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When a recurring character on a television show is killed off, they often get Famous Last Words. Please only spoiler tag the name of the person who said the quote.


Buffyverse[]

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer
    • "Your shirt..." Tara
    • "This is not orderly...this is not disciplined...you're on my campus, Buddy, and when I say I want quiet I mean..." Principal Snyder right before the Mayor eats him
    • "Well, gosh!" The Mayor right before he gets blown up
    • "Oh, this is no good. This is no good at all." Mr. Trick
    • "What's that do?" The Judge, while facing a rocket launcher
    • "The hardest thing in this world is to live in it. Be brave. Live. For me." Buffy, the second time
    • "Oops!" Lothos in the Big Damn Movie
    • "...us?" Ben. For context, Ben said first "She could have killed me" then Giles said "No, she couldn't. Never. And, sooner or later, Glory will reemerge and make Buffy pay for that mercy. And the world with her. Buffy even knows that, and still she couldn't take a human life. She's a hero, you see. She's not like us." prompting him to respond "us?." Then Giles smothered him with one hand
    • "Angel..." Darla, the second time
    • "Aw, fu-" Vamp Willow
    • "Bunnies. Floppy, hoppy bunnies." Anya, natch.
      • Actually, it's "Andrew!"
  • Angel: "Too bad we'll never know...if this is a face you could learn to love." Doyle
    • "He's gonna kill us." Lilah Morgan
    • "Oh, and you're welcome." Cordelia Chase
    • "Please, Wesley...why can't I stay?" Winifred "Fred" Burkle
    • "You kill me? A flunky?! I'm not just...Angel...kills me. You don't...Angel..." Lindsey McDonald after getting shot by Lorne
    • "I-I love you." Wesley Wyndam-Price
    • "That ain't right." Skip
    • "We did so many terrible things together. So much destruction. So much pain. We can't make up for any of it. You know that, don't you?... This child, Angel, it's the one good thing we ever did together. The only good thing. You make sure to tell him that." Darla, the fourth time
    • "This death is hardly glorious enough." The Groosalugg. While he was on a winged horse. Fighting Illyria in her true form. He got better.
    • (Breatheless) "We are legion, we are forever!" Hamilton, followed by Angel's line in between the final blows: "Then I guess forever....just got a hell of a lot... shorter!"
    • "Let's go to work." Angel. He got better.
    • "How very touching his meaningless death was - but this fight was never for mortals. Ooh...take your best shot, little girl." Cyvus Vail, mistaking Illyria for Fred


Doctor Who[]

  • The Doctors:
    • First Doctor
    • Second Doctor
      • "The War Games": "NO! Stop! You're making me giddy! No, you can't do this to me! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No!"
      • "The Night Walkers": "Fear no more, Hogan... After this dreadful night has passed your scarescrows will not walk again!"
    • Third Doctor:
    • Fourth Doctor
      • "Logopolis": "It's the end. But the moment has been prepared for."
    • Fifth Doctor
      • "The Caves of Androzani": "I might regenerate. I don't know. Feels different this time..." His last words.
      • "Adric?" His last thoughts, as he's regenerating.
    • Sixth Doctor
      • "The Trial of a Time Lord": "Carrot juice!" Well, except in the Doctor Who Expanded Universe...
      • "Spiral Scratch": "Don't cry, Mel. It was my time. Well, maybe not, but it was my time to give. To donate. I've had a good innings you know, seen and done a lot. Can't complain this time. Don't feel cheated." Bit more touching, no?
    • Seventh Doctor
      • "The Enemy Within": "Timing malfunction. The Master! He's out there. I've got to stop him." The Seventh Doctor
    • Ninth Doctor
      • "The Doctor Dances": Lampshaded with "Go to your room. Go to your room! I mean it. I'm very, very angry with you. I'm very, very cross! Go to your room!" When it succeds, he says "I'm really glad that worked. Those would have been terrible last words."
      • "The Parting of the Ways": "You were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And you know what? So was I!"
    • Tenth Doctor
      • "The Stolen Earth": "I'm sorry... It's too late... I'm regenerating!", said before what would turn out to be an averted regeneration.
      • "The End of Time (Part II)": "I don't want to go."
    • Eleventh Doctor
      • The Doctor got two in the dream worlds of "Amy's Choice"
        • Rory's Dream: "Okay... Okay!"
        • The Doctor's Dream: "Because I know who he is!"
      • "The Big Bang": "Geronimo." The Eleventh Doctor, technically his last text transmission in the original universe.
      • "Live well. Love Rory. Bye-bye, Pond." Last spoken words before his Heroic Sacrifice, that is undone moments later
        • "The Almost People": "Geronimo." The Eleventh Doctor's Ganger.
  • Companions:
    • "The Daleks' Master Plan": "You show me so many strange mysteries. With you, I know I'm safe." Katarina
    • "Sara!" Bret Vyon
    • "The Daleks' Master Plan" (again): "Doctor..." Sara Kingdom
    • "Earthshock": "Now I'll never know if I was right." Adric
    • "The Parting of the Ways" "EXTERMINATE!" "I kinda figured that." Jack Harkness. But he gets better. Much better.
    • "School Reunion": "You bad dog." "Affirmative!" Mr. Finch and K9 mk III, respectively.
    • "Journey's End": "Don't make me go back, no, please! Don't make me go back!" said by Donna Noble. While she didn't technically die, the person she had become certainly did.
    • A more straightforward one from "Forest Of The Dead": "Shhhhh....spoilers." River Song
    • "Amy's Choice": "Look after our baby." Rory. He got better.
    • "Cold Blood": "This can't be the end! I was on the hill with you! You were beautiful" Rory, right before dying and getting time-nommed. He got better.
    • "The Doctor's Wife": "I love you..." The TARDIS' human form.
    • Older Amy in 'The Girl Who Waited': "Show me Earth. Show me home. ...Did I ever tell you about this boy I met there? He pretended to be in a band..."
  • The Master
    • The Dark Path:
    • The Keeper of Traken: "A new body at last."
    • First Frontier:
    • The Glorious Dead:
    • Utopia: "Killed by an insect... a girl! How inappropriate. Still, not to worry! If the Doctor can be young and strong... then so will I! The Master... reborn!"
    • Last of the Time Lords: "How about that? I WIN! Will it stop Doctor? The drumming, will it stop?"
    • The End of Time: "You did this to me! All of my life! You made me! One!...Two!...Three!...Four!"
  • Others:
    • "Dalek": "Exterminate." the Dalek (spoken softly before committing suicide, so it counts).
    • "The Enemy of the World": "And now I'm going to kill you." Ramón
    • "Gridlock": "You are not alone." The Face of Boe, possibly Jack Harkness.
    • "Bad Wolf": "Oh, my masters. You can kill me...for I've brought your destruction." The Controller.
    • "The Stolen Earth": "You know nothing of any human. And that will be your downfall." Harriet Jones, Former Prime Minister
      • Yes, we know who she is.
    • "The Unicorn and the Wasp:" "What are you doing with that lead piping?" - Professor Peach, in the library
    • "Utopia": "The Master....REEEEBORRRRRN!" Professor Yana/The Fifth Master
    • "The Last of the Time Lords": "Will it stop, Doctor? The drumming? Will it ever stop?" Harold Saxon/The Sixth Master
      • "The End of Time (Part 2)": "You did this to me! All of my life! You! Made! Me! ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!!!" Harold Saxon/The Sixth Master. Again.
      • " 'Till death do us part, Harry!" Lucy Saxon
    • Put to very creepy effect in "Silence in the Library"/"The Forest of the Dead":
      • "Hey! Who turned out the lights?"
      • "Ice cream. Ice cream. Ice crea ..." Worse when it starts to sound like "I Scream."
      • "We should go now, Doctor!" Salamander
      • "I really did try." Fedorin
      • "If you'll forgive me, I'm really rather hungry." Alexander Denes
      • "I can only die once. And someone's beaten you to it." Fariah
      • "Promise you'll bring them to the surface. Swear it... You've got to swear it..." Swann
      • "Well, if I'm going to die, Salamander, you'll die with me!" Giles Kent
      • "Arrest him! Arrest him! Arrest him!" The delegate from Beaus
      • "You cannot kill me!" Mavic Chen
    • Victory of the Daleks: "WE ARE REA-DY!" The last of the Crucible Daleks
    • From Paradise Towers:
      • "No, I can't see anything." Tabby
      • "Fibbing now, is it? I hate little fibbers." Tilda
      • "Oh do you? And suppose I won't give it to you?" Chief Caretaker
      • "I... I think we ought to hurry, Great Architect. Please, let's hurry." Pex
      • "There was nothing wrong with it when I built it, unless unless humanoid creatures have damaged it." Kroagnon
    • From The Web Planet: "You have not the power... Power! Master them! Master theeeem!" The Animus
    • "A Good Man Goes to War": "Rory, I am a nurse" Commander Strax
    • "The Poison Sky": "Sontar-HA!" Luke
  • Torchwood
    • "I know you don't want to shoot." Owen, the first time
    • "It's all right. Really, Tosh. It's all right. Oh God..." Owen, the second time, on the phone with Tosh
    • "I couldn't save him". Tosh
    • "Captain, my captain. Do you want to know a secret? There's something moving in the dark and it's coming, Jack Harkness. It's coming for you." Suzie Costello, also her second time. It's that kind of show.
    • "1,000 years time? You won't remember me." Ianto, to the unwillingly immortal Jack Harkness
    • "Susie, keep running, I'm coming to get you! RUN FASTER! FASTER!" Oswald Danes, addressing the little girl he raped and murdered


Kamen Rider[]

  • Kamen Rider Ryuki
    • "I never thought I'd hear you speak like that to me.... It's a little..." Shinji Kido in response to Ren begging him not to die.
    • " Ren... You didn't have an answer too, did you? You fought to find an answer. I'll fight too to find that answer you were searching for." Shinji in the 13 Riders Special ending, moments before charging into a group of Riders, all of who have prepared their Final Vents against him.
    • "By the way, the weather's pretty bad today, huh? I can't see Goro-chan's face." Shuichi Kitaoka, on a sunny day, walking past Goro before succumbing to his illness.
    • " Sensei... I'll buy something good to bring back home. Goro Yura after failing in attempt to kill Asakura in Kitaoka's place.
    • "Why did this have to happen? I.... I..... I just wanted to be happy." Mitsuru Sano, left to dissolved in the Mirror World
    • " Brother, you're a fool. But I really do love you... Brother." Yui Kanzaki to Shiro Kanzaki before dying from having comitted suicide.
    • "The Final Rider... is you!" Kamen Rider Odin to Ren after being destroyed by Shiro Kanzaki for the last time.
  • Kamen Rider Double:
  • Kamen Rider OOO
    • "It can't be... My Cores... My...!" Ankh (Lost), proceeding to explode.
    • "It was almost in my hands' grasp... Everything was mine..." Kazari, dissolving into a pile of medals.
    • "Am I finished? That wasn't enough! [After being asked why] Because I'm a Greeed." Mezool, dying in Gamel's arms.
    • "Mezool... Here. For you." Gamel, holding a candy flower he gave to a Mezool in an earlier episode out to one of her Core Medals.
    • "Stop it! Please stop! Someone please save me!" Uva, before transforming into the Medal Vessel.
    • "My ending... It completes me." Dr. Maki as he becomes a black hole.
    • "I'm no longer the hand that you should be grasping." Ankh as his consciousness disappears from his broken Core.


Merlin[]

  • "Pity. Together we could have ruled the world." Nimueh
  • "Oh yes. YES! Oh yes. Oh yes. H-Hello Ladies." Cedric...possibly?
  • "We're not leaving you behind." Aglain
  • "And you've been at court... all this time... at Arthur's side. How you've managed to decieve him. I am impressed Merlin. Perhaps we're more alike than you think." Agravaine...possibly?


Power Rangers[]

  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers:
    • "Oh no! I'm falling... falling... what a world...!" Witchblade
  • Power Rangers in Space:
    • " Darkonda ... you traitor!" Dark Specter
    • " Andros, listen to me. It is your duty as a Power Ranger to save the universe. Now is the time." Zordon
    • "DON'T!" Ecliptor
  • Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
    • "Thank you, son, for showing me the way. This is for you, Zika!" Magna Defender
    • "You've learned nothing." Villamax, after Trakeena notes he may have taught her to fight too well.
  • Power Rangers Wild Force
    • "That won't help you! YAAAH!" Plug Org
    • "(sarcastically): Oh, I'm so scared!" Turbine Org
    • "AAAAAAARGH!!! NOOOOOOOOO!!!" Barbed Wire Org
    • "Not my film!" Camera Org
    • "Oh...! This isn't fair! Let me outta here!" Bell Org
    • "Why, you...!" Tire Org
    • "I'VE BEEN BREACHED! I think I'm gonna sink...!" Ship Org
    • "Now I'm getting mad!" Cell Phone Org
    • "Lucky hit... big deal!" Bulldozer Org
    • "Got you right where I want you!" Freezer Org. He froze himself to freeze the Wild Force Kongazord. He summarily shattered, while the Kongazord was left frozen.
    • "Wait... who are you?" Retinax. He was defeated by the Wild Force Megazord, but he survived, returning to normal size. He was discovered by Dr. Viktor Adler, a.k.a. Master Org, who executed him so that his true identity would not be revealed to his suspicious lackeys, Jindrax and Toxica. He is later resurrected as a ghost warrior.
    • "OWW-HOW-HOW! MY NOSE!" Vacuum Cleaner Org
    • "AAAAH...! Thank you for riding with us..." Bus Org
    • "You couldn't beat me when I was a scooter! How are you going to beat me now that I'm turbo-charged?!" Motorcycle Org
    • "But it's my lawn!" Lawnmower Org. He is killed by Zen-Aku, who begins to regain control of his true self: Merrick.
    • "NEVER!" Nayzor. He is killed by Merrick Baliton, the Lunar Wild Force Ranger. He is later brought back as a ghost warrior.
    • "Come on!" Karaoke Org
    • "The lights are back on, and you Rangers are on the spot!" Signal Org
    • "YOU... HAVEN'T... WON THE GAME... YET!" Bowling Org
    • "Never mess with an angry bride!" Wedding Dress Org
    • "It'll take more than that to stop me!" Samurai Org
    • "Spirits! Don't leave me!" Tombstone Org
    • "YOU'LL PAY, RANGERS!!!" Super Nayzor
    • "My horn! You cut off my horn!" Zen-Aku. He gets better, but is reformed.
    • "Let me go! Put me down!" Flute Org
    • "How about a little Megazord shish-kabob?!" Juggelo
    • "THINK FAST--!" Lion Tamer Org
    • "Oh, man! I think I... blew a fuse! (sputters) What's that tingling sensation?!" Monitor Org
    • "DESTROY ZORDS!" Toy Org
    • "Forgive me, Mondo! I have failed you... AND THE EMPIRE!" General Venjix. He is destroyed along with Serpentera.
    • "Mandilok... you didn't really mean that, did you...?" Toxica. She had cut off her horn to ward off the effects of sacred water, but when a Duke (or Duchess) Org's horn is severed, they are severely weakened and lose their powers. She asked this before Mandilok uses her as a meat shield to protect himself from the Wild Force Rangers' Jungle Blaster. She dies from this attack. Thankfully, she is revived later on, and makes a Heel-Face Turn.
    • "I am the strongest Org! I BOW TO NO ONE!" Mandilok. The traitorous General Org is killed by the returning Master Org. He is revived as a ghost warrior later.
    • "You'll pay for this!" Onikage. He is killed by the Pegasus Megazord.
    • "Another combination? You'll go down, just like the others!" Locomotive Org
    • "THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE! THEY CAN'T BE HERE! I DESTROYED THE WILDZORDS!" Master Org. His body is obliterated by the combined efforts of the Wildzords, who use a powerful Ultra Roar to vaporize his body. His regenerative heart is then sliced in half by the Wild Force Rangers with their Jungle Sword.
  • Power Rangers Jungle Fury
    • "You've destroyed my shiny armor! Oh, the shame!" Pangolin
    • "You may have won this battle... but this is far from over." Carnisoar
    • "IMPOSSIBLE! I AM INVINCIBLE! NO ONE IS STRONGER THAN GRIZZZAKKKAAAA!!!" Grizzaka
    • "Correction; My Phantom Beasts. I have been loyal to you for centuries, taught you all I know. My training made you stronger. And how do you repay me? By hunting me down determined to destroy me. Well, mighty Dai Shi, it is you who is finished. Destroy him... oh, and the lizard, too." Jellica before being betrayed and destroyed by the Phantom Beast Generals
    • "Dai Shi has proven to be my enemy. You... you have proven to be my friend. You must destroy them for all tigers...!" Whiger before fading away
  • Power Rangers RPM
    • "I'm losing altitude. This is Eagle One's last transmission. Scott -" Marcus Truman, Scott's brother.
    • "As I've always said: you put a human against a machine, the machine will win every time." Kilobyte, just before getting blown up by the Rangers' blaster. "Check out this machine!"
  • Power Rangers Samurai
    • "Eh heh heh... Trying to get away, eh?" Tooya
    • "COME ON!" Scorpionic
    • "Oh, no! I'm all punched-out! Uh-oh...!" Rofer
    • "Is it too late to cut a deal? (gets slashed) WHOA! I guess I should take that as a 'no!'" Doubletone
    • "OH, SHOOT!!! Next time, use less, 'cause ya just made me useless!" Dreadhead
    • "YIKES!!! MY INSULTS BACKFIRED!" Negatron
    • "OHHHHHHHHH...! MAN, THIS STINKS!" Yamiror
    • "I CAN'T BE BEAT! I'M THE BADDEST OF THE BAAAAAAAAAAAD!" Madimot
    • "This is despair! This isn't delightful at all!" Desperaino
    • "Hey, now! Come on...!" Vulpes
    • "Ack! Now THAT'S cold!" Steeleto
    • "This isn't cold! It's FREEZING!" Antberry
    • "Uh-oh!" Splitface

Stargate[]

  • Stargate SG-1
    • "Don't give up..." General Landry in Unending. He got better
    • "There's something I need to tell you..." "Shh. I know." Vala Mal Doran and Daniel Jackson in Unending, respectively. They also got better.
    • "I want to wake up as me or not at all." Kawalsky, probably his last words as himself. In case you're wondering, the last words the Goa'uld possessing him spoke were "Jaffa! Kal Shak!"
    • "I die free." -Every Free Jaffa ever. And it's so epic.
    • "Colonel!" Sam Carter in The Nox. She got better.
    • "Thank you. I also wish to blow us all to hell." Sam Carter in There But for the Grace of God. She didn't really get better, but alternate realities were involved, so we had a spare.
    • It's in a movie, but "It'll have to do! We can't hold it much..." Daniel Jackson. He got better.
    • "But I'm so interesting!" Nerus. He wasn't enough of a major character to get better.
  • Stargate Atlantis
    • "I'll be right behind you." Sam Carter. Guess what? She got better.
    • "Are we done?" "Yeah." Todd the Wraith and Ronan Dex, respectively. Again, they got better.
    • "We just made the hand off." Carson Beckett. He sorta got better.


Star Trek[]

  • Star Trek: The Original Series
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation
    • "You are a sham! My words were dust upon the ground! Your blood has no fire! You are weak like them! I don't care what you look like, YOU ARE NO KLINGON!" Korris, "Heart of Glory"
    • "Enough! We have people who need attention. We won't hurt you, but we must help them!" Tasha Yar, "Skin of Evil"
      • "Hailing frequencies closed, sir." The last words in Tasha's holo-recording played at her memorial service
    • "I'm the only one Worf - the only one who can prove your innocence. Kill me and you're a traitor forever." Duras, "Reunion"
    • "The battle does not go well, Enterprise. We are attempting to retreat and regroup. We will rendezvous at-" Admiral Hanson, "The Best of Both Worlds" part 2
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
    • "Our baby would have been so beautiful." Jadzia Dax, to Worf, "Tears of the Prophets"
    • "You will not have this day..." Chancellor Gowron, after losing a duel to Worf, "Tacking Into the Wind"
    • "Keep-" Damar, "What You Leave Behind"


Supernatural[]

  • "You!" Mary Winchester. First death of the series, too.
  • "Sunrise." Human!Meg's clue to the brothers about where John is.
  • "Don't be scared, Dean." John Winchester.
  • "Not only does this almost definitely help you find your brother, this is…it’s huge. So get here. Now." Ash to Dean over the phone.
  • "What are you doing? Holy-" Poor, poor Andy.
  • "Yeah, I’m sorry, Sam. But it’s over." Ava Wilson.
  • "Dean!" Sam. He got better.
  • "Please... don't. Please." Jake Talley, before Sam shoots him. Three times.
  • "I knew I kept you alive for some reason. Until now, anyway. I couldn't have done it without your pathetic, self-loathing, self-destructive desire to sacrifice yourself for your family." Azazel.
  • "Now get out of here." Henriksen to Sam'n'Dean before Lilith arrives.
  • "Because just maybe you can kill the bitch." Bela Talbot, just before the hellhounds got her.
  • "So is this your big plan, huh? Drag me to hell, kill Sam and then what? Become queen bitch?" Dean. He gets better too.
  • "I can feel what's inside of you. If you think you have good intentions, think again." Pamela Barnes' final warning to Sam about his powers.
  • "Oh, go ahead. Send me back, if you can." Alastair. For the record, he was challenging Sam to exorcise him back to Hell-right before Sam announced that now he can kill.
  • "You haven't even met the man! There is no will, no wrath, no God." Uriel.
  • "It's the archangel! I'll hold them off, I'll hold them all off! Just stop Sam!" Castiel. He got better.
  • "You turned yourself into a freak. A monster. And now you're not gonna bite? I'm sorry, but that is honestly adorable." Lilith.
  • "You're too late." Ruby, before Dean guts her with her own knife.
  • "Mom, no." Jo Harvelle.
  • "You can go straight back to Hell, you ugly bitch!" Ellen Harvelle as she blows herself and a pack of hellhounds up.
  • "Michael." Anna Milton.
  • "No one makes us do anything." The Trickster/Gabriel before being stabbed by his brother, Lucifer.
  • "Uh... no?" Castiel. Again. He got better. Again.
  • "It's alright, Sam." Samuel Campbell, before Sam shoots him.
  • "Cas...?" Balthazar as he is stabbed by Castiel in the season six finale.
  • "Idjits." Bobby Singer, of course.
  • "Here's to running into you guys on the other side. Only - not too soon, alright?" Bobby Singer's ghost
  • "Did you really think you could trump me? Dick Roman


  • 24
    • " Good luck."Ira Gaines
    • " It's time." George Mason
    • " I do." Nina Myers
    • " I can't. I can't." Ryan Chapelle
    • " It's all right. Really." David Palmer
    • " Chloe?" Edgar Stiles
    • " That's the way it works." Christopher Henderson
    • " I can't let this animal live." Curtis Manning
    • " I would never betray you Dad. I love you." Graem Bauer.
    • " You're not going to die. Not here. Not with me." Phillip Bauer.
    • "I don't intend to be Mr. Tippit forever." Jonas Hodges
    • "What do you want me to do?" Dana Walsh. Bauer responded with "Nothing. Nothing"
  • Alias: "You beat death, Arvin, but you couldn't beat me." Jack Bristow, right before detonating explosives that would imprison his now-immortal enemy Sloane in an underground cavern forever.
  • Arrested Development
    • "I hate White Power Bill." White Power Bill
  • Babylon 5 has the famous last words of the last Xon, a species that once fought the Centauri for dominance of their mutual homeworld: "AAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHHHH!"
    • "Sun's coming up." John Sheridan
  • Battlestar Galactica
    • "Frak you." Admiral Helena Cain. Extra irony because the person shooting her is Gina, her former lover. Gina: You're not my type.
    • "It stopped." Felix Gaeta, referring to the phantom pain in his amputated leg. Fitting — if depressing — as he had been the subject of a long and torturous Break the Cutie.
    • "Frak!" John Cavil, immediately before blowing his brains out as his plans collapsed around him rather than submit, defeated.
    • "So much life." Laura Roslin, as she's being flown over the plains of Africa in Adama's Raptor.
    • "I'll see you on the other side." Sam Anders.
  • Blackadder
    • "The Black Dagger! May his name last as long as our dynasty!" Richard IV. And it certainly did.
    • "And now, at last, I shall be King of..." Edmund, at the end of The Black Adder.
    • "Oh, damn, I must have left it on the dresser!" Prince George at the end of Blackadder the Third
    • "Good luck everyone." Edmund, at the end of Blackadder Goes Forth.
  • Blakes Seven
    • "Oh, Avon." An infinitely disappointed Roj Blake
    • "BLAKE!" Cally
    • "Sorry." Vila
    • "I am sorry. I have failed you." Zen. (As Vila said: "He never mentioned himself before. In all the time I've know him, he never once said the word "I"."
  • Boardwalk Empire
    • "You'll get through it. All you gotta worry about is when you run out of booze, and you run out of company, and the only person left to judge you is your-" Jimmy Darmody
  • Breaking Bad
    • "Unlock me, Walter." Krazy 8.
    • "Tell me what you did!!!" Tuco Salamanca.
    • "Too easy." Marcel Salamanca
    • "Tell me what's happening!" Juan Bolsa.
    • "You don't have to do this..." Gale Boetticher
    • "At the end of the day, all his bullshit aside, it's called a cook, 'cause everything comes down to following a recipe. Simple, complicated, steps never change. And I know every step." Victor.
    • "You..." Don Eladio.
    • "This is crazy, Skylar would never do this to me!" Ted Beneke.
    • "Last chance to look at me, Hector." Gustavo Fring.
  • Burn Notice
    • "I think it's best that you run along." Gilroy
  • Chuck
    • "Chuck, you have to do this. You have to destroy that computer, and then you get out of here..." Bryce Larkin
    • "Pussy." Emmett Milbarge
    • "No, Chuck, I can. You can't." Daniel Shaw.
    • "You're special, son. Always remember... that you're special." Steven Bartowski, a.k.a. Orion
    • "Did I just get... shot? I certainly did." Agent Rye
    • "So I suggest you get your hands off of me and get a little head start, because soon people will be hunting Chuck they way they hunted Bin Laden. Go." Clyde Decker
    • "Then we die together." Nicholas Quinn
  • Criminal Minds
    • "Bring it on." Jacob Dawes's, the unsub in "Riding the Lightning," intended last words
    • "I know." Haley Hotchner
    • "THAT! DIDN'T! HURT!" Robert Adams, the unsub in "Painless"
  • Damages
    • " I always wanted to work with you Patty. But not anymore." Ray Fiske
    • " Shit." Rick Messer
    • " I did it. I killed your men. And you know what? I'd do it again. I'd do it agai-" Jerry Boorman
  • Dead Like Me
    • "Oh, shit." George
    • "Why did no one ever love me?" Daisy, Daisy Adair. Technically last thoughts, but still...
  • Desperate Housewives:
    • "Why should I? Your wife didn't kill herself because I wrote a note. She killed herself because of what she did to that poor baby. But rest assured, I'm praying for Mary Alice. After what she did, she'll need all of our prayers." Martha Huber
    • "Tell my son his wife is cheating on him." Juanita Solis
    • "We need to phone an ambulance." George Williams
    • "Come on, Carlos! Back in the house! You'll get hurt out here!" Victor Lang
    • "I'm going to tell him before...before you do something stupid." Edie Britt
    • "You bitch!" Patrick Logan
  • Dexter is usually the only one to hear these:
    • "You're the one who needs setting free, little brother. Your life is a lie. People you've been..." Brian Moser
    • "Don't do this." Lila Tournay
    • "No! Turn that off! No! Do you understand, this is murder?! Open this fuckin' door, this is fuckin' murder!" James Doakes, said to Lila
    • "You little freak! You think I'm done with you? You think this ends here?! IT DOESN'T!" Miguel Prado
    • "I'll give her all the love I have to give, as long as we both shall live..." Arthur Mitchell
    • "Oh, and I know you're not into this stuff, but the moon tonight is gonna be amazing. So take a moment; you deserve it. I love you, bye." Rita Bennett Morgan. Not her actual last words, but the last words we hear from her before Dexter discovers her body.
    • "I watched you so carefully the last time you were here. You used to just cower and cry!" Jordan Chase
  • Dinosaurs
    • "Eeggh! Aaggh! I'm dying, you idiot!" The Chief Elder
    • "You see, son? Dinosaurs have been around here for more than 150 million years! It's not like if we're all gonna... (pause) ...disappear..." Earl Sinclair
    • "This is Howard Handupme signing off for the very last time... Good night... ...and goodbye..." Howard Handupme
  • Dollhouse
    • "When we were together, you made me feel like a real person." Mellie/November
    • "He's remarkable." Bennett Halverson
    • "I try to be my best." Boyd Langton
    • "Hey, hey, hey, it's okay, you're gonna be--" Paul Ballard
    • "Huh." Topher Brink
  • Farscape:
    • "Kiss me..." Gilina.
    • "I insist you reverse the control collar anesthetic and reawaken this Leviathan at once!" Moya's original pilot, before being executed.
    • "Ready." Stark, while being "dispersed" by the Plokavians.
    • "When I am finished with you, Dominar, death himself will pray for you!" Selto Durka.
    • "That's right- I'll explode if you shoot me! Good-bye Zhaan. This is not your fault... I always knew it had to end like this. Teurac.
    • "My female! My female! D'Argo, you must go back to her! You must tell her..." Rorf.
    • "Oh, what a waste..." Zelkin, after getting shot in the groin.
    • "Crichton! Cri-" Aeryn Sun.
    • "I have never before released my bristles to kill. Your forgiveness." Pathfinder Neeyala.
    • "Peace of mind, peace of spirit, peace of soul... Goodbye my love." Pau Zhaan, speaking telepathically to Stark after her long Final Speech to the others.
    • "Do you think that neural clones go to heaven? Well wherever I wind up, when I see your momma, I'll be sure to give her your regards." The "Crichton" neural clone, to Scorpius.
    • "Officer Sun, next time... be more decisive. Shoot... quicker... A soldier must not be weak. Weakness means defeat." Harvey (Talyn version) while being erased by Jack.
    • "This is the only chance we have to keep the Scarrans from-" Jack the Ancient.
    • "Don't worry about me... I've never felt better." John Crichton (Talyn version).
    • "Let me fall, Aeryn. Do it. Let me go... I died a long time ago. You live... for me." Xhalax Sun.
    • "Talyn... Starburst!" Bialar Crais.
    • "Too bad you can't save yourself!" Yal Henta.
    • "Without hesitation." Harvey (Moya version).
    • "You pompous little Dominar of nothing... I'm gonna rip your tiny little heart out!" Bioloid Stark.
    • "Emperor, the crystheriums are intact: the matriarch plant has not been harmed. Our fears were completely groundless." Captain Jenek.
    • "What is that?" Rahzaro, before being disintegrated by Crichton's fission bomb.
    • "Emperor! Crichton has turned the wormhole against us. We will not-" Pennoch.
    • "Scarran vessel, please respond." Jool.
    • "And if that fails? No, I will not be remembered by history as the commander under whom Peacekeeperdom fell." Grand Chancellor Maryk.
    • "It is... the proper course of action." Hierarch Yondalao.
    • "At least you die." War Minister Ahkna.
    • "I'm your daddy!" Ka D'Argo
    • "Goodbye, John. Thanks for your memories." Harvey. This time Killed Off for Real
  • Firefly
    • "Anyone makes so much as a --!" Dobson. He gets better.
    • "Keep the money. Use it to buy a funeral. It doesn't matter where you go, or how far you fly. I will hunt you down, and the last thing you see will be my blade." Crow, right before Mal changes his mind about letting Crow go and kicks him into the engine.
    • "This is the plan." Stitch Hessian.
    • "Much as I did." Agent McGinnis, in response to a Blue Hand's question of whether his men spoke to River.
    • "Guess I did at that..." Tracey, in response to Mal's "find someone to carry you" line.
    • "PETALINE! YOU BRING MY BOY OUT! RIGHT NOW! YOU HEAR ME? I WANT TO SEE MY SON!" Rance Burgess.
    • "Well...here I am." Jubal Early. Jury's out on whether or not he'll be back.
  • Game of Thrones
    • "If you can get word to my family, tell them I'm no coward. Tell them I'm sorry." Will
    • "The seed is strong." Lord Jon Arryn.
    • "Burn them all." Aerys Targaryen, the Mad King.
    • "If you threaten my Lord again..." Jory Cassel
    • "Now give me something for the pain, and let me die." King Robert Baratheon
    • "No, Dany! Dany, tell them, make them! Make them! No, you can't! Please! Dany, please!" Viserys Targaryen
    • "My Lady, I would gladly fight the Imp's champion." Ser Vardis Egen.
    • "Do as I told you, run!" Septa Mordane.
    • "What do we say to the god of death? Now go." Syrio Forel.
    • "Joffrey Baratheon is the one true heir to the Iron Throne, and by the grace of all the Gods, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm." Eddard Stark
    • "You will not hear me scream." Mirri Maz Duur
    • "A cup of wine to honor the one true God." Maester Cressen
    • "I always hated crossbows. Took too long to load." Yoren
    • "Together, we could end this war in a fortnight." Renly Baratheon
    • "Gods help you, Theon Greyjoy. Now you are truly lost." Rodrik Cassel
    • "Make it quick." Maester Luwin
    • "We are the watchers on the Wall." Qhorin Halfhand.
  • Hell on Wheels
    • "How do you know about Meridian?" Col. Prescott
    • "Head for the trees. Don't look back." Robert Bell
    • "Hey, I said don't bother." Willie
    • "Well, it hardly matters now." Daniel Johnson
    • "I can prove it." Sgt. Harper
  • Heroes
    • "I finally get to be a hero." Isaac Mendez
    • "Run!" Jackie Wilcox
    • "That sound in your heart, what is it?" Dale Smithers
    • "It hurts! I think it's bad!" Ted Sprauge
    • "I never expected it would be you." Kaito Nakamura
    • "You're hurting me." Elle Bishop
    • "What am I thinking now, Parkman?" Thompson
    • "I won't be a monster." Stephen Canfield
    • "Fly me to the moon." Daphne
    • "Keep doing what you're doing, Rebel. Go. And Micah... stay ahead of the ice." Tracey, she got better
  • Homicide: Life on the Street
    • "I'm okay." John Lange, "Subway". Not a recurring character, but boy, does this one rate.
  • House
    • (to the question why isn't she angry) "That's... not... the last feeling I want to experience." Amber Volakis
  • Inspector Morse
    • "Thank ... Lewis for me." Morse
  • Justified
    • " This is supreme bullshit." Tommy Bucks.
    • " I love you Mindy." Rolly Pike.
    • " You gon' pull the trigger or you gon' talk me to death?" Bo Crowder.
    • " You're dead, girl." Coover Bennett.
    • " After Arlo gives you back whatever it is he took, what are you gonna do then?" Helen Givens
    • " This bullet's been on it's way for twenty years." Doyle Bennett
    • " Put an end to my troubles. Get to see my boys again. Get to know the mystery." Mags Bennett.
    • " What message do you want me to give to Raylan?" Gary Hawkins
    • " Your old man." Robert Quarles
  • The League of Gentlemen:
    • " Edward? Will Heaven be like Swansea?"
    • "Yes, Tubbs. Only bigger." Subverted. They both survive.
    • "Lines and lines and lines and lines and-" Tubbs Tattsyrup, for real
    • "I am just a queen." Herr Lipp, before becoming a vampire in the Christmas Special
    • From Apocalypse
      • "You're The Hero, Geoff." Hilary Briss
      • "Can you be killed by your own creation? Reece Shearsmith
      • "Oh, fuck." Erasmus Pea
  • Leverage
    • "You said you didn't like guns." Chapman
    • "Tell them .. tell them .. tell them how much Jimmy Ford loves his son." - Jimmy Ford
  • Lost has plenty
    • "And Charlie? I'll kill you last" Ethan Rom
    • "Tell... Shannon... tell her..." Boone
    • "Now, we're not going to take any more of this stuff than we need, because nitroglycerin is extremely temperamental. So we-" Dr. Arzt, immediately before exploding
    • "Walt...?" Shannon
    • "Michael..." Libby, while trying to tell who shot her
    • "Just do it Mikhail!" Bea Klugh
    • "Not Penny's Boat" Although not spoken, writing this on his hand is Charlie's last statement to Desmond
    • "Okay. I give up." Tom
    • " One...Two...Three." Danielle Rousseau.
    • " Daddy, please-" Alex Rousseau
    • "I'm sorry George, just tell my sister that I love her..." Naomi
      • Noami didn't actually have a sister. These were actually code words if she was under duress
    • "I can't get back!" George Minkowski
    • " Wherever you go... Widmore... he'll find you" Keamy.
    • "Who are you?" Michael
    • "We can't even make fire!" Neil "Frogurt," immediately before being hit with a fire arrow.
    • "I'm not allowed to have chocolate before dinner." Charlotte
    • "I'm your son." Faraday
    • "I have to tell you something, it's really really important" Juliet, dying in Sawyer's arms in the Season 6 premiere
    • "You're next" Mr. Eko-though it sounds more like "I saw the devil", implying that Locke was just making crap up.
    • "It is sundown. Will you choose to stay, or go?" Dogen.
    • "Do you realize what you just did? He was the only thing keeping it out! Idiot! You let him in!" Lennon.
    • "Why, do you know her?" John Locke. "I don't understand." John Locke's last thought, according to the Man in Black, as Ben strangles him to death.
    • "That thing is evil! And God help us if it ever leaves this island! Because if it-- " Ilana Vedansky
    • "I'm not saying any more in front of him" Charles Widmore
    • " They're coming" Jacob
      • " Now you are like me." the last thing Jacob's spirit says before disappearing forever.
    • "Because it's going to be you, Jack." Sayid
    • "I love you, Sun." Jin
    • "I love you." Sun
    • "You're too late." The Man in Black.
    • "Then I'll see you in another life, brother." Jack. He says this to Desmond, who said it to Jack when they first met.
  • Mad Men
    • "Oh Crap!" The original Don Draper.
    • " It ain't gonna rain." Archie Whitman.
  • Misfits
    • "What'd you do to my phone? Man, I'm telling you, I'm going to come out there and I'm gonna mash you u..." Gary.
    • "CHAAAAAAV!" Tony the probation worker.
    • " Simon, you don't owe them anything." Sally the probation worker.
    • "You idiot!" Rachael.
    • "Save me, Barry!" Nathan; thanks to his newfound immortality, he came back in the next series.
    • "Lick my salty balls, you cock-loving ball-sucking bitch!" Shaun the probation worker; almost immediately undone by Curtis.
    • "Don't worry about me. I'll just... die... again..." Nathan; again, he got better.
    • "It's you falling in love with him... that makes him become me... it's all coming together..." Future Simon, AKA: Superhoodie.
    • "Who's there?! You don't wanna mess with me, man! I do that cage-fighting shit- I've killed a Chinese man with my bare hands! Oh yeah, who's scared now, huh?" Nathan. Again.
    • "Do you understand now? I just wanted to be human. It was all worth it, to be with you." Bruno the Gorilla.
    • "There's something dripping from the ceiling! I dunno wha-" Kelly. Thanks to Curtis, she got better.
    • "And now, for your viewing pleasure, I will blow my brains out, live on national television! Enjoy!" Nathan; not only does he get better, but thanks to Curtis, this death didn't even happen.
    • "Oh shit..." Nikki. Thanks to time travel, she got better.
    • "If the mountain won't come to Mohammed..." The False Jesus.
    • "Jesus!" Charlie
    • "What is it?! Tell me!" Tanya
    • "A superhero has to be prepared to die for what he believes in..." Peter
    • "Take the power. I'm too weak to do anything with it. You have to put it right... take it!" Friedrich Hirsch. As part of the Nazi timeline, this was undone.
    • "Don't do it." Curtis
    • "I can't believe I never picked up on it! You bunch of dicks- fucking superheroes..." Shaun The Probation Worker. Killed Off for Real.
    • "You bastard." Shannon Speers.
  • NCIS
    • "Wow, I thought I'd die before I ever heard-" Kate Todd
  • Oz
    • "That cocksucker!" Vern Schillinger's last words on being stabbed by his Arch Enemy Tobias Beecher during a performance of Macbeth. Ironically he's not referring to Beecher, but to Manipulative Bastard Chris Keller, who switched Beecher's prop knife for a real one (it was supposed to be the other way round).
  • Primeval:
    • "That body we found... it was me, wasn't it? I was looking at myself." Tom Ryan
    • "I'm a professional. I don't talk. Ever." "The Cleaner"
    • "What have you done? They're going to kill us all! No!" Oliver Leek
    • "Tell Abby and Connor to keep out of trouble." Stephen Hart
    • "Save yourself." Nick Cutter clone
    • "Temple, tell Claudia Brown... never mind, it doesn't matter." Nick Cutter
    • "Help me!" Christine Johnson
    • "And you know what? You're both wrong. Goodbye, Danny." Helen Cutter
  • Psych
    • "Do you think there is racquetball in heaven?" Mary Lightly
  • Red Dwarf:
    • "Gazpacho soup!" Arnold Rimmer (Interesting case where the reasoning for these incredibly strange last words is investigated. It only makes Rimmer's 'life' worse when Lister finds out.)
  • Subverted in the 1996 BBC series Rhodes. After Cecil Rhodes has died Dr Johnson is asked by reporters what his last words are. He replies: "So much to do, so little done" whereas Rhodes was actually griping: "Why can't that woman (Catherine Radziwiłł, who was stalking him) leave me alone?" and then an instruction to his servant to roll him over.
  • Subverted on Rome where Caesar dies without uttering his documented last words, or any more famous version of them (such as "et tu Brute"), which means the last thing he actually says is "Take your hands off me." before the assassins attack.
  • The Sarah Connor Chronicles
    • "I'll never help you get to John Connor." Allison Young
    • "I'm sorry John." Cameron's last message to John that repeats itself on the computer monitor. However, it's still unknown whether or not her AI survived on the chip.
    • "I'm not gonna scream." Dr. Boyd Sherman's assistant before she was killed by a terminator
    • "God, that bitch pisses me off." Mr. Tuck
    • "That's never happened before." Mr. Nelson, foreman of Serrano nuclear plant
  • Played with in one of J.D.'s fantasies in Scrubs:
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 Executioner: Any last words?

J.D.: ..."I'm a-kay?" Wait, that was terrible. Can I have a do-over?

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  • From Sherlock:
    • "MORIARTY!" The cabbie.
    • "As long as I'm alive, you can save your friends. You've got a way out. Well, good luck with that." Moriarty, right before he blows his head off.
    • "Goodbye, John." Sherlock, before committing suicide. Sort of.
  • The Shield
    • "Shane? Shane!" Lem just before being blown up by his best friend.
    • "Family meeting." Shane.
  • The Sopranos
    • "Mother of God...God..." Jimmy Altieri
    • "Mommy!" Matthew Bevilaqua
    • "No, no, please, please, no, no, no, no, no, no... Adriana
    • "Fuck outta here, I'm in no mood for your..." Richie Aprile
    • "Is that all right, Tony? Can I sit down?" Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bompensero
    • "I went ahead and ordered something for the table." Tony, depending on which interpretation of the ending you believe.
  • Third Watch
    • "My mother... Tell her it didn't hurt." Alex Taylor
  • True Blood:
    • "A human with me at the end, and human tears. Two thousand years, and I can still be surprised. In this, I see God." Godric
    • "Was there no god?" Maryann
  • Veronica Mars
    • "That's what I thought." Cassidy "Beaver" Casablancas
    • "Who's that handsome fellow?" Aaron Echolls. He was watching one of his old movies just prior to being shot in the back of the head.
    • "I... smell bread..." Sheriff Don Lamb
  • The X-Files
    • "Trust no one." Deep Throat
    • "Buddy, fight the good fight.", "Both of you.", and "Never give up." combine to be the last words of the Lone Gunmen to Jimmy and Yves.
    • "It's going to take more bullets than you can ever fire to win this game...But one bullet, and I can give you a thousand lives." Alex Krycek, before he is fatally shot by Walter Skinner
  • The Wire
    • "It's us, man." Wallace.
    • " All right then, gimme a minute, I'm gonna finish up real quick, then I'll go get one for you." D'Angelo Barksdale.
    • "Well, get on with it, motherf--" Stringer Bell
    • "You ain't putting me up in one of them empty-ass houses neither!" Bodie Broadus
    • "Ain't no other way, then. I can see that." Butchie.
    • "Proposition then. I just step out the way. You'll never hear from me again, I'll just dissappear." Proposition Joe Stewart.
    • "How my hair look, Mike?" Felicia "Snoop" Pearson
    • "When it was my uncle, I was with my uncle. When it was Marlo, I was with him. But now, n***a --" Cheese Wagstaff
  • The Young Ones
  1. For the curious, the last word is "hope" and the Doctor is quoting the Roman playwright Terence's Heauton Timorumenos.
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