How Dare You Die on Me!: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''If you don't come back alive, I'll kill you!''|'''Cid''', ''[[Final Fantasy IV]] Advanced''}}

 

 

* Leaving her alone (either "alone in the world" or just "alone with the guy who shot you").

* (Irrational blubbering)

 

 

The genders can be reversed, and it's also a favorite trope to enact between [[The Rival|Rivals]] or even enemies, especially if [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You|one of them died through means other than at the Rival's hands]]. Compare [[Antagonist in Mourning]].

 

 

Can also occur after a failed attempt at resuscitation, often accompanied by a [[Big No]] or "live, damn you!". Common in medical dramas.

 

Compare and contrast [[Try Not to Die]]. May overlap with [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]].

 

{{spoiler|'''Askeladd:'''}} "Geez... It's time for you to stop being a kid..." }}

* A very emotional scene in the first episode of ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', with Kuwabara barging into Yusuke's funeral demanding a fight with him. This might be considered an adult version of [[Please Wake Up]]. This is also a case of [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]] as this establishes that Kuwabara considers Yusuke a rival who challenges him and betters him the more they fight against each other.

** Parodied in the Abridged series "You better come back to life or I'll kill you!"

** Yusuke's mother Atsuko also gets one, in a drunken rage after the wake - "I didn't give you permission to die!"

** Also, it's the only time we see him cry, including {{spoiler|chapter 107}}. You'd expect tears-on-demand for {{spoiler|[[Foe Yay|his foe]] [[Worthy Opponent|L]]}}, but there's no sign of them.

** In the ice-skating arc, Ranma takes a blow for Akane strong enough to crush all the bones in a man's body. When he doesn't respond to her, she assumes he's dead, then cries on his chest and calls him a fool. That's when he sits up, insulted that she wasn't more grateful for his sacrifice, and lets her know he was faking it. (He actually is hurt at that point, but he's a [[Badass]], so he walks it off.)

* ''[[Code Geass]]'' got this as a [[Tear Jerker]] moment when {{spoiler|Shirley bleeds to death in Lelouch's arms, promising to love him even if she's reincarnated, and Lelouch desperately and futilely trying to use his [[Evil Eye|Geass]] to save her.}}

*** That was done in contrast to {{spoiler|Euphemia's death. Think about it: Zero's the assassin, whole crowd of people chanting his name while verbally abusing the victim, all as the loved one cries over the victim's body.}}

** He uses the same sentence on Sango later on, after she [[Divide and Conquer|betrayed them]] and got [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|severely hurt for her efforts]].

** Played straight by Kagome after the fight against the Peach Man. Inuyasha has fallen off a 20-floor cliff, badly injured and in [[Brought Down to Normal|human form]]. The others can't find his body, but assume he must be dead. When Miroku remarks that "Inuyasha probably died without regrets, for even as he sacrificed his life, he knew that he was saving yours", Kagome cries out that she didn't want him to and that he is an idiot. Miroku and Shippo join in, saying he was indeed a fool. Of course, Inuyasha is [[Right Behind Me|Right Behind Them]], and not pleased to be called an idiot.

** {{spoiler|Played straight in the last episode of Minagoroshi-hen. [[Hope Spot|It seems as if fate is about to be beaten, and all is well]]... until Keiichi is shot by the Big Bad. As he dies, Mion yells "No! This cannot be! This cannot be!" until she is forced to flee.}}

* In [[Black Lagoon]], a [[Bit Part Badguys|small time crime boss]] hires some [[Mooks]] to take out the Lagoon Company for not playing exclusively for him. Naturally, they all die. Just before [[The Baroness|Balalaika]] pays him a visit, he's heard ranting about how [[Deceased Fall Guy Gambit|the mook he hired completely screwed him over]] by dying.

* In [[Bleach]], Ichigo is killed by Ulquiorra and Orihime indicates this trope by repeating his name for several minutes. {{spoiler|It works, he's not dead anymore.}}

** Also invoked by {{spoiler|Tsukishima}}, who ''flips the FUCK out'' when he learns that {{spoiler|Ginjou is dying.}}

* Happens afterwards, but in [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]: {{spoiler|after Kamina dies, Yoko is in the shower and [[Talking to Himself|says to herself]]: "You said you would return that kiss a ten times over! Kamina, you jerk!"}}

** And in the first anime, you have {{spoiler|Hawkeye arriving too late to protect Mustang from Archer. She finds him shot in the face and lying motionless in a pool of his own blood.}}

 

* In the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' comic series, Sonic's girlfriend, Princess Sally was devastated seeing Sonic "die" in an explosion after destroying a deadly alien weapon, not knowing that he was actually thrown halfway across the universe. A year later, Sonic returned, and the two kissed and continued their relationship. A following mission however, reminded Sally again of how easy it was to almost lose a loved one, and she begged that Sonic would step down from his role as a hero. He reluctantly declined because of the Eggman threat. She then slapped him in front of their family and friends and they argued on the bigger priority, love or duty. {{spoiler|A break-up followed}}.

 

 

* In [[Sherlock Holmes]] A Game of Shadows, {{spoiler|Watson to Sherlock, while trying to artificially resuscitate the latter.}}

LATER, '''Sherlock:''' ''[[Crowning Moment of Funny|Did you, by any chance, call me a selfish bastard?]]'' }}

* Happens twice in ''[[The Abyss]]'', first when Lindsey Brigman has drowned and her ex-husband Virgil "Bud" Brigman yells at her while performing CPR to try to bring her back. Later on in the movie, when Bud faces death thousands of feet below her, Lindsey returns the favor.

'''Lindsey''': Bud, please! Listen to me, please! Goddamn it!...You dragged me back from the bottomless pit! You can't leave me here alone now! Please. Oh, God, Virgil, please. }}

** Don't forget that, when the CPR doesn't work, Bud delivers the [[Worst Aid|Miraculous Bitchslap of Life.]]

* Happens in ''[[The Matrix]]''...

*** An [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] (where-in Trinity is The One) would have Trinity resurrecting Neo as Jesus did to Lazarus and then being resurrected herself in the second movie.

** ...and in ''[[The Matrix]] Reloaded'':

'''Neo''': Trinity. Trinity, I know you can hear me. I'm not letting go. I can't. I love you too damn much. }}

* Happens in ''[[Lethal Weapon 3]]'' film as part of Murtaugh's [[Heroic BSOD]] after having to gun down one of his son's friends in a shootout.

* Paul Thomas Anderson's ''[[Magnolia]]'' had Tom Cruise's character doing this to his estranged father, in sort of a verbal [[Slap Slap Kiss]].

* ''[[Terminator]]'' had Sarah Connor trying to motivate a mortally wounded Reese (showing signs of the leader she's supposed to become):

* In ''[[Pitch Black]]'', this is Riddick's response when {{spoiler|Carolyn Fry}} is dragged away and killed by the monsters. Immediately beforehand, this was also the motivation used to get him up after he was bleeding intensely and in a state of panic, just having been nearly killed by the creatures.

* Subverted in ''[[WALL-E]]'', {{spoiler|when WALL-E's memory appears to be wiped, after trying various tricks to restore it, EVE vigorously shakes WALL-E with an angry expression in an attempt to "wake him up".}}

* In the film ''[[Flatliners]]'', David Labraccio (Kevin Bacon) is determined to resuscitate Nelson (Kiefer Sutherland), and continues even after it's clear that Nelson is gone, going so far as to hit him in the chest to try to get his heart going again and saying "Come on, Nelson!".

* Happens at the end of ''Ong-Bak'', {{spoiler|Humlae dies and Muay spends her last lines of the movie cursing him for dying.}}

* Done comically in ''[[The Wrong Box]]'' - Morris and John Finsbury (Peter Cook and Dudley Moore) are taking their uncle Joseph on a train trip on the news that a relative's imminent death will net them a fat inheritance - after the train crashes, Morris finds a dead body he thinks is Joseph's, and tearfully curses him for selfishly dying and leaving two helpless orphans destitute.

* Sort of subverted in ''[[Young Frankenstein]]''. After it appears Frankenstein has failed to bring a corpse back to life, he begins to strangle the dead body claiming he has ruined him. Of course his two assistants attempt to pull him off for fear that he'll kill him.

* ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]'', when Insectisaurus is shot down, Link shouts at him, "Don't you dare close your eyes!" {{spoiler|He becomes a butterfly.}}

* ''Hulk'' has this line from Betty after Bruce declares he's fine after the gamma ray accident.

** {{spoiler|Deacon}} has been badly wounded, and is suffering from both serious bleeding and a head wound. He fades out of consciousness, his plane sliding into a dive, as Easy screams helplessly at him to wake up and pull up. {{spoiler|He wakes up, regains control of the plane, and crashes on landing. Despite being doused in gasoline before the plane caught fire, he is pulled out and survives.}}

** Easy finds himself in a similar situation with {{spoiler|Lightning}} towards the end of the film. {{spoiler|Lightning's plane plows into the ground and explodes.}}

* [[The Gauntlet]]: Gus to Ben, near the end.

 

* Arya Stark does quite a bit of this in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', angry at the adults who keep failing to protect her.

* The ''[[Redwall]]'' book series, by Brian Jacques. Two instances. One is after a character is found in the woods badly wounded and is told "If you die, I'll kill you!". Another version is in a separate book where a character that's been unconscious is told by a friend that if he dies, the other character will never speak to him again. This is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by the now-conscious character remarking that it'd be interesting to see that.

* Nynaeve does this to a wounded Aiel Maiden in Book Three of [[Wheel of Time]]. On purpose, though: it helps her to get angry enough to channel and heal her.

'''Domingo:''' I don't want your "sorry"! My name is Domingo Montoya and I died for that sword and you can keep your "sorry". If you were going to fail, why didn't you die years ago and let me rest in peace? }}

 

** However, [[Determinator|Ivanova doesn't give up easily]]. In the end credits of the series, Marcus is shown in a cryostasis tube with the accompanying orders from General Ivanova to store him until his condition can be reversed. A short story {{spoiler|shows that it works in the distant future.}}

** {{spoiler|"REGENERATE!!"}}

** Also this exchange between the Doctor and Wilf in ''The End of Time'' Part 1:

'''Wilfred''': Alright, I'll try not to! }}

* Gene Hunt gets one of these in ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]'' after Alex passes out from hypothermia.

** Also when she was drugged by Summers and when she mysteriously stops breathing after being chloroformed

*** Also arguably when he drags her out of the road in the first episode

* ''[[Firefly]]'':

** In "Jaynestown", when one of the mudders dives in front of a shotgun blast intended for Jayne, ''even when it's been proved Jayne isn't the hero the village thought him to be'', Jayne goes ballistic. Afterwards, he's really shaken up by the incident, not comprehending why the mudder had saved his life at the expense of his own. ''"Don't make no sense..."''.

** in "War Stories", when Niska resuscitates Mal after having tortured him to death "Mr. Reynolds...? You died, Mr. Reynolds. If you die, I can't hurt you any more."

* A "near death" version on ''[[The Closer]]'' after Sanchez [[Taking the Bullet|takes three shots to save Provenza]]:

* [[NCIS]]: Gibbs ''orders'' his subordinates not to die on a regular basis, and it seems to work. This occurs notably in SWAK, when Tony has the plague.

* Wilhelmina in ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' yells this hysterically as Daniel's dad dies.

 

You let me go... you let me down }}

* "Dark Wings" by [[Within Temptation]] includes the lyrics "Don't you die on me/You haven't made your peace/Live life, breathe, breathe".

* The small time West Virginia rock band ''The Weber Brothers'' has a song called ''Don't You Die on me'', which includes the lines "Don't you die on me! If you do, I'm never gonna forgive you. Don't you die on me! Such an underhanded thing to do!"

 

* The play ''Our Country's Good'' has {{spoiler|Duckling pleading with a dying Harry to not die.}} When he dies anyway, without ever waking up, she lets out an anguished "I hate you. No, I love you. How could you do this to me?!"

* ''[[Rent]]'' combined it with the [[Ironic Echo]]:

* In [[Next to Normal]], Dan resents Diana, in part, because he's afraid she'll hurt herself {{spoiler|again}}. Also, this trope is the underlying reason everyone resents {{spoiler|Gabe}} so much.

 

* In ''[[Disgaea]]'', the gender-reversed variation happens when {{spoiler|Flonne}} accepts to be killed by the Seraph in order to prevent him from punishing the entire group. Once Laharl realizes that she really is gone, he goes utterly apeshit.

** ''Disgaea 3'' has something quite similar, where Mao laments the death of {{spoiler|Almaz}}, claiming that he did not give his servants permission to die on him (all while trying his darndest not to admit that he actually ''cares'' about {{spoiler|Almaz}}'s fate.)

*** Cruelly subverted in the bad ending path, where he's painfully honest about not caring.

* From ''[[Odin Sphere]]'':

** Roxas: {{spoiler|Xion! Who else am I going to eat [[Trademark Favorite Food|ice cream]] with?}}

* Some companion battle cries for a fallen Hawke in [[Dragon Age II]] fit this trope: A shocked Anders shouts "No! Don't you dare!", while Aveline takes it personally: "Not today Hawke. Not while i am here!". Similar for Carver ("Don't you die on me. Not after all this.") and Isabela ("Don't you die on me!")

 

* From the ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' cartoon "Army": "Don't you die on me, Bennedetto! Not on my watch! You never gave me the five bucks...!" ("Bennedetto" is an inanimate popcorn popper.)

** He then tearfully informs the microwave of her son's death.

 

 

* In ''[[Naruto the Abridged Series]]'', Orochimaru does this to the third hokage. What makes it funny that he had just spent an entire episode trying to kill the third, and failed. The third beats him by giving up his life to seal away Orochimaru's arms and Orochimaru's exact words are "Sarutobi, don't you die on me! Give me back my arms, ''then'' die on me!"

 

* In ''[[Gargoyles]]'', as Magus lays dying, Princess Katherine says "Ye can nae leave me now!"

* In [[The Ripping Friends]], Rip says something like this to a dehyrdated Chunk when he was attacked by The Indigestible Wad.

 

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