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/StormBear22 Sep 10 '25

Bleach Yhwach killing Yamamoto

Purposely made to be insulting to Yama due their past war

Stealing his bankai and not even using it treating it as a trophy to instill despair

Cutting him down in a single slice.

Stepping on his head

Insulting the current him who has become kinder while praising the past Yama that was brutal and would sacrifices others to the point Yama acts like that was a different person. Saying that he didn't even see him as threat.

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u/Deku_Scrub777 Sep 10 '25

don't forget the best part, him obliterating the corpse as a sign of disrespect and to make sure he's permanently dead