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** In fact, Owen dies not once, but twice. Anyone can die... even if they're already dead.
** In ''Torchwood: Miracle Day'', Esther Drummond and Oswald Danes died at the end. Dr. Juarez was incinerated just as she seemed to be becoming part of the Torchwood team.
* Anyone Can Die pretty much became the hook of ''[[The Sopranos]]'', possibly the [[Trope Codifier]] for television. No one was safe, be it the lowest goon or Tony himself. Due to the fact that they were never informed well in advance, many of the actors explicitly expressed suspense and fear for their careers should the writers suddenly choose the sword to fall on their head. (Though in the case of Livia, it was the actress that died first.)
* The original concept behind ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' was that, not only could anyone die, but by the end of the first season it was expected that [[Kill'Em All|a majority of the cast would die]] with the survivors [[Put on a Bus]] to make way for a new season 2 cast (the actors were told as much when they originally signed on). This changed due to the popularity of the original cast with fans, and many of the characters who appeared to die in the Season 1 finale would turn out to be [[Not Quite Dead]]. Nonetheless, they did manage to kill off two of the main characters, as well as most of the recurring supporting cast.
** The deaths of Isaac, Alejandro, Peter (temporarily) and Kaito were certainly unexpected.
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* The ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' Season 2 Trailer pretty much invokes this in-universe with Arya saying "Anyone can be killed".
** The series follows the books it's based on very closely, and books tend to follow this trope more often than live-action series. This is shown prominently at the end of the first season, when the ''main character'', the one given top billing (as well as being probably the most famous actor cast in the series,) got his head lopped off. Network Executives were apparently hesitant about killing off the main character of the series one season in, and understandably so. Then they saw the ratings. They were cool with it after that.
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