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[[File:everythingyoucould.jpg|link=Black Jack|frame|Sometimes, even the greatest fail.]]
In every [[Medical Drama]], almost every [[Cop Show]], basically any show where the characters often have someone else's life/future in their hands, there will come a time when they will fail and the person they're trying to save will die (or wind up paralyzed, or in jail, or some other long-term bad thing). [[My Greatest Failure|The character will feel incredibly guilty,]] but an understanding friend or colleague - sometimes even the person whose life they just ruined - will insist, "'''You
Usually this helps, and the character is able to move on. Sometimes [[Heroic BSOD|they don't]], and fall into depression, and after a while will have another stock phrase thrown at them: "You can't keep blaming yourself!".
On the other hand, it's sometimes countered with a taunt of "Your best wasn't good enough!" And sometimes, it may ''still'' be good enough to [[Career-Building Blunder|keep you your job]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* It could be interpreted that this is what kicks off the entire plot of Naoki Urasawa's ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]''. After being assigned by the higher-ups in the hospital to save the life of a famous opera singer instead of a Turkish man, Dr. Tenma tries to console himself by getting one of these during a dinner with his fiancee, Eva. {{spoiler|She gives it to him, immediately followed by the line, "After all, not all lives are created equal." The shock of this helps him make his decision to save the life of [[Complete Monster|the title character.]]}}
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** Specifically, he says, "To think that doctors are above life and death is just arrogant, don't you think?" It was his last words.
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* In ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', Yuki blames herself for not foreseeing events that could injure Kyon. He reminds her that she trained him with 30 years of martial arts in a month, gave him most of his weapons, and that he's still alive, despite all the trouble he gets involved in. Like fighting interdimensional robots.
* In ''[[Ultimate
== [[Film]] ==
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'''Matt''': Listen to me. There is nothing else you could've done. }}
* Appears in [[Star Wars]] (Episode IV, ''[[A New Hope]]'') when [[Mentor Occupational Hazard|Obi-Wan]] [[Heroic Sacrifice|sacrifices himself]] so Luke can escape.
{{quote|'''Luke''': [[Heroic BSOD|I can't believe he's really gone.]]
'''Leia''': There wasn't anything you could have done. }}
* Plio says the exact phrase to Aladar on the Disney movie ''[[Dinosaur]]'' when he fails to rescue Bruton from the rockslide.
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (
{{quote|'''Ron Weasley''': ''You did everything you could. No one could win against that old hag.''}}
* In C. S. Goto's [[Warhammer
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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