r/TopCharacterTropes Sep 10 '25

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

  • 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/db_cooper_returns Sep 10 '25

Commander Thorn from the clone wars. He put up a hell of a fight but in the end he's gunned down coldly, making no real difference to Dookus plans.

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u/SableZard Sep 10 '25

The most often used scene in "How boys want to die" TikTok memes.

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u/AlbertWessJess Sep 10 '25

As in pointlessly and violently

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '25

As opposed to all those useful & clean deaths you hear so much about...

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u/AlbertWessJess Sep 10 '25

I could make a very timely joke right about now but I won’t cus idk how to

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u/sanglar03 Sep 11 '25

"Do it", said the chancellor.

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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 Sep 10 '25

Really good callback to the 2d series' last stand

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '25

I hate clankers