History Main / FinalSpeech

* In ''Film/HeavensGate,'' a character trapped in a burning cabin writes a letter explaining that he was trapped in a burning cabin and giving farewells. Amusing because letters tend to be flammable.
** This was actually [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory based on a real event]], though in real life he ran outside to get shot after he'd finished writing, which makes a bit more sense.
*** He did that in the film too.
**** I think the point of this is the idiocy of leaving a farewell note in a building burning.
**** It was in his pocket. The film has many problems, but this isn't one of them.

'''Max:''' [[Theatre/JuliusCaesar For cowards die a thousand deaths, while heroes die but once]]... [[MediumAwareness Unless they're playing videogames, in which case heroes die a lot, too.]] [[{{Hamlet}} So goodnight]] [[FreshPrinceOfBelAir Fresh Prince!]] [[{{Hamlet}} And may]] CharliesAngels [[{{Hamlet}} sing thee to thy rest.]] *collapses*\\

* Zero's best moment in ''MegaManZero'' are his final words, a KirkSummation, WorldOfCardboardSpeech and sum up exactly what he really was to the world: [[spoiler:A true hero]], showing exactly ''what he's fighting for''. All rolled into these 4 sentences:

-->'''[[spoiler:MegaManX]]:''' Can you hear me, Zero? My energy is almost all spent. I can't... stay in this world... much longer... Zero... I want to leave this world in your care. The threat Weil represents has not left this world. I want you...to protect humans and Reploids. Ze...ro... You can do it... You...can...
* In the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series, Magma Dragoon from ''X4'' gets special mention here for being the ''only'' animal Maverick that does this. Granted, he does tell his reasons why he betrayed the hunters [[spoiler: by joining Sigma and [[ColonyDrop bringing down]] the [[FloatingContinent Sky Lagoon]].]]

* Seemingly random non-sequitur [[DyingClue that the heroes need to decode]]. Classic examples are ''Film/CitizenKane'''s "[[ItWasHisSled Rosebud]]" and "There is another sky... walk... er..."

* Parodied in ''CasinoRoyale'' (1967) - SMERSH agent Mimi, after her HeelFaceTurn, gets a little bit of shrapnel in the chest and coughs out a big impassioned goodbye to Sir James, followed by a big kiss.

* Tennyson intended [[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Crossing_the_Bar "Crossing The Bar"]] to be one of these, although it was written approximately three years before he died. The poem describes his impending death and tells his loved ones not to mourn for him because he's going on a peaceful journey to meet his Pilot (a metaphor for God). Tennyson told his son that he wanted people to put "Crossing The Bar" at the end of all collections of his poetry.

* [[HisNameIs "The secret that you've been desperately trying to find out is...."]] ''dies'' (See also TheUnreveal and KilledMidSentence.)

* Related to the above two: "I always loved you, Carol... [[IncurableCoughOfDeath ''cough'']] Steve, [[IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer you'd better take care of her]]..." (See also CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds.)

* In ''{{Taiko}}'', ToyotomiHideyoshi's advisor Hanbei, knowing that he's about to die of illness, gives him a long DareToBeBadass speech, telling him that he, [[OdaNobunaga Nobunaga]], and [[TokugawaIeyasu Ieyasu]] all have their seperate roles to play in bringing unity to Japan.

* In TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly the final words of soldier Bill Carson provide The Ugly with the cemetery's location and The Good with the name on the tombstone (each individually) where $200,000 is buried. This forces the two to work together and sets up the rest of the movie.

* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'' discusses this in "The Cheesen One". Rainbow Dash claims that her mom had some profound words for her, but Twilight doesn't believe the story.

* In ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'', issue #168, Antoine's father dies, but gets to tell ''mon fils''[[hottip:*:Translation: "my son"]] how proud he is of him, and also urges him to stay together with Bunnie.

* In ''LegendOfGalacticHeroes'', [[spoiler: after [[YoungConqueror Reinhard von Lohengramm]]'s fleets completely surrounded the Alliance fleet led by [[CoolOldGuy Alexandre Bewcock]] during the [[LastStand Battle of Mar-Adetta]], he ordered a temporary ceasefire to give Bewcock a chance to surrender. The latter refused politely and gave a FinalSpeech instead.]]

** As mentioned above, in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', Yoda tells Luke that death is the way of all things, confirms that Vader is his father, that he won't be a Jedi until he defeats Vader, and that he has a long-lost family member (but by that point is too weak to say what kind or who it is). Cheery. This is somewhat more believable in that he's dying of old age, not an injury. Also, Darth Vader, after his suit is damaged to the point it can't sustain him anymore, asks Luke to take his helmet off so he can look on his son's face with his own eyes, then tells him to leave him behind. ([[NobodyGetsLeftBehind Luke doesn't]].) At Luke's protestations, Anakin tells him that he's already ''been'' saved, and he should tell his sister he was right--that there was ''some'' good left.

** As mentioned above, in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', Yoda tells Luke that death is the way of all things, confirms that Vader is his father, that he won't be a Jedi until he defeats Vader, and that he has a long-lost family member (but by that point is too weak to say what kind or who it is). Cheery. This is somewhat more believable in that he's dying of old age, not an injury. Also, Darth Vader, after his suit is damaged to the point it can't sustain him anymore, asks Luke to take his helmet off so he can look on his son's face with his own eyes, then tells him to leave him behind. ([[CutsceneIncompetence Luke doesn't]].) At Luke's protestations, Anakin tells him that he's already ''been'' saved, and he should tell his sister he was right--that there was ''some'' good left.
--> "You already...have, Luke. You were ''right''. You were right about me. Tell your sister...you were right..."

* Half the fun of ''EngineSentaiGoOnger'' fights are the monsters' dramatic orations made after the FinishingMove but before [[MadeOfExplodium going spoom]].

* In ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'',, issue #168, Antoine's father dies, but gets to tell ''mon fils''[[hottip:*:Translation: "my son"]] how proud he is of him, and also urges him to stay together with Bunnie.

-->'''The Mask:''' Hold me closer Ed, it's getting dark... Tell [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Auntie Em]] to let OldYeller out... *cough cough*, tell [[Literature/AChristmasCarol Tiny Tim]] I won't be coming home this Christmas... tell [[GoneWithTheWind Scarlett]] I ''do'' give a damn...

* ''VForVendetta'': [[spoiler: The man known as V]], despite being riddled with bullets, actually manages to walk for several minutes in order to give one of these. (In the graphic novel, he manages [[spoiler:to get back to his lair]], but is dead by the time [[spoiler:Evie arrives.) Of course, it's implied he's not exactly limited to human norms...]]

A major character doesn't just [[InstantDeathBullet get killed straight away]]. [[DeathIsDramatic Oh, no.]] They've got to deliver a speech before dying. And when they do, it can run the full gamut from {{Narm}} to some of the most [[TearJerker touching]] and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming memorable]] scenes in media.

* [[spoiler:Hansel]] in ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' gets to deliver a truly epically creepy dying speech, bleeding away on the pavement of Roanapur. Not only is the content truly AxCrazy, [[spoiler:but midway in, the voice starts switching from Hansel to Gretel... and finally to both speaking in chorus with each other.]] The speech's response is a [[HannibalLecture cold-blooded dismissal of all the dying person stands for]] by [[spoiler:Balalaika]].

* Zero's best moment in ''MegaManZero'' are his final words, a ShutUpHannibal, WorldOfCardboardSpeech and sum up exactly what he really was to the world: [[spoiler:A true hero]], showing exactly ''what he's fighting for''. All rolled into these 4 sentences: