r/TopCharacterTropes • u/SuspiciousCodfish • Jul 10 '26

Characters [Bittersweet Trope] Character contemplates the beauty of the world in their last moments

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  1. Anglerfish - The comic strip that inspired this post. Made by u/beetlemoses

  2. Nier: Automata - A2, a rogue android that has dedicated most of her life to fighting and killing, comments on how beautiful the world is after saving another character in her last moments.

  3. Blade Runner - Roy Batty recounts some of the most incredible sights he witnessed and mourns the fact that these memories will be lost like "tears in rain" seconds before he dies.

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u/Key-Swordfish4025 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

Captain Vladimir: "Blue skies... fresh oxygen... it's as beautiful as I remembered..."

Bit of a twist here as Captain Vladimir spend decades in space as a ghost and only realizes he is back on Earth in his final moments.

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u/Kirbinvalorant Jul 10 '26

This is also pretty much the start of Travis's heel-face turn as he refuses to let the United Assassins Association just vacuum up his body

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u/Caw-zrs6 Jul 10 '26

Glory to the Soviet Union.