If We Survive This: Difference between revisions

This is a line in the form "I swear if X, I'll Y". This is ''not'' [[The Promise]], as it is frequently a throwaway line, or may very well go uncompleted. It also has a formulaic conditional element that is not typical of [[The Promise]]. X is most commonly worded as "If I/we survive this" or "If this crazy shit works out", and Y is frequently "I'll kill you!" though almost anything than go in either space. Related to [[Deal with the Devil]]. Might end up [[Tempting Fate]].

 

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* ''[[The Crow]]'', Sergeant Albrecht. Suddenly finding the taste of cigarettes disgusting after being shot, he mutters, "I'm quitting as of now. If I live." This is also a callback to Draven, a walking dead man, chuckling after stealing Albrecht's cigarette, that "You shouldn't smoke these. They'll kill ya."

* Kaylee and Simon in ''[[Firefly|Serenity]]'' during a massive Reaver attack:

'''Kaylee:''' To Hell with this. ''[[Dramatic Gun Cock]]'' I'm gonna live! }}

* ''[[North by Northwest]]'' has Thornhill promise to Eve that if they survive the final confrontation on Mount Rushmore, they'd go back to New York on the train.

** ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' has Jack's "If I die, I'm haunting you, Shepard." In the third game, she tells one of her {{spoiler|biotic students}} "If you die on me, I will kick your ass!"

* From ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'':

* An Engineer in ''[[Half Life]] Opposing Force'' would say "If we get outta here alive, I'm buying you all a round of beer... hell, I'll by the whole damn bar!" Of course, considering they are [[Red Shirt|all the same NPC]], the odds are.... poor that any of them made it out alive.

* A particularly moving one from [[Metal Gear Solid]] after {{spoiler|Sniper Wolf's}} death.

'''Otacon:''' Okay, I'll be searching too. }}