->'''Sarge''': Oh no! That last lightning bolt fused the detonator! There's no way to turn this thing off!\\
'''Simmons''': Can you do it manually?\\
'''Sarge''': Impossible. I specifically designed it so that I wouldn't be able to defuse it. \\
'''Grif''': Why?\\
'''Sarge''': In case I fell into the wrong hands, and was brainwashed to help the Blues.\\
'''Simmons''': [[YesMan Nice thinking, sir.]]\\
'''Grif''': You had to get just ''one last'' asskiss in before we die, didn't you?
-->-- ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' Episode 43

->There's a mawkishly overdramatic scene in which a character sacrifices himself by [[YouShallNotPass bravely detaching and blowing up the entire Metroid wing of the spaceship with him inside]]. We'll let slide for now the issue of why exactly he had to be ''[[FailsafeFailure inside it]]'' to do this, but Metroids show up later on '''[[YouCantThwartStageOne ANYWAY]]''', so he might as well have just '''stuck yellow and black tape over the door''' [[SenselessSacrifice for all the good it did]]!
-->--'''''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''''' on ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM''

->This is like having an emergency light that plugs into the wall! Or a parachute with a rope that's connected to the airplane!
-->-- '''WebSite/SFDebris''', "Learning Curve"

->It seems the ship blew a plasma injector, and is now down to just four. Archer insists the ship can run on four injectors just fine, but Trip points out it can't run on three.\\\
Okay, see what I mean about Starfleet sending them out to look like idiots? If something is that essential to the functioning of your ship, why would you not carry spares? Multiple spares, at that?
-->--'''''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''' on ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', "A Night in Sickbay"

->{{Note to self}}: When designing outer-space headquarters, do not allow personal living quarters to be shot off into space by a control that is ''outside the room''.
-->--'''Chris Sims''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/the-x-men-episode-guide-4x06-sanctuary-part-1-animated-series/ on]] ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'', "Sanctuary, Part 1"

->The defense system is perfect, Mark. It'll even [[GeneralFailure bury our mistakes.]]
-->--'''Dr. Jeremy Stone''' after a nuclear bomb countdown has started, ''Film/TheAndromedaStrain''

->It's what you'd call a failsafe. [[DeadpanSnarker Except he only got as far as the "fail" part]].
-->-- [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Tobi]], on Itachi Uchiha's attempt to keep Sasuke ''away'' from the speaker.

->"Note: Need to implement this."
-->-- The Hidden Valley Bunker Self-Destruct Terminal upon clicking [[OhCrap "Cancel Self-Destruct Sequence"]], ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''

->''(chaos is wreaking havoc in Ponyville)''\\
'''Twilight Sparkle:''' Don't worry, everypony! I've learned a new failsafe spell that will fix everything!\\
''(Her horn glows, and a wave of light surrounds Ponyville. When it fades... nothing happens.)'' \\
'''Twilight Sparkle:''' My failsafe spell... ''failed''! Now what do we do?\\
'''Spike:''' Umm, give up?
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', ''The Return of Harmony: Part 1''

->'''Sam''': "Failsafe? [[LiteralMinded Is that some kind of vault which you keep all your fail in?]] Because, I love ya Quinn, but [[StealthInsult a failsafe is sounding more and more like an apt description of this mission." ]]
-->--'''VideoGame/SeriousSam'''

->''"At Starfleet, we put the 'fail' in failsafe!"''
-->-- '''Website/SFDebris''', in his review of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'''s "The Nth Degree"

->The problem with Flight 592 is that you defeat the intended purpose of the Class D cargo hold, because even though the hold may be airtight, [[NoOSHACompliance you've got 144 sources of oxygen in that airtight container]].
-->-- '''Greg Feith''', on [=ValuJet=] Flight 592, ''Series/AirCrashInvestigation''

->''"Out of order?! '''Fuck!''' Even in the future, nothing works!"''
-->-- '''Dark Helmet''' (on finding out his ship's self-destruct override is broken), ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}''

->'''Narrator:''' The House Phica primary generator was designed to take a lot of punishment. A direct hit with a nuke, even ''inside'' the gravitic shield it powers, will not of itself cause a loss of containment. For that to happen, the reactor techs would have to spend several minutes doing everything '''exactly''' wrong.\\
'''Reactor Tech:''' Protocol T-21: Executing step-down and bleed.\\
'''Reactor Boss:''' Drown protocol! We're under attack! Full power to the shields!\\
'''Narrator:''' ''Exactly''.
-->-- ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''

->''"Dyatlov broke every rule we have. He pushed a reactor to the brink of destruction. He did these things believing there was a failsafe; AZ-5, a simple button to shut it all down. But in the circumstances he created, there wasn't. The shutdown system had a fatal flaw. At 1:23:40, Akimov engages AZ-5. The fully-withdrawn control rods begin moving back into the reactor. These rods are made of boron, which reduces reactivity, but not their tips. The tips are made of graphite, which accelerates reactivity [...] No one in the room that night knew that the shutdown button could act as a detonator."''
-->-- '''Valery Legasov''', ''Series/{{Chernobyl}}''

->All of the above shouldn't fail you. ''But'', if you work with tech, you'll know how often failsafes will fail. "Should" is basically the only thing you can count on.
-->-- '''Anthony''', "[[https://youtu.be/R3iNAQqqnjE?t=443 Never Do Tech Support For Your Family Again!]]", ''WebVideo/LinusTechTips''

-> ''"Five different systems had to go wrong for that laser to fail us so spectacularly. '''''Five.'''''"''
-->-- '''Agent Block''' on how a LASIK surgery resulted in someone dying, ''Film/FinalDestination5''
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