-> "''[[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."''
-->-- '''Joey Mousepad''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''

->'''Mr. Furious:''' Seems there was a little controversy there regarding your father's death.\\
'''The Bowler:''' Yeah. The police said he fell down an elevator shaft. [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch Onto some bullets.]]
-->-- ''Film/MysteryMen''

->'''Morgus:''' Krau Timmin, the most appalling thing has happened. His Excellency...\\
'''Timmin:''' Not the President?\\
'''Morgus:''' Yes, it was all over in a second. I had no time to stop him. This is a tragic loss to the world.\\
'''Timmin:''' It's dreadful, sir. And that it should have happened in ''this'' building.\\
'''Morgus:''' Yes, yes, I am deeply distressed, Krau Timmin.\\
'''Timmin:''' Naturally you must be, sir.\\
'''Morgus:''' Still, it could have been worse.\\
'''Timmin:''' In what way, Trau Morgus?\\
'''Morgus:''' It could have been me.
-->-- '''Series/DoctorWho''', [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani}} "The Caves of Androzani"]]

->'''Eggplant Wizard:''' No! Wait! It was an accident!\\
'''King Hippo:''' Oh, I'll [[HypocriticalHumor give you an accident on purpose]]!
--> -- ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster''

->''"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."''
-->--''EvilOverlordList'', Cellblock A

->''"I'll make it look like an accident\\
I'll make it look like he was trying to hurt me\\
I'll make it seem like I was innocent\\
I'll make him wish he had never met me\\
I'll make it look like a suicide\\
I'll make it look like it was meant to be\\
I'll make it seem like I was innocent\\
I'll make the strychnine taste like raspberry tea"''
-->-- '''Music/HannahFury''', "The Necklace of Marie Antoinette"

->''"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."''
-->-- '''Arthur Bishop''', ''Film/TheMechanic2011''

->'''Wallace:''' I heard about Matthew. I'm sorry. Car accident, right?\\
'''[[NaziHunter Lena]]:''' [[SarcasmMode Yeah, it was an accident.]]\\
'''Wallace:''' That'll explain why Neurath didn't live to stand trial in Paraguay...\\
'''Lena:''' That ''[[HollywoodHeartAttack was]]'' an accident!\\
'''Wallace:''' [[SarcasmMode Right.]]
-->-- ''Film/{{Outpost}}: Black Sun''

->'''Servalan:''' Section Leader Grose, what happened to Colonel Astrid? \\
'''Grose:''' Colonel Astrid -- uh, he met with an accident.\\
'''Servalan:''' And his second in command?\\
'''Grose:''' He met with an accident, too.\\
'''Lector:''' Yeah, it was a very bad time for accidents.\\
'''Servalan:''' I see. And [[YouAreInCommandNow you assumed full command.]]\\
'''Grose:''' Of course -- the demands of duty. I was next in line.\\
'''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?]]
-->-- ''Series/BlakesSeven'', "Moloch"

->''"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."''
-->-- '''Hans''', ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013''

->''"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."''
-->-- '''Bong Cha''', ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld''

-> '''Her:''' I want you to kill my ex but make it seem like an accident \\
'''Me:''' say no more \\
[Later] \\
'''Detective:''' looks like the killer beat him to death with a crowbar and then placed a banana peel by his feet
-->-- '''[[https://mobile.twitter.com/psybermonkey/status/963068581020946432?lang=en This tweet]]'''

->''...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!''
-->-- '''Mysterious Heroine X''', ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder''

->''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!''
-->-- '''West''', ''Film/{{Basic}}''

->''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."''
-->-- '''Superwoman''', ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman''

->''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.''
-->-- '''Starfire''', ''ComicBook/StarfiresRevenge''

->''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.''
-->-- '''Steelhooves''', ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria''

->''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!''
-->-- '''Lesla-Lar''', ''ComicBook/TheUnknownSupergirl''

->'''Paul:''' They seem to… Have fallen down some stairs.\\
'''Raven:''' All of them?\\
'''Paul:''' They were slippery stairs.
-->-- ''Fanfic/WithThisRing''

->'''Cowley:''' Surely [[IntrepidReporter Hope]] can't be the only one to voice these doubts?
->'''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.
->'''Cowley:''' And?
->'''Seymour:''' He was drowned last August.
->'''Cowley:''' Oh, lots of people drown every August.
->'''Seymour:''' True. But not many of them are ex-Olympic swimmers.
-->-- ''Series/TheProfessionals'', "Slush Fund"

->'''Eben''': They're burning down the town.\\
'''Denise''': Nobody will know what happened. They'll just think it was some horrible accident.
-->--''Film/ThirtyDaysOfNight''

->"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."
-->-- '''Vito Corleone''', ''Film/TheGodfather''

->'''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?\\
'''Viren:''' Oh, you'll know the right thing to do.\\
'''Soren:''' ''(nervously)'' The right thing. I don't know if I can do that.\\
'''Viren:''' Out there in the wild, accidents happen every day. Deadly accidents.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'', "Through the Ice"

->"I'll get you, and it'll look like a bloody accident."
-->-- '''The Cat in the Hat''', ''Film/TheCatInTheHat''

->From a pay phone, he called [[TheHandler Dot]] in White Plains. He said, “Refresh my memory. Didn’t you say something about an accident?”\\
“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.”
-->-- ''Hit List'' by Creator/LawrenceBlock

->'''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?
-->-- ''Film/TheKiller2023''

->'''Mercenary 2:''' "You ''did'' say to make it look like an accident."\\
'''The Albatross:''' "I didn't mean an ''industrial'' accident!"
-->-- ''WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKB6WWp0DHE Crapshots: The Albatross]]''

->'''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.
->'''Saully Held:''' I don't know anything about it!
->'''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.
-->-- ''Series/Hunter1984'', "Death Machine"
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