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{{trope}}
{{quote|'''Erik:''' ''If I bash one more wall right now, my head will explode!''
'''Olaf:''' ''I got dibs on his helmet.''
'''Baleog:''' ''Okay, but I get his boots.''
'''Erik:''' ''It's great to have such good friends.''|''[[The Lost Vikings]]''}}
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Don't think, however, that this claim won't be invoked if in fact, you '''DO''' die [[Not Quite Dead|(or appear to)]].
Compare and contrast [[Where There's a Will, There's
Compare [[Kleptomaniac Hero]].
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== Advertising ==
* The PC skydiver in a recent{{when}} [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq0P5HUSX6A Windows' Phone commercial] assumes his Mac friend will die because he's too busy fumbling with his iPhone camera app to pull his chute in time.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* The ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' dub:
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'''Rex''': Why don't you show a little compassion for once? Let ''me'' take his Dark Magician. }}
** And [[The Abridged Series]]
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* Played straight in the fourth volume of ''[[Dorothy of Oz (
* ''[[Natsume Yuujinchou]]'': Madara/Nyanko-sensei tells everyone that the reason he sticks around Natsume so much is because he wants to take the Book of Friends once Natsume dies. It's probably a lie, though, since he could just kill Natsume and get it over with.
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[¡Three Amigos
* ''[[Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure|Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey]]'': Inverted.
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'''Dead Ted:''' Yeah?
'''Dead Bill:''' If I die, you can have my Megadeth collection.
'''Dead Ted:''' But, dude, [[Fridge Logic|we're already dead]].
'''Dead Bill:''' Oh. [[Fridge Brilliance|Well then they're yours, dude]]. }}
* ''[[Flatliners]]'': paraphrased: "Hey Nelson, if you don't make it... can I have your apartment? What? I was joking."
* ''[[City Slickers]]'': "If he dies, I'm going after Barbara."
* ''[[Back to The Future]] 3'': The gun salesman is happy to provide a brand new Colt Peacemaker for Marty's duel against Tannen... but should Marty lose, he will want it back, okay?
* ''[[Three Ninjas|3 Ninjas: High Noon At Mega Mountain]]'': When Rocky finds that his girlfriend has been [[Chained to
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'''Colt''': Tum Tum!
'''Rocky''': I'll be back. }}
* [[The Gamers]]. After accidently killing the mage of their group, they decide to bury him (and in the true spirit of gamers, not for sentimental reasons but for cold hard points) and after a few seconds of silence they are all quick to call dibs on what few earthly possessions he had.
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* Early in ''[[Memphis Belle]]'', the characters are shown divvying up the personal effects of a crewman who didn't make it back from the last mission. One of the characters asks if they should be doing this, and is told that otherwise it would all be sent back to his wife, and they didn't want her receiving anything embarrassing, like condoms...
** Later in the same movie, one of the characters becomes obsessed with the idea that he's going to die, and starts giving his ''own'' treasured possessions out to his comrades.
* In ''[[The
* ''[[The Mechanic]]''. The [[Bastard Understudy]] returns to claim the [[Big Fancy House]] and [[Cool Car]] of his [[Career Killer]] mentor after killing him. {{spoiler|Unfortunately the mentor anticipated this and rigged the car to explode.}}
* During Timmy's battle with the pirates at the beginning of ''[[A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!]]'', Cosmo asks him "If you die, can I have your bike?"
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[All Quiet
* At the end of ''[[The Hobbit]]'', Bilbo Baggins returns home to find that his relatives have declared him legally dead and started selling off his possessions. Luckily he has enough gold from his adventure to buy everything back (except for his silver spoons) and still have enough left over to be the richest hobbit in the Shire.
* In the sixth ''[[Slayers]]'' light novel:
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'''Gourry''': Do? We'll have a funeral for you, duh.
'''Amelia''': I'll probably go through your stuff and see if there's something worth keeping.
'''Xelloss''': Laugh a lot.
'''Lina''': Avenge me! If Zuuma kills me, you'll all try and ''avenge'' me! }}
* The [[WW 2]] novels by [[Sven Hassel]]. In the Old Un's unit the possessions of a dead colleague always belong to his fellow soldiers, with wills being drawn up over particularly valued items. Sometimes a soldier near death will have his pistol removed, as it would only be stolen by a medical orderly, but as the soldier is often aware of this happening it only hastens his death, as he knows what it means. In a (somewhat) more humorous example, Heide collapses after a fight and Tiny eagerly goes to salvage his gold teeth, but is so disappointed when Heide turns out to be still alive that he has to hand over everything in his pockets to avoid being beaten up.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[
** To be fair, he's deliberately being silly to keep his mind off the fact that his buddy might die from what's going on, plus cheering said buddy up.
* ''[[
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'''Zoe:''' Then can I have your share?
'''Mal:''' No.
'''Zoe:''' If you die, can I have your share?
'''Mal:''' Yes. }}
** Also, when Simon and River were kidnapped Jayne went ahead and started looting Simon's room.
** And then there's this bit from [[The Movie]], when Mal goes to rescue {{spoiler|Inara}} solo.
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'''[[Number Two|Zoe]]:''' What, and risk my ship?
'''Mal:''' I mean it. It's cold, and I don't wanna get left. }}
* One Episode of ''[[Star Trek
* In ''[[
** Later on inverted: about to go on a suicide mission, John tells Rygel he can have all his stuff. "You're a material guy, Rygel. Have some material." The tone of this is quite hurtful, and Rygel is surprisingly affected.
** When dying for real though, alternate Crichton teases Rygel by saying he still can't have his stuff.
* ''[[Just Shoot Me]]'': Jack remarks that according to his (broken) heart monitor he's dead. Finch immediately comes back with "Let me be the first to say, you were a great, great man, and dibs on your wife."
* The Janitor in ''[[
* On an episode of ''[[Grace Under Fire]]'', Grace tries to explain to her kids that she's made arrangements in case something should happen to her. Libby naively asks if she can have the tv if Grace dies, and Quentin starts to chew her out for not taking it seriously enough, Grace thinks. It turns out he thinks he should get the tv because he's the oldest.
* In a perfectly agreed and reciprocal version of this, Steve and Jeff in ''[[Coupling]]'' are "Porn Buddies" - should one of them die, it is the other's responsibility to clear out [[Porn Stash|all the porn]] before their family [[Personal Effects Reveal|goes through their effects]]. This also serves as a form of condolence - what better to help you through the grieving process?
* This, or a variation of, is a typical response when contestants on ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway
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* ''[[
** And after Crow takes inspiration from the film ''[[The Magic Voyage Of Sinbad]]'' only to get trapped outside the sattelite: "Hi, Crow? This is Tom. If you're gonna die out there in the cold void of space, can I have that Toblerone you've been hiding under your bed?"
* The following exchange from ''[[
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'''D'Artagnan:''' Yes...but don't eat him. }}
* ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]'', contrary to the tone of the quote, this was in fact a [[Darkest Hour|heartbreaking scene]]:
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'''Chris Skelton''': Go on.
'''Ray Carling''': Well. If you don’t make it out of here, can I have your mug? Only mine's knackered. }}
* In the
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'''Ziva:''' OK, so I may have acted a little hastily.
'''Tony:''' That's my letter opener.
'''Ziva:''' Excellent balance and weight. The edge is a little dull, but I've always admired it.
'''Tony:''' Where's my American Pie coffee mug?
'''Abby:''' Palmer.
'''Tony:''' Mighty Mouse stapler?
'''Abby:''' Ducky... Hey, Ducky.
(''Ducky is attempting to stealthily return the stapler when he's spotted'')
'''Ducky:''' My dear fellow, I never believed it for a moment. Welcome home. }}
* ''[[
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'''Grant:''' I want the robot to be buried next to me, over.
'''Tory:''' Don't worry, the robot will be buried with you. (Turns off walkie-talkie and turns to Kari) How'd he know? He'd be dead! That robot's going in my car! }}
** The exchange is inverted for an episode where Grant and Tory are sent up to skydive for myths from ''[[Point Break]].'' Grant goes up first and safely returns, but Tory, being second to jump, is anxious. Grant's 'assessment' about the danger Tory faces in the jump he is about to take is reflected in Grant's parting words to a visibly nervous Tory as the latter takes off:
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In an episode of ''[[Power Rangers SPD]]'', Piggy is really worried after the [[Big Bad]] gives him a tongue lashing; as he explains to a couple of customers at his restaurant:
{{quote|'''Piggy:''' I’m supposed to undermine SPD, and if I don’t, I’ll be vaporized!
'''Customer:''' If you get vaporized, can I have this place?}}
== Music ==
* Reversed in Matthew Good Band's "Indestructible":
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I came back for you
So you wouldn't be alone
And if I go away again
You can have my stereo }}
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* Sally in ''[[Peanuts]]'' was constantly laying claim to Charlie Brown's room should something happen to him. When he returns after being almost washed out to sea on his pitcher's mound, she says "I suppose you're going to want your room back." Also, when he returns from getting lost in the woods looking for Snoopy, she notes that it'll take a while to move all her things (including the bed) out of his room. She also tries to move into his room when he goes to camp.
* In ''[[Garfield]]'':
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** Another:
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'''Spider''': I'm warning you... You'd better not pick on me, cat! I'll tell my big brother! Hey, Rusty! C'mere!
'''Rusty''': Yeah?
'''Spider''': This big, stupid cat says he's gonna stomp me.
'''Rusty''': ''(considers Garfield, turns back)'' Can I have your CDs? }}
* In ''[[Dilbert]]'', this is applied to layoffs. It goes a bit far in one incident where while Dilbert and Wally confine themselves to pilfering the ex-employee's office equipment and furniture, Alice goes and takes the man's ''pants''. While he's on his way out the door.
== [[Radio]] ==
* In [[The BBC]]'s [[
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* As noted in one of the page quotes, likely to happen both in and out of character in role-playing games, regardless of characters' supposed morals. In extreme cases, and due to the freedom of most such games, particularly vicious
** Also a rule in [[Munchkin (
** A potential rules exploit, as new PCs start with magic items in 3rd and 4th edition [[Dungeons
* Bizarrely, [[Paranoia (
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* There are several scenes with Daxter that play when you die in the first ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' game, and one of them is Daxter asking, "Can I have your bug collection?"
* ''[[The Lost Vikings]]'' Holds the quote above.
* In ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'' [[Skies of Arcadia
* Occasionally, when Master Chief dies in [[Halo]], nearby marines (if there are any [[Redshirt Army|left alive]]) will say something to the effect of "Grab his helmet!" Grunts will also do the same thing.
** The former would make ''sense'' in Halo 1 and 2, however, as the Chief's helmet carries the AI simulacrum of Cortana. Making it less a "Ooh, I get his cool stuff!" and more a "Prevent the enemy from acquiring the most vital piece of intelligence in the galaxy."
* Anyone who has ever publicly threatened to quit playing an [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]], will ''always'' be met with at least one reply of "Can I have your stuff?" or "I call dibs on your plat!" among other mockeries. There's pretty much no avoiding it. Someone will make such a comment sooner or later.
** In the case of anyone's existence failure, the first question is 'What'd he drop?'
** [http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f33/chrislowe83/wowned.gif This.] The legend says the post got deleted by mods few minutes after the reply and the guy asking the question was banned.
* If you die in ''[[
* This can often cause the death of many a dwarf in ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'', as, if one of their brethren is felled, an opportunistic dwarf may rush straight towards the corpse to pillage it of its equipment, and get promptly killed by whatever caused the first dwarf's death. Then another dwarf may try to collect the loot of both dwarfs, and meet the same demise. [[Overly Long Gag|And yet another...
* In [[Minecraft]], when you die you drop all your stuff. This means that somebody around you can pick it up, and keep it for themselves.
* [[Black Comedy]] version in ''[[Shantae|Shantae: Half Genie Hero]]''. Before the [[Final Battle]] with Risky Boots, Rottytops wishes Shantae luck, but calls dibs on her brains if she fails. (Rotty makes jokes like this a ''lot''.)
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* One of
* A variant, in [http://www.thenoobcomic.com/index.php?pos=6 this] [[The Noob]] comic - After meeting a veteran MMORPG player who is about to quit, the title character asks, "Can I have your stuff?"
* In ''[[Erfworld]]'', when Parson is pulled into Erfworld by Wanda's summoning spell, one of his fellow gamers' first comment is "Dibs on his dice."
* ''[[
* ''[[Questionable Content]]'' put their own spin on it [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1166 here]. The belongings of the prospective deceased will be split by lottery instead of being fought over.
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'': A minor character displayed [[Too Dumb to Live|fatally poor judgement]] by trying to take Sanaa <s>Wilhelm</s> Tryggvassen [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100319 hostage]. One of the other prisoners promptly calls "Dibs on his boots!".
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In an ''[[Arthur (
* ''[[
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* In one gag in ''[[Futurama]]'', Professor Farnsworth presents his new invention - a clock that can tell how long anyone has to live - by testing it on Fry. We never see what the clock says, but the other characters bow their heads in sadness while Bender calls dibs on his stuff.
** Bender himself also [[Defied Trope|defied]] this trope. When he goes on a vacation to the Galapagos Islands, even after learning that it's all a trick by [[Richard Nixon]] to get all the world's robots together and [[Kill
* In an episode of ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' where Buster has to go see the principal, everyone calls dibs on his stereo. After the third time, [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|he turns to the camera and asks whether he's the only one in the school who has a CD player.]]
* ''[[Rocket Power]]'': When Otto refuses to heed everyone's warning against surfing during a particularly bad storm, Twister calls out to him as he leaves, "Can I have your skateboard?!"
* A Yogi Bear cartoon has Yogi in a runaway helicopter. Throughout the cartoon, Boo Boo is continually pestering Yogi about wanting Yogi's Pogo Stick if Yogi dies.
* In the TV movie ''[[Garfield]] in Paradise'', Garfield says to Jon, when they are surrounded by vicious-looking natives, "Assuming I get out of this and you don't, can I have your bunny slippers?" (The natives turn out to be friendly.)
* On [[
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'''Second Clone''': Oh, of course you can! }}
* In ''[[South Park]]'' - ''Best Friends Forever'', when Kenny is put into a coma Cartman is given his PSP, and fights for Kenny to be taken off life support so he can keep it.
* Stork sings a song about this in ''[[
* In the ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' episode "24 Hours to Live," Gerald tries to reassure Arnold that Harold has forgotten his plan to beat him up tomorrow for beaning him during a baseball game. Then the following happens:
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''(Gerald hands Arnold a sheet of notebook paper)''
'''Arnold:''' Hey, what's this? A CD player, roller blades, hockey stick?
'''Gerald:''' That's just a list of your stuff that I've kinda had my eye on - you know, if worse comes to worst.
'''Arnold:''' ''(with an annoyed look)'' Thanks, Gerald.
'''Gerald:''' Don't mention it. }}
* A [[Running Gag]] in [[Rango]] is the little girl claiming his boots when he dies. It's a sign that she's starting to respect him when she stops assuming he'll die every time he does something.
* In the ''[[Rick and Morty]]'' episode "Unmortricken", [[Sentient Vehicle| the AI in Rick's car-spaceship]] tells him that if he dies, she is ''taking'' his stuff.
== [[Truth in Television]] ==
* Reversed by David Letterman, the day before he went in for bypass surgery: "Paul, I just want you to know, if something happens to me - I want Felicia
* "In the Event of Rapture, Can I Have Your Car?"- bumper sticker
** Also "In Case of Rapture, You Can Have My Car". Referenced in the political webcomic ''[[I Drew This]]'': "But I don't ''want'' your car. It has that stupid sticker on it."
* [[George Macdonald Fraser]] recorded participating in the division of a fallen comrade's kit in ''Quartered Safe Out Here''.
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