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'''Elidibus:''' You!? It cannot be!\\

-->'''Tai Lung:''' You...You can't defeat me. You're just a big... fat... panda!\\

** Also, in the ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' manga, Agahnim gets a big shock when Link absorbs his magic with the Master Sword, just before repelling it right back at him [[ThisIsUnforgivable in an unforgiving act towards him]] for sending Zelda to the Dark World encased in a crystal and making him think he sacrificed (and therefore killed) her.

The equivalent Japanese phrases are "masaka" (まさか, often translated as "no way!") and "sonna bakana" (そんなバカな, often translated as "incredible!" or "that's impossible!"). Such words are used so much in anime, it's fairly common to hear "this can't be!" in English dubs. Monsters in {{Toku}} are prone to yelling this just before they [[DefeatEqualsExplosion explode]].

* ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'': Harvey after [[spoiler:his defeat in Osvald’s final chapter. He says this his rival defeats The One True Magic with his own. It is very fitting for a villain who [[GreenEyedMonster never got over his envy over a single individual]] [[AlwaysSecondBest just because he is better than him in every way]]. It is also satisfying because he stole Osvald’s wife and daughter and used them horrific experiments since he [[UncertainDoom disappears in an explosion of his own magic]].

* ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'': Harvey after [[spoiler:his defeat in Osvald’s final chapter. He says this his rival defeats The One True Magic with his own. It is very fitting for a villain who [[GreenEyedMonster never got over his envy over a single individual]] [[just because he is better than him in every way]]. It is also satisfying because he stole Osvald’s wife and daughter and used them horrific experiments since he [[UncertainDoom disappears in an explosion of his own magic]].

* ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'': Harvey after [[spoiler:his defeat in Osvald’s final chapter. He says this his rival defeats The One True Magic with his own. It is very fitting for a villain who [[GreenEyedMonster never got over his envy over a single individual]] [[just because he is better than him in every way]]. It is also satisfying because he stole Osvald’s wife and daughter and used them horrific experiments since he [[UncertainDoom disappears in an explosion of his own magic]]]].

* In the [[GrandFinale finale]] of ''VideoGame/FZero Falcon Densetsu'', Rick Wheeler successfully destroys the Dark Reactors prematurely, therefore [[HumiliationConga ruining Black Shadow's plans]] to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy and remake the galaxy]]. Black Shadow tries to escape the destruction of the exploding reactors, [[VillainousBreakdown repeatedly shrieking "I do not die! I will not die!"]] along the way, so he can lick his wounds and plot anew. His escape is prevented by a [[MemeticMutation meme-tastic moment]] in the form of a HeroicSacrifice courtesy of [[MemeticBadass Captain Falcon]] himself, who '''FALCON PUNCH!!!!!es''' Black Shadow right back into the radius of the explosion of the exploding reactors themselves (which many may argue that the Falcon Punch caused, if the scene is taken out of context), incinerating them both and at the same time saving the galaxy.

* ''VideoGame/Batman:TheTelltaleSeries'' has [[spoiler: Vicki Vale]] utterly convinced that Bruce Wayne is just as selfish and ruthless as his father, so if Batman agrees to unmask in front of her to save Alfred, she is so stunned by the truth that Bruce is actually Batman that the only way she can reconcile her beliefs with reality is through InsaneTrollLogic — she convinces herself that Batman is Bruce’s way of preying upon the defenseless when the truth couldn’t be more different.

* ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltale Series'' has [[spoiler: Vicki Vale]] utterly convinced that Bruce Wayne is just as selfish and ruthless as his father, so if Batman agrees to unmask in front of her to save Alfred, she is so stunned by the truth that Bruce is actually Batman that the only way she can reconcile her beliefs with reality is through InsaneTrollLogic — she convinces herself that Batman is Bruce’s way of preying upon the defenseless when the truth couldn’t be more different.

** For example, whenever Bang Shishigami is hit, he sometimes screams "How can this be?!?!?!"

** Gecko Moriah exclaims this when his supposedly ultimate zombie, Oars, starts getting tossed around like a ragdoll by an empowered Luffy.

* ''Manga/ShamanKing'':
** In the fourth episode, Tao Len mutters such a phrase after being bested by Yoh.
-->'''Tao Len:''' It can't be... I've been defeated...!
** In a much later episode, Len says such a phrase again while he's fighting Mikihisa, Yoh's father, in a match to prove his worth and determine whether he will stop or continue searching for the grains of rice scattered across the desert by him. When Len makes many futile attempts to hit Mikihisa after recreating his copies from his spirits using faster and stronger versions of his Rapid Tempo Assault, he simply says "Impossible...!" before the Mikihisa copies move in to attack him from everywhere around him while saying "Use your Oversoul (Furyoku in the dub) to see."

* The very first episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' features such a speech from Grim, upon realizing he’s been defeated by two kids and now must be their best friend/slave forever.

-->'''Grim:'''No, this is impossible! I am the Grim Reaper! Master of the forces of life and death!\\
'''Mandy:'''Not anymore.

* The very first episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' features such a speech from Grim, upon realizing he’s been defeated by two kids and must be their best friend/slave forever.

* In ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' Emperor Sun Hai says this after you defeat him, exclaiming [[AGodAmI 'I am a god']] just to further seal his fate.
* In the PC version of ''Killing Time'', the final boss Tess Conway does this as she [[CriticalExistenceFailure fades into dust from the feet up]] once she's defeated.
-->'''Tess Conway:''' Impossible! I'm immortal! ...I'm immortal!

* The original ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' series episode "[[Recap/PokemonS1E17IslandOfTheGiantPokemon Island Of Giant Pokémon]]" features Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle separated from Ash and company while shipwrecked on a desert island. The quartet eventually come across Meowth, Ekans, and Koffing, (Also separated from Team Rocket) whom Meowth commands to fight. Ekans and Koffing refuse, leading to this exchange:

* In ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy'', Izuku spouts this in disbelief as he realizes that he now has the powers of [[Franchise/SpiderMan Spider-Man]]. He repeats it when he runs into Peter Parker.

** Giriko prepares to fight Kenpachi by using his Fullbring to maximize his physical strength, [[HulkingOut hulking himself out in the process]]. [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe Kenpachi cuts him im half]], with the most bored expression imaginable, before he can finish [[DrunkWithPower boasting about how powerful he has become]], leaving Giriko to mutter "impossible" as he dies.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': Said verbatim by Agent Kallus in response to one of his Arquitens cruisers being destroyed by the rebels new B-Wing prototype and its [[WaveMotionGun Composite Beam Laser]]

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': Directly said by Agent Kallus in response to one of his cruisers being destroyed by the rebels new B-Wing prototype’s [[WaveMotionGun Superlaser]]

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': Directly said by Agent Kallus in response to one of his cruisers being destroyed by the rebels new B-Wing prototype