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[[File:zabuza_dead_2258.jpg|link=Naruto (Manga)|rightframe|"...Okay, let's try a ''fifteenth'' stab wound. Is he dead yet? ...''[[Why Won't You Die?|Dammit!]]''"]]
 
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{{quote|'''Travis Touchdown''': Pain in MY ass. ''Why aren't you dead yet?''<br />
'''Skelter Helter''': Such [[Genre Blind|blind arrogance]]! Like the naked emperor...<br />
'''Travis''': Seriously! ''I cut off your '''head'''''?!|''[[No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (Video Game)|No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle]]''[[hottip:*:<ref>The decapitated head spun in the air for a couple of seconds, spilling blood everywhere, and landed back on his shoulders. [[Serial Escalation|A cleaning crew had come to get rid of the mess and Travis was mid-conversation before Skelter started moving and talking again.]]</ref>}}
 
 
Despite the prominence of [[Only a Flesh Wound]] in media, there are some things that even writers would concede as pretty fatal. For example, if a character gets shot in the head or stabbed in the chest, they're pretty much done for, hopefully with enough time to give a [[Final Speech]] before their death.
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May overlap with [[I Can Still Fight]].
 
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