Template:Realworld "He's dead, Jim" is a famous catch phrase and snowclone used in Star Trek. It is mostly used by Dr. Leonard McCoy in Star Trek: The Original Series, typically after using his medical tricorder to confirm and report the death to Captain Kirk. It is frequently said of redshirts.
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Usage
- "He's dead" (about Sturgeon in TOS: "The Man Trap")
- "He's dead, Jim" (about Alfa 177 canine in TOS: "The Enemy Within")
- "He's dead, Jim" (about Scotty in TOS: "The Changeling")
- "He's dead, doctor" (Christine Chapel to McCoy about Joe Tormolen in TOS: "The Naked Time")
- "It's dead" (about the Boy Creature in TOS: "Miri")
- "He's dead, captain" (about Tristan Adams in TOS: "Dagger of the Mind")
- "This man is dead" (about Jackson in TOS: "Catspaw")
- "He's dead" (Tonia Barrows about McCoy in TOS: "Shore Leave")
- "He's dead" (Kirk about George Samuel Kirk in TOS: "Operation -- Annihilate!")
- "He's dead" (about Kirk in TOS: "Amok Time")
- "She's dead" (about Arlene Galway in TOS: "The Deadly Years")
- "He's dead, Jim" (about Montgomery Scott in TOS: "The Changeling")
- "She's dead, Jim" (about Kara and later Sybo in TOS: "Wolf in the Fold")
- "He's dead, Jim" (about Hengist in TOS: "Wolf in the Fold")
- "He's dead, sir" (Nyota Uhura about Rizzo in TOS: "Obsession")
- "She's dead" (about Nona in TOS: "A Private Little War")
- "I examined Chekov. He's dead" (in TOS: "Spectre of the Gun")
- "He/Scotty's dead" (Kirk about Scotty in TOS: "I, Mudd")
- "This tribble is dead" (Spock in TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles")
- "He's dead, captain" (about Starnes in TOS: "And the Children Shall Lead")
- "He's dead" (about Kirk/Sargon in TOS: "Return to Tomorrow")
- "The captain is dead" (about Kirk in TOS: "The Enterprise Incident")
- "He's dead" (about Old Man in TOS: "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky")
- "He's dead, Jim" (about Larry Marvick in TOS: "Is There in Truth No Beauty?")
Kelley refused to say the line after Spock's sacrifice in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. He and Doohan swapped lines, with McCoy warning Kirk against opening the doors, and Scotty grimly saying "He's dead already." (citation needed • edit)