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* ''{{Bones}}'': Brennan wants to have a baby, and has asked Booth to donate the sperm for artificial insemination. He's ambivalent about it, and eventually says he doesn't want to donate if he won't be involved in raising the child; but when he goes in for Serious Brain Surgery he tells her "If I don't make it, I want you to have my [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean stuff]]."

* ''{{Alias}}'' episode "The Box"

* Played for laughs in ''{{Firefly}}''

* Hilarious subversion in ''{{Serenity}}'':

* SantaClausConquersTheMartians on {{MST3K}}:

* Daniel does this in the premiere of ''{{Stargate SG-1}}.''

-->'''Spock:''' "* nods once, his eyes downcast* Understood."

* "Bohemian Rhapsody", by Queen.

* {{Metro 2033}}: if i am not back in three days, come to Polis station.
* Graffiti in [[Left4Dead Left 4 Dead 2's]] The Passing:

* ImpossibleCreatures:

* If you shot down a air-to-air refuelling tanker in ''Strike Commander'', the pilot would say [[YouBastard "Tell my wife I-"]]

* BatmanAndMisterFreezeSubzero

* In ''{{Daria}}'''s "The Road Worrier", Daria is quietly mortified that she is forced to get out of the van and pee in the woods because of them being stuck in heavy traffic. "If I'm not back in 10 minutes... don't. Send. Help."
* One episode of the original {{Thundercats}} has this one episode:
--'''Lion-O''' (to Tygra): "If I do not come back, you are the new lord of the Thundercats."

* ''IndependenceDay'': Russell realises he has [[OneBuwwetWeft the last missile, needed to take down the alien ship]], but it's jammed. He says to the ground crew "Tell my kids...I love them very much," and [[HeroicSacrifice rams his plane]] into the [[AttackItsWeakPoint glowing weak spot]].

* In the ''DoctorWho'' episode "The Satan Pit", the Doctor - while hanging from a wire in a possibly fathomless chasm and planning to cut himself loose - asks Ida to tell Rose... "...Oh, she knows."

* Subtly alluded to in ''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl''. When Gibbs asks Jack Sparrow what they should do if Sparrow and Will Turner don't return, Jack's only reply is "Keep to the Code", meaning "if we don't come back, go on without us".

* In ''SkulduggeryPleasant'', [[DemBones Skulduggery]] has pulled this on [[KidSidekick Stephanie]], asking her amongst other things to not fiddle with the radio because he's just got it set right.

* RobertAHeinlein's ''StarshipTroopers'', where the commander [[spoiler:Johnny Rico]] tells his second in command as they're about to go out on a mission, "Have fun, and remember, if I buy it, you're the boss."

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* RobertAHeinlein's ''Starship Troopers'', where the commander [[spoiler:Johnny Rico]] tells his second in command as they're about to go out on a mission, "Have fun, and remember, if I buy it, you're the boss."

* "...call the Pope!" ('JesusChristVampireHunter'')

* [[JesusChristVampireHunter ...call the Pope!]]

-->'''Mal''': Zoe, ship is yours. Remember. If anything happens to me, or if you don't hear from me within the hour... you take this ship and ''you come rescue me''.

* ''AmericanDad'' - After getting shot, Stan says "Tell [[AlienAmongUs Roger]]... he's annoying."
* ''{{Futurama}}'' - Neutral Commander: If I don't make it, tell my wife I said... hello.

* BatmanAnsMisterFreezeSubzero

** There is also an "if I'm not back in fifteen minutes" line in the 2009 "Star Trek".

-->'''Mal''': Zoe, ship is yours. Remember. If anything happens to me, or if you don't hear from me within the hour... you take this ship and ''you come and you rescue me''.

-->[=McClane=]: Listen, I'm starting to get a bad feeling up here. I want you to do something for me. I want you to find my wife. Don't ask me how. By then you'll know how. I want you to tell her that...Tell her it took me a while to figure out...what a jerk I've been...that when things started to pan out for her...I shoulda been more supportive. And I just should have been behind her more. Tell her that she's the best thing that ever happened to a bum like me. She's heard me say "I love you" a thousand times. She never heard me say "I'm sorry". I want you to tell her that, Al. Tell her that John said that he was sorry.
-->Powell: But you can [[StockPhrases tell her that yourself]]. You just watch your ass and you'll make it out. You hear me?
-->[=McClane=]: I guess that's up to the man upstairs.

-->Michael Vaughn: If I'm not back in a couple of hours, I'm probably dead.

-->Haley James: I saw a gas station about a mile down the road, if I'm not back in an hour, tell my mom I loved her.

-->Voldar: Now, if we're not back in three hours, you know what to do.
-->Tom Servo: Go ahead and order without us.

* In Daria's "The Road Worrier", Daria is quietly mortified that she is forced to get out of the van and pee in the woods because of them being stuck in heavy traffic. "If I'm not back in 10 minutes... don't. Send. Help."

* Used in ''9'', before 9 goes to [[spoiler:rescue 7 and 8 from [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel The Seamstress]]]].

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