Ultra Magnus is beaten nearly to death by Shockwave and we never do see him wake up from his coma (. Enjoy! "five people you meet in heaven" starts with the main character dying and then discovering the meaning of his life postmortem. Or how's about the real kicker, Mimic? She shares a home base in Alaska with her spouse, her pugs, and her piles and piles of books. 289,877 ratings 460 ratings He has to uncover a hero to the city he visits by traveling through time, only to discover that through some back tracking, he's the hero the town celebrates. However, it can use a different protagonist afterward, either through Take Up My Sword or switching perspective. In particular Abdul dies twice. The same applies to the title character of nearly every tragic opera as well. Anya didn't fare as well, though this was the series finale. And these are just the ones who HAVEN'T come back. Also, it was originally intended for Dawn to sacrifice her life and disappear forever in the last moments of 'The Gift' before they decided that Buffy dying for her sister would be a more meaningful way to go. 11,311 ratings If the book version of 'Psycho' is the same in that respect as the film version, then that is an example. Pillars of the Earth. That, and the fact that this book has earned so many honors made me curious. Major characters have been killed off with no warning, including all three main characters over the course of a single series. Pretty much standard operating procedure for any comic book summer. published 2018, avg rating 4.44 144,413 ratings Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20170404-station-eleven Don't know if you could call it the main character but much of the story revolves around him and what he has done. The show's early seasons arguably influenced many shows' use of the trope: see, Jenny Calendar, Tara Maclay, and Joyce Summers on. By the end of the second episode, four of them are dead, three within less than a minute of each other. Reader: So, uhwhat about all those other kids? It means so much to me, and I can only imagine to so many other people, to have such unapologetically queer characters on the page and to watch their love story play out so beautifully. published, avg rating 4.45 An AC vent under your seat and other Qatar World Cup facts, India @ 75: Why India chose not to be called Hindustan, Beware of social media 'polarisers' out to divide India, Why defence of India is not a job creation scheme, We have sent you a verification email. ), one of the main charactersone of the love interests, in factis dead. Error rating book. Our Privacy Notice has been updated to explain how we use cookies, which you accept by continuing to use this website. Counting the deaths seen in Jayfeather's visions, the third series only killed off 6 characters (one of them an unnamed elder) and a whole bunch of, Counting unnamed characters, kits, deaths that are only mentioned and not seen, deaths by famine and sickness, and the four cats that were left behind to die in, So far, the fourth series seems to be working on some form of subversion of. Cornova: Keep in mind that any of the characters in this fic can die. That being said, it's also possible that examples may involve subversions or multiple protagonists. The magic that binds him to Yadriel is so rich and well thought out, drawing the reader in and leaving you at the edge of your seat to see if the serendipitous romance will survive the constraints of both life and death. She was raped. Of especial note is Tigana, in which there simply IS no happy ending. 105,722 ratings published 2013, avg rating 3.67 Whedon even suggested, on two separate occasions, to kill off Xander once in the Season Five finale (which was intended to conclude the series originally), and later at the hands of Caleb near the end of Season Seven in the episode "Dirty Girls" (which was reduced to him losing his eye) the latter plan was really only abandoned when they realised there wouldn't be sufficient mourning time for the character in the final four episodes. Wolf's Rain basically sets the stage for this in the first episode when a kid whom is implied to a major character gets killed off at the end of the episode. Refresh and try again. Mephiles, Iblis, and the Duke however, do not. In season one, a bunch of characters died. While Ive mostly focused on YA books, my own upcoming book has a protagonist who is 19 years old and straddles the line between YA and adult. As mentioned above, eventually even Mulder was considered expendable. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace. And yet, after a while, will Yadriel even want to let him go? Ok, this means he/she/they live for even more hundreds of pages before that happens, but it's still unusual. The avenger crushes his body and takes him to the afterlife after a few good-byes. Series 7 went for the double, with Connie James being arrested for treason, and then, In fact, one episode was completely devoted to an episode-long demise of a minor character which only featured in, Given that the series by Season 5 became itself. 226,022 ratings Still, even if all characters are allegedly up for the possibility of a dance with the reaper, the general laws of storytelling (and, more importantly, how actors are contracted) tells us that you can expect the chances of main-character death to increase as you approach the climax of an arc, the final episodes of a season, the final chapters of a book, or the final installment of a series, even if the work averts Death Is Dramatic. Korra survives and defeats Unalaq but the Avatar as we know it is dead (Korra does reunite with a reformed Raava at the end of the episode, indicating that she's now the first Avatar of a new cycle). published 2021, avg rating 4.31 published 2016, avg rating 4.18 The Made To Suffer compilation came out a few years ago. 39,632 ratings He's the character that introduces you to the world, and the instigator for all the major events, and even though he is slowly pushed aside by the true protagonist of the series, Vin, his death has a real lasting effect within the world. 405,625 ratings Please Click Here to subscribe other newsletters that may interest you, and you'll always find stories you want to read in your inbox. He later dies in his brother's arms, saying he'll be going to where Hinawa is. This exciting new SFF mashup also stars a dead protagonist, but with a twist like Ive never read before. published 2016, avg rating 4.34 She fights tooth and claw toward her goals, isnt afraid to get her hands dirty, and yet has an unshakable sense of justice in an unfair world. Each deals with their potentially impending death in their own way, and it's a slow, quiet tale for a series in which characters often get blown up with no advance warning. In the end of Act 6 Intermission 2, Hussie ended up being killed himself. published 2012, avg rating 3.89 They come back. Not that dying stops the Embryon. In fact, Owen dies not once, but twice. All new pages should use the preloadable templates feature on the edit page to add the appropriate basic page markup. Fry also falls to his death a number of times in "Meanwhile" while trapped in a time loop. O'Hare had been experiencing increasing bouts of paranoia and delusions from his mental illness. Who deserves forgiveness and mercy and who doesnt, and where do you draw that line? "a song of ice and fire" has a few main characters die early in the series. And the other one wasn't exactly well-liked. John Hurt was hugely famous and popular in the US and Britain. 8,696 ratings It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres, or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. While not everybody dies, characters are far from entirely safe in the show. Alex is one of the most admirable and wonderfully prickly heroines Ive read in a long time. published 1996, avg rating 4.56 In my upcoming new YA fantasy, In the Ravenous Dark (out today! You can certainly start reading any given arc and assume that no Toughs will have died by the end of it (not even any redshirts). That is not this trope. You will certainly be on the receiving end of this trope. Will even thinks hes going insane! Then, of course, there's G'Kar and Londo killing each other in a flash-forward. 11,589 ratings It uses the interesting loophole in all D&D resurrection spells: the dead person's spirit has to be willing to return. To really be Anyone Can Die, the work must include multiple deaths, happening at different points in the story. The issue in which we find out who the doomed character is bears the simple title, "Someone Dies. You can change your city from here. All of the kids and all of the trolls, except Gamzee, have died at least once. 8,531 ratings Sunfire (this version being a japanese lesbian instead of formal guy in the main verse) is killed by team leader Mimic when he neglects to tell the team that he was infected with the Brood (chest burster aliens), Sunfire was killed off despite the fact that she was one of the more popular characters. In an Anyone Can Die work however, the danger actually becomes dangerous. Below are a few of my favorite reads. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheHeroDies. Oh, yeah. The Fire Thief Trilogy has Prometheus trying to find a human hero to prove that him giving fire to humans was a good thing, while chased by the Avenger. 3,945 ratings In fact, that was supposedly one of the stumbling blocks Hitchcock had when he first started pitching the idea. Of course, sometimes the hero's dead from the very start of the story; in that case, see Dead to Begin With and/or First Episode Resurrection. Blurr is crushed into a cube by Shockwave in Transwarped, Master Yoketron is left to die in Prowl's arms by Lockdown, Prowl sacrifices his life to stop the Lugnut Supremes from blowing up, and Starscream dies after the Allspark fragment keeping him alive is sucked out of his head. You can also add Bryce Larkin (who died at the third season's end) and possibly Stephen Bartowski (who got killed in the season three finale). Which means that, taking both games into account, After the ending of "Neverwinter Nights 2" entire party is trapped in the collapsing caves where the final fight takes place. 4,415,007 ratings published 2013, avg rating 4.16 In the Fate route, Saber gives up her quest for the Grail and returns to the moment in time when she made a pact with the World at the moment of death. 170,701 ratings This is your last warning, only proceed if you really believe you can handle this list.