Anyone Can Die: Difference between revisions

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[[File:serenity crew dead 3798.jpg|link=Firefly|frame| He missed a few.]]

{{quote|''"These are the books where people begin to die. These are the books where we realise that all bets are off and no one is safe. And on that cheerful note, enjoy the trip."''~~|'''Dan Abnett''' foreword in ''[[Gaunt's Ghosts|The Saint]]''}}~~

{{quote|''"These are the books where people begin to die. These are the books where we realise that all bets are off and no one is safe. And on that cheerful note, enjoy the trip."''

|'''Dan Abnett''' foreword in ''[[Gaunt's Ghosts|The Saint]]''}}

Most of the time when you finally grasp who the main characters of the story are, you can expect that [[Plot Armor|these characters will survive]] through the end of the story. [[Well, This Is Not That Trope|That is ''not'' this trope.]]

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== Anime and Manga ==

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== Anime & Manga ==

* ''[[Attack on Titan]]'' has a reputation for this. In the first episode we know of 2 people with names that have died.

* According to the [[All There in the Manual|Meteor Gin information book]], Yoshihiro Takahashi had thought about killing "all the important characters" in ''[[Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin]]'', but [[Executive Meddling|was not allowed to do so.]] Despite this, quite a few of the series's main characters have kicked the bucket one way or another during it or its two sequels.

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* Ironically, the ''[[Firefly]]'' comic that makes up the page image is a subversion. During the particular comic above, [[Psychic Powers|River]] is [[The Empath|reading the mind]] of a passenger who the crew is escorting, and discovers the man is a government agent hunting her in particular, and plans to kill the entire crew and capture her. While the rest of the crew are fighting off attacking Reavers, River [[Waif Fu|deals with]] the ''real'' threat, subverting his intentions.

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== Fan Works ==

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* ''[[The Sun Soul]]'', a ''[[Pokémon]]'' fic, fits this trope in every way possible. The author spares no pains in developing a character, making the audience identify with them, then ripping the character away in a brutal, often jarring, manner.

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== Fan ~~Work~~ ==

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* ''[[The Sun Soul]]'', a Pokémon fic, fits this trope in every way possible. The author spares no pains in developing a character, making the audience identify with them, then ripping the character away in a brutal, often jarring, manner.

* It is confirmed by [[Word of God]] that ''anyone'' in [[Poke Wars]] can die.

{{quote|''Cornova:'' Keep in mind that any of the characters in this fic can die. Even if they're main characters. I think I already proved that with Sabrina. }}

* The ~~Fanfic~~ ''[[Pedestal (fanfic)|Pedestal]]''. Human or Pokemon, Original or [[Canon]] Character. Anyone could be next.

* The fanfic ''[[Pedestal (fanfic)|Pedestal]]''. Human or Pokemon, Original or [[Canon]] Character. Anyone could be next.

* The [[Left Hanging|discontinued]] flash series ''[[Final Fighting Fantasy]]'' has so far featured thirty-nine [[Final Fantasy]] heroes. ''Eight'' of them are still alive. Enough said.

* The [[Left Hanging|discontinued]] flash series ''[[Final Fighting Fantasy]]'' has so far featured thirty-nine ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' heroes. ''Eight'' of them are still alive. Enough said.

* The ''[[Command & Conquer]]'' fan-novelization ''[[Tiberium Wars]]'' makes it a point to often, suddenly, and repeatedly kill off well-developed characters. Some characters get less than a scene to their names before they get slaughtered, and you've really got no idea if a character is going to survive until they bite it.

* Crossover series ''[[Both Syllables]]'' has so far killed off three fairly major characters. Two of these were solely because the author is irritated by the amount of [[Disney Death]]s in the source material.

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* Pretty much anyone, including the protagonists from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia|Hetalia]]'', can die in the ''[[Brutal Series]]''. Justified in that it ''is'' a crossover with ''[[The Hunger Games (novel)|The Hunger Games]]''.

* ''[[Downfall (fanfic)|Downfall]]'' takes a sharp turn from the original source, where deaths are unheard of; or at least, don't stick. Though several characters start out alive and kicking, when in canon they were dead and buried long before the series started, the second major engagement in Unohana's war sees Rukia dead.

* ''[[Dangerverse]]''. Similar to [[Harry Potter (novel)|the original series]], though by the end of book 4 it nearly rivals the whole series. {{spoiler|Quirrell, Lockhart, Siss, Andromeda, Cedric, Marcus, Umbridge, Frank Longbottom, Penelope Clearwater, a little girl not even in Hogwarts yet, ''Hagrid'', and the last book isn't done yet.}}

* The ''[[Dangerverse]]''. Similar to [[Harry Potter (novel)|the original series]], though by the end of book 4 it nearly rivals the whole series. {{spoiler|Quirrell, Lockhart, Siss, Andromeda, Cedric, Marcus, Umbridge, Frank Longbottom, Penelope Clearwater, a little girl not even in Hogwarts yet, ''Hagrid'', and the last book isn't done yet.}}

* ''[[Soul Chess]]'' thrives on this. The biggest examples include {{spoiler|Aizen, yes, [[Big Bad|that Aizen]], and [[Badass Grandpa|Head Captain Yamamoto]].}}

* [[Avatar: The Last Airbender Revised~~|ATLAR~~]] firmly established itself as possessing Anyone Can Die from the beginning, with the passing of {{spoiler|Sai's friend Xin Fu, Sakodi's friend Enri, and numerous Kyoshi warriors, among others, in the first book alone. By the end, Ain, Hakoda, Teo, Azul and Aizo are dead, and Zotu is [[Faking the Dead]].}}

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender Revised]]'' firmly established itself as possessing Anyone Can Die from the beginning, with the passing of {{spoiler|Sai's friend Xin Fu, Sakodi's friend Enri, and numerous Kyoshi warriors, among others, in the first book alone. By the end, Ain, Hakoda, Teo, Azul and Aizo are dead, and Zotu is [[Faking the Dead]].}}