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Line 2: {{quote\|'''Luigi:''' Nothing below me but boiling lava! [[Blatant Lies\|I died.]] Wait... [[Bait and Switch\|a skull raft came by. I died.]] '''Yoshi:''' Luigi no died! '''Luigi:''' ... how'd you know?\|''[[~~Youtube~~YouTube Poop]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB8Ph0hnRPY#t=1m15s The Only Mama Luigi Poop Anyone Has Ever Made]''}} [[Stock Phrase]]: one character is narrating an adventure they went through, and at a particularly dramatic moment, [[The Ditz\|someone]] in the audience asks, trembling, "did ... did you make it?" Subtrope of [[Foregone Conclusion]], as they clearly ''did'' live to tell the tale -- [[Sister Trope\|except]] when they had an [[Unexplained Recovery]]. (Other exceptions may involve a [[From a Single Cell]] [[Healing Factor]], [[The Undead]], or coming [[Back ~~From~~from the Dead]].) May lead to an [[Ask a Stupid Question]] situation ("Yes, I did die. I'm not here."). Contrast [[Posthumous Narration]] and [[Undead Author]]. {{deathtrope}} {{examples}} Line 24 ⟶ 27: '''Brian''': Well, yeah. [[Worth It\|Killin' that troll king was awesome.]] }} * Let's be honest: In a lot of [[Marvel\|mainstream]] [[DC\|comics]], this is actually a valid question. * ''[[PS238]]'' have Tyler [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/12172010/ assuming the obvious]. [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/03022012/ His dad], however... == Fan Works == Line 38 ⟶ 42: {{quote\|'''Ripley''': [raises eyebrows] I ''died''.}} ** Notable because it is ''not'' a joke - Ripley actually did die. The one in ''Resurrection'' is a clone. * Inverted in ''The Adventures of Baron Munchausen'' when the climax of the story the Baron is narrating seems to end in the Baron's death, complete with tragic funeral ~~procession -- at~~procession—at which point we hear the Baron cheerfully bellow "and that was just ''one'' of the many instances in which I met my death!" * Similarly, in the Czech film ''Baron Prášil'' (a.k.a. ''Když Burian prášil'') the main protagonist, descendant of Baron Munchhausen, dramatically relates how he was surrounded by bears on a narrow bridge over a chasm: {{quote\|'''Prášil''': So consider this: a bear in front of me, a bear behind me, me in the middle, and below me a chasm. Line 78 ⟶ 82: == [[Live-Action TV]] == * ''[[Top Gear]]'''s Richard Hammond is frequently subjected to this trope - for example, after sitting in a car while it was struck by lightning. * The episode of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' where Riley returned had Buffy and Riley promise to swap stories if they get a chance. She asks if he died, and when he says he didn't, she says, "I'm going to win." (She'd died and [[Back ~~From~~from the Dead\|come back]] in the year since he left.) ** This was a favorite of ''Buffy'' writers: {{quote\|'''Buffy''': So, how've you been? Line 108 ⟶ 112: == [[Tabletop Games]] == * In ''The Adventures of Baron Munchausen'', this is one question you ''aren't'' allowed to interrupt someone else's tall tale with. * In one of the inns in the ''[[~~Seventh~~7th Sea]]'' universe, you can tell any tall tale you like, no matter how outlandish, and get away with it as long as you confirm that you ''did'' die at the end. == [[Theatre]] == Line 149 ⟶ 153: * In the ''[[Shrek]]'' Halloween special, the characters are telling scary stories, and the gingerbread man's supposedly "true" story ends with "And then they ate me!" The [[Three Little Pigs]] run out screaming "weeeee!" (The Big Bad Wolf sighs that they'll be doing that all the way home.) It's Shrek who asks the gingerbread man, "If they ate you, how are you still here?" * [[Rocko's Modern Life]]: {{quote\|'''Heffer''': You know, [[Continuity Nod\|I died once.]]~~<br />~~ '''Filburt''': Yeah? }} * In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Where No Fan Has Gone Before," while listening to the testimony of those involved, Zap Brannigan comments, "So Melllvar ordered a [[Duel to the Death\|battle to the death]]. I assume no one survived?" Line 165 ⟶ 169: '''Lawyer:''' Did he kill you? '''Witness:''' No. }} ** Sadly, this might actually have been a case of the lawyer covering his ass ''[[Loophole Abuse\|just]] [[~~Bothering~~Chewbacca ~~by the Book~~Defense\|in]] [[~~Chewbacca~~Bothering ~~Defense~~by the Book\|case]]''. Trials have been drawn out over [[Insane Troll Logic\|insane things]] before. Also, in direct testimony (at least in the U.S.), "leading the witness" is not allowed, so a more common phrasing like "But, of course, he ''didn't'' kill you, correct?" could be objected to. * [[(The Customer is) Not Always Right]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/a-sign-youve-gone-overboard-drinking/15368 Was it you or your brother who was drowned at sea?] * [[Neil Young]] almost did die of polio when he was five. When his family came to the hospital to take him home, he immediately said "I didn't die, did I?" {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Death Tropes]] [[Category:Stock Phrases]] [[Category:~~Did~~This Index Asked You ~~Die?~~a Question]]