You do n’t get to be an epic hero without laugh in the face of death — but decease always has the last jape . When you hear that a zep ’s odds of survival are a million to one against , you know that hero ’s safety gadget is guaranteed . But here are 12 coarse phrase in movies and video show , that could mean a bomber ’s day are count .
observe : We do n’t have concrete representative for all of these , because they ’re free-base on a lifetime of watch millions of movies and uncounted hour of television . But please shriek up with your own favorites , and your own examples !
The bit someone start to extract rank or point out what an expert they are at something , they ’re quite perhaps doomed . Nobody care an expert , after all , and we all wish to see experts flush it , unless they ’re pilots and we ’re passengers on their aeroplane . See also : “ I know what I ’m doing . ” Or : “ I have this . ” Or : “ pass on this to the pro . ”
There ’s always one member of the team of good bozo who ’s the squeamish one , and believably the comic relief . He ’s confronted with the one matter he fears or hates most — and usually overcomes his fear , before overcompensating and becoming toast .
Or , alternatively : “ Go now ! , ” which is frequently someone ’s last word before being sealed in a end lying in wait . Or : “ Get out while you still can . ” This sorting of vocalization can suggest a sacrificial lamb , or it can just mean that the speaker is going to “ lead them off ” or go do something dangerous , while the person being address is choke to stay inside a detain , and supposedly safe , quad . This always works out bully , for everyone concerned .
Or alternatively : “ It ’s not over ! ” The moment anybody either expresses confidence that the good guys have almost get aside from the independent peril , or take a firm stand that they ’re go to keep campaign no matter what , that mortal is quite likely marked for expiry .
Or words to that force — when someone is trying to get closure , or say that whatever happens today , they still feel some emotions , yadda yadda , this person is probably paint a giant target on his or her thorax . Especially if this is said in the season finale ( or worse yet series finish ) of a television receiver show .
Anybody who promise to be there for his or her loved unity from now on is not go to be there for his or her fuck unity … it ’s like an unbreakable police force of physics . The moment an absentee don , spouse , best friend or machine car-mechanic promises to be more reliable in future , you might as well pose a ramification in him or her .
This one is almost cheating . When someone decides to redeem him- or herself for preceding fault , this usually means either outright ego - sacrifice or some risky - ass behavior that tote up up to the same thing . See also : “ I have to do this . ” Or : “ I ’ve finally figured out what I ’m suppose to do . ”
Similar to token # 1 , when someone has just pull off an amazing feat or shown incredible skill ( akin , perhaps , to being a leaf on the wind ) , then that individual is almost sure about to be struck down . Especially if there ’s vaporing or hubris or whatnot . See also : “ Let ’s do this ! ” The one who ’s the most gung - ho is usually the first to die out .
Someone who has a great luck is probably safe from end — but the soul who separate him or her about this heroic destiny is probably marked for destruction . Any fourth dimension you hear someone tell a hero that he or she is destined for immensity , the person saying those words is in all probability fate for immediate termination . ( See , among others , Obi - Wan ’s last words to Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars . )
Or standardised phrasing , like “ All of this was supposed to happen , ” or “ I ’m right where I ’m presuppose to be . ” Acceptance of fate = expiry . Even if the destiny that someone ’s accepting has nothing to do with death , and is just about accepting a situation . People who make peace with hooey might as well blow their brain out .
Or , alternatively : “ Is that all you start out ? ” say tauntingly to an attacking evil person . inescapably , that is n’t all they ’ve puzzle .
And in the end , the classic . As often satirized on The Simpsons and other shows , the moment someone get down talking about all the great thing he or she is going to do after this incubus is finally ended , you know there ’s no happy termination in store for that person . In Hunt for Red October , as soon as Sam Neill get going talking about the great time he ’ll have living in Montana after he ’s defected , you know it ’s curtain for Sam — and we ’re not babble about pluck out curtains for his Montana cabin .
germ : We brainstormed most of these on our own — but to verify we did n’t pretermit any classics , we also glance at TVTropes ( here , hereandhere ) and Wikiquote ( hereandhere . ) Thanks to Esther Inglis - Arkell , Kaila Hale - Stern and Katharine Trendacosta for the remark !
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