(written from a Production point of view)
"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. While associated with the death of redshirts, the exact line "He's dead, Jim" was never used by Dr. McCoy to report the death of such a character in Star Trek: The Original Series, although similar lines such as "He's dead" were.
Usage[]
- "Dead, Jim" (about Darnell in TOS: "The Man Trap")
- "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, 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 Karen Tracy 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?")
- "She's dead" (about one of Memory Alpha personnel in TOS: "The Lights of Zetar")
DeForest Kelley refused to say the line after Spock's sacrifice in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. He felt that it would make the audience laugh, which was inappropriate for such a serious scene. Instead, Scotty was given the line "He's dead already." (From Sawdust to Stardust, p. 249)