Goodnight, Sweet Prince: Difference between revisions

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As this phrase borders on [[Narm]] at the best of times, [[Dead Horse Trope|twists and parodies vastly outnumber the dramatic use.]]

* ''[[From Hell]]'', after {{spoiler|Inspector Abberline dies from drug overdose, Sergeant Godlay says it.}}

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* "[[Looney Tunes (Animation)|Buckaroo Bugs]]": [[Bugs Bunny]] to Red Hot Ryder: ''"That's right! That's right! You win the $64 question! Ha-ha-ha-ha! Good night, sweet prince."''

* In ''[[Last Action Hero]]'', which starts off with a violent parody of ''Hamlet''. Narrator: ''"No one is going to tell this sweet prince good night."''

* ''[[~~Robocop~~ (Film)|Robocop]]'': Joe Cox, finishing Murphy off with a headshot. "''Good night, sweet prince. Hahaha...!"''

* ''[[RoboCop (Film)|Robocop]]'': Joe Cox, finishing Murphy off with a headshot. "''Good night, sweet prince. Hahaha...!"''

* ''[[Interview With the Vampire]]'': ''"Good night, sweet Prince, may flights of devils wing you to your rest...."'' - Claudia DeLioncourt says this to {{spoiler|Lestat, thinking she finished him for good... He gets better}}.

* ''[[The Big Lebowski]]:'' Walter Sobchak: ''"And so, {{spoiler|Theodore Donald Karabotsos,}} in accordance with what we think your dying wishes might well have been, we commit your final mortal remains to the bosom of the Pacific Ocean, which you loved so well. Good night, sweet prince."'' {{spoiler|And as he spills the ashes out of the coffee-can, the wind blows them all over The Dude.}}

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* Said in ''[[Marx Brothers|Room Service]]'' when the play's author "dies".

* Said by Katherine Hepburn's character about Spencer Tracy's character in ''The Desk Set'', after the computer Tracy designed has fired everyone in the company, including the CEO and Tracy (who doesn't even work for the company except as a contractor).

* Max of ''[[Sam and Max Freelance Police (Video Game)|Sam and Max Freelance Police]]'' uses a variation while pretending to die in the game episode "The Mole, The Mob and the Meatball". "So goodnight, [[The Fresh Prince of Bel Air|fresh prince]]! And may [[~~Charlies~~ Angels (TV)|Charlie's Angels]] sing thee to to thy rest."

* Max of ''[[Sam and Max Freelance Police (Video Game)|Sam and Max Freelance Police]]'' uses a variation while pretending to die in the game episode "The Mole, The Mob and the Meatball". "So goodnight, [[The Fresh Prince of Bel Air|fresh prince]]! And may [[Charlie's Angels (TV)|Charlie's Angels]] sing thee to to thy rest."

* In the episode of [[SpongeBob SquarePants (Animation)|SpongeBob SquarePants]] titled Frankendoodle, after drawing a crown on Gary with his newfound magic pencil, SpongeBob tells him "good night, sweet prince," before turning off the light and going to sleep.

* It's also become a meme for its [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/goodnight-sweet-prince use by trolls]. It's used to announce the fake death of celebrity and trick you into wasting time looking it up.