Quotes / You Can't Kill What's Already Dead

Anime & Manga

Cell: Do you think you won the match, Goku? You fool! Here in Hell, our bodies are immortal!
Frieza: You will never be able to beat me because I'm already dead!

—Dragon Ball GT

Comic Books

"You cannot kill what does not live!"

—A Catchphrase of the Dark Judges, Judge Dredd

Films — Live-Action

"We are not among the living, and so, we cannot die. But neither are we dead."

—Hector Barbossa, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Masbeth: Is he... dead?
[the group watches as the Horseman steps out of the burning windmill, unscathed]
Ichabod: That's the problem: he was dead to begin with.

—Sleepy Hollow (1999)

You can't kill me, Victor. [impales himself on the length of the sword Victor is holding between them] I'm already dead.

— Dracula, Van Helsing

Live-Action TV

"Little pig, little pig stop stabbing my head, you can't kill what is already dead!"

—Frankenswine, Tales from the Crypt, "The Third Pig"

Video Games

Sub-Zero: The battle is finished! Your quest for vengeance is over, Scorpion!
Scorpion: You cannot kill a dead man. You may have defeated my physical form, but my soul is eternal. You will pay for the massacre of my clan and family.

—Sub-Zero's ending, Mortal Kombat 4

"Turn back if you value your life. You can't behead the headless. Our swords and pikes did nothing.""

—Temple Posting, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Webcomics

Undine: If you want to kill me, then come out and fight me!
"Goops": But how can I kill something that's basically already dead?

—Sleepless Domain

Western Animation

Molly: Scratch! You can't eat those berries, they're poisonous!
Scratch: [mouth full of berries] You know I'm already dead, right?
Molly: Oh. Right.

— The Ghost and Molly McGee

"Where was I gonna go? Detroit?"

—Saddam Hussein, South Park

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