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The child of [[Have a Nice Death]] and [[Enemy Chatter]] wherein [[NPC]]s comment on the failure or death of the player character. It may also apply to other media.

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* In ''[[Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia]]'', if you die during the battle with {{spoiler|Albus}}, he gets a hold of himself and mutters, "Shanoa... [[I Cannot Self-Terminate|please kill me...]]" Die during the {{spoiler|Barlowe}} fight and he mocks you for your betrayal. Towards the end, when you fight Dracula, dying gives you the message "You danced well." Dying inside the Castle at all will give you an alternate Game Over screen with Dracula staring outwards with his creepy eyes.

* Being found out by the police in ''[[The Last Express]]'' would lead to a cut to a woman's diary/letter where she explains in the voiceover that she witnessed the PC being arrested, charged with murder and escorted off the train.

* One of the most extreme examples of this trope comes from the obscure PC game ''[[Total Distortion]]'', where the player is treated to a song mocking him for being dead that lasts for several minutes. Check it out [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6iT-lMgfAI here.]

{{spoiler|'''Elaine:''' How appropriate... [[You Fight Like a Cow|you fight like a Pox-infected undead cow.]]''*sword clash*''}} }}

* The Radio DJ in ''[[The Warriors (video game)|The Warriors]]'' would report on your failure/death in the gang war news, often mocking and patronizing you.

* "...Dibs on the suit," "Take his crowbar," and other comments in ''[[Half Life]] 2'', if you were to die near allied [[Cannon Fodder]].

** "If you ''dare'' say 'that's gotta hurt', I'll kill you."

* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' has automatic responses from the various classes when they kill an opponent, quite a few of which fall into line with this trope. The best demonstration comes from the Soldier, who occasionally offers a hilariously perfunctory [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGZ1oFfUcDM "You're dead, that's good, amen."]

* In the original ''[[Civilization]]'', defeat would lead to a [[Cutscene]] where archaeologists would discover the ruins of your culture thousands of years later and point out your most up-to-date technological advances. The scene ended with the phrase "([[Hello, Insert Name Here|INSERT NAME HERE]]) SHALL RETURN!"

* High-ranking enemies in ''[[City of Heroes]]'' and ''City of Villains'' taunt you if they defeat you. It can get annoying when they continually defeat disposable pets.

** Happens to certain dungeon and raid bosses in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' too. Especially amusing are Priestess Delrissa's (a 5-man boss). In order of death:

"It's been a kick, really." }}

* ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' occasionally had Daxter make a snide comment if Jak went down ("Heimlich? Stretcher? Yech... Breath mint?").

** "Don't worry, Jak, I'll avenge you! ...Not!"

'''{{spoiler|Iosa}}:''' Nothing but a mortal.

'''{{spoiler|Tor}}:''' Like a spark to the fire. }}

* In ''[[Nethack]]'', if you die inside a shop, there's a message about the shopkeeper cheerfully inheriting your possessions.

** If you die outside a shop, but in view of a shopkeeper, the shopkeeper will sigh regretfully. Unless you had angered them, in which case they'll claim your stuff as restitution.

* ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'' will have one of your allies comment should you (or anyone else in the party) drop. Morte and Annah, naturally, have the snarky lines.

** What makes this especially funny is the irreverent tone in which they make these comments, [[Death Is Cheap|as if they've seen it a million times before.]]

* Every boss that talks in ''[[The World Ends With You]]'' will drop a one-liner if they kill you, which takes precedence over your usual death screams. For example: "Another ''thrilling'' entreé!", "Do the math.", "Hey Uzuki! How 'bout that ramen?", "{{spoiler|[[Final Boss|Now Shibuya... will be saved.]]}}", and "{{spoiler|[[Bonus Boss|Open up your world!]]}}"

* Your teammates screaming [[Big No|"Noooooo!"]] when you die in ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star FOX]] 64/Lylat Wars''.

** If you're alone and fighting [[Big Bad|Andross]], you'll just hear Fox scream instead. I believe you will also hear [[Nightmare Fuel|Andross laugh.]]

* ''[[Star Wars Rebel Assault]]'': If you fail a training mission, your trainer may comment "Guess the rookie wasn't so sharp after all". If you run out of lives on the Trench level, the Death Star destroys Yavin IV, and the narrator says "the alliance was defeated" or something like that.

* Both ''[[Free Space|Descent: Freespace]]'' and ''Freespace 2'' had were recordings of wingmen reporting over the radio that the squad leader (the player) had just gone down. Radio gets cut off when the ship goes down, so you never get to hear them and the lines were unused.

* In the ''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Wing Commander]]'' games, your commanding officer will have a special eulogy on your behalf when you kick the bucket. Your wingmen get these, too, if they die in combat.

* ''[[Dark Star One]]'' gives one of these every time you're killed, and also lets each enemy get off a final line if you kill them. Sometimes they're funny, sometimes they're mildly sad, mostly they're just pointless.

* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' has one of the [[Mission Control]] characters, apparently hearing Snake's dying scream over the CODEC, frantically contact him as "Game Over" pops up, usually with some form of, "Snake, what happened? Snake?!? SNAAAAKKKEEEE!" [[Nonstandard Game Over|Sometimes this changes]] - hitting the C4 wires during the fight with Ocelot in the first game leads to Ocelot shouting, ''"You idiot!"'' (The remake changed it to a more restrained "You stupid fool..."). If you die trying to resist [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique|the torture]], you hear a snatch of a conversation between Liquid and Ocelot:

{{quote|'''Liquid''': You did it again, Ocelot!

** ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'' also has the "SNAAAAKE" yells if you die while the Codec is playing a message. The [[Star Fox (series)|Slippy]] one is particularly funny.

* Two escorted [[NPC]]s (Jimmy and a corrections officer) in ''[[The Suffering]]'' would comment on your death ("Shit! That guy was dead weight anyway." and "Oh my God in heaven, they killed him, oh god oh god...", respectively).

* ''[[Red Faction]] 2'' had some Enemy Chatter bites for when you killed other enemies in their vicinity ("That was my cousin! We grew up together" was one of them, IIRC).

* ''[[Jagged Alliance]]'' and its sequels often had voiced lines when mercs who knew each other well died within their line of sight. One of them involved Fox, a pin-up girl cum combat medic. "NO! Not the Fox! Her centrefold will live on forever in my memory!"

** In the sequel, characters often form "character pairs". They improve morale by fighting with each other. Sometimes they're one way. Steroid likes Grizzly for his brute strength, Grizzly doesn't care. Fox and Grizzly like each other. Gaston is infatuated with Fox. These are just a few examples, as the sequel [[Loads and Loads of Characters|has even more mercs than the first game]], and many of them can interact.

*** "Alas, in death, the fox has left many a broken heart scattered about this place..."

* In some of the ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' games, when you're arrested, your lawyer can occasionally be heard as the screen fades saying things like, "Do you really think my client is capable of that?"

** Others include: "My client hasn't ever been to the city," "Of course my client ''looks'' like the suspect. You look like an idiot, it doesn't mean you are one!" or "My client doesn't even know how to drive a car".

*** [[Drives Like Crazy|Damn right he doesn't.]]

* In ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]'''s second season, Batou does a visual version where he places a lit cigarette in a bottle and prays over it like a stick of incense for the {{spoiler|Individual Eleven. As part of his attempt to [[Hannibal Lecture]] [[Big Bad|Gohda]] (who brainwashed them into committing suicide as part of his [[Evil Plan]]).}}

* ''[[Star Wars/Allegiance|Allegiance]]''.

{{quote|The Emperor had little patience with memorials, Mara knew, with extra contempt for the practice of saying words over the fallen. Mara said a few words anyway, half remembered ones from her childhood, before consigning Tannis's body to the emptiness of space. }}

* ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' has Emerson give a particularly hilarious informal eulogy for {{spoiler|the villainous Dwight Dixon}}:

{{quote|Here lies {{spoiler|Dwight}}

Now he's done. }}

* During Sarge's funeral in [[Red vs. Blue]], Grif delivers a roast instead of a eulogy, and [[The Starscream|Simmons]] eulogy is actually a campaign speech for Sarge's old job.

{{quote|'''Grif:''' Is he campaigning for your job at your own funeral? ''Classy.''}}

** It should also be noted that Sarge is actually there, [[Attending Your Own Funeral|attending his own funeral]] ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]).

* The classic "Oh My God! They/We/You/I/She/He Killed Kenny!" running gag from ''[[South Park]]''.

* Yzma's eulogy for Kuzco in ''[[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperors New Groove]]'' starts out formal, but then she abruptly ends it with "Well! He ain't gettin' any deader! Back to work!" For the record, Kronk thinks it was lovely.