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ZED'S DEAD BABY, ZED'S DEAD!
I have been posing a certain question for a while now, supposing I might get a reasonable answer.

As it pertains to Cinema in general and the film Pulp Fiction in particular, I have raised this question to every cinema lover that I have come across and including in those platforms that have been claimed to be hardcore Pulp Fiction fan club like r/pulpfiction thread in Reddit, hailed to be welcoming any intellectual discussions, but in vain.
I will try to put it here as an extension of my intention to find the vitality of this very question that I have been searching an answer to.
What does Butch played by Bruce Willis meant when he says "ZED'S DEAD BABY. ZED'S DEAD?" in such melancholic way showing deep empathy towards the character ZED who could have kept him hostage and raped him whenever he liked, if only Butch have not fought out of that hole.

And in that course saves Marcellus Wallace, a local Mafia boss, who is also held captive along with Butch, and over that with whom Butch conspires to fix a boxing match but does the opposite banking huge sum of money leaving Marcellus stranded, making Marcellus seeking revenge on Butch.
Showing gratitude for saving him Marcellus asks Butch among other things, to leave the city immediately and when he leaves, Butch should be going and keep going.
Butch rushes to his motel to pick his fiance, and hurries her to leave with him immediately, and will tell all about what happened on the way. Upon enquiring he says that he has to crash her Honda.
And the ensuing dialogue is (F for fiance and B for Butch):

F: Whose motorcycle is this?
B: Its a Chopper baby.
F: Whose Chopper is this?
B: It's ZED'S.
F: WHO IS ZED.
B: ZED'S DEAD BABY! ZED'S DEAD.

Butch could not be sure that ZED is dead, even after all this meyham, Butch says with such conviction ZED is dead. And as for the film itself goes, anything might happen at anytime.
Does BUTCH along with the writer of Pulp Fiction indicating something other than what it is with this line ZED'S DEAD BABY! ZED'S DEAD?
This question haven't raised any sort of intrest to me even after watching the film number of times. But we friends are discussing the film and enjoying the sarcasm inscribed into it throughout and laughing in and to ourselves like crazy, to the extent that we are falling off of our chairs and each one is laughing looking at the other and it kept more than a while. And in that phase it suddenly struck me why BUTCH said what he said and my respect toward Tarantino quintuplicated for the reason he made BUTCH say that line, for all the relevance it had.
And since then am in search of people who might have known why he included that very line in that very situation.
Expecting someone will say the importance of the line
"ZED'S DEAD BABY! ZED'S DEAD!"

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