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1-> "''[[WithDueRespect With all due respect]], Donbot, I don't really think we should [[ComicallyMissingThePoint rely on an accident to happen]]. Let's kill him ourselves."''
2-->-- '''Joey Mousepad''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''
3
4->'''Mr. Furious:''' Seems there was a little controversy there regarding your father's death.\
5'''The Bowler:''' Yeah. The police said he fell down an elevator shaft. [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch Onto some bullets.]]
6-->-- ''Film/MysteryMen''
7
8->'''Morgus:''' Krau Timmin, the most appalling thing has happened. His Excellency...\
9'''Timmin:''' Not the President?\
10'''Morgus:''' Yes, it was all over in a second. I had no time to stop him. This is a tragic loss to the world.\
11'''Timmin:''' It's dreadful, sir. And that it should have happened in ''this'' building.\
12'''Morgus:''' Yes, yes, I am deeply distressed, Krau Timmin.\
13'''Timmin:''' Naturally you must be, sir.\
14'''Morgus:''' Still, it could have been worse.\
15'''Timmin:''' In what way, Trau Morgus?\
16'''Morgus:''' It could have been me.
17-->-- '''Series/DoctorWho''', [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani}} "The Caves of Androzani"]]
18
19->'''Eggplant Wizard:''' No! Wait! It was an accident!\
20'''King Hippo:''' Oh, I'll [[HypocriticalHumor give you an accident on purpose]]!
21--> -- ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster''
22
23->''"I will not waste time making my enemy's death look like an accident -- I'm not accountable to anyone, and my other enemies wouldn't believe it."''
24-->--''EvilOverlordList'', Cellblock A
25
26->''"I'll make it look like an accident\
27I'll make it look like he was trying to hurt me\
28I'll make it seem like I was innocent\
29I'll make him wish he had never met me\
30I'll make it look like a suicide\
31I'll make it look like it was meant to be\
32I'll make it seem like I was innocent\
33I'll make the strychnine taste like raspberry tea"''
34-->-- '''Music/HannahFury''', "The Necklace of Marie Antoinette"
35
36->''"What I do requires a certain mindset. I do assignments; designated targets. Some jobs need to look like accidents. Others must cast suspicion on someone else. A select few need to send a clear message. Pulling a trigger is easy. The best jobs are the ones nobody even knows you were there."''
37-->-- '''Arthur Bishop''', ''Film/TheMechanic2011''
38
39->'''Wallace:''' I heard about Matthew. I'm sorry. Car accident, right?\
40'''[[NaziHunter Lena]]:''' [[SarcasmMode Yeah, it was an accident.]]\
41'''Wallace:''' That'll explain why Neurath didn't live to stand trial in Paraguay...\
42'''Lena:''' That ''[[HollywoodHeartAttack was]]'' an accident!\
43'''Wallace:''' [[SarcasmMode Right.]]
44-->-- ''Film/{{Outpost}}: Black Sun''
45
46->'''Servalan:''' Section Leader Grose, what happened to Colonel Astrid? \
47'''Grose:''' Colonel Astrid -- uh, he met with an accident.\
48'''Servalan:''' And his second in command?\
49'''Grose:''' He met with an accident, too.\
50'''Lector:''' Yeah, it was a very bad time for accidents.\
51'''Servalan:''' I see. And [[YouAreInCommandNow you assumed full command.]]\
52'''Grose:''' Of course -- the demands of duty. I was next in line.\
53'''Servalan:''' You were just a section leader aboard a flagship, serving under two pilot captains and a brigade commander. [[KlingonPromotion Did they all meet with accidents too?]]
54-->-- ''Series/BlakesSeven'', "Moloch"
55
56->''"I figured after we married, I'd have to stage a little accident for Elsa. But then she doomed herself, and you were dumb enough to go after her. All that's left now is to... kill Elsa and bring back summer."''
57-->-- '''Hans''', ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013''
58
59->''"We are [[AncientConspiracy secret societies]] for a reason. Violence between us is [[SecretWar typically concealed as much as possible]]. A poisoned Q-Tip. A fatal prescription. A hired hoodlum in the street. We dare anyone to prove it was us."''
60-->-- '''Bong Cha''', ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld''
61
62-> '''Her:''' I want you to kill my ex but make it seem like an accident \
63'''Me:''' say no more \
64[Later] \
65'''Detective:''' looks like the killer beat him to death with a crowbar and then placed a banana peel by his feet
66-->-- '''[[https://mobile.twitter.com/psybermonkey/status/963068581020946432?lang=en This tweet]]'''
67
68->''...Eh? There are so few Sabers participating this time? Hehe… wouldn’t they be there, in the spectator stands! I can see it, the Saber-faces gorging themselves on shaved ice with a holiday mood, I can see it now! Yes, this is a dangerous drag race! Even if something happens in such a race… Like crashing into the spectator stands… It was an accident! It was an unfortunate accident! Legal justice!''
69-->-- '''Mysterious Heroine X''', ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder''
70
71->''Those of you I find lacking will quit. And those of you who refuse to quit will have a training accident. This base suffers three training accidents a year. Unfortunate accidents that I will not hesitate to repeat if you cross me!''
72-->-- '''West''', ''Film/{{Basic}}''
73
74->''I was given two specific orders for this mission, Krull. "One: Retrieve the AWOL Codename: Reactron from girlfriend's home in Metropolis. [...] Two: Make sure her death looks accidental."''
75-->-- '''Superwoman''', ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman''
76
77->''I have been offered 1,000,000 dollars for it if I can accomplish the theft and get rid of Paul de Paris and make it look like an accident. So the Salon of Paul is going to have a fire that will destroy his entire collection and Paul too.''
78-->-- '''Starfire''', ''ComicBook/StarfiresRevenge''
79
80->''There's been a terrible accident. No, I have no idea where he was flying in from. I could tell he was coming in too low, but I expected him to pull up before he hit the building. It was horrible. I feel it was my fault; I shouldn't have asked Wingright to fly in this weather. I should have known that the wind shear would be too much for him.''
81-->-- '''Steelhooves''', ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria''
82
83->''I'll arrange to "accidentally" kill Luthor while capturing him after he destroys Superman with the Kryptonite Ray... A dead Luthor won't be able to reveal the truth about me!''
84-->-- '''Lesla-Lar''', ''ComicBook/TheUnknownSupergirl''
85
86->'''Paul:''' They seem to… Have fallen down some stairs.\
87'''Raven:''' All of them?\
88'''Paul:''' They were slippery stairs.
89-->-- ''Fanfic/WithThisRing''
90
91->'''Cowley:''' Surely [[IntrepidReporter Hope]] can't be the only one to voice these doubts?
92->'''Seymour:''' Far from it. He's articulating what dozens of others feel. A top German draughtsman--he worked on the engine mountings--said much the same thing.
93->'''Cowley:''' And?
94->'''Seymour:''' He was drowned last August.
95->'''Cowley:''' Oh, lots of people drown every August.
96->'''Seymour:''' True. But not many of them are ex-Olympic swimmers.
97-->-- ''Series/TheProfessionals'', "Slush Fund"
98
99->'''Eben''': They're burning down the town.\
100'''Denise''': Nobody will know what happened. They'll just think it was some horrible accident.
101-->--''Film/ThirtyDaysOfNight''
102
103->"I'm a superstitious man, and if some unlucky accident should befall [Michael] -- if he should get shot in the head by a police officer, or if he should hang himself in his jail cell... or if he's struck by a bolt of lightning -- then I'm going to blame some of the people in this room. And that I do not forgive."
104-->-- '''Vito Corleone''', ''Film/TheGodfather''
105
106->'''Soren:''' Okay, so I'm supposed to come back with the news that they're dead. What I don't understand is… what am I supposed to do if we find them alive?\
107'''Viren:''' Oh, you'll know the right thing to do.\
108'''Soren:''' ''(nervously)'' The right thing. I don't know if I can do that.\
109'''Viren:''' Out there in the wild, accidents happen every day. Deadly accidents.
110-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'', "Through the Ice"
111
112->"I'll get you, and it'll look like a bloody accident."
113-->-- '''The Cat in the Hat''', ''Film/TheCatInTheHat''
114
115->From a pay phone, he called [[TheHandler Dot]] in White Plains. He said, “Refresh my memory. Didn’t you say something about an accident?”\
116“Or natural causes,” she said, “though who’s to say what’s a natural cause in this day and age? Outside of choking to death on an organic carrot, I’d say you’re about as natural a cause of death as there is.”
117-->-- ''Hit List'' by Creator/LawrenceBlock
118
119->'''The Killer:''' Somehow, jobs that are designed to rattle a cage are always the most tedious. I've actually grown to appreciate proximity work. Staged accidents. Gradual poisonings. Anything with a little creativity. When was my last, nice, quiet drowning?
120-->-- ''Film/TheKiller2023''
121
122->'''Mercenary 2:''' "You ''did'' say to make it look like an accident."\
123'''The Albatross:''' "I didn't mean an ''industrial'' accident!"
124-->-- ''WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKB6WWp0DHE Crapshots: The Albatross]]''
125
126->'''Death Machine:''' You ''can'' make this a lot easier, and a [[ColdBloodedTorture lot less painful]], by telling me what you know about the jewelry theft at Lucky Lacey's house.
127->'''Saully Held:''' I don't know anything about it!
128->'''Death Machine:''' I can make you look like the victim of a mugging. I do a bitchin' one of them. Or, a hit and run. It's always a bit messy, but very effective.
129-->-- ''Series/Hunter1984'', "Death Machine"

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