Prepare to Die: Difference between revisions

== Anime & Manga ==

* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''

** Before that, there was [[Church Militant|Sc]][[Warrior Monk|ar]]:

* First episode of Basilisk.

* '''[[Dragon Ball]] Z'''

* ''[[Claymore]]'' gives us [[Mama Bear|Teresa of the Faint Smile]], who goes against the ironclad rule of [[Thou Shalt Not Kill|not being allowed to kill humans]].

* [[Ranma ½|Ryoga]] often enters a scene yelling, "Ranma, prepare to die!"

* The ''[[Soul Eater]]'' anime has Medusa do this to {{spoiler|Chrona}} right before {{spoiler|Maka}}'s [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment.

* 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 ''[[FAKE]]'', this is combined with [[Big Damn Heroes]] and [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]:

* 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 ''[[Inuyasha]]'': "Wash your neck!" (The translation notes explained, as in preparation for execution.)

== Comics ==

* The Japanese version of the Punisher in ''5 Ronin'', in true Inigo Montoya-fashion

* ''[[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.

== Film ==

* ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'':

* ''[[Road House]]'':

'''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:

* ''[[Film/Scott Pilgrim Versus The World|Scott Pilgrim Versus The World]]'':

* ''[[Blade Runner]]'':

** ''[[Blade Runner]]'' also has a slight subversion, with the [[Stock Phrase]] as part of Roy Batty's [[Famous Last Words]]:

* Emperor Palpatine in the climactic scene of ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'': "And now, young Skywalker, you will die."

* ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice|The Sorcerers Apprentice]]'' has Horvath say "And now, young Dave, I will kill you. Yes, right here in this dreadful bathroom. Quite un-stylish, but you know, these things happen."

* Among the hammiest examples is Jeremy Irons spitting clear across the set to say "Now is your time to die!!" in the ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (film)|Dungeons and Dragons]]'' movie.

* From ''[[Goldfinger]]'', as [[James Bond]] is about to be cut in two with a laser (lengthwise):

'''Goldfinger:''' (laughing) No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die! }}

** Bond talks Goldfinger into shutting off the laser.

* ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'' When the Thermians are showing a smuggled tape off Sarris' ship to the 'crew' of the Protector:

'''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:

* At the end of ''[[The Pebble and the Penguin]]'',[[Tim Curry|Drake]] yells out "Say you prayers, Hubie!'' just right before {{spoiler|being crushed by the very boulder he was going to use to kill Hubie.}}

* 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.

* ''[[Invasion U.S.A.]]'': [[Chuck Norris]]'s character said "It's time to die..." to the [[Big Bad]] in the past, before kicking him into unconsciousness. This caused the [[Big Bad]] to have nightmares and to wake up screaming every night. When the final showdown occurs, Chuck's character just says "It's time...". {{spoiler|And then he [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|blasts the BigBad out of the top story window with a rocket launcher]].}}

* ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' has an interesting aversion, as Gaston originally said "Time to die!" in the rooftop duel, but was changed to "Belle is mine!" due to it being [[Never Say "Die"|too harsh]] for a kids' film. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfft9P-_QEw This is what it would have sounded like].

== Music ==

* Tenacious D's ''Beelzeboss''.

Now I'm complete and my cock you will suck!<br />

This world will be mine, and you're first in line<br />

* In the .hack// video games for [[Play Station 2]] there's a weapon called "Prepare to Die"

* In ''[[Star Control]]'', the Ur-Quan give you a little time to prepare for death.

* [[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."

* ''[[Blaz Blue]]''

'''[[Robot Girl|Nu]]-[[You Are Number Six|13]]''': [[Machine Monotone|Activate termination protocol.]]<br />

'''[[Anti-Hero|Ragna]]''': Time to die, you degenerate son of a bitch! }}

* One of the infested terran's quotes in [[Starcraft]]. Considering their role of suicide bomber, it's not exactly an empty threat.

** From [[Star Craft 2|the sequel]], we have this gem:

* 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.

** 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 ''[[Dragon Fable]]''.

* ''[[Fallout 2]]'':

** 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:

* [[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 a Bitch|you do.]]

* 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):

** And soon after...

** And from [[Complete Monster|Purple]] [[Misanthrope Supreme|Eyes]], we have this:

** And for a non-Ranger example, we've got Ghetsis from Black and White:

* [[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:

== Western Animation ==

* Said word for word in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', from [[Big Bad|Oz]][[Complete Monster|ai]] to Aang:

** 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.

* Shouted by Flarigan in ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' during one of the first episodes after Frylock destroys the former's "Rainbow Machine". However, he quickly [[Implausible Deniability|changes his tune]] after Frylock launches him into the air.

* From the [[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]] [[The Movie|movie]].

* [[Transformers Generation 1]] has several examples. [[Ax Crazy|Galvatron]] says, "Prepare, Autobots, to DIE IN DARKNESS!" at the beginning of ''Five Faces of Death Part 5'', and Cyclonus says, "Autobots, prepare to die!" in ''The Rebirth part 2''.

** Inverted with Springer in [[Transformers: The Movie]].

* From [[Dan Vs.]] when Elise under the effects of a [[Mind Control Device]]:

'''Dan:''' How does one prepare to be terminated? }}