- "This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off."
- ― Ellen Ripley (Alien)
- "By the time, he came back to his senses, the head of the enemy general was already on the ground. However, there was no replay. Everyone Died. His cousin, his neighbor, his best friend...None of them survived."
- ― Ri Boku to Kaine (Kingdom)
- "I am the anger of a dead people, demanding blood be spilled for the blood we lost."
- ― Javik (Mass Effect 3)
- "I am Mars' sole survivor. There is a reason for that."
- ― Martian Manhunter (DC Comics)
The archetype for the characters that are the last one standing from adversity and disaster.
Also Called[]
- Sole/Lone/Only Survivor
- Survivor(s) of a horrible situation or of a certain group.
Properties[]
They're the last survivor(s) of a horrible situation or of a certain group. As such, they have gained experience and skills from those circumstances; even when the context is variously traumatic for the user which can lead to psychological issues, their tenacity and unwillingness to give out onto their fears is sufficient for them pull through. The occurrences are diverse: a murder game, a deadly contest, being a target from a stalking serial killer, or any unfortunate circumstance befalling the user. From their necessity to their perseverance, it is helpful (in some cases, vital) to acquire skills for their survival.
It should be noted that others could have survived the event as well, but they are either small in number or the user was completely unaware of them.
Associated Powers[]
Relationships[]
- End of Time Being
- Heir: Being the last surviving member of a group may mean that you inherit what that group previously owned.
- Horror Survivor
- Isolationist
- Killing Game Mastermind: The Last Survivor are the last contestant of a Killing Game or Deadly Contest.
- Outbreak Survivalist: The user is closely related to a despairing but unlikely situation of finding themselves fighting on a post-apocalyptic zombie pandemic.
- (Example, Rick Grimes, The Walking Dead)
- Serial Killer: The user will survive the assault of the serial killer archetype and might be the ones to kill or defeat them.
Flaws/Weaknesses[]
- Users may suffer a great ordeal of survivors' guilt, due to traumatic circumstances of what it takes to survive in the first place.
- Users may suffer post-traumatic stress disorder because of what endured to survive in the first place.
Example Characters[]
See Also: Sole Survivor and Last of His Kind
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
- Azumi (Azumi)
- Various characters (Berserk)
- Tanjiro Kamado and Nezuko Kamado (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Various characters (Dragon Ball series)
- Ganta Igarashi (Deadman Wonderland)
- Zephyr (Doom Breaker); formerly
- Shiki Granbell (Edens Zero)
- Kurapika Kurta (Hunter x Hunter)
- Trafalgar D. Water Law (One Piece)
- Alber/King the Conflagration (One Piece)
- Jin Ja Gang (Legend of Asura – The Venom Dragon)
- Various characters (Kingdom)
- Gray Fullbuster and Zeref Dragneel (Fairy Tail)
- Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto)
- Nico Robin (One Piece)
- King the Conflagration/Alber (One Piece)
- Kars (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II: Battle Tendency)
- Pyo Wol (The Reaper)
- Yugo and Lucas (Promised Neverland)
- Ho (Tower of God)
- Jin Taekyung (Murim Login)
- Yakumo Tatsuro (Shinzo/Mashuranbo)
- Cosmo (Sonic X)
- Thorfinn (Vinland Saga)
Cartoons[]
- Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Toothless (How to Train Your Dragon)
- Unicorn (The Last Unicorn); only temporary
- Pythor P. Chumsworth (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitsu)
- Steve Rogers/Captain America (Marvel Cinematic Universe/What If ...?)
- Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (Marvel Cinematic Universe/What If ...?)
- Megamind (Megamind)
- Sisu (Raya and the Last Dragon); only in 500 years
- WALL-E (WALL-E)
- Denver (Denver, the Last Dinosaur)
- Percival De Rolo (The Legend of Vox Machina)
- Cassandra De Rolo (The Legend of Vox Machina)
Comics[]
- Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman (DC Comics)
- J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter (DC Comics)
- Ma'alefa'ak (DC Comics)
- Kara Zor-El/Supergirl (DC Comics)
- Dru-Zod (DC Comics)
- Teth-Adam/Black Adam (DC Comics)
- Lobo (DC Comics)
- Frank Castle/The Punisher (Marvel Comics)
- Galactus (Marvel Comics)
- Midnighter (Wildstorm Comics)
- Apollo (Wildstorm Comics)
Live Television/Movies[]
- Jackson Curtis (2012)
- Ellen Ripley (Alien series)
- Robert Neville (I Am Legend)
- Eitri (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Koda/Dino Charge Blue Ranger (Power Rangers Dino Charge)
- Amanda Young (Saw)
- Mathayus/Scorpion King (Scorpion King)
- Cleveland Booker (Star Trek Discovery)
- Vanir/Lost Tribe (Stargate Atlantis)
- Ba'al (Stargate SG-1)
- Optimus Prime (Transformers Film series)
- Blue (Jurassic World); formerly
- Baylene (Disney's Dinosaur)
- Daughter and Woman (I Am Mother)
Video Games[]
- Gideon Wyeth (Advent Rising)
- Rantaro Amami (Danganronpa V3)
- Four Horsemen (Darksiders)
- Mind Flayers (Dungeons & Dragons: The Forgotten Realms)
- Knight-Paladin Gelebor (Elder Scrolls)
- Javik (Mass Effect)
- Lapu Lapu (Mobile Legends: Bang Bang)
- Acerola (Pokémon)
- Ratchet (Ratchet & Clank)
- Percival Tachyon (Ratchet & Clank)
- Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Shirou Emiya (TYPE-MOON)
Web Animation/Comics/Series/Original[]
- O-Chul (The Order of the Stick)
- Lien (The Order of the Stick)
- Hinjo (The Order of the Stick)
- Alexander Jardin (Outsider)
Literatures[]
Other[]
- Lone Ranger (The Lone Ranger)
Gallery[]
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
Azumi (Azumi) is the last surviving disciple of her adopted grandfather Obata Gessai.
Casca (Berserk) is one of the three last surviving members of the Band of the Hawk, and one of the only two survivors of the Eclipse.
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Guts (Berserk) is one of the three last surviving members of the Band of the Hawk following Griffith's betrayal, and the other main survivor of the Eclipse.
Rickert (Berserk) is one of the three last surviving members of the Band of the Hawk following Griffith's betrayal.
Broly (Dragon Ball series) is one of the few remaining Saiyans in the universe after the destruction of Planet Vegeta.
Prior to Piccolo's resurrection, Dende (Dragon Ball series) was the last surviving Namekian after Freiza's forces and Vegeta attacked Planet Namek.
Granolah (Dragon Ball series) is the last know Cerealean after his race was wiped out by the Saiyans.
After Kid Buu destroyed the Earth, Hercule/Mr. Satan (Dragon Ball series) was briefly the last living human in the universe.
Shin (Dragon Ball series) was the only supreme kai of universe 7 to survive the original assault of Majin Buu.
Son Goku/Kakarot (Dragon Ball series) is one of the few remaining Saiyans in the universe after the destruction of Planet Vegeta.
Vegeta (Dragon Ball series) is one of the few remaining Saiyans in the universe after the destruction of Planet Vegeta.
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Shiki Granbell (Edens Zero) is Earth last survivor moments before turning into Mother, after all the other humans died from a wide-spread disease.
Gray Fullbuster (Fairy Tail) was the only survivor of his village after it was attacked by the demon Deliora.
Zeref Dragneel (Fairy Tail) was the only survivor of his family after a dragon attack.
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Kurapika Kurta (Hunter X Hunter)
Before the birth of his daughter, Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto) was the last of the three known survivors of the Uchiha Clan, with the others being Itachi and Obito, who were responsible for the annihilation of their clan.
Cosmo (Sonic X)
Pyo Wol (The Reaper) is the last survivor of children that were kidnapped to become assassins.
Ri Boku (Kingdom) is the last surviving member of his family after losing them through the wars of the Warring State Era and sole surviving soldier of his entire battalion after leading them on a suicide charge.
Before his death, Man Goku (Kingdom) was the sole survivor of the Battle at Chouhei's massacre.
Gai Mou (Kingdom) is the sole living member of the Wei Fire Dragons' first generation.
Cartoons[]
Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender) is the last Air Nomad as he was frozen underwater when they were wiped out by the Fire Nation.
After 700 years, WALL-E (WALL-E) is the last functional WALL-E unit.
Toothless (How to Train Your Dragon), the last Night Fury.
Sisu (Raya and the Last Dragon)
Unicorn (The Last Unicorn)
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Denver (Denver, the Last Dinosaur)
Comics[]
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Kal-El/Superman (DC Comics) is the one of the last surviving Kryptonians, having been saved from the destruction of Krypton by his parents.
Kara Zor-El/Supergirl (DC Comics) is the one of the last surviving Kryptonians, having been saved from the destruction of Krypton by her father.
J'onn J'onzz, the Martian Manhunter (DC Comics) is the last living Martian.
Lobo (DC Comics) is the last known Czarnian, with him having created a disease that killed his entire race as part of his high-school science project.
Galactus (Marvel Comics) is the last survivor of the previous universe.
Frank Castle/The Punisher (Marvel Comics) is the lone survivor after his entire family was killed in a gang shootout.
Hulk (Marvel Comics) is often seen as the last survivor of Earth (or even the universe) in many alternate futures.
Literature[]
Beren (The Silmarillion)
Robert Neville (I Am Legend)
Movies[]
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Ellen Ripley (Alien Series) was the last survivor of the ship Nostromo.
Mathayus (Scorpion King) was the last of the Akkadians, before he sold his soul to the god Anubis.
Optimus Prime (Transformers Film series) was the last of the Primes.
Blue (Jurassic World), the last velociraptor.
Baylene (Disney's Dinosaur) is the last of her kind.
Daughter and Woman (I Am Mother), the two last living humans after human extinction due to the Mother artificial intelligence and Dozer robots controlled by the Mother artificial intelligence.
Web Comics[]
Alexander Jardin (Outsider) is the sole survivor of the Earth Scout ECS-154 Bellarmine.
O-Chul (The Order of the Stick) is one of the three last living Paladins of the Sapphire Guard.
Hinjo (The Order of the Stick) is one of the three last living Paladins of the Sapphire Guard.
Video Games[]
Rantaro Amami (Danganronpa V3)
Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog) He is the last descendant of the Knuckles clan and of the entire echidna race in general.
Shirou Emiya (TYPE-MOON) is one of the few survivors of the Fuyuki Fire, a disastrous event that killed hundreds, leaving him with immense survivors' guilt.
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Ratchet (Ratchet & Clank) is the last known Lombax still alive in his home reality.
Acerola (Pokémon) is the last living descendant of an Alolan royal family.
Videos[]
Examples[]
Evil Dead 2 - Ash goes crazy (Laughing Scene)
Goku Goes SSJ3 Remastered HD (1080p)-2
Master Yoda VS Darth Sidious-2
The Last Man... - SCP-2399 (SCP Animation)-2
Goku VS Superman - DEATH BATTLE!
Yoda VS King Mickey (Star Wars VS Kingdom Hearts) - DEATH BATTLE!-2
Analysis & Discussions[]
Trope Talk- Last Of Their Kind-2
The Complete Travels of Galadriel - Tolkien Explained-2
The Complete Travels of Beren & Lúthien - Tolkien Explained-2
Maglor, Son of Fëanor - Tolkien Explained
The Life of Elrond Half-elven - Tolkien Explained
The Complete Travels of Elendil - Tolkien Explained-2
The Life of Isildur - Tolkien Explained - Amazon -LOTRonPrime Main Character!-2
The Beauty of The Big Lez Show Explained-2
How Obi-Wan Kenobi was Written as the IDEAL JEDI
Who was Actually the Smartest Jedi in the Clone Wars? - The Definitive Guide to Rahm Kota-2
Music[]
Lone Wolf and Cub(1973-1976) - Theme Song