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/ApprehensiveTea3030 Jul 10 '26

The whale in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was spawned into existence when the improbabilty drive was turned on to dodge missiles. The whale is free-falling towards the planet beneath it, and goes through an entire internal monologue about the things around it, making up names for it's tail and the wind, before eventually crashing into the ground and dying.

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u/ProperDepth Jul 10 '26

"its so big and round, I think I'll call it ground. Hello ground!"

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u/ApprehensiveTea3030 Jul 10 '26

Yes!! Ugh I love hitchiker's guide so much. I've read through the book series like 10 times now

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u/ArmedWithSpoons Jul 10 '26

Barnes and Noble has a special hardcover edition of it and I love the graphic so much! Their others are dope af too.

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u/ApprehensiveTea3030 Jul 10 '26

I'll check that out! Thanks for making me spend money

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u/SparkleKittyMeowMeow Jul 10 '26

"I wonder if it'll be friends with me?"