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"Wiseman has given me a new name and a better life as Black Lady. I am NOT Chibi-Usa."
—Black Lady (Chibi-Usa's older and Brainwashed and Crazy form), Sailor Moon R (Viz Media dub), Episode 85
Lelouch: The punishment for what you've done shall be this, then. You will live on, always wearing that mask serving as a knight for justice and truth. You will no longer live your life as Suzaku Kururugi. You shall sacrifice the ordinary pleasures of your life for the benefit of the world. For eternity...
Suzaku: This Geass, I do solemnly accept.
Suzaku: This Geass, I do solemnly accept.
''Everything I did in the past has come back to haunt me and others. Even if I survived the fight, the hero I was, “Endeavor”, is dead. I can’t fight my own son!''
—Enji Todoroki aka Endeavor, My Hero Academia
Naruto: As long as you admit that you're Mukade, I'm not letting you get away!
Anrokuzan: Mukade, huh? I put that hoodlum's name behind me long ago. I am now Lord Minister Anrokuzan of Rōran and I control this city!
Anrokuzan: Mukade, huh? I put that hoodlum's name behind me long ago. I am now Lord Minister Anrokuzan of Rōran and I control this city!
"I'm not the real Sasami!"
The real Sasami Masaki Jurai, to her sister, Ayeka, Tenchi Muyo!
"Impmon... heh. That loser doesn't exist anymore."
—Beelzemon, Digimon Tamers
Kalim: Show your true self while you still live! Usui Horokeu!
Horohoro: Don't call me that. Never call me that name! I threw that name away a long time ago. That's the name of the bastard who murdered the woman I loved!
Horohoro: Don't call me that. Never call me that name! I threw that name away a long time ago. That's the name of the bastard who murdered the woman I loved!
Audio Play
Lithea: Doctor?
War Doctor: No!
Lithea: I have water... The high priestess thought you might need it after your... uh, experience.
War Doctor: I said "No!"
Lithea: I will leave it for you here, Doctor. (puts down the cup)
War Doctor: (throws the cup on the ground) No! Go away and stay away! There's no "Doctor" here.
War Doctor: No!
Lithea: I have water... The high priestess thought you might need it after your... uh, experience.
War Doctor: I said "No!"
Lithea: I will leave it for you here, Doctor. (puts down the cup)
War Doctor: (throws the cup on the ground) No! Go away and stay away! There's no "Doctor" here.
— Big Finish Doctor Who, "Lighting the Flame"
Comic Books
"Please stop talking about Martin Gilfryd. He's not here. He's not anywhere. People can be reborn, Agent Sapien. I think you know this."
— Memnan Saa, B.P.R.D.
Jean Grey: Nate...I...
X-Man: Do not use that name.
Jean: But it is your name. Nathaniel Grey.
X-Man: You use it believing it will remind me of a biological bond we share. But you are mistaken. Yes, in another world I would have been your son. But it means nothing. Everything is connected, Jean. And thus nothing is connected.
X-Man: Do not use that name.
Jean: But it is your name. Nathaniel Grey.
X-Man: You use it believing it will remind me of a biological bond we share. But you are mistaken. Yes, in another world I would have been your son. But it means nothing. Everything is connected, Jean. And thus nothing is connected.
Harley: Harley Quinn, by the way.
Kara: Harley... Quin-zel?
Harley: Never heard of her, sounds like a real piece of garbage!
Kara: Harley... Quin-zel?
Harley: Never heard of her, sounds like a real piece of garbage!
"It was Kovacs who said 'Mother' then, muffled under latex. It was Kovacs who closed his eyes. It was Rorschach who opened them again... The void breathed hard on my heart, turning its illusions to ice and shattering them. Was clear then. Free to scrawl own design on morally blank world. Was Rorschach."
— Watchmen
Supergirl: You don't believe that, Dr. Metzner!
Metzner: Do not call me that, girl! I warn you|
Supergirl: You can't kill me, Dr. Metzner! You're not bad... You're no killer!
Metzner: I am Barry Metzner no more, curse you!
Metzner: Do not call me that, girl! I warn you|
Supergirl: You can't kill me, Dr. Metzner! You're not bad... You're no killer!
Metzner: I am Barry Metzner no more, curse you!
Ravage: The Megatron who tore down the senate - who emancipated millions; the Megatron we followed; the Megatron we loved - what happened to him?
Megatron: I don't know. I think he's dead.
Ravage: Dead? Or just resting?
Megatron: I don't know. I think he's dead.
Ravage: Dead? Or just resting?
"Schicklgruber and Dzhugashvili could have made a deal, but Hitler and Stalin cannot!"
Fan Works
In truth, she always knew, in the back of her mind that when she saw all of those whom she called friends dead, she too died that day. Luz Noceda had died, and in her place was Toshiko Shigaraki. A girl who had nothing but hate for those who killed her friends. Oh, sure, she paraded around the name Luz, but she hadn’t truly been Luz. She was just… taking her place, so to speak. Luz had died the day everyone else had. Toshiko merely wore her skin and stole her name. But now, she didn’t need that. She didn’t need her name anymore. She was in a different world, meaning she had no longer had to hang onto the past.
— All For Luz, Chapter 25.
"That doesn't intimidate me the way it should, Cassidy. Don't get me wrong. You're a fucking scary man when you want to be. But as far as I'm concerned, I died thirteen years ago. Every day after that, every chance I get to help fight against the kind of evil I helped create... it's a bonus."
— Peter Wisdom AKA Regulus Black, Child of the Storm
Antillar "Max" Maximus: Just leave me alone. I don't want to hear any apologies or explanations—
Antillus Dorotea: I'm not offering any. I want you to know that Lady Antillus is dead and as good as buried. You don't have to fear her anymore, or hate her, or even think about her. Forget she ever existed and get on with your life. [...] Yes, Lady Antillus was very throughly damned. And now she's dead and I can forget her too.
Antillus Dorotea: I'm not offering any. I want you to know that Lady Antillus is dead and as good as buried. You don't have to fear her anymore, or hate her, or even think about her. Forget she ever existed and get on with your life. [...] Yes, Lady Antillus was very throughly damned. And now she's dead and I can forget her too.
— Dorotea
"The "Micchy" who used to be shy and friendly member of Team Gaim has been long gone when the whole Helheim situation began to get real. The Mitsuzane Kureshima who was groomed to be an heir of a powerful company and a manipulative mastermind is dead as well. But, the Mitsuzane Kureshima you see right now is a very insecure and isolated man, who can barely make fun of other people just to see the world becoming so relentlessly unkind."
Lady Olivia: Marcy, whatever he’s done to you, it isn't too late! This isn’t the girl I know!
Marcy: Oh, Olivia. (Quizzical Tilt) Don’t you get it? (A malicious scowl forms) The Marcy you knew... is dead.
— A Moth to a Flame, Chapter 14.
Megan: Is it true? Are you... Kara Zor-El?
Supergirl: I used to be. That girl died on Krypton. I think just Kara works now.
Supergirl: I used to be. That girl died on Krypton. I think just Kara works now.
Lianne: You used to be such a good man, Shen. You were destined for great things, but you simply became... misguided. What happened to make you so hateful? What happened to the man I loved?
Shen: What happened to him? What happened to him?! He died! He was left abandoned on the steps of his own home, humiliated and forced to toil and carve his way in the world! Every day he died a little more, his new reality cutting little pieces from him that was left.
Lianne: But Shen—
Shen: You think he's still here? You are a naïve fool. The man you want is long gone. He died thirty years ago, when in his hour of need, those he most trusted and loved with all his being betrayed him! They abandoned him to his fate and moved on with their lives!
Shen: What happened to him? What happened to him?! He died! He was left abandoned on the steps of his own home, humiliated and forced to toil and carve his way in the world! Every day he died a little more, his new reality cutting little pieces from him that was left.
Lianne: But Shen—
Shen: You think he's still here? You are a naïve fool. The man you want is long gone. He died thirty years ago, when in his hour of need, those he most trusted and loved with all his being betrayed him! They abandoned him to his fate and moved on with their lives!
"Izuku, you have become so much more than you once were. Deku was brave and sweet and smart and all around amazing, but you are more than that, now. You are no longer the Deku we knew. You have become a different person: kind, responsible, patient and wise. Izuku Midoriya is a skilled teacher and surrogate father who'll give hell to anyone hurting his students, a hero of a different kind than we are. And I love that person. I love the man you’ve become. You may not be a Pro, but all the things that made the Deku I once loved are still there, only you made them into something more, something greater. I love it. I love you. Maybe I could find someone else. Maybe I could net myself a famous Pro. But they wouldn't be Izuku Midoriya the teacher. They wouldn't be you."
"Chiyuki Shiie is dead. Her memory has been burned from the records of this world, and no one will hear her lament. You cannot welcome her, for she does not stand before you. From this day forth, my name is Calne Ca."
—Calne Ca, The Precedent of Hatsune Miku: Machine Muzik
Kenta: Why would you release me, when you could rule?
Oni-Lee: Without Lung, there is no ABB.
Kenta: Lee, listen to me. Go home, do whatever you want, rule or don’t, just go.
Oni-Lee: I don't understand.
Kenta: Lee...no, enough of this game. Listen to me, Kōng, you must hear my words. Lung is dead. The dragon that ruled this city is dead, he is no longer here, the dragon is dead. There is only Kenta left in his shadow.
Oni-Lee: Without Lung, there is no ABB.
Kenta: Lee, listen to me. Go home, do whatever you want, rule or don’t, just go.
Oni-Lee: I don't understand.
Kenta: Lee...no, enough of this game. Listen to me, Kōng, you must hear my words. Lung is dead. The dragon that ruled this city is dead, he is no longer here, the dragon is dead. There is only Kenta left in his shadow.
Films — Animated
Mr. Incredible: Buddy?
Syndrome: My name is not BUDDY! And it's not Incrediboy, either! That ship has sailed! All I wanted was to help you, I only wanted to help! And what do you say to me?
(Flashback Cut)
Mr. Incredible: Fly home, Buddy. I work alone.
Syndrome: It tore me apart. But I learned an important lesson: You can't count on anyone, especially your heroes!
Syndrome: My name is not BUDDY! And it's not Incrediboy, either! That ship has sailed! All I wanted was to help you, I only wanted to help! And what do you say to me?
(Flashback Cut)
Mr. Incredible: Fly home, Buddy. I work alone.
Syndrome: It tore me apart. But I learned an important lesson: You can't count on anyone, especially your heroes!
Metro Man: Once your death ray hit, I’d never felt so alive. So I borrowed a prop from a nearby nursing school. Metro Man was finally dead! And Music Man was born!
Roxanne: Music Man?
Metro Man: That way, I could keep my logo.
Roxanne: Music Man?
Metro Man: That way, I could keep my logo.
Blossom: Jojo, what happened?!
Bubbles: This isn't making the town a better place!
Jojo/Mojo Jojo: Yes, it is, for me! The hobo formally known as Jojo is no more! From this day forward, I shall be known as MOJO JOJO! For too long, apes and monkeys have been under the thumb of man! Well, the time has come to oppose that thumb, and take hold of what is rightfully ours, THE WORLD!
Bubbles: This isn't making the town a better place!
Jojo/Mojo Jojo: Yes, it is, for me! The hobo formally known as Jojo is no more! From this day forward, I shall be known as MOJO JOJO! For too long, apes and monkeys have been under the thumb of man! Well, the time has come to oppose that thumb, and take hold of what is rightfully ours, THE WORLD!
"Little Jack Horner didn't have ANY magic. He was a pathetic, buttered baker's boy. Little Jack is dead... I'm BIG Jack Horner!''
— Jack Horner, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
"Get back here!" Mom cried.
But I didn’t look back. She was talking to Mei-Mei, and Mei-Mei didn’t exist anymore.
But I didn’t look back. She was talking to Mei-Mei, and Mei-Mei didn’t exist anymore.
— The Novelization of Turning Red
Films — Live-Action
Mrs. Lovett: I can't say the years have been particularly kind to you, Mr. Barker.
Sweeney: No. Not Barker. That man is dead. It's Todd now. Sweeney Todd. And he will have his revenge.
Sweeney: No. Not Barker. That man is dead. It's Todd now. Sweeney Todd. And he will have his revenge.
Reed: Victor, don't do this!
Doctor Doom: There is no Victor. There is only Doom.
Doctor Doom: There is no Victor. There is only Doom.
Cohaagen: Look at you. You're still fighting and you don't even know who you are.
Quaid: I may not remember who I was, but I know who I am.
Quaid: I may not remember who I was, but I know who I am.
Lucila: I remember a just, pious man who was loved by his Emperor. And he loved him in turn.
Maximus: ...That man no longer exists. Your brother does his work well.
Maximus: ...That man no longer exists. Your brother does his work well.
Luke: I've accepted the truth that you were once Anakin Skywalker, my father.
Vader: That name no longer has any meaning for me.
Luke: It is the name of your true self, you've only forgotten.
Vader: That name no longer has any meaning for me.
Luke: It is the name of your true self, you've only forgotten.
"Your son is gone. He was weak and foolish, like his father, so I destroyed him."
— Kylo Ren, Star Wars Episode VII
Bruce Wayne: Batman's just a symbol, Rachel.
Rachel Dawes: No, no, this... is your mask. Your real face is the one that criminals now fear. The man I loved - the man who vanished - he never came back at all. But maybe he's still out there, somewhere. Maybe some day, when Gotham no longer needs Batman, I'll see him again.
Rachel Dawes: No, no, this... is your mask. Your real face is the one that criminals now fear. The man I loved - the man who vanished - he never came back at all. But maybe he's still out there, somewhere. Maybe some day, when Gotham no longer needs Batman, I'll see him again.
Batman: Who are you working for? Crane!
Scarecrow: Dr. Crane isn't here right now, but if you'd like to make an appointment...
Scarecrow: Dr. Crane isn't here right now, but if you'd like to make an appointment...
Franz Oberhauser: Franz Oberhauser died twenty years ago, James, in an avalanche alongside his father. The man you're talking to now, the man inside your head, is Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
James Bond: Catchy name.
James Bond: Catchy name.
Agent Smith: You hear that, Mr. Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability. It is the sound of your death. Goodbye, Mr. Anderson.
Neo: My name...is Neo.
Neo: My name...is Neo.
"I don't know. Family, stability... the guy who wanted all that went in the ice 75 years ago. I think someone else came out."
— Steve Rogers, Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Dark Oerlord: I'm not Jenning anymore! The transformation is complete. I am now... someone else.
Howard the Duck: Try telling that to your insurance company.
Howard the Duck: Try telling that to your insurance company.
"There is no Dana, only Zuul!"
—Zuul, Ghostbusters (1984)
"Frank Castle has died... but has been reborn as THE PUNISHER."
"He doesn't want to kill me. That's funny—I died years ago. When I closed my eyes to it in Goleta, I lost all my true worth as a man. And drifting in those border towns, all I ever heard was the screaming of those little children."
— Finley, The Master Gunfighter (1975)
Literature
"Who are you, madame?" said the Count to the veiled female.
The stranger cast one look around her, to be certain they were quite alone, then bending as if she would have knelt, and joining her hands, she said with an accent of despair, "Edmond— you will not kill my son."
The Count retreated a step, uttered a slight exclamation, and let fall the pistol he held.
"What name did you pronounce then, Madame d'Morcerf?" said he.
"Yours!" cried she, throwing back her veil. "Yours, which I alone perhaps have not forgotten. Edmond— it is not Madame d'Morcerf who is come to you— it is Mercedes."
The stranger cast one look around her, to be certain they were quite alone, then bending as if she would have knelt, and joining her hands, she said with an accent of despair, "Edmond— you will not kill my son."
The Count retreated a step, uttered a slight exclamation, and let fall the pistol he held.
"What name did you pronounce then, Madame d'Morcerf?" said he.
"Yours!" cried she, throwing back her veil. "Yours, which I alone perhaps have not forgotten. Edmond— it is not Madame d'Morcerf who is come to you— it is Mercedes."
[wearily] "I can't go home for the same reason neither you nor anyone else will succeed in killing me. For the same reason I can do what I have to do in this job."
"Because I'm already dead."
"Because I'm already dead."
— Lila, Selling Out book two of the Quantum Gravity series
"The student of the Talmud, the child that I was, had been consumed in the flames. There remained only a shape that looked like me."
— Elie Wiesel, Night
Joe Spork: Vaughn Parry.
Vaughn Parry: No. I am Shem Shem Tsien. The Recorded Man. Vaughn Parry is dead. A coat I wear. A vehicle of flesh that I inhabit. An avatar, if you prefer.
Vaughn Parry: No. I am Shem Shem Tsien. The Recorded Man. Vaughn Parry is dead. A coat I wear. A vehicle of flesh that I inhabit. An avatar, if you prefer.
"We are the dead."
—Winston Smith, Nineteen Eighty-Four
Cardinal Richeliu: It’s the Comte de la Fere, is it not?
Athos: I prefer Athos. That other fellow died a long time ago.
Athos: I prefer Athos. That other fellow died a long time ago.
Live-Action TV
Chantho: Chan — Professor, please—
"Professor Yana": THAT IS NOT MY NAME! "The Professor"... was an invention. So perfect a disguise that I forgot who I am.
Chantho: Chan — Then who are you? — Tho
"Yana": I... am... the Master.
"Professor Yana": THAT IS NOT MY NAME! "The Professor"... was an invention. So perfect a disguise that I forgot who I am.
Chantho: Chan — Then who are you? — Tho
"Yana": I... am... the Master.
— Doctor Who, "Utopia"
"Doctor no more."
—The War Doctor, Doctor Who, "The Night of The Doctor"
TV Interviewer: So my question is, is Walter White still out there?
Gretchen Schwartz: No, he's not.
Interviewer: You sound very sure.
Gretchen: I am. I can't speak to this "Heisenberg" that people refer to, but whatever he became, the sweet, kind, brilliant man that we once knew long ago... he's gone.
Gretchen Schwartz: No, he's not.
Interviewer: You sound very sure.
Gretchen: I am. I can't speak to this "Heisenberg" that people refer to, but whatever he became, the sweet, kind, brilliant man that we once knew long ago... he's gone.
"Today is the day of your funeral. Ha-seon the clown is dead. You are now the King of this country."
— Yi Kyu, The Crowned Clown
"Morgan Jones is dead. And you are dealing with somebody else now."
— Morgan Jones, Fear the Walking Dead
Joe: Please, Barry...
Savitar: No... that's not my name...
Joe: Barry...
Savitar: THAT'S NOT MY NAME!!
Savitar: No... that's not my name...
Joe: Barry...
Savitar: THAT'S NOT MY NAME!!
The Man in Black: Don't you understand? There's no one coming for you.
Dolores: You're wrong. His love is real, and so is mine. William will find me...
The Man in Black: William? [chuckles] William?! Well I'll be damned, Dolores! You do remember some things after all! It just so happens... I knew a guest named William too. Why don't I tell you where his path really led? William didn't know how to fight. Didn't have an instinct, not at first. But now he had a reason to fight: he was looking for you. But somewhere along the way, he found he had a taste for it. ...William retraced his steps, but you were gone. So he went further. Out to the fringes. William couldn't find you, Dolores. But out there, among the dead, he found something else. Himself. ...Logan was wrong, of course. Good ol' William couldn't get you out of his head. He kept looking. Worried you were out there... alone. Afraid. He knew he'd find you. And eventually, he did. Right back where we started. You were as beautiful as the day he met you. Shining with that same light. And you were nothing if not true. I really ought to thank you, Dolores. You helped me find myself.
Dolores: William...
Dolores: You're wrong. His love is real, and so is mine. William will find me...
The Man in Black: William? [chuckles] William?! Well I'll be damned, Dolores! You do remember some things after all! It just so happens... I knew a guest named William too. Why don't I tell you where his path really led? William didn't know how to fight. Didn't have an instinct, not at first. But now he had a reason to fight: he was looking for you. But somewhere along the way, he found he had a taste for it. ...William retraced his steps, but you were gone. So he went further. Out to the fringes. William couldn't find you, Dolores. But out there, among the dead, he found something else. Himself. ...Logan was wrong, of course. Good ol' William couldn't get you out of his head. He kept looking. Worried you were out there... alone. Afraid. He knew he'd find you. And eventually, he did. Right back where we started. You were as beautiful as the day he met you. Shining with that same light. And you were nothing if not true. I really ought to thank you, Dolores. You helped me find myself.
Dolores: William...
"Jules Bashir died in that hospital because you couldn't live with the shame of having a son who didn't measure up!"
— Julian Bashir, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "Dr. Bashir, I Presume?"
"Leslie Willis is dead. D-E-A-D. Dead. She died in that CatCopter of yours. This is Leslie 2.0. Livewire."
— Livewire, Supergirl (2015)
Kira: The Butcher of Gallitep died six years ago. You're Aamin Marritza, his filing clerk.
"Gul Darhe'el": That's not true. I am alive. I will always be alive! It's Marritza who is dead. Marritza, who was good for nothing but cowering under his bunk and weeping like a woman. Who, every night, covered his ears because he couldn't bear to hear the screaming... for mercy... of the Bajorans... [collapses into helpless sobbing] ...I covered my ears every night, but... I couldn't bear to hear those horrible screams. You have no idea what it's like to be a coward. To see these horrors, and do nothing. Marritza's dead. He deserves to be dead.
"Gul Darhe'el": That's not true. I am alive. I will always be alive! It's Marritza who is dead. Marritza, who was good for nothing but cowering under his bunk and weeping like a woman. Who, every night, covered his ears because he couldn't bear to hear the screaming... for mercy... of the Bajorans... [collapses into helpless sobbing] ...I covered my ears every night, but... I couldn't bear to hear those horrible screams. You have no idea what it's like to be a coward. To see these horrors, and do nothing. Marritza's dead. He deserves to be dead.
"Tell her I'm really sorry. And if she doesn't want to marry me, I get it. But what I really want her to know is the guy that she is really disgusted by is the guy that I'm disgusted by, too. But, that guy doesn't exist anymore; he's gone. And the reason is because of her. So, if this relationship is over, let her know that she made me a better man, and tell her thank you."
—Howard Wolowitz, The Big Bang Theory
"You have no idea who I was before all this started. That guy, kid, he had God in his heart, and he had a flag on his shoulder, clean hands, and I ain't seen him in the mirror in over 10 years. And believe me, I get up every morning looking for him. So you can trust me when I tell you when you pull that trigger and two men die. The guy you kill and the guy you used to be."
—Eliot Spencer, Leverage
Obi-Wan: Anakin?!
Darth Vader: Anakin is gone. I am what remains.
Obi-Wan: [sobbing] I'm sorry, Anakin. For all of it.
Darth Vader: I am not your failure, Obi-Wan. You didn't kill Anakin Skywalker. I did. The same way I will destroy you!
Obi-Wan: ... Then my friend is truly dead. Goodbye, Darth.
Darth Vader: Anakin is gone. I am what remains.
Obi-Wan: [sobbing] I'm sorry, Anakin. For all of it.
Darth Vader: I am not your failure, Obi-Wan. You didn't kill Anakin Skywalker. I did. The same way I will destroy you!
Obi-Wan: ... Then my friend is truly dead. Goodbye, Darth.
— Obi-Wan Kenobi, "Part VI"
Kaleipus: Xena, destroyer of nations. You promised you'd never return.
Xena: That Xena never will.
Xena: That Xena never will.
Anthony Eden: Well, as sovereign, of course, there is nothing you can do from a constitutional standpoint. But, as a friend... as Albert Windsor, you are the one person I can think of to whom he might listen.
King George VI: Well, that is where we run into difficulties, I'm afraid. I no longer am Albert Windsor: that person was murdered by his elder brother when he abdicated. And, of course, Albert Windsor would dearly love to say to his old friend Winston Churchill, "Take a step back, hmm? Put your feet up. Let the younger generation have a go now." But he is no longer with us, and that void has been filled by George VI - who, it turns out, is quite the stickler, and could no more allow the sovereign to interfere with the Prime Minister than stand for office himself.
Music
I got some bad news for you sunshine
Pink isn't well, he stayed back at the hotel
And they sent us along as a surrogate band
Now we're gonna find out where you fans really stand!
Pink isn't well, he stayed back at the hotel
And they sent us along as a surrogate band
Now we're gonna find out where you fans really stand!
— Pink Floyd, "In The Flesh", The Wall
Jimmy died today
He blew his brains out into the bay
In the state of mind
It's my own private suicide.
He blew his brains out into the bay
In the state of mind
It's my own private suicide.
— Green Day, "Homecoming"
I'm sorry, the old Taylor can't come to the phone right now.
Why? Oh, 'cause she's dead!
Why? Oh, 'cause she's dead!
— Taylor Swift, "Look What You Made Me Do"
Somebody told you I was wack? Check the source
Somebody told you I was back? Yes, of course
You got a problem with the fans? There's the door
You lookin' for the old me? Check the morgue, agh!
Somebody told you I was back? Yes, of course
You got a problem with the fans? There's the door
You lookin' for the old me? Check the morgue, agh!
— NF, "Outcast"
Theatre
MERCEDES:
My God, my heart beats faster
And my mind is racing
Could it be…?
Could it be that you’ve come back to life?
I know those eyes following me
Dark and familiar and deep as the sea
I know that face, strange though it seems
Younger and kinder it haunts all my dreams
How can you stand there?
A whisper from me
Yet, somehow be so far away
In eyes once familiar how stranger I seem
With so many words left to say
THE COUNT:
This man is dead
He is no more
He died a little each day
Like a thief, the Chateau D’If has stolen him away
The mind plays tricks
You are confused
The man you seek is long gone
Dead and cold
A story told
By those he trusted,
those he loved,
and those who then
moved on
My God, my heart beats faster
And my mind is racing
Could it be…?
Could it be that you’ve come back to life?
I know those eyes following me
Dark and familiar and deep as the sea
I know that face, strange though it seems
Younger and kinder it haunts all my dreams
How can you stand there?
A whisper from me
Yet, somehow be so far away
In eyes once familiar how stranger I seem
With so many words left to say
THE COUNT:
This man is dead
He is no more
He died a little each day
Like a thief, the Chateau D’If has stolen him away
The mind plays tricks
You are confused
The man you seek is long gone
Dead and cold
A story told
By those he trusted,
those he loved,
and those who then
moved on
Video Games
"Sorry, but you buried that poor schmuck alive yourself. I'm Raven. Pleased ta meet ya."
"I have to be strong for Serah, so I thought I needed to forget my past. And I became Lightning. I thought by changing my name, I could change who I was. I was just a kid. Lightning. It flashes bright, then fades away. It can't protect. It only destroys."
—Claire "Lightning" Farron, Final Fantasy XIII
Wynne: You are mad! There is nothing glorious in what you have become, Uldred!
Uldred: Uldred? He is gone. I am Uldred and yet not Uldred. I am more than he was.
Uldred: Uldred? He is gone. I am Uldred and yet not Uldred. I am more than he was.
"Well, I now remember everything, and I think I could care less. I see why I got amnesia to begin with. I should forget the past, and look to the future. To define myself. After all, I'm Shortfuse the Cybernik...(beat) Shadow The Hedgehog, and I'm taking you down! THIS! Is WHO I AM!"
—Shadow the Hedgehog in Brief, summing up the aesop of the game.
, summing up the aesop of the game."In the future, if you, uh, see me... Don't think of it as me, OK?"
—Asriel Dreemurr, Undertale
"My father was a different man, Shepard. A good man. Wish I'd found him. [To his father] You were a better man dead. As far as I'm concerned, you still are."
— Jacob, Mass Effect 2
Orderly: Please, Dr. Crane, don't do this!
Scarecrow: There is no Crane...
Orderly: They're all over me!
Scarecrow: Only Scarecrow!
Scarecrow: There is no Crane...
Orderly: They're all over me!
Scarecrow: Only Scarecrow!
"Bleh heh heh heh heh heh... The man known as Blumiere died long ago. Now there is only Bleck! The Dark Prognosticus's choice to fulfill the prophecy. Nothing more!"
"THAT WAS THE NAME I TOOK WHEN I WALKED AMONG MORTALS. YES, BUT THE LABEL HOLDS NO MEANING TO ME NOW."
— Sir Raimund Seyfarth, RosenkreuzStilette
When everything you know has come and gone (You are at your lowest, I am rising higher!)
Only scars remain of who I was (What I find in the ashes, you lose in the fire!)
When there's no-one left to carry on (This is an illusion, open up your eyes and...)
This pain (persists)
I can't (resist)
But that's what it takes to be Infinite!
Only scars remain of who I was (What I find in the ashes, you lose in the fire!)
When there's no-one left to carry on (This is an illusion, open up your eyes and...)
This pain (persists)
I can't (resist)
But that's what it takes to be Infinite!
"The heroic and cool Rope Snake you once knew is dead. In a tiny, quiet voice, I say... So long."
— Rope Snake, Mother 3
"Tell them only that the Lich King is dead... And that Bolvar Fordragon died with him... Now go. Leave this place - and never return."
—The new Lich King, World of Warcraft
"Mary died a long time ago. My name is Lady."
— Lady, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening.
Spider-Man: What happened to the man who wanted to help people?
Otto Octavius: The weakling? The loser? He's gone.
[...]
Spider-Man: Please... think of the man you were...
Otto Octavius: That man is gone. You can't save me, Peter.
Otto Octavius: The weakling? The loser? He's gone.
[...]
Spider-Man: Please... think of the man you were...
Otto Octavius: That man is gone. You can't save me, Peter.
We are not "Harry"...We...are...Venom.
"She mistook me for... someone else. She loved him... and I believe that he loved her long ago before... all of this. Foolishly, he chose duty above all and died for it."
"Hmph… The Aubrey you knew is long gone. And the Aubrey that was your friend… She's long gone, too."
—The Real World Aubrey, OMORI
"The Edelgard who shed tears died many years ago."
—Edelgard von Hresvelg, Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Mason: G-Glacia!
Blizzard Queen: I-I will never hear you utter that name again! There is only the Blizzard Queen!
Blizzard Queen: I-I will never hear you utter that name again! There is only the Blizzard Queen!
"Lucy is dead. She is never coming back."
—Maligula Galochio, Psychonauts 2
Bob: Stop it! RIGHT NOW. I don't wanna hear any of those names ever again, you hear me? They're all... lost... dead.
Raz: But... Bob—
Bob: Especially that one!
Raz: But... Bob—
Bob: Especially that one!
Lord Shimura: Tell them...you are Jin Shimura. Loyal servant to the shogun. My heir. My son.
Jin Sakai: ...I am not your son. I am the Ghost.
Jin Sakai: ...I am not your son. I am the Ghost.
"Did I not do all that was asked?! Did I not serve and seek my fair and just reward?! And for my deeds they damn me. Name me "Demon". And who am I to deny it? Demon, then! Renouncing former ties and titles! And in their place, I claim... the Lord of Dark! Odio!"
—Oersted, Live A Live
Swamp Thing: Dinah Lance returns.
Black Canary: Happy to see me, Alec?
Swamp Thing: Alec Holland is no more.
Black Canary: Happy to see me, Alec?
Swamp Thing: Alec Holland is no more.
"Hero? Huh. You're talking to a villain, my dear. The hero inside of me died...many, many years ago when I was young."
—Mitchell, Hunt Down the Freeman
Emmeline: Jenevelle? Jen? Is that you? Why, you look so tall...
Shadowheart: It's me. I'm Jenevelle.
Shar: Jenevelle is no more. She never left those dark woods - it was Shadowheart who emerged. This woman gave birth to you, but I made you. I am your Mother.
[...]
Emmeline: Thank you, Moonmaiden. You let me see my Jenevelle, my baby girl, one last time.
Shadowheart: Don't call me that. My name is Shadowheart.
Arnell: You are just lost, Jenevelle. Selûne will show you the way home, in time -
Shadowheart: My name! Is! Shadowheart!
Shadowheart: It's me. I'm Jenevelle.
Shar: Jenevelle is no more. She never left those dark woods - it was Shadowheart who emerged. This woman gave birth to you, but I made you. I am your Mother.
[...]
Emmeline: Thank you, Moonmaiden. You let me see my Jenevelle, my baby girl, one last time.
Shadowheart: Don't call me that. My name is Shadowheart.
Arnell: You are just lost, Jenevelle. Selûne will show you the way home, in time -
Shadowheart: My name! Is! Shadowheart!
Yukari Takeba: Huh?! Ryoji-kun?!
Nyx Avatar: That was my name for a time. I almost miss it.
Nyx Avatar: That was my name for a time. I almost miss it.
Visual Novels
"After Rin leaves I finally let tears roll down my cheeks and cry for my condition for the first and only time in my life. Then I cast away that hollow person lying on the hospital bed, forever."
—Hisao Nakai, Katawa Shoujo (Rin's route)
"Aya Fumino has died. She is no longer in this world. I am Shiori Yoshioka. The original Shiori Yoshioka."
—Shiori Yoshioka, Root Letter
Rintaro: How many times do I have to tell you? Don't call me Okarin!
Mayuri: Huh? But I've always called you that!
Rintaro: That was then! I have since become Hououin Kyouma, the insane Mad Scientist hunted by secret organizations the world over! Muhahaha!
Mayuri: But that's too hard to remember. And besides, it doesn't even sound like Okabe Rintaro.
Mayuri: Huh? But I've always called you that!
Rintaro: That was then! I have since become Hououin Kyouma, the insane Mad Scientist hunted by secret organizations the world over! Muhahaha!
Mayuri: But that's too hard to remember. And besides, it doesn't even sound like Okabe Rintaro.
Web Animation
Raven: You don't know me, you don't know what I've been through, the choices I've had to make!
Yang: You're right. I don't know you. I only know the Raven dad told me about. She was troubled, and complicated, but she fought for what she believed in, whether it was her team or her tribe! Did you kill her too?
Yang: You're right. I don't know you. I only know the Raven dad told me about. She was troubled, and complicated, but she fought for what she believed in, whether it was her team or her tribe! Did you kill her too?
— RWBY, "Haven's Fate"
Webcomics
Beitus: LUTARK LUTARK LUTARK. You throw THAT NAME AROUND like it's going to βring him βACK. PATHETIC how you're still DESPERATELY holding onto THAT lie of a person. There's nothing to HEAL, βuttercup! "LUTARK" was ABOUT as REAL as the IDEA what we were trolls! I AM a virus now! I AM βeitus!
Anaiad: -...doesnt that have six letters in it?-x}->
βeitus: Shut up.
Anaiad: -...doesnt that have six letters in it?-x}->
βeitus: Shut up.
— Hackbent
"End this you bastard! Tobun is already dead!"
—Tobun to the Cardboard Tube Samurai, Penny Arcade
Web Original
Ultraman Tregear: That armor...
Hunter Knight Tsurugi: If you interfere, I'll cut you down too!
Tregear: I thought you were supposed to be fighting the darkness!
Tsurugi: Ultraman Hikari is dead! Now I'm Hunter Knight Tsurugi, who lives for revenge!
Hunter Knight Tsurugi: If you interfere, I'll cut you down too!
Tregear: I thought you were supposed to be fighting the darkness!
Tsurugi: Ultraman Hikari is dead! Now I'm Hunter Knight Tsurugi, who lives for revenge!
—Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy episode 5
Fjord: So before you woke up in the dirt, nothing?
Mollymauk: There is no before. Whatever happened before is not me. It's not part of anything-
Nott: Like your life reset somehow? Or you just don't remember?
Mollymauk:...Some asshole got buried in the dirt. Fuck him. I am enjoying what I'm doing; I want nothing to do with that. Anything that came before I was happy to just leave it be.
Mollymauk: There is no before. Whatever happened before is not me. It's not part of anything-
Nott: Like your life reset somehow? Or you just don't remember?
Mollymauk:...Some asshole got buried in the dirt. Fuck him. I am enjoying what I'm doing; I want nothing to do with that. Anything that came before I was happy to just leave it be.
— Critical Role, Campaign 2 Episode 14: "Fleeting Memories"
Western Animation
Malloy: Let's talk big picture here. How long are we gonna milk this rookie in the woods routine?
Steve: What are you talking about? Steve is dead. I'm going to be Bigfoot forever.
Steve: What are you talking about? Steve is dead. I'm going to be Bigfoot forever.
—Brickleberry, "Steve's Bald"
Martin Prince: Who cares about some test? Life's too short for tests!
Bart: Hey, I thought we had a deal!
Martin: The Martin Prince you made a deal with no longer exists! Come on, fellows, to the arcade!
Bart: Hey, I thought we had a deal!
Martin: The Martin Prince you made a deal with no longer exists! Come on, fellows, to the arcade!
—The Simpsons, "Bart Gets an F"
Ahsoka Tano: I was beginning to believe I knew who you were, behind that mask. But it's impossible. My master could never be as vile as you.
Darth Vader: Anakin Skywalker was weak. I destroyed him.
Darth Vader: Anakin Skywalker was weak. I destroyed him.
Captain Nemesis: Captain Nemesis is dead. From now on, call me, OVERLORD!
Goop!Ben: How about we call you a good therapist?
Goop!Ben: How about we call you a good therapist?
Blossom: Bubbles!!!
Buttercup: Have you lost your mind?!
Blossom: This isn't the Bubbles we know!
Bubbles: The Bubbles you know is GONE! I'M HARDCORE NOW!!!!!!
Buttercup: Have you lost your mind?!
Blossom: This isn't the Bubbles we know!
Bubbles: The Bubbles you know is GONE! I'M HARDCORE NOW!!!!!!
—The Powerpuff Girls (1998), "Bubblevicious"
Batman: Look at them, Hagen. Look at what you used to be.
Clayface: No... no... Turn them off!
Batman: You can play those roles again, Hagen. Let me help you find a cure.
Clayface: No! Hagen's gone! Make him stop haunting me!
Clayface: No... no... Turn them off!
Batman: You can play those roles again, Hagen. Let me help you find a cure.
Clayface: No! Hagen's gone! Make him stop haunting me!
Pink Diamond: (holding fake gem shards) Convincing?
Pearl: Very much so, my Diamond.
Pink Diamond: Soon, it will be just "Rose".
Pearl: Very much so, my Diamond.
Pink Diamond: Soon, it will be just "Rose".
—Steven Universe, "A Single Pale Rose"
Jazz: You're not Danny! That's why the Boo-merang wasn't homing in on your ecto-signature. You're not Danny!
Dark Danny: I was, but I grew out of it.
Dark Danny: I was, but I grew out of it.
Vlad: Jack, you have to help me! You wouldn't turn your back on an old friend, would you?
Jack: An old friend? No. You? Yes!
Jack: An old friend? No. You? Yes!
Crackle: Bye bye, Black Sheep.
Carmen: You weren't listening. I go by Carmen now!
Carmen: You weren't listening. I go by Carmen now!
Blackarachnia: So that's it?! You'd just slag your old friend Elita-1?
Sentinel Prime: Don't say that name! You don't deserve to say that name!
[Sentinel swipes, knocking Blackarachnia's helmet off, revealing her true face]
Sentinel Prime: You're not Elita-1, you mutant freak. Elita-1 went offline a long time ago.
Sentinel Prime: Don't say that name! You don't deserve to say that name!
[Sentinel swipes, knocking Blackarachnia's helmet off, revealing her true face]
Sentinel Prime: You're not Elita-1, you mutant freak. Elita-1 went offline a long time ago.
—Transformers: Animated, "Predacons Rising"
Vi: Powder, it's okay.
Jinx: Stop calling me that. It's Jinx now. Powder fell down a well.
Jinx: Stop calling me that. It's Jinx now. Powder fell down a well.
—Arcane, "When These Walls Come Crumbling Down"
Crabina: Gentlemen, the plain, drab Mandy you once knew... is dead!
Billy: Grim! She murdered Mandy!
Grim: (slaps Billy so hard his nose flies off of his face) It's a figure of speech, dummy!
Billy: Grim! She murdered Mandy!
Grim: (slaps Billy so hard his nose flies off of his face) It's a figure of speech, dummy!
—The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, "My Fair Mandy"
Nebula: Layla, follow us. The time has come to open the doors of the magic universe. The Omega Dimension awaits us!
Bloom: Don't do it! Please, Layla, don't go! You're not like them!
Layla: The girl you knew is broken! Just like the flower Ogron gave me! All I want to do is give him back his gift!
Bloom: Don't do it! Please, Layla, don't go! You're not like them!
Layla: The girl you knew is broken! Just like the flower Ogron gave me! All I want to do is give him back his gift!
—Winx Club, "Morgana's Secret"
Rarity: We think that you've taken your assertiveness training a little too far.
Fluttershy: What? You just want New Fluttershy to be a doormat like Old Fluttershy! But Old Fluttershy is GONE!
Pinkie Pie: New Fluttershy? Old Fluttershy?
Rarity: What happened to Nice Fluttershy? We want that Fluttershy back!
Fluttershy: No! You want Wimp Fluttershy! You want Pushover Fluttershy! You want Do-Anything-You-Want-To-Her-And-She-Won't-Complain Fluttershy!
Pinkie Pie: (getting dizzy) Too many Fluttershies to keep track of! Make it stop!
—My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, "Putting Your Hoof Down"
Ozai: Azula! Listen to me. I need you here to watch over the homeland. It's a very important job that I can only entrust to you.
Azula: Really?
Ozai: And for your loyalty, I've decided to declare you the new Fire Lord.
Azula: Fire Lord Azula? It does seem appropriate, but what about you?
Ozai: Fire Lord Ozai is no more. Just as the world will be reborn in fire, I shall be reborn as the supreme ruler of the world. From this moment on, I will be known as The Phoenix King!
Azula: Really?
Ozai: And for your loyalty, I've decided to declare you the new Fire Lord.
Azula: Fire Lord Azula? It does seem appropriate, but what about you?
Ozai: Fire Lord Ozai is no more. Just as the world will be reborn in fire, I shall be reborn as the supreme ruler of the world. From this moment on, I will be known as The Phoenix King!
Hordak: I should have left you to die on that island, Keldor.
Skeletor: My name is SKELETOR!
Skeletor: My name is SKELETOR!
Other
"Ah, that's right. Sorry to break the news to you like this, Firo, but Claire Stanfield died in a tragic accident. Hi, I'm Felix Walken, nice to meet you."
— Claire Stanfield, Baccano! 1933 - The Slash: Bloody to Fair
No one spoke of a word of mourning for the Toa who had just died ... and no one spoke a word of welcome for the Dark Hunter that had just been born.
— BIONICLE, "The Birth of a Dark Hunter"
