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[[File:hourglass_8062.jpg|link=The Wizard of Oz (Film)|rightframe|<small>This is [[Deaths Hourglass|how much time]] you have left to be alive! And it isn't long, my pretty! It isn't long!</small> ]]
 
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{{quote|''"Your fleet is lost, and your friends on the Endor moon will not survive. There is no escape, my young apprentice. [[The Alliance]] will die... as will your friends."''|'''[[The Emperor|Emperor Palpatine]]''', ''[[Star Wars (Franchise)|Star Wars]]: [[Return of the Jedi (Film)|Return of the Jedi]]''}}
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...''[[Zero Wing|Make your time]]!''
 
The villain, who never had any intention of letting the hero (or heroes) live, has finally instituted the perfect plan that will ensure their demise (or at least, that's what the villain thinks). Of course, for some people it's not enough to [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?|simply kill]] the heroes. They have to crush their hopes utterly, ensuring maximum despair and humiliation. In short, they have to tell them death is inevitable. This is never wise.
 
A form of [[Evil Gloating]]; this tends to be standard for a [[Smug Snake]]. Expect this to almost always be invoked when there's a [[Death Trap]]. The villain can and will combine this with [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]].
 
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:
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"Soon you will all be dead, and I will be (lounging on a beach / on my throne / etc!)"<br />
"Take time to collect your thoughts, for soon you will be dead!"<br />
"[[Trope Codifier|Treasure what little time remains of your lives!]]" (A more accurate translation of ''[[Zero Wing]]'''s "[[Trope NamerNamers|You have no chance to survive make your time]]")<br />
"Say your last goodbyes!" }}
 
Note that this sort of threat is always telegraphed in advance. The hero may or may not be at the villain's mercy -- for reasons related to [[Bond Villain Stupidity]]. When the villain finally utters a [[Pre -Mortem One -Liner]] prior to delivering a [[Pre -Ass -Kicking One -Liner|beat-down]] of some sort, that's [[Prepare to Die]].
 
If the hero is in a position to retort, expect a [[Badass Boast]].
 
Compare [[If My Calculations Are Correct]] and [[No One Could Survive That]]. Contrast [[I Need You Stronger]], [[You Will Be Spared]], and [[No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine]].
 
Not to be confused with the ''trope'' [[Your Days Are Numbered]], which is not a threat, but a fact (despite the fact that some villains may very well use that exact phrase to mean this; if the hero's death is a foregone conclusion to ''them'', it counts as a threat). Inverse of [[We Will Meet Again]].
 
See also [[Thanatos Gambit]]. Not to be confused with [[Take Your Time]].
 
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