Favorite death scene in any medium?

[Asita]

You know, I was trying to think of a good one, and came up with a couple of decent enough nominees (examples included FullMetal Alchemist[footnote]

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Maes Hughes. The circumstances behind his death nonwithsanding, the greatest accomplishment of this is that the death itself made a point of just how much he loved his family and the aftermath was truly heartwrenching in showing how much he too was loved.

[/footnote] the "Monster" anime[footnote]

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Richard Brawn, [formerly] alcoholic Private Investigator. He's only the focus for about 4 episodes but you connect with the guy's desire to see his estranged daughter again and can see how much the addiction is still eating at him despite his refusal to give in, eventually culminating in his daughter saying she wants to see him again. And then...Johan comes in and breaks him with a few choice words and a well placed line. In addition to being a sucker punch, this beautifully demonstrated just how dangerous and malevolent Johan actually was.

[/footnote], and I Am Legend[footnote]

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Sam. The only companion the protagonist has had in recent years and he is forced to turn his comforting hug to a deadly choke in the span of seconds. And you can see just how much that kills him.

[/footnote], among others), but honestly, I think I just found a scene that beats anything I might have come up with on my own. Have you perhaps heard of a movie called "The Champ"?


I just found that while trying to find moments from media I've actually seen, but it still managed to do a number on me. To me, that's a good scene. ....Dang, now I need something to lighten the mood.

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[SeaCalMaster]

Here ya go.

 

[BENZOOKA]

Silverfang a.k.a. Ginga Nagareboshi: Gin

Ben and Benizakura

 

[Lady Lucky]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade!
"He chose.... poorly"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DGFuHC75aY

Nothing like watching a Nazi age at a ridiculous rate and then turn to dust!

 

[SirDeadly]

It probably doesn't really count but this is the saddest scene ever!

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[Legion]

Spoilers people, for crying out loud. They are not difficult.

 

[Shocksplicer]

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.

HOLY SHIT SOMEONE ELSE PLAYED SCRAPLAND!!!

As for my favourite death, Jenny Romano from the Darkness. Still the most affecting scene I've seen in any game. Still my favourite game ever.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

Spoiler: Metal Gear Solid 1

'Okay hero. Set me free.'

Spoiler: GoodFellas

It's literally the last ten seconds

Spoiler: Platoon

The will to survive is just brilliant

And now some hilarious ones

Spoiler: Meet Joe Black

There is no way this wasn't intentionally funny

Spoiler: Zombieland. You know exactly which scene

 

[BrotherRool]

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

That is a great death scene, except for the stupid hand continuity error So annoying

And this is where I should be writing about this in MGS4

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Snakes death scene, which was so beautiful and disturbing after all he'd gone through

Except they persuaded Kojima out of it

However it's a truth universally acknowledged, that if it didn't happen in Metal Gear Solid, it's probably not worth talking about. (Giant mechs? Check. Giant mechs that leap around like frogs and make noises like cows? Check. Sex with hot double agents? Check. Eye patches? Check. Really strange crotch-based personal identification systems? Check. Detailed exploration of the various things that can happen whilst frying eggs? Check. Ladders? Check.)

So I'm not going to have to go far to bring you the best death scene of all time. Ladders were a clue, if I tell you it's in MGS3, all of us know whats beneath this spoiler

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Starts around 2:10

It's hard to show everything good about that scene in one cutscene though. So much relationship and for it all to end like that... and then when you're left in the field and you realise the games asking you to pull the trigger... you have hope to hold out and then it comes and you realise it was inevitable

EDIT: Whoops didn't notice page 2, already been ninja'd by someone of high taste, because they included the awesome FFX one too

 

[Mental Cosmas]

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"This is how it ends. A simple difference in time"

 

[wakenbake]

R.I.P. Jim 'Heart Attack' Robinson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yATh1D-3u8

 

[EvilMaggot]

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

soooo much these 2! couldnt agree more!

 

[talker]

in movies: Theoden's death in Lord of the Rings and his epic battle with the Nazgul.

in games: i find it a close call between sergeant Sullivan in Call of Duty; WOW and Bowman in Call of Duty; Black ops

 

[Superior Mind]

Definitely when Ray Butts bit the cosmic dust in Space: Above and Beyond.


"Looks like Ray Butts ate his last pancake"

Holy buttfuck I had no idea anyone else knew that existed.

 

[Cabisco]

So far I agree with everything everyone has said (especially mordin :'( ) so I'll try to mention a few that people might not have thought of:

Admiral Cain in Battlestar Galactica. The story arc for the character and the performance by Michelle Forbes was fantastic, her death being bittersweet in that while it was an amazing part of the show it also meant we no longer got to witness this great character. How they decided to have her die was a great move by the show and it still managed to put her over as a complete badass.

I mentioned it a couple of days ago but the 'assumed' death scene in the final episode of Blackadder is one of the most powerful moments in tv history from my own personal view, I remember watching it for the first time as the laughs started to fade and the tone became darker. No one expected that ending but it was perfect, and a great note to go out on.

Lastly I'm surprised no one has mentioned the most traumatic experience of my childhood, the death of a certain Optimus Prime in Transformers: The Movie. It's almost as if you guys didn't cry when saw it, yesterday, for the 1000th time.

 

[shadow_Fox81]

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

See you, space cowboy.

this.

but also in kurosawa's three early masterpieces, Throne of blood, The seven samurai and Ikiru.

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

why would you hate superman?

he's boring. He has no moral grey area, has too many powers, has no weakness (except for one that becomes increasingly unlikely), doesn't have any characters or villains I find appealing in any way.

 

[Arfonious]

Spoilers people, for crying out loud. They are not difficult.

Do you really think that people read this thread and don't expect spoilers?

 

[Souplex]

While I have many favorites, I have one I know nobody else will post, because nobody played Infinite Space for some reason.
Eremon's death after your final battle with him was pretty damn amazing. He's bloody, beaten, his ship is falling apart, and the bulk of his fleet has been destroyed, and he knows he's not coming out of this alive.
So what does he do
He tries to slam his 6-kilometer dreadnaught into you only to be brought down by a hail of lasers and missiles as he tries.

All the while epic music plays in the background! Dude, You are not alone when it comes to that game. It kicks butt! FOR NIA!!! But yeah... ME3 should have just copied everything from that game. It would have been good then... no offense. Just saying.

Wait...
Somebody else played it?!
Brother!
*Hug*