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** Taken to its logical extreme in [[WebAnimation/AwesomeSeries Link To the Awesome]] when Link desperately tries to revive his uncle to get an answer, not wanting to accidentally commit incest in the future. "'''Zelda's my WHAT?!'''"

* ''Franchise/DocSavage'': In ''The Men Who Smiled No More'', a chemist Doc has brought out of the emotionless trance is shot through the head just as he is about to tell Doc who hired him.

* In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', after defeating [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Dreadlord]] [[AxCrazy Leraje]], [[BaldBlackLeaderGuy Ismail]] momentarily glances at the wall where the sultan's posse is observing the duel and suddenly realizes who Leraje reminds him of and who thus fits perfectly into [[JerkassGods Nergal's]] prophecy of a traitor being in the [[TheAlliance Grand Alliance]]. This distracts him momentarily, which allows Leraje to regenerate and skewer him. Ismail, realizing he's done for, uses the last of his strength to try to tell the Alliance the identity of the traitor but is decapitated just before he can finish saying the name.

* Parodied in, of all places, a ''Disney'' comic book storyline, namely one by Italian writer/artist Silvia Ziche, known for having a thing for either single-panel jokes or ''[[ArcFatigue lo]][[EndingFatigue ng]]'' {{story arc}}s. During said storyline, ''Il Papero Del Mistero''[[note]] ''The Duck Of Mystery''[[/note]], better known as ''Papernovela''[[note]] ''Duck (Soap) Opera''[[/note]], Scrooge, acting as a typical "landlord" SoapOpera character, is about to tell his family the reward for solving his riddle, he... [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt he doesn't die]] [[NeverSayDie (nor it is said)]], but... ''suddenly becomes voiceless.'' HilarityEnsues.

* In ''Manga/ShonanJunaiGumi'', just as Atsushi is about to reveal Yagyo Atsuki's identity to the Oni-Baku, someone [[ChainPain lassoes his neck with a bike chain]] and knocks him out.

* ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'': Once the player makes it to the surface, he's greeted by a guard. The guard starts to relay a message to you, telling you to "make sure you don't-" before taking a bullet in the back and collapsing at your feet.

* In ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'', the [[HeelFaceTurn defecting]] scientist Clarke mentions numbers that fit into [[BigBad Dragovich's]] plan, but is interrupted by a firefight before he can elaborate. A little later on, while your group is trying to avoid sliding off a roof, Hudson asks him about them again, and Clarke begins telling him... and then he is shot in the head.
-->'''Hudson''': "What about the numbers, Clarke!?''"
-->'''Clarke''': "Ahhhhhh yes........the numbers...............they're the key to-- *headshot*

* Used in the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Mystery Train" where Colonel Candycorn was about to reveal who his enemy was.

* The second ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' Film/JamesBond parody "For Black Eyes Only." Stan and Tearjerker (Roger) try to interrogate the location of Black Villain (Principal Lewis) out of Tchochkie Schmear (Klaus). He finally relents, leading to the over-the-top line "The thing that you do not know about the location of Black Villain that I do is..." and is promptly assassinated.

* In the ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' episode "The Duh Vinci Code", Animatronio tells the Planet Express crew that "the fountain you seek is -- HURRK!" before he dies. [[spoiler: It turns out that Animatronio was [[FakingTheDead faking his death]].]]
** Another case happens during a showing of ''All My Circuits'' when the son robot character proclaims he found out a secret so shocking "It'll give you an explosive case of amnesia". Just as he reveals it, he short circus and trails on, which wasn't meant to happen and ultimately he has to be replaced, Bender thinks it's part of the show though.
--> '''Bender''': ''(Watching)'' Whomever directing this is a master of suspense!
** And done again in a "What If" episode where Leela wonders what she'd be like if she was more impulsive. She ends up murdering the Professor to claim insurance money left in his will to her then proceed to do so to Hermes, Bender, and Amy (the former two she did to cover up her tracks, the latter she just did out of spite when Amy criticized a bit of her clothing). Zoidberg, trying to solve the mystery, gather Fry, Scuffy, Culbert and Niblet to present his findings. When the latter three point out who they suspect it is, Leela cuts the lights and quickly offs them.

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* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E18TheJediWhoKnewTooMuch "The Jedi Who Knew Too Much"]], an informant was about to tell Ahsoka who was responsible for a plot to bomb the Jedi Temple when she was killed in a way that made Ahsoka look guilty.

* One day, Franchise/{{Batman}} discovers that his parents' killer, Joe Chill, is still alive and kicking and a rising gang leader, and after tormenting him for a while, reveals his SecretIdentity to Chill. Chill freaks out and goes and tells his mob (without revealing the name). His irate mob, realizing that Chill essentially ''created'' Batman, shoot him to the point of near-death. [[WhatAnIdiot It's only then that they realize that they didn't know who exactly Batman was.]] Chill nearly is able to croak it out, but Batman barges in at that moment.

** In the [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Vento Aureo]] part, [[spoiler: Diavolo kills Abbacchio to prevent his Stand from materializing into his face from 1986, only to be a tad little late as Abbacchio used his dying moments to leave Bucciarati's Team a very important clue]].

* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' the smuggler Stephanos Tuesday, who works with Agatha's spies as an informant, is killed just as he says ''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20151218 "Lady Jenka! You have to warn-"]]'' Interestingly he was probably trying to warn Jenka of the ridiculous number of Reverents and others including the king loyal to the Other in the Arguron King's court and they were exposed anyway by killing him right in front of her.

* While not totally played straight, in ''Manga/DetectiveConan'', during one of the mysteries, [[ButtMonkey Takagi]] is going to reveal the man who killed [[FairCop Detective]] [[ActionGirl Sato's]] father on his cell phone. As he's about to tell her the culprits name, a dark shadow appears behind him and slams a rock upon his head, instantly knocking him out as we later learn.

* ''Film/OneFootInHell'': After he tricks Stu into being shot by the {{Posse}}, Mitch is alarmed when someone announces that he is still alive. As sheriff, Mitch pushes his way to the front and pretends to listen to Stu's dying words. Actually, he only does it to make sure no one in the posse is close enough to her waht Stu says, which would have been a denunciation of him.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', when mind-controlled Negi is about to say who he likes most, but Yue and Nodoka stun everyone and drag him away.

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* In law, a "dying declaration" is considered an exception to the rule against hearsay evidence. In one trial, a witness was testifying about someone's last moments:

* ''Literature/{{Oathbringer}}'' (third book of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''): One of the parables from ''The Way of Kings'' involved a dying man telling people that three men had worked together to kill him, but dying before he could say which of the four suspects was innocent. Taravangian says that it probably didn't happen since it's too neat and precise for real life.