# "Stop, stop, he's already dead! - origin

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-stop-hes-already-dead-origin/330815>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 13, 2005, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-stop-hes-already-dead-origin/330815 "2005-11-13T03:45:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-stop-hes-already-dead-origin/330815/1 "2005-11-13T03:45:59Z")

</div>

I’m watching the Simpsons episode “Homie the Clown”. In the part where Homer/Krusty is dedicating a new hamburger, he beats the crap out of the “Krustyburglar”.

One kid cries out, “Stop, stop, he’s already dead.”  
Where did this originally come from?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-stop-hes-already-dead-origin/330815/2 "2005-11-13T04:09:48Z")

</div>

Scotty in “ST II: The Wrath of Khan” says, when Kirk rushes to help Spock in Engineering, “He’s dead already.” Could it be a variant of that?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-stop-hes-already-dead-origin/330815/3 "2005-11-13T05:00:09Z")

</div>

Well, it’s depressing and not a movie quote, but those were Abigail Folger’s last words: “Stop, stop, I’m already dead!”

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-stop-hes-already-dead-origin/330815/4 "2005-11-13T05:06:04Z")

</div>

> [@Eve](#):
>
> Well, it’s depressing and not a movie quote, but those were Abigail Folger’s last words: “Stop, stop, I’m already dead!”

That _is_ depressing. Was that fairly well known at the time? ie, well known enough for the Simpsons writers to have been parodying it? (poor taste if that is the case, even 20-odd years after the fact)

The Simpsons have used it more than once; in that episode where they had the film festival, it was the last line of Barney’s auteur movie: “Don’t cry for me, I’m already dead. \<BURP\>”