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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]] ==
* ''[[Resident Evil (film)|Resident Evil]]''. As Alice and Matt near the exit, Alice feels responsible for not saving all of their comrades who died.
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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.
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'''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 (
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* In C. S. Goto's [[Warhammer
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Said a bazillion times, by almost every character, to almost every character, on ''[[ER]]''.
* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''. Cameron says this to House in the first season episode "Damned If You Do". As expected, [[Dr. Jerk|he doesn't respond kindly]].
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'''House:''' I don’t need verification from you to know that I'm doing my job well. That's your problem, not mine. }}
** Also occurs in season six, when {{spoiler|the patient dies due to a fat embolism, after a leg amputation, which House could not have done anything to prevent}}. When Foreman tells House that is wasn't his fault, House is not consoled because that was exactly what was eating him up; he did everything he could (everything ''anyone'' could) and it still wasn't enough.
* ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'': "One Wonderful Day"
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* ''[[Lost]]'': "Whatever the Case May Be"
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* ''[[Friday Night Lights]]''
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* Parodied in ''[[Frasier]]''; an old friend-turned-bitter rival of Martin's is in the hospital with serious problems and Frasier's trying to persuade Martin to bury the hatchet. Martin, typically stubborn, refuses. Frasier gets a phone call, and responds to the caller with a somber "I'm sure you did everything you could..." Martin, who obviously can't hear the other end of the conversation, freaks out and decides to resolve his problems with his old friend. He stubbornly refuses Frasier's offer of a ride to the hospital because he can drive himself. Except he can't; the phone call was from his mechanic, who was calling to tell him that his car's transmission is kaput.
* Abused by [[Magnificent Bastard|Malcolm Tucker]] in ''[[The Thick of It]]''. He tells Glenn and Olly "you tried, you really tried" when they fail to steer Nicola Murray out of an embarrassing photo opportunity... which Malcolm had deliberately steered her into as part of his latest scheme. His reassuring words were [[Manipulative Bastard|just a means of covering it up]].
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