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{{trope}}
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A very common [[Stock Phrase]], usually said by a villain as he's about to fight the hero. It can also be said by the hero if [[It's Personal]].
Other words can be substituted for "die" depending on the situation and the [[Never Say "Die"|rating level]] of the work in question. One common variation is "Prepare to be destroyed!"
Surprisingly, nobody explores exactly ''how'' you prepare to die. Perhaps you're supposed to do it by borrowing large sums of money and unloading long term stocks. Traditionally, you did it by making peace with [[God]], hence this line's occasional substitutes, "[[Say Your Prayers]]!" or "Prepare to meet your maker!" Still, the person who says it usually never gives them enough time to prepare.
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When done against a hero, expect the [[Big Damn Heroes]] to swing in at any moment. Sometimes it's the [[Big Damn Villains]] instead. A [[Thwarted Coup De Grace]] is sure to follow.
Compare [[I'm Your Worst Nightmare]]. Contrast [[Ineffectual Death Threats]]. Also, contrast [[Don't Make Me Destroy You]], where the character is actually trying to put off the impending death (Or, at least, he is claiming that).
Contrast [[You Have No Chance to Survive]], where the character telegraphs his [[Evil Gloating|death threats]] well in advance.
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▲== Anime & Manga ==
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▲* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''
▲{{quote| '''Roy Mustang:''' No need to say anything more, Envy. ''The first thing I'm gonna incinerate is your tongue.''}}
** Before that, there was [[Church Militant|Sc]][[Warrior Monk|ar]]:
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* First episode of Basilisk.
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* [[Ranma
* The ''[[
* In [[Suzumiya Haruhi]] (Melancholy to be specific), Kyon is about to be killed by {{spoiler|Ryouko Asakura}} - before Yuki steps through just in time to stop {{spoiler|Ryouko}} in her tracks.
* In ''[[
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* As seen in the pic, [[Fist of the North Star|Kenshiro]] often uses this as his way of declaring that a particular villain's actions are [[This Is Unforgivable!|unforgivable]].
* A variation used sometimes in ''[[
* ''[[
== Comics ==▼
* The Japanese version of the Punisher in ''5 Ronin'', in true Inigo Montoya-fashion▼
{{quote| You are soldiers of the Daimyo. You razed the house of Akagi. There is nothing more to be said.}}▼
* ''[[Secret Six]]'' plays with the trope a bit. Scandal is about to run wild through a group of security guards employed by a [[Complete Monster]] slaver. She says that they have thirty seconds left to live--enough to pray or make one last phone call. The guards look to each other... and some do start praying or leaving phone messages, having realized that they had it coming. ▼
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▲* The Japanese version of the Punisher in ''[[5 Ronin]]'', in true Inigo Montoya-fashion
* [[Half Life Full Life Consequences (Fanfic)|"Prepair to die" The Dark Man said.]]▼
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▲* ''[[Secret Six]]'' plays with the trope a bit. Scandal is about to run wild through a group of security guards employed by a [[Complete Monster]] slaver. She says that they have thirty seconds left to
== Fan Works ==
== Film ==
* ''[[The Princess Bride (
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* ''[[Road House]]'':
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'''Dalton''': You are such an asshole. }}
** Strange considering this is the film that brought us the infamous line, "[[Never Say "Die"|But Johnny, you could get injured!]]"
* The rather cheesy 1990 comedy ''[[Spaced Invaders]]'' shows no mercy:
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* Emperor Palpatine in the climactic scene of ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'': "And now, young Skywalker, you will die."
* ''[[The Sorcerer's
* Among the hammiest examples is Jeremy Irons spitting clear across the set to say "Now is your time to die!!" in the ''[[Dungeons
* From ''[[
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'''Goldfinger:''' (laughing) No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die! }}
** Bond talks Goldfinger into shutting off the laser.
* ''[[
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'''Sarris:''' When I grow tired of the noises you make, you shall DIE! }}
* ''Lost In Space'' When Dr. Smith is transformed into a self-proclaimed god and begins to eat the older Will Robinson:
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* At the end of ''[[The Pebble and
* Sark says this to [[Tron]] before their final battle (specifically, he says "Prepare to terminate!").
* ''[[The Crow]]'': When Eric Draven faces down Top Dollar's entire gang at the club, just before the biggest shootout of the movie.
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* ''[[Invasion
* ''[[Beauty and
* ''[[
* ''[[Flight of Dragons]]'':
{{quote|'''Bryagh:''' Puny scum of Carolinus! Prepare to die!}}
== Literature ==
* ''[[The Princess Bride (
* In an episode of ''[[Star Trek:
▲== Live Action TV ==
** In an episode of ''[[Star Trek:
▲* In an episode of ''[[Star Trek the Original Series]]'', the Enterprise is confronted by a powerful alien vessel that announces its intention to destroy our heroes, and goes on to say -- "we assume you have a deity... or deities," and politely offers to give the Enterprise crew time to make "whatever preparations" they deem necessary. An unusually explicit example of this trope, where the opponent says "prepare to die" and clearly ''actually means it''. And they're all the scarier for that.
▲** In an episode of ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation]]'', [[wikipedia:Where Silence Has Lease|Where Silence Has Lease]], the Enterprise-D encounters a similar situation, but the alien claims that between a third to half of the ship's crew will be killed as part of the alien's experiments about death. Picard tries a [[Take That]] and starts the self-destruct sequence. {{spoiler|Subverted in that the alien's experiments related to monitoring how humans reacted to the ''imminent threat'' of death without actually intending to kill them. Double-subverted in that the biggest threat to the ship and the crew in this context was ''Captain Picard himself'', since he threatened to kill the ''entire'' crew, as opposed to letting the alien choose which of them would survive.}}
*** {{spoiler|The ending reveals that it's actually a TRIPLE subversion: Picard knew that the alien was actually interested in how humans react to the threat of imminent death, and calls the alien out on it, and gets the alien to confirm he was right by appearing to him.}}
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' often uses the more family-friendly "Prepare to be [[Never Say "Die"|destroyed]]!"
== Music ==
* Tenacious D's ''Beelzeboss''.
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Now I'm complete and my cock you will suck!
This world will be mine, and you're first in line
You brought me the Pick and now you shall both die! }}
== Other ==▼
* In many [[LARP]] rule sets, the phrase activates a "slay" that hits [[For Massive Damage]].▼
== Video Games ==
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** While not a terrible a offender as it's successor, ''Demon's Souls'' manages to kill the player so many times that will make the casual, inexperienced gamer to die an infinite amount of times. Then again, both games are "love letters" of sorts to [[Nintendo Hard]] old school arcade games.
* ''"[[Zero Wing|All your base are belong to us.]] You are on your way to destruction. You have no chance to survive make your time."''
* In the .hack// video games for [[
* In ''[[Star Control]]'', the Ur-Quan give you a little time to prepare for death.
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* [[Eversion|READY!]] {{spoiler|TO DIE}}
* In Ascendancy, whenever you declare war on another species, the option you choose is labelled "We declare war on you. Prepare to die."
* ''[[
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'''[[Robot Girl|Nu]]-[[You Are Number Six|13]]''': [[Machine Monotone|Activate termination protocol.]]
'''[[Anti-Hero|Ragna]]''': Time to die, you degenerate son of a bitch! }}
* Neff from ''[[Altered Beast]]'': "Welcome to your [[Doomy Dooms of Doom|doom]]!"
* Said verbatim by [[Final Boss|Shao Kahn]] in the [[Mortal Kombat]] series as one of his many taunts: [[
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda
* In [[Spyro the Dragon|''The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon'']], [[Big Bad|Malefor]] says the line directly before his final showdown with Spyro and Cynder. What makes this note worthy is his general all around character makes it come off as truly threatening. It also helps that reguardless of whether or not he wins, the Destroyer might finish them off with the world anyway, so he has a pretty good reason for telling them this.
** What makes it more effective is the simple fact that Malefor says this during the only time in the ''entire trilogy'' that [[Villainous Breakdown|he gets angry]] {{spoiler|due to Cynder breaking free of his control thanks to the [[Power of Love]]}}.
* I am [[Halo: Reach|SPARTAN]]-[[My Name Is Inigo Montoya|B312.]] [[You Killed My Father|You killed my teammates.]]
** Note that Noble Six (SPARTAN-B312) does not say this out loud, but it is the title of a sub-level/section of the level "The Pillar of Autumn."
* [[Intentional Engrish for Funny|Magneto needs to work on his grammar]]. From the ''[[X-Men (
* One of the infested terran's quotes in [[
** From [[Star Craft 2|the sequel]], we have this gem:
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* My name is [[Monkey Island|Guybrush Threepwood]]. Prepare to die!
* One of [[Baten Kaitos|Lyude]]'s possible pre-finisher quotes. "You won't live to see the light of day!"
* In the original [[Kirby]] [[Kirby Super Star|Super Star]], Meta Knight actually said this to Kirby before their duel.
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** It was replaced by "This is the end! Kirby! [[Never Say "Die"|Come meet your doom!]]" in Kirby Super Star Ultra.
* Sir Ano does this in one of the Oaklore quests in ''[[
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* ''[[Fallout 2]]'':
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** The ''Fallout'' games in general will have little one-liners like this for the players that want to skip the conversation and get right to the shooting.
** In [[Fallout: New Vegas]], if you see Caesar on his invitation after accumulating a bad rep with the Legion, he'll tell you that it's all a trap and he's going to have you killed on the spot. Shortly after:
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* [[Metroid: Other M|"Mother...time to go!"]]
* In [[Dragon Age]] when playing as a human noble, you eventually run into [[Complete Monster|Arl Howe]], the man responsible for betraying and killing your family at the beginning of the game. He's now the ruler of Denerim and acting as [[The Dragon]] to the game's [[Big Bad]]. When you try to call for blood rights against him, he laughs in your face about how he's framed your family as traitors to the country, meaning you no longer have any right to vengeance against him. Among several dialogue options, one is to tell him: "I'm going to enjoy slitting your throat." And in the game's next mission [[Kick the Son of
* One of the dialogue options for confronting Ser Alrik in ''[[Dragon Age II]]'''s "Dissent" quest: "Die!"
* The ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' series brings us [[Alice Allusion|Alice]]: "Would you please [[One-Hit Kill|die for me?]]"
* The bosses of ''[[Einhander]]'' are a pretty mean lot; most of them say things such as "I'll send you to Hell", or "Welcome! Here you will find only your grave.", with a later one even using this trope almost by the letter. All in German, though.
* Pokémon of all series uses them...but of course, [[Never Say "Die"]] is nearly always in place, so. It's pretty common in the Ranger games particularly, with things like (major spoilers ahead):
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** And soon after...
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** And from [[Complete Monster|Purple]] [[Misanthrope Supreme|Eyes]], we have this:
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** And for a non-Ranger example, we've got Ghetsis from Black and White:
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▲== Web Comics ==
* In [[Dan and
▲* In [[Dan and Mabs Furry Adventures|DMFA]], Dan uses the [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_974.php "I'm going to destroy you!"] variation.
* In [http://www.onyxsparrow.com/prepare_to_die Prepare to Die] the phrase is used as a pun for the comic's title and once [http://www.onyxsparrow.com/prepare_to_die/archive.cfm?issue=248 in the comic itself].
* [[Bob and George]] "[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/040914c My name is Mega Man! You killed my dog! Prepare to die!]"
* [[Horndog]] - Bob learns that Leonard had drunken sex with Bob's girlfriend, Charlene:
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== Web Original ==
* In ''[[RWBY]]'' Coco tells a grimm "You destroyed my favorite clothing store. Prepare to die".
== Western Animation ==
* Said word for word in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', from [[Big Bad|Oz]][[Complete Monster|ai]] to Aang:
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** This is notable as usually this line is a source of [[Narm]]. When [[Mark Hamill|Ozai]] said it though, it was ''terrifying''. The fact that it's in a show [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?|advertised for kids]], makes it that much more notable.
** Fact that Ozai waited until he had a ''very'' good claim to actually winning didn't hurt, though.
* ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force
* [[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command|Emperor Zurg]] often says this to Buzz Lightyear. It's practically one of his [[Catch Phrase|Catchphrases]].
** "Not today, Zurg!"
* Shouted by Flarigan in ''[[
* From the [[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]] [[The Movie|movie]].
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* [[Transformers Generation
** Inverted with Springer in [[Transformers:
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* From [[Dan Vs.]] when Elise under the effects of a [[Mind Control Device]]:
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'''Dan:''' How does one prepare to be terminated? }}
▲== Other Media ==
▲* In many [[LARP]] rule sets, the phrase activates a "slay" that hits [[For Massive Damage]].
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