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{{quote|'''Parody Hitler:''' I should have known. Sean Bean... that guy is a two-legged spoiler!}}
{{quote|'''Parody Hitler:''' I should have known. Sean Bean... that guy is a two-legged spoiler!}}
** Summed up with two delightful [[YouTube]] comments.
** Summed up with two delightful [[YouTube]] comments.
{{quote|'''User 1:''' If you have a [[Black Guy Dies First|black man]] and [[Sean Bean]] in horror move, who dies first?
{{quote|'''User 1:''' If you have a [[Black Guy Dies First|black man]] and [[Sean Bean]] in horror move, who dies first?
'''User 2:''' Sean Bean would play the black guy. }}
'''User 2:''' Sean Bean would play the black guy. }}
** Bean's survival to the end of 2015's ''[[The Martian]]'' has prompted some movie-goers to jokingly insist that he dies in a horrific golfing accident as the credits role.
** Bean's survival to the end of 2015's ''[[The Martian]]'' has prompted some movie-goers to jokingly insist that he dies in a horrific golfing accident as the credits role.
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* [[Leonardo DiCaprio]].
* [[Leonardo DiCaprio]].
* [[Denzel Washington]].
* [[Denzel Washington]].
* [[Johnny Depp]] has expired in quite a few films, including ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'' (his movie debut), ''[[Platoon]]'', the aptly titled ''[[Deadman]]'', ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (film)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'', ''[[From Hell]]'', ''[[The Brave]]'' (''very'' strongly implied), ''[[Public Enemies]]'', ''The Astronaut's Wife'', ''[[Death by Cameo|21 Jump Street]]'' and [[Back From the Dead|if you count it]], ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean|Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest]]''. In ''[[Dark Shadows (film)|Dark Shadows]]'' he gets halfway there.
* [[Johnny Depp]] has expired in quite a few films, including ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'' (his movie debut), ''[[Platoon]]'', the aptly titled ''[[Dead Man (film)|Dead Man]]'', ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (film)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'', ''[[From Hell]]'', ''[[The Brave]]'' (''very'' strongly implied), ''[[Public Enemies]]'', ''The Astronaut's Wife'', ''[[Death by Cameo|21 Jump Street]]'' and [[Back from the Dead|if you count it]], ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean|Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest]]''. In ''[[Dark Shadows (film)|Dark Shadows]]'' he gets halfway there.
* [[Chiaki Kuriyama]] is known both for starring in low-profile horror flicks, and dying dramatically in them. About the only media she does not die in are J-dramas.
* [[Chiaki Kuriyama]] is known both for starring in low-profile horror flicks, and dying dramatically in them. About the only media she does not die in are J-dramas.
* [[Steve Buscemi]] is king of this trope, when he's not either the [[Only Sane Man]] or protected by the [[Lunatic Loophole]]. It was once observed that each time he dies in a [[Coen Brothers]] movie, his remains get smaller and smaller (as seen when the other characters scatter his character's ashes at the end of ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'').
* [[Steve Buscemi]] is king of this trope, when he's not either the [[Only Sane Man]] or protected by the [[Lunatic Loophole]]. It was once observed that each time he dies in a [[Coen Brothers]] movie, his remains get smaller and smaller (as seen when the other characters scatter his character's ashes at the end of ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'').
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* [[Gideon Emery]]. Just... [http://garnetvengeance.tumblr.com/post/15661153807/the-many-deaths-of-gideon-emery Gideon Emery].
* [[Gideon Emery]]. Just... [http://garnetvengeance.tumblr.com/post/15661153807/the-many-deaths-of-gideon-emery Gideon Emery].
* [[Daniel Radcliffe]] is being slowly but surely molded into one, as seen in ''[[December Boys]]'', ''[[The Simpsons]]'' (granted, his character ''did'' have it coming, having suckered Lisa into becoming a vampire and not letting her back out once she starts to have second thoughts), and ''[[The Woman in Black]]''.
* [[Daniel Radcliffe]] is being slowly but surely molded into one, as seen in ''[[December Boys]]'', ''[[The Simpsons]]'' (granted, his character ''did'' have it coming, having suckered Lisa into becoming a vampire and not letting her back out once she starts to have second thoughts), and ''[[The Woman in Black]]''.
** Technically he also died in ''[[Harry Potter]]'', although [[Back From the Dead|not permanently]].
** Technically he also died in ''[[Harry Potter]]'', although [[Back from the Dead|not permanently]].
* [[Terry Gilliam]] in the [[Monty Python]] films (apart from Patsy and an [[Insert Cameo]], all his characters in ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'' die; he's one of the crucified in ''[[Life of Brian]]''; and in ''[[Monty Python's The Meaning of Life]]'', he is disembowled for a liver donation and is among the people who eat a rotten salmon mousse).
* [[Terry Gilliam]] in the [[Monty Python]] films (apart from Patsy and an [[Insert Cameo]], all his characters in ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'' die; he's one of the crucified in ''[[Life of Brian]]''; and in ''[[Monty Python's The Meaning of Life]]'', he is disembowled for a liver donation and is among the people who eat a rotten salmon mousse).
* Tom Sizemore bites the bullet in most films he appears in, particularly when they're crime dramas. A short list: ''[[True Romance]]'', ''Heat'', ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'', ''[[Red Planet (film)|Red Planet]]'', ''[[Natural Born Killers]]'' and ''Wyatt Earp'' among others. Oddly, Sizemore manages to make it out of the rather causality heavy ''[[Black Hawk Down]]'' unscathed.
* Tom Sizemore bites the bullet in most films he appears in, particularly when they're crime dramas. A short list: ''[[True Romance]]'', ''Heat'', ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'', ''[[Red Planet (film)|Red Planet]]'', ''[[Natural Born Killers]]'' and ''Wyatt Earp'' among others. Oddly, Sizemore manages to make it out of the rather causality heavy ''[[Black Hawk Down]]'' unscathed.
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== [[Live Action Television]] ==
== [[Live Action Television]] ==
* [[Michael Shanks]] is this for TV roles - ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[Smallville]]'', ''[[Back From the Dead|Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[Burn Notice]]'', ''[[Death Is Cheap|Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[Andromeda]]'', ''[[Overly Long Gag|Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[Sanctuary]]'', plus that Little Red Riding Hood remake...
* [[Michael Shanks]] is this for TV roles - ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[Smallville]]'', ''[[Back from the Dead|Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[Burn Notice]]'', ''[[Death Is Cheap|Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[Andromeda]]'', ''[[Overly Long Gag|Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[Sanctuary]]'', plus that Little Red Riding Hood remake...
* [[Jamie Bamber]], who has seen about half a dozen of his characters get killed off. Two ([[Horatio Hornblower|Archie Kennedy]] and [[Law and Order UK|Matt Devlin]]) died in an eerily similar manner ([[Blood From the Mouth]], [[Heroic Sacrifice]]), and two more (on ''[[Cold Case]]'' and ''[[Ghost Whisperer]]'') were [[Posthumous Character|*already* dead]] when the show started.
* [[Jamie Bamber]], who has seen about half a dozen of his characters get killed off. Two ([[Horatio Hornblower|Archie Kennedy]] and [[Law and Order UK|Matt Devlin]]) died in an eerily similar manner ([[Blood From the Mouth]], [[Heroic Sacrifice]]), and two more (on ''[[Cold Case]]'' and ''[[Ghost Whisperer]]'') were [[Posthumous Character|*already* dead]] when the show started.


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