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See also {{Retirony}}, a major development a random RedShirt will never get to see, as well as DeadlyDeferredConversation and FatalFamilyPhoto. A kind of TemptingFate. Compare PlanningForTheFutureBeforeTheEnd for cases where the imminent death of one of the characters is apparent. Also compare IfWeSurviveThis.

** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'': Inverted by [[spoiler:Polnareff]], who initializes this speech by telling [[spoiler:Avdol]] once things are settled, they'll have dinner at a fine establishment. [[spoiler:Not long after this, Avdol performs a HeroicSacrifice by saving Polnareff from a PortalCut]].

* ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}'' and Sylvie agree that there is no time for idle conversation when so much is at stake, but Loki tentatively suggests that once it is over they can figure out what to do next together, and Sylvie concurs.
* In ''Series/{{NCISLosAngeles}}'' when Deeks is trapped in a room with a bomb, and his partner/love interest Kensi refuses to leave him, the pair decide if they survive they will make babies and live in a van, homeschooling. Since this would be quite a departure from status quo on the show, it is a bit disconcerting. [[spoiler: They survive and do continue their relationship, getting married and trying for kids in later episodes - although as far as we know they are not homeschooling in a van yet.]]

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel IV'', If Alisa is romanced, a conversation in the FinalDungeon has her talk to Rean about wanting to make their relationship official to her mother and Gwyn with Rean agreeing.

* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'', during [[spoiler:Norea's attack on Asticassia]], [[spoiler:Petra]] tells Suletta that if they survive, she'll make Lauda go on a date with her. When she asks what Suletta intends to do if she survives, Suletta doesn't answer. Guess which one of them doesn't make it. [[spoiler:Actually subverted: while Petra is heavily wounded, she survives.]]

* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'', during [[spoiler:Norea's attack on Asticassia]], [[spoiler:Petra]] tells Suletta that if they survive, she'll make Lauda go on a date with her. When she asks what Suletta intends to do if she survives, Suletta doesn't answer. Guess which one of them doesn't make it.

* Invoked and parodied in ''Manga/MonsterMusume''. After [[spoiler:Lala]] convinces the harem that Kimihito is doomed to die, Kimihito bravely stands up and declares to Miia, "If I make it home alive, I'm getting married!" Miia lampshades the fact this is a death flag, only for Kimihito to walk towards a road, [[TemptingFate spouting even more death flags]], and then get hit by... a remote-control toy that's barely knee-high. Turns out he ''knew'' [[MrImagination Lala's]] death omens were a bunch of baloney and he specifically invoked such a well-known death flag in order to prove it. (Strangely, [[ClingyJealousGirl Miia]] doesn't hold him to his promise.)

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* IfWeGetThroughThis/AnimeAndManga
* IfWeGetThroughThis/FanWorks
* IfWeGetThroughThis/LiveActionTV
* IfWeGetThroughThis/VideoGames
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* Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid discuss moving to Australia in the final moments of their BolivianArmyEnding.

* In ''Film/RestStop'' the policeman who has his legs broken says he wants to get home to his kid so he can apologize for the one time he yelled at him.

* Used to good effect in ''Film/{{Serenity}},'' as they're gearing up for a last desperate stand and Simon finally tells Kaylee that he regrets never acting on her obvious desire to hook up. Kaylee takes this as fuel for her determination, but to the viewer, this (coupled with the recent realization that AnyoneCanDie) creates more genuine fear for the characters' fate than most action movies produce. [[spoiler:Of course it ends up being a subversion.]]

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* In ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' Endorsi tells Anaak that she'd love to go eating with her [[spoiler:as Ren is trying to make her kill Anaak and it seems like she is really going to do it]].

* ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', when Zaphod, Trillian, and Marvin are being eaten by the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal:

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* ''Manga/AkameGaKill'': [[spoiler:Lubbock]] tells Tatsumi that once the rebellion is over, he'll try expanding his book shop and marry Najenda. Unfortunately, he will never get that opportunity.
* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', before the trainees' first mission in Trost, Sasha managed to get her hands on a big slab of meat (a luxury since much land was lost to Titans). All the recruits decided they would share the meat once their duties were finished. Unfortunately for many of them, they never got the chance.
* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': Played to a similar effect when the Hawks are about to depart on their Griffith rescue operation. Rickert is unable to go with the healthy Hawks because of his broken arm, but Judeau reassures the young lad that once they come back with Griffith, he would be the first one to hug him. [[spoiler:Little did either party know that it would be the last time they would see each other.]]
* In ''Anime/{{Betterman}}'', during a particularly dangerous situation, Keita asks his partner and {{Childhood Friend|s}} Hinoki on a date if they get out alive. [[spoiler:And they do.]]
* A scene from ''Anime/BloodPlus'' has one of these, mentioning a walk in Paris.
* At the beginning of episode 23 of ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'', Mordred and her Master make plans to celebrate their victory by going to a bar and demanding their best wines lest King Mordred wreck the joint... halfway through the episode, they're both dead.
* In ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' [[spoiler:Tsukuyo gives Gintoki her pipe and tells him not to lose it, and if he does, he needs to buy her another one "on the surface"]] in the Hosen arc.
* ''Manga/InuYasha'': It takes most of the manga for Kohaku to stop thinking that his only right is to die for the crimes he's committed in Naraku's name. It's lampshaded towards the end of the manga (shortly before the FinalBattle begins) by Kohaku himself when he asks his sister if, when this is all over, he has the right to keep living, after all. Just as he asks his sister this, a hidden trap by Naraku is sprung, slicing through his neck to obtain the last shard needed to complete the Shikon no Tama... and incidentally removing the one single thing that was keeping Kohaku alive. [[spoiler:[[DeathIsCheap He gets better.]]]]
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'': Inverted by [[spoiler:Polnareff]], who initializes this speech by telling [[spoiler:Avdol]] once things are settled, they'll have dinner at a fine establishment. [[spoiler:Not long after this, Avdol performs a HeroicSacrifice by saving Polnareff from a PortalCut]].
** ''Manga/GoldenWind'': Played straight with [[spoiler:Narancia]]. In the climax, he briefly talks about everything he wants to do when he gets back to Naples, as well see [[spoiler:Fugo, who parted ways with the group in Venice]], again. Minutes later, the BigBad suddenly attacks the group and kills him.
** ''Manga/StoneOcean'': [[spoiler:Anasui]] tells Jotaro that he'll be marrying Jolyne after the last battle. [[spoiler:Like Narancia, he gets killed by the BigBad before that will even happen.]]
* In the final episode of ''Anime/KillLaKill'', right before the final battle, Satsuki stops her team from carrying out their tradition of breaking their teacups before a major battle[[note]]apparently signifying their expectation to die gloriously or something[[/note]], telling them that they will all be having tea again after the fight. This pretty much jinxes the whole thing. [[spoiler:We get a false alarm when Gamagori gets ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice, but survives thanks to [[CrazyPrepared wearing a titanium undershirt]]. It's Senketsu who ends up dying, thanks to a PhlebotinumOverdose, which causes him to start falling apart. He uses the last of his strength to keep Ryuko from burning up in re-entry while having a moving last chat with her.]]
* ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes'' has a number of these, occasionally woven in with other death flags.
** [[AcePilot Poplan and Konev]] talk about how whoever shoots down less enemy fighters owes the other a drink afterward. While [[spoiler:Konev]] solves a crossword item with the answer "Funeral". [[spoiler:He doesn't make it back.]]
** While on the way to launch for the next battle, [[NumberTwo Vice Admiral Fischer]] informs Yang that he'll probably write a book after the war. [[spoiler:His flagship goes down in the next episode.]]
* Invoked and parodied in ''Manga/MonsterMusume''. After [[spoiler:Lala]] convinces the harem that Kimihito is doomed to die, Kimihito bravely stands up and declares to Miia, "If I make it home alive, I'm getting married!" Miia lampshades the fact this is a death flag, only for Kimihito to walk towards a road, [[TemptingFate spouting even more death flags]], and then get hit by... a remote-control toy that's barely knee-high. Turns out he ''knew'' [[MrImagination Lala's]] death omens were a bunch of baloney and he specifically invoked such a well-known death flag in order to prove it. (Strangely, [[ClingyJealousGirl Miia]] doesn't hold him to his promise.)
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' uses an extremely dark variant of this: during TheMovie, in an attempt at GetAholdOfYourselfMan mixed with CooldownHug, [[spoiler:Misato French-kisses Shinji and promises to "do the rest" when he gets back... knowing full well that she has been mortally injured and is moments away from death]].
* Happens tragically in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. They will never have the cake for augury celebration. Well, technically, they did. It's just that [[spoiler:they got to it in what's effectively the afterlife]].
* In ''Anime/RahXephon'', one of TERRA's fighter pilots reveals that he wants to ask out his superior officer if he makes it through the next mission alive. Naturally, he doesn't.
* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': [[TearJerker/SailorMoon That thrice-damned chocolate parfait.]] One of the most well-done deaths in the series, and it's a ''[[AlasPoorVillain villain]]'' death.
* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', this is done immediately after the legendary "kiss of doom."
* Parodied to hell and back in the first episode of ''Anime/TheTowerOfDruaga'', like everything else about the fantasy genre and anime:
** When first meeting the crimson knight, ''Black Knight'':
--->'''Utu:''' Hey, Jil...\\
'''Jil:''' What is it, Utu?\\
'''Utu:''' You see... when this battle is over, I am going back to my hometown to get married.\\
'''Jil:''' I see... Why are you telling me this now?\\
''(Utu charges and is instantly killed)''
** Later Black Knight returns and saves Jil from a dragon because he is [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou The Only One Allowed To Defeat Him]].
--->'''Black Knight:''' And Jil, there is something else I must tell you.\\
'''Jil:''' What?\\
'''Black Knight:''' When this battle is over, I am going to return to my hometown and marry.\\
''(Black Knight is instantly killed by the dragon)''
** And finally the dark god in the final battle.
--->"Jil... I am your father. And one more thing, once this battle is over, I plan to get remarried in my hometown."
* ''Anime/VividredOperation'': Akane motivates her team by promising the fact that Momo has a dinner waiting on the table, and that a quick victory would result in a quick return home. [[spoiler:However, the newly-resurrected Alone manages a hit and decommissions Akane]].
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* ''In VideoGame/HetaOni'', the countries all discuss how, after they ALL escape from the mansion, they're going to have a huge party, and what they're going to do there. And we all know what happens [[TearJerker next]].
* ''The Sanctuary Telepath'', John and Janine and their world tour in case they finally defeat the elemental. [[spoiler:They manage it, but things don't go exactly as planned.]]
* ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'':
** During the Konoha invasion, Jiraiya promises Fukasaku and Shima that he'll complete his Sage training if he makes it through alive. And he does.
** During the Fourth Ninja War arc, Kiba and Tamaki have a realization when they see so many of their comrades fall in battle and lose loved ones, so they promise they'll sort things out once everything is over. [[spoiler:Fortunately they survive the war and are able to share a BigDamnKiss in the second-to-last chapter]].
* Serves as a BrickJoke in the ''[[Film/TheMummyTrilogy The Mummy]]'' fanfic ''Fanfic/FairyTalesAndHokum''. Since Jonathan and his OldFriend Tom were going to the Sultan's Casbah before the BigBad's mooks showed up and kickstarted the plot, Jonathan promises Tom that if they make it alive they will go there and he'll buy the rounds. [[spoiler:They meet in a London pub in the epilogue and Jonathan does buy the rounds.]]
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* Parodied in ''Series/BlackadderGoesForth'', in which WideEyedIdealist George states that he would like them all to come together once the war is over and reminisce about the good old times. Blackadder comments that the best way for George to 'reminiscence' back to the war would be to dig holes in his back yard for them to stand in and have his gardener hide in the hedge and occasionally shoot at them.
* Parodied in ''Series/{{Bottom}}'', while trapped atop a Ferris wheel, Richie remarks (in a vaguely American accent) that if he gets through the ordeal, he'll settle down with a good woman in the country, and raise a couple of kids. Eddie tells him they won't survive, and Richie replies by telling him to "hold on to the dream!" Eddie then asks Richie why they're talking such complete and utter BOLLOCKS!!
* A non-action example in ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'': Shawn's father, in the hospital after a heart attack, promises his sons that he will stay with them this time. He promptly dies.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** The GrandFinale has an odd example, when Buffy, Willow, Xander, and Giles get together and discuss going to the mall after [[BigBad the First's]] defeat (mimicking a similar conversation from the second episode of this series). Which member of this conversation doesn't make it through the battle? [[spoiler:The mall--it and the rest of Sunnydale are destroyed when the Hellmouth collapses in on itself.]]
** Xander also proposes to Anya right before the battle with [[PhysicalGod Glory]]. They both survive, [[spoiler:but the wedding doesn't work out]].
* In ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "[[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare Modern Warfare]]": "What are you guys gonna do if you win priority registration?" As soon as Shirley mentions her kids, you know she's out of the game.
* In ''Series/{{Daredevil}}'', [[spoiler:the season 2 finale has Daredevil declaring his love for Elektra and her talking about traveling abroad. Of course since StatusQuoIsGod, viewers saw her death coming from a mile away]].
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** Throughout the revived series, the Doctor has doomed many good [[MauveShirt mauve shirts]] by promising them their survival or inviting them, or letting them invite themselves, onto the TARDIS before the danger has passed. They really should learn to stop doing that.
** An exchange between two [[MauveShirt Mauve Shirts]] in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays "The Parting of the Ways"]]. She sarcastically asks if she's supposed to say "If we get through this, maybe we could go for a drink?" When he admits that'd be nice, she first says "Tough" but then winks at him. Unfortunately for them both, they're up against the Daleks.
* On ''Series/{{Haven}}'', Duke leaves Jennifer under protection to help Nathan and Audrey with the BigBad. To ease his worry about leaving her behind, Jennifer reassures him that tomorrow, they'll wake up, have breakfast, and do the crossword. Duke teases her about her plan for a "flavored coffee commercial" morning.
* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', back in 1996, when College-Ted and Marshall got trapped in a blizzard while driving to Minnesota and were in danger of freezing or starving to death, Marshall, who had been previously boasting that he couldn't be tied down by a woman and Lily was just one of a long string of girlfriends he was planning on having, confessed to Ted that he just realized he was in love with Lily and if he got through this alive, he was going to marry her. Ten years later, he did.
* ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}'' and Sylvie agree that there is no time for idle conversation when so much is at stake, but Loki tentatively suggests that once it is over they can figure out what to do next together, and Sylvie concurs.
* In ''Series/{{NCISLosAngeles}}'' when Deeks is trapped in a room with a bomb, and his partner/love interest Kensi refuses to leave him, the pair decide if they survive they will make babies and live in a van, homeschooling. Since this would be quite a departure from status quo on the show, it is a bit disconcerting. [[spoiler: They survive and do continue their relationship, getting married and trying for kids in later episodes - although as far as we know they are not homeschooling in a van yet.]]
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': AvertedTrope in "Change of Heart". Jadzia, bleeding out, tells her [[TheComicallySerious husband]] he should smile more. He replies that when the mission is finished, he will smile as much as she wants. The episode also averts FatalFamilyPhoto and IWillOnlySlowYouDown.
* ''Series/StrangerThings'': In the first season finale, Mike promises Eleven (who has been a human experiment her whole life, hence her [[YouAreNumberSix name]]) that when the Demogorgon is defeated and Will is found, they'll have a normal life together with her as a member of his family (though Mike doesn't want to be LikeBrotherAndSister with Eleven, [[OfficialCouple far from it]]), and also invites her as his date to the Snow Ball next month. [[spoiler:Eleven disappears while saving Mike, Dustin, and Lucas from the Demogorgon. Mike learned she survived nearly a year later, but since she was taken in by Chief Hopper during that time, she doesn't move in with the Wheelers. Mike and Eleven do get to go to that year's Snow Ball, and do get their RelationshipUpgrade, though.]]
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* If the player pairs Eagle and Sami in the final battle of ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars: Dual Strike''.
-->'''Eagle:''' I want you to promise me something, Sami. Promise that if we both return from this battle alive...\\
'''Sami:''' [[DefiedTrope Oh no you don't!]] Stop it right there! If two people make a promise like that, one of them is going to end up dead! You might as well tell me that you're [[{{Retirony}} two days away from retirement!]] Save the promises for later, OK? We'll talk when we get back in one piece.
* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' has an exchange late in the game between the modern Assassins, in which they discuss their plans for vacations and other forms of recreation once they've averted the impending destruction of all life on Earth. This turns out to be a tad optimistic.
* In the last level of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare'', Gaz and Griggs talk about going out and getting drunk after the mission. Both of them die in the final showdown against the BigBad and his henchmen.
* In ''VideoGame/DefenseGridTheAwakening'', the general will sometimes say during a battle, "if we get through this, I'd buy you a drink, if I could," since he's an uploaded brain with no physical body.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** Aeris in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' does this on a near-constant basis. "One day, we'll look back on all this and laugh."
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'', Tidus in retrospect sounded like this to the rest of the cast, talking about seeing places oblivious to that in theory, their journey should be Yuna's last. This is practically meta irony, given the late-game backtracking, retreading, and level grinding typical to the franchise, he does get to see all places again. [[spoiler:Then it becomes clearer that it'll be the last time he will get to see them. Until the sequel, that is.]]
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'' does this so much in chapter 5. All the lover convos are about going home, seeing their kids, Sigurd talks about getting compensation for everyone who helped him out in the war...[[spoiler:And then come the flaming rocks. Whoever doesn't die at the Battle of Belhalla either vanishes or dies by some other means later, with the exceptions of Edain and Brigid.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Ib}}'', at one point Garry says that if he and Ib make it out of the art gallery alive, he'll treat her to macarons. He then revises his statement by saying they ''will'' go out for macarons because they ''will'' get out alive.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel IV'', If Alisa is romanced, a conversation in the FinalDungeon has her talk to Rean about wanting to make their relationship official to her mother and Gwyn with Rean agreeing.
* Averted in ''VideoGame/Persona1''. The party promises two side characters that they'll go to Dreamland. The epilogue shows the five meeting up in Peace Diner.
* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
** In [[VideoGame/MassEffect1 the first game]], a romanced Kaidan says he's "looking forward to some shore leave" with Shepard in their dialogue. You can either subvert this trope or play it straight by [[spoiler:sparing him or leaving him to die on Virmire]].
*** In a similar thread, Ashley will suggest taking her sisters around the nicer parts of the Citadel after everything's over. [[spoiler:Like Kaiden, this depends on her survival.]]
** In the ''Citadel'' DLC of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', Shepard's love interest will promise them some time off once they're done with the [=CAT6=] crisis. Unlike most examples, they get to make good on it - the majority of the [=DLC=] consists of character interaction during shore leave.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' has this exchange between Otacon and Snake after [[spoiler:Sniper Wolf's death]].
-->'''Otacon:''' SNAKE! What was she fighting for? What are you fighting for? What am ''I'' fighting for?\\
'''Solid Snake:''' If we make it through this, I'll tell you.\\
'''Otacon:''' ...Ok. I'll be searching too.
* ''VideoGame/RadiantHistoria'': Stocke promises to lay down his sword and live with Raynie in peace, which she accepts to settle down after saving the world.
* Inverted in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' after Leon receives some backup in the form of some guy named Mike, who's piloting a helicopter, in that it's done after the danger has passed and it's the protagonist who invokes it;
-->'''Leon:''' When we get back, drinks are on me.\\
'''Mike:''' Yeah? I know a good bar.\\
''([[{{Mooks}} Zealot]] shoots down the helicopter with a rocket launcher)''\\
'''Leon:''' [[SayMyName Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike!]]
* In ''VideoGame/StateOfDecay2'', a random survivor will occasionally muse that, when this is all over and society is restored, how weird it will be to have to go to work and clip coupons again.
* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2: Torna The Golden Country'', different characters make plans on what to do after they've succeeded in defeating Malos. Addam plans to take up farming, settling down with his wife and child, while Lora plans to set up an orphanage for children orphaned by the wars.
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* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': Played to a similar effect when the Hawks are about to depart on their Griffith rescue operation. Rickert is unable to go with the healthy Hawks because of his broken arm, but Judeau reassures the young lad that once they come back with Griffith, he would be the first one to hug him. [[spoiler:Little did either party know that it would be the last time they would see each other]].

* ''Manga/InuYasha'': It takes most of the manga for Kohaku to stop thinking that his only right is to die for the crimes he's committed in Naraku's name. It's lampshaded towards the end of the manga (shortly before the FinalBattle begins) by Kohaku himself when he asks his sister if, when this is all over, he has the right to keep living, after all. Just as he asks his sister this, a hidden trap by Naraku is sprung, slicing through his neck to obtain the last shard needed to complete the Shikon no Tama... and incidentally removing the one single thing that was keeping Kohaku alive.[[spoiler: [[DeathIsCheap He gets better.]]]]
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' uses an extremely dark variant of this: during TheMovie, in an attempt at GetAholdOfYourselfMan mixed with CooldownHug, [[spoiler: Misato French-kisses Shinji and promises to "do the rest" when he gets back... knowing full well that she has been mortally injured and is moments away from death]].

---> '''Utu:''' Hey, Jil...\\

---> '''Black Knight:''' And Jil, there is something else I must tell you.\\

---> "Jil... I am your father. And one more thing, once this battle is over, I plan to get remarried in my hometown."
* In ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' [[spoiler: Tsukuyo gives Gintoki her pipe and tells him not to lose it, and if he does, he needs to buy her another one "on the surface"]] in the Hosen arc.
* In ''Anime/{{Betterman}}'', during a particularly dangerous situation, Keita asks his partner and {{Childhood Friend|s}} Hinoki on a date if they get out alive. [[spoiler: And they do.]]
* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', before the trainees' first mission in Trost, Sasha managed to get her hands on a big slab of meat (a luxury since much land was lost to Titans). All the recruits decided they would share the meat once their duties were finished. Unfortunately for many of them, they never got the chance.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'': Inverted by [[spoiler:Polnareff]], who initializes this speech by telling [[spoiler:Avdol]] once things are settled, they'll have dinner at a fine establishment. [[spoiler:Not long after this, Avdol performs a HeroicSacrifice by saving Polnareff from a PortalCut]].
** ''Manga/GoldenWind'': Played straight with [[spoiler:Narancia]]. In the climax, he briefly talks about everything he wants to do when he gets back to Naples, as well see [[spoiler:Fugo, who parted ways with the group in Venice]], again. Minutes later, the BigBad suddenly attacks the group and kills him.
** ''Manga/StoneOcean'': [[spoiler:Anasui]] tells Jotaro that he'll be marrying Jolyne after the last battle. [[spoiler:Like Narancia, he gets killed by the BigBad before that will even happen]].
* In the final episode of ''Anime/KillLaKill'', right before the final battle, Satsuki stops her team from carrying out their tradition of breaking their teacups before a major battle[[note]]apparently signifying their expectation to die gloriously or something[[/note]], telling them that they will all be having tea again after the fight. This pretty much jinxes the whole thing. [[spoiler:We get a false alarm when Gamagori gets ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice, but survives thanks to [[CrazyPrepared wearing a titanium undershirt]]. It's Senketsu who ends up dying, thanks to a PhlebotinumOverdose, which causes him to start falling apart. He uses the last of his strength to keep Ryuko from burning up in re-entry while having a moving last chat with her.]]
* Invoked and parodied in ''Manga/MonsterMusume''. After [[spoiler:Lala]] convinces the harem that Kimihito is doomed to die, Kimihito bravely stands up and declares to Miia, "If I make it home alive, I'm getting married!" Miia lampshades the fact this is a death flag, only for Kimihito to walk towards a road, [[TemptingFate spouting even more death flags]], and then get hit by... a remote-control toy that's barely knee-high. Turns out he ''knew'' [[MrImagination Lala's]] death omens were a bunch of baloney and he specifically invoked such a well-known death flag in order to prove it. (Strangely, [[ClingyJealousGirl Miia]] doesn't hold him to his promise.)
* At the beginning of episode 23 of ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'', Mordred and her Master make plans to celebrate their victory by going to a bar and demanding their best wines lest King Mordred wreck the joint... halfway through the episode, they're both dead.

* ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes'' has a number of these, occasionally woven in with other death flags.
** [[AcePilot Poplan and Konev]] talk about how whoever shoots down less enemy fighters owes the other a drink afterward. While [[spoiler:Konev]] solves a crossword item with the answer "Funeral". [[spoiler:He doesn't make it back.]]
** While on the way to launch for the next battle, [[NumberTwo Vice Admiral Fischer]] informs Yang that he'll probably write a book after the war. [[spoiler:His flagship goes down in the next episode.]]

* Proves as fatal as a [[FatalFamilyPhoto family photo]], and incredibly [[KilledMidSentence fast]], in ''ComicBook/{{Arrowsmith}}''.

* In ''Film/RestStop'' the policeman who has his legs broken says he wants to get home to his kid so he can apologize for the one time he yelled at him.
-->"What a fucking stupid thing to think as I'm dying."\\
He then [[spoiler: realizes that the girl's life is more important than his own and orders her to kill him before they both get burnt alive. He gives her a gun and tells her to shoot him in the head. She misses]].

* In ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'', Sam announces apropos of nothing that he'd have liked to marry Rosie Cotton. Which, naturally, he later does.
* In ''Film/DasBoot'', the Captain tells the crew that "it's half a bottle of beer for each" if they can make it safely back to La Rochelle. [[spoiler:They do, but they're hit with an Allied air raid almost immediately after docking.]]

* Used to good effect in ''Film/{{Serenity}},'' as they're gearing up for a last desperate stand and Simon finally tells Kaylee that he regrets never acting on her obvious desire to hook up. Kaylee takes this as fuel for her determination, but to the viewer, this (coupled with the recent realization that AnyoneCanDie) creates more genuine fear for the characters' fate than most action movies produce. [[spoiler:Of course it ends up being a subversion.]]
* Subverted in ''Film/TheGunsOfNavarone''. When the team is about to leave the seriously wounded Major Franklin behind with the Germans, Corporal Miller says "When this is over, you'll buy me lunch." Major Franklin survives. Subverted in the film as Andrea has stated his intention to kill Mallory after the war ends. Fortunately he decides to forgo his revenge.
* In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', Steve and Peggy make plans to go dancing together as Steve struggles to land the plane he's on safely. The plane crashes, and Steve misses his date by about 70 years.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/TangoAndCash''. Cash tells Tango that if he gets out of this alive... he's going to date Tango's sister Katherine. [[MySisterIsOffLimits Tango is not pleased.]]

* In ''Literature/TheMoonIsAHarshMistress'' Mike asks Mannie if, "when this is over", he'll have time to discuss humor again (this being Mike's favorite pastime). Mannie promises he will. Of course, [[spoiler:Mike doesn't make it]]. Possibly only a semi-example, because the exchange happens when no one's in immediate mortal peril (and in fact at the moment things are looking more optimistic for the good guys than they have in months).

* Averted in ''VideoGame/Persona1''. The party promises two side characters that they'll go to Dreamland. The epilogue shows the five meeting up in Peace Diner.

* Inverted in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' after Leon receives some backup in the form of some guy named Mike, who's piloting a helicopter, in that it's done after the danger has passed and it's the protagonist who invokes it;
-->'''Leon:''' When we get back, drinks are on me.\\
'''Mike:''' Yeah? I know a good bar.\\
* ''[[{{Mooks}} Zealot]] shoots down the helicopter with a rocket launcher''*\\
'''Leon:''' [[SayMyName Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike!]]
* In the last level of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare'', Gaz and Griggs talk about going out and getting drunk after the mission. Both of them die in the final showdown against the BigBad and his henchmen.
* In ''VideoGame/DefenseGridTheAwakening'', the general will sometimes say during a battle, "if we get through this, I'd buy you a drink, if I could," since he's an uploaded brain with no physical body.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'' does this so much in chapter 5. All the lover convos are about going home, seeing their kids, Sigurd talks about getting compensation for everyone who helped him out in the war...[[spoiler: And then come the flaming rocks. Whoever doesn't die at the Battle of Belhalla either vanishes or dies by some other means later, with the exceptions of Edain and Brigid.]]
* If the player pairs Eagle and Sami in the final battle of ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars: Dual Strike''.
-->'''Eagle:''' I want you to promise me something, Sami. Promise that if we both return from this battle alive...\\
'''Sami:''' [[DefiedTrope Oh no you don't!]] Stop it right there! If two people make a promise like that, one of them is going to end up dead! You might as well tell me that you're [[{{Retirony}} two days away from retirement!]] Save the promises for later, OK? We'll talk when we get back in one piece.

* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' has an exchange late in the game between the modern Assassins, in which they discuss their plans for vacations and other forms of recreation once they've averted the impending destruction of all life on Earth. This turns out to be a tad optimistic.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Ib}}'', at one point Garry says that if he and Ib make it out of the art gallery alive, he'll treat her to macarons. He then revises his statement by saying they ''will'' go out for macarons because they ''will'' get out alive.

* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
** In [[VideoGame/MassEffect1 the first game]], a romanced Kaidan says he's "looking forward to some shore leave" with Shepard in their dialogue. You can either subvert this trope or play it straight by [[spoiler:sparing him or leaving him to die on Virmire]].
*** In a similar thread, Ashley will suggest taking her sisters around the nicer parts of the Citadel after everything's over. [[spoiler:Like Kaiden, this depends on her survival.]]
** In the ''Citadel'' DLC of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', Shepard's love interest will promise them some time off once they're done with the [=CAT6=] crisis. Unlike most examples, they get to make good on it - the majority of the [=DLC=] consists of character interaction during shore leave.
* ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'':
** In Fuyuhiko's Free Time Events, he says that if he manages to escape, he plans on holding funerals for [[spoiler:his sister, for Peko and for Mahiru, since he's responsible for the latter two's deaths]]. [[spoiler:Fuyuhiko ultimately survives.]]
** A somewhat shorter-term example in the fourth class trial, in which the lives of the innocent students depend on finding and uncovering the murderer. Hajime says that if they get through, he plans on revealing something he recently learned- [[spoiler:that he does not, in fact, have a talent]]- since it's part of the reason why Nagito's acting even more oddly than usual, but they have more expressing concerns at the moment. Hajime and the other students, with the exception of the culprit, survive.

* The fourth season of ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' gives this impression when Nabu proposes to Aisha in episode 11. Later, at the beginning of episode 24, [[spoiler: Aisha tells Nabu that once everything is over, they can finally begin their lives together... shortly before Nabu sacrifices himself to stop the Wizards of the Black Circle]].

* In ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'', Jiraiya promises Fukasaku and Shima that he'll complete his Sage training if he makes it through the Konoha invasion. [[spoiler: And he does.]]

* On ''Series/{{Haven}}'' Duke leaves Jennifer under protection to help Nathan and Audrey with the BigBad. To ease his worry, Jennifer reassures him that tomorrow, they'll wake up, have breakfast, and do the crossword. Duke teases her about her plan for a "flavored coffee commercial" morning.

* ''Literature/LegendOfGalacticHeroes'' has a number of these, occasionally woven in with other death flags.