Favorite death scene in any medium?

[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.

 

[trophykiller]

Lydia's death in Skyrim. For most people, she dies long before you reach this point, but if she hangs around long enough, it's inevitable. Here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yv4BFfWoro

And because the caption is "well done", it is mandatory that a fire death get in here. May as well be from The Thing(the good one).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjIXwkX1e48

Last, but not least, the music during Gandalf's "death" was incredible. Now to find who's cutting onions in my house.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwP1rJsQIHA

 

[FrozenCones]

 

[Battleaxx90]

Spoiler: Early-game Xenoblade Chronicles spoilers!

 

[StashAugustine]

"You're a wonderful man. Kill me."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TEjuK1pyVI

 

[Grottnikk]

Gotta go with Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker in Episode 6: Return of the Jedi. Amazing death scene, from picking up the Emperor and pitching him over the side to seeing his son with his own eyes for the first time.

 

[solemnwar]

I really like the off-screen deaths that occur in the Fallout universe, that you find out about in pieces via the notes left scattered around. Specifically "the Survivalist" in FO:NV Honest Hearts DLC.
Holy shit that was depressing and then he ends his life by freezing to death on the top of some rock. I was like ";A; WHYYYYYYY OBSIDIAN WHYYYY?!"

Pretty good for a character I never see to tug on my heartstrings, I think.


Also all the deaths in the Mass Effect series.
LEEEGIIOOOOON
MOOOORDIIIIIN
THAAAAAAAAANE
EEEEEEEEEEETC

 

[The_Great_Galendo]

Well, which death scene I think is the best is highly variable and, if you asked me again in another week, I might give you a different answer. For now, however, I'm going with the battle between Fingolfin and Morgoth in the Silmarillion.

 

[mattttherman3]

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

Off topic, but why would you hate superman?

 

[King of Asgaard]

It's a toss up between these four:

Spoiler: Cowboy Bebop

Spoiler: Metal Gear Solid 3

Spoiler: Final Fantasy X

Spoiler: Red Dead Redemption

These four endings made me shed many manly tears.
And it's these four that make me proud to be a gamer.

 

[IMAGinES]

From the novel Feed, by Mira Grant.

Spoiler

It's written in the first person from the POV of the protagonist, who in the last chapters gets infected by the virus that turns people into zombies. Reading this character writing the horror that she has seconds left to live - I was crying.

 

[RoyalSorceress]

We all have our favorite death scenes, but for me, it has to be the death of Dinobot in Beast Wars, wow, that really hit me hard as a kid, I never even really liked him all that much but holy shit, did that ever make me weep. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DQblCuUZWw

So what's everyone elses?

I don't care that you ninja'd me that will always be my favorite death. Lots of deaths in media make me sad but this was the first that made me cry real tears. The second was Prowl in Transformers Animated.

"Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly, the ill deeds along with the good, and let me be judged accordingly. The rest... is silence."

 

[Samus Aran but a man]

Lord of the Flies

Spoiler

Piggy's death in Lord of the Flies is shocking and disturbing in all the right ways