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7-> ''"Stop that! Stop... not-dying!"''
8-->-- '''Freeza''', ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''
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13An old and well-used {{Stock Phrase|s}}, most frequently used by villains who have seen a MadeOfIron hero calmly walk through {{Death Trap}}s, fight their way out of a [[InescapableAmbush carefully laid ambush]], OutrunTheFireball from an explosion, or pull a ScopeSnipe on their [[ProfessionalKiller highly paid killers]]. And really, at that point, [[VillainousBreakdown can you blame them?]]
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15Variations: "What does it take to kill you?", "How many times do I have to kill you?", "Why are you still alive?", "Just die already!", and "Why won't you STAY dead?!!", which are generally reserved for when the hero comes BackFromTheDead, or returns after a NoOneCouldSurviveThat and/or NeverFoundTheBody scenario.
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17Although it's far more common for the villains to say it, it's not exclusive to them. If it's a good guy saying it, it will most commonly come from a {{Muggle|s}} type of hero or character about some supernatural or ImplacableMan villain, or by someone who is closer to the AntiHero side of the [[CharacterCalculus Morality Axis]] than to IdealHero and is getting frustrated with their enemy seeming to have JokerImmunity. Subtrope of StayingAlive. Contrast DeadToBeginWith.
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19See also HealingFactor and PullingThemselvesTogether for reasons that these people/things will not stay dead. Also PrepareToDie and YouHaveNoChanceToSurvive for what this trope defies. For VideoGame BossBattle equivalents that can provoke this reaction in players, see MarathonBoss, SequentialBoss, and DamageSpongeBoss. Compare and contrast SuicideDare for expressing the wish that someone would take a more active role in their death.
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21'''NOTE:''' This trope is about when the phrase (or something similar) is said ''in the story''. For dead characters whose deaths never seem to "stick," see DeathIsCheap.
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23%% There has been serious abuse of this trope by those who think this is the audience's reaction. If it isn't said by a character, it's not an example%%
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30* Anti-hero [[{{Determinator}} Guts]] and [[TheJuggernaut the monsters]] that he fights say this back and forth to each other in ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', Guts due to the demons' supernatural toughness and endurance, and the demons due to Guts' MadeOfIron stature and sheer refusal to die.
31* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
32** Szayelaporro says this to Mayuri during their fight. "Why?! I destroyed all of your organs and tendons! So why won't you die?!"
33** Nnoitra screams this during his fight with Kenpachi, who is not only taking all of his attacks without apparently feeling them but is also ''laughing'' with glee even as he gets torn apart. "You've pissed me off long enough. Die, God Damnit!"
34** Ulquiorra more or less asks a [[CameBackWrong freshly revived and Hollowfied]] Ichigo this, stating that he can't possibly be alive and demanding to know just what the hell he '''really''' is.
35** Driscoll's last words were to ask Yamamoto to die already after his stolen attack had no effect on him. Yamamoto then reduced him to a pile of ashes.
36** Candice says this to Kenpachi when she zaps him with lightning twice and Meninas punches him into a crater. The {{Red Shirt}}s of Squad 11 shout this to Giselle Gewelle after she shows no signs of pain and keeps talking when they slash her from shoulder to stomach.
37** Ichibei thinks he has thoroughly defeated Yhwach and has crushed his opponent to death like a feeble, black ant, until he finds Yhwach standing behind him. He demands to know why Yhwach won't die, which leads to the reveal of Yhwach's true abilities.
38* Anyone who encounters an Abyssal One or [[spoiler:Priscilla]] in ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'' will end up thinking this.
39* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': In "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession5BalladOfFallenAngels Ballad of Fallen Angels]]", Vicious (who is a StrawNihilist BloodKnight to his very core) shouts a similar phrase at Spike during their confrontation in the cathedral -- "Why are you still alive?!". Vicious is both amazed and furious that Spike and he are evenly matched and all of Vicious's efforts (past and present) to kill Spike have failed despite the fact that Spike no longer shares the bloodthirsty outlook that Vicious adheres to, and which Vicious sees as being the key to being strong.
40* Fans of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' have certainly said this enough times while watching some of the fights, but two examples of characters saying it come to mind: when Frieza is fighting Vegeta, Krillin and Gohan, he begins to wonder if they're immortal because they keep coming back to continue fighting no matter how badly Frieza injures them. (Then he notices [[HealingHands Dende healing them]], and quickly decides to ShootTheMedicFirst.) Later he says a variant when Goku reappears and keeps fighting after [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat Frieza had left Goku for dead]]. There are probably plenty more.
41** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU399C97EBU Vegeta utters this line word-for-word while blasting at a regenerating Meta Cooler.]]
42** Perfect Cell, during his massive VillainousBreakdown at the climax of the Cell Games screams a variation of this at the collective Z-Fighters aiding Gohan in the BeamOWar after [[{{Determinator}} they repeatedly keep getting up after he blasts them down with his ki]].
43--->'''Cell:''' WHY CAN'T YOU PEOPLE JUST STAY DOOOOWN?!
44* In DEEN's movie for the ''Unlimited Blade Works'' route of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', Lancer is [[spoiler:forced to commit suicide. He stabs himself in the heart and hits the ground, going still. It turns out [[NotQuiteDead he isn't dead yet]] as he kills Kirei, the one who forced him to commit suicide, a few second later. Kirei's corpse lands on Lancer and the latter groans before going still again.]] Shinji, who was in the room, takes this chance to try raping Rin, who's tied up and also in the room. But before Shinji can, Lancer gets up. Shinji says this trope word-for-word in English dub.
45-->'''Shinji''': Why won't you die?!
46-->'''Lancer''': You first!
47* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': "How many times do I have to kill you before you die?" Though in this case it's treated more as an annoyance.
48* In ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'', Sousuke has a variant of this towards Gauron, most notably in TSR where [[spoiler:Sousuke pretty much cries out, "But you're supposed to be--" with Gauron finishing, "dead?"]].
49%%* This happens in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' before the final battle.
50%%-->'''[[spoiler:Nakago]]:''' (to [[spoiler:Tamahome]]) Damn you... I thought you were dead.
51* ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'' manga: The Nurarihyon fight went on and on and on, suffering quite a few explosive "deaths", just to show up in yet ''another'' form. It gets to the point where one of the team members bemoans how this fight just never ends.
52* Nike, TheDragon in ''Manga/AirGear'' can take horrendous amounts of punishment. In every single battle he's been in, he's been taken down only to get back up for more mutual asskicking with his opponent. In his fights, he tends to actually take more damage than his opponents do, but his vast endurance helps him survive when his opponents generally don't. His refusal to stay down has several characters saying, or at least thinking, "What the hell does it take to put this monster down?"
53* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': At some point in the series, almost every recurring character receives this line or similar for their astounding survivability. One noteworthy instance of Alucard's insane durability has him flying a stealth plane at breakneck speed into a [[spoiler:vampire Nazi-controlled]] battleship, wading into a hail of bullets and grenades from its crew, then taking over a dozen gut shots from an enchanted bullet the size of his noggin.
54* Polnareff says this to Vanilla Ice in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' after stabbing him all the way in the mouth. Vanilla Ice tells him that he [[TheDeterminator "doesn't have time for dying"]], but Polnareff later realizes that [[spoiler:he had been made into a vampire by [[BigBad Dio]] and can't be killed by such means]].
55* Spoken word-for-word in ''Manga/NabariNoOu'' by Kannuki-sensei after [[spoiler:Kouichi]] was shot in the heart and came back to life.
56* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'':
57** When Asuka's trying to stab an Angel that's been so strengthened by hatching in an active volcano, her knife can't pierce it: "Die, damn you!"
58** There is also Asuka fighting the 14th angel. "Why won't you collapse damn you!?"
59** A much, much nastier example can be found in ''End of Evangelion''. This happens three times, maybe. The first is when the JSSDF decide to try and destroy Unit 02 with a battleship, a couple of artillery and tank battalions and a small army. Needless to say, they fail. Then Asuka fights the nine Mass Production Evas. She kills them all. And then they regenerate, despite being cut in half, missing the head, missing an arm etc. Asuka probably was thinking this, except for the fact she had been [[spoiler:[[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice stabbed in the eye with a lance]]]]. Then, Unit 02 and Asuka are [[spoiler:still alive after having been eviscerated, eaten, and stabbed]]. And she tries to [[GraspTheSun reach up and attack them]]. So they [[spoiler:split her arm and impale her again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And then they run out of spears, but by that time, Unit 02 and Asuka are both already dead]].
60*** And then, just to be sure, they take some of the remains and eat on-the-fly, and drop them as soon as EVA-01 shows up.
61** In the original GainaxEnding, Rei asks "Why am I still alive?"
62** In the original version of EVA-01 versus Zeruel, Zeruel still has the stamina to moan, even as it is being eaten. Don't ask how, it just won't die.
63*** In the Rebuild Version of this battle, Zeruel kept getting beaten up for about 20 minutes, before EVA-01 and Shinji initiate Third Impact and cause Zeruel to explode in a huge explosion of blood (not as much as Sahaquiel, though. It flooded Tokyo-3 completely by dying).
64* Speaking of someone named Asuka, there is also Shinn Asuka from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny''.
65** Shinn to Kira Yamato in [[spoiler:[[MidSeasonUpgrade brand new, flashy, and stronger]] Strike Freedom after [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat Shinn thought he was already dead when Shinn destroyed the old/original]]]] Freedom.
66--->'''Shinn:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Bastard!]] Why won't you go down?? FALL!!
67** In the same battle, interfering [[spoiler:Athrun Zala]] also invoked Shinn to say this trope, complete with his HeroicBSOD tone.
68--->'''Shinn:''' [[spoiler:Athrun..??]] But I.. killed you...
69** Kira himself invoke this trope in the final episode to Rey Za Burrel [[spoiler:after he realized Rey is a cloned "younger brother/successor" of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED previous installment's]] BigBad, Rau Le Creuset, which himself also a cloned human]], also complete with his HeroicBSOD.
70--->'''Kira:''' But.. it can't be you!! Why did you come back??
71* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
72** Crocodile asks this question of Luffy after impaling him and dehydrating him, in that order.
73** A lot of Luffy's pre-TimeSkip opponents are pretty much asking this question towards the end of their fights with him — the thing is, Luffy doesn't know ''how'' [[{{Determinator}} to die]].
74** Silent one from Arlong, after ripping off Zoro's bandage and seeing his wound. He's so shocked that Zoro managed to fight in such a condition that he decides he has to kill him as quickly as possible, because he's scared of what Zoro might do if he remained alive.
75** From the same arc Kuroobi says it after giving Sanji a brutal NoHoldsBarredBeatDown underwater even dragging him down deeper causing decompression to crush Sanji’s stomach making him cough up blood, yet to Kuroobi’s astonishment Sanji ''is still alive'' and [[GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger pointing his finger]].
76--->'''Kuroobi:''' This man still won't die?
77** Rob Lucci's facial expression when Luffy survives his ultimate attack for a '''''third''''' time is a perfect mixture of this, OhCrap, and ThisCannotBe.
78** Taken to a logic extreme with Whitebeard after Blackbeard and his crew have shot him at least 152 times until they ran out of ammo. Shiryu says they should just push him over since he’s clearly dead, but Whitebeard corrects that by managing to speak at which Blackbeard exclaims “You’re still alive?” in pure DirtyCoward terror.
79** In the second round of their fight, [[spoiler:[[TheStoic Katakuri]] actually starts getting ''angry'' when Luffy refuses to stay down despite getting pummeling and supposedly being unable to counterattack. Eventually, he comes to respect Luffy as a WorthyOpponent ''because'' he's survived this long, to the point where he won't let anyone else interfere with their fight, not even his siblings.]]
80** [[spoiler:Similar to the Whitebeard example, in a Flashback SmugSnake Shogun Orochi screams this verbatim after discovering that his nemesis Kozuki Oden was too badass to be die from being StewedAlive for a full hour]].
81* Koichiro Kase has this reaction towards the end of an episode of ''Anime/KnightHunters'' after Ken returns unscathed from Kase's second attempt at killing him. Ken replies solemnly, "[[EscapedFromHell I don't like hell.]]"
82* Done in ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', although the circumstances are a little different than normal. When Kurama faces off with [[spoiler:the elder Toguro]], he tricks [[spoiler:Toguro]] into being caught by a cursed tree that inescapably binds its victims, then fills their heads with hallucinations while it drains the life energy out of them. Thus, although he is simply bound to the tree, [[spoiler:Toguro]] lives in an eternal hallucination of delivering fatal blow after fatal blow to Kurama, only for Kurama to shrug it off.
83-->''"Why won't he die? Why won't he die?!"''
84* In the English dub of ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'', Scanty screams this word-for-word during her battle with Panty.
85* In ''Literature/IsThisAZombie'', Kyoko screams this when [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Ayumu]] won't die no matter how many times she stabs or blasts him.
86* In ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'', Accelerator screams this to Touma during their rematch in Volume 20, when Touma keeps surviving every attack Accelerator launches at him.
87* Happens in ''Manga/BetrayalKnowsMyName'' with the Duras Ashley. She first gets [[spoiler:Shuusei]] to admit that [[spoiler:he wants to die and stops his heart]], then almost kills [[spoiler:Hotsuma]] whose [[spoiler:[[WordsCanBreakMyBones Voice of God]] then revives Shuusei]]. They proceed to kick her ass, because they ARE stronger together, and she ''really'' doesn't like that.
88-->'''Ashley:''' Just a minute ago, you were ''dying''!
89* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': [[spoiler:During Sasuke and Naruto's final battle, Sasuke starts desperately wishing for Naruto to lose after one too many times of Naruto standing back up after every one of Sasuke's attacks.]]
90* ''Literature/FateApocrypha'': Assassin of Black's knives serve as a OneHitKill if she [[SituationalSword stabs a woman in a foggy night]]. Ruler survives getting stabbed because of her AntiMagic. Shocked, Assassin of Black asks, "Why didn't you die?"
91* ''Anime/NinjaScroll'': Jubei towards BigBad Gemma, especially since Jubei thought he had ''already killed him once!'' As Jubei finds out when Gemma resurfaces as the leader of the 8 Devils, Gemma has CompleteImmortality as his special power, he'll simply heal any injury he gets, including [[OffWithHisHead Jubei cutting off his head]] in the past, and even getting his head bashed in and getting cut in half during the climax. [[spoiler:He ends up getting encased in molten gold and sunk to the bottom of the ocean, trapping him forever in an undying golden Hell]]
92* ''Literature/RebuildWorld'': Akira facing a FullConversionCyborg sometimes leads to this.
93** Akira trying to execute Nelia with his anti-tank rifle while his PoweredArmor is too damaged to let him shoot straight, says this as she shows MajorInjuryUnderreaction and she's gradually reduced to LosingYourHead before the authorities capture them both.
94** Another Cyborg Akira fights, he cuts into HalfTheManHeUsedToBe vertically by sword, before saying this. Akira settles for using the SuperStrength granted by his armor to FinishingStomp the head of his opponent.
95* ''Manga/TomorrowsJoe'': The non-fatal example "why won't he stay down?!" occurs during Joe's final fight. Mendoza delivers multiple knockdowns on Joe over the course of the match, only for Joe to stand up again every time and keep coming, eventually causing Mendoza to have a VillainousBreakdown since he'd have folded long before taking that much damage. [[spoiler:Joe [[PostVictoryCollapse collapses post-match]], with the implication that the damage might actually have killed him]].
96* In ''Anime/YuGiOh'', after Yugi defeats Panik in a duel, Panik tries to kill Yugi with so many flamethrowers that he creates an entire ''firestorm'' -- and he fails.
97-->'''Panik:''' You...survived! How is that possible?\
98'''Yugi:''' My Millennium Puzzle protects me from your cowardly assault, but nothing will protect you from...'''OBLIVION'''! ''(mind-crushes Panik)''
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102* ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} [[https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uhqkjaCHPcc/VduNNPhFDQI/AAAAAAAAAyw/Vz0cODEtdQo/w1542-h1254/image.jpg asks this]] of an [[AlternateUniverse alternate]] version of himself that [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial really doesn't at all look like]] ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}.
103* Doctor Doom is flabbergasted by Reed Richards' perseverance to the point of expressing this trope word-for-word in [[LargeHam ALL CAPS ON MANY DIFFERENT OCCASIONS.]] Special props to ''ComicBook/FantasticFour #200'', after Reed escapes from a sealed incinerator by squeezing through the tiny pipeline leading from a jet blasting poisonous chlorine gas into his face.
104* Spoken word for word by ComicBook/GreenGoblin to his [[ArchEnemy nemesis]] ComicBook/SpiderMan in FinalBattle of the ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga''.
105-->'''Norman Osborn:''' I had you unconscious -- At my mercy! How could this have happened? Why won't you just '''DIE?'''?\
106'''Peter Parker:''' Because... then you'd win. And I'll '''NEVER''' give you satisfaction! ''[[[HeyYouHaymaker POW]]]''
107* In ''ComicBook/{{Infinity}}'', Promixa Midnight one of Thanos's EliteMooks [[https://retconpunchdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/ma2_cage.jpg utters this word for word]] while having a glorious VillainousBreakdown during her earthquaking fight with ComicBook/LukeCage in New York. In fairness to Midnight, prior to coming to Earth she had conqured thousands of worlds with Thanos and killed many powerful cosmic beings with him. So the idea of any non-immortal, let alone a puny Earthling like Luke, giving her so much trouble and being able to NoSell her full might understandably shatters her arrogance and freaks her the hell out.
108* In an issue of Adam Warren's ''Literature/DirtyPair'', Kei, fighting an artificially created "warbeast", starts unloading into its head at point-blank range with a gun capable of stopping PoweredArmor with one shot.
109-->"*BANG* DIE! *BANG* DIE! *BANG* WILL YOU @&$(# DIE!?"
110* In the ''Seed of Destruction'' storyline, ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} shoots [[BigBad Rasputin]] in the head...
111-->'''Hellboy:''' Hey, fall down, man!
112* ''ComicBook/ScudTheDisposableAssassin'': Scud shouts this or something similar at a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot zombified Tyrannosaurus Rex]], after emptying a combat shotgun into its face. [[RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain Destroying the brain]] is a lot harder when said brain is the size of a ''pea''.
113* The Joker says this in his [[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/goofybatman110-13.jpg very first appearance]] in ''ComicBook/BatmanNumber1''. Ironic, given Joker's [[JokerImmunity later ability]].
114* In ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader'', this is said by the Joker during his eulogy as he's retelling the story of how he killed Batman:
115-->''''''Joker:''' Smile damn you, why don't you smile?!''' You've got enough Joker Venom in you to finish off a regime of elephants. Why don't you '''smile?''' Why don't you '''die?'''\
116'''Batman:''' Because it's not '''funny.'''
117* A variation appears in ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'', during the climactic battle between Lex Luthor (armed with all the powers of Superman) and Steel (armed with basically some armour and a big hammer). After Steel responds to the predictable CurbStompBattle that ensues by continuing to keep getting up no matter how hard Luthor hits him, Luthor -- after first mocking the increasing number of injuries that Steel is racking up -- bellows "Are you still getting up? Lie down and die!"
118* ComicBook/UltimateMarvel:
119** ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': Heroic example, Cap says it about Kleiser, an alien that's really hard to kill.
120** ''ComicBook/SpiderMenII'': Green Goblin boasts that he can't be killed. Spider-Man already knows, and does not want to be reminded of it.
121* ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk'': General Ross asks this of the Green Scar Hulk, when he's pumping the Hulk full of MoreDakka.
122-->'''Ross:''' Why won't you die already?\
123'''Hulk:''' That's ''your'' job, isn't it?
124* ''Literature/BanishedFromTheHerosParty'': When Red and Rit are sent hurtling down an elevator shaft in the ancient elf ruins, they survive by virtue of [[spoiler:Danan being at the bottom and using one of his techniques to send them flying back up]]. This inexplicable occurrence causes [[spoiler:Ares, who had attempted to kill Red to remove his influence over Ruti]], to wonder why Red can't just die already.
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128* In ''Fanfic/AnEntryWithABang'', one shipman has this reaction after a Dropship eats enough SM-2 missiles to supposedly take out a large chunk of the old Soviet air force and still isn't greatly damaged.
129* In ''Fanfic/LatiasJourney'', this phrase is applied to most of the undead horrors that keep regenerating — some after multiple actual deaths, and one [[spoiler:having been utterly vaporized]].
130* [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]] does this towards ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} in ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC''.
131* Kikami, when she takes control of Sarah's body in the Manga/SoulEater fanfiction [[http://b.fanfiction.net/s/6419093/31/Witches_Man_Witches Witches Man, Witches]] while swinging her scythe at the vampire Nikolai. "WHY... WON'T... YOU... DIIIIIEEEEE?"
132* ''Fanfic/BurningBlack'': Remy screams this often at [[TheUndead Timothy]] after the latter continues to survive all the possible ways a person can be killed that Remy can think of. When Remy tries ways to kill magical creatures on him, the effects are soon neutralized with the help of anti-fairies and Caleb's magitechnology.
133* A quite hilarious example in ''Fanfic/FateStayNightUltimateMaster'', where Zouken, after learning about [[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ben Tennyson]] joining the Holy Grail War, immediately sends True Assassin to get rid of him as quickly as possible. Cue an extremely frustrated True Assassin trying to stab Ben... in [[IntangibleMan Ampfibian]] form.
134--->'''True Assassin:''' Just ''Die''!
135* In the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'', during the FinalBattle of the [[BadFuture Dark World Series]], [[spoiler:[[TrueFinalBoss Nightmare Eclipse/Paradox]]]], beginning to suffer a VillainousBreakdown, asks this of [[EleventhHourRanger Minty Pie]] as the latter continually resists her efforts to kill her.
136-->'''[[spoiler:Nightmare Paradox]]:''' WHAT PART OF LIE DOWN ON THE GROUND AND SLOWLY BLEED INTO DEATH WAS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND?!
137* A deranged Pandora Lovegood asks this in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11434139/24/Harry-Potter-and-A-Brand-New-Start Harry Potter and a Brand New Start]]'' when all of her inventions fail to kill Harry due to his status as the Master of Death making him immortal.
138* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11561003/1/No-More No More]]'' Lucius asks this when Harry is still alive after being hit by multiple killing curses.
139* The Super Mario World ROM hack {{creepypasta}} has this written in blood on the wall after Mario obtains infinite invincibility.
140* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7093738/12/Brutal-Harry Brutal Harry]]'' Voldemort asks this when faced with an unintentionally-resurrected Lily Potter.
141* In ''Fanfic/TheLastSon'', Graydon Creed yells the trope verbatim when he tries to [[ShootingSuperman shoot Superman.]]
142-->'''Graydon Creed:''' Die!!! ''Die!!! DIE!!! WHY WON'T YOU DIE, YOU FUCKING FREAK?!!!''
143* Luigi has "Why won't you die?" written in blood along the walls in ''Fanfic/IHateYou''. The "you" in question is his brother, Mario.
144* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3916117/11/Harry-Potter-and-the-Wardrobe Harry Potter and the Wardrobe]]'' Voldemort asks this when Harry uses Deep Magic to survive several killing curses.
145* In ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'', the creature that was once [[spoiler:the [[EvilSorcerer sorcerer]] [[WasOnceAMan Shamuhaza]]]] proves to be so tough that Kyril, Sanakan, and Hugh's flurry of blows seem to have no effect. Naturally, [[HotBlooded Sanakan]] gets frustrated by this, eventually slamming her Holy Blade onto its back repeatedly, cursing "Just [[AtomicFBomb fucking]] DIE ALREADY! DIE!" Hugh cannot speak, but from how his internal narration remarks that "the blasted thing's not dying", the readers can feel that he is getting impatient as well.
146* ''Fanfic/TruePotential'':
147** Raiga screams "WHY AREN'T YOU DYING YET?" to Anko during their fight.
148** During his first fight against Kabuto, Naruto grits his teeth together and asks "Why won't you die already?"
149* ''Fanfic/InvaderZimABadThingNeverEnds'': Aldrich asks this during his fight with Slab Rankle in Chapter 16, as the latter refuses to go down no matter how many times he's stabbed. Slab's response is "[[{{Eagleland}} Because America!]]".
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153* From Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'':
154** Jafar says this almost verbatim to Aladdin during the climax.[[note]]At this point in the film, Jafar has already sealed Aladdin in a collapsing cavern, knocked him out and hurled him into the ocean, and cast him all the way to the Arctic wastes. His frustration is pretty understandable.[[/note]]
155--->'''Jafar:''' "[[YouExclamation YOU!]] How many times do I have to kill you, boy?!"
156** And again in ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'', after the Genie saves Al from being executed.
157--->'''Jafar:''' "The street rat! Still alive? [[BigNo NO!]]"
158* Said by Nekron in ''WesternAnimation/FireAndIce'' in a rather {{narm}}y fashion.
159* In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'', Shen asks "How many times do I have to kill the same stinking panda?" when he sees and realizes that Po has recovered from the blow delivered to him by his anti-Kung Fu cannon. Which is just the start of Shen's own VillainousBreakdown.
160* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'':
161** Slight variant when Megatron screams "Fall! FALL!" as he shoots Optimus Prime until he finally does fall down.
162** Inverted later by Galvatron, who laments, "It's a shame you Autobots die so easily."
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166* One of the oldest examples in film can be found at the end of Alexander Dovzhenko's ''Arsenal'' (1928): [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OZG8w4iI_g "Fall, damn you, FALL! Are you wearing armor or something?"]] (go to about 1.20, is where it starts)
167* ''Film/AustinPowers'' says this in his second movie to Robin Swallows, who inexplicably survives being [[RasputinianDeath shot, stabbed, falling from a building, being blown up]], and quite a few other things. A deleted scene has Austin take advantage of this by keeping her in his car to serve as a bullet shield.
168* That joke was an [[LampshadeHanging intentional satire]] of one of the [[StrictlyFormula supposed rules]] of ''Film/JamesBond''. The joke was lost when James Bond killed a woman in cold blood the same year as this film came out (''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough''), and indeed, Bond had previously killed at least two other women before that point (Xenia Onatopp in ''Film/GoldenEye'', Naomi in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', as well as pushing Fiona Volpe into the line of fire of one of her henchmen in ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'').
169** Speaking of ''Film/GoldenEye'', Trevelyan delivers this after yet another failed attempt at killing Bond:
170---> '''Trevelyan:''' Why won't you just be a good boy and ''die''?
171---> '''Bond:''' You first. (To Xenia Onatopp) You, second.
172** Also done in more [[WickedCultured erudite fashion]] by ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'''s Hugo Drax, with a side of How Many Times Must I Kill You:
173--->'''Hugo Drax:''' Mr. Bond, you persist in defying my efforts to provide an amusing death for you.
174** In similarly erudite manner by Kamal Khan in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'':
175--->'''Kamal:''' You have a nasty habit of surviving.
176--->'''Bond:''' Well, you know what they say about the fittest.
177** A rather subdued example in ''Film/DiamondsAreForever''. The last time James Bond had crossed paths with Albert Wint and Charles Kidd, they had tried to incinerate him. Imagine their surprise, then, when the man they thought was securely a pile of ashes by then was lying unconscious in the elevator of the Whyte House after being gassed by Blofeld.
178--->'''Wint:''' If at first you don't succeed, Mr. Kidd...
179--->'''Kidd:''' Try, try again, Mr. Wint.
180* ''Film/BatmanForever'':
181** Two-Face and The Riddler say this to Franchise/{{Batman}} hysterically (ironically, he then unleashes an attack that's perhaps the closest either of them comes to actually killing him).
182--->'''Two-Face:''' Why can't you just DIE?!
183** And then, later:
184-->'''The Riddler:''' Why? Why can't I kill you?
185* In ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'', the villainous, and now exasperated, Lo Pan expresses a similar sentiment to his underling when he finds that Jack Burton has cheated death yet again...
186-->'''Lo Pan:''' Is it too much to ask, Thunder?!? ''Kill'' him! For me!
187* Used in the movie version of ''Film/TheCrow'' where Funboy shoots the hero several times, only to watch in horror as the hero's HealingFactor kicks in and closes the wounds right before his eyes, leading him to cry "[[HarsherInHindsight Don't you ever fuckin' die?]]"
188* Frequently said by foes of ''Film/DieHard'''s John [=McClane=].
189* In ''Film/FreddyVsJason'', a frustrated [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] asks [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] "Why won't you DIE?!" Freddy is an undead ghost, Jason an undead zombie, and both are absolutely infamous for having JokerImmunity. Irony that thick could only have been intentional.
190* In the 2000 movie ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'', Emperor Commodus says a variant of this to Maximus, after the latter has just won a match that was blatantly rigged against him. Since Commodus is the Emperor of Rome and Maximus a mere slave at that point, he could simply have his rival executed, but Commodus' being a SlaveToPR and his flair for the dramatic [[VillainBall limits his options]].
191-->'''Commodus:''' What am I going to do with you? You simply won't... die.
192* ''Film/HalloweenII1981'': A terrified Laurie asks Loomis why Michael Myers won't die when he survives getting shot multiple times.
193* In a borderline case of BeamMeUpScotty, Lord Voldemort does this with Harry Potter ''only'' in the [[TrailersAlwaysLie trailer]] for the ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' film(s).
194-->'''Lord Voldemort:''' Why do you live?
195-->'''Harry Potter:''' Because I have something worth living for.
196** In the film proper, he has this reaction when [[spoiler:his killing curse fails to kill Harry for the second time]]. While he doesn't say anything, his look of disbelief, followed by angry explosions, which is then followed by [[VillainousBreakdown physically attacking]] [[spoiler:Harry]] shows it.
197* In ''Film/HeroicTrio'', the main characters have a brief discussion about this concerning TheDragon who doesn't even seem to feel pain. After that, the fight the BigBad who goes through about three fake-out deaths before finally going down.
198* A rare hero(ine) example occurs in ''Film/Interceptor2022'' when Collins is fighting the sole female mercenary who turns out to be just as tough and determined as she is. The mercenary does get fatally shot right after this comment though.
199* In the true story of ''Film/KillTheIrishman'', the Cleveland Mafia are frustrated that they can't kill Irish mobster Danny Greene. Eight attempts were made on their Irish rival's life, including shootings and bombings. Greene walked away every time until October 6, 1977.
200--> '''Jack Licavoli:''' ''[from trailer]'' We've shot him. We've blown him up. He just won't die!
201* By the end of the ''Film/TheLoneRanger'', Cavendish [[spoiler:(and Cole)]] become very frustrated about the Lone Ranger and Tonto's refusal to die.
202-->'''Butch Cavendish:''' These two have a hard time stayin' dead!
203* In the movie ''Film/MeMyselfAndIrene'', one scene has Charlie finding a cow lying in the road, and he tries to put the poor thing out of its misery, thinking it had been hit by a car. It refuses to die despite having a gun emptied into its head, being pistol whipped, and then choked unconscious. [[BrickJoke The cow shows up again before the credits, bandaged up but otherwise okay.]]
204** A deleted scene taking place afterward has a farmer warn Charlie to watch out for his cow, who got loose and has a habit of taking naps in the road.
205* Parodied in ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', where King Arthur maims the Black Knight, who continues to try fighting even after losing his arm... and his other arm... and his leg... and his other leg. He decides to call it a draw at this point, until Arthur starts to leave, at which points the Black Knight declares he'll bite his legs off.
206* Averted in ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' where, rather than raging at Westley's [[OnlyMostlyDead unexpected return from the dead]], Humperdinck calmly says "I killed you too quickly last time, a mistake I don't intend to duplicate tonight".
207* Ivan Drago has one in ''Film/RockyIV''. "He is not a man. He is [[MadeOfIron a piece of iron]]."
208* In ''Film/TheSeaHawk'' (1940), the evil Lord Wolfingham (Henry Daniell) greets the hero, Geoffrey Thorpe (Creator/ErrolFlynn) who has escaped from numerous perils, with the words, "Have you nine lives, Captain Thorpe? Surely most of them must be used up by now." Cue {{Flynning}}.
209* In ''Film/The6thDay '', Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger's character gets annoyed that the QuirkyMinibossSquad keeps cloning themselves.
210* ''Film/SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow'' (2004). Sky Captain says "Why won't you die?" [[spoiler:to the RobotGirl just before he finishes her off for good]].
211* ''{{Film/Snatch}}'':
212** One of the many things that gangster Bullet Tooth Tony is infamous for is surviving being shot 6 times by an enemy. A {{flashback}} to that event shows the guy shooting Tony screaming "Why won't you fucking die?!!" just before he runs out of bullets.
213** Tony himself has this moment later with Boris "The Bullet Dodger", who takes an entire [[strike:clip]] magazine from Tony's Desert Eagle before he finally dies.
214* Mrs. Lovett of ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' shouts this [[spoiler:at Judge Turpin, still partially alive and clinging to her dress after Sweeney Todd did him in]].
215* In '' Film/ThorRagnarok'', as Valkyrie's MoreDakka proves [[ShootingSuperman ineffective]] against [[HellHound Fenris]], she expresses her frustration to Bruce.
216-->'''Valkyrie:''' THE STUPID DOG WON'T DIE!
217* In the original live-action ''Film/{{Transformers|2007}}'' movie, while trying to take down a particularly well-armoured Decepticon with a tank for a vehicle mode, one whose name is either "Brawl" or "Devastator" depending on who you ask, Captain William Lennox watches the robot shrug off a severed limb, several disabled weapons systems, and constant fire from Lennox and his marines, and says in disbelief, "These things just ''don't die!''"
218* The ''Film/VForVendetta'' movie has a terrified Creedy asking V "Why won't you die! Why won't you die!" after V massacres his men despite having been shot dozens of times.
219-->'''V:''' Because beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and [[CantStopTheSignal ideas.]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Are. Bulletproof.]]
220* At the end of ''Film/WhiteHeat'', a police marksman repeatedly nails [[VillainProtagonist Cody Jarrett]] with a sniper rifle, eventually muttering between reloads, "What's keeping him ''up''?!"
221* In ''[[Film/XMen1 X-Men]]'', as Storm flies out of the elevator shaft, Toad complains "Don't you people ever die?" (in a possible reference to how DeathIsCheap in the comics).
222* In ''Film/{{Sharknado}}'', Nova screams this to an attacking shark that she stabs repeatedly. After a few more stabs, it does eventually die.
223* In ''Film/DeadHeat'', Creator/VincentPrice's character says this towards the end.
224-->'''[=Loudermilk=]:''' Kill him! Why can't you kill him!
225* In ''Film/Madhouse1990'', Jesse Bannister is an anchor at a news station that regularly does man-on-the-street questions. As houseguests [[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave slowly take over her house and her life]], she gets increasingly unhinged, leading her to ask "How would you kill someone?" to her interviewees. The very thinly veiled subtext of her rant after the segment (in which she complains that the drug mentioned by a doctor is almost impossible to get a hold of, and that bleach in the bean dip [[ToiletHumor just gave her guests diarrhea]]) is that she tried several of their suggestions and nothing worked.
226* ''Film/FaceOff''. After an explosive boat chase, shootout and fistfight, Sean Archer is reduced to choking Castor Troy and yelling at him.
227--> '''Sean Archer:''' Die! Please God, die!
228* ''Film/MurderOnTheOrientExpress2017''. Poirot is shot by a suspect who confesses to the crime, then tries to finish off Poirot, saying "Why aren't you dead yet?" [[spoiler:Afterwards Poirot [[IfIWantedYouDead realises that's a fair question]] as the suspect is a marksman and a surgeon. He never intended to kill Poirot; he was TakingTheHeat and wanted his confession to appear convincing.]]
229--> ''It wasn't a Murder, it was a'' '''''Surgery'''''
230* During the FinalBattle in ''Film/MissionImpossibleFallout'', [[spoiler:Walker]] says this to Ethan: "Why won't you just die?!"
231* In the ActionPrologue of ''Film/DeathRace'', Machine Gun Joe says this re Frankenstein, and actually does kill him shortly afterwards, a fact that he's ignorant of because the protagonist GotVolunteered to impersonate Frankenstein to keep up the ratings for the eponymous race.
232* ''Film/KnightAndDay'': June, Roy, and Simon face an assassin that is able to NoSell everything they throw at him, even being stabbed in the chest. Roy knocks him through a window, but he starts coming back, causing Simon to scream, "Oh my God! Just die!" Seconds later, the assassin is hit by a train, which does kill him.
233* ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022'': Knuckles gets increasingly frustrated with Sonic not falling easily. He doesn't actually say this phrase word-for-word, but his sentence carries the spirit.
234-->'''Knuckles:''' Why - don't - you - stand still and DIE?! WITH HONOUR?!
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238* In ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'', Ren to the villain:
239--> Don't you know when to die?
240%% * In the ''Literature/MaximumRide'' books, Max and the flock have this problem with Ari.
241* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'':
242** Visser Four yells "Why don't you die?!" after the characters survive yet another should-have-been-fatal blow (see, their trip through time to follow him was part of a DealWithTheDevil -- an evil SufficientlyAdvancedAlien said [[SomeoneHasToDie one dying was the price]]. The alien's rival and sometime ally of our heroes added the stipulation that ''only'' one could die on that trip, so the team discovers that they're suddenly NighInvulnerable, regenerating even fatal wounds instantly.)
243** The Animorphs' recurring nemesis Visser Three has much cause to see the Animorphs the same way. Not only that, but in the book where they fight [[SixthRangerTraitor David]], Rachel thinks to herself about how it's going to be very frustrating and scary to have a mortal enemy who has their powers, and she thinks of the tricks that David could pull, and has pulled on them already: "I was beginning to understand why Visser Three hated us so much."
244* Literature/CiaphasCain says two variants in a single fight in the novel ''For the Emperor''.
245* Hardgore Alice from ''Literature/MagicalGirlRaisingProject'' has the ability to regenerate from any damage done to her, which frustrates Calamity Mary greatly as she blows apart Hardgore Alice and sets her on fire and then shoves her into a steel container and tosses her into the sea. Hardgore Alice still survives, [[LaughingMad destroying what little remained of Calamity Mary's restraint]].
246* In ''Literature/{{Neverwhere}}'', [[spoiler:the Marquis can return from the dead]]. Thus:
247-->'''Mr. Croup:''' I already killed you once today. What does it take to teach some people?
248* George Orwell's essay ''Shooting an Elephant''. By the end of the essay the reader is wishing the poor damn thing would die, too.
249* From ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'', another of the "How many times must I kill you?" variety. Kelsier seemingly [[spoiler:goes down in a OneHitKill]] immediately after making this statement; and, well, that's where it gets ''complicated''...
250-->'''[[BigBad Lord Ruler]]:''' I killed you, once.\
251'''Kelsier:''' You tried. But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent the thing you've ''never'' been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am Hope.
252* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' during the TrialByCombat between Oberyn Martell and Gregor Clegane that is supposed to resolve [[spoiler:whether Tyrion killed King Joffrey]], when it seems like his champion Oberyn seems to have scored a perhaps critical wound, [[spoiler:Tyrion]] finds himself repeatedly thinking "Fall down and die. Fall down and die!"
253* From ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'', this is Odium's reaction when [[spoiler:Dalinar summons Honor's Perpindicularity]]
254-->'''[[BigBad Odium]]:''' No! No, we killed you! [[AC: WE KILLED YOU!]]
255* In DeadReckoning of ''Literature/TheSookieStackhouseMysteries'' Sandra pelt has a moment of this where she screams psychotically at the titular character over this as she has by this point taken countless attempts at Sookies life with the heroine surviving all of them mostly unscathed.
256* ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' book "Mossflower" Martin beats the Big Bad with some help from a [[spoiler:Badger Warrior Spirit]] by simply standing up and fighting after... five fatal wounds? (Someone get a count please)
257* The Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse gives us [[EldritchAbomination Abeloth]], who even when her body is burned, survives.
258* In the first two books of the ''Literature/{{Silverwing}}'' series, [[TheHero Shade]] becomes very used to his nemesis Goth surviving seemingly [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat impossible situations.]] (Caliban: "Chances are he's dead..." Shade: "He doesn't die.") In the third book, he rages this trope inwardly [[spoiler:when he faces Goth in the bat underworld — not because Goth won't die, 'cause he had at that point, but that he won't do so in a way that would involve no longer plaguing Shade and his family]].
259* In ''Literature/HonorBlade'', Romulan Praetor Gurrhim tr'Siedhri miraculously survives a gunshot wound to the chest ''and'' an intentionally botched surgery to ostensibly repair the damage. Those responsible, his political rivals in the Praetorate, complain that "Farmer Gurri" can't even ''die'' right. Note he would have died eventually, [[spoiler:but his aides and some of the soldiers manage to break him out of the warbird's sickbay and get him to the ''Enterprise'', whereupon Bones [=McCoy=] redoes the surgery properly]].
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263* Variation in ''Series/{{Angel}}'', where Angel is fighting a demon and decapitates it. The demon's body stirs.
264-->'''Angel:''' Come ''on!'' I'm holding your ''head!''
265** [[spoiler:The demon needed to be killed a certain number of times before it died.]]
266* Parodied in an episode of ''Series/{{Bottom}}'': On getting a whiff of the lethal alcoholic mixture Eddie carries around in his hip flask, Richie inquires 'How are you alive?'. Eddie grins, taps the side of his nose, and cheerfully replies 'I may very well not be.'
267* There's a more typical one on the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' end, with Buffy going "WHY...WON'T...YOU...DIE?" as she's pounding.
268* Used ironically on ''Series/TheColbertReport'', during a period where Colbert was taking any excuse, however flimsy, to repeatedly show a clip of controversial pastor Jeremiah Wright:
269-->'''Colbert:''' ''(grinning)'' Why won't that story die?
270* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
271** "[[ChewingTheScenery I CANNOT DIE!!!]] '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis I!!! AM!!! DAVROS!!!]]'''''"
272** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek Dalek]]" has the Doctor yelling, "Why don't you just ''die''!" to the title monster in a death machine. He went to a lot of effort to wipe out their race at the cost of his own, and isn't happy this one slipped through the cracks.
273** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums The Sound of Drums]]": Averted by the Master after shooting the unkillable Jack with his laser screwdriver: "And the good thing is, he's not dead for long! I GET TO KILL HIM AGAIN!"
274** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E7KillTheMoon Kill the Moon]]", this is anticipated by the Twelfth Doctor as a problem, should they try to shoot him — because right now he's not sure, but he might just keep regenerating forever, and that would take a while.
275** Honestly, villains say some variant of this about [[{{Determinator}} the Doctor]] ''all the time.''
276** Speaking of Jack, on ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', his enemies (particularly John Hart when they're first reunited) are a little bit annoyed that they can't permanently get rid of him.
277* [[MagnificentBastard Scorpius]] in ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' is really bad at staying dead through a combination of MadeOfIron, really excellent planning, and some impressive body armor.
278-->'''Crichton:''' Kryptonite? Silver bullets? ...[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy?]] What's it gonna take to keep you in the grave?
279* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': When the Clegane brothers finally face off in "The Bells", the now undead Gregor is easily able to shrug off everything Sandor throws at him, even what would be fatal wounds for normal people. Naturally, Sandor gets frustrated by this, eventually shouting "Fucking die!" [[spoiler:Then he [[DyingMomentOfAwesome tackles Gregor through a crumbling wall]], [[TakingYouWithMe sending them both falling to their death in an inferno below]].]]
280* A variant in ''Series/TheGoodPlace''. As the show is set in the afterlife, Eleanor can't actually die, but she can be tortured. However, [[spoiler:Michael]]'s plan to torture her fails so many times that at one point he [[spoiler:resets the neighborhood]] not to try and torture her again, but to ask her how on Earth she keeps beating him.
281-->'''[[spoiler:Michael:]]''' You keep making crazy choices I don't understand. Am I missing something?\
282'''Eleanor:''' I'm sorry, can we rewind for a second? Who are you?
283* ''Series/GuidingLight''. In an all-out fight with local psycho Brent Lawrence, who over the past year has raped, stalked, kidnapped, and tried to kill his girlfriend Lucy Cooper, Alan-Michael Spaulding finally gets the upper hand and declares, "Die, you bastard. '''''Die'''''."
284* Super powers and super power-related phlebotinium allowed several characters from ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' to cheat death. Claire (and Adam Monroe, later Sylar and Arthur Petrelli, and sometimes Peter) ''can't'' die; Claire's father Noah can survive being [[MoeGreeneSpecial Moe Greened]] by Suresh thanks to Claire's blood; Peter bounces back from a shotgun blast thanks to a boy's power of healing; characters have also died in timelines that were subsequently kyboshed.
285* In the first season finale of ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', there is a mundane example. An opponent growls at a badly-beaten Eliot Spencer: "Why won't you go down?" Eliot laughs.
286* In the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode featuring ''Theater/{{Hamlet}}'', Crow and Tom pull a BedsheetGhost prank on Mike, claiming he's his dad. When Mike reveals he's still alive, they keep going through a list of other relatives with Mike shooting them down until Crow explodes with "Don't your relatives ever die?!"
287* On ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', [[DaChief Leon Vance]] once survived a UriahGambit with help from [[BadassIsraeli Eli David]]. Years later, an assassination attempt sends him to the hospital. While there, he's visited by his twice-attempted killer [[spoiler:Agent [=McCallister=]]], who decides to pull a SickbedSlaying while saying "Just for once, can't you just die right?" Fortunately, Gibbs had already slipped Vance a knife (Rule #9: Never go anywhere without a knife), which he puts to good use defending himself.
288* Brad Willis from ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'': He was shot by Bob Landers, attacked by a shark, saved Beth and Hannah from a burning cottage... and none of it killed him.
289** Not to mention the various attempts on Paul Robinson's life. He has been pushed off a cliff (twice), sent poisoned letters, almost strangled to death, shot in the chest by [[EvilTwin his own son]], kidnapped and mind-tortured, suffered from a life-threatening brain tumor, and pushed off the mezzanine of a building. Even ''he'' has expressed surprise over not being dead yet.
290* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': The Black Fairy to Emma after she can't crush her heart in "[[Recap/OnceUponATimeS6E20TheSongInYourHeart The Song in Your Heart]]".
291* ''Series/OneLifeToLive'': After local villain Carlo Hesser returns from the dead yet again, his archenemy Asa Buchanan explodes at him, "Damnit, Hesser! Can't you even stay dead?!"
292* ''Series/TheOutpost'': [[BigBad Ambassador Dred]] asks this of Talon during their showdown in the Season 1 finale.
293* ''Series/{{Psych}}'' episode "American Duos" Zapato Dulce: "You ruined everything! Why won't you die?"
294* In the 8th season of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', there is briefly a new Chief of Medicine, Dr. Taylor Maddox. Despite her very friendly and personable attitude toward her co-workers, she has a very cold-blooded and by the book approach to taking care of patients, which leads {{Cloudcuckoolander}} J.D. to do an ImagineSpot of her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfRYEIXjLcw trying to smother a patient with a pillow]] after the patient's insurance coverage has run out. When he survives the first round of this, she tries again while shouting "Why won't you die?!!"
295* Tina Greer asks this in the ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' episode "Visage", as her SuperStrength is not nearly enough to defeat Clark Kent.
296* ''Series/StargateSG1'':
297** The main characters do this when speaking about archenemy Apophis.
298--->'''Teal'c:''' Apophis must have transported off of Sokar's ship before it exploded.\
299'''Col. O'Neill:''' Somebody's got to teach that guy how to die.
300** Also implied about Dr. Daniel Jackson more than once... But then he DID come back from deadly situations more than once.
301* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise:'' The evil MirrorUniverse version of Dr. Phlox, frustrated at how long the Tholian captive he's been ordered to eliminate is managing to cling to life (especially since it's transmitting a short-range distress signal to all the other Tholians in the area, and they're rapidly closing in on the I.S.S. Enterprise), growls "Will you kindly ''die!?''"
302* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', this has become what every force of evil (and sometimes good) thinks of the Winchesters (and Castiel). They have died literally COUNTLESS times, but none of it sticks. Even Death himself gets frustrated at this, saying he's mad at them for constantly coming back to life and ruining the natural order. This gets so bad that eventually the King of Hell imposes what is basically a "stop trying" order on killing the Winchesters, although this doesn't stop some of his (stupider) demons from trying.
303* The Tick of the [[Series/TheTick2016 2016 Amazon Prime live-action series]] has the perfect response when Miss Lint throws this question at him while blasting him with the full force of her electric powers:
304-->'''The Tick:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I! DON'T! WANNA!]]
305* ''Series/TopGear'' once tried to destroy a Toyota Hilux by having it suffering a series of increasingly terrible accidents. Driving down stairs, driving into a tree, leaving it at the beach at low-tide, driving through a hut, dropping a caravan on it, and bashing it with a wrecking ball didn't kill it. So they set it on fire. That didn't work either. So they tried again in a later episode and cranked it up. [[spoiler:It didn't work either.]]
306* ''Series/VanHelsing2016'' has this exchange from the Season 2 episode "Save Yourself", after Vanessa gets a HeroicSecondWind during a particularly intense fight:
307-->'''[[spoiler:[[EvilAllAlong Sam]]]]:''' ''[annoyed]'' Why can't you just die?\
308'''Vanessa:''' I was just thinking the same about you.
309* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': The 1998 episode "Warriors" has an instance of this, where Walker tries to kill the enforcer of a supremacist group, whose ringleader is attempting to create an army of genetically superior, undefeatable soldiers to aid in his ultimate goal of world domination. The trope comes into play when Walker and Trivette were attempting to stop the group from kidnapping a genetic researcher. After Trivette is roughed up by the [[NoSell unbeatable enforcer]] and about to be killed, Walker shows up and attempts to shoot the enforcer... emptying his gun while shooting him in the head and chest. The enforcer merely absorbs the bullets as a dumbfounded Walker tries to reload his gun, before Walker is also beaten up. After the villains leave, the dazed Walker and Trivette try to figure out why they couldn't even so much as make the enforcer flinch, despite following procedures and aiming at vital areas. (Not to worry: In the end, Walker -- with some help -- does figure out a way to beat the enforcer.)
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313* In ''Manhwa/ShinAngyoOnshi''. This is [[spoiler:Hong Gildong's reaction to Munsu still being alive despite having a massive Ki bomb fired at him.]]
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317* Morriseys song "Margaret on the Guillotine"; asks this question in regards to UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher.
318* The Music/{{Eminem}} song ''Go to Sleep'' features a variation. Namely, "why are you still alive!?"
319* Music/TheGoons' song, "Bluebottle Blues", is a duet between the usually-heroic Neddy Seagoon and perpetual ButtMonkey Bluebottle, in which the former does his best to kill the latter. Finding Bluebottle still bemoaning his lot after one particularly nasty attempt, Seagoon comments irritably, "...still ALIVE?"
320* Music/StephenLynch in "Grandfather", as he wants his inheritance from the old bastard.
321-->''Oh why won't you die, grandpa, why must you fight? You old motherfucker,'' '''''just walk towards the goddamned light!'''''
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325* Portia Perez took offense to the fact Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa still had anything to do with wrestling after all the losses she suffered to her and Nicole Matthews, stating at nCw Femme Fatales IV she had Melissa dead and she should have stayed that way.
326* During Wrestling/TripleH and Wrestling/TheUndertaker's match at Wrestling/WrestleMania 27, nothing Hunter hit Taker with would keep him down. Pedigree? Nope. ''Three'' Pedigrees? Not even close. Steel chair shot to the head ''and The Undertaker's very own Tombstone Piledriver?'' gets a two and a half count... Triple H ''loses it'':
327-->'''Triple H: Stay down! JUST DIE!'''
328* While he was "Mr. Money In The Bank", Wrestling/SethRollins had this question for Wrestling/DeanAmbrose, who kept preventing Rollins from using his briefcase.
329* At ''The Horror Show at Extreme Rules'' (2020), Wrestling/DolphZiggler yelled "Why won't you die?" at Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre when he couldn't keep him down.
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333* The reaction of many a KillerDM upon facing down a player Barbarian in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. Dropped to 0 HP? Activates a death-ignoring ability, keeps fighting, is healed to above 0, ending the power effect. Dropped to 0 HP again? Activates the second ability, keeps fighting, is healed to above 0, ending the power effect. Dropped to 0 HP ''again''? Activates ''another'' ability, keeps fighting. Built in such a way, a Barbarian can and, frequently, will keep fighting until he [[DiedStandingUp dies on his feet]] or kills the entire enemy group.
334* Especially nasty DM's can throw monsters at the party that evoke this response. In particular a Half Black Dragon templated War Troll. The war trolls regeneration is only halted by acid damage while the Half Dragon template grants it immunity to acid damage. This creates a nigh-unkillable monster that will regenerate from any amount of damage no matter how far below 0 it's left.
335* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'':
336** Same as the above often goes for Lunars, who pack massive damage absorption, lots of health levels, regeneration and top it off with ability to outright not die when killed so long as they have [[{{Mana}} Essence]] to spare.
337** Alchemicals have a couple similar abilities -- getting massive layers of armour installed and getting (a limited amount of times) after getting killed.
338** In general, any Exalt can stay invulnerable for some time by using perfect defences to ''evade'' attacks, but it's mainly the above that may roll with taking them and just keeping going despite the damage.
339* In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', New Phyrexia will continue whenever a drop of Phyrexian oil remains. Also, Squee, Goblin Nabob returns to your hand when he would otherwise go to the graveyard. There's also Platinum Angel, which makes it so you can't lose.
340* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'':
341** What many player say when facing a Necron army. Almost all Necron infantry has a rule that gives a slain soldier a chance to stand back up — previously called "[[Franchise/{{Terminator}} We'll be back]]!" with certain stipulations, then called simply "reanimation protocols" with different stipulations. Furthermore, the Necron player can give his units an even greater chance to get back up. And as if that weren't enough, Necron vehicles all trade the ability to reanimate with simply being [[MadeOfIron nearly impossible to take down in the first place]].
342** The same thing applies to the "Feel No Pain" rule, which gives models a 33% chance to ignore any wounds that don't cause an instant kill.
343** Not to mention the "It Will Not Die" rule that grants models the ability to regenerate.
344* Often heard as a traditional response to any player forced to oppose a [=BattleMech=] classified as a 'zombie flashbulb' in ''TabletopGame/BattleTech.'' 'Zombie' means that the 'Mech is designed with thick armor, hardy physical construction, and will [[TheDeterminator generally keep fighting]] short of shooting out [[GoingCritical the fusion engine]] or [[BoomHeadshot the cockpit]], and 'flashbulb' means that the 'Mech carries an arsenal designed solely around [[BeamSpam energy weapons]], which have no volatile ammunition to detonate and no limit on how many shots they can fire beyond the risk of {{overheating}}. This translates into a [=BattleMech=] that can be reduced to a head perched precariously atop an engine with a leg attached that might ''still'' be attacking. Few [=BattleMechs=] are naturally that tenacious, but there are designs which take MadeOfIron to a very literal extreme.
345** The Archangel in 4 of its 6 variants (the other 2 mount heavy explosive components). It's 100 tons (as heavy as mechs get), and has max armor (307), so combined with internal structure it can feasibly absorb over 400 damage and keep fighting. If that wasn't enough, it's got a Compact Engine and Gyro, cutting the chance of engine or gyro hits in half, from 6/12 and 4/12 to 3/12 and 2/12. Oh, and it carries several Head and Center torso mounted weapons.
346* From ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'':
347** [[TabletopGame/PrometheanTheCreated Prometheans]] are ''the'' hardest one to put down. For a game that averts CriticalExistenceFailure, Prometheans play it straight. They don't fall unconscious nor gain any roll penalty from Bashing or Lethal damage, the only way to put them down is to deal enough Aggravated damage (which ''may'' cause roll penalty if you manage to hack one of their limbs off). Easier said than done when the creature in question still functions at full capacity, and very likely to disagree with you hacking them to pieces. Fortunately, [[KillItWithFire fire]] deals Aggravated damage to them easily. Unfortunately, they can just grab electric cords and heal themselves and even if you ''do'' put one down, they [[BackFromTheDead get a free resurrection out of it.]]
348** [[TabletopGame/GeistTheSinEaters Sin-Eaters]] are human enough to die from enough Lethal damage, and gaining roll penalties as they get more battered. However, they come with increased resistance against disease and poison, ManaShield, and can restore lost health by destroying Mementos or ritual-murdering someone else. Their Geist can also bring them back from the dead, although this comes with SanitySlippage and worse. And if they have the [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie Stygian Caul,]] they become as hard to put down as the Prometheans above ''without'' the weakness against fire.
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352* The Mariner in ''Theatre/WaterworldALiveSeaWarSpectacular'' at Ride/UniversalStudios manages to constantly survive against the Deacon and his Smokers, which eventually leads to the latter saying this word-for-word.
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356* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', Francesco de'Pazzi shouts something along these lines when he catches sight of Ezio: "You again?! Why aren't you dead?! Men, slaughter him!"
357* In Chapter 4 of ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'', [[spoiler:Twisted Alice says this to Henry after he manages to kill Brute Boris]], screaming [[VillainousBreakdown "No! No, no, no...! Why can't you ever just die!?"]] The attacker then tries just frantically charging to kill Henry herself, only to be ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice from behind with a sword [[spoiler:by Allison Angel.]]
358* In ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', Eggman has a few choice words when Sonic, even while falling towards the molten core of the earth and battling against Eggman's most powerful combat armor to date, keeps fighting hard as ever.
359-->'''Dr. Eggman:''' ''Stubborn little pincushion...!'' Give up and '''die''', already!
360* ''VideoGame/KingpinLifeOfCrime'' gives a nice example from [[spoiler:Nikki Blanco]]. "What the fuck's it gonna take to kill that slippery motherfucker!?"
361* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'':
362** Null in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPortableOps'': "Why won't you die, Snake?"
363** ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' has Raiden angrily shouting this to [[spoiler:Senator Armstrong]]. His answer:
364--->''"[[spoiler:[[Memes/MetalGear Nanomachines, son.]]]]"''
365* [[spoiler:Master Li]] says something along these lines when you succeed on breaking free of the cage he wove for you from your own doubts at the end of ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire''.
366* Vladimir Zakarov says this to Tequila at one point during the Penthouse stage in the John Woo game ''VideoGame/{{Stranglehold}}''.
367-->'''Vlad:''' Dammit! What do I have to do to make you ''die?!''
368* [[LittleMissBadass Mission Vao]] in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' has an exasperated "Just Die Already!" as a BattleCry. Other than that, this trope is conspicuously absent, while people will constantly comment on characters surviving situations where NoOneCouldSurviveThat, they rarely seem to be angry or frustrated about this. They seem pretty willing to chalk it up to the Force... and [[spoiler:who you were in a past life]].
369* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'', hostile {{NPC}}s will sometimes shout "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Why! Won't! You! Die!?]]" as a battle drags on. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxiMX7nxr3Y As seen here]]
370** Interestingly, in one of the expansion packs, the enemies won't die, prompting one soldier to loudly scream "Why! Won't! You! Stay! DEAD?!"
371* ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'':
372** Nicole Horne issues this message to her men in the first ''VideoGame/MaxPayne1'':
373--->'''Horne:''' What do you mean, "he's unstoppable?" You are superior to him in every way that counts. You are better trained, better equipped. You outnumber him at least twenty to one. Do... your... job!
374** A similar message is issued to a group of {{mooks}} earlier on in the game, with the inclusion of the phrase "He's just one lousy cop!"
375---> '''Goon:''' Boss... Gognitti... it's Max Payne... he came and... started cappin' us... He killed... ugh...\
376'''Gognitti:''' Are you ''freakin' kidding me?'' He's just one lousy cop! You'd ''better'' be freakin' kiddin' me! '''Whack him!''' ''What's the freakin' problem?!'' Hello? Answer me! '''Hello?!'''
377** [[spoiler:Vlad]] gives a much more explicit version of this near the end of ''VideoGame/MaxPayne2TheFallOfMaxPayne''.
378---> '''[[spoiler:Vlad]]:''' What the ''fuck'' is ''wrong'' with you Max? Why don't you ''just '''die?''' ''You hate life, you're miserable ''all the time'', afraid to enjoy yourself even a little. Face it, you might as well be dead already. Do yourself a favor, give up!
379* At a certain point in ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', a frustrated Dr. Breen has this to say to the soldiers that Gordon Freeman's been killing for a while now:
380-->'''Dr. Breen:''' How could one man have slipped through your force's fingers time and time again? How is it possible? This is not some agent provocateur or highly trained assassin we are discussing. Gordon Freeman is a theoretical physicist who had hardly earned the distinction of his Ph.D. at the time of the Black Mesa Incident. I have good reason to believe that in the intervening years, he was in a state that precluded further development of covert skills. The man you have consistently failed to slow, let alone capture, is by all standards simply that — an ordinary man. How can you have failed to apprehend him?
381* The trailer for Creator/LucasArts' canceled sequel to ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam and Max Hit the Road]]'' has Max yelling "Why! Won't! You! Just! Die!" at a foiled carjacker while jumping up and down on his stomach. Later given a MythologyGag in the Creator/TelltaleGames series, made by the same people who were on the Lucas project.
382* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'', [[spoiler:while [=LeChuck=] [[ImmortalLifeIsCheap continuously]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats up Guybrush]] near the end of Chapter 5, the villain at one time says, "How I can't WAIT for you to give up and just... GO AWAY!"]]
383* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'':
384** This exchange:
385--->'''Necrophobe:''' Enough of this. Die!\
386'''[[spoiler:[[BraggartBoss Gilgamesh]]]]:''' ''(snort)'' I believe [[HeyThatsMyLine that's MY line]]!!!
387** When Galuf battles Exdeath alone to save his friends, gets hit with ''everything'' the villain has got, gets his Hit Points down to zero, yet the fight doesn't end; Exdeath even asks Galuf why he won't die, and Galuf retorts, "Because they are my friends!!", or in the ''Advance'' translation: "[[BadassBoast Takes a lot more than that for me to kick the bucket!]]". Sadly, [[spoiler:he dies after the battle]].
388* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' has [[spoiler:Seymour Guado]] come back a total of [[spoiler:three times, [[RecurringBoss making for four fights against him]]]], and after one fight, Tidus shouts, "And stay up there!".
389* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': The second boss in the first ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' {{Crossover}} raid is a massive [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS]] ShoutOut, and it grows increasingly irritated with the party’s continued survival as the fight wears on:
390--> "Danger: Subjects advised to die faster."
391--> "Flagrant disrespect for science detected. “How dare you?” queried."
392* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'': William Afton has been killed twice and manages to come back both time, the first as Springtrap the second as Glitchtrap.
393--> "I always come back!"
394* In ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}'', Andrew Ryan delivers a more [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness Sesquipedalian]] version: "Why are you so resistant to the traditional methods of separating a man from his soul?"
395* ''VideoGame/{{Iji}}'':
396** Both the Tasen and Komato ask this about Iji, whether you play a PacifistRun or Genocide Run.
397--->'''Various logbooks:''' She's just ONE HUMAN!
398** A variant of this is also used directly if you use a checkpoint before dying in a certain boss battle.
399--->'''Asha:''' No! You can't still be alive! I KILLED YOU! Oh well... I should be grateful. This means I get to ''KILL YOU TWICE!''
400** In fact, it's possible to use ''both'' checkpoints in the level and still make it back to Asha. The player has to know the game inside and out and go well out of his way to pull it off, and [[DevelopersForesight Asha is absolutely infuriated at the implausibility of it all]].
401--->'''Asha:''' How many times do I have to kill you!? [[NoKillLikeOverkill I'LL TEAR YOU TO PIECES AND FIRE EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM INTO A BLACK HOLE! TEN TIMES OVER!!!]]
402** And whenever you're fighting Asha, he will occasionally scream out in frustration
403--->'''Asha:''' Just '''DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!'''
404** Iji herself will sometimes shout this at her enemies if you're playing as a [[OneManArmy One Woman Army]].
405* [[TheDragon Wild Dog]] from ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis''. He will ''ALWAYS'' return for the next game, [[{{Determinator}} no matter how much damage he takes]] or [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat how unlikely his survival is]]. In ''3'', the heroes [[LampshadeHanging actually ask him,]] right after his appearance, "Don't you ''ever'' die?"
406* In the official comics for ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', Blutarch Mann, CEO of Builders League United (BLU) has this to say about his twin brother, Redmond:
407-->'''Blutarch:''' ''I have mounted an '''epic campaign of leisure''' against the ravages of time. Waiting for nature to do to my brother what my men could '''not'''. And yet here we are at the end. And he...won't...'''DIE.'''''
408** Not in-universe, but new players will often think of this trope when being constantly killed by the same [[FauxDeath Dead Ringer]] Spy over and over again.
409* Lampshaded in ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin]]'' by Colonel Vanek, who demands to know why his five hundred-strong army of special forces commandos haven't been able to kill Becket. Some choice quotes:
410-->''I don't give a shit if it's Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, kill the bastards!''\
411''Just what I need... Somebody kill this son of a bitch! Bury him!''\
412''Why is that fucking soldier still fucking alive?! '''JUST FUCKING SHOOT HIM ALREADY!'''''
413* Eldar Guardians in ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' say this when locked in close combat, and inflect the words with a typically Eldar amount of venomous contempt.
414* ''VideoGame/Portal2'':
415** At the end of the game, when [[spoiler:Wheatley]] finds out that Chell is still alive after part five of the four-part plan:
416--->'''[[spoiler:Wheatley]]:''' Wha— ARE YOU STILL ALIVE!? YOU ARE ''JOKING!'' [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe YOU HAVE]] ''[[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe GOT]]'' [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe TO BE]] ''[[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe KIDDING]]'' [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe ME]]!
417** The way she escapes counts as this too: [[spoiler:[=GLaDOS=] deems her too difficult to kill and decides to take the easy way out, by just setting her free so she can't mess up anything anymore.]]
418* [[EvilSorcerer Lord Nergal]] says this word-for-word in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'' after [[spoiler:Eliwood's father pulls a TakingYouWithMe and fatally stabs him before dying]].
419* In ''Franchise/BlazBlue'', one of Ragna's battle cries is "Die! Die already!" In Jin's Story Mode in ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger'', he says this in one path after [[spoiler:Nu refuses to stay down]].
420** [[{{Troll}} Hazama]]/[[BigBad Terumi]] also does this a lot, usually when a particularly stubborn character starts [[SpannerInTheWorks interfering with his plans]] and/or [[DefiantToTheEnd shows smug defiance]] despite his best efforts to [[BreakThemByTalking break]] [[MindRape them]].
421** Terumi's true form, Susanoo, has one of the most vicious yet emblematic examples of the trope out there with about half of his battle quotes amounting to assorted death threats and yells of just what horrible suffering he's inflicting on his enemy. His theme, 'MUST DIE', is this trope distilled into musical form with lyrics like "WHEN YOU DIE, WHERE'S YOUR GOD?!" and invitations for his enemies to give in to pain as he murders them. Special mention goes to his [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown "Strike of The Possessed]] [[https://youtu.be/EYz922N0mU0 God"]] attack.
422--->'''Susanoo:''' Die! DIE!! '''DIE!!! DIE, WON'T YOU?!'''
423* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'':
424** It hangs a lampshade on this after [[PlayerCharacter Commander Shepard]] is brought back to life.
425--->'''Garrus:''' Honestly? The Collectors managed to kill you once, and all that did is piss you off. I can't imagine they'll stop you this time.
426** [[EldritchAbomination The Reapers]] are definitely getting tired of Shepard.
427--->'''Harbinger:''' [[WorthyOpponent Shepard, you have become an annoyance.]]
428** At one point, the mercenary boss during Grunt's recruitment mission screams "There are three of them! ''Three''! Anything can be killed if you'd just do your damn jobs!" as [[CurbStompBattle Shepard's squad smashes through her army.]]
429** Any player feels this with enemies covered with PlotArmor in the third game. Kai Leng deserves a special mention because you just ''know'' that if the mechanics were being fair during their fight on [[spoiler:Thessia]], you could blow him to pieces no problem.
430* Nathan Drake says this to BigBad Lazarevic in the final battle of ''VideoGame/Uncharted2AmongThieves''. Something along the lines of "My god... why won't you die?!". Lazarevic may sometimes say it to Nate as well.
431* In ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'', after defeating Mr. Sunshine, the Sons of Samedi's resident voodoo practitioner, he keeps getting up after being shot repeatedly. Quite annoyed by all this, the protagonist shoots him a few more times shouting "For fuck's sake, die already!" After about the third time he falls, the protagonist makes sure he's dead by chopping Mr. Sunshine's head off and throwing it into a meat grinder.
432* Minor example in ''VideoGame/Persona4'' is when Kanji attacks a shadow, but fails to finish it, he sometimes shouts, "Lay down and die already!"
433* In ''VideoGame/TowerOfHeaven'', the deity winds up shouting, "How dare you... How dare you continue to live?"
434* Reversed in ''VideoGame/EmperorBattleForDune''. During the intro, the ruling body of House Ordos encourages you by showing the former supreme commander's... head. Connected to a machine so that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n60N8EJ6rIw/ it stays completely conscious and contemplates its failure for all eternity]]. It only has one line: "Let me die."
435** If you lose twice during the campaign, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnXOiWHub3c/ your head gets hooked up to the same machine]], and you face that commander once again. "Why won't they just let us die?"
436** Fear is an efficient tool of management. Failure is not an option.
437* ''VideoGame/FableIII'' has a humorous version during an undead assault of a base, where [[WillOTheWisp wisps]] are possessing dead bodies, including those of recently-deceased soldiers:
438-->'''Swift:''' ''LIEUTENANT SIMMONS!'' I specifically ''instructed'' you to ''stay buried!''\
439'''Finn:''' Oh why do nobody follow orders anymore?
440* In ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankAll4One,'' Commander Spog will at one point, while pursuing you, say "How are you ''STILL ALIVE?!''"
441* In one of the endings of ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'', Ace [[spoiler:(who has had his heel nature exposed to the cast) is discovered by Snake to have been the one who killed his sister, Clover. He proceeds to empty an entire clip into the enraged Snake, including a shot ''to the forehead'', and Snake ''still'' gets up and tries to kill him]]. He then exclaims this trope's title exactly.
442* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' has [[spoiler:the pharaoh [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Ed the Undying]]]], who must be fought ''[[MarathonBoss seven times]]'' before [[spoiler:being too disassembled to fight]]. On the seventh time:
443-->'''Player:''' Stay down, damn you!
444* Many enemy NPC's say this to player characters in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic.'' And sometimes player characters say this to enemy NPC's.
445* The Sorceress from ''VideoGame/OrcsMustDie'' screams as much to the Apprentice when he's slaughtering her army of orcs.
446* A certain boss in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'' actually says this in RoboSpeak quite late into the battle.
447-->''"Foe still active: Why?"''
448* ''VideoGame/FarCry3'', both Jason and Vaas to each other. Vaas tries to hunt, burn, drown, and execute/bury Jason, and Jason ''still'' gets back up. Jason tries to shoot Vaas multiple times and it barely slows him down, [[spoiler:because Jason is hallucinating from the knife wound and shooting hallucinations, while the ''real'' Vaas is about 100 yards away. The player can either shoot down about 20 Vaas ghosts or rush through the melee-only hallucinations and just kill him already]]. This is also an insult to both the player and Vaas because repeatedly shooting Vaas instead of spicing it up means that the player is not improvising and stuck on the same level over and over (insanity), and Vaas is repeatedly trying to permanently kill a '''player character'''. Yeah, good luck with that.
449* ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor'': Orc Captains and Warchiefs who killed Tallion will sometimes say this after they've already killed him. Others speak a variation, eagerly killing to kill him ''again''. Inversely, sometimes Orc Captains or Warchiefs will say something along the lines of "Don't you wish *I* would die already?" [[spoiler:They can only be perma-killed by beheading.]]
450* A rare non-lethal example happens in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'', with the [[MarathonBoss Marathon]] [[FinalBoss Final Culprit]] [[spoiler:Quercus Alba]]. Even as the evidence against him piles higher and higher and as Edgeworth tears through the contradictions in his testimony, [[spoiler:Alba]] just keeps twisting every [[LoopholeAbuse loophole]] and [[DiplomaticImpunity diplomatic convention]] he can find to get him out of the mess he's in, prompting several characters (and probably more than a few players) to call him out for not simply confessing and getting it over with.
451* ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'' has the battle against Mizar, preventing itself from being eaten by the Dragon Stream by clinging onto a building. Each time you attack its arms, it clings back onto the building further away. If Airi happens to be on the battlefield, she'll get frustrated and just demand Mizar to "get eaten already"!
452* ''VideoGame/RingRunnerFlightOfTheSages'' has ships with descriptors such as "hard to kill," "low durability but hard to kill," and "extremely hard to kill" depending on how tough they are and how many abilities they can equip that let them come back from death.
453* An exchange during ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'' highlights Joker's disbelief during his first encounter with Batman:
454-->'''Mobster:''' I'm tellin' ya — he ain't dead.\
455'''Joker:''' I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Must be a bad connection. I thought I heard you say that after I SHOT HIM, and BLEW UP a building on him, THE BAT, SOMEHOW SURVIVED?!!?
456* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' has the Riddler saying this during his final racetrack, which results in the funniest VillainousBreakdown in the game. Bonus points for borrowing from [[Manga/DragonBall Frieza]].
457-->'''Riddler:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis STOP! NOT! DYING!!!]]
458* One mission from ''[[VideoGame/StarcraftI Brood War]]'' had you constantly being hounded by a special Ultralisk named [[ShoutOut Torrasque]]. This monstrosity is [[LightningBruiser tough, deals an assload of damage, fast,]] but most importantly keeps being revived by the nearby Cerebrate every time you put it down. Kill the Cerebrate to make it ''stay dead.''
459-->"Sir, we've just had a whole cargo-ship full of whoop-ass dumped on us! We ran into a new strain of Ultralisk and it took a lot o' pepper to bring it down. To top it all off, our recon squad reports that the critter's been reincarnated by a nearby cerebrate and is on its way back for more!"
460* In the ''VideoGame/GodOfWarIII'', Zeus says this line word for word to Kratos in their final battle.
461* In ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'', Baldur says this word for word a few times during the [[RecurringBoss many boss battles]] that Kratos has with him throughout the game. Towards the end of the final encounter, he starts screaming it at the top of his lungs, incredulous that Kratos won't stay down after everything he's been hit with.
462* ''VideoGame/MinecraftStoryMode'': In episode 5, [[spoiler:Aiden]] has this response when [[spoiler:Jesse comes back to fight him, after Aiden previously had thrown Jesse off Sky City into what was presumably the Void below, unaware that there was actually land down there]].
463* In ''VideoGame/CrusaderKingsII'', if you're playing as a [[AChildShallLeadThem child character]], your [[RegentForLife regent]] will sometimes try to kill you in order to [[TheUsurper usurp]] your throne. Multiple times. If you survive all of the attempts (usually by dumb luck), they will eventually go insane and an [[http://www.abload.de/img/ck2-assassinationfailvgkd7.png event]] will pop up where they try to stab you to death in your sleep, all the while yelling the trope name word-for-word as he/she gets dragged away by your guards. Meanwhile, [[ChildrenAreInnocent you have no idea what's going on]].
464* By the end of ''VideoGame/StarFoxZero'', Andross is shouting this. [[spoiler:However, it's not ''Fox'' [=McCloud=] he's talking to.]]
465* In ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', Undyne's BossBanter includes shouting several variations on this phrase.
466** [[spoiler:[[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Sans]] near the end of his boss fight on the No Mercy route tells you now would be a good time to die and nonverbally does it when he goes ''ballistic'' on you when you weather his final barrage of bones of lasers, slamming your [=SOUL=] into the border areas repeatedly while his eyes glow brightly. Considering that you [[ThatOneBoss probably did a lot of actual dying during the past dozen or so failures taking him on]], you're probably not so inclined to really care what he wants you to do.]]
467** [[spoiler: A TearJerker variation during the Pacifist Run ending. Asriel in his OneWingedAngel PhysicalGod who controls the timeline and can reset everything whenever he wants, [[HopeCrusher nihilistic mocks you for still clinging for pointless hope]] as he tries to destroy you and reset everything, yet as you/Frisk [[{{Determinator}} survive every one of his godly powerful attacks]] he begins to question why you aren’t DeaderThanDead already and then once you saved all your friends with ThePowerOfLove and reach out Asriel himself, he has tragic breakdown over the prospect of you (the only one who can understand him) leaving his control and screams while firing a WaveMotionGun “'''JUST LET ME WIN!'''”. He gives up soon after and transforms back to his child form and apologies for everything.]]
468* ''VideoGame/Injustice2'':
469** Non-canon pre-fight banter between the Joker ([[PosthumousCharacter long since dead]] in the [[AlternateUniverse Injustice universe]]) and other fighters has the latter wondering why the Joker [[JokerImmunity simply refuses to stay dead]] despite a FallenHero Superman ''unambiguously killing the Joker with his bare hands by punching a hole through his chest''.
470** One of Red Hood's occasional clash quotes when he talks second is "Why are you still alive?"
471* In ''VideoGame/SuperdimensionNeptuneVsSegaHardGirls'', Plutia says this of the BigBad during the FinalBattle. A rare case of her SuperpoweredEvilSide tendencies showing up in her SleepModeSize form.
472-->'''Plutia:''' Why won't it ''die?!''
473* In ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'', the Prophet was a man with uncanny knowledge of [[MadScientist the Ancestor's experiments]] into [[EldritchAbomination monstrous things]]. When he began to inflame the people of the Hamlet against the Ancestor with his preaching, the Ancestor tried to kill him, first through locking him in a pillory until he starved — which he didn't. Then he tried to drown the Prophet in the ocean... which also failed to take. Then he just started furiously stabbing the Prophet over and over. That also failed to take. Ultimately, the Ancestor got rid of him [[ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow by simply exposing him to the nature of the excavations beneath the Estate,]] [[GoMadFromTheRevelation which broke the Prophet's mind and sent him fleeing, screaming madness and gibbering nonsense.]]
474* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'':
475** In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'', Irving drops this to Chris and Sheva before his boss fight.
476--->'''Irving''': Won't you two just die already? You're making me look bad.
477** In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'', Ada has this to say about the [[ChainsawGood chainsaw-wielding]] B.O.W. Ubistvo:
478--->'''Ada''': Does nothing stay dead anymore?
479** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7'':
480*** Ethan spouts something to this effect after winning the chainsaw battle against Jack.
481---->'''Ethan:''' Do me a favor and ''stay dead''! [[note]](Jack surpringly enough survives this, however, albeit heavily mutated. And even the next encounter after that. It took his brother to finally kill him in the ''End of Zoe'' DLC.)[[/note]]
482*** Lucas growls out a "Mutherf**ker! You're supposed to die!" after you solve his ''Happy Birthday'' puzzle. In the ''Not A Hero'' DLC, he likewise becomes more frustrated at his inability to kill Chris.
483** Similarly, in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'':
484*** When the heavily mutated William Birkin appears after seemingly having been "killed" ''three times'' already, cue a very frustrated and desperate holler from Claire:
485---->'''Claire:''' Why can't you just die?!
486*** And [[ImplacableMan when he shows up AGAIN]] for one more final battle:
487--->'''Claire:''' For fuck's sake, HOW ARE YOU STILL KICKING?!
488*** Leon also feels this way about Mr. X in his scenario.
489---->'''Leon:''' Uh... Is this a fucking joke?
490** In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'', Miranda is less than amused when she sees that Ethan [[spoiler:is still walking after she ''[[AndShowItToYou ripped his heart out]]'']]. It starts calmly, but as the battle goes on she becomes increasingly desperate in her cries for his death.
491--->'''Miranda:''' Why won't you die?!
492* Block Man in ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'' will become frustrated after Mega Man destroys his [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever giant]] [[SuperMode Power Gear]] form, and resorts to hanging back in one corner of the room while frantically tossing bricks at the hero and shouting things like "Break already!"
493* ''VideoGame/JaggedAlliance'': In ''Jagged Alliance 2'', the BigBad's [[ButtMonkey lackey Elliot]] seems to be made of iron, despite being a sniveling coward and a sycophant. He bears the brunt of his boss's abuse as the success of the player's troops further enrage Queen Deidrenna, culminating ultimately to him telling her that they are now entering her capital city, [[ShootTheMessenger prompting her to shoot Elliot in the head at point blank range]]...[[MajorInjuryUnderreaction which he survives.]] Deidrenna proceeds to berate him on not being able to even die properly. It's possible for the player to engage Elliot in combat, and he has most hit points of all enemies in the game.
494-->'''Queen Deidranna:''' What? OH MY LORD! Elliot! You idiot! Are you so stupid you don't even know how to die properly?! Can't you do ''anything'' right?\
495'''Elliot:''' [cough] Apparently... not, Your Highness. I will try harder.
496* Jon Irenicus of ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'' has this reaction when you catch up to him at the end of the game after surviving every obstacle he threw in your direction.
497-->'''Irenicus:''' You... You live ''yet''?! You have less than a fraction of your soul, and yet somehow you ''continue'' to oppose me?!
498* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel II'' has Rean scream the "Why are you still alive!?" variation towards [[EvilChancellor Osborne]] after everyone present sees him alive and well after he was shot in the heart at the climax of ''Cold Steel I''.
499* In ''VideoGame/TakTheGreatJujuChallenge'', after Team Pupununu make it to the final Proving Ground, the BigBad snaps, "For the love of Juju! Why won't you two just ''die?!'' I have tried everything! Fire, crushing, monkeys, ''everything!''"
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502[[folder:Web Animation]]
503* While not a video game per se, ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' has used a panel of an imp desperately calling this out against the hero a few times now...
504* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'':
505** In the battle between [[Webcomic/OnePunchMan Genos]] and [[ComicBook/IronMan War Machine]], Rhodey continues to NoSell Genos' Incinerator Attack, leading Genos to cry out "Come on! Die already!"
506** In the battle between [[Anime/DragonBallSuper Goku Black]] and [[ComicBook/TheFlash Reverse Flash]], both combatants travel back in time and kill their opponent's past selves, but since they are both immune to changes in the timeline, neither of them are affected. They scream at the same time, "WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD?!"
507** While not said in the episode by the combatants, the battle track for ''[[Anime/DragonBallZ Frieza]] VS [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Megatron]]'', Final Formers, has this as part of it's lyrics, referring to how difficult it is to kill them.
508* In the ''WebAnimation/StarterPokemonBattleRoyale'', Blaziken lets out one of these verbatim when [[spoiler: Partner Pikachu's friendship mechanics let it repeatedly endure otherwise fatal blows, much to Blaziken's frustration.]]
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511[[folder:Webcomics]]
512* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'' has at least two variants [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=010531 here]] and [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=070701 here]].
513* When suffering deeply from CerebusSyndrome, ''Webcomic/ExploitationNow'' has this line being said to the villain: "Please die this time, OK?"
514* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
515** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0061.html this strip]], Nale tells Elan, "I'm reasonably certain [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0056.html I've already killed you once today]]. I'd hate for things to get repetitive."
516** BigBad Xykon combines the two phrasings, albeit for non-main characters in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0459.html this strip]] (source for the page pic). Of course, a skeleton saying this to a bunch of ghosts is charmingly hypocritical.
517* ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'':
518** When Goblinslayer's [[TheDragon Dragon]] tries to kill Big Ears with an axe that Ears is immune to, he winds up asking "How many times do I have to kill you before you'll die!?" after seeing Ears survive several killing blows unharmed.
519** The same thing occurs between a Min-max and a Forgath in the Maze of Many, again with a version of the Axe of Prissan.
520* ''Webcomic/MsPaintAdventures'':
521** Of course, this is one of the complaints Webcomic/ProblemSleuth [[BlatantLies politely draws attention to]] with his special [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4&p=001733 POISON PEN LETTER]] attack.
522--->"What's with all these heads and where do you get off being so impossible anyways. [[LampshadeHanging We spent more than half the game fighting you.]]"
523** In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', this is invoked when [[spoiler:Caliborn]] blasts a few ''hundred'' full metal jacket rounds through [[spoiler:Gamzee]]'s torso with an assault rifle. He's still alive. Minutes later, he repeats the process, and beats the shit out of him with a magical crowbar. Still alive. WordOfGod chalks it up to in-universe [[spoiler:clowns]] basically being inexplicably invincible, or at least ludicrously difficult to kill.
524*** Happens again with [[spoiler:Gamzee]] when [[spoiler:Terezi]] invokes the trope by name [[spoiler:when trying to stab him with her caneblades after having broken off their stormy kismessitude]].
525--> [[spoiler:'''Terezi:''' WHY ''WON'T YOU D13?!?'']]
526* In ''Webcomic/DubiousCompany'', though never said directly, [[BloodKnight Tiren]] definitely thinks this of [[TheDitz Mary]] after the latter [[HumblePie embarrassingly]] [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomps]] the former. In turn, Mary thinks this of [[SkyPirate Walter]] after he [[TalkToTheFist interrupts]] her InTheNameOfTheMoon speech. Naturally, both jump at the chance to attack their subject of loathing and have yet to succeed after numerous attempts.
527* [[PyroManiac Maki]] in ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'' after getting pursued up the sewers by two very determined Sarghress [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=8685 who refuse to give up or fall]].
528* In ''Webcomic/{{Godslave}}'', Turner says it almost word for word (only with "break" instead of "die") when his third attempt to murder Edith fails due to her NighInvulnerability.
529* implied in [[http://oglaf.com/fullthrottle/ this]] strip from ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}''.
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532[[folder:Web Original]]
533* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': SCP-682, the Hard-to-Destroy Reptile. The name is actually a misnomer, as it implies that it ''can'' be killed. The only thing they haven't tried yet is a 300 megaton nuke, and that's because the thought of a giant [[HealingFactor regenerating]] [[AdaptiveAbility adapts-to-whatever-you're-using-on-it]] lizard that can resist nukes is too horrible to bear. [[spoiler:The closest the Foundation has come to destroying it is the discovery of a [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2935 parallel universe]] where it's death (and that of all other life) has occurred. Knowledge of this anomaly gave 682 [[ImmortalsFearDeath a panic attack]]]].
534* In episode 10 of ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', after losing a card game to Yami, [[VillainOfTheWeek Panik]] instead decides that ''killing'' Yami by burning him alive is the next best option. Unfortunately, Panik underestimates the power of PlotArmor.
535-->'''Panik:''' Why aren't you dead?!\
536'''Yami:''' As I explained earlier, I'm the ''main character''.
537* In ''WebVideo/YuYuHakushoAbridged'', Kuwabara has apparently already killed Byakko twice when Byakko comes back again, albeit horribly wounded.
538-->'''Kuwabara:''' How many times do I have to kill that guy!?\
539'''[[DeadpanSnarker Yusuke]]:''' Once would suffice.
540* In ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'':
541** As quoted above, Freeza tells Goku to stop not-dying when he begins to grow frustrated with him.
542** Vegeta says this quote whilst trying to punch Gohan into oblivion as he turns into an Oozaru.
543** A bit later, he screams, "Oh, you have GOT to be kidding me! They're still alive?!" after trying and failing to kill Goku, Gohan and Krillin all at once with an explosion.
544** Vegeta does this again against Cell. After Cell [[NoSell No-Sells]] the Final Flash, Vegeta blasts him over and over with smaller attacks and shouts this at the top of his lungs.
545--->'''Vegeta:''' WHY WON'T YOU DIE!?\
546'''Cell:''' Prince, [[LampshadeHanging has this ever worked?]]
547* From ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedComedyFandubSpoofSeriesShow'''s [[TheMovie movie]], [[BigBad M. Night Shyamamalama-sama-kun]] says a lighter variation after Naruto shows up once again despite his previous attempts to kill him.
548-->'''M. Night Shyamamalama-sama-kun:''' How many times do I have to spank you before you stay spanked you little bitch?!
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551[[folder:Web Videos]]
552* In his Halloween special, one of the toys says this to WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic when they're punishing him for giving Toys/TeddyRuxpin a bad review.
553* One of Bennett the Sage's Masterpiece Fanfic readings had him kidnap and tie up Linkara while reading an OldShame crossover fanfiction he wrote as a 15-year-old. When Bennett finally pushes Linkara over the edge by insulting ''Series/DoctorWho'', Linkara breaks free of his bindings and starts punching Bennett, snarling, "Why won't you ''die''?" Bennett, meanwhile, cheerfully closes the episode.
554* ''WebVideo/{{Chapel}}'': Yvonne says this to Chapel in the first-season episode "Inked." Also counts as PunctuatedForEmphasis.
555-->'''Yvonne:''' WHY... WON'T... YOU... DIE?!?\
556'''Chapel:''' Offhand, I'd say it's because YOU SUCK AT KILLING ME!!!
557* ''WebVideo/{{Caddicarus}}'': After the end of Resident Evil Zero which he was been killed by Jordan with the Voodoo Doll but still lives and kills him instantly.
558-->'''Jordan:''' What would you have to say for yourself Caddy?\
559'''Caddy:''' You're an asshole? ''[Jordan stabs the voodoo, Caddy groaning]''\
560'''Jordan:''' What a sec... I'm the only one who kill Caddy at his own show... ''[laughing]''\
561'''Caddy:''' You're an penis winkle.\
562'''Jordan:''' ''[stabbing the voodoo over and over]'' Yes.\
563'''Caddy:''' You're smell funny.\
564'''Jordan:''' Die. JUST DIE! JUST DIE!!
565* Said verbatim by Creator/StuartAshen to a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z14SlZ1i7rc dancing JarJar figurine]] he was "reviewing" (read: smashing with a pair of hammers).
566* In his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kideMbmaU-E Haters' Guide to the 2019/20 NHL Eastern Conference (All-Star Edition)]], WebVideo/UrinatingTree asks this question verbatim about the Columbus Blue Jackets, who, despite having a large chunk of their best players leave during the offseason [[FromBadToWorse and then suffering a plague of injuries throughout the season]], were still thriving at the time.
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569[[folder:Western Animation]]
570* The Ice King of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' says this while using a magnifying glass to fry an ant... an ant that's ''bigger than he is.''
571* The Joker says this to Batman in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' in the episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE41JokersWild Joker's Wild]]": "Why can't you ever stay dead?!" (Right, [[JokerImmunity look who's talking...]])
572* The ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'' episode "Steal of the Century" has Lawrence Limburger make such a statement after the Biker Mice once again evade one of his death traps.
573-->'''Lawrence Limburger:''' How dare you escape certain destruction! Again!
574* In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' episode "[[Recap/Ducktales2017S2E16TheDuckKnightReturns The Duck Knight Returns]]", a fight breaks out between two people dressed as Darkwing Duck: [[spoiler:Jim Sterling, the actor who played Darkwing Duck in the Show Within a Show, and the actor playing Darkwing in the film reboot, with Sterling being the more antagonistic of the two]]. Over the course of the fight, the more heroic of the two Darkwings gets beaten down over and over again, only to keep getting back up, prompting the villainous Darkwing to angrily demand "Why won't you stay down?!" The line carries some added irony, since the ShowWithinAShow Darkwing's tendency towards being a {{Determinator}} is what inspired the heroic Darkwing to take up the role in the first place.
575* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E1Rebirth Rebirth]]", after Bender survives being eaten by the Cyclops Eater and exploding from the doom's day bomb that was powering him up, he walks out asking "What does it take to kill me?".
576* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'':
577** Demona gets such a line in "[[Recap/GargoylesS2TheMirror The Mirror]]". Towards the beginning of the episode, she orders Puck to rid her of "the human Elisa Maza". Puck [[LiteralGenie playfully misconstrues this]] and, rather than use deadly force, turns Elisa into a gargoyle. When Gargoyle-Elisa shows up to [[TookALevelInBadass kick ass and take names]], Demona does a DoubleTake before raging, "What does it take to ''destroy'' you?!" -- which is [[HilariousInHindsight somewhat hilarious]] as she should have realized Elisa was still alive after she made Puck "do the same to every human in the city".
578** In the four-part episode "[[Recap/GargoylesS2CityOfStone City of Stone]]", a man in a mask who [[AntiVillain Demona]] identifies as "[[HunterOfMonsters the Hunter]]" shows up to stop her. She says somewhat incredulously, "How many times must I destroy you?!" Subverted twofold: Demona ''has'' killed previous Hunters before, but [[LegacyCharacter their descendants always take up the mantle]]; and in this case the man in the mask was actually [[DeathSeeker Macbeth]], the one person she wants very much ''never'' to kill (since she would magically die along with him).
579* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/Invincible2021 Invincible]]'' episode "[[Recap/Invincible2021S02E07ItsNotThatSimple It's Not That Simple]]", Lizard King shoots [[spoiler:Rex Splode]], who had never been depicted as having greater than normal human toughness and durability, in the head. However, a minute later Lizard King's dazed and not quite with it victim comes to and stands up off the floor, prompting Lizard King to rant at him about how he should be dead. [[spoiler:Despite how dazed Rex is, he gets enough of a HeroicSecondWind to beat Lizard King senseless before [[PostVictoryCollapse collapsing once again]].]]
580-->'''Lizard King:''' Perhaps you're too stupid to realize this, but you're supposed to be dead!
581* In the first season finale of ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', Shendu responds to Jackie interrupting his endgame plan with "How many lives do you possess?!" [[spoiler:This is after he blew Jackie out the window of a skyscraper from the tallest floor with dragon fire.]]
582* In ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', when Cotton is on his deathbed, he enters cardiac arrest several times before Hank and Peggy, but manages to come back each time, spiteful as ever. Peggy tries to send him off herself before shouting this quote and [[CallingTheOldManOut giving him a piece of her mind]].
583-->'''Peggy:''' ''[gently]'' It's okay. I'm here. You can go now. Go... Go! Into the light! The light is good! You can just let go now!\
584'''Cotton:''' ''[opening his eyes to see Peggy]'' [[DyingDeclarationOfHate Mr. Reaper, I'd prefer it if you put your hood back on.]]\
585'''Peggy:''' WHY WON'T YOU DIE!?
586* In ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'''s series finale, [[spoiler:Evil Coop says this verbatim when he finds out his good counterpart not only survived Megas's destruction and returned to his own dimension, but did so with ''his'' copy of Megas in tow]].
587* ''WesternAnimation/TheProblemSolverz'': In the episode "Videogamez", Horace says this exact line when attacking the final boss in ''Tomb of Nefertiti'', who seems invincible.
588* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'':
589** "Samurai, samurai... why won't '''[[LargeHam YOU DIIIIIE!?]]'''"
590** It gets even worse for Aku in the 5th season. After failing to kill Jack by plot or assassin, Aku destroys all the means of getting back to the past, hoping that Jack will someday die of old age. Turns out being flung into the future also made Jack TheAgeless.
591--->'''Aku:''' Well, I just assumed that eventually, over time, he would just '''''[[SuddenlyShouting DIIIIIIIEEEEE!]]''''' But he hasn't even aged. I mean, like, at all. He just grew that stupid beard. It looks like he'll be here forever!
592* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
593** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E14ImWithCupid I'm With Cupid]]", the skywriter with whom Homer has been struggling finally succumbs to the urge to vent when Homer gets hit in the head with a variety of things while hanging upside down on the plane:
594--->'''Fantastic Dan:''' Doggone it, why won't you DIE?!
595** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E1TreehouseOfHorrorXIV Treehouse of Horror XIV]]", after Homer [[TheDeathOfDeath kills Death]], the Springfield mafia pick a bad time to deal with [[TheStoolPigeon Frankie the Squealer]].
596--->'''Mafia thug:''' Frankie the Squealer, why won't you DIE?\
597'''Frankie:''' If I knew, I'd tell you, I swear! ''[they keep shooting]'' Better call my wife, tell her I'll be late. ''[takes out mobile while still being shot]''
598** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E20HomerScissorhands Homer Scissorhands]]", Homer is driven mad by all the constant chatter by the women he styles, driving him to commit barbercide. He causally walks over and drinks a glass of blue cleaning liquid for his tools, only for nothing to happen.
599--->'''Homer:''' Awww, why doesn't anything kill me?
600* Inverted in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkTheCoonAndFriendsTrilogy Coon vs. Coon & Friends]]" when Kenny [[spoiler:as his superhero alter-ego Mysterion]] asks [[spoiler:Cthulu]] "Why. Can't. I. ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Die?!]]''" in reference to all his NegativeContinuity [[TheyKilledKenny deaths]].
601* Mrs. Puff in the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS8E21SquiditisDemolitionDoofus Demolition Doofus]]", when her plan for [=SpongeBob=] to get killed (yes, killed) at a demolition derby is backfiring and he doesn't get hurt because he's an invertebrate and his bad driving causes the other drivers to crash.
602-->'''Mrs. Puff:''' WHY... ARE YOU STILL... ALIVE?!?!?\
603'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' "[[PoorCommunicationKills Put it in drive]]"? Thanks, Mrs. Puff, you're the best!
604* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' episode "The Ever-Burning Fire", while Lord Dregg is getting beaten up by the Turtles and their allies, he bellows out "Why won't you let me end your pitiful lives?!". Naturally, the feeling is mutual when Casey Jones remarks that he's harder to squash than a cockroach after he's ([[NotQuiteDead seemingly]]) knocked down towards a sea of lava.
605* Dr. Orpheus from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' fights a vampire at one point, but is unacquainted with the proper vampire killing technique. He gets increasingly frustrated when the vampire he keeps blasting just gets back up. "Oh, for heaven's...Why won't he just die?"
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607
608[[folder:Real Life]]
609* Usually happens when someone's playing a hard video game or tabletop game, usually accompanied by {{Angrish}}.
610* Someone trying to kill an insect/spider/any sort of creepy-crawlies might utter this. [[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/02/australian-man-screaming-at-spider-why-dont-you-die-triggers-full-police-response An example]] where one terrified arachnophobe ended up having the police called on him because his child was crying and his neighbors heard him yelling the trope name verbatim (fortunately all parties involved came to realize the misunderstanding with no further casualties beyond the spider).
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613->[[spoiler: '''[[TheStinger Nanomachines, son!]]''']]

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