Never Got to Say Goodbye: Difference between revisions

* {{spoiler|Kamina}} and {{spoiler|Yoko}} in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''. {{spoiler|Kamina}} died in battle with an unfulfilled promise to {{spoiler|Yoko}}. They did get to meet again though, in an [[Lotus Eater Machine]]. By the word of the creators, their meeting was arranged "to reunite two people in the place that has separated them".

* In ''[[Fruits Basket]]'', Tohru explains to Shigure that while her mother Kyoko was alive, she would always tell her "Goodbye, be safe!" But the one morning when Tohru wasn't awake at the time her mother left, Kyoko died.

 

 

* When Trapper was discharged from the army in ''[[MASH]]'', Hawkeye becomes quite upset because he was on leave at the time and never got to say goodbye. This comes up again in the finale, when Hawkeye becomes angry at BJ's refusal to actually ''say'' goodbye, saying he's still hurt that Trapper didn't.

* In ''[[That 70s Show]]'', Red's mother dies as Eric is driving her home. Because she was being a heartless crow (like usual), no one had anything good to say about her, but were still heartbroken when she was gone.

'''Eric:''' ...Dad, the last thing I said to Grandma was "It wouldn't kill you to be nice once in a while." But I guess it did, because then she died. }}

* In a short-lived sitcom about friends from preschool, one girl lost her parents at a young age. In a conscious effort to avert this trope, she insists on ending every phone call with "I love you," so that if one of the participants dies, [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|those will be the last words they said to each other]]. [[Comically Missing the Point|Her husband finds this creepy]].

* One of the songs on [[Songs to Wear Pants To]], [http://www.songstowearpantsto.com/songs/never-extended/ Never], says this verbatim. "I never got to say goodbye, baby, goodbye/ I've never moved on..."

* Youth of the Nation by P.O.D. has this from the dead person's point of view.

Or thank my pops for all the talks and the wisdom he shared }}

* The ending of [[Blake Shelton]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BEvvp1YZG8&ob=av2e ''The Baby''] quotes the trope name.

by the time that I got to her side, and I knew that she'd been taken,<br />

My heart it was achin', I never got to say goodbye }}

* ''[[Batman: Mask of the Phantasm]]''. The ending and the end credits song.

* Subverted in the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "Tweek vs. Craig", in which the shop teacher constantly says this about his dead fiancée. When her ghost appears to him and he finally gets to say it, he realizes it didn't make him feel better at all.

* [[Jem and The Holograms|Jem]] was in a fight with her mother and neglected to say "I love you" on the night that she died.

* Played straight and for laughs, interestingly enough, in [[Pixar]]'s ''[[Cars]]'', where Mater is upset that he never got to say goodbye to his new friend Lightning McQueen after he is suddenly whisked away to a big race. The next time they meet, Mater greets McQueen by saying "goodbye."