn't actually dead.}} ▼ == ~~Fanfiction~~Fan Works ==▼ ▲* Cruelly subverted in the ''Beyond!'' miniseries. [[Spider-Man]] gets killed by Venom and dies proclaiming his love to Mary Jane...or so he thought. He's actually so delirious from his wounds that he mistook [[Prehensile Hair\|Medusa]] for his wife. Medusa got the sentiment though, and was so upset that she very nearly executed Venom. {{spoiler\|And further subverted in that it wasn't actually Spider-Man, and he wasn't actually dead.}} * In ''[[The Man ~~qith~~with No Name (fanfic)\|The Man With No Name]]'', {{spoiler\|while escaping the enemy stronghold, Mal confesses to Inara while [[Now or Never Kiss\|throwing in a kiss with it]], which also serves to distract her long enough for him to pull a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] by [[You Shall Not Pass\|running back and holding off the approaching mooks]]}}.▼ ▲== Fanfiction == ▲* In ''[[The Man qith No Name (fanfic)\|The Man With No Name]]'', {{spoiler\|while escaping the enemy stronghold, Mal confesses to Inara while [[Now or Never Kiss\|throwing in a kiss with it]], which also serves to distract her long enough for him to pull a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] by [[You Shall Not Pass\|running back and holding off the approaching mooks]]}}. == Film == * Subversion in the film ''[[Almost Famous]]'': When the plane hits a storm, the band members start making admissions to each other. William takes this opportunity to confess to Penny that he loves her, except she's not on the plane to hear it and she never finds out. * Played straight in the ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' movie, in which the cast is being pursued on an ''[[Indiana Jones]]''-style minecart ride with a chainsaw-wielding psychopath trying to kill them, and Babs and Buster both confess their feelings for one another. Line 84 ⟶ 82: == Literature == * In one of the [[Belgariad]] books, Adara has been shot and believes herself to be dying. She confesses her unrequited love to Hettar, only to be told that she isn't dying after all. And that Hettar isn't going to let her pretend [[That Didn't Happen\|it didn't happen]]. * In ''[[Chalion\|The Curse of Chalion]]'', before Cazaril sets out on a suicide mission, he relays last minute instructions to his love interest, who is ignorant of his plans. Impulsively, he kisses her before he leaves to die. Later lampshaded by Lady Betriz: {{quote\|"Must you believe you are about to die in order to bring yourself to kiss a lady?"}} * In Bruce Coville's ''Dark Whispers'', part of [[The Unicorn Chronicles]], Belle and Finder are ambushed and Finder is badly wounded. his last words are to Belle, saying, " I always thought you were beautiful" before dying in her.. well, not arms, as they are unicorns, but about as close as it gets. == Live Action TV ==▼ ▲== Live -Action TV == * In ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'' Howard declares his love for Vince, right before they are about to be killed by the Black Frost. Then the Black Frost is killed. Cue awkward silence. * ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''. B'Elanna Torres confesses her love for Tom Paris when they're both floating in space with their suits having just run out of oxygen. His response is semi-subversive: "You picked a great time to tell me." Moments later they're beamed to safety. Line 124 ⟶ 119: == Tabletop Games == * Played straight in ''Doomtown'' with Corky Hendricks' last words. * In ''[[Last Night on Earth]]'', the GM can invoke this, if two characters are in the same room and he has the card, he can force them to skip a turn. Often leads to [[Sex Equals Death]], as that makes it easy to surround them with zombies so they can't escape. == ~~Theater~~Theatre == * In the play ''[[Cyrano De Bergerac]]'', the titular character makes a deathbed confession to Roxanne that it was he who wrote the letters to her, not her dead husband, and that he loved her. This makes this [[Older Than Radio]]. ** Sort of. It's more that he's just not quite sharp enough to keep up the lie, and she figures it out. She keeps needling him about it, but it's really more of a reluctant admission than a declaration, and it wasn't the dying so much that got him to confess. Line 137 ⟶ 130: == Video Games == * Averted in ''[[Mass Effect]]''. If you're playing Commander Shepard as a male character and are following the Ashley romance subplot, you get this conversation immediately after the sex scene, but before you've decided whether this is a one-time 'impending-death-exception' thing or you will continue to pursue your relationship against all the various social & legal obstacles between you (You ''are'' her commanding officer, after all). All this as you're only a few minutes from dropping onto a hostile world against impossible odds to confront the boss villain: {{quote\|'''Ashley:''' Whatever happens down there, I just wanted to say... Wait. You know what? I'm not telling you! You want to hear this, you'll just have to come back to me.}} Line 148 ⟶ 140: * In ''[[Prey]]'', Tommy tells Jen he loves her after {{spoiler\|[[Kill the Ones You Love\|he is forced to kill her]]}}. Yes, to her {{spoiler\|dead body}}. * Some ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' characters' death quotes do briefer versions of this, mainly in [[Fire Emblem Akaneia\|the Akaneia games]] where there's only one possible pairing for any given character if at all. It's also a recurring tendency for cases of [[Love Makes You Evil\|lovestruck antagonists]]. * Parodied in a cinematic of the original ''[[~~Starcraft~~StarCraft]]''. When two hicks are about to be killed by Zerg, one turns to his fellow and claims, "I love you, Sarge!" to which the other responds in utter bafflement. === Visual Novels === * In ''[[Fate/stay night~~\|FateStayNight's~~]]''{{'}}s Fate route, [[Bittersweet Ending\|Saber admits she loves Shirou right at the end of the game.]] Then she fades back to her real world and falls asleep wondering if she can dream herself into Shirou's world again. [[Tear Jerker\|She dies in her sleep.]] An earlier example could be Shirou's first vocal declaration to Saber. He's been stabbed through the chest, and is about to go up against [[The Epic of Gilgamesh\|THE strongest fighter]] in the whole Grail War [[Curb Stomp Battle\|who just wiped the floor with]] [[Lady of War\|Saber]] [[One-Hit Kill\|in one shot.]] [[Heroic Sacrifice\|Shirou must have known]] [[Senseless Sacrifice\|he was going to die but]]: {{quote\|'''Saber''' What are you doing?! It is impossible! Please stop! I do not need you to save me! Why... Why do you not understand that? No, if you die because of something like this, I- Line 159 ⟶ 151: {{spoiler\|Luckily, Shirou has [[Healing Factor\|Avalon]].}} == ~~Webcomics~~Web Comics == * Played with in the [[Web Comic]] ''[[The ~~Order of the Stick\|~~Order of the Stick]]'', in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0184.html this strip]. {{spoiler\|(The ''actual'' confession comes much later, in a much different way.)}}▼ ▲* Played with in the [[Web Comic]] ''[[The Order of the Stick\|Order of the Stick]]'', in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0184.html this strip]. {{spoiler\|(The ''actual'' confession comes much later, in a much different way.)}} And then somewhat played straight, somewhat averted in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0593.html this strip] when {{spoiler\|Elan refuses to profess false love to Therkla to convince her to resurrect later}} * It goes [[Tear Jerker\|a step further]]: in D&D, you can always choose to fail a saving throw. Line 169 ⟶ 160: * In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', [http://egscomics.com/?date=2004-05-12 Grace gives one to Tedd] (who wasn't there but may have still heard it) just before she thinks she's about to die. {{spoiler\|She doesn't die}} * Occured in a ''[[Nuzlocke Comics]]'' fan run: {{spoiler\|Bruce Wayne's Platinum Nuzlocke}}, to be precise. Being a Nuzlocke run, the reciever of the confession had just been [[Killed Off for Real]], leading to the [[Tear Jerker\|depressing question]] of... {{quote\|{{spoiler\|'''Grayson~~}}:~~'''}}: How do I say "I love you" to a corpse?}} == Web Original == * In a deleted scene from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The ~~Abridged Series\|Yu-Gi-Oh the~~ Abridged Series]]'' episode 46, Marik and Florence get a [[Dying Declaration of ~~Love\|Dying Declaration of]]~~ ''[[Foe Yay\|Hate]]'' as they are about to be killed by Melvin. ... a moment which is quickly [[Moment Killer\|killed]] by [[Transparent Closet\|Marik]] [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?\|insisting he's straight.]]▼ ▲* In a deleted scene from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series\|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'' episode 46, Marik and Florence get a [[Dying Declaration of Love\|Dying Declaration of]] ''[[Foe Yay\|Hate]]'' as they are about to be killed by Melvin. ...a moment which is quickly [[Moment Killer\|killed]] by [[Transparent Closet\|Marik]] [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?\|insisting he's straight.]] {{quote\|'''Bakura''': Marik, I... I hate you. I hate you with all my heart. I hate you more than I've ever hated anybody. I hate you so much I can barely take it. In fact, I want to go on hating you for the rest of my life. And if our world is destroyed, well, I won't be able to hate you anymore. '''Marik''': Oh, Bakura! I had no idea you felt that way about me! I-if it makes you feel any better, I hate you too. I think I hated you from the moment I first met you. Line 182 ⟶ 172: * Played straight in Disney's ''[[Beauty and The Beast]]''. * In one episode of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)\|The Simpsons]]'', Smithers says "what the hell!" and kisses Mister Burns when everyone thinks the end of the world is coming. An embarrassed Smithers tries to play it off as professional affection, but Burns doesn't really buy it. * ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'': Helga, when she's mistakenly diagnosed herself with a fatal illness, decides to confess her love to Arnold. Phoebe interrupts her at the last minute, but Arnold still looks suspicious, so she tries to cover it up with her being delirious and out of her mind. Naturally, [[Snap Back\|it works]]. * Played straight in ''[[Beast Wars]]''; Tigatron and Air Razor, apparently about to die, vow that their sparks (souls) will always find each other, and take each other's hand. ** It gets taken a BIT too literally...Meet Tigerhawk, the result of those two sparks being captured by the Evil Aliens and fused together into an incredibly powerful Transformer sent back down to Earth to take out Megatron for messing up the timestream. And then die again. * ''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]'': When Wheeler and Linka are trapped in a [[Gas Chamber]], Linka starts telling Wheeler that even though she acts like she doesn't care about him... and succumbs to a coughing fit just as the others finally get the doors open. She tries to deny everything as soon as they're out the door, but Wheeler gets the message. * In the second season of ''[[~~Re Boot~~ReBoot]]'' Bob and Dot find themselves cornered in an alley with a powerful virus. With what seems like no way out, Bob starts to confess to Dot, but she interrupts him and tells him that she knows. Of course, they end up saved at the last moment by another character. {{quote\|'''Bob:''' Dot, I... want to tell you.... '''Dot:''' I know, Bob. I know. }} * ''[[The Avengers: Earth's ~~Mightiest Heroes\|Avengers Earths~~ Mightiest Heroes]]'': [[Ant-Man\|Giant-Man]] delivers one to [[The Wasp]] after saving her from getting shot by a Kree sentry carrying a bomb that could wipe out all life on Earth. However, Giant-Man only gets as far as, "Jan, I love..." before fainting. He regains consciousness by the end of the episode, but becomes too shy to finish the declaration when Wasp asks him if he still has anything important to say. * ''[[Hazbin Hotel]]''; {{spoiler\| after [[Cannot Spit It Out\| several failed attempts to spit it out]] to Cherri Bomb, Sir Pentious finally tells her he loves her in the season one finale with a [[Big Damn Kiss]], right before he boards his zepplin to make a kamikaze attack on Adam and the Exorcists.}} {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Death Tropes]] [[Category:Romance Arc]] [[Category:Love Tropes]] [[Category:Romantic Resolutions]] [[Category:~~Dying~~Alliterative ~~Declaration~~Trope ~~of Love~~Titles]]