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Compare [[Bearer of Bad News]] or [[Death Notification]]. Contrast [[No Longer with Us]].
See a video with many scenes of this being said at [https://web.archive.org/web/20140528170308/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/video/video_3668.html?1292443136 the Huffington Post].
[[I Thought It Meant|Not, in this exact wording, what]] [[Super Mario Bros. (animation)|Mario said to Luigi about the origin of his football.]]
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]] Naisho'', in episode 12 near the end when Non-chan's mother comes to see Doremi, she tells her that "she couldn't make it". Cue one of the biggest [[Tear Jerker
* In a late episode of ''[[X 1999]]'', Karen and Yuto kill each other, while Satsuki struggles with the Beast and is eventually killed by it, too. As Yuto lies dying by the fountain, he remembers making a promise with Satsuki earlier and says with a faint smile: "It seems tonight, I won't make it for tea..."
* In Fullmetal Alchemist when {{spoiler|Hughes}} dies, he apologizes to his family for not being able to make it home.
== [[Film]] ==
* [http://us.imdb.com/SearchQuotes?for=he+didn%27t+make+it Search the IMDb]{{Dead link}}.
** I got a 404 Error :/ Apparently the page didn't make it.
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings|The Two Towers]]'' movie has a strange example because that scene was filmed before the script was totally ironed out, the director wasn't sure what actually did happen to Aragorn, so decided to keep the dialogue vague to save time:
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Gimli: He fell. }}
** Which ironically turned out to be literal.
* ''[[Dante's Peak]]''
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'''Grant:''' He didn't make it. }}
* ''[[Tron]]'':
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'''Flynn:''' He didn't make it. }}
* ''[[Speed]]'' has a particularly dark variant.
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'''Jack:''' Harry! Tell me good news, man.
'''[[Big Bad|Howard Payne]]:''' Oh, I'm sorry, Jack. He didn't make it. }}
* In the movie ''[[Airport]]'', it's used exactly as it means: someone failed to do something.
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'''Bakersfeld''': It'll be dry all right, but not very long.
'''Demerest''': What's that supposed to mean?
'''Bakersfeld''': Runway 29 is closed. A jockey from your flight 45 tried to take a shortcut across the field. And he didn't make it.
'''Demerest''': What are you doing about it?
'''Bakersfeld''': Well, when the snow melts in April, we'll get it out. }}
* ''[[Serenity]]'' (made all the more devastating by the fact that {{spoiler|it's Zoe invoking the trope}}.)
{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Kaylee:''' Wait...Wash! Where's Wash?}}
{{spoiler|'''Zoe: (Wash's wife)''' He ain't comin'.}}|{{spoiler|Said as she quietly and carefully loads a shotgun, one shell at a time.}}}}
* ''[[Independence Day]]'':
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'''Whitmore''': Yeah... Mommy's sleeping. }}
* Used interestingly in ''[[The Fifth Element]]'': towards the end, when they're in the temple, [[The Woobie|David]] says quietly to himself "We're not gonna make it" and sighs, unwittingly activating the 'air' stone (by breathing on it), which leads to their figuring out how to work the rest of the stones and saving the world.
* Laconic version from ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'':
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'''Brody'''': ...No. }}
* ''[[The Lost World Jurassic Park]]'' had a darkly sarcastic version when Tembo returns after going to look for Stark:
{{quote|'''Malcolm:''' Did you find him?
'''Tembo:''' ''[grimly]'' Just the parts they didn't like.}}
== [[Literature]] ==
* In the novel ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', Grant asks about the ultimate fate of Ian Malcolm, who was badly injured when the T-Rex escaped. The character being asked only shakes his head. [[Unexplained Recovery|He got better]] and showed up in a later novel, stating that rumors of his demise were grossly exaggerated.
** The standard line is used in the sequel, The Lost World, after the antagonists' attempt to steal a T-Rex egg goes very badly for one of the trio:
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'''Dodgson''': He didn't make it.
'''King''': What do you mean?
'''Dodgson''': ''I mean he didn't fucking make it!'' }}
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* Rolf Harris's ''[[Animal Hospital]]''. "He didn't make it through the night." (Although he [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|probably didn't say it as much as]] impressionists did.)
* On ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', George Sr.'s doctor tells the family that he's "gone" and that "he just got away from us". It turns out that he meant [[No Longer with Us|George just escaped through the window]]. It became a running joke how the family is never sure how to interpret anything the doctor says.
* ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'': When Tim told Jill about her father's heart attack.
* Also on ''[[Will and Grace]]'', when Will tells Grace about ''his'' father's heart attack after his mother calls.
* ''[[Power Rangers Time Force]]'' episode "The End of Time: Part 2": Alex talking about Wes' death.
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* ''[[Lost]]'' episode "What They Died For". ''They'' refers to {{spoiler|Sayid, Jin and Sun}}.
* In the final episode of ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'':
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''(Lorne sadly looks down)''
'''Teyla:''' ...I'm sorry, John. }}
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Disney's ''[[Hercules (
* Pixar's [[Cars T]] oons, in the Mater the Greater episode of the series, at the end Mater is relating the Jump over Radiator Springs gorge, which was made by Lightning
* This is [[Squidbillies|Early Cuyler's]] casual reaction to [[Crosses the Line Twice|using his son's eggs for target practice.]]
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* As many tropers can tell you, this phrase is ''often'' [[Truth in Television]]. Sometimes you just can't admit that someone ''died'' right after it happened.
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'''[[Statler and Waldorf|Statler]]''': No, what happened?
'''[[The Stinger|Waldorf]]''':
'''[[Those Two Guys|Both]]''': [[Memetic Mutation|Do-ho-ho-ho-hoh!]]
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