Quotes / Everybody's Dead, Dave

Aelphric: Ahmer Bey is dead.
Ophelia: ...What about Mercurio?
Aelphric: Dead.
Ophelia: And the others?
Aelphric: As far as I know, they are all dead. It is fortunate for you that you chose to join me here.

— Unique

He jumped up from his shell-hole and waved and signalled "Forward." Nobody stirred. He shouted: "You bloody cowards, are you leaving me to go alone?" His platoon sergeant, groaning with a broken shoulder, gasped out: "Not cowards, sir. Willing enough. But they're all f—ing dead." The Pope's Nose machine gun, traversing, had caught them as they rose to the whistle.

— Goodbye to All That

Lt. Campbell: I sailed in the company of 961 men, sir. 203 returned to England. Of the 760 who died, only 48 were killed by enemy action.

John Harrison: And the rest?

Lt. Campbell: Disease. Despair. We were lost: weeks on end without sight of land, fresh food, water... Although much of the time we were within 6 hours' sailing of Juan Fernandez; but we mistook our position... didn't know it. I saw more men die than any Roman emperor. Men who you'll remember, and who remembered you: John Sprague; Lieutenant Draper; the messboys, Ned and Sed, didn't even make 14. We all heard about the Orford and how your machine performed, as we sailed hopelessly on, heaving man after man over the side.

— Longitude

"I will not grieve you with a long tale. I returned well after Deepest Quiet— and found a horror such I could scarcely believe. Most of my clan were dead: torn as if attacked by a fik'az pack. Snufflenose was one of them. No dog pack could ever have caught the entire Forest-Light Clan by surprise. Those whose bodies were not scattered about the forest were gone with no trace. Slipwhisker was one of those who disappeared."

— Roofshadow, Tailchaser's Song

Frank Sheeran: I'm sorry, but I gotta direct this to my attorney, Mr. Rogano. If you wanna talk about Mr. Hoff, or any matter for that matter, I got nothing to say.
FBI Agent 1: He's dead.
Frank: Who's dead?
FBI Agent 1: Your attorney, Mr. Rogano.
Frank: He's dead? Who did it?
FBI Agent 2: Cancer.
FBI Agent 1: Everybody's dead, Mr. Sheeran. It's over. They're all gone. Russell, Angelo, Salerno, Pro, Dorfman, Sally Bugs, they're gone. Who're you protecting?

— The Irishman

General Lee: General Pickett, sir. You must look to your division.
General Pickett: General Lee. I have no division.

— Gettysburg, following the disastrous failure of Pickett's Charge.

Tom Servo: (as Rose) Well, goodbye, everybody!
Crow: (muffled) We're all dead!
Tom Servo: (as Rose) Oh, that's right...

— Mystery Science Theater 3000, Gunslinger

Lister: Where is everybody, Hol?
Holly: They're dead, Dave.
Lister: Who is?
Holly: Everybody, Dave.
Lister: What, Captain Hollister?
Holly: Everybody's dead, Dave.
Lister: What, Todhunter?
Holly: Everybody's dead, Dave.
Lister: What, Selby?
Holly: They're all dead. Everybody's dead, Dave.
Lister: Peterson isn't, is he?
Holly: Everybody is dead, Dave.
Lister Not Chen?
Holly: Gordon Bennett! Yes, Chen, everybody, everybody's dead, Dave!
Lister: Rimmer?
Holly: He's dead, Dave, everybody is dead, everybody is dead, Dave.
Lister: Wait. Are you trying to tell me everybody's dead?
Holly: I wish I'd never let him out in the first place.

— Red Dwarf

”Your friend took my hands. He said: “Tell those who come after us, not to stay. The ships are gone. There is no way through, no passage. Tell them we are gone. Dead, and gone.”

— Netsilik Hunter, The Terror

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