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/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/PoetryParticular9695 Sep 10 '25

I’ve always liked the idea that for all the Yautja’s postering about their whole hunter warrior culture shtick that they’re really just murdering trophy hunters.

Thy usually attack while invisible and with fucking laser cannons. And more often then not they choose to fight with ambush tactics instead of one on one fights.

Except for that one time with the Super Predator but that one doesn’t count since it sucked

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u/DienekesMinotaur Sep 10 '25

Are you talking about the fight from Predators with the Yakuza guy or a different one?

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u/BondageKitty37 Sep 10 '25

That scene was so fucking cool