"With all due respect, Donbot, I don't really think we should rely on an accident to happen. Let's kill him ourselves."
— Joey Mousepad, Futurama
Mr. Furious: Seems there was a little controversy there regarding your father's death.
The Bowler: Yeah. The police said he fell down an elevator shaft. Onto some bullets.
The Bowler: Yeah. The police said he fell down an elevator shaft. Onto some bullets.
Morgus: Krau Timmin, the most appalling thing has happened. His Excellency...
Timmin: Not the President?
Morgus: Yes, it was all over in a second. I had no time to stop him. This is a tragic loss to the world.
Timmin: It's dreadful, sir. And that it should have happened in this building.
Morgus: Yes, yes, I am deeply distressed, Krau Timmin.
Timmin: Naturally you must be, sir.
Morgus: Still, it could have been worse.
Timmin: In what way, Trau Morgus?
Morgus: It could have been me.
Timmin: Not the President?
Morgus: Yes, it was all over in a second. I had no time to stop him. This is a tragic loss to the world.
Timmin: It's dreadful, sir. And that it should have happened in this building.
Morgus: Yes, yes, I am deeply distressed, Krau Timmin.
Timmin: Naturally you must be, sir.
Morgus: Still, it could have been worse.
Timmin: In what way, Trau Morgus?
Morgus: It could have been me.
Eggplant Wizard: No! Wait! It was an accident!
King Hippo: Oh, I'll give you an accident on purpose!
King Hippo: Oh, I'll give you an accident on purpose!
"I will not waste time making my enemy's death look like an accident — I'm not accountable to anyone, and my other enemies wouldn't believe it."
—Evil Overlord List, Cellblock A
"I'll make it look like an accident
I'll make it look like he was trying to hurt me
I'll make it seem like I was innocent
I'll make him wish he had never met me
I'll make it look like a suicide
I'll make it look like it was meant to be
I'll make it seem like I was innocent
I'll make the strychnine taste like raspberry tea"
I'll make it look like he was trying to hurt me
I'll make it seem like I was innocent
I'll make him wish he had never met me
I'll make it look like a suicide
I'll make it look like it was meant to be
I'll make it seem like I was innocent
I'll make the strychnine taste like raspberry tea"
— Hannah Fury, "The Necklace of Marie Antoinette"
"What I do requires a certain mindset. I do assignments; designated targets. Some jobs need to look like accidents. Others must cast suspicion on someone else. A select few need to send a clear message. Pulling a trigger is easy. The best jobs are the ones nobody even knows you were there."
— Arthur Bishop, The Mechanic (2011)
Wallace: I heard about Matthew. I'm sorry. Car accident, right?
Lena: Yeah, it was an accident.
Wallace: That'll explain why Neurath didn't live to stand trial in Paraguay...
Lena: That was an accident!
Wallace: Right.
Lena: Yeah, it was an accident.
Wallace: That'll explain why Neurath didn't live to stand trial in Paraguay...
Lena: That was an accident!
Wallace: Right.
— Outpost: Black Sun
Servalan: Section Leader Grose, what happened to Colonel Astrid?
Grose: Colonel Astrid — uh, he met with an accident.
Servalan: And his second in command?
Grose: He met with an accident, too.
Lector: Yeah, it was a very bad time for accidents.
Servalan: I see. And you assumed full command.
Grose: Of course — the demands of duty. I was next in line.
Servalan: You were just a section leader aboard a flagship, serving under two pilot captains and a brigade commander. Did they all meet with accidents too?
Grose: Colonel Astrid — uh, he met with an accident.
Servalan: And his second in command?
Grose: He met with an accident, too.
Lector: Yeah, it was a very bad time for accidents.
Servalan: I see. And you assumed full command.
Grose: Of course — the demands of duty. I was next in line.
Servalan: You were just a section leader aboard a flagship, serving under two pilot captains and a brigade commander. Did they all meet with accidents too?
— Blake's 7, "Moloch"
"I figured after we married, I'd have to stage a little accident for Elsa. But then she doomed herself, and you were dumb enough to go after her. All that's left now is to... kill Elsa and bring back summer."
— Hans, Frozen (2013)
"We are secret societies for a reason. Violence between us is typically concealed as much as possible. A poisoned Q-Tip. A fatal prescription. A hired hoodlum in the street. We dare anyone to prove it was us."
— Bong Cha, The Secret World
Her: I want you to kill my ex but make it seem like an accident
Me: say no more
[Later]
Detective: looks like the killer beat him to death with a crowbar and then placed a banana peel by his feet
Me: say no more
[Later]
Detective: looks like the killer beat him to death with a crowbar and then placed a banana peel by his feet
...Eh? There are so few Sabers participating this time? Hehe… wouldn’t they be there, in the spectator stands! I can see it, the Saber-faces gorging themselves on shaved ice with a holiday mood, I can see it now! Yes, this is a dangerous drag race! Even if something happens in such a race… Like crashing into the spectator stands… It was an accident! It was an unfortunate accident! Legal justice!
— Mysterious Heroine X, Fate/Grand Order
Those of you I find lacking will quit. And those of you who refuse to quit will have a training accident. This base suffers three training accidents a year. Unfortunate accidents that I will not hesitate to repeat if you cross me!
— West, Basic
I was given two specific orders for this mission, Krull. "One: Retrieve the AWOL Codename: Reactron from girlfriend's home in Metropolis. [...] Two: Make sure her death looks accidental."
— Superwoman, Who is Superwoman?
I have been offered 1,000,000 dollars for it if I can accomplish the theft and get rid of Paul de Paris and make it look like an accident. So the Salon of Paul is going to have a fire that will destroy his entire collection and Paul too.
— Starfire, Starfire's Revenge
There's been a terrible accident. No, I have no idea where he was flying in from. I could tell he was coming in too low, but I expected him to pull up before he hit the building. It was horrible. I feel it was my fault; I shouldn't have asked Wingright to fly in this weather. I should have known that the wind shear would be too much for him.
— Steelhooves, Fallout: Equestria
I'll arrange to "accidentally" kill Luthor while capturing him after he destroys Superman with the Kryptonite Ray... A dead Luthor won't be able to reveal the truth about me!
— Lesla-Lar, The Unknown Supergirl
Paul: They seem to… Have fallen down some stairs.
Raven: All of them?
Paul: They were slippery stairs.
Raven: All of them?
Paul: They were slippery stairs.
Cowley: Surely Hope can't be the only one to voice these doubts?
Seymour: Far from it. He's articulating what dozens of others feel. A top German draughtsman—he worked on the engine mountings—said much the same thing.
Cowley: And?
Seymour: He was drowned last August.
Cowley: Oh, lots of people drown every August.
Seymour: True. But not many of them are ex-Olympic swimmers.
— The Professionals, "Slush Fund"
Eben: They're burning down the town.
Denise: Nobody will know what happened. They'll just think it was some horrible accident.
Denise: Nobody will know what happened. They'll just think it was some horrible accident.
"I'm a superstitious man, and if some unlucky accident should befall [Michael] — if he should get shot in the head by a police officer, or if he should hang himself in his jail cell... or if he's struck by a bolt of lightning — then I'm going to blame some of the people in this room. And that I do not forgive."
— Vito Corleone, The Godfather
Soren: Okay, so I'm supposed to come back with the news that they're dead. What I don't understand is… what am I supposed to do if we find them alive?
Viren: Oh, you'll know the right thing to do.
Soren: (nervously) The right thing. I don't know if I can do that.
Viren: Out there in the wild, accidents happen every day. Deadly accidents.
Viren: Oh, you'll know the right thing to do.
Soren: (nervously) The right thing. I don't know if I can do that.
Viren: Out there in the wild, accidents happen every day. Deadly accidents.
— The Dragon Prince, "Through the Ice"
"I'll get you, and it'll look like a bloody accident."
— The Cat in the Hat, The Cat in the Hat
From a pay phone, he called Dot in White Plains. He said, “Refresh my memory. Didn’t you say something about an accident?”
“Or natural causes,” she said, “though who’s to say what’s a natural cause in this day and age? Outside of choking to death on an organic carrot, I’d say you’re about as natural a cause of death as there is.”
“Or natural causes,” she said, “though who’s to say what’s a natural cause in this day and age? Outside of choking to death on an organic carrot, I’d say you’re about as natural a cause of death as there is.”
— Hit List by Lawrence Block
The Killer: Somehow, jobs that are designed to rattle a cage are always the most tedious. I've actually grown to appreciate proximity work. Staged accidents. Gradual poisonings. Anything with a little creativity. When was my last, nice, quiet drowning?
Mercenary 2: "You did say to make it look like an accident."
The Albatross: "I didn't mean an industrial accident!"
The Albatross: "I didn't mean an industrial accident!"
Death Machine: You can make this a lot easier, and a lot less painful, by telling me what you know about the jewelry theft at Lucky Lacey's house.
Saully Held: I don't know anything about it!
Death Machine: I can make you look like the victim of a mugging. I do a bitchin' one of them. Or, a hit and run. It's always a bit messy, but very effective.
— Hunter (1984), "Death Machine"
