Category:Death Tropes
Death is a major event in stories. No, now... it is a really big deal. Really. Except when it isn't.
Obviously, there will be lots of spoilers. Due to the nature of these tropes, the spoilers are unmarked to avoid having to highlight them constantly.
Subcategories
This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of 16 total.
A
- Afterlife Tropes (33 P)
- Apocalyptic Index (72 P)
C
F
- Funeral Tropes (30 P)
H
- Heroic Sacrifice Tropes (21 P)
I
L
- Last Words (34 P)
M
- Murder Tropes (43 P)
R
- Rebirth and Reincarnation Tropes (12 P)
- Resurrection Tropes (37 P)
S
- Skeletal Tropes (12 P)
T
- Television Is Trying to Kill Us (62 P, 1 F)
U
W
- Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? (9 P, 1 F)
Pages in category "Death Tropes"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 650 total.
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- Absolute Xenophobe
- Accidental Murder
- Acquitted Too Late
- Afterlife Antechamber
- Afterlife Express
- Alas, Poor Scrappy
- Alas, Poor Villain
- Alas, Poor Yorick
- All Deaths Final
- Almost-Dead Guy
- Always Murder
- And Call Him George
- ...And Show It to You
- And There Was Much Rejoicing
- Antagonist in Mourning
- Anyone Can Die
- Artifact of Death
- As Long as There Is Evil
- Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence
- Assassin Outclassin'
- Asshole Victim
- Ate His Gun
- Attending Your Own Funeral
B
- Back for the Dead
- Back from the Dead
- Backup From Otherworld
- Backup Twin
- Balancing Death's Books
- Bath Suicide
- Bequeathed Power
- Better Manhandle the Murder Weapon
- Better to Die Than Be Killed
- Big Guy Fatality Syndrome
- Big Sleep
- Birth-Death Juxtaposition
- Bitter Almonds
- Black Comedy
- The Black Death
- Black Dude Dies First
- Black Spot
- Bleed'Em and Weep
- Blood From the Mouth
- Blood on These Hands
- Bloody Hilarious
- Board to Death
- Body of the Week
- Bodyguard Betrayal
- Bond One-Liner
- Bonding Over Missing Parents
- Boom! Headshot!
- Broken Faceplate
- Bungled Suicide
- Burial At Sea
- Burial in Space
- Burn the Witch
- Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
- Bury Your Disabled
- Bury Your Gays
- Bus Crash
- Butter-Side Down
- Butterfly of Death and Rebirth
C
- C-List Fodder
- Came Back Strong
- Came Back Wrong
- Camping a Crapper
- The Can Kicked Him
- Can't Stop the Signal
- Car Cushion
- Cartwright Curse
- Casualty in the Ring
- Cement Shoes
- Cessation of Existence
- Chalk Outline
- The Character Died with Him
- Chess with Death
- Chronically-Killed Actor
- Chunky Salsa Rule
- Circles of Hell
- Climactic Battle Resurrection
- Cold Equation
- Coming and Going
- Contractual Immortality
- Convenient Terminal Illness
- Conversation Casualty
- The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much
- The Corpse Stops Here
- Coup De Grace
- Cradling Your Kill
- Cruel and Unusual Death
- Cryonics Failure
- Curiosity Killed the Cast
- Cut the Safety Rope
- Cyanide Pill
D
- Damaged Soul
- Darkened Building Shootout
- Darkness Equals Death
- Dateless Grave
- Dead All Along
- Dead Artists Are Better
- Dead Ex Machina
- Dead Guy on Display
- Dead Guy Puppet
- Dead Guy, Junior
- Dead Hand Shot
- Dead Hat Shot
- The Dead Have Names
- Dead Herring
- Dead Line News
- Dead Man Writing
- Dead Man's Chest
- Dead Partner
- Dead Person Conversation
- Dead Serious
- Dead Sidekick
- Dead Star Walking
- Dead to Begin With
- Dead-Man Switch
- Deader Than Dead
- Deadfoot Leadfoot
- Deadly Change-of-Heart
- Deadly Closing Credits
- Deadly Distant Finale
- Deadly Euphemism
- Deadly Fireworks Display
- Deadly Graduation
- Deadly Hug
- Deadly Nosebleed
- Deadly Rotary Fan
- Trope Workshop:Deanimated Object
- Death Amnesia
- Death as Comedy
- Death by Adaptation
- Death by Ambulance
- Death by Cameo
- Death by Childbirth
- Death by Despair
- Death by Disfigurement
- Death by Falling Over
- Death by Flashback
- Death by Genre Savviness
- Death by Gluttony
- Death by Irony
- Death by Looking Up
- Death by Materialism
- Death by Mocking
- Death by Newbery Medal
- Death by Origin Story
- Death By Pragmatism
- Death by Racism
- Death by Recognition
- Death by Secret Identity
- Death by Sex
- Death by Transceiver
- Death by Woman Scorned
- Death Equals Emotion
- Death Equals Redemption
- Death Faked for You
- Death in the Clouds
- A Death in the Limelight
- Death Is a Sad Thing
- Death Is Cheap
- Death Is Dramatic
- Death Is Not Permanent
- Death Is Such an Odd Thing
- Death Montage
- Death Notification
- Death of the Hypotenuse
- Death of the Old Gods
- Death Row
- Death Seeker
- Death Takes a Holiday
- Death Tropes/Quotes
- Death Wail
- Death's Hourglass
- Death-Activated Superpower
- Decapitated Army
- Decapitation Presentation
- Decapitation Required
- Deceased Parents Are the Best
- Defiant to the End
- Departure Means Death
- Desert Skull
- Destination Host Unreachable
- Devour the Dragon
- Did You Die?
- Die Laughing
- Died Happily Ever After
- Died in Your Arms Tonight
- Died Standing Up
- Dies Wide Open
- Dig Your Own Grave
- Disappears Into Light
- Disconnected by Death
- Disney Death
- Disney Villain Death
- Disposable Pilot
- Disposable Sex Worker
- Disposable Woman
- Disposing of a Body
- Distracted From Death