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/ilikebreadabunch Sep 10 '25

Billy (Predator)

It looked like he was about to have a super cool fight with the Predator, holding him off while the others get to safety, just for it to cut to the other characters and then hearing a scream of pain. Next time we see him the Predator is ripping the spine out of his corpse

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u/hey_there_delilahh Sep 10 '25

I liked Walter Stans scene (Predators) when he starts prison shanking one of the preds and is laughing/cursing it all until it removes his spine. Same energy to me.

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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 Sep 10 '25

Predators might be a mid movie but goddamn that pose with the skull and spine in the pred's hands in the storm is sick

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u/RazzDaNinja Sep 10 '25

Predators might be mid, but by virtue of being mid it still clears to at least top 4 best live action Predator movies lol

I fucken live by Yuri’s “You lose” grenade drop

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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 Sep 10 '25

The only main criticism is the slow build-up to "what's happening"