Black Dude Dies First: Difference between revisions

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* Gorobei is the first to die in ''[[Samurai 7]].'' This despite the fact that, in the original ''[[Seven Samurai]]'' film, the first to die was Heihachi. Gorobei was the only black man among the samurai.

* In ''[[Berserk]]'', Pippen is the first named character to die during the Eclipse.

* Inverted in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam The 08th MS Team]]'' with Terry Sanders Jr. Every squad he was in before joining the title MS Team has been completely wiped out [[Survivor Guilt|and he is not happy about it]].

* Inverted in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team]]'' with Terry Sanders Jr. Every squad he was in before joining the title MS Team has been completely wiped out [[Survivor Guilt|and he is not happy about it]].

* The ''[[Halo Legends]]'' short "The Babysitter" follows a four-man squad. The one [[Ambiguously Brown]] member doesn't even get a name or dialogue before he dies.

* In ''[[Blood: The Last Vampire]]'', the script seemingly goes out of it's way to find a black character to kill first (Some monsters had died, but he was the first human to have a graphic onscreen death.) We have an old white woman, running from demons when she runs into a giant black American military man on base. She explains to him that said demons are chasing her, and he starts laughing stereotypically, complete with Giant nostrils and lips. Needless to say, he ends up standing under that one creepy tree, and the demon grabs him by the head. Disemboweled instantly.

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* Out of the 11 students who died during the attack on the Mars base in the first episode of ''[[Blue Comet SPT Layzner]]'', Judo is the both only one who was named and the only one who was black.

* In ''[[Bleach]]'', the black captain dies first. Go figure. Subverted, becuase he is resurrected. Then dies again. Yeah. Though, as a villain, it isn't all that surprising that he dies.

* In one arc of ''[[Full Metal Panic]]'', Sousuke is sent on a mission with five other soldiers to kill [[Axe Crazy|Gauron]]. Out of the group the first to die is the black team captain.

* In one arc of ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', Sousuke is sent on a mission with five other soldiers to kill [[Axe Crazy|Gauron]]. Out of the group the first to die is the black team captain.

* Averted in ''[[King of Thorn]]''. The black guy (his name is Ron) is one of the toughest members of a group of [[Action Survivor|ActionSurvivors]]. In the manga he lives all the way to the end of of the series. In [[The Movie]] he is the third member of the group to die, being preceded by two white guys.

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* In the 70s picture, ''The Great Santini'', a black dude does die first, but he manages to kill his killer too.

* The heroic party in the ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (film)|Dungeons and Dragons]]'' movie consisted of the heroic white thief, the plucky comic relief black thief, the love interest white mage, and the gruff Scottish dwarf, as well as a black female elf. The black thief dies, though the elf survives the film.

* The [[~~Sci Fi Channel~~]] movie ''[[Sand Serpents]]'' has the only two black members of a Marine platoon die first, the first eaten by the serpents, the second killed in a car wreck.

* The [[Syfy]] movie ''[[Sand Serpents]]'' has the only two black members of a Marine platoon die first, the first eaten by the serpents, the second killed in a car wreck.

** Another SciFi Original, ''Scream of the Banshee'', has the black police officer get killed off first. Otto's actor [[Todd Haberkorn]] [http://twitter.com/#!/ToddHaberkorn/status/51816502881550336 immediately lampshaded this] during the premiere.

** [[Running Gag|And another one]], ''Ice Age 2012'' (not related to ''[[Ice Age]]'' or ''[[2012]]'') has a giant glacier [[Artistic License Physics|somehow plow its way across Canada propelled by a bunch of volcanoes erupting]], but a black scientist still manages to die first by accidentally flying his helicopter into one of the eruptions.

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=== Video Games ===

* The first named character to die in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' was the black DARPA Chief, Donald Anderson. Subverted when it turned out that he was [[Latex Perfection|an albino disguising himself as Anderson]], and then twisted back around again, because the real Anderson was killed off-screen before Snake's arrival.

** ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty]]'' is divided into two chapters. In both chapters, the first named character to die is a black man - Scott Dolph in the Tanker portion and Peter Stillman in the Plant portion.

** ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' is divided into two chapters. In both chapters, the first named character to die is a black man - Scott Dolph in the Tanker portion and Peter Stillman in the Plant portion.

** Apparently averted in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]]'' when Sigint lived through the end of the game. However, in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots]]'', it's revealed that Sigint was actually Donald Anderson, who was, of course, the first character to die in the very first ''Metal Gear Solid''.

** Apparently averted in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]]'' when Sigint lived through the end of the game. However, in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'', it's revealed that Sigint was actually Donald Anderson, who was, of course, the first character to die in the very first ''Metal Gear Solid''.

** ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots]]'' itself averts this, since the only two black characters in the game, Ed and Drebin, both managed to survive.

** ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'' itself averts this, since the only two black characters in the game, Ed and Drebin, both managed to survive.

* In ''[[Fallout 3]]'' the first character to die is the scientist Jonas who was a friend of your character's father. It's his death in fact, that kicks off the main storyline.

** Also, your character's mother at the very beginning, during the birthing sequence. (According to the ingame files, she's African American)

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=== Western Animation ===

* Parodied in an episode of ''[[South Park]]'', itself a parody of the movie ''[[The Core]]''. In the original, a black scientist dies after engaging a switch deep while in almost direct contact with the Earth's mantle; in the parody, Cartman explicitly picks Chef as "the black man who will sacrifice himself". This is subverted, however, as Chef safely makes his way through the crowd of Hippies, does what was asked, and gets back... only for Cartman to keep going on as though Chef had died.

* The episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' with the infamous MENDOOOZZAAAAA! scream features ~~[[Mc Bain]]~~'s black partner getting killed.

* The episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' with the infamous MENDOOOZZAAAAA! scream features McBain's black partner getting killed.

* The animated series [[Funny Face]] has the black watermelon as the first and only character to die.