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'''Erik:''' ''It's great to have such good friends.''|''[[The Lost Vikings]]''}}

 

 

Compare [[Kleptomaniac Hero]].

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* The ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' dub:

'''Rex''': Why don't you show a little compassion for once? Let ''me'' take his Dark Magician. }}

** And [[The Abridged Series]]

* Played straight in the fourth volume of ''[[Dorothy of Oz (manhwa)|Dorothy of Oz]]'' with Dopey asking Grumpy if he can have his helmet if said older dwarf dies after nearly being fried alive by Mara's lightning powers.

* ''[[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.

* ''[[¡Three Amigos!|Three Amigos]]!'': When the Amigos arrive in Santo Poco, they don't know that they're meant to fight with El Guapo and his bandits. A little Mexican boy asks one of them (in Spanish) "Can I have your watch when you are dead?"

* ''[[Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure|Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey]]'': Inverted.

'''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."

* ''[[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 a Railway]] (as bait so the bad guys can capture him), he decides to head there alone to save her, while his brothers and neighbor stay put:

'''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.

* 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:

'''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.

** 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.

* ''[[Firefly]]'' had a variation on this:

'''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.

'''Mal:''' I mean it. It's cold, and I don't wanna get left. }}

* In ''[[Farscape]]'', Rygel goes so far as to give Crichton what seems to be the Hynerian version of the last rites, declare him dead, and claim all his possessions for himself.

** 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.

* 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?|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]'' have to come up with Bad Things to Say to Someone On Their Deathbed.

* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' did it when they spoofed ''[[Last Clear Chance]]'', a road safety film from the 1950s. As the main character watches his older brother get killed at a train crossing (in '''very''' [[Too Dumb to Live]] fashion), Servo shouts out "Can I have your room?"

** 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 ''[[Young Blades]]'' when D'Artagnan is about to embark on a ridiculous mission:

'''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]]:

'''Ray Carling''': Well. If you don’t make it out of here, can I have your mug? Only mine's knackered. }}

'''Ducky:''' My dear fellow, I never believed it for a moment. Welcome home. }}

'''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:

 

== Music ==

* Reversed in Matthew Good Band's "Indestructible":

You can have my stereo }}

 

* 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]]'':

** Another:

'''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.

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

** Also a rule in [[Munchkin (game)|Munchkin]], actually the only penalty for dying as your new character is the same level, class, race, as your old one.

* Bizarrely, [[Paranoia (game)|Paranoia]], the RPG most infamous for having players kill each other, averts this, largely to make all the dying everyone does less bad. (There's is indeed plenty of "stuff", but [[Made of Explodium|you probably don't want to take it]].)

 

* 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."

** 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 ''[[Half-Life 2]]'', sometimes the rebels accompanying you will lay claims on your crowbar or hazmat suit.

* 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.

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* 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."

* In an ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'' episode called "D.W Flips", the twins ask D.W. if they could have her toys if she dies attempting a gymnastic stunt.

* ''[[Beast Wars]]: [[Transformers]]''

* 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'Em All]], he tells the Planet Express crew not to touch his stuff; it's all booby-trapped.

* 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.)

'''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 ''[[Storm Hawks]]''.

'''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.

 

== [[Truth in Television]] ==

* "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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