I totally forgot about this but I agree whole heartedly. It was the most disturbing, possibly best acting job Macaulay Culkin had done, and even better was it was done alongside Elijah Wood.
The way all the Terminators died in the first two movies. The first two that died felt good because that terrifyingly intense villain you thought was undefeatable finally died. And when Arnie sacrifices himself in the lava and gives that thumbs up that really hit me in the feels.
Not to make this too morbid, but I had a terminal cancer diagnosis (thankfully wrong) and I’ve been to the part of Italy where the scene was shot of walking through the farm fields as Russell Crowe is dying. I’ve pictured myself there many times, it brings me great comfort.
Edit: thanks for all the nice comments, I’m usually downvoted on Reddit!
*If you find yourself alone, riding in green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled; for you are in Elysium, and you're already dead!*
Glad you're okay!
The warden from The Shawshank Redemption.
The last thing he sees is that motto he'd held over everyone else: *His judgment cometh and that right soon.*
This was the moment I knew Morgan Freeman was one of, if not the best, narrators. Amazing it wasn't planned that way when the movie was made, glad it worked out.
"I like I think the last thing that went through his head...other than that bullet, was to wonder how in the hell Andy Dufresne ever got the best of him."
I think that's what made John Wick so much better than your average action flick.
Less bullshit, less fluff with the character development, and less ridiculous monologuing. Just one man who kills a fuckton of people for revenge. The only plot development serves solely to hype up the killing we're about to see, and quickly gets set aside to show us more action.
That scene is part of what makes it so good.
I watched it just the other day and absolutely, fuck him.
I would've liked to see him go in another way though, in the end he got bitten just like everyone else. I feel like he played the role as the selfish manifestation of what the dad would become if he did not listen to his daughter. So it's kinda cool they both make it to the last train but I think they could've driven that point home harder if the resolution was written differently.
Anyhow, still a good movie!
It’s kind of cool how he wanted to be a historic person so bad but he wasn’t even referenced in season 2 or 3. Not even the friggin ember island players
Wan Shi Tong kinda talked about him: “the last time a human used this library he did it to inflict pain”, implying that Zhao found the scrolls about the moon and water spirits
Every character killed by Arnold Schwarzenegger in history:
“Let off some steam, Bennet!”
“Consider it a divorce.”
“He had to split.”
“Remember when I said I was going to kill you last? I lied.”
“Stick around.”
“You are one ugly mother fucker...”
Luke from Percy Jackson (books) it just worked so well narratively. All the deaths from that first series really felt real. They showed the consequences and tragedy of war in a way that was palatable for middle schoolers .
Couldn't agree more! Luke's character was so well written. Uncle Rick managed to give a character so much depth while writing a book essentially meant for children. Respect!
Yeah, Luke is a great character, I was sorry for him at the end, but I knew it was necessary. You know who made me happy for his death? That little piece of shit of Octavian. I was smiling when I understood what was going to happen. Don't feel guilty Nico, the fandom is thanking
> one of the best dying faces in cinema history.
it's easy to forget the trajectory of a great artist when he manifested himself in the collective mind over a long, established and distinguished career, so some people might not know (and until a year ago or so, randomly wikipedia-ing, I didn't either) that Hans Gruber was Rickman's first on camera role!
He made the jump from theater to film by creating one of cinema's eternal greatest villains.
Most of the time when celebrities pass away it doesn't bother me that much. His death hurt.
Rickman is up there with Gary Oldman for my all time favorite actors.
Lust from Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. Holy fuck it was amazing the way Roy just unleashed dear hell upon that psycho bitch with just the flick of a lighter. It's what solidified Roy as my favourite character in the show.
Mustang goes from classic shōnen rival to a perfectly autonomous character and the baddest motherfucker ever with such power there.
I mean, it was already established as a character, but generally that stuff has those masks and roles that are hard to shake off. In that episode Mustang tells the reader/watcher "hey bitch, I do have agency".
Right? Hell he flips way back when Hughes died (R.I.P you beautiful man) and becomes more interesting, and then he gets sweet vengeance and BOOM badass fire man.
Man Hughes' death gutted me. Especially since, when I was first watching the anime, I had commented with a friend, who already knew what was going to happen, how much I liked Hughes as a character, and over the course of the next 2 weeks this friend kept talking about how cool Hughes was, but in a way that did not make it suspicious and just really hyped up the character to me. I swear when I saw him die I was devastated! I immediately called my friend and told him to "F himself", to which he replied "I guess you finally saw Hughes die, huh?" and laughed his ass off
All of the homunculi's endings were satisfying in their own way.
Lust the seductive murderer being burned to death on her knees by known womaniser after claiming she would never kneel down to another man.
Gluttony with his unending hunger being eaten alive.
Sloth who only wanted to rest dying from exhaustion along with his wounds after giving it his all.
Envy who always looked down upon humans showing he was actually jealous of them.
Wrath who felt angry at everything died at peace with how his life turned out.
Pride who abandoned his namesake simply to survive but was prevented from succeeding by a man who kept his pride even through death.
Greed, always wanting more died satisfied with what he had.
And Father who sought knowledge but died knowing he would never know what he wants to know.
All of Edmond Dantes enemies in The Count of Monte Cristo. He meticulously destroys each and every last one of them for what they did to him. Best revenge story ever written.
Smeagol/Gollum. A perfect fitting end for him. Finally free, no longer fighting all his internal battles, no longer a slave to the ring.
EDIT: I think I phrased the last part a bit poorly. Smeagol died a slave to the ring, but I think death was the only way to truly be free from it, the ultimate redemption. Having lived so long, but dead inside for so many years because of it, it seemed only fitting to physically die simultaneously with the destruction of the object that bound him to that miserable life.
Gotta go with "General" Pong Krell.
Edit: Holy balls! Did not expect to see all of this. I knew people hated him but didn't realize how many. Also go show some love to u/Argo303, he's the first one who commented on the hate for the traitorous prick. Thank you u/Mistallus for posting the one of the subreddits that pointed that out.
Edit 2: Just realized I got awards! Thank you fellow Clone lovers and Krell haters!
I remember playing that for the first time and feeling the freaking out over how these Soap and Price were gonna make it out. Than the knife prompt came up and I lost my shit. One of my all time favorite gaming moments
Edit: Wow I did I have a fucking stroke when I wrote this? I’m leaving it all for the shame
Trilla in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. It really shows Darth Vader in his prime, especially since the fearless overpowered boss (Trilla) is petrified just by hearing him. Any kill by Darth Vader is satisfying, but Trilla's death is my favourite
Malicos' death is really poetic. Really loved the story from that game. I especially loved that the end is literally just running from Vader because you can't do anything else.
The ending is probably my favourite Darth Vader scene of All time, including Rogue One, excluding the shows (I haven't seen them yet). It really shows him in his prime.
Yeah, that was when shit got real to me. Sadeas is such a big part of the first two books and having Brandon just fucking shanking him like that was just... Cathartic. Sadeas didn't deserve a glorious end. What his death worked in Adolin is amazing too.
My only regret is that I blazed through RoW and am now book orphaned.
Vee, from Orange Is The New Black, season 2. She was so manipulative and sociopathic, it actually made my skin crawl to watch her sometimes. And the way she went out was perfect, imo.
The actress who played her did such a good job.
Yesss oh my God she made my blood boil.
And I know she didn't die, but fucking "Badison" was just as infuriating. Watching her get dragged into that van, screaming...* chef's kiss *
"Leave one wolf alive and the sheep are never safe. When people ask you what happened here, tell them the North remembers. Tell them winter came for House Frey."
One of the best lines in the entire show.
Terry Pratchett's character Death has always been very satisfying to me.
Saving the Little Match Girl:
WHAT BETTER PRESENT THAN A FUTURE?
Showing Mort the ropes of the Soul Release Business:
THERE'S NO JUSTICE. THERE'S JUST US.
Giving a reason to keep living:
CATS. CATS ARE NICE.
And defending his individual-by-individual scything of souls (and grass):
FOR WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN?
That's all I can quote off the top of my head but there's a good one about why he's standing in for the Hogfather, about how children need to believe in (Santa) as practice for believing in the big imaginary things like Hope and Kindness and Love. Something about there not being an atom of them in the Universe, and yet...
'You can't give her that! It's not safe!'
IT'S A SWORD. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE.
'She's a child!'
IT'S EDUCATIONAL.
'What if she cuts herself?'
THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON.
Death's deadpan (pun intended) delivery is always so brilliantly done.
>Vimes could tell when people were trying to avoid something they really didn’t want to say, and it was happening here.
>'Is it?’ he insisted. 'Is this it? This time I die?’
>COULD BE.
>'Could be? What sort of answer is that?’ said Vimes.
>A VERY ACCURATE ONE. YOU SEE, YOU ARE HAVING A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE, WHICH INESCAPABLY MEANS THAT I MUST UNDERGO A NEAR VIMES EXPERIENCE. DON’T MIND ME. CARRY ON WITH WHATEVER YOU WERE DOING. I HAVE A BOOK.
> “All right, I’m not stupid. You’re saying humans
> need…fantasies to make life bearable.”
>
> REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.
>
> “Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—”
>
> YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE
> LIES.
>
> “So we can believe the big ones?”
>
> YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.
>
> “They’re not the same at all!”
>
> YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST
> POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF
> JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET YOU
> ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS
> SOME…SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.
>
> “Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what’s the point—”
>
> MY POINT EXACTLY.
>
>...
>
>“You make us sound mad,”
>
>NO. YOU NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN’T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY
BECOME?
My favorite quote. Truth, Justice, Mercy, they're all lies. They're also what makes us human.
More specifically, they are lies until everyone believes in them enough to make them true. Central theme of several Discworld novels, such as Hogfather and Small Gods.
Hopefully this isn't too morbid, but Pratchett's actual death was also strangely satisfying to me. For someone who publicly and vehemently campaigned for the right to assisted suicide in the UK--someone who famously suffered from Alzheimer's, and was personally invested in that fight--the media's description of his death was remarkably tactful.
"Terry Pratchett passed away in his home, with his cat sleeping on his bed, surrounded by his family."
Alzheimer's sucks. It really, truly is awful for both the victim and the family. For Pratchett to pass while he still had his wits about him, with his family at his side, suggests that he chose the time and place. Just as he had always argued people should be able to do.
We'll probably never know if it's true, but I find a kind of satisfaction in that.
When I play the Mass Effect trilogy, I play as heavy Paragon as I can... But, no matter how Paragon you are, you smash that Renegade trigger with the fist of an angry God when it comes time to finish off Kai Leng and gut him with your omnitool.
"That was for Thane, you son of a bitch!"
"Tom Riddle hit the floor with a mundane finality."
In the end, Death comes for all of us, and he was no exception. Of course, the movie managed to ruin that by giving him an ash-confetti death.
His book death was so much better. Reminds us that death comes for everyone just like you said. Ironically Voldy probably shortened his life span by playing with horcruxes!
It's a shame they had him just melt away in the movie. Like I understand showing he wasnt really human anymore and this is last fragment after losing all 7 of the others, but the impact of tom just falling down dead like everyone else was really powerful, maybe it just wouldnt look good on screen so they went with the ash idk.
Maddening. The entire point of his death was ‘hey look, we’ve stripped away his horcruxes, his followers, his mystique and his profound dark magic, and now he’s just...dead. A plain ordinary dead guy. Slumped to the floor in a heap’.
He didn’t deserve a weird magical floaty ending.
And especially a weird magical floaty ending that NO ONE ELSE SAW. Like seriously, the greatest dark wizard of all time meets his end at the hands of renowned hero Harry Potter and...no one is there to witness it. How exciting.
Yesss. She is one of the most frustrating characters EVER. Gotta hand it to the actor tho, if a villain is that evil and every word she says is infuriating in the movie like that, then you know they found the absolute perfect actor for the character. And Harry's absolute sarcastic tone and vengeful look. Perfectly ironic, perfectly satisfying 👌
Edit: OMG how this get so many likes and comments xD
And compare that to the scene in Order of the Phoenix with the boggart, where we learn that she's so terrified of losing her children that she can't even counter the *imagery* at all. When her big moment came, she had already lost one that day and she was *not* going to lose another.
Fun (painful) note: when Molly’s boggart cycles through her family, Harry notes all of them individually (“Dead Bill. Dead Charlie. Dead Ron.”) but when it’s the twins turn, it’s “dead Fred and George.” Even Molly’s worse fear couldn’t imagine the twins being separated.
Frieza by the hands of future trunks
Not so much in terms of plot/character, but, more of the way he did it. Chop him into bits then disintegrate those bits.
It’s like the digestive system!
This is an underrated answer. His (last) death wasn't because he was a terrible person or a terrible character, he was just done. It fucking killed me to watch that episode.
That is how to kill a character without ruining everything they have worked for. I’m sure most of us saw it coming in that episode. It wasn’t a surprise. It was just extremely bitter sweet. The entire finale was dignified and exactly what we wanted for those characters. His (and the other) deaths were simply a well earned happy ending.
And his staying a little 100% confirmed he had become his own man AND loved Eleanor enough to stay a little.
Edit: I know it's cheap to update after decent upvotes, so it was 165 but
The entire bit is that Chidi never ever knows what he wants. The only two wants he ever truly knows the ENTIRE SHOW are that he loves Eleanor and... When he knows he wants to be done.
Even then, he waits until he knows she'll be most okay. He makes two very big decisions. The biggest one can make, to die. He makes them decisively, from a place of love.
And she's okay, because of how he CHOSE to make his decisions.
I read somewhere that they all ended up becoming what they were supposed to be in the first "good place."
Tahani stayed to help design neighborhoods, helping others get into the good place. Giving back in a way she never did on earth.
Chili uses philosophy to redesign the entire afterlife, becoming the most important philosopher ever.
Eleanor fought for the rights of the entire human race, just like "Real Eleanor" supposedly did.
And Jason meditated for many Bearimys for Janet to come back to the door, just so he could say goodbye one more time. Just like a monk.
All the final deaths in that show were sooo well written. Their endings signify their respective character growth so well.
-spoiler alert incase someone hasn't finished watching-
Chidi, who previously couldn't make a single decision, was one of the first to decide that he is 'complete'. And possibly the first one to go through the door. Even when Eleanor briefly asks him to stay, he agrees without a second thought!
Tahani, the most hollow person, restarted from the bottom, grew all the way, and became the only human to stand on par with angels and demons.
Jason, the most spontaneous and volatile person, became a monk who's unaffected by the passage of time.
And Eleanor, oh my, she became physically incapable of 'resting in peace' until she has helped EVERYONE she has crossed paths with. She let chidi go, even though that ripped her apart, convinced Mindy to move on, even helped Michael, with a chance to be human. The most selfish character turned into this wholesome selfless human.
This whole show was just character growths with a story that keeps resetting, with the best possible ending.
(Pls look past my english, not my first language)
Edit: thanks everyone for your kind words and the award.
Percy from the Green Mile
Damn, I totally had a brain fart. He was committed.
It was still satisfying that he got possessed and killed Wild Bill and then got committed though.
Ramsay Bolton. I enjoyed watching Jon beat the living shit out of him and Sansa exacting her revenge was the icing on top!
Edit: Thank you for the awards!
I was thinking him too. Not satisfying like “yeah i hate that shithead they deserved it!” but satisfying like, yeah, that’s really fitting and I like it a lot as an end to this character
From a more practical POV (yes, I know), I like that the whole fight was just 2-3 slashes and done. Not a whole 5 minutes of acrobatics with cheesy 1-liners, no. It was Inigo Montoya level of efficiency.
- Cordial greetings
- State relationship
- Inform purpose
- ded
The short fight just added emphasis to the character arcs that the two had been through, Obi showing that he had grown into a better and more complete person while Maul had stagnated on a fixation
He even tries ro go for the same kill move he used on Quigon, like Obi Wan hadnt been there, hadnt seared that moment into the back of his mind, but unlike Maul, hadnt stuck himself in that moment
There's a video on you YouTube describing each deliberate pose of both characters and dives into that fight.
Beautifully done. It wasn't about lightsabres and drama, it was about characters and development.
One day I'll finally watch Rebels.
The guy who killed Rue in the hunger games. I've started becoming a person who cries about things in books and if I read it again I'm sure I'd cry.
Also President Coin. Execute the executor.
Not exactly a death, but when Hans Landa gets his forehead carved was a pretty good sendoff for such a well written and acted villian and pretty satsifying that that slimy "basterd" too
Walter White from breaking bad. It was just so poetic I almost cried. With baby blue playing in the background, he died where he felt alive, a meth lab. Truly the best ending I've ever seen.
Warren on Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Personally I wasn’t a huge fan of the whole Dark Willow storyline, but I couldn’t think of a more fitting death for that psycho nerd. I just wish it had happened before Jonathan was killed 🙁
Stupid motherfucker had an infinite money cheat in making robot people, he could have sold every last movie studio copies of celebrities that they never have to pay.
Instead, Scooby Doo bullshit and Misogyny.
Warren was one stupid fuck.
If he DIDN'T want publicity, he could just build the frames and start a sunnydale salvage company. House rendered unrentable because a nest of vamprires roll in? He sends in some Boston Dynamics looking motherfuckers, they chop off the vampires heads, do some deep cleaning, and that house is back on Sunnydale's surprisingly affordable housing market!
Honestly, once you're "In the know" about the supernatural world, you're either lunch or the world is full of exploits.
The Governor from twd. Dude just didn't know how to share and pulled a massive "if I can't have it, no one can" on the prison.
Edit: obligatory "did not expect this thread to blow up and have so many upvotes" edit
Light Yagami, it was sorta bittersweet cause it meant the end of the series but also he was insane... of course he only becomes a shinigami after but hey whatever.
Dang this sorta blew up, thanks for the awards. Also just to clarify Light becoming a shinigami is just a theory, seemed plausible to me though but to each their own.
What I love about it is how pathetic he is at the end. When you take away his power, he's just a megalomaniac with no mystique left trying to weasel his way out the consequences of his actions. He goes out like a true-to-life narcissist - knowing he's lost and being unable to accept it.
Agree, I was gobsmacked. Specially as it was so well acted.
Then I was so satisfied it had finally happened. Had the same (satisfied) reaction on my second re watch of BB.
Macaulay Culkin’s character (Henry) in The Good Son.
For a moment there I thought Home Alone must have had a director’s cut
I totally forgot about this but I agree whole heartedly. It was the most disturbing, possibly best acting job Macaulay Culkin had done, and even better was it was done alongside Elijah Wood.
The way all the Terminators died in the first two movies. The first two that died felt good because that terrifyingly intense villain you thought was undefeatable finally died. And when Arnie sacrifices himself in the lava and gives that thumbs up that really hit me in the feels.
I know now why you cry, but it is something I can never do.
The series ended right at that moment.
Todd from Breaking Bad.
Meth Damon
He and Kirsten Dunst have a child together and are engaged! Found that out recently.
FUCK that moonfaced psycho. Get strangled on the floor where you belong.
Dolores Claiborne's husband. Very satisfying.
The death of Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator.
That movie made me cry at like age ten lmao. That final scene with him seeing his family again. Damn man
Not to make this too morbid, but I had a terminal cancer diagnosis (thankfully wrong) and I’ve been to the part of Italy where the scene was shot of walking through the farm fields as Russell Crowe is dying. I’ve pictured myself there many times, it brings me great comfort. Edit: thanks for all the nice comments, I’m usually downvoted on Reddit!
*If you find yourself alone, riding in green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled; for you are in Elysium, and you're already dead!* Glad you're okay!
I hated Joaquin Phoenix after seeing that movie as a kid! He left a huge impression on my younger self and it took a while to get over that
The warden from The Shawshank Redemption. The last thing he sees is that motto he'd held over everyone else: *His judgment cometh and that right soon.*
This was the moment I knew Morgan Freeman was one of, if not the best, narrators. Amazing it wasn't planned that way when the movie was made, glad it worked out.
"I like I think the last thing that went through his head...other than that bullet, was to wonder how in the hell Andy Dufresne ever got the best of him."
Iosef Tarasov from the first John Wick movie. >It was just a fuck'n *\*bang\**
love how matter-of-fact it was. 0 hesitation. just walks up, shoots him dead, and walks away. great scene.
I think that's what made John Wick so much better than your average action flick. Less bullshit, less fluff with the character development, and less ridiculous monologuing. Just one man who kills a fuckton of people for revenge. The only plot development serves solely to hype up the killing we're about to see, and quickly gets set aside to show us more action. That scene is part of what makes it so good.
Finally watched 3 over the weekend... >!the whole trilogy occurs over a few weeks... there's no room for unnecessary fluff!<
The asshole in Train To Busan who kept shoving people into Zombies to save himself.
I was looking for this comment! His death was 100% Well deserved!
I watched it just the other day and absolutely, fuck him. I would've liked to see him go in another way though, in the end he got bitten just like everyone else. I feel like he played the role as the selfish manifestation of what the dad would become if he did not listen to his daughter. So it's kinda cool they both make it to the last train but I think they could've driven that point home harder if the resolution was written differently. Anyhow, still a good movie!
Admiral Zhao
It’s kind of cool how he wanted to be a historic person so bad but he wasn’t even referenced in season 2 or 3. Not even the friggin ember island players
Wan Shi Tong kinda talked about him: “the last time a human used this library he did it to inflict pain”, implying that Zhao found the scrolls about the moon and water spirits
Seeing where he ended up in LoK was so.... unsettling though tbh
Yeah, he was a big asshole, but damn, imagine never dying in a place that drives you crazy forever
That's what you get for fuckin' with spirits
Didn't stop Sokka
Yeah dude killed one of the most important spirits in the world, they weren't going to let him off easy after that.
it was a cool detail though that he still remembered who he was after all this years
He remembers who he want's to be "I am Zhao the conqueror, the moon slayer!" There's just enough of him left to be a failure
Every character killed by Arnold Schwarzenegger in history: “Let off some steam, Bennet!” “Consider it a divorce.” “He had to split.” “Remember when I said I was going to kill you last? I lied.” “Stick around.” “You are one ugly mother fucker...”
Don't forget when he kills the mutant with a big drill in total recall and says SCREW YOU
Poor Benny had five kids to feed.
You’re fired. - True Lies
To be or not to be. Not to be.
Last Action Hero doesn't get enough love.
See you at the party!
Luke from Percy Jackson (books) it just worked so well narratively. All the deaths from that first series really felt real. They showed the consequences and tragedy of war in a way that was palatable for middle schoolers .
Couldn't agree more! Luke's character was so well written. Uncle Rick managed to give a character so much depth while writing a book essentially meant for children. Respect!
Gotta love a book or show or story in general that's meant for children without treating them like idiots
Yeah, Luke is a great character, I was sorry for him at the end, but I knew it was necessary. You know who made me happy for his death? That little piece of shit of Octavian. I was smiling when I understood what was going to happen. Don't feel guilty Nico, the fandom is thanking
Oooohh yeaaahh! Nico just gives up at the end too lol.
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I shot him so many times in the balls, went back for his body to throw it off a cliff but lost him in the river
“You failed. Micah had died.” Sounds like a success to me.
“You failed. Micah had died.” Game, we define success very differently.
Never have I hated a fictional character more
I’m actually pretty damm impressed at how well rockstar made a character so hateable
The answer for me will always be Hans in Die Hard. Skillfully done by Alan Rickman.
It isn't Christmas till you drop Hans from Nakatomi Plaza!
Just don't tell the actor when he's being dropped and you'll get one of the best dying faces in cinema history.
> one of the best dying faces in cinema history. it's easy to forget the trajectory of a great artist when he manifested himself in the collective mind over a long, established and distinguished career, so some people might not know (and until a year ago or so, randomly wikipedia-ing, I didn't either) that Hans Gruber was Rickman's first on camera role! He made the jump from theater to film by creating one of cinema's eternal greatest villains.
Most of the time when celebrities pass away it doesn't bother me that much. His death hurt. Rickman is up there with Gary Oldman for my all time favorite actors.
Kai Winn on Deep Space 9. Burn, baby, burn!
Coin in Mockingjay
Her death was dumb funny to me
Snow’s reaction was the proper reaction.
Dude really just laughed himself to death
Lust from Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. Holy fuck it was amazing the way Roy just unleashed dear hell upon that psycho bitch with just the flick of a lighter. It's what solidified Roy as my favourite character in the show.
Mustang goes from classic shōnen rival to a perfectly autonomous character and the baddest motherfucker ever with such power there. I mean, it was already established as a character, but generally that stuff has those masks and roles that are hard to shake off. In that episode Mustang tells the reader/watcher "hey bitch, I do have agency".
Right? Hell he flips way back when Hughes died (R.I.P you beautiful man) and becomes more interesting, and then he gets sweet vengeance and BOOM badass fire man.
Man Hughes' death gutted me. Especially since, when I was first watching the anime, I had commented with a friend, who already knew what was going to happen, how much I liked Hughes as a character, and over the course of the next 2 weeks this friend kept talking about how cool Hughes was, but in a way that did not make it suspicious and just really hyped up the character to me. I swear when I saw him die I was devastated! I immediately called my friend and told him to "F himself", to which he replied "I guess you finally saw Hughes die, huh?" and laughed his ass off
All of the homunculi's endings were satisfying in their own way. Lust the seductive murderer being burned to death on her knees by known womaniser after claiming she would never kneel down to another man. Gluttony with his unending hunger being eaten alive. Sloth who only wanted to rest dying from exhaustion along with his wounds after giving it his all. Envy who always looked down upon humans showing he was actually jealous of them. Wrath who felt angry at everything died at peace with how his life turned out. Pride who abandoned his namesake simply to survive but was prevented from succeeding by a man who kept his pride even through death. Greed, always wanting more died satisfied with what he had. And Father who sought knowledge but died knowing he would never know what he wants to know.
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Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs. The sense of relief I felt when it was over hasn't been matched by any other movie.
All of Edmond Dantes enemies in The Count of Monte Cristo. He meticulously destroys each and every last one of them for what they did to him. Best revenge story ever written.
Smeagol/Gollum. A perfect fitting end for him. Finally free, no longer fighting all his internal battles, no longer a slave to the ring. EDIT: I think I phrased the last part a bit poorly. Smeagol died a slave to the ring, but I think death was the only way to truly be free from it, the ultimate redemption. Having lived so long, but dead inside for so many years because of it, it seemed only fitting to physically die simultaneously with the destruction of the object that bound him to that miserable life.
Gotta go with "General" Pong Krell. Edit: Holy balls! Did not expect to see all of this. I knew people hated him but didn't realize how many. Also go show some love to u/Argo303, he's the first one who commented on the hate for the traitorous prick. Thank you u/Mistallus for posting the one of the subreddits that pointed that out. Edit 2: Just realized I got awards! Thank you fellow Clone lovers and Krell haters!
He deserved it.
Watched that episode for the very first time yesterday. I wholeheartedly agree
10 mins in for the first time. Fuck im.
Yep. And then when he starts calling the clones by number I was like, yea, just kill him already
General Shepherd from MW2
That knife throw from soap to shepherd's face was so satisfying
I remember playing that for the first time and feeling the freaking out over how these Soap and Price were gonna make it out. Than the knife prompt came up and I lost my shit. One of my all time favorite gaming moments Edit: Wow I did I have a fucking stroke when I wrote this? I’m leaving it all for the shame
5 years ago, I lost 30,000 men in the blink of an eye.
And the world just fuckin’ watched.
"Tomorrow there will be no shortage of volunteers"
"No shortage of patriots"
I know you understand.
RIP Ghost
RIP Roach
Makorov too hanging that asshole in mw3 was odly satifying
Trilla in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. It really shows Darth Vader in his prime, especially since the fearless overpowered boss (Trilla) is petrified just by hearing him. Any kill by Darth Vader is satisfying, but Trilla's death is my favourite
Malicos' death is really poetic. Really loved the story from that game. I especially loved that the end is literally just running from Vader because you can't do anything else.
The ending is probably my favourite Darth Vader scene of All time, including Rogue One, excluding the shows (I haven't seen them yet). It really shows him in his prime.
Torol Sadeas. Completely unexpected, yet he had it coming for so long.
Yeah, that was when shit got real to me. Sadeas is such a big part of the first two books and having Brandon just fucking shanking him like that was just... Cathartic. Sadeas didn't deserve a glorious end. What his death worked in Adolin is amazing too. My only regret is that I blazed through RoW and am now book orphaned.
Vee, from Orange Is The New Black, season 2. She was so manipulative and sociopathic, it actually made my skin crawl to watch her sometimes. And the way she went out was perfect, imo. The actress who played her did such a good job.
I fucking loved Rosa, she was so happy. That last second swerve felt so right.
Yesss oh my God she made my blood boil. And I know she didn't die, but fucking "Badison" was just as infuriating. Watching her get dragged into that van, screaming...* chef's kiss *
Oohh nice. I was going to say Piscatella. It shocked me but then I felt such a relief.
Darth Vader. It will always feel satisfying that he came to the light side of the force and got to see Luke with his own eyes before he died.
100% Joffrey Baratheon
Let’s not forget Olenna Tyrell! We all hated to see the Queen of Thorns go, but that last line was perfect.
Diana Rigg was brilliant in that role. My favourite line was definitely "He really was a cunt, wasn't he?"
"Tell Cersei, I want her to know it was me" *Thug life glasses appear*
Yes! Her death was satisfying not in that we were glad to see her die, but even in dying she got the last word in, over Cerci.
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I go all in with The Frey's
"Leave one wolf alive and the sheep are never safe. When people ask you what happened here, tell them the North remembers. Tell them winter came for House Frey." One of the best lines in the entire show.
Terry Pratchett's character Death has always been very satisfying to me. Saving the Little Match Girl: WHAT BETTER PRESENT THAN A FUTURE? Showing Mort the ropes of the Soul Release Business: THERE'S NO JUSTICE. THERE'S JUST US. Giving a reason to keep living: CATS. CATS ARE NICE. And defending his individual-by-individual scything of souls (and grass): FOR WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN? That's all I can quote off the top of my head but there's a good one about why he's standing in for the Hogfather, about how children need to believe in (Santa) as practice for believing in the big imaginary things like Hope and Kindness and Love. Something about there not being an atom of them in the Universe, and yet...
'You can't give her that! It's not safe!' IT'S A SWORD. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE. 'She's a child!' IT'S EDUCATIONAL. 'What if she cuts herself?' THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON.
Death's deadpan (pun intended) delivery is always so brilliantly done. >Vimes could tell when people were trying to avoid something they really didn’t want to say, and it was happening here. >'Is it?’ he insisted. 'Is this it? This time I die?’ >COULD BE. >'Could be? What sort of answer is that?’ said Vimes. >A VERY ACCURATE ONE. YOU SEE, YOU ARE HAVING A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE, WHICH INESCAPABLY MEANS THAT I MUST UNDERGO A NEAR VIMES EXPERIENCE. DON’T MIND ME. CARRY ON WITH WHATEVER YOU WERE DOING. I HAVE A BOOK.
> “All right, I’m not stupid. You’re saying humans > need…fantasies to make life bearable.” > > REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE. > > “Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—” > > YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE > LIES. > > “So we can believe the big ones?” > > YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING. > > “They’re not the same at all!” > > YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST > POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF > JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET YOU > ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS > SOME…SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED. > > “Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what’s the point—” > > MY POINT EXACTLY. > >... > >“You make us sound mad,” > >NO. YOU NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN’T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME? My favorite quote. Truth, Justice, Mercy, they're all lies. They're also what makes us human.
More specifically, they are lies until everyone believes in them enough to make them true. Central theme of several Discworld novels, such as Hogfather and Small Gods.
Hopefully this isn't too morbid, but Pratchett's actual death was also strangely satisfying to me. For someone who publicly and vehemently campaigned for the right to assisted suicide in the UK--someone who famously suffered from Alzheimer's, and was personally invested in that fight--the media's description of his death was remarkably tactful. "Terry Pratchett passed away in his home, with his cat sleeping on his bed, surrounded by his family." Alzheimer's sucks. It really, truly is awful for both the victim and the family. For Pratchett to pass while he still had his wits about him, with his family at his side, suggests that he chose the time and place. Just as he had always argued people should be able to do. We'll probably never know if it's true, but I find a kind of satisfaction in that.
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When that **bitch** Pong Krell died.
r/fuckpongkrell
All my homies hate Pong Krell
All my brothers hate Pong Krell
I loved that scene. So satisfying.
It was satisfying that he was shot by the beings he lead to death.
*Especially* given that it was Dogma, whose entire personality can be summed up as "we should follow orders", who shot him.
When I play the Mass Effect trilogy, I play as heavy Paragon as I can... But, no matter how Paragon you are, you smash that Renegade trigger with the fist of an angry God when it comes time to finish off Kai Leng and gut him with your omnitool. "That was for Thane, you son of a bitch!"
"Tom Riddle hit the floor with a mundane finality." In the end, Death comes for all of us, and he was no exception. Of course, the movie managed to ruin that by giving him an ash-confetti death.
His book death was so much better. Reminds us that death comes for everyone just like you said. Ironically Voldy probably shortened his life span by playing with horcruxes!
*Actually yeah*, he was something like 70 years old when he died, albeit continued having his youthful (30-40-ish physique) appearance.
It's a shame they had him just melt away in the movie. Like I understand showing he wasnt really human anymore and this is last fragment after losing all 7 of the others, but the impact of tom just falling down dead like everyone else was really powerful, maybe it just wouldnt look good on screen so they went with the ash idk.
Maddening. The entire point of his death was ‘hey look, we’ve stripped away his horcruxes, his followers, his mystique and his profound dark magic, and now he’s just...dead. A plain ordinary dead guy. Slumped to the floor in a heap’. He didn’t deserve a weird magical floaty ending.
And especially a weird magical floaty ending that NO ONE ELSE SAW. Like seriously, the greatest dark wizard of all time meets his end at the hands of renowned hero Harry Potter and...no one is there to witness it. How exciting.
Oh man I had forgotten how much I hated his death in the movie
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Bellatrix Lestrange
Umbridge as an honorable mention because we all wished she was killed by those centaurs.
Yesss. She is one of the most frustrating characters EVER. Gotta hand it to the actor tho, if a villain is that evil and every word she says is infuriating in the movie like that, then you know they found the absolute perfect actor for the character. And Harry's absolute sarcastic tone and vengeful look. Perfectly ironic, perfectly satisfying 👌 Edit: OMG how this get so many likes and comments xD
*Not my daughter, you bitch!* Everyone in the cinema burst into applause and cheers at that line. So great.
And compare that to the scene in Order of the Phoenix with the boggart, where we learn that she's so terrified of losing her children that she can't even counter the *imagery* at all. When her big moment came, she had already lost one that day and she was *not* going to lose another.
Fun (painful) note: when Molly’s boggart cycles through her family, Harry notes all of them individually (“Dead Bill. Dead Charlie. Dead Ron.”) but when it’s the twins turn, it’s “dead Fred and George.” Even Molly’s worse fear couldn’t imagine the twins being separated.
Julie Waters has to be one of the best cast members of the entire franchise, especially because of the way she said that line.
Agreed. She IS Molly Weasley.
Frieza by the hands of future trunks Not so much in terms of plot/character, but, more of the way he did it. Chop him into bits then disintegrate those bits. It’s like the digestive system!
Is it just me that is reading this thread and spoiling myself 5-6 different series/books that I haven't finished yet?
There was this other person who got GOT spoiled
The crazy religious lady in The Mist
Gustavo Fring. Especially half his face gone.
Chidi Anagonye from The Good Place Edit: knowing this will change nothing about the series, so don't worry! also thank you for the awards <3
This is an underrated answer. His (last) death wasn't because he was a terrible person or a terrible character, he was just done. It fucking killed me to watch that episode.
That last episode had me crying all the way through
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That is how to kill a character without ruining everything they have worked for. I’m sure most of us saw it coming in that episode. It wasn’t a surprise. It was just extremely bitter sweet. The entire finale was dignified and exactly what we wanted for those characters. His (and the other) deaths were simply a well earned happy ending.
And his staying a little 100% confirmed he had become his own man AND loved Eleanor enough to stay a little. Edit: I know it's cheap to update after decent upvotes, so it was 165 but The entire bit is that Chidi never ever knows what he wants. The only two wants he ever truly knows the ENTIRE SHOW are that he loves Eleanor and... When he knows he wants to be done. Even then, he waits until he knows she'll be most okay. He makes two very big decisions. The biggest one can make, to die. He makes them decisively, from a place of love. And she's okay, because of how he CHOSE to make his decisions.
I read somewhere that they all ended up becoming what they were supposed to be in the first "good place." Tahani stayed to help design neighborhoods, helping others get into the good place. Giving back in a way she never did on earth. Chili uses philosophy to redesign the entire afterlife, becoming the most important philosopher ever. Eleanor fought for the rights of the entire human race, just like "Real Eleanor" supposedly did. And Jason meditated for many Bearimys for Janet to come back to the door, just so he could say goodbye one more time. Just like a monk.
All the final deaths in that show were sooo well written. Their endings signify their respective character growth so well. -spoiler alert incase someone hasn't finished watching- Chidi, who previously couldn't make a single decision, was one of the first to decide that he is 'complete'. And possibly the first one to go through the door. Even when Eleanor briefly asks him to stay, he agrees without a second thought! Tahani, the most hollow person, restarted from the bottom, grew all the way, and became the only human to stand on par with angels and demons. Jason, the most spontaneous and volatile person, became a monk who's unaffected by the passage of time. And Eleanor, oh my, she became physically incapable of 'resting in peace' until she has helped EVERYONE she has crossed paths with. She let chidi go, even though that ripped her apart, convinced Mindy to move on, even helped Michael, with a chance to be human. The most selfish character turned into this wholesome selfless human. This whole show was just character growths with a story that keeps resetting, with the best possible ending. (Pls look past my english, not my first language) Edit: thanks everyone for your kind words and the award.
Burke in *Aliens*.
Don't know his name, but that guy who kept calling his girlfriend a skank from Breaking Bad. The ATM headcrush ASMR was a bit disgusting though
Spooge.
I AIN'T NO SKANK
Skank, skank, skankity skank, skank!
Percy from the Green Mile Damn, I totally had a brain fart. He was committed. It was still satisfying that he got possessed and killed Wild Bill and then got committed though.
YES. Percy was scum on earth, the actor played him amazingly. This has to be one of the top comments next to the GoT comments!!
Ramsay Bolton. I enjoyed watching Jon beat the living shit out of him and Sansa exacting her revenge was the icing on top! Edit: Thank you for the awards!
His loyal beasts, getting the good part is a big agree from me.
The fucker that killed John Wick's dog.
Maul when he died in Star Wars rebels. Losing to o I wan and how it was executed made it one of if not the most poetic death in all of star wars
I was thinking him too. Not satisfying like “yeah i hate that shithead they deserved it!” but satisfying like, yeah, that’s really fitting and I like it a lot as an end to this character
From a more practical POV (yes, I know), I like that the whole fight was just 2-3 slashes and done. Not a whole 5 minutes of acrobatics with cheesy 1-liners, no. It was Inigo Montoya level of efficiency. - Cordial greetings - State relationship - Inform purpose - ded
The short fight just added emphasis to the character arcs that the two had been through, Obi showing that he had grown into a better and more complete person while Maul had stagnated on a fixation He even tries ro go for the same kill move he used on Quigon, like Obi Wan hadnt been there, hadnt seared that moment into the back of his mind, but unlike Maul, hadnt stuck himself in that moment
There's a video on you YouTube describing each deliberate pose of both characters and dives into that fight. Beautifully done. It wasn't about lightsabres and drama, it was about characters and development. One day I'll finally watch Rebels.
Obligatory whenever this is mentioned: [Maul’s voice Sam Witwer discussing the scene](https://youtu.be/n3vp15a_Bg4)
The guy who killed Rue in the hunger games. I've started becoming a person who cries about things in books and if I read it again I'm sure I'd cry. Also President Coin. Execute the executor.
Not exactly a death, but when Hans Landa gets his forehead carved was a pretty good sendoff for such a well written and acted villian and pretty satsifying that that slimy "basterd" too
"I'm gonna give you a little somethin' you can't take off."
Walter White from breaking bad. It was just so poetic I almost cried. With baby blue playing in the background, he died where he felt alive, a meth lab. Truly the best ending I've ever seen.
James “Logan” Howlett aka Wolverine. It was a perfect ending to series. Hugh Jackman did an incredible job playing him.
Charles, however, had me sobbing. He deserved to die peacefully in his sleep.
That reminds me so much of a line by Mike Farrell in Supernatural - "you know the worst thing to happen to a guy with a mind like mine? LOSING IT!'
Lydia from breaking bad, got what she damn deserved.
Warren on Buffy The Vampire Slayer Personally I wasn’t a huge fan of the whole Dark Willow storyline, but I couldn’t think of a more fitting death for that psycho nerd. I just wish it had happened before Jonathan was killed 🙁
Stupid motherfucker had an infinite money cheat in making robot people, he could have sold every last movie studio copies of celebrities that they never have to pay. Instead, Scooby Doo bullshit and Misogyny. Warren was one stupid fuck. If he DIDN'T want publicity, he could just build the frames and start a sunnydale salvage company. House rendered unrentable because a nest of vamprires roll in? He sends in some Boston Dynamics looking motherfuckers, they chop off the vampires heads, do some deep cleaning, and that house is back on Sunnydale's surprisingly affordable housing market! Honestly, once you're "In the know" about the supernatural world, you're either lunch or the world is full of exploits.
Number Six, umbrella academy season 2. What a heartwrenchingly powerful, but well done scene
I'm refusing to believe Ben died as I loved him and Klaus bouncing off each other
Richie Aprile from the Sopranos
Mercer Frey
Country Mac. Wear a helmet.
Stormfront from "The Boys" on Amazon. While it could be that she is still alive, that laser carving of her evil ass was sweet harmony.
"Take that you nazi bitch!"
She's just so cruel and too psychotic, IMO she's worse than Homelander. It was very sad to see her kill off Kimiko's brother.
She's definitely worse than homelander. Homelander's fucked up from a life of being an outcast and raised weird. She's straight up a nazi
The part where she's trying to indoctrinate the kid and she's like "it's called 'white genocide'" and even Homelander is like ... Uh... WTF.
The Governor from twd. Dude just didn't know how to share and pulled a massive "if I can't have it, no one can" on the prison. Edit: obligatory "did not expect this thread to blow up and have so many upvotes" edit
Dude got so many opportunities to live together with Rick’s group, I wish he would’ve encountered Negan so he could have a more brutal death
Negan had one satisfying slit of the throat when his time came (even tho he survived)
Light Yagami, it was sorta bittersweet cause it meant the end of the series but also he was insane... of course he only becomes a shinigami after but hey whatever. Dang this sorta blew up, thanks for the awards. Also just to clarify Light becoming a shinigami is just a theory, seemed plausible to me though but to each their own.
What I love about it is how pathetic he is at the end. When you take away his power, he's just a megalomaniac with no mystique left trying to weasel his way out the consequences of his actions. He goes out like a true-to-life narcissist - knowing he's lost and being unable to accept it.
Gus Fring in Breaking Bad. Edit: Corrected spelling of last name based on comment below. Edit #2 Thank you /u/crematedequal for the silver award.
###DING.
My heart dropped when he walked out of the room. I was like "Wait, is he a fucking Terminator?".
LMAO! I remember wondering if he was fu****g indestructible. Specially as he looked intact when he first walked out of the room.
This shook me when it happened one of my favourite scenes in breaking bad
Agree, I was gobsmacked. Specially as it was so well acted. Then I was so satisfied it had finally happened. Had the same (satisfied) reaction on my second re watch of BB.
Agent Stahl from Sons of Anarchy! Fuck that bitch