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{{quote|''"[[Trope Namer|Everybody lives]], Rose! Just this once, everybody lives!"''|'''The Doctor''', ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "[[Doctor Who/Recap/ |
{{quote|''"[[Trope Namer|Everybody lives]], Rose! Just this once, everybody lives!"''|'''The Doctor''', ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S27/E10 The Doctor Dances|The Doctor Dances]]"}} |
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Some shows naturally have [[Body of the Week|a bodycount in virtually every episode]] (if only the [[Monster of the Week]]). Sometimes, however, no-one dies at all. |
Some shows naturally have [[Body of the Week|a bodycount in virtually every episode]] (if only the [[Monster of the Week]]). Sometimes, however, no-one dies at all. |
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== Live Action TV == |
== Live Action TV == |
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* ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the [[Trope Namer]], has a number of examples. For example, "[[Doctor Who/Recap/ |
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the [[Trope Namer]], has a number of examples. For example, "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S27/E10 The Doctor Dances|The Doctor Dances]]", written by [[Steven Moffat]], ends with the above quote and for bonus points {{spoiler|the kid who got hit by a bomb and all the other gas-mask zombies [[Back From the Dead|get better]]}}. |
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** While there is a body count in Moffat's "[[Doctor Who/Recap/ |
** While there is a body count in Moffat's "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S30/E08 Silence in the Library|Silence in the Library]]"/"[[Doctor Who/Recap/S30/E09 Forest of the Dead|Forest of the Dead]]," everyone killed during the two-parter {{spoiler|is revealed to be living in a virtual world in the Library's computer. Even Donna's nonexistent children from when she was "saved."}} River even uses this trope ''by name'' in her closing narration. |
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{{quote|Now and then, every once in a very long while, every day in a million days, when the wind stands fair and the Doctor comes to call... everybody lives.}} |
{{quote|Now and then, every once in a very long while, every day in a million days, when the wind stands fair and the Doctor comes to call... everybody lives.}} |
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** Moffat has ascended to achieving a whole new level of Everybody Lives in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S31/E13 The Big Bang|The Big Bang]]," seeing as everyone who had previously been {{spoiler|erased from existence, including Amy's parents, Rory, The Doctor, and, well, the ENTIRETY OF REALITY}} comes out of it alive. |
** Moffat has ascended to achieving a whole new level of Everybody Lives in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S31/E13 The Big Bang|The Big Bang]]," seeing as everyone who had previously been {{spoiler|erased from existence, including Amy's parents, Rory, The Doctor, and, well, the ENTIRETY OF REALITY}} comes out of it alive. |
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*** Perhaps paradoxically (given the name), [[Doctor Who/Recap/S20/E04 Terminus|Terminus]] is one of these too. At least, there are no ''on screen'' deaths. |
*** Perhaps paradoxically (given the name), [[Doctor Who/Recap/S20/E04 Terminus|Terminus]] is one of these too. At least, there are no ''on screen'' deaths. |
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** An interesting case occured with "The Curse of the Black Spot", in which the Doctor, Amy, and Rory land on a pirate ship stuck in the ocean with a crew that's being picked off one by one by a siren, who marks crew members with "the black spot" on their hand. {{spoiler|It turns out that the seemingly evil siren was actually a computer-created doctor from a crashed spaceship which had been taking men who were hurt, even though they did not have serious injuries. All the crew are in fact perfectly fine, and she was just trying to help.}} |
** An interesting case occured with "The Curse of the Black Spot", in which the Doctor, Amy, and Rory land on a pirate ship stuck in the ocean with a crew that's being picked off one by one by a siren, who marks crew members with "the black spot" on their hand. {{spoiler|It turns out that the seemingly evil siren was actually a computer-created doctor from a crashed spaceship which had been taking men who were hurt, even though they did not have serious injuries. All the crew are in fact perfectly fine, and she was just trying to help.}} |
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** Subverted in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/ |
** Subverted in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S30/E16 The Waters of Mars|The Waters of Mars]]", when the Doctor proudly proclaims this line before {{spoiler|breaking the laws of time to rescue the crew of the Mars base, only to realize Adelaide committed suicide upon returning to Earth.}} |
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** Add "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S32/E09 Night Terrors|Night Terrors]]" to the list. |
** Add "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S32/E09 Night Terrors|Night Terrors]]" to the list. |
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** The 2011 Chrismtas special, "The Doctor, The Widow, and the Wardrobe" also pulled one of these. |
** The 2011 Chrismtas special, "The Doctor, The Widow, and the Wardrobe" also pulled one of these. |
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