Pocahontas: John Smith?! I thought you were dead!
John Smith: Greatly exaggerated.
John Smith: Greatly exaggerated.
"Cain was reported dead so often that the Munitorum left standing orders that he was never to be listed as Killed in Action no matter the circumstances. Therefore, he is the only officer of the Imperium to still be receiving a regular paycheck despite having been buried with full military honors."
— Amberley Vail, Ciaphas Cain
Jackie: But I don't understand. Valmont can't summon the Shadowkhan. Only Shendu.
Shendu: Reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated, Chan.
Shendu: Reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated, Chan.
Avon: Servalan was planning on sending you a corpse, but the rumours of my death—
Tarrant: —have been greatly exaggerated.
Avon: (to himself) Well, slightly exaggerated, anyway.
Tarrant: —have been greatly exaggerated.
Avon: (to himself) Well, slightly exaggerated, anyway.
"Ah, yes, the Claw Shansheeth of the 15th Funeral Fleet, I've been looking for you! Have you been telling people I'm dead?!"
— The Doctor, The Sarah Jane Adventures, "Death of the Doctor"
Homer: I thought you were dead!
Mona: I thought you were dead!
Mona: I thought you were dead!
— The Simpsons, "Mother Simpson"
Marasiah Fel: Eshkar Niin?! That’s impossible! You’re—
Eshkar Niin/Darth Havok: Dead? That’s what Antares told you, isn’t it? It appears he lied.
Eshkar Niin/Darth Havok: Dead? That’s what Antares told you, isn’t it? It appears he lied.
Berger: We read five times that you were killed, in five different places.
Victor Laszlo: As you can see, it was true every single time.
Victor Laszlo: As you can see, it was true every single time.
Westley: I told you I would always come for you. Why didn't you wait for me?
Buttercup: Well... you were dead.
Westley: Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.
Buttercup: Well... you were dead.
Westley: Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.
Pintel: You? You're supposed to be dead.
Jack Sparrow: Am I not?
Jack Sparrow: Am I not?
Brain: I swear to God, Snake, I thought you were dead!
Snake Plissken: Yeah. You and everybody else.
Snake Plissken: Yeah. You and everybody else.
"Looks like Deep Fried Jack's off the menu for tonight, huh?"
— Jack Frost, after surviving a car crash, Jack Frost (1997)
"Ah... what a delight it is to know my memory lingers on in so many minds. Please, open your ARCUS units, and let your imagination become reality! [...] You'll have to excuse my aesthetic augmentation. Rest assured, before you sits the very same devilish rogue you've always known."
— Prince Olivert, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV
King Graham: Mordack? Didn't I extinguish your flame years ago?
Mordack: I was hiding under the floor boards.
Mordack: I was hiding under the floor boards.
"This is Edison Carter, coming to you very much live and direct on Network 23."
— Edison Carter, Max Headroom, "Blipverts"
Thor: Surtur! Son of... a bitch! You're still alive! I thought my father killed you like, half a million years ago!
Surtur: I cannot die. Not until I fulfill my destiny, and lay waste to your home.
Surtur: I cannot die. Not until I fulfill my destiny, and lay waste to your home.
Earle: Bruce? You're supposed to be dead.
Bruce Wayne: Sorry to disappoint.
Bruce Wayne: Sorry to disappoint.
Bodyguard: Yo, Gambol, there's somebody here for you. They say they just killed the Joker. They brought the body.
Gambol: So, for dead, that's 500...
The Joker: How 'bout alive?
Gambol: So, for dead, that's 500...
The Joker: How 'bout alive?
George Maxwell: You... It's you! But you're dead!
Edward Lionheart: No. Another critical miscalculation on you part. I am well. It is you who are dead.
Edward Lionheart: No. Another critical miscalculation on you part. I am well. It is you who are dead.
Peregrine Devlin: Lionheart!
Edward Lionheart: Alive and triumphant. And you thought me slain? Lionheart is immortal! He can never be destroyed, never!
Edward Lionheart: Alive and triumphant. And you thought me slain? Lionheart is immortal! He can never be destroyed, never!
Alice: He said he killed you!
Fool: He was exaggerating.
Fool: He was exaggerating.
"Suffice it to say, I'm a little less dead than most people think."
— Malcolm Merlyn, Arrow, "Dark Waters"
Jake: (crying) I thought you were dead. I thought that you...
Tom: Sorry to disappoint you, then.
Tom: Sorry to disappoint you, then.
Hal Stewart/Tighten: I-I thought you were dead!
Megamind (Disguised as Metroman): My death was... Greatly exaggerated.
Megamind (Disguised as Metroman): My death was... Greatly exaggerated.
"I wasn't really dead."
Supergirl: Pardon me! You didn't have a doorbell, so I just walked in!
Brainiac: No! It can't be! You're dead!
Supergirl: Don't write my obituary yet!
Brainiac: No! It can't be! You're dead!
Supergirl: Don't write my obituary yet!
Lisa Loud: Then it appears you killed Lily by slicing her head of[f] and putting her decapitated carcass in the blender, then drinking it! Now you plan on killing us! We all failed you!
Loud Sisters: WE'RE SORRY, LINCOLN! WE TRIED TO BE NICE TO YOU! PLEASE DON'T KILL US!
Lincoln Loud: Girls, Lily's fine.
Loud Sisters: Huh?
Lily Loud: (walks in) Poo-poo!
Lincoln: See?
Lynn Loud Jr.: Wait, why is there blood on Lily's mouth?
Lincoln: Lynn, it's not blood; it's jam.
Loud Sisters: Huh?
Lincoln: All I did was give Lily half of the last jam-filled donut. I blended it into a liquid so she could drink it.
Lana Loud: You did kill Mom and Dad, right?
Lincoln: No, Lana, I didn't.
Lisa: Then what's with their lifeless heads?
Lincoln: Lisa, they're just unfinished sculptures for homework. The reason why Mom and Dad are unable to help is that they're at Pop-Pop's.
Loud Sisters: WE'RE SORRY, LINCOLN! WE TRIED TO BE NICE TO YOU! PLEASE DON'T KILL US!
Lincoln Loud: Girls, Lily's fine.
Loud Sisters: Huh?
Lily Loud: (walks in) Poo-poo!
Lincoln: See?
Lynn Loud Jr.: Wait, why is there blood on Lily's mouth?
Lincoln: Lynn, it's not blood; it's jam.
Loud Sisters: Huh?
Lincoln: All I did was give Lily half of the last jam-filled donut. I blended it into a liquid so she could drink it.
Lana Loud: You did kill Mom and Dad, right?
Lincoln: No, Lana, I didn't.
Lisa: Then what's with their lifeless heads?
Lincoln: Lisa, they're just unfinished sculptures for homework. The reason why Mom and Dad are unable to help is that they're at Pop-Pop's.
"You were dead, I saw you. But then here you are! I found you! You're not dead!"
— Dory, Finding Nemo
"Samson was right! His turtle had only been hibernating!"
— Mississippi "Mibs" Beaumont, Savvy
"Clementine?! I thought you were gone!"
— Forgetful Jones, Sesame Street
"This isn't Frank; it's a hairball, too, which means... Frank could still be alive!"
— Lincoln Loud, The Loud House, "Along Came a Sister"
Winston Zeddemore: (referring to the broken car) Yeah, but we do have one casualty.
Janine Melnitz: Oh, no! Not Egon!
Janine Melnitz: Oh, no! Not Egon!
— The Real Ghostbusters, "Baby Spookums"
"Old Paint! He didn't wind up in the stew pot after all!"
— Mo, Horrible Histories
Sgt. Byrd: Say, where'd you come from? I thought dragons had all been dead for a thousand years, or something.
Spyro: Well, the rumors of our extinction were slightly exaggerated. We just wanted a little peace and quiet!
Spyro: Well, the rumors of our extinction were slightly exaggerated. We just wanted a little peace and quiet!
