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->''"Now the war is finally over, I got a girlfriend back at the base; I'm gonna propose to her when I get back! I even bought flowers!"''
-->-- '''Patrick James "PJ" Beckett''' seconds before being shot down, ''VideoGame/AceCombatZeroTheBelkanWar''
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->'''Skowie:''' Hey, [=McBain=]. You keep eating them hot links, you never gonna make it to a pension.\\
'''[=McBain=]:''' Come on. Live a little, Skowie.\\
'''Skowie:''' No, thank you. Got me a future, partner. I'm two days away from retirement, my daughter's graduating from college...\\

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->'''Skowie:''' ->'''Scoey:''' Hey, [=McBain=]. You keep eating them hot links, you never gonna make it to a pension.\\
'''[=McBain=]:''' Come on. Live a little, Skowie.Scoey.\\
'''Skowie:''' '''Scoey:''' No, thank you. Got me a future, partner. I'm two days away from retirement, my daughter's graduating from college...\\



'''Skowie:''' And as soon as we nail Mendoza, my old lady and I are gonna sail around the world like we always wanted. Just christened the boat. ''[He hands [=McBain=] a picture of his boat, named the Live-4-Ever.]'' Oh, yessir. Everything's gonna be just per--\\
''[An assassin aims a pistol at [=McBain=]. He fires, just as Skowie leans over to take his picture back and takes the bullet. Skowie proceeds to get shot 14 times. The assassin escapes, and [=McBain=] goes to check on Skowie.]''\\
'''Skowie:''' Oh, damn, damn, damn... [=McBain=]...\\

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'''Skowie:''' '''Scoey:''' And as soon as we nail Mendoza, my old lady and I are gonna sail around the world like we always wanted. Just christened the boat. ''[He hands [=McBain=] a picture of his boat, named the Live-4-Ever.]'' Oh, yessir. Everything's gonna be just per--\\
''[An assassin aims a pistol at [=McBain=]. He fires, just as Skowie Scoey leans over to take his picture back and takes the bullet. Skowie Scoey proceeds to get shot 14 times. The assassin escapes, and [=McBain=] goes to check on Skowie.Scoey.]''\\
'''Skowie:''' '''Scoey:''' Oh, damn, damn, damn... [=McBain=]...\\



'''Skowie:''' I'm not gonna make it.\\

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'''Skowie:''' '''Scoey:''' I'm not gonna make it.\\



'''Skowie:''' No, no, no, no, just do one thing for me... get... Mendoza... ''[He dies.]''\\

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'''Skowie:''' '''Scoey:''' No, no, no, no, just do one thing for me... get... Mendoza... ''[He dies.]''\\
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-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

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-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Saturdays Of Thunder"
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''[An assassin aims a pistol at [=McBain=]. Skowie jumps in the way and is shot 14 times. The assassin escapes, and [=McBain=] goes to check on Skowie.]''\\

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''[An assassin aims a pistol at [=McBain=]. He fires, just as Skowie jumps in leans over to take his picture back and takes the way and is bullet. Skowie proceeds to get shot 14 times. The assassin escapes, and [=McBain=] goes to check on Skowie.]''\\
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->'''B1 Battle Droid:''' You guys are the best! I never thought I’d make it to retirement, but here I-\\
[screams as Anakin and Obi-Wan crash into the droids with their starfighters and start attacking them]
-->-- ''VideoGame/LegoStarWars: The Skywalker Saga, Film/RevengeOfTheSith''
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'''Elan:''' Don't say that! Whenever someone says that right after surviving something dangerous, something totally random pops out and kills them!\\

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'''Elan:''' Don't say that! Whenever someone says that right after surviving something dangerous, [[CheatedDeathDiedAnyway something totally random pops out and kills them!\\them!]]\\
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'''Metal:''' You know, I was only here for the island. But after hearing all that, I feel ''obligated'' to include you too.

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'''Metal:''' You know, I was only here for the island. But after hearing all that, I feel ''obligated'' to [[InvokedTrope include you too.too]].
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-><One too many missions. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHero This was going to be my last one]]. Now... well, it will still be my last one.>

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-><One too many missions. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHero [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere This was going to be my last one]]. Now... well, it will still be my last one.>
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-><One too many missions. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHero This was going to be my last one]]. Now... well, it will still be my last one.>
-->--'''Marco,''' ''Literature/{{Animorphs}} #5: The Predator''
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->'''Serafina''': Whatever it is that the Brothers Romano want hauled out of the state, he hauls it for them, under the bananas! And money, he gets so much it spills from his pockets! Soon I don't have to make dresses!\\
'''Assunta''': Soon I think you will have to make a black veil!\\
'''Serafina''': Tonight is the last time he does it!
-->-- {{Foreshadowing}} in the first scene of ''Theatre/TheRoseTattoo''
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-->-- '''Creator/WillArnett,''' ''{{Netflix}} Live'' (April Fool's Day joke)

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-->-- '''Creator/WillArnett,''' ''{{Netflix}} ''Creator/{{Netflix}} Live'' (April Fool's Day joke)
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->'''Skowie:''' Hey, [=McBain=]. You keep eating them hot links, you never gonna make it to a pension.\\
'''[=McBain=]:''' Come on. Live a little, Skowie.\\
'''Skowie:''' No, thank you. Got me a future, partner. I'm two days away from retirement, my daughter's graduating from college...\\
'''[=McBain=]:''' Little Susie's growing up.\\
'''Skowie:''' And as soon as we nail Mendoza, my old lady and I are gonna sail around the world like we always wanted. Just christened the boat. ''[He hands [=McBain=] a picture of his boat, named the Live-4-Ever.]'' Oh, yessir. Everything's gonna be just per--\\
''[An assassin aims a pistol at [=McBain=]. Skowie jumps in the way and is shot 14 times. The assassin escapes, and [=McBain=] goes to check on Skowie.]''\\
'''Skowie:''' Oh, damn, damn, damn... [=McBain=]...\\
'''[=McBain=]:''' Yes?\\
'''Skowie:''' I'm not gonna make it.\\
'''[=McBain=]:''' Oh, stop talking crazy!\\
'''Skowie:''' No, no, no, no, just do one thing for me... get... Mendoza... ''[He dies.]''\\
'''[=McBain=]: ''MENDOZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!'''''
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
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->'''Old Man Hoot:''' Maybe I should move here. My grandkids would love it, it's not too far from the Holy Church of St. Chaos, it's a great location to open a new home for the starving orphans I care for, and I'm just ''two days away'' from retirement! It's the perfect place for an innocent elderly bystander such as myself. Wouldn't you agree, you shadowy-looking gentleman over there?\\
'''Metal:''' You know, I was only here for the island. But after hearing all that, I feel ''obligated'' to include you too.
-->--''WebVideo/SonicTheAbridgehog''
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->''[[TheVietnamWar And Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon]]\\

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->''[[TheVietnamWar ->''[[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar And Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon]]\\

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'''[=URL=]:''' [[{{Subversion}} He took an early retirement.]] Damn.

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'''[=URL=]:''' [[{{Subversion}} He took an early retirement.]] retirement]]. Damn.


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->"Hang on one second, I just got a great idea for a movie about a guy, who's about to retire, and he's a cop. He's gonna spend time with his boat, and it's called ''Film/LethalWeapon,'' shit. G-ddamn it, I always do that. I always pitch myself movies that already exist."
-->-- '''Creator/WillArnett,''' ''{{Netflix}} Live'' (April Fool's Day joke)
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->"Only one more trip," said a gallant seaman,\\
As he kissed his weeping wife,\\
Only one more bag of the golden treasure\\
And 'twill last us all through life.\\
Then I'll spend my days in my cosy cottage\\
And enjoy the rest I've earned;\\
But alas! poor man! For he sail'd commander\\
Of the ship that never returned.
-->-- '''Henry Clay Work''', ''The Ship That Never Returned''
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->'''[[VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution Adam Jensen]]''': [[TemptingFate Hopefully that's the last time us detectives have to deal with paramilitary goons.]]\\
'''[[Franchise/MassEffect Garrus Vakarian]]''': ...Right, also, we're just a ''few days away from retirement. What could possibly go wrong?''
-->-- ''Fanfic/MassEffectHumanRevolution''
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-->-- ''DarthsAndDroids'', [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0194.html 194]]

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-->-- ''DarthsAndDroids'', ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'', [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0194.html 194]]
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-->-- ''Redgum'', ''I was only Ninteen''.

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-->-- ''Redgum'', ''I was only Ninteen''.
'''Redgum''', "I Was Only Ninteen"

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-->--'''Josie''', ''[[BMovie Air Panic]]''

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-->--'''Josie''', -->-- '''Josie''', ''[[BMovie Air Panic]]''



-->--''Redgum'', ''I was only Ninteen''.

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-->--''Redgum'', -->-- ''Redgum'', ''I was only Ninteen''.



''Everyone looks around. When nothing happens:''
->'''Elan:''' Well, most of the time, at least. Just don't announce that you're going to retire tomorrow, okay?\\
-- ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''

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''Everyone looks around. When nothing happens:''
->'''Elan:'''
happens:''\\
'''Elan:'''
Well, most of the time, at least. Just don't announce that you're going to retire tomorrow, okay?\\
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okay?
-->--
''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''



-->--''DarthsAndDroids'', [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0194.html 194]]

-> "Damn! And I was only one day from retirement!"
-->-- [[spoiler: McBain's partner]] on TheSimpsons

->'''[= URL =]''': "Poor Smitty. He was two weeks from retirement."\\
'''Fry''': "What happened to him?"\\
'''[= URL =]''': "[[{{Subversion}} He took an early retirement.]] Damn."
-->--''{{Futurama}}''

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-->--''DarthsAndDroids'', -->-- ''DarthsAndDroids'', [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0194.html 194]]

-> "Damn! ->''"Damn! And I was only one day from retirement!"
retirement!"''
-->-- [[spoiler: McBain's partner]] on TheSimpsons

->'''[= URL =]''': "Poor
'''[[spoiler: [=McBain=]'s partner]]''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

->'''[=URL=]:''' Poor
Smitty. He was two weeks from retirement."\\
'''Fry''': "What
\\
'''Fry:''' What
happened to him?"\\
'''[= URL =]''': "[[{{Subversion}}
him?\\
'''[=URL=]:''' [[{{Subversion}}
He took an early retirement.]] Damn."
-->--''{{Futurama}}''
Damn.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''

->''"Darn! Just one more page and I would've finished this book."''
-->-- '''The Man with No Name''', ''VideoGame/TheTownWithNoName''
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--''OrderOfTheStick''

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--''OrderOfTheStick''
-- ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''



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->'''[= URL =]''': "Poor Smitty. He was two weeks from retirement."\\
'''Fry''': "What happened to him?"\\
'''[= URL =]''': "[[{{Subversion}} He took an early retirement.]] Damn."
-->--''{{Futurama}}''

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-> "Damn! And I was only one day from retirement!"
-->-- [[spoiler: McBain's partner]] on TheSimpsons

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->''"And you know, what makes it really tragic is that everyone in the city had just two days left till retirement!"''
-->--'''Spoony''', ''in TheNostalgiaCritic's'' review of ''Film/AloneInTheDark''
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--''DarthsAndDroids'', [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0194.html 194]]

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--''DarthsAndDroids'', -->--''DarthsAndDroids'', [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0194.html 194]]
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->[[spoiler:'''Darth Maul:''']] And to think... I was gonna retire after this case...
--''DarthsAndDroids'', [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0194.html 194]]
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-->--'''Spoony''', ''NostalgiaCritic's'' review of ''Film/AloneInTheDark''

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-->--'''Spoony''', ''NostalgiaCritic's'' ''in TheNostalgiaCritic's'' review of ''Film/AloneInTheDark''
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->'''Lien:''' I can't belive you survived as their prisoner for so long!\\
'''O-chul:''' I'll be honest, I did not actually expect to live through this.\\
'''Elan:''' Don't say that! Whenever someone says that right after surviving something dangerous, something totally random pops out and kills them!\\
''Everyone looks around. When nothing happens:''
->'''Elan:''' Well, most of the time, at least. Just don't announce that you're going to retire tomorrow, okay?\\
--''OrderOfTheStick''

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