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3[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
4->''"[[BigBad Wiseman]] has given me a new name and a better life as Black Lady. I am NOT Chibi-Usa."''
5-->--'''Black Lady''' (Chibi-Usa's older and BrainwashedAndCrazy form), ''Manga/SailorMoon R'' (Viz Media dub), ''Episode 85''
6
7->'''[[spoiler: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 [[spoiler:Suzaku Kururugi]]. You shall sacrifice the ordinary pleasures of your life for the benefit of the world. For eternity...\
8'''[[spoiler:Suzaku]]''': This Geass, I do solemnly accept.
9-->--''Anime/CodeGeass''
10
11->''[[MyGreatestFailure ''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 [[spoiler: fight my own son!'']]''
12-->--'''Enji Todoroki aka Endeavor''', ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''
13
14->'''Naruto''': As long as you admit that you're Mukade, I'm ''not'' letting you get away!\
15'''Anrokuzan''': Mukade, huh? I put that hoodlum's name behind me long ago. I am now Lord Minister Anrokuzan of Rōran and [[IOwnThisTown I control this city!]]
16-->--''Anime/NarutoShippudenTheMovieTheLostTower''
17
18->''"I'm not the real Sasami!"''
19-->'''[[spoiler:The real]] Sasami Masaki Jurai''', to her sister, Ayeka, ''Anime/TenchiMuyo''
20
21->''"Impmon... heh. That loser doesn't exist anymore."''
22-->--'''Beelzemon''', ''Anime/DigimonTamers''
23
24->'''Kalim''': Show your true self while you still live! [[spoiler:Usui Horokeu]]!\
25'''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!
26-->--''Manga/ShamanKing''
27[[/folder]]
28
29[[folder:Audio Play]]
30->'''Lithea:''' Doctor?\
31'''War Doctor:''' No!\
32'''Lithea:''' I have water... The high priestess thought you might need it after your... uh, ''experience''.\
33'''War Doctor:''' I said "''No!''"\
34'''Lithea:''' I will leave it for you here, Doctor. ''(puts down the cup)''\
35'''War Doctor:''' ''(throws the cup on the ground)'' ''No!'' Go away and ''stay'' away! There's no "Doctor" here.
36-->-- ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'', "Lighting the Flame"
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38
39[[folder:Comic Books]]
40->''"Please stop talking about Martin Gilfryd. He's not here. He's not anywhere. People can be reborn, Agent Sapien. [[spoiler:[[WasOnceAMan I think you know this]]]]."''
41-->-- '''Memnan Saa''', ''ComicBook/{{BPRD}}''
42
43->'''ComicBook/JeanGrey:''' Nate...I...\
44'''ComicBook/XMan:''' Do not use that name.\
45'''Jean:''' But it ''is'' your name. ''Nathaniel Grey.''\
46'''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.
47-->-- ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2018''
48
49->'''Harley:''' Harley Quinn, by the way.\
50'''[[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]]:''' Harley... Quin-'''zel'''?\
51'''Harley:''' Never heard of her, sounds like a real piece of garbage!
52-->-- ''ComicBook/GothamCityGarage''
53
54->''"It was Kovacs who said 'Mother' then, muffled under latex. It was Kovacs who closed his eyes. It was [[SociopathicHero Rorschach]] who opened them again... The void breathed hard on my heart, [[DespairEventHorizon turning its illusions to ice and shattering them.]] Was clear then. Free to scrawl own design on morally blank world. [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Was Rorschach.]]"''
55-->-- ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''
56
57->'''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}:''' You don't believe that, Dr. Metzner!\
58'''Metzner:''' Do not call me that, girl! I warn you|\
59'''Supergirl:''' You can't kill me, Dr. Metzner! You're not bad... You're no killer!\
60'''Metzner:''' I am Barry Metzner no more, curse you!
61-->-- ''ComicBook/Supergirl1982''
62
63->'''Ravage:''' The Megatron who tore down the senate - who emancipated millions; the Megatron we followed; the Megatron we ''loved'' - what happened to ''him?''\
64'''Megatron:''' I don't know. I think he's dead.\
65'''Ravage:''' Dead? Or just resting?
66-->-- ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''
67
68-> "Schicklgruber and Dzhugashvili could have made a deal, but Hitler and Stalin cannot!"
69-->-- '''UsefulNotes/JosefStalin''', ''[[http://dsss.be/hitler-vs-stalin/index.php?img=9 Hitler vs Stalin]]''
70[[/folder]]
71
72[[folder:Fan Works]]
73-> ''In truth, she always knew, in the back of her mind that when she saw all of those whom she called friends dead, [[InnocenceLost she too died that day]]. [[TheHero Luz Noceda]] had died, and in her place was [[AntiHero Toshiko Shigaraki]]. [[ThePowerOfHate A girl who had nothing but hate for those who killed her friends]]. Oh, sure, she paraded around the name Luz, [[BrokenBird but she hadn’t truly been Luz]]. She was just… taking her place, so to speak. [[CynicismCatalyst Luz had died the day everyone else had]]. Toshiko merely wore her skin and stole her name. But now, she didn’t need that. [[StartingANewLife She didn’t need her name anymore. She was in a different world, meaning she had no longer had to hang onto the past]].''
74-->-- ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'', Chapter 25.
75
76->''"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."''
77-->-- '''Peter Wisdom AKA [[spoiler:[[Literature/HarryPotter Regulus Black]]]]''', ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm''
78
79->'''Antillar "Max" Maximus''': Just leave me alone. I [[RejectedApology don't want to hear]] any apologies or explanations--\
80'''Antillus Dorotea:''' I'm not offering any. I want you to know that [[WickedStepmother 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 [[DeathOfPersonality she's dead]] and I can forget her too.
81-->-- ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11522391/1/Dorotea Dorotea]]''
82
83->''"The "Micchy" who [[UsedToBeASweetKid 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 [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative mastermind]] is dead as well. But, the Mitsuzane Kureshima you see right now is [[BrokenBird a very insecure and isolated man]], [[StepfordSnarker who can barely make fun of other people]] just to see the world becoming so relentlessly unkind."''
84-->--'''[[Series/KamenRiderGaim Mitsuzane Kureshima]]''', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11772125/120/Metroid-Kamen-Rider-Generations-Full-Series Metroid: Kamen Rider Generations]]''
85
86-> '''Lady Olivia''': Marcy, whatever [[BigBad he’s]] done to you, it isn't too late! [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight This isn’t the girl I know!]]
87-> '''Marcy''': Oh, Olivia. ''(QuizzicalTilt)'' Don’t you get it? ''([[DeathGlare A malicious scowl forms]])'' The Marcy you knew... '''is dead.'''
88-->-- ''Fanfic/AMothToAFlame'', Chapter 14.
89
90->'''Megan:''' Is it true? Are you... Kara Zor-El?\
91'''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}:''' I used to be. That girl died on Krypton. I think just Kara works now.
92-->--''Fanfic/{{Survivors}}''
93
94->'''Lianne:''' You used to be such a good man, Shen. [[YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood 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?\
95'''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.\
96'''Lianne:''' But Shen--\
97'''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!
98-->--''Fanfic/TheVow''
99
100->''"Izuku, you have become so much more than you once were. [[TheParagon 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: [[OlderAndWiser 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'''."''
101-->--'''[[GravityMaster Ochako]]''' to [[CoolTeacher Izuku]], ''Fanfic/AnOrdinaryLife''
102
103->''"Chiyuki Shiie is dead. [[RetGone Her memory has been burned from the records of this world]], and no one will hear her lament. [[BreakTheCutie You cannot welcome her, for she does not stand before you]]. From this day forth, my name is Calne Ca."''
104-->--'''Calne Ca''', ''[[Fanfic/TheReapingOfHatsuneMiku The Precedent of Hatsune Miku: Machine Muzik]]''
105
106->'''Kenta:''' Why would you release me, when you could rule?\
107'''Oni-Lee:''' [[UndyingLoyalty Without Lung, there is no ABB]].\
108'''Kenta:''' Lee, listen to me. Go home, do whatever you want, rule or don’t, just go.\
109'''Oni-Lee:''' I don't understand.\
110'''Kenta:''' Lee...no, enough of this game. Listen to me, [[YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious 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.
111-->--''Fanfic/ASkitteringHeart''
112
113->'''Steve:''' [[FallenHero What the hell happened to you Sharon?]] [[YouUsedToBeBetterSpeech The woman I knew would never do something like this.]]\
114'''Sharon:''' [[ArmorPiercingResponse That woman died]] [[AbandonmentInducedAnimosity when you abandoned her.]]
115-->--''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31456490 The Artist's Garden at Madripoor]]''
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117
118[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
119->'''Mr. Incredible:''' Buddy?\
120'''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?\
121(''FlashbackCut'')\
122'''Mr. Incredible:''' [[IWorkAlone Fly home, Buddy. I work alone.]]\
123'''Syndrome:''' [[FaceHeelTurn It tore me apart.]] But I learned an important lesson: You can't count on ''anyone'', especially your heroes!
124-->--''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''
125
126->'''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!\
127'''Roxanne:''' Music Man?\
128'''Metro Man:''' That way, I could keep my logo.
129-->--''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}''
130
131->'''Blossom:''' Jojo, what happened?!\
132'''Bubbles:''' This isn't making the town a better place!\
133'''Jojo/Mojo Jojo:''' [[ItsAllAboutMe 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!'''''
134-->--''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie''
135
136-> "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!''
137-->-- '''Jack Horner''', ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish''
138
139->''"Get back here!" Mom cried.\
140But I didn’t look back. She was talking to Mei-Mei, and Mei-Mei didn’t exist anymore.''
141-->-- The {{Novelization}} of ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed''
142[[/folder]]
143
144[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
145->'''Mrs. Lovett''': I can't say the years have been particularly kind to you, Mr. Barker.\
146'''Sweeney''': No. Not Barker. [[TropeNamer That man is dead]]. It's Todd now. Sweeney Todd. And he will have his revenge.
147-->--''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''
148
149->'''Reed:''' Victor, don't do this!\
150'''Doctor Doom:''' There is no Victor. There is only Doom.
151-->--''Film/FantasticFour2015''
152
153->'''Cohaagen:''' Look at you. You're still fighting and you don't even know who you are.\
154'''Quaid:''' I may not remember who I was, but I know who I am.
155-->--''Film/TotalRecall2012''
156
157->'''Lucila:''' I remember a just, pious man who was loved by his Emperor. And he loved him in turn.\
158'''Maximus:''' ...That man no longer exists. Your brother does his work well.
159-->--''Film/{{Gladiator}}''
160
161->'''Luke:''' I've accepted the truth that you were once Anakin Skywalker, my father.\
162'''Vader:''' That name no longer has any meaning for me.\
163'''Luke:''' It is the name of your true self, you've only forgotten.
164-->-- ''Franchise/StarWars [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Episode VI]]''
165
166->''"Your son is gone. He was weak and foolish, like his father, so I destroyed him."''
167-->-- '''Kylo Ren''', ''Franchise/StarWars [[Film/TheForceAwakens Episode VII]]''
168
169->'''Bruce Wayne:''' Batman's just a symbol, Rachel.\
170'''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.
171-->--''Film/BatmanBegins''
172
173->'''Batman:''' Who are you working for? Crane!\
174'''Scarecrow:''' Dr. Crane isn't here right now, but if you'd like to make an appointment...
175-->--''Film/BatmanBegins''
176
177->'''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 [[spoiler: [[CanonCharacterAllAlong Ernst Stavro Blofeld]].]]\
178'''[[DeadpanSnarker James Bond:]]''' Catchy name.
179-->--''Film/{{Spectre}}''
180
181->'''[[TheHero Steve Rogers]]:''' Bucky?\
182'''[[BrainwashedAndCrazy The Winter Soldier]]:''' Who the hell is Bucky?
183-->-- ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''
184
185->'''Agent Smith:''' You hear that, Mr. Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability. It is the sound of your death. Goodbye, Mr. Anderson.\
186'''Neo:''' My name...is ''Neo.''
187-->-- ''Film/TheMatrix''
188
189->''"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."''
190-->-- '''Steve Rogers''', ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''
191
192->'''The Dark Oerlord:''' I'm not Jenning anymore! The transformation is complete. I am now... someone else.\
193'''ComicBook/HowardTheDuck:''' Try telling that to your insurance company.
194-->--''Film/HowardTheDuck''
195
196->''"There is no Dana, only Zuul!"''
197-->--'''Zuul''', ''Film/Ghostbusters1984''
198
199->''"Frank Castle has died... but has been reborn as THE PUNISHER."''
200-->--'''{{Tagline}}''' for ''Film/ThePunisher2004''
201
202->''"[[DontMakeMeDestroyYou 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 [[WalkingTheEarth drifting in those border towns]], all I ever heard was the screaming of those little children." ''
203-->-- '''Finley''', ''Film/TheMasterGunfighter'' (1975)
204
205[[/folder]]
206
207[[folder:Literature]]
208->''"Who are you, madame?" said the Count to the veiled female.\
209The 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, "[[WhamLine Edmond]]-- you will not kill my son."\
210The Count retreated a step, uttered a slight exclamation, and let fall the pistol he held.\
211"What name did you pronounce then, Madame d'Morcerf?" said he.\
212"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-- [[DistinctionWithoutADifference it is Mercedes.]]"''
213-->-- ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo''
214
215->[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."''\
216''"[[BecomingTheMask Because I'm already dead.]]"''
217-->-- '''Lila''', ''Selling Out'' book two of the ''Literature/QuantumGravity'' series
218
219->''"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."''
220-->-- '''Elie Wiesel''', ''Literature/{{Night}}''
221
222->'''Joe Spork:''' Vaughn Parry.\
223'''Vaughn Parry:''' No. I am [[spoiler: Shem Shem Tsien]]. [[BrainUploading The Recorded Man]]. Vaughn Parry is dead. A coat I wear. A vehicle of flesh that I inhabit. An avatar, if you prefer.
224-->-- ''Literature/{{Angelmaker}}''
225
226->''"We are the dead."''
227-->--'''Winston Smith''', ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''
228
229-> '''Cardinal Richeliu:''' It’s the Comte de la Fere, is it not?\
230'''Athos:''' I prefer Athos. That other fellow died a long time ago.
231-->-- ''Literature/MusketeerSpace''
232[[/folder]]
233
234[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
235->'''Chantho:''' Chan -- Professor, please--\
236'''"Professor Yana":''' THAT IS NOT MY NAME! "The Professor"... was an invention. So perfect a disguise that I forgot who I am.\
237'''Chantho:''' Chan -- Then who are you? -- Tho\
238'''"Yana":''' I... am... ''[[TheMaster the Master]]''.
239-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia Utopia]]"
240
241->''"Doctor no more."''
242-->--'''The War Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[Recap/DoctorWho50thPrequelTheNightOfTheDoctor "The Night of The Doctor"]]
243
244->'''TV Interviewer:''' So my question is, is [[VillainProtagonist Walter White]] still out there?\
245'''[[spoiler:Gretchen Schwartz]]:''' No, he's not.\
246'''Interviewer:''' You sound very sure.\
247'''[[spoiler:Gretchen]]:''' I am. I can't speak to this [[BecomingTheMask "Heisenberg"]] that people refer to, but whatever he became, the sweet, kind, brilliant man that we once knew long ago... he's gone.
248-->-- ''Series/BreakingBad''
249
250->''"Today is the day of your funeral. Ha-seon the clown is dead. You are now the King of this country."''
251-->-- '''Yi Kyu''', ''Series/TheCrownedClown''
252
253->''"Morgan Jones is dead. And you are dealing with somebody else now."''
254-->-- '''Morgan Jones''', ''Series/FearTheWalkingDead''
255
256->'''Joe:''' Please, [[spoiler:Barry]]...\
257'''Savitar:''' No... that's not my name...\
258'''Joe:''' [[spoiler:Barry]]...\
259'''Savitar:''' THAT'S NOT MY NAME!!
260-->-- ''Series/TheFlash2014''
261
262->'''[[spoiler:The Man in Black]]:''' Don't you understand? There's no one coming for you.\
263'''Dolores:''' You're wrong. His love is real, and so is mine. William will find me...\
264'''[[spoiler: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. [[AndThatLittleGirlWasMe You helped me find myself.]]\
265'''Dolores:''' ''William...''
266-->-- ''Series/{{Westworld}}'', "[[Recap/WestworldS01E10TheBicameralMind The Bicameral Mind]]"
267
268->''"Jules Bashir [[BioAugmentation died in that hospital]] because [[CallingTheOldManOut you couldn't live with the shame of having]] a [[WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent son who didn't measure up]]!"''
269-->-- '''Julian Bashir''', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E16DrBashirIPresume Dr. Bashir, I Presume?]]"
270
271->''"Leslie Willis is dead. D-E-A-D. Dead. She died in that [=CatCopter=] of yours. This is Leslie 2.0. Livewire."''
272-->-- '''Livewire''', ''Series/Supergirl2015''
273
274->'''Kira:''' The Butcher of Gallitep [[spoiler:died six years ago. You're Aamin Marritza, his filing clerk]].\
275'''"[[spoiler: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 [[InelegantBlubbering helpless sobbing]]]'' ...[[TearJerker/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine 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.
276-->-- ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS01E19Duet Duet]]"
277
278->''"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, [[CasanovaWannabe 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."''
279-->--'''Howard Wolowitz''', ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''
280
281->''"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."''
282-->--'''Eliot Spencer''', ''Series/{{Leverage}}''
283
284->'''Obi-Wan:''' Anakin?!\
285'''Darth Vader:''' Anakin is gone. I am what remains. \
286'''Obi-Wan:''' ''[sobbing]'' I'm sorry, Anakin. For all of it.\
287'''Darth Vader:''' I am not your failure, Obi-Wan. ''You'' didn't kill Anakin Skywalker. [[SlasherSmile I did]]. The same way I will ''destroy'' you!\
288'''Obi-Wan:''' ... Then my friend is truly dead. Goodbye, Darth.
289-->-- ''Series/ObiWanKenobi'', "[[Recap/ObiWanKenobiPartVI Part VI]]"
290
291->'''Kaleipus:''' Xena, destroyer of nations. You promised you'd never return.\
292'''Xena:''' That Xena never will.
293-->-- ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'', "[[Recap/XenaS02E01OrphanOfWar Orphan of War]]"
294
295->'''UsefulNotes/AnthonyEden:''' 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.
296->'''[[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor 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 UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill, "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 [[LawfulGood quite the stickler]], and could no more allow the sovereign to interfere with the Prime Minister than stand for office himself.
297-->--''Series/TheCrown2016''
298[[/folder]]
299
300[[folder:Music]]
301->I got some bad news for you sunshine\
302Pink isn't well, he stayed back at the hotel\
303And they sent us along as a surrogate band\
304Now we're gonna find out where you fans really stand!
305-->-- '''Music/PinkFloyd''', "In The Flesh", ''Music/TheWall''
306
307->Jimmy died today\
308He blew his brains out into the bay\
309In the state of mind\
310It's my own private suicide.
311-->-- '''Music/GreenDay''', "[[Music/AmericanIdiot Homecoming]]"
312
313->I'm sorry, the old Taylor can't come to the phone right now.\
314Why? Oh, [[WhamLine 'cause she's dead!]]
315-->-- '''Music/TaylorSwift''', "Look What You Made Me Do"
316
317->Somebody told you I was wack? Check the source\
318Somebody told you I was back? Yes, of course\
319You got a problem with the fans? There's the door\
320You lookin' for the old me? Check the morgue, agh!
321-->-- '''Music/{{NF}}''', "Outcast"
322[[/folder]]
323
324[[folder:Theatre]]
325->'''MERCEDES:''' \
326 My God, my heart beats faster \
327And my mind is racing \
328Could it be…? \
329Could it be that you’ve come back to life? \
330I know those eyes following me \
331Dark and familiar and deep as the sea \
332I know that face, strange though it seems \
333Younger and kinder it haunts all my dreams \
334How can you stand there? \
335A whisper from me \
336Yet, somehow be so far away \
337In eyes once familiar how stranger I seem \
338With so many words left to say \
339 \
340'''THE COUNT:''' \
341This man is dead \
342He is no more \
343He died a little each day \
344Like a thief, the Chateau D’If has stolen him away \
345The mind plays tricks \
346You are confused \
347The man you seek is long gone \
348Dead and cold \
349A story told \
350By those he trusted, \
351those he loved, \
352and those who then \
353moved on
354-->-- '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=metdOn9BxXM I Know Those Eyes / That Man is Dead]]''''' ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo [[TheMusical (Musical)]]''
355[[/folder]]
356
357[[folder:Video Games]]
358->''"Sorry, but you buried that poor schmuck alive yourself. I'm [[spoiler: Raven]]. Pleased ta meet ya."''
359-->-- ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia''
360
361->''"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."''
362-->--'''Claire "Lightning" Farron''', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII''
363
364->'''[[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Wynne]]''': [[YoureInsane You are mad]]! There is ''nothing'' glorious in what you have become, Uldred!\
365'''Uldred''': Uldred? He is gone. [[DemonicPossession I am Uldred and yet not Uldred]]. [[HumanoidAbomination I am more than he was]].
366-->--''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''
367
368->''"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 [[ComicBook/SonicTheComic Shortfuse the Cybernik]]...(beat) Shadow The Hedgehog, and I'm taking you down! THIS! Is WHO I AM!"''
369-->--''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qqq7ulhpCk in Brief]], summing up the aesop of the game.
370
371->''"In the future, if you, uh, see me... Don't think of it as me, OK?"''
372-->--'''[[spoiler:Asriel Dreemurr]]''', ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''
373
374->''"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."''
375-->-- '''Jacob''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''
376
377->'''Orderly:''' Please, Dr. Crane, don't do this!\
378'''Scarecrow:''' There is no Crane...\
379'''Orderly:''' They're all over me!\
380'''Scarecrow:''' Only Scarecrow!
381-->--''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum''
382
383->''"Bleh heh heh heh heh heh... The man known as [[spoiler:Blumiere]] died long ago. Now there is only Bleck! The Dark Prognosticus's choice to fulfill the prophecy. Nothing more!"''
384-->--'''[[BigBad Count Bleck]]''', ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario''
385
386->''"THAT WAS THE NAME I TOOK WHEN I WALKED AMONG MORTALS. YES, BUT THE LABEL HOLDS NO MEANING TO ME NOW."''
387-->-- '''Sir Raimund Seyfarth''', ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}''
388
389-> When everything you know has come and gone ''(You are at your lowest, I am rising higher!)''\
390Only scars remain of who I was ''(What I find in the ashes, you lose in the fire!)''\
391When there's no-one left to carry on ''(This is an illusion, open up your eyes and...)''\
392This pain ''(persists)''\
393I can't ''(resist)''\
394But that's what it takes to be [[TitleDrop Infinite]]!
395-->-- '''''[[VillainSong Infinite]]''', VideoGame/SonicForces''
396
397->''"The heroic and cool Rope Snake you once knew is dead. In a tiny, quiet voice, I say... So long."''
398-->-- '''Rope Snake''', ''VideoGame/Mother3''
399
400->''"[[TheGreatestStoryNeverTold Tell them only that the Lich King is dead...]] And that [[spoiler:Bolvar Fordragon]] '''died with him... Now go. Leave this place - and never return.'''"''
401-->--'''The new Lich King''', ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''
402
403->''"Mary died a long time ago. My name is Lady."''
404-->-- '''Lady''', ''Videogame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening''.
405
406->'''Spider-Man:''' What happened to the man who wanted to help people?\
407'''[[spoiler:[[CyberneticsEatYourSoul Otto Octavius]]]]:''' The weakling? The loser? He's gone.\
408[...]\
409'''Spider-Man:''' Please... think of the man you were...\
410'''[[spoiler:Otto Octavius]]:''' That man is gone. You can't ''save'' me, [[spoiler:Peter]].
411-->-- ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4''
412
413->''We are not [[spoiler:"Harry"]]...We...are...'''Venom'''.''
414-->-- ''VideoGame/MarvelsSpiderMan2''
415
416->''"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."''
417-->-- '''[[DragonsAreDemonic The Destroyer]]'''/'''[[spoiler:[[FallenAngel Archangel Abaddon]]]]''', ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}''
418
419->''"Hmph… The [[spoiler:Aubrey]] you knew is long gone. And the [[spoiler:Aubrey]] that was your friend… She's long gone, too."''
420-->--'''[[spoiler:The Real World Aubrey]]''', ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}''
421
422->''"The Edelgard who shed tears died many years ago."''
423-->--'''Edelgard von Hresvelg,''' ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses''
424
425->'''Alejandra''': You're one of those heroes, aren't you?\
426'''Soldier: 76''': .....not anymore.
427-->--''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPRRupAM4DI Hero]]"
428
429->'''Mason:''' G-Glacia!\
430'''Blizzard Queen:''' I-I will never hear you utter that name again! There is only the Blizzard Queen!
431-->--''VideoGame/SomaSpirits''
432
433->''"[[spoiler:Lucy]] is dead. She is never coming back."''
434-->--'''Maligula Galochio''', ''VideoGame/Psychonauts2''
435
436->'''Bob:''' Stop it! RIGHT NOW. I don't wanna hear any of those names ever again, you hear me? They're all... lost... dead.\
437'''Raz:''' But... Bob--\
438'''Bob:''' [[EspeciallyZoidberg Especially that one!]]
439-->''--VideoGame/Psychonauts2''
440
441->'''Lord Shimura''': Tell them...you are Jin Shimura. Loyal servant to the shogun. My heir. ''My son.''\
442'''Jin Sakai''': ...I am not your son. I am the ''Ghost''.
443-->--''VideoGame/GhostOfTsushima''
444
445->''"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? [[ThenLetMeBeEvil Demon, then!]] Renouncing former ties and titles! And in their place, I claim... the Lord of Dark! '''Odio!'''"''
446-->--'''[[spoiler:Oersted]]''', ''VideoGame/LiveALive''
447
448->'''Swamp Thing:''' Dinah Lance returns.\
449'''Black Canary:''' Happy to see me, Alec?\
450'''Swamp Thing:''' Alec Holland is no more.
451-->--''Videogame/Injustice2''
452
453->''"Hero? Huh. [[CardCarryingVillain You're talking to a villain, my dear.]] The hero inside of me died...many, many years ago when I was young."''
454-->--'''Mitchell,''' ''VideoGame/HuntDownTheFreeman''
455
456->'''Emmeline:''' [[spoiler:Jenevelle? Jen?]] Is that you? Why, you look so tall...\
457'''[[AmnesiacHero Shadowheart]]:''' It's me. I'm [[spoiler:Jenevelle]].\
458'''[[GodOfDarkness Shar]]:''' [[spoiler: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.\
459[...]\
460'''Emmeline:''' Thank you, Moonmaiden. You let me see my [[spoiler:Jenevelle,]] my baby girl, one last time.\
461'''Shadowheart:''' Don't call me that. My name is Shadowheart.\
462'''Arnell:''' You are just lost, [[spoiler:Jenevelle]]. Selûne will show you the way home, in time -\
463'''Shadowheart:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis My name! Is! Shadowheart!]]
464-->--''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII''
465
466->'''Yukari Takeba''': Huh?! [[spoiler:Ryoji-kun?!]]\
467'''Nyx Avatar''': That was my name for a time. I almost miss it.
468-->--''VideoGame/Persona3Reload''
469[[/folder]]
470
471[[folder:Visual Novels]]
472->''"After Rin leaves I finally let [[ManlyTears 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."''
473-->--'''[[PlayerCharacter Hisao Nakai]]''', ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo (Rin's route)''
474
475->''"[[spoiler:Aya Fumino]] has died. She is no longer in this world. I am Shiori Yoshioka. The original Shiori Yoshioka."''
476-->--'''Shiori Yoshioka''', ''VisualNovel/RootLetter''
477
478-> '''Rintaro:''' How many times do I have to tell you? [[EmbarrassingNickname Don't call me Okarin!]]\
479'''Mayuri:''' Huh? But I've always called you that!\
480'''Rintaro:''' That was then! I have since become Hououin Kyouma, the insane MadScientist [[GovernmentConspiracy hunted by secret organizations the world over]]! [[EvilLaugh Muhahaha!]]\
481'''Mayuri:''' But that's too hard to remember. And besides, it doesn't even sound like Okabe Rintaro.
482-->-- ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate''
483[[/folder]]
484
485[[folder:Web Animation]]
486->'''Raven:''' You don't know me, you don't know what I've been through, the choices I've had to make!\
487'''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! [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Did you kill her too?]]
488-->-- ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', "Haven's Fate"
489[[/folder]]
490
491[[folder:Webcomics]]
492->[[spoiler:'''Beitus''']]: ''[[spoiler:LUTARK LUTARK LUTARK]]. You throw THAT NAME AROUND like it's going to [[VerbalTic β]]ring him [[VerbalTic β]]ACK. PATHETIC how you're still DESPERATELY holding onto THAT lie of a person. There's nothing to HEAL, [[VerbalTic β]]uttercup! "[[spoiler:LUTARK]]" was ABOUT as REAL as the IDEA what we were trolls! I AM [[spoiler: a virus]] now! I AM [[spoiler: [[VerbalTic β]]eitus]]!''\
493'''Anaiad''': -...doesnt that have [[spoiler: [[WasOnceAMan six letters]]]] in it?-x}->\
494[[spoiler:'''[[GotMeDoingIt β]]eitus''']]: [[ShutUpKirk Shut up]].
495-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Hackbent}}''
496
497->''"[[DeathSeeker End this you bastard!]] Tobun is already dead!"''
498-->--'''Tobun''' to the Cardboard Tube Samurai, ''Webcomic/PennyArcade''
499[[/folder]]
500
501[[folder:Web Original]]
502->'''Ultraman Tregear''': That armor...\
503'''Hunter Knight Tsurugi''': If you interfere, I'll cut you down too!\
504'''Tregear''': I thought you were supposed to be fighting the darkness!\
505'''Tsurugi''': [[Series/UltramanMebius Ultraman Hikari]] is dead! Now I'm Hunter Knight Tsurugi, who lives for revenge!
506-->--''Series/UltraGalaxyFightTheAbsoluteConspiracy'' episode 5
507
508->'''Fjord:''' So before you [[RiseFromYourGrave woke up in the dirt]], [[AmnesiacHero nothing?]]\
509'''Mollymauk:''' There ''is'' no before. Whatever happened before is not me. It's not part of anything-\
510'''Nott:''' Like your life reset somehow? Or you just don't remember?\
511'''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.
512-->-- ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'', Campaign 2 Episode 14: "Fleeting Memories"
513[[/folder]]
514
515[[folder:Western Animation]]
516->'''Malloy:''' Let's talk big picture here. How long are we gonna milk this rookie in the woods routine?\
517'''Steve:''' What are you talking about? Steve is dead. I'm going to be Bigfoot forever.
518-->--''WesternAnimation/{{Brickleberry}}'', "Steve's Bald"
519
520->'''Martin Prince:''' Who cares about some test? [[NotHimself Life's too short for tests!]]\
521'''Bart:''' Hey, I thought we had a deal!\
522'''Martin:''' The Martin Prince you made a deal with no longer exists! Come on, fellows, to the arcade!
523-->--''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Bart Gets an F"
524
525->[[spoiler:'''Ahsoka Tano''']]: I was beginning to believe I knew who you were, behind that mask. But it's impossible. [[spoiler:My master]] could ''never'' be as vile as you.\
526[[spoiler:'''Darth Vader''']]: [[spoiler:Anakin Skywalker]] was ''weak.'' [[CallForward I destroyed him]].
527-->-- ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', "[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E20TwilightOfTheApprenticePartII Twilight of the Apprentice Part II]]"
528
529->'''[[FallenHero Captain Nemesis]]''': Captain Nemesis is dead. From now on, call me, OVERLORD!\
530'''Goop!Ben''': [[DeadpanSnarker How about we call you a good therapist?]]
531-->--''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien''
532
533->''"No! I'm not [[spoiler:Lapis]] anymore... We're [[SealedEvilInADuel Malachite]] now."''
534-->--'''[[spoiler:Lapis Lazuli]]''', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''
535
536->'''Blossom''': ''Bubbles!!!''\
537'''Buttercup''': Have you lost your mind?!\
538'''Blossom''': This isn't the Bubbles we know!\
539'''Bubbles''': The Bubbles you know is GONE! '''''I'M HARDCORE NOW!!!!!!'''''
540-->--''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'', "Bubblevicious"
541
542->'''Batman''': Look at them, Hagen. Look at what you used to be.\
543'''Clayface''': No... no... Turn them off!\
544'''Batman''': You ''can'' play those roles again, Hagen. Let me help you find a cure.\
545'''Clayface''': No! Hagen's gone! Make him stop haunting me!
546-->--''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''
547
548->'''[[spoiler: Pink Diamond]]:''' ''(holding [[FakingTheDead fake gem shards]])'' Convincing?\
549'''[[spoiler: Pearl]]:''' Very much so, [[spoiler: my Diamond.]]\
550'''[[spoiler: Pink Diamond]]:''' Soon, it will be just [[spoiler: "Rose"]].
551-->--''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', "A Single Pale Rose"
552
553->'''Jazz:''' You're not [[TheHero Danny]]! That's why the Boo-merang wasn't homing in on your ecto-signature. You're not Danny!\
554'''[[FutureMeScaresMe Dark Danny]]''': I ''was'', but I grew out of it.
555-->--''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', ''[[WesternAnimation/TheUltimateEnemy The Ultimate Enemy]]''
556
557->'''Vlad:''' Jack, you have to help me! You wouldn't turn your back on an old friend, would you?\
558'''Jack:''' An old friend? No. You? ''Yes!''
559-->--''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', ''WesternAnimation/PhantomPlanet''
560
561->'''Crackle''': Bye bye, Black Sheep.\
562'''Carmen''': You weren't listening. I go by Carmen now!
563-->-- ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'', [[Recap/CarmenSandiegoS1E02BecomingCarmenSandiegoPart2 "Becoming Carmen Sandiego" Part 2]]
564
565->'''Blackarachnia''': So that's it?! You'd just slag your old friend [[spoiler: Elita-1]]?\
566'''Sentinel Prime''': ''Don't say that name!'' You don't deserve to say that name!\
567''[Sentinel swipes, knocking Blackarachnia's helmet off, revealing her true face]''\
568'''Sentinel Prime''': You're not [[spoiler: Elita-1]], you mutant freak. [[spoiler: Elita-1]] went offline a long time ago.
569-->--''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', "Predacons Rising"
570
571->'''Vi''': Powder, it's okay.\
572'''Jinx''': Stop calling me that. It's Jinx now. Powder fell down a well.
573-->--''{{WesternAnimation/Arcane}}'', "When These Walls Come Crumbling Down"
574
575->'''Crabina''': Gentlemen, the plain, drab Mandy you once knew... is dead!\
576'''Billy''': Grim! [[LiteralMinded She murdered Mandy!]]\
577'''Grim''': ''([[DopeSlap slaps Billy so hard]] [[AmusingInjuries his nose flies off of his face]])'' [[LampshadeHanging It's a figure of speech, dummy!]]
578-->--''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', "My Fair Mandy"
579
580->'''Nebula:''' Layla, follow us. The time has come to open the doors of the magic universe. The Omega Dimension awaits us!\
581'''Bloom:''' Don't do it! Please, Layla, don't go! You're not like them!\
582'''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!
583-->--''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'', "Morgana's Secret"
584
585->'''Rarity:''' We think that you've taken your assertiveness training a little too far.
586->'''Fluttershy:''' What? You just want New Fluttershy to be a doormat like Old Fluttershy! But Old Fluttershy is '''GONE!'''
587->'''Pinkie Pie:''' ''New'' Fluttershy? ''Old'' Fluttershy?
588->'''Rarity:''' What happened to ''Nice'' Fluttershy? We want ''that'' Fluttershy back!
589->'''Fluttershy:''' No! You want ''Wimp'' Fluttershy! You want ''Pushover'' Fluttershy! You want ''Do-Anything-You-Want-To-Her-And-She-Won't-Complain'' Fluttershy!
590->'''Pinkie Pie:''' ''(getting dizzy)'' Too many Fluttershies to keep track of! Make it stop!
591-->--''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "Putting Your Hoof Down"
592
593->'''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.\
594'''Azula:''' Really?\
595'''Ozai:''' And for your loyalty, I've decided to declare you the new Fire Lord.\
596'''Azula:''' Fire Lord Azula? It does seem appropriate, but what about you?\
597'''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!
598-->--''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderSozinsCometPart1ThePhoenixKing Sozin's Comet Part 1: The Phoenix King]]"
599
600->'''Hordak:''' I should have left you to die on that island, [[spoiler:Keldor]].\
601'''Skeletor:''' ''My name is '''SKELETOR!'''''
602-->-- ''WesternAnimation/MastersOfTheUniverseRevolution''
603
604[[/folder]]
605
606[[folder:Other]]
607->''"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 [[spoiler:Felix Walken]], nice to meet you."''
608-->-- '''Claire Stanfield''', ''Literature/{{Baccano}} 1933 - The Slash: Bloody to Fair''
609
610->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.
611-->-- ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'', "The Birth of a Dark Hunter"
612[[/folder]]
613

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