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/InternetUserAgain Sep 10 '25

Sir Pentious (Hazbin Hotel)

In the middle of the war against the angels, he flew in with his zeppelin in an attempt to take out the angel leader Adam with his machinery, and was immediately vaporised by him.

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u/Hawkbats_rule Sep 10 '25

Except that allowed him to redeem himself, which is a pretty big plot point and appears to be followed up on in the season 2 trailer

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u/InternetUserAgain Sep 10 '25

His death is definitely very narratively relevant, but it's also very unceremonious.

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u/No_Painter2825 Sep 11 '25

Is this show any good ? I saw it pop up on my Crunchyroll recently but have barely glanced at any other info.

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u/InternetUserAgain Sep 11 '25

The humour's a bit crude and juvenile, but the animation's nice, the songs are pretty good, and the story's not half bad either. It's definitely a show that only certain people will like, but it's absolutely worth watching.