You Should Have Died Instead: Difference between revisions

* ''[[ARAGO]]'': When Arago and Rio meet for the first time after Ewan's death, Rio quite explicitly expresses to Arago how she wishes that he would have died in Ewan's stead. This changes pretty quickly though.

* In the ''[[Death Note]]'' manga, Light says this to Ryuk ([[Bullying a Dragon|a God of Death]]).

 

== Comics ==

== Film ==

* ''[[Batman Forever]]'':

** In fact, Bruce had ''tried'', yelling out "Harvey! I'm Batman!" just beforehand, but no one could hear him over the panic.

* The Johnny Cash biopic ''[[Walk the Line]]'' shows how Johnny's father blamed him for his brother's death, and didn't respect his musical accomplishments.

** In ''Walk Hard: The Dewy Cox Story'', his own ''father'' tells him "The wrong kid died." Repeatedly. He visits Dewey in rehab just to reiterate this, he sings it as he does fieldwork...

* ''[[Ordinary People]]''

* In ''[[Kick-Ass (film)|Kick-Ass]]'':

'''Hit-Girl:''' If it wasn't for you, my daddy wouldn't be. }}

* ''[[Legion]]'': Sandra pretty much says this to her daughter after Howard dies.

* ''[[iCarly]]''

** Not death, per se, but Freddie's mom does this quite a few times after Freddie risks his life to save Carly's in "iSaved Your Life".

'''Mrs. Benson''': Broken. Damaged. But I see you're fine, isn't that nice? }}

** And this gem.

* ''[[Dexter]]'': Astor says this when she finds out {{spoiler|Rita's dead}}.

* ''[[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]'': In the third season, Mr. Miller tells Frank that he wishes Frank had died instead of Catherine. This is a fairly understandable case, as almost any family would choose their daughter over their son-in-law if push came to shove.

== Music ==

* [[Eminem]]: When he was in his late teens, Bruce Mathers (Eminem) was told by his mother over the phone that he should've died instead of his [[Dead Little Sister|beloved uncle Ronnie]]. [[Kick the Dog|On the day of Ronnie's funeral]]. One part of the song "Cleaning Out My Closet" is dedicated to blasting her for this.

 

 

== Stand-Up Comedy ==

* On the [[Comedy Central]] Roast of Donald Trump, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8wHmpP33s0 Anthony Jeselnik] noted the recent passing of long time roaster Greg Geraldo via overdose.

 

 

== Western Animation ==

* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', "Clams", when Mr. Krabs is eaten by a giant clam:

'''Squidward:''' Yes, why couldn't it had been ''you''? }}

* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'': Agnes Skinner says she wishes her son had died instead of their car. This is typical of their relationship.