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{{quote|'''[[The Unfavorite|Faramir:]]''' You wish now that our places had been exchanged... that I had died and Boromir had lived?
'''Denethor:''' Yes. I wish that.|'''''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Lord of the Rings]]'''''}}
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* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'': This pushes {{spoiler|Shion}} over the edge in Meakashi-hen, when she thinks that {{spoiler|her [[Yakuza]] family killed her boyfriend}} and wishes that it had been his little sister instead, whom she never liked anyway. When her [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] gets to the sister, we get the most disturbing murder scene in the entire series, followed by one of the biggest [[Tear Jerker|tearjerkers]].
* ''[[Berserk]]'': Guts's adoptive father Gambino told him this word for word when [[Abusive Parents|he tried]] [[Offing the Offspring|to kill him]]. He's referring to Sys, Gambino's lover, who died from the plague just three years after they took Guts in. He blames this on Guts due to a superstitious belief that his being born from a corpse makes him bad luck, which fueled a hatred that had previously led him to {{spoiler|sell the kid to one of his men as a child prostitute for three silver coins}}.
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* Minagi Tohno in ''[[AIR]]'' reveals she was going to have a {{spoiler|little sister (to have been named Michiru) but her mother miscarried}}. Her mother {{spoiler|calls Minagi "Michiru"}}.
* In ''[[Skip Beat!]]'', it's a little unclear how the car accident death of Hizuri Kuon's older friend Rick came about, sending him into an [[Angst Coma]], but a large part of the reason it hit him so hard is that a blonde woman attached to them both expressed this sentiment and called Kuon a murderer. Even if he was (illegally) driving the car, it would have been a completely accidental vehicular homicide, since Rick couldn't even get the kid to do violence to a chicken because of his excessive empathy. And it doesn't look like he was driving.
** He only got out of the [[Angst Coma]] by turning into {{spoiler|Tsuruga Ren.}} And when he almost got into a car accident when a little boy ran in front of his stunt vehicle, he suffered flashbacks.
* ''[[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]]).
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== Comics ==
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== Film ==
* ''[[Batman Forever]]'':
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** In fact, Bruce had ''tried'', yelling out "Harvey! I'm Batman!" just beforehand, but no one could hear him over the panic.
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* 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...
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* ''[[Ordinary People]]''
* In ''[[Kick-Ass (film)|Kick-Ass]]'':
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'''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.
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*** His wording in the book is "Yes, I wish that indeed, for Boromir was loyal to me and no wizard's pupil... He would have brought me a mighty gift.". At least in the film, he hesitates to say this to Faramir, and his voice trembles. In the book he has no such hesitation. The full line is in the deleted scenes.
*** Note that, buried in the Council of Elrond scene in the book, Boromir explains that it was Faramir who had the [[Dreaming of Things to Come|dream]], and that Boromir followed the vision because Faramir was... not so ruggedly heroic as his brother. Leading to Denethor being actually rather justified in saying that Faramir "should've" been the one to die as he was the one being called. But on the flip side, Faramir shows exceptional resistance to the ring's temptations. How far would the Fellowship have gotten, if it had been Faramir and not Boromir who went along?
* In ''[[Harry Potter and
** The others would have chosen death over betrayal, so yes, Sirius' attitude is very much justified. (All the more seeing how he's had to carry the guilt of suggesting Wormtail be the Secret-Keeper needed for the Fidelius charm to work.)
* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'': Catelyn Stark's greatest moment of bitchiness in ''A Game of Thrones'' has her throwing this at Jon. Though the character at question wasn't dead just yet.
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Soap]]'': Elaine Lefkowitz, Danny's first wife, had this ("Why couldn't it have been you?") said to her by her father. Ouch.
* ''[[Lost]]'' : Benjamin Linus's father expressed these sentiments to
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** 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".
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'''Mrs. Benson''': Broken. Damaged. But I see you're fine, isn't that nice? }}
** And this gem.
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* ''[[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.
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== 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.
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== 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.
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== Web Original ==
* ''[[The Onion|Onion News Network]]'': "[https://web.archive.org/web/20100315055801/http://www.theonion.com/content/video/victim_in_fatal_car_accident Victim in fatal car accident tragically not Glenn Beck]"
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', "Clams", when Mr. Krabs is eaten by a giant clam:
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'''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.
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