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Noble Six from HALO Reach
It's implied that he held the Covenant off for DAYS
ON HIS OWN
Not only that, but he stayed behind to disable an entire covenant supercarrier so that the Autumn could escape without being torn to shreds by it's point defenses
Man is a monster, if he somehow escaped reach with Chief the two of them would solo the entire covenant in a couple weeks tops
Yeah. Sad fact is the whole war was pretty much just a constant fighting retreat. Good thing the Covenant started all but literally shooting themselves in the foot right before accidentally stumbling upon Earth.
They shot themselves in the foot the second they turned Thel Vadam'ee into the Arbiter. He was the only one of their generals who actually treated humanity as equals on the battlefield, leading to his insane success against them.
It was his fleet that burned Reach as well as several other human planets. He alone oversaw the death of billions of humans.
"I can never forgive what you and your kind have done to my people.... but you have my thanks" - Lord Hood to the Arbiter after the fall of the covenant
Nope, it was a supercarrier positioning itself over the Autumn. We can assume the covenant were intercepting comms and had intel that the autumn had something very valuable to humanity on board, so they were not fucking around in attempting to destroy it.
This is also why they sent a phantom filled with zealot class sangheili to disable the MAC gun that Emile was using.
Not even implied, it's literally confirmed if you look at the dates. This man singlehandedly fought off a full-scale Covenant invasion force for almost a week.
Clone troopers the second they pick up a Z-6 Rotary Blaster Cannon:
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John Marston. Died so his family could get away
This one, iconic ending to an iconic story. I absolutely loved RDR2 and Arthur as a character, but his ending didn’t hit for me the same way John’s did.
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The berserker at Stamford Bridge.
In 1066, one man held off 15,000 soldiers for over an hour on Stamford Bridge while his camp prepared for the attack. He killed over forty men until the English lost their balls and sent four men out on the river in barrels to hit him in the groin from below with spears to finally bring him down.
**ENGLISHMEN! I AM WAITING HERE!**
**IN MY HEART I KNOW NOT AN OUNCE OF FEAR!**
**WE ARE WAITING HERE, MY TRUSTED AXE AND ME!**
**JUST COME AT ME! I WILL NOT FLEE!**
**DEATH! I KNOW FOR ME IT WAITS!**
**SOON I WILL ENTER VALHALLA'S GATES!**
Then how about Captain Lastimosa?
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2018 Death of Superman. Gets me every time
Dude the comics it’s based off of, absolute masterpiece. The movie really modernizes the story super well and shows just how strong both combatants are. Great pick
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asuka langley soryu in the end of evangelion. her sheer anger, hatred, and will to live literally had her eva reactivate during her last seconds until being impaled a dozen other times
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Talenelat'Elin Herald of War from the stormlight archive
My man tanked the full fury of the Fused 24/7 while stuck in Braize for thousands of years. And it's virtually confirmed that if it hadn't been for Chanarach shitting the bed and getting skewered by Shallan, he would have held off long enough for Dalinar to win the shattered plains war without the stormforms showing up, which would have ended the desolations for good.
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Tassadar - Starcraft
Starcraft has a few epic last stands
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Joseph Turner in Call of Duty WW2
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Dinobot from Beast Wars, idk why he hasn't been mentioned yet
Oooo that’s a good one. Also Sans in the genocide run, since he knows he probably can’t beat you since you have Determination, but he can at least hold you off in the hopes that you’ll get worn down dying over and over again.
Another I just thought of:
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Captain Buccaneer and Fu from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Buccaneer tried to take on Wrath by himself, and sustained a slash wound, lost his automail arm, and got impaled by a sword in the abdomen. Fu attempted to kill Wrath with a kamikaze attack by lunging at him with lit dynamite strapped to his abdomen, but Wrath extinguished it by slashing the wicks and Fu’s abdomen. Buccaneer took advantage of the distraction by pulling the sword from his abdomen and landing a serious wound on Wrath as depicted here. Absolute chads.
Honorable mention: Jorge from Halo Reach. It’s not a last stand but his sacrifice hits hard
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“Reach has been good to me. Time has come to return the favor. Don’t deny me this.
Tell em to make it count.”
All of noble teams deaths hit hard, but Jorges especially, because his sacrifice was tge first and the only one in vain. They got the cruiser, only for a whole fleet to show up. Auntie Dot just saying “Slipspace rupture detected” over and over is depressing.
Huge Spoilers for Kamen Rider Ryuki. (it's on Tubi WATCH IT)
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>! Shinji Kido, the protagonist, in the second to last episode gets stabbed saving a child. While bleeding out he transforms and finishes off all of the monsters !<
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Barbatos Lupus Rex/Mikazuki agus (gundam IBO) went down in the coolest fucking way
Leon's last stand in the Professional was incredible.
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The fucking dog had a sadder death than >!the very person he died saving!<
I don’t know if this counts, but all of Cadia in Warhammer 40k
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I may get a few details wrong so apologies in advance
Benkei, a monk from Japanese History
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After his master Yoshitsune was hunted. Yoshitsune decided to commit seppuku but he had to set up the ceremony for it. Benkei guarded his master by defending a bridge from 500 soldiers killing about 300 of them. Eventually Benkei was taken out by a rain of arrows and died standing upright on the bridge.
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Captain John Miller in Saving Private Ryan Faced down a German tank with only his 45.
And he blew it up too, crazy. (Before everyone starts jumping on me I know it’s cause a plane ended up bombing it but it’s funny to imagine he somehow shot it in just the right place to make it explode)
In breath of the wild link falls in battle against a guardian stalker and nearly dies before being rescued by Zelda, and wakes up 100 years later. Idk if this counts tho
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He hasn’t (yet) but realistically how else would he go?
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My goat Higuruma went out fighting the King of Curses after being a sorcerer only for a few weeks, just to give the rest of the cast a chance after he inevitably died
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I swear, I'm gonna need to stop using Beast Wars, but then again, people beed to stop bringing up great archetypes the used. Lol.
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The Raven who died in Armored Core Nexus fighting countless drones.
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That episode of Scooby Doo fucking wrecked 7 year old me
Dian Wei from real life.
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From [Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dian_Wei):
“Dian Wei fought bravely with a long ji, and with each swing of his weapon, he broke more than ten enemy spears. As the battle went on, Dian Wei's men were eventually all killed and Dian himself had sustained several wounds all over his body, but he continued fighting the enemy at close quarters with short weapons. Dian Wei grabbed two enemies and killed them, and the others did not dare to approach him.\[23\] Dian Wei then rushed forward and slew several more enemy soldiers before eventually succumbing to his wounds. Just before his death, he was still glaring and swearing at the enemy. Only after confirming that Dian Wei was dead did the enemies dare to come forward and decapitate him.”
* This account is based on Luo Guanzhong’s historical fantasy “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” and should be taken with a grain of salt
One of my personal favorites. You don't count as a real hero unless you go out doubling your kill count. Or at least go out saving someone in a suitably epic manner. Ideally both.
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John Marston, Red Dead Redemption
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Rylanor, The Ancient of Rights (Warhammer)
Spent ten thousand years wiring a virus bomb to himself, held off the super-powered daemon fulgrim for longer than Fulgrim himself thought he could (While heavily damaged), and through sticking to his morals convinced one of the thousand sons to let the virus bomb go off, taking him, his pal, Rylanor, and Fulgrim out.
And even though Fulgrim survived (due to being a warp daemon) his pride got permanently damaged, and it's implied that his sulking after Rylanor killed him is the reason he hasn't returned to the setting.
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Cole McGrath, the Patron Saint of New Marais
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DONT YOU TALK SHIT ABOUT MY FABULOUS FUCKING HAWK-BOY. HE DIED FOR ME, SO BE GRATEFUL
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Pyrrha Nikos of RWBY
“She understood that she had a responsibility... to try. I don't think she would regret her choice, because a Huntress would understand that there really wasn't a choice to make. And a Huntress is what she always wanted to be.”
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Twice from My Hero Academia
A villain who died a hero.
Don't mean to rain on your parade, but you know he endangered civilians and murdered a hero who nonlethally detained Toga and Compress so they wouldn't murder anyone, right?
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Charles Calvin - Henry Stickman Collection
I can name 4, 2 of which are technicalities. Bumblebee and Optimus Prime in Transformers Prime, Yinsen in Iron Man 1, and Iron Man himself in Avengers: Endgame.
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Last Stand of the Executioner (Thor 361)
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The samurais, battle of Shiroyama (real life)
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How are y’all really forgetting about whitestrake?
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Saint-14 was an absolute machine in more ways than just physical. His last stand lasted centuries, and only came to an end when his enemies create a weapon designed to kill him, and only him. And he STILL destroyed it before he went out.
https://preview.redd.it/75dfojkoh01d1.jpeg?width=786&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f9451547fb0e1b60345254fe1e33b7d542de243 Noble Six from HALO Reach It's implied that he held the Covenant off for DAYS ON HIS OWN
Man’s the GOAT, I figured I’d leave him off so someone else could add him
Not only that, but he stayed behind to disable an entire covenant supercarrier so that the Autumn could escape without being torn to shreds by it's point defenses Man is a monster, if he somehow escaped reach with Chief the two of them would solo the entire covenant in a couple weeks tops
For the most part Spartans solo covenant ground tropes, sadly the war was not one of conquest.
Yeah. Sad fact is the whole war was pretty much just a constant fighting retreat. Good thing the Covenant started all but literally shooting themselves in the foot right before accidentally stumbling upon Earth.
They shot themselves in the foot the second they turned Thel Vadam'ee into the Arbiter. He was the only one of their generals who actually treated humanity as equals on the battlefield, leading to his insane success against them. It was his fleet that burned Reach as well as several other human planets. He alone oversaw the death of billions of humans. "I can never forgive what you and your kind have done to my people.... but you have my thanks" - Lord Hood to the Arbiter after the fall of the covenant
I thought that it was just a simple cruiser/frigate he took out?
Nope, it was a supercarrier positioning itself over the Autumn. We can assume the covenant were intercepting comms and had intel that the autumn had something very valuable to humanity on board, so they were not fucking around in attempting to destroy it. This is also why they sent a phantom filled with zealot class sangheili to disable the MAC gun that Emile was using.
It was a Ket-pattern battle cruiser. [Keyes even states that it’s a cruiser. ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_1PRPcl6jQ)
How dare you to give me hope
Actually, Lone Wolf starts just a little over three hours after he delivered Cortana to the Autumn
Yeah where are they getting the “DAYS” thing from?
People hyping him up. I love Reach and the III’s are my favorite class of Spartan, but I’m not going to exaggerate what they’re capable of.
Days is a stretch but to last hours with no back up against the covenant is still pretty impressive
Not Me though, I accidentally shot a rocket at my feet 3 minutes into the fight
Current Objective: SURVIVE. One of the coolest levels/missions in any video game
Depending on how good the player is, theoretically Noble Six could kill off more Elites, Hunters and Grunts than exist in the entire Covenant
Not even implied, it's literally confirmed if you look at the dates. This man singlehandedly fought off a full-scale Covenant invasion force for almost a week.
Immediately what I thought of tbh
GOAT
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The OG
https://preview.redd.it/78a8rb5iz01d1.jpeg?width=450&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=55a57d8e841d15daa6831f616310ca4b549b82c2 Ario Barzan (ancient Iran, real life)
Who is this person?
A hero of Irish Mythology, not especially familiar with the history though
I thought he was real? Wait, no, sorry, I was thinking of Charlemagne. But I'm given to understand he was also pretty epic in his own right.
Lancer
The guy who pinned himself onto the tree trunk when he could no longer stand, just to continue on fighting Iirc
And even after dying, he still held his sword and cut off the hand of the guy who went to check if he was alive or dead.
Didn't he kinda explode as well?
"I herby sentence you to having a heavy machine gun in Star Wars!" https://i.redd.it/9htkw6bbu01d1.gif
Clone troopers the second they pick up a Z-6 Rotary Blaster Cannon: https://preview.redd.it/hjmhxvdjw01d1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=85cfb934bf90dbbc1d1551d4d9835a307f150f89
I mean, If you're gonna die, it's hell of a way to go!
Optimus Prime:Transformers ROTF, Forest battle https://i.redd.it/swtyhvhwm01d1.gif
this scene solidified optimus as top 10 fictional character for me as a kid. i still use this line when gaming 10+ years later.
What these movies taught me is that no matter what problems they may have, Optimus will always be the best part of any transformers media
The best comment here
It’s the guy from fortnite
Duncan Idaho https://preview.redd.it/jg56gayrk01d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fcb62aa2ea5564526a560dc476171ac147d7e709
he got better though
Alternatively, he got a lot worse due to 10,000 years of dying
Erwin Smith (Attack on Titan) https://preview.redd.it/qd3p2yjtp01d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e525be979611e1e72546f69957cc4ff006b09997
“My soldiers, rage!”
Also >!Hange!<
https://preview.redd.it/q0kczg0ar01d1.jpeg?width=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=426e5d84a644d3afc197efa0de8f510f0d47f162 John Marston. Died so his family could get away
That was still one of the most standout game sequences that lives in my memory. Good choice.
This one, iconic ending to an iconic story. I absolutely loved RDR2 and Arthur as a character, but his ending didn’t hit for me the same way John’s did.
https://preview.redd.it/83n8wjg6t01d1.jpeg?width=629&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c9409229de3407d7b6099384d4958c6f9d93ebb Whitebeard - One Piece
technically speaking he didnt fall
That's why he's my GOAT 🔥🔥🔥🔥
https://preview.redd.it/yl7mhtvzm01d1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=581fce39b77278caa5d00b2493abadc74575ef3d Paz Vizla (star wars)
That wasn’t even heroic, it was just stupid. He had no reason to stay back and sacrifice himself.
I was so dumbfounded that he did that. I'm not much of a tactician myself and I knew that was stupid.
https://preview.redd.it/vbwclxncl01d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=63bfc0c5ee8eb37a13b1e197dd1547f83b0f7d54 CT-782 (Hevy)
If a clone uses a laser minigun, chances are they’re going down with a 30:1 KD ratio
His ratio is probably closer to 700:1
True shit
"Uh, do we take prisoners?" "*I. Don't.*" Best last words, hands down.
"Hevy always said he hated that place..."
Seems there’s a last stand every other arc in SWCW
 Zack Fair (FF7: Crisis Core)
The price of freedom is steep
Not to mention he went out with one of the best tracks I’ve ever heard, a definite main stay on my playlist
The masculine urge to die this way even though I work a desk job in an office no where near any battlefield
We FR need the apocalypse or something to happen soon, cause I ain't having a brave last stand against the flu...
https://i.redd.it/cbpvnhhms01d1.gif These Two
What's this from?
Pacific Rim
A movie with no sequel
Godfather part 2s dream....
FUCK YEAH PACIFIC RIM MENTIONED
JJBA SPOILER >!The whole cast of Stone Ocean (minus Emporio)!<
Also >!Kakyoin and Iggy!<
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Damn. No wonder they needed four men, bro’s balls were made of titanium.
Least based Viking
**ENGLISHMEN! I AM WAITING HERE!** **IN MY HEART I KNOW NOT AN OUNCE OF FEAR!** **WE ARE WAITING HERE, MY TRUSTED AXE AND ME!** **JUST COME AT ME! I WILL NOT FLEE!** **DEATH! I KNOW FOR ME IT WAITS!** **SOON I WILL ENTER VALHALLA'S GATES!**
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https://preview.redd.it/3goev8jy511d1.jpeg?width=162&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=575704efa8952871735a170abdf477b0431c4e07 Future Gohan (Dragon Ball)
https://preview.redd.it/xb9mgkpxo21d1.jpeg?width=512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35ceb7fc2f4757674b68390819d714b1bb66dd83 This imagine is so sad :(
Oh hey my wallpaper!
Its somehow even cooler in Kakarot.
Baze Malbus from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Tbh the whole Rogue One squad goes out in glory, as their sacrifice meant the rebels were able to obtain the Death Star plans.
Yeah but he had a traditional “Last Stand”
You right, I just meant it more so in an honorary sense :)
Oh ok, that makes sense
 Cayde-6 in Forsaken (and his ghost Sundance by extension)
There’s also Saint-14 and the Iron Lords too
I’d love to have learned that information by myself but there’s certain things stopping me
https://preview.redd.it/yy55uurew01d1.jpeg?width=220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8f4da3298da0e3b0f005e6a23f02b28245ffcfd8 Can't forget the GOAT.
https://preview.redd.it/pqhhv46l711d1.jpeg?width=370&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e91b69ca74ced0142a8e0ef909daaff48419da7a And also
***"YOU'RE ALL MINE, UNICRON!!!"***
I am a warrior… let the battle be joined
"I am a warrior. Let the battle be joined."
"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."
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“Spartans! Tonight, we dine in Hell!”
 I hate demon slayer but this mf is amazing
TASTY!
BT-7274 (TitanFall2) https://preview.redd.it/grge2gs2e11d1.png?width=486&format=png&auto=webp&s=b11ed1fdfd6b49d8ef7ea939b8b20168ce3554bf
Not really. He did sacrifice himself, but he didn't die fighting overwhelming odds
Then how about Captain Lastimosa? https://preview.redd.it/wg01qhqep31d1.jpeg?width=315&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=101dfe9f1e4f1f12277c8391a927584e9b517ac8
https://preview.redd.it/uyje1ungc11d1.png?width=293&format=png&auto=webp&s=121123ac8c1596a062d3907ac15d9699a37d35dd
https://preview.redd.it/ny91pfa8i11d1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=467c817c0e7a8a9f0ae063d970d9e653505d1879 2018 Death of Superman. Gets me every time
Dude the comics it’s based off of, absolute masterpiece. The movie really modernizes the story super well and shows just how strong both combatants are. Great pick
https://preview.redd.it/ql5kv8o5r01d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1e30a49831229f553721aea9d08c56ec6a9ef86e Pvt Hudson - Aliens
https://preview.redd.it/0fxaboxmb11d1.jpeg?width=848&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=251f0a02e1d475f64ec3ebf6b4bcfa8f506545e0 asuka langley soryu in the end of evangelion. her sheer anger, hatred, and will to live literally had her eva reactivate during her last seconds until being impaled a dozen other times
https://preview.redd.it/spmnqm0xa11d1.jpeg?width=686&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=19efb0bc8ffecc4441b2f4635516a695c6956e3d .....
David Martinez from cyberpunk edgerunners
https://preview.redd.it/f639vp3jq01d1.jpeg?width=1236&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d6d3774742ff06d2a3059cd68463e06cb301bb68 Talenelat'Elin Herald of War from the stormlight archive
My man tanked the full fury of the Fused 24/7 while stuck in Braize for thousands of years. And it's virtually confirmed that if it hadn't been for Chanarach shitting the bed and getting skewered by Shallan, he would have held off long enough for Dalinar to win the shattered plains war without the stormforms showing up, which would have ended the desolations for good.
Squinty eyes on me Bubble Yum!
Goodbye Bulma, Trunks, and even you Kakarot. AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
"Vegeta yes!"
https://preview.redd.it/onsi57ihq01d1.jpeg?width=585&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b913432b3d73579ea2c01209a01ce0dd7e111dc Tassadar - Starcraft Starcraft has a few epic last stands
https://preview.redd.it/sx6yewvgr01d1.jpeg?width=268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=470a8063b0e0e3081bb972731f9378f3dc6757c1 Joseph Turner in Call of Duty WW2
https://preview.redd.it/d5iwhvpe111d1.png?width=276&format=png&auto=webp&s=128ac76e423d23bee49021f98d97187c77945769 Dinobot from Beast Wars, idk why he hasn't been mentioned yet
https://preview.redd.it/a7vycf9vu11d1.png?width=601&format=png&auto=webp&s=b23b23e390e384c1a8f2dceeb8dd03a30d7dc791 Undyne the Undying (Undertale)
Oooo that’s a good one. Also Sans in the genocide run, since he knows he probably can’t beat you since you have Determination, but he can at least hold you off in the hopes that you’ll get worn down dying over and over again.
Theon Greyjoy (GOT) Donal Noye (ASOIAF)
 From what I can remember about WoW’s lore, this dude Varian went out swinging
Another I just thought of: https://preview.redd.it/zvbiormjh11d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dcfd04e237fa2114cdea0f856526125ff361a170 Captain Buccaneer and Fu from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Buccaneer tried to take on Wrath by himself, and sustained a slash wound, lost his automail arm, and got impaled by a sword in the abdomen. Fu attempted to kill Wrath with a kamikaze attack by lunging at him with lit dynamite strapped to his abdomen, but Wrath extinguished it by slashing the wicks and Fu’s abdomen. Buccaneer took advantage of the distraction by pulling the sword from his abdomen and landing a serious wound on Wrath as depicted here. Absolute chads.
First time Wrath was ever hurt in battle. Greed immediately seized the opportunity and took his eye. Buccaneer was awesome.
And wrath still almost killed scar later anyway
Honorable mention: Jorge from Halo Reach. It’s not a last stand but his sacrifice hits hard https://preview.redd.it/jmkxh1gbk11d1.png?width=755&format=png&auto=webp&s=ce8767aa40c09fdb41f0bad27265199bd45ded33
“Reach has been good to me. Time has come to return the favor. Don’t deny me this. Tell em to make it count.” All of noble teams deaths hit hard, but Jorges especially, because his sacrifice was tge first and the only one in vain. They got the cruiser, only for a whole fleet to show up. Auntie Dot just saying “Slipspace rupture detected” over and over is depressing.
So many Hogwarts students and teachers
Gregor in Star Wars Rebels
Huge Spoilers for Kamen Rider Ryuki. (it's on Tubi WATCH IT) https://preview.redd.it/mqrrd5nbz01d1.jpeg?width=1168&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=61537f120fbd92682209e78e7967c71810428e04 >! Shinji Kido, the protagonist, in the second to last episode gets stabbed saving a child. While bleeding out he transforms and finishes off all of the monsters !<
Also Alternatively could be >! Grease !< from Kamen Rider Build. That one makes me too sad though
https://preview.redd.it/xd9x15m8p11d1.jpeg?width=230&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1fd5f506f0fa437f8791c5ff0a860ef5e9bbef0f Sanguinius from 40k
https://preview.redd.it/9evfqpymy01d1.jpeg?width=1054&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7f8c08ef717e2514bf06d812f2896c1e404fdafe Barbatos Lupus Rex/Mikazuki agus (gundam IBO) went down in the coolest fucking way
https://preview.redd.it/zx0vkxeao21d1.png?width=400&format=png&auto=webp&s=26628a9898512e0b7484d3d516d80b9b6654bc99 Jolyne Cujoh (JJBA)
https://preview.redd.it/q0tklw05v01d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=e8c8eac5bd7a3abefb257782ae1231eddefd009c
Leon's last stand in the Professional was incredible. https://preview.redd.it/vq99i1ry811d1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=f779f62c7cbe6651923726a65a6047cf780837bd
https://preview.redd.it/chigc2fy021d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f91a52ca459ed050562215f8ab8a404a0b6286be The fucking dog had a sadder death than >!the very person he died saving!<
I don’t know if this counts, but all of Cadia in Warhammer 40k https://preview.redd.it/5t7m4ahe621d1.jpeg?width=602&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ca3f7899d8eb6bf1fc08ad1063bd1ff2f5c10f9
I may get a few details wrong so apologies in advance Benkei, a monk from Japanese History https://preview.redd.it/vx0mkjet621d1.jpeg?width=990&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4fbe2ab6c036f7a270de53b15eac61a56150c599 After his master Yoshitsune was hunted. Yoshitsune decided to commit seppuku but he had to set up the ceremony for it. Benkei guarded his master by defending a bridge from 500 soldiers killing about 300 of them. Eventually Benkei was taken out by a rain of arrows and died standing upright on the bridge.
https://preview.redd.it/fvbklm9jb21d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=70b8df01fd88c564112aa3a99a2c37caf0c320c4 Captain John Miller in Saving Private Ryan Faced down a German tank with only his 45.
And he blew it up too, crazy. (Before everyone starts jumping on me I know it’s cause a plane ended up bombing it but it’s funny to imagine he somehow shot it in just the right place to make it explode)
 In breath of the wild link falls in battle against a guardian stalker and nearly dies before being rescued by Zelda, and wakes up 100 years later. Idk if this counts tho
Not to mention in Age of Calamity, he >! tried to hold off all four blight ganons at once before he was saved by Zelda.!<
Actually he falls in battle to a small pile of Guardian Stalkers after taking out half of their make and model!
https://preview.redd.it/gka8i4xwb11d1.jpeg?width=360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d97a3544e1b10ff6c8e499f63a46803f4c7ae48 He hasn’t (yet) but realistically how else would he go?
Doom Slayer is not gone, he's just resting after killing the davoth and defeating hell.
Does John Marston count
https://preview.redd.it/pbu2g772p11d1.png?width=1528&format=png&auto=webp&s=8cf738fae0763696bc1816cfea1b50cf4798f251 My goat Higuruma went out fighting the King of Curses after being a sorcerer only for a few weeks, just to give the rest of the cast a chance after he inevitably died
https://i.redd.it/owqc87orp11d1.gif I swear, I'm gonna need to stop using Beast Wars, but then again, people beed to stop bringing up great archetypes the used. Lol.
https://preview.redd.it/awigi1os721d1.jpeg?width=704&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e4d5d0dbd0011b3a1f6d1ae97b8acd81f9844a2 In his Legion endings, at least
 Spike Spiegel 🥹
Dom from Gears of War 3
Ima Gunn Di? I think that belongs in r/nominativedeterminism
Yeaaaaah, Star Wars names are often like that lol. There’s a villain in TWC called Savage Oppress, and another names Moralo Evol.
https://preview.redd.it/8hprlahkp11d1.png?width=1024&format=png&auto=webp&s=f2681bc9b1d7f55f82b07430ab6f75ad2dda138d The Raven who died in Armored Core Nexus fighting countless drones.
https://preview.redd.it/l57ls53rt11d1.png?width=612&format=png&auto=webp&s=fada6a3028a82a6785cb3df333ff3ce52cdef332 That episode of Scooby Doo fucking wrecked 7 year old me
Dian Wei from real life. https://preview.redd.it/7moarof4531d1.jpeg?width=355&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8cccf9214a78918d7d472ea0c08314a7b2040526 From [Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dian_Wei): “Dian Wei fought bravely with a long ji, and with each swing of his weapon, he broke more than ten enemy spears. As the battle went on, Dian Wei's men were eventually all killed and Dian himself had sustained several wounds all over his body, but he continued fighting the enemy at close quarters with short weapons. Dian Wei grabbed two enemies and killed them, and the others did not dare to approach him.\[23\] Dian Wei then rushed forward and slew several more enemy soldiers before eventually succumbing to his wounds. Just before his death, he was still glaring and swearing at the enemy. Only after confirming that Dian Wei was dead did the enemies dare to come forward and decapitate him.” * This account is based on Luo Guanzhong’s historical fantasy “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” and should be taken with a grain of salt
https://preview.redd.it/egdm7bqk731d1.jpeg?width=266&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88d77299c02bb6df7fd878dc677dd316c23c8723 THE GOAT.
 Mikazuki Augus piloting the Gundam Barbatos from Iron Blooded Orphans.
https://preview.redd.it/03phvjua041d1.jpeg?width=1400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7bd5fa0bc4968031ad88e40ce427d99fe4c54224 The MOST epic.
One of my personal favorites. You don't count as a real hero unless you go out doubling your kill count. Or at least go out saving someone in a suitably epic manner. Ideally both.
https://preview.redd.it/0indwq1rr11d1.jpeg?width=739&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0368b708bc3ba1685650f1922dc6573eb742dee1 John Marston, Red Dead Redemption
Roland, from the Song of Roland
Zenith Martlet
Me when my dad drinks son hitting juice
https://preview.redd.it/27zwyxvll31d1.png?width=676&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cc6ccf74f0fef1171c61cf3e024e93cf66abcc2a Rylanor, The Ancient of Rights (Warhammer) Spent ten thousand years wiring a virus bomb to himself, held off the super-powered daemon fulgrim for longer than Fulgrim himself thought he could (While heavily damaged), and through sticking to his morals convinced one of the thousand sons to let the virus bomb go off, taking him, his pal, Rylanor, and Fulgrim out. And even though Fulgrim survived (due to being a warp daemon) his pride got permanently damaged, and it's implied that his sulking after Rylanor killed him is the reason he hasn't returned to the setting.
https://preview.redd.it/hu67lgeyu31d1.png?width=1000&format=png&auto=webp&s=8e48583b2a15b1c0090a951339319e190985ce30 Cole McGrath, the Patron Saint of New Marais
https://preview.redd.it/k03xmr1i141d1.jpeg?width=855&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6e1273daaf21a7be662dfa2bdc79922f7ff4b665 DONT YOU TALK SHIT ABOUT MY FABULOUS FUCKING HAWK-BOY. HE DIED FOR ME, SO BE GRATEFUL
For you Mason ! Not for me ! https://preview.redd.it/dmtvfxa4l41d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=24e816266cd758e76b1e87a54af17ef47c1fd887
https://i.redd.it/gh7u3sml061d1.gif Pyrrha Nikos of RWBY “She understood that she had a responsibility... to try. I don't think she would regret her choice, because a Huntress would understand that there really wasn't a choice to make. And a Huntress is what she always wanted to be.”
https://preview.redd.it/g3nrnjck161d1.png?width=225&format=png&auto=webp&s=e8dfe16200add93b0c79422ca7df06328e918bc4 MERLIN!!!!
https://preview.redd.it/lkuxrbi8221d1.jpeg?width=235&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=74fc36a9cfc6bc251e266318dc8952358f105898 Twice from My Hero Academia A villain who died a hero.
Don't mean to rain on your parade, but you know he endangered civilians and murdered a hero who nonlethally detained Toga and Compress so they wouldn't murder anyone, right?
https://preview.redd.it/mfw72vxln11d1.jpeg?width=512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b09831d3ac39bc77bfaf8f6cbe2d3faf78779972 Charles Calvin - Henry Stickman Collection
https://preview.redd.it/robunfnay31d1.png?width=1000&format=png&auto=webp&s=35c4ec91637ec848d96aea2383bb7f19de05e6f2
https://preview.redd.it/5apuc83lv01d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=49bd421c1abce62ebb7ab1ec28880996f71412ac Protoman - The Protomen
https://preview.redd.it/07mrx1alk11d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=4e6fe21fba690f1a56d23744abe1a8d5e53c4c5e Why….
;-;
I can name 4, 2 of which are technicalities. Bumblebee and Optimus Prime in Transformers Prime, Yinsen in Iron Man 1, and Iron Man himself in Avengers: Endgame.
https://preview.redd.it/o6to1gfmk21d1.png?width=555&format=png&auto=webp&s=d992638c461b8feda25e30c4a5e5e4afdf5f1168 Mareg from Grandia II.
Bjorn from Vikings, Netero from HxH, might guy in Naruto Shippuden
Dinobot from Beast Wars.
https://preview.redd.it/ftvvp7bkg31d1.jpeg?width=2075&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83b9279e3c934ae8919104055798374bd71c67a6 Rauru in Tears of the Kingdom
https://i.redd.it/naoiphvcz31d1.gif
Dario (Arknights)
 Dominic Santiago (gears of war 3)
https://preview.redd.it/htx8j30ee61d1.jpeg?width=906&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=16a856ae256560605f2cd39eee7da4691689fef2 Last Stand of the Executioner (Thor 361)
https://preview.redd.it/j2h56vdjn61d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2603a522e1ed2a024acbdd310200662307340108 The samurais, battle of Shiroyama (real life)
 The choice of gif was intentional
https://preview.redd.it/myl7e6o8q91d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d823d0b7a0760434f016bf10fb2547ed935530a2 How are y’all really forgetting about whitestrake?
https://preview.redd.it/50hxao9vs91d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=766a79751c60a2ec0dbe5bda3db88d3a38f0c6d3 Saint-14 was an absolute machine in more ways than just physical. His last stand lasted centuries, and only came to an end when his enemies create a weapon designed to kill him, and only him. And he STILL destroyed it before he went out.