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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Berserk]]'' does this with the Eclipse that ends the Golden Age arc (and the anime) with Griffith's [[Face Heel Turn]] leaving the entire Band of the Hawk<ref>with the exception of Rickert, who was not with the Band when it all went down and thus was the only other survivor</ref> branded for sacrifice. The Hawks' Raiders pretty much get slaughtered ''en masse'' by the monsters from hell, but as the horror continues, each of the important members of the Hawks go down one by one until only Guts and Casca are left. And then it all goes to hell. This sequence also has an aspect of a [[Suicide Mission]] about it, in that two of the Hawks die trying to get Casca away; Pippin gets eaten holding off a bunch of monsters and Judeau takes a spike through the chest for Casca. They succeed insofar that Casca doesn't ''die'', [[Go Mad
** The Hawks began dwindling even ''before'' the Eclipse happened, since the moment that Guts left the Hawks for his own reason and Griffith just went on a downward spiral was when [[It Got Worse|shit started getting worse for them.]]
* ''[[Angel Beats!]]''
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== Fan
* Invoked and defied in ''[[The Dresden Fillies]]'' - {{spoiler|Trixie}} lures the group into her castle full of traps exactly for this purpose but Harry pushes his powers to the limit to keep everypony alive.
* Happens to the main gang in the ''[[Calvin at Camp]]'' episode "Hobbes of the Wild."
== Films -- Animation ==
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* ''[[The Descent (film)|The Descent]]''.
* ''[[The Cave]]''.
* ''[[Dawn of the Dead (film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'' in the original only two characters got out alive, [[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)||in the 2004 film]] only four out the dozen characters made it out in a boat, but after the make it to land {{spoiler|they are attacked by another horde of zombies with their fates left unknown.}}
* Not surprising that this happens in ''[[The Dirty Dozen]]'', as a [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] are sent on a [[Suicide Mission]]. The first death happens right when they land with the parachutes, the last while leaving the scene. The others somewhere in between.
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== Literature ==
* ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]''
** In ''[[Harry Potter and
** Over the course of its existence, The Order of the Phoenix (the organization, not the book) was like this as well. When Moody shows Harry a group photo of the original members, we find that over the years they've lost ''thirteen people'', including the Potters and the Longbottoms, with only 9 of them still in the order by book five. While they did get more members in the form of the Weasleys, Snape and others, the order {{spoiler|loses basically all of its original members as Dumbledore, Lupin, Sirius and Moody die}}.
* In the various voyages of ''[[Sinbad]]'', he would get shipwrecked or marooned on far off shores. If his fellow passengers or crew mates weren't all immediately killed, the locals would dine on them soon enough.
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* Starts around the halfway point in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' and ends with {{spoiler|Noble Six (You)}}.
* In ''[[Obs Cure]] 2'', unlike the original, the main cast runs into one [[Cruel and Unusual Death|horrific]] [[Plotline Death]] after another, until only {{spoiler|Shannon and Stan}} are left standing to face {{spoiler|the [[Bolivian Army Ending]]}}.
* The assault on the Shadowlord's castle in ''[[
* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' Dark side users will have a fairly limited party selection for the last section. Wonder whose fault that is?
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]: Siege of Mirkwood'' storyline. You are send on a dangerous errand with Five Elves which compose "The Hidden Guard". Their number starts to dwindle pretty fast. But when you barely knew the first one to die and couldn't really relay to his death, the passing of the last victim is truly heartbreaking.
* This is possible in ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]],'' though you have to be pure evil or comically incompetent to make it happen.
* ''[[Dragon Age II]]'' can play like this, with party members leaving due to certain quests or their particular stance in the mage-templar conflict as well as their relationship with Hawke near the end of the game. The only character that is guaranteed to stay with Hawke throughout is Varric since he's the narrator of the story.
** The [[Dragon Age|original game]] also included it, but only in [[Downloadable Content|DLC]] and only from the enemy POV: in ''The Darkspawn Chronicles'', the Warden has died at Ostagar and Alistair leads their remaining party into the [[Final Battle]], leaving a member to defend every major point in the city. Then you, as a Hurlock Vanguard, come along and kill them all, one by one.
* In ''[[Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine]]''', the heroes begin with Tidus, Sidonis, Mira, Leandros, and Inquisitor Drogan among named characters holding Graia. By the end of the game, Drogan has been revealed as a daemon-possessed puppet, Sidonis has been gutted by Nemeroth, and Leandros has sold Titus to the Inquisition over a question of Warp-resistance.
* ''[[Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh]]'' gleefully uses this trope. By the time the game is over, only two people are still alive. Who are they? {{spoiler|Curtis and Jocilyn}}.
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