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This would be a [[Stock Phrase]]... although very few villains end up saying this the same way twice. The classic villain threat has several variations, some of which are:
 
{{quote| "[[Your Days Are Numbered]]!" (when used as an expression)<br />
"I'm afraid [[We Will Meet Again|we '''won't''' meet again]]."<br />
"This is now the ultimate power in the (x). We will crush you under our feet like insects!"<br />
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Goldfinger]]'':
{{quote| '''[[James Bond (film)|James Bond]]:''' Do you expect me to talk?<br />
'''Goldfinger:''' No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to '''die!''' }}
* ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'': The Wicked Witch hands Dorothy a [[Death's Hourglass|large hourglass]] and tells her this is how much time she has left to live. It's actually how much time before the Wicked Witch [[Bond Villain Stupidity|gets back]] and kills her.
** Parodied/referenced in ''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]'': <small>"You have until the sands... '''run up."'''</small>
* ''[[Return of the Jedi|Star Wars]]'': The page quote, in response to an unusual turnabout given by Luke.
{{quote| '''Luke:''' You're wrong. [[Thanatos Gambit|Soon I'll be dead]]... and you with me.}}
* ''[[Blade Runner]]'': Tyrell's immortal "revel in your time" line may be this trope.
* ''[[The Matrix]]'': Agent Smith does this repeatedly, sometimes as a form of [[Trash Talk]].
{{quote| '''Smith:''' Do you hear that, Mr. Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability.<br />
'''Smith:''' Evolution, Morpheus. Like the dinosaur.<br />
'''Smith:''' You must know it! You must sense it by now! Why keep fighting? Why, Mr. Anderson, [[Monologuing|why, why, why]]?! }}
** [[The Chessmaster|The Architect]] pulls the "We won't" (meet again) line on Neo after he chooses Door #2.<br /><small>(the door that "[[Screw Destiny|Leads Inexorably]] To The Extinction Of Every Last Human Being on the Planet".)</small>
* ''[[300|Three Hundred]]'': [[Older Than They Think|Straight from]] [[The Histories|Herodotus]]:
{{quote| '''Herald:''' By noon this day, you will be '''dead men.'''<br />
The thousand nations of the Persian Empire descend upon you! Our arrows... will ''blot out the sun!''<br />
'''Stelios:''' Then we will fight in the shade. }}
* In ''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]'', Flash is due to be executed, but is given a few minutes to see his girlfriend one more time. [[The Dragon]] puts a big hourglass in the room so they know how little time they have left.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Darkness Visible]] has an unusual example because, rather than the hero being at the villain's mercy, the villain is actually chained to a prison wall. However, his [[Evil Plan]] is still in motion, leading to this variant on the threat:
{{quote| 'I have taken away your need to fear growing old. You will not be thirty for very long!'...'You cannot stop it, Henry! You can only fail and die, and I hope you die with the knowledge that you lost at the forefront of your mind!'}}
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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== Music ==
* Mother Maiden of ''[[The Unforgiving]]'' delivers an awesome one of these during the [[Within Temptation]] song, "Iron."
{{quote| ''You need not fear us, unless you are a Darkheart, a vile one who preys on the innocent. I promise: you can't hide forever from the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of Hell!''}}
 
== Theatre ==
* ''[[Les Misérables]]'':
{{quote| ''You at the barricade listen to this! No one is coming to help you fight, you're on your own, you have no'' ''friends, Give up, your guns OR DIE!'' ''You at the barricade listen to this! The people of Paris sleep in their beds! You have NO CHANCE, NO CHANCE AT ALL!'' ''[[What a Senseless Waste of Human Life|Why throw your lives away?]]''}}
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Zero Wing]]'' is but one particularly [[Fountain of Memes|well known]] example:
{{quote| '''CATS:''' [[Hello|How are you gentlemen]]'''''!!'''''<br />
'''CATS:''' [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]].<br />
'''CATS:''' [[Trope Namer|You are on the way to destruction]].<br />
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* One of voicesets for NWN can have the ''PC'' shout out, "You will ''not'' survive!"
* Many, many bosses in ''[[World of Warcraft]]''. C'thun is most notable, as he spends the entire time you are inside his lair (Temple of Ahn'Qiraj) taunting you with this, before you even get to him.
{{quote| '''C'thun:''' [[You Are Already Dead]].}}
* The Reapers from ''[[Mass Effect]]'' love doing that:
{{quote| '''Sovereign:''' ''"We impose order on the chaos of organic evolution. You exist because we allow it, and you will end because we demand it."''<br />
'''Harbinger:''' ''"Human, you've changed nothing. Your species has attracted the attention of those infinitely your greater; that which you know as "Reapers" will be your salvation through destruction."''<br />
'''Reaper:''' ''"Every organic civilization must be harvested in order to bring order to the chaos. It is inevitable."'' }}
* Kefka in ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]''. "Such magnificent power! You are [[Pitiful Worms|like insects]] to me!"
* Sylvia in the first ''[[No More Heroes]]'' does this by phone (Wiimote speaker, it's ''awesome'') before every boss battle. She's supposed to be your ''ally''.
{{quote| "Give it your best shot! I am 100% certain you're returning from this battle, Travis. ...In a body bag."<br />
"I'm sorry to say this, but I'm 1800% positive that you will die here. [[Once an Episode|But trust your Force... And head for the Garden of Madness.]]"<br />
"I am 3,602,600,218% certain you will die. [[Running Gag|But trust your Force... And head for the Garden of Madness.]]" }}
* Alfred from ''[[Battle Clash]]'' does this in a pre-battle taunt:
{{quote| "My calculations say the chances of you winning are...0%."}}
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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