Favorite death scene in any medium?

[Tiger Sora]

It's not a death scene, but a remembrance and a tribute.
(Couldn't find the actual scene)

A for an actual death scene, I like the toll booth scene from The Godfather.

 

[mattttherman3]

24 is loaded with great deaths. Edgar Stiles is very emotional, Milo Pressman was like OMFGWTFBBQNOOOOOOOO, the death of Renee and Bill were both saaaaaaaad and definitely the death of Ryan Chappelle was a real whopper.

Then there's Tatsumaru from the Tenchu series. The first time he died was a real tearjerker, but then he died by suicide bombing himself like a boss making him even more awesome.

24, talk about deaths, all the ones you mentioned were sad, you missed the worst one, President Palmer, and then Michell Desler, I got up and was like WTF JUST HAPPENED?! George Mason is another good one, but the best ones: Cherry Palmer's death and Nina Myers death, such a long time coming for both of em: Jack:"Do you have any more useful intel Nina?" Nina:"Yes." Jack:"No you don't." BAM BAM BAM

 

[RJ 17]

I've a few nominees to toss in:

Spoiler: Let's face it, no one kills the fuck outta someone like Alucard from Hellsing

Spoiler: Well, except maybe a REALLY pissed off Seras...

My apologies for only being able to find this as a death-metal AMV

Spoiler: Then again, there IS always the Diclonius from Elfin Lied. WARNING: VIDEO CONTAINS NUDITY AS ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN/READ ELFIN LIED KNOWS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF NON-SEXUAL NUDITY IN THE SERIES.

I don't apologize for this music video montage since I actually like the song.

Why do I get the feeling that despite the disclaimer I'm still going to get in trouble for posting this one? Oh well.

Spoiler: Nah, on second thought, it's Alucard.

An army of Vampire Nazis vs An army of KKK Troopers vs Dracula. Yeah, this fight isn't even remotely fair. (again, sorry for the arguably crappy music. Only way I could find this)

 

[username sucks]

The best death scene I've ever seen would have to be Mordin in ME3. I accually started shouting at the game as it was happening, and I've never done that before, despite not really caring for Mordin much before that. But the funniest so far would have to be Steel's death in Borderlands 1, althought I have a feeling that Jack's in BL 2 will be better.

 

[prophecy2514]

In the Movies - probably Boromir's death at the hand of Lurtz in LOTR fellowship of the ring

For games..

Spoiler: Just in case you havent played red dead redemption

I loved John Marsten's final stand in red dead. Tragic, sad and very memorable

 

[Porygon-2000]

Frollo

I found that scene to be just epic, and the fact that it was one of the more explicit disney deaths certainly helped!

 

[lacktheknack]

Ever heard of American Mcgee's "Scrapland"? It was good fun.

In it, everyone's a robot, and everyone has their "soul" downloaded to the central mainframe, so if they can spare the money, death is a mild inconvenience instead of... well, death.

Until someone starts removing "souls" from the mainframe.

Then the deaths get way, WAAAAAAY darker.

-a robot is cooked to death in boiling oil as he screams for mercy.

-a robot is caught by the murderer while doing bench presses. He gets his arms sheared off as he screams and cries in agony, and then gets his head smashed off by his own arms.

-a robot is picked up and tossed into a recycler, slowly shredded and he howls in agony. The scene ends with his sheared-off head staring at the camera in a death mask.

This is a game my parents bought me when I was twelve.

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

Comics: Superman, because I hate Supes, and seeing him be slowly beaten to death by Doomsday was very pleasant
Videogames: Still gotta go with Marston. No other game has made me react the same. I literally said aloud "I don't deserve this" and couldn't even bring myself to shoot back
Movies: Neo. Fuck you all, that was the perfect ending to that series. Except for the fucking Architect/Oracle sum-up at the end. But The Wicker Man is a close second. "Oh Jesus! Oh Jesus Christ!"
Books: I can't remember the name of it, but I read this amazing short story that ended with the death of the main character, as a result of his own altruistic actions. Fantastic
TV: #2's death in The Prisoner

 

[Catfood220]

Babylon 5, John Sheridans visit to Z'ha'dum. For anyone who hasn't watched Babylon 5, the quick version of the story is that John Sheridan decides that he would rather leap to his death than spend another moment with his wife and to make sure she gets the point he nukes her from space.

 

[Aris Khandr]

Colossus, from X-Men. He didn't die in battle, he didn't die doing anything you'd expect a superhero to die from. But he died the sort of death his character deserved. It was right.

Then they ret-conned it away, like they always do.

 

[LtButtstrong]

I'm surprised no one else posted this already, but the end of Cowboy Bebop.

See you, space cowboy.

 

[Johnny Impact]

Video Games: Andrew Ryan, Bioshock.

Comic Books: the death of the Maestro at the end of "Future Imperfect" was my favorite until they ruined it by bringing him back. Pfeh. Death is a revolving door in comics.

Movies: Donnie Darko, in the movie of the same name.

Books: the sacrifice at the end of The Stand is the only one I can think of off the top of my head. Taking all the evil people with you is a hell of a way to go.

 

[CMDDarkblade]

I'm surprised no one else posted this already, but the end of Cowboy Bebop.

See you, space cowboy.

That's because he didn't die; he just fell asleep like all the rest of the paragons of humanity to wait for their time to wake up when the world needs them once again.

 

[maconlon439]

Dangeresqe 3: The Criminal Projective

The death of Dadgeresqe, I giggle uncontrolably every time.

 

[Eldrig]

Getting smashed into orbit by the giants in Skyrim. One of the best glitches they chose not to fix.

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

In the interest of non-spoilers:

The New Emperor's "death" in the final episode of Code Geass. It was beautiful.

All hail Britannia! All hail *cough*.

I agree though, I managed to watch the entirety of the series without spoilers. I cried.

 

[GTwander]

Kyuzo from Seven Samurai.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=2VrJkXIY3SY#t=70s

Master swordsman gets shot in the back, gets back up and and pitches his sword in a "fuck this" way. It's the last way he ever wanted to go. Dude was epic.

...then Kikuchiyo immediately avenges him and dies as well, and he was the best character in the whole film. Shit was a two-fer. /cries

 

[PunkyMcGee]

Rasputin in real life. that was a hardcore death.

 

[Judas_Iscariot]

I can't believe no one has mentioned Mordin yet.

For those who can remember this death scene... It is still the best in any medium to me.

"For England, James?"

"No... For me."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JZzZ3dPz3k

 

[Icyheart]

Has no one really said this yet? Andrew Ryan's death in Bioshock! It came out of nowhere, advanced the plot another chapter and revealed a twist I at least never saw coming.

EDIT: no, wait. sorry, someone did already mention it. On to the next one, then.