History Main / TooYoungToDieLamentation

* In ''Anime/SailorMoon'', the heroines are about to leave for the Arctic to face Queen Beryl, and start to think about the very real possibility of not coming back and how young they are at the time. They don´t expressly lament about sex but they do think about who they, even Ami, might have wanted to kiss before having to go and fight.

* In ''VideoGame/Persona2 Eternal Punishment'', when the group is knocked out by the JOKER and transferred to Philemon's realm, 24-year-old Ulala wonders if she's dead.

* Parodied during Scrooge's [[spoiler:fake]] funeral in the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' episode "The 87 Cent Solution!", where Donald is seen crying over his casket and proclaiming "he was too young!" Bear in mind that Scrooge was [[LongLived 152]] at this point.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'': Invoked by Billy Quizboy, who makes this argument against being the human test subject for Rusty's ShrinkRay. Rusty being, well, [[DesignatedHero Rusty,]] This naturally doesn't work, and he replies that it makes him the perfect test subject. Arguing that as a virgin, his death would count as [[CrossesTheLineTwice an extremely late-term abortion.]]

* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' is about [[GirlsWithGuns little girls]] who have been converted via cybernetics into SuperSoldier assassins [[BlessedWithSuck at the cost of a much shorter lifespan]], so none of them will ever become adults. In one scene Angelica is in hospital and the other girls have come to visit her. Depressed because her handler has rejected her, Angelica starts crying that they are all going to die without knowing anything about life. Her friends just stand [[ElephantInTheLivingRoom embarrassed]] until [[BewareTheQuietOnes Claes]] [[TalkToTheFist punches Angelica in the face]].

* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' is about [[GirlsWithGuns female children who have been converted via cybernetics into SuperSoldier assassins, but at the cost of a much shorter lifespan, so none of them will ever become adults. In one scene Angelica is in hospital and the other girls have come to visit her. Depressed because her handler has rejected her, Angelica starts crying out that they are all going to die without knowing anything about life. Her friends just stand their [[ElephantInTheLivingRoom embarrassed]] until [[BewareTheQuietOnes Claes]] [[TalkToTheFist punches Angelica in the face]].

** One example considered to be the most infamous was in the Season 4's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS4E22Deadline Deadline]]", where Lindsay Hughes, teenaged daughter of state senator Warren Hughes, is BuriedAlive in a coffin with a short supply of air (in an attempt by that episode's bad guy to extort millions from her father). After a commercial break –- the senator had just been given false information as to where his daughter is buried –- the scene focuses on the daughter, having been buried for several hours. The thought of what was likely going through her mind at that moment –- very likely, contemplating her death, never being with friends again, getting married and having children, being denied her dreams and goals in life, and the fact that if by lucky chance she is rescued, she will live with PTSD for the rest of her life and face the evil man that did this to her in court –- is downright chilling, frightening and nightmarish. She barely survived after she was exhumed.

** One example considered to be the most infamous was in the Season 4's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS4E22Deadline Deadline]]", where Lindsay Hughes, teenaged daughter of state senator Warren Hughes, is BuriedAlive in a coffin with a short supply of air (in an attempt by that episode's bad guy to extort millions from her father). After a commercial break –- the senator had just been given false information as to where his daughter is buried –- the scene focuses on the daughter, having been buried for several hours. The thought of what was likely going through her mind at that moment –- very likely, contemplating her death, never being with friends again, getting married and having children, being denied her dreams and goals in life, and the fact that if by lucky chance she is rescued, she will live with PTSD for the rest of her life and face the evil man that did this to her in court –- is downright chilling, frightening and nightmarish.
** Another nightmarish example is Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E16SixHours 6 Hours]]", which detailed another frightened teenager, Heather Preston, being kidnapped by her [[BodyguardBetrayal deranged traitorous bodyguard, McNeely]], taken to an AbandonedWarehouse and strapped into an old broken electric chair placed in front of a [[RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts shotgun that will pop up to kill her]] [[RaceAgainstTheClock within]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin six hours]] on [[MurderDotCom live]] [[TelevisedTorture television]] unless her father paid a ransom. To make things go FromBadToWorse, [=McNeely=] had no plans to release Heather after the ransom was paid, but instead let the whole world watch in full view of her praying and screaming for help while he flees the country. [[spoiler:As usual, Walker shows up just in time as the timer nears zero, and at the literal last second during the final fight, [[BulletproofHumanShield he turns McNeely around]] so [[HoistByHisOwnPetard he is killed by his own deathtrap]].]]

** One example considered to be the most infamous was in the Season 4's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS4E22Deadline Deadline]]", where Lindsay Hughes, teenaged daughter of state senator Warren Hughes, is buried alive in a coffin with a short supply of air (in an attempt by that episode's bad guy to extort millions from her father). After a commercial break –- the senator had just been given false information as to where his daughter is buried –- the scene focuses on the daughter, having been buried for several hours. The thought of what was likely going through her mind at that moment –- very likely, contemplating her death, never being with friends again, getting married and having children, being denied her dreams and goals in life, and the fact that if by lucky chance she is rescued, she will live with PTSD for the rest of her life and face the evil man that did this to her in court –- is downright chilling, frightening and nightmarish.

** One example considered to be the most infamous was in the Season 4's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS4E22Deadline Deadline]]", where Lindsay Hughes, teenaged daughter of state senator Warren Hughes, is buried alive in a coffin with a short supply of air (in an attempt by that episode's bad guy to extort millions from her father). After a commercial break –- the senator had just been given false information as to where his daughter is buried –- the scene focuses on the daughter, having been buried for several hours. The thought of what was likely going through her mind at that moment –- very likely, contemplating her death, never being with friends again, getting married and having children, and being denied her dreams and goals in life –- is downright chilling, frightening and nightmarish.

* In ''Anime/Sailor Moon'', the heroines are about to leave for the Arctic to face Queen Beryl, and start to think about the very real possibility of not coming back and how young they are at the time. They don´t expressly lament about sex but they do think about who they, even Ami, might have wanted to kiss before having to go and fight.

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'''Boober:''' ''[holding an ice pack to his head]'' [[OwMyBodyPart Ohhh, my hair is killing me!]] And my voice is disgusting! [[TooYoungToDieLamentation Ohhh, I'm too young to die!]]\\

'''Boober:''' Ohhh, my hair is killing me! And my voice is disgusting! Ohhh, I'm too young to die!\\

-->'''Boober:''' Ohhh, my hair is killing me! And my voice is disgusting! Ohhh, I'm too young to die!\\
'''Wembley:''' Me, too!\\

* “Seventeen”, an essay by John J. Berrio about the post-mortem reflections of a teenaged driver who had just been killed in a car accident. Focusing on driver safety and responsibility, the teen recalls how he boasted that driving was a sign of freedom and he could take chances, but now that he has paid the price of reckless driving with his life, he can see that he will be losing out on life and its many opportunities and that he has left behind many grieving family and friends. As he is being buried, he begs God for another chance, vowing to do better: “Please God, don’t take me ... I’m only 17!” In the years since its original publication – Berrio wrote the piece in 1967, reportedly after a friend lost his son in a car accident – "Seventeen" (aka "Dead At Seventeen", "Please God, I'm Only Seventeen" and other titles) has appeared multiple times in advice columns (including Dear Abby, Ann Landers (and its successor, Annie's Mailbox) and Dr. Robert Wallace's 'Tween 12 and 20, always at the request of parents and teachers who want to impart driving safety onto teenagers), and has been adapted into both musical prose and television specials.
* This is the central source of tension in the second ''Literature/YoungWizards'' novel, ''Deep Wizardry''. The protagonist accidentally signs herself up for a HeroicSacrifice and gets practically a whole page of quite lovely verse on the central dilemma: "Not old enough to love as yet, / But old enough to die indeed." [[spoiler: Averted in the end when the guy who eventually performs the HeroicSacrifice is really, really old - like just-out-of-the-Primordial-Slime old.]]

** One example considered to be the most infamous was in the Season 4's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS4E22Deadline Deadline]]", where Lindsay Hughes, teenaged daughter of state senator Warren Hughes, is buried alive in a coffin with a short supply of air (in an attempt by that episode's bad guy to extort millions from her father). After a commercial break – the senator had just been given false information as to where his daughter is buried – the scene focuses on the daughter, having been buried for several hours. The thought of what was likely going through her mind at that moment – very likely, contemplating her death, never being with friends again, getting married and having children, and being denied her dreams and goals in life – is downright chilling, frightening and nightmarish.

* ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'': In various different situations where The Chipmunks fear they may die - such as being trapped in a burning house, or are about to crash into an oncoming vehicle - Alvin will exclaim that he's too young, too handsome, too talented, too popular, et al to die. On one occasion, he even adds having a full head of hair as a reason for being too young to die.

** In “Radio Bart,” when emergency personnel refuse to rescue Bart from being trapped in a well (after he admits he pulled a hoax on the town), he is resigned to possibly dying alone in the well and not getting a chance to do the things he wants to do someday: “Smoke a cigarette, use a fake I.D., shave a swear word in my hair ... .”
** When everyone on Burns' yacht gets hijacked by RuthlessModernPirates, Moe is sure they're all going to die and laments, "I never even tasted cantaloupe!"

** Another nightmarish example is Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E16SixHours 6 Hours]]", which detailed another frightened teenager, Heather Preston, being kidnapped by her [[BodyguardBetrayal deranged traitorous bodyguard, McNeely]], taken to an AbandonedWarehouse and strapped into an old broken electric chair placed in front of a [[RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts shotgun that will pop up to kill her]] [[RaceAgainstTheClock within]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin six hours]] on [[MurderDotCom live]] [[TelevisedTorture television]] unless her father paid a ransom. To make things go FromBadToWorse, [=McNeely=] had no plans to release Heather after the ransom was paid, but instead let the whole world watch in full view of her praying and screaming for help while he flees the country. As usual, Walker shows up just in time as the timer nears zero, [[spoiler:and at the literal last second during the final fight, [[BulletproofHumanShield he turns McNeely around]] so [[HoistByHisOwnPetard he is killed by his own deathtrap]].]]

* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Several episodes where child or teenage victims are in deadly situations, fearing they are about to die (before always being rescued by Walker, natch).
** One example considered to be the most infamous was in the Season 4's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS4E22Deadline Deadline]]", where Lindsay Hughes, teenaged daughter of state senator Warren Hughes, is buried alive in a coffin with a short supply of air (in an attempt by that episode's bad guy to extort millions from her father). After a commercial break – the senator had just been given false information as to where his daughter is buried – the scene focuses on the daughter, having been buried for several hours. The thought of what was likely going through her mind at that moment – very likely, contemplating her death, never being with friends again, getting married and having children, and being denied her dreams and goals in life – is downright chilling, frightening and nightmarish. Of course, Walker saves her JustInTime.

** One example considered to be the most infamous was in the Season 4's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS4E22Deadline Deadline]]", where Lindsay Hughes, teenaged daughter of state senator Warren Hughes, is buried alive in a coffin with a short supply of air (in an attempt by that episode's bad guy to extort millions from her father). After a commercial break – the senator had just been given false information as to where his daughter is buried – the scene focuses on the daughter, having been buried for several hours. The thought of what was likely going through her mind at that moment – very likely, contemplating her death, never being with friends again, getting married and having children, and being denied her dreams and goals in life – is downright chilling, frightening and nightmarish. Of course, Walker saves her in time.
** Another nightmarish example is Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E16SixHours 6 Hours]]", which detailed another frightened teenager, Heather Preston, being kidnapped by her [[BodyguardBetrayal deranged traitorous bodyguard, McNeely]], taken to an AbandonedWarehouse and strapped into an old broken electric chair placed in front of a [[RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts shotgun that will pop up to kill her]] [[RaceAgainstTheClock within]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin six hours]] on [[MurderDotCom live]] [[TelevisedTorture television]] unless her father paid a ransom. To make things go FromBadToWorse, [=McNeely=] had no plans to release Heather after the ransom was paid, but instead let the whole world watch in full view of her praying and screaming for help. As usual, Walker shows up just in time as the timer nears zero, [[spoiler:and at the literal last second during the final fight, [[BulletproofHumanShield he turns McNeely around]] so [[HoistByHisOwnPetard he is killed by his own deathtrap]].]]

** One example considered to be the most infamous was in the Season 4's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS4E22Deadline Deadline", where Lindsay Hughes, teenaged daughter of state senator Warren Hughes, is buried alive in a coffin with a short supply of air (in an attempt by that episode's bad guy to extort millions from her father). After a commercial break – the senator had just been given false information as to where his daughter is buried – the scene focuses on the daughter, having been buried for several hours. The thought of what was likely going through her mind at that moment – very likely, contemplating her death, never being with friends again, getting married and having children, and being denied her dreams and goals in life – is downright chilling, frightening and nightmarish. Of course, Walker saves her in time.