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''Need to have a character buy the farm? It's easy! Just:''
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# Let them be completely [[So Happy Together|happy]] [[Too Happy to Live|for a]] [[Finagle's Law|minute]].
# Hire [[The Tim Reaper|Tim Minear]]. Or [[Joss Whedon]]. Or both.
# Make them do
# Make them [[Too Cool to Live|more interesting than the lead]].
# Have a [[Ratings]] [[Tonight Someone Dies|slump]].
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# Make it very plain that the character [[Anyone Can Die|can not die]].
# Announce that they are [[Retirony|retiring]] from a life of public service in two weeks.
# Let them [[You Have Failed Me...|goof up]] when they're working for the [[Big Bad]].
# Alternatively, let the [[Big Bad]] decide that they have [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|outlived their usefulness]].
# Let them [[Heel Face Turn|have a change of heart]] and [[Redemption Equals Death|switch sides to fight with the heroes]].
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# ... or to a town where [[Nothing Exciting Ever Happens Here|nothing exciting ever happens]].
# Have them [[And Your Little Dog, Too|go out of their way]] to be mean to everyone.
# Cast them as the villain in a [[Karmic Death|Disney]] film.
# Give them that secret potion, the one that turns you [[One-Winged Angel|into a monster]]. Because [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]], really?
# Let them fall below the [[Bishonen Line]].
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# [[Merchandise-Driven|Stop selling their toy.]]
# Hire [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]].
# Send them to a place [[Snow Means Death|that gets snow]].
# [[No Kill Like Overkill|Hit them with everything]] [[Death in All Directions|from every direction.]]
# Hire [[Star Wars Expanded Universe|R.A. Salvatore]]. With Troy Denning and Karen Traviss on backing vocals.
# Have them say [[Genre Blindness|"I'll be right back."]] Might not kill them, but it will make a liar out of them at least.
# Have someone say words to the effect of [[Tempting Fate|"We couldn't do without him."]]
# Have them be the hero's [[It's Personal|best friend]].
# Or even better, a [[Disposable Woman|love interest]].
# Make them be a [[Mook]]. Especially one without a name or [[Faceless Goons|wearing a mask]].
# Write them as such a [[Mary Sue]] that the audience demands they be killed off as a [[The Scrappy|pointless annoyance]].
# Have them kidnap [[Mama Bear|someone's]] [[Papa Wolf|kids]].
# Have them [[Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves|betray]] the hero. They [[Heel Face Turn|won't]] [[Redemption Equals Death|survive]] [[
...but really, [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him]]?
Disclaimers may apply.<ref>[[Our Lawyers Advised This Trope|The above examples are provided for educational purposes only.]] Any resemblance to works of fiction past, current, or future is [[Blatant Lies|purely coincidental.]] All The Tropes and its contributors cannot be held responsible for [[Immune to Bullets|bulletproof skin]], [[Pocket Protector|bulletproof pocket-sized mementos]], [[Soft Water|conveniently placed pools of water,]] [[Healing Factor
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