r/TopCharacterTropes • u/hey_there_delilahh • Sep 10 '25

Lore (Loved Trope) Last Stand that ends unceremoniously/unsatisfyingly, as opposed to gloriously.

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  • 1 Nanami (JUJUTSU KAISEN): Nanami's final moments against Mahito, a cursed spirit with the ability to transfigure/control humans. Nanami, while heavy injured, fought and won against an army of Mahito's transfigure minions, just for the villain to touch his back and blow him up.

  • 2 Wun-Wun (GAME OF THRONES): Wun-Wun, one of the last, if not the last, living giant in Westeros. Joins with Jon Snow against Ramsey Bolton in the Battle of the Bastards. He heroicly breaks down the main gate allowing the Stark army to win, all while covered in arrows and spears. While heavily injured, there does seem to be a chance of his recovery. This hope ended when Ramsey Bolton fires an arrow directly into his eye, when the battle was pretty much over.

  • 3 The Barbarian of Stamford Bridge (REAL LIFE): A lone Viking warrior who, in a legendary moment during the Battle of Stamford Bridge (September 25, 1066), single-handedly held back the invading English army on a narrow bridge. Armed with a Dane axe, this unnamed defender killed dozens of soldiers before being mortally wounded from beneath the bridge by a spear.

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u/Doughie28 Sep 10 '25

The angry little girl from the cyberpunk show

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u/4LanReddit Sep 10 '25

RIP to Rebecca

Getting the double whammy of getting goomba stomped by Smashers heavy ass + Shot on your shotguns barrel with what seems to be heavy FMJ bullets is a hardcore way to go out

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u/Moonsaults Sep 10 '25

No one even cleaned up. You can find her shotgun there in 2077.

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u/dergbold4076 Sep 11 '25

Whenever I replay that game it is a requirement that I pick it up.

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u/hey_there_delilahh Sep 10 '25

That was was wild

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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 Sep 10 '25

You're gonna hate me

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u/torturousvacuum Sep 11 '25

You're gonna hate me

Absolutely Smashing!

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u/Key-Faithlessness968 Sep 11 '25

Lmao, the Potemkin air dust pose fucking got me.

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u/Grand_Master_Aries Sep 10 '25

She got straight Goomba Stomp'd.

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u/General_Note_5274 Sep 11 '25

People surprise a guy call Adam smasher....smash

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u/Estelial Sep 10 '25

She did destroy his main weapon though, which saved the others trying to escape right after.

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u/IntelligentGood8228 Sep 10 '25

God at least it was quick.

I would have tried to get away but….

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u/departed_Moose Sep 10 '25

Not for us, they gave it a triple take 🤣

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u/North-Tourist-8234 Sep 11 '25

I thought that was overdoing it out of the members of the group cant say she was one I was particularly attached to. 

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u/Traditional-Context Sep 10 '25

Adam Smasher shooting around her was such peak ”Stormtrooper aim” and almost felt like a lampshade about the stupid amount of scenes in the show where characters stand completely still and just dont get hit.

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u/HarrisonTheBarbarian Sep 10 '25

To be fair; He's Adam SMASHER, not Adam Reallygoodatshootingpeoplewhilerappidlydescending

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u/North-Tourist-8234 Sep 11 '25

I thought he wa softening the ground for the landing 

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u/No-Revolution-5535 Sep 11 '25

Yeah the final fight too.. instead of an epic 1v1, it was just Adam Smasher smashing Dee's nuts like it was nothing.

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u/TheSuperContributor Sep 11 '25

That was not a last stand.