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2[[folder:Comic Books]]
3->''We all thought she'd died. Certainly nothing even remotely human could have survived. [[HumanoidAbomination Nothing remotely human did.]]''
4-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}''', ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga''
5
6->'''Lys Amata:''' (watching the place go up in flames) "How could anyone survive that--"\
7'''Maxima:''' (spotting two Kryptonians flying away) "Wait, look--!"
8-->-- ''ComicBook/{{Crucible}}''
9
10->'''Amalak:''' ''"You see, I noticed that my star-cannon was about to self-destruct... Just before it did, I teleported here! Supergirl, however, was on board my ship when it was blasted into nothingness! She could not have survived!"''\
11''Later''\
12'''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}:''' ''"Amalak grossly overestimated the deadliness of his star cannon!"''
13-->-- ''ComicBook/ThePlagueOfTheAntibioticMan''
14[[/folder]]
15
16[[folder:Fan Works]]
17->''"Surprised? You thought I'd perished in the million-megaparsec blast radius of that supernova bomb!"''
18-->-- '''Lonzak''', ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace''
19
20->''"Supervillains never die in bottomless pits. It's like an unwritten law or something."''
21-->-- '''Psycho Yellow''', ''[[http://www.geocities.ws/prhiddenwar/ Power Rangers Hidden War]]''
22
23->"Come on, there's nothing alive in-" ''[hears a cackling noise and slowly turns his head to see a monster staring back at him]'' "AAAAAAH!" ''[runs away screaming]''
24-->-- '''Izuku''', ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku''
25[[/folder]]
26
27[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
28->'''Croc:''' But we saw you fall to your death!\
29'''Oogway:''' No, you saw me ''fall.''
30-->-- ''Franchise/KungFuPanda: Secrets of the Masters''
31
32->''"Nothing could have... that was like fifteen suns exploding in his face..."''
33-->-- '''Coldcast''' on '''Superman''', ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite''
34[[/folder]]
35
36[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
37->''"I know one thing, Major. I drew down and fired straight at it. Capped off two hundred rounds in the minigun, full pack. Nothing... nothing on this earth could have lived. Not at that range."''
38-->-- '''Mac''' on '''the Predator''', ''Film/{{Predator}}''
39
40->'''Lenina Huxley:''' I thought your life force had been prematurely terminated!\
41'''John Spartan:''' Yeah, I thought I was history too. What the hell happened? All of a sudden, this car turned into a cannoli!
42-->-- ''Film/DemolitionMan''
43
44->'''Gang member:''' There's ''no way'' they survived.\
45'''[[TheDragon Caleb]]:''' They're not dead until we find 'em dead. [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill Or part of 'em, anyway.]]
46-->-- ''Film/{{Dredd}}''
47
48->''"Come home, Hans. Nothing could be left alive in that furnace."''
49-->-- '''Concerned wife''' about The Monster, ''Film/{{Frankenstein 1931}}''
50
51->'''Spock:''' Search the enemy ship for signs of life.\
52'''Sulu:''' Sir, there's no way anyone survived!\
53'''Spock:''' ''[[SuperSoldier He]]'' could.
54-->-- ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness''
55[[/folder]]
56
57[[folder:Literature]]
58->'''Tonk Fah:''' You think he'll live?\
59'''Denth:''' He just fell out the third-story window, plummeting toward certain doom. Of course he'll live!
60-->-- ''Literature/{{Warbreaker}}''
61[[/folder]]
62
63[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
64-> '''Gunn-Sar:''' What's the tally of challenges?\
65'''Cato:''' Twenty-five dead and one missing, sir.\
66'''Gunn-Sar:''' Oh, come on, Cato. Don't quibble. Marquin fell backwards off the cliff.\
67'''Cato:''' Yes, sir.\
68'''Gunn-Sar:''' So he's dead. Like, you can't say someone's missing as such. Not when they've taken a dive into a bottomless gorge.\
69'''Cato:''' No sir.\
70'''Gunn-Sar:''' So, it's twenty-six dead.\
71'''Cato:''' The Council ruled it was twenty-five, sir, and one missing.\
72'''Gunn-Sar:''' (''unperturbed'') Twenty-five men lie dead who tried to stand against me. And one, if he's not still falling, is no more than a greasy spot on the rocks, right?
73-->-- ''Series/BlakesSeven'', "Power"
74
75->'''Tarrant:''' How did you get away from the Liberator?\
76'''Servalan:''' It was difficult.\
77'''Tarrant:''' It was impossible.\
78'''Servalan:''' Manifestly not.\
79'''Tarrant:''' So how?\
80'''Servalan:''' The teleport. A [[ExplosiveInstrumentation malfunction.]] A [[TimTaylorTechnology power surge]]. Suddenly I was [[CasualInterstellarTravel back on a Federation world]].\
81'''Tarrant:''' What a [[PlotArmor lucky little commissioner you are.]]
82-->-- ''Series/BlakesSeven'', "Sand"
83
84->'''Councilman:''' ...The ice cracked open and the [[SeaMonster Selkiemore]] shot out -- Oh, you'll never see one, but it'll take down a ship with its cavernous mouth, full of devil's teeth! -- and it [[SwallowedWhole swallowed that Witcher]] ''whole...''\
85'''[[QuirkyBard Jaskier]]:''' ''[taking notes]'' Ohh, this is ''brilliant''. Oh, sorry, it's just [[HunterOfMonsters Geralt]]'s usually so stingy with the details. And then what happened?\
86'''Councilman:''' ''[choking up]'' He died.\
87'''Jaskier:''' Ehhh, he's fine.\
88'''Councilman:''' Look, I was there! I saw it with my own-- ''[Geralt kicks the door open, drowned in fish guts]''
89-->-- ''Series/TheWitcher2019''
90
91->'''"Last time I saw him, he tried to murder me. But when you kill someone by chopping off their head, rolling them up in a carpet and burning it, you better make sure they're dead."''
92-->-- '''Colin Mochrie''', ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway''
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94
95[[folder:Radio]]
96->''"It'd be a miracle for anybody to survive a fall from that height!"''
97-->-- '''TheBrigadier''' (talking about [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]]), ''Radio/TheParadiseOfDeath''
98[[/folder]]
99
100[[folder:Video Games]]
101->'''Phineas:''' Whoa! You think he's okay?\
102'''Ferb:''' I'm sure he is. [[GenreSavvy Villains always come back in the sequel]].
103-->-- ''VideoGame/PhineasAndFerbAcrossThe2ndDimension''
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106
107[[folder:Webcomics]]
108->'''Red Mage:''' The point is that we defeated him. He's gone. He shall never trouble us. Ever again.\
109''[=[=][[GilliganCut cut]] to {{Hell}}]''\
110'''Lich:''' [[Film/GhostbustersII Time is a window. Death, a doorway. I'll be back.]]
111-->-- ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater''
112
113->'''Thief:''' Did the plan work?\
114'''Red Mage:''' ''No one'' could have survived that, Thief.\
115'''Black Mage:''' Point of order: us.\
116'''Red Mage:''' We're statistical outliers on the survivability curve.\
117'''Black Mage:''' It's ''four for four!'' That's ''100%!'' How is that an outlier?
118-->-- ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater''
119
120->'''[[MentorMascot Lovely]]:''' [[SuperheroPackingHeat Nice shot]], Sweetheart!\
121'''[[MagicalGirlWarrior Sweetheart]]:''' You really think so, Lovely? Because I think I went overboard! I-is he dead? There's no way he could have survived that!\
122'''Lovely:''' Oh, he's alive alright! He's getting up!\
123'''Sweetheart:''' Seriously!?\
124'''Lovely:''' Brace yourself, sugar!
125-->-- ''Webcomic/GlitterAndGuilt''
126
127->''"I am [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Sniper Wolf]], and somehow I can survive, like, eight bullets in the face. [[MaleGaze Look at my boobs!]]"''
128-->-- ''[[WebComic/{{Hiimdaisy}} Let's Destroy the Metal Gear!]]''
129
130->'''Jenn:''' How is he still alive? That is just not possible. Maybe it's not really him; just someone pretending to be him to catch us off guard.\
131'''Cotton:''' Well, we never did check for a pulse. We just assumed.\
132'''Jenn:''' Yes, because you don't usually survive being ''[[SuddenlyShouting SHOT IN THE]]'' '''''[[PrecisionFStrike FUCKING]]''''' ''[[TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain HEAD!!]]''
133-->-- ''Webcomic/NoEnd''
134[[/folder]]
135
136[[folder:Web Original]]
137->'''[[BigBad Cooler]]:''' So. Who thinks he's dead?\
138'''[[QuirkyMiniBossSquad Sauza]]:''' Dead.\
139'''[[TheUnintelligible Neiz]]:''' Krii!\
140'''Doore:''' That boy is dead as mud.\
141'''Cooler:''' [[AvertedTrope Too bad, I sign your paychecks.]] Search the forest.\
142'''Sauza:''' [[GratuitousFrench Qu'est-ce que]] [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]].
143-->-- ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', "Revenge of Cooler"
144
145->'''Naraku:''' Oops, killed your girlfriend again, Inuyasha.\
146'''Inuyasha:''' Bullshit, do you know how many cliffs Kikyo has fallen off? She'll be fine. Hell, I threw her off one last week.
147-->-- ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}: Episode Infinity''
148
149->''"I buried [[AntiVillain you]] alive and I put a rock on what was going to be your grave... how could you get out of that?"''
150-->-- '''Venomstripe''' to [[DefectorFromDecadence Pulse]], ''Roleplay/{{Feralfront}}''
151
152->'''{{Mook}} 1:''' There's no way he could have survived that fall.\
153'''Seto Kaiba:''' (''off-camera'') Actually, I seem to be okay.\
154'''Mook 2:''' Nope, he's definitely dead.\
155'''Seto Kaiba:''' (''off-camera'') You guys are idiots.\
156'''Mook 1:''' At least we're not dead, like you.
157-->-- ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''
158
159->''"He/She/They/(Name of character) survives this."''
160-->-- ''WebVideo/CinemaSins'' [[RunningGag any time this trope is used]]
161
162->''"I threw you in lava in ''{{VideoGame/Spyro 2| Riptos Rage}}''! HOW THE HELLLL...''''
163-->-- '''WebVideo/{{Caddicarus}}''', in angered befuddlement upon seeing Ripto as the BigBad of ''VideoGame/SpyroEnterTheDragonfly''.
164[[/folder]]
165
166[[folder:Western Animation]]
167->''"Please, Zuko. What ulterior motive could I have? What could I possibly gain by letting you get all the glory for defeating the Avatar? Unless somehow, the Avatar was actually alive. All that glory would suddenly turn to shame and foolishness. But you said yourself that was impossible."''
168-->-- '''[[MagnificentBitch Azula]]''', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
169
170->''"[[TheDragon She's]] not gonna make it!"'' [Azula manages to stop her fall] ''"...of course she did."''
171-->-- '''Zuko''', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
172
173->''"''Wow.'' Gangrene, gonorrhea, staph, MRSA, Hepatitis A, B, ''and'' C? It's amazing these two are even alive."''
174-->-- '''Doctor''' after the boys are [[ItMakesSenseInContext bitten by an STD-ridden hobo]], ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'' ("Werewolves of Highland")
175
176->'''Batman:''' ''Nothing'' could have survived [[EarthShatteringKaboom that.]] Not even ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}.\
177'''Superman:''' You know something, Bruce? ''You're not always right.''
178-->-- ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', "Twilight"
179
180->'''Martian Manhunter:''' In many ways, Lex Luthor represents the worst mankind has to offer.\
181'''Superman:''' But he died saving us all.\
182'''Batman:''' I doubt that either of them died.\
183'''Superman:''' We ''saw'' it this time...\
184'''Flash:''' You saw it last time, too.\
185'''Green Lantern:''' What's the old saying? Believe half of what you see-\
186'''Hawkgirl:''' And none of what you hear. They'll be back.
187-->-- ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', "Destroyer"
188[[/folder]]

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