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# ...preferably [[Cartwright Curse|by the main character]].
# Put them on [[New Meat|"point"]].
# Let them be completely [[So Happy Together|happy]] [[Too Happy to Live|for a]] [[
# Hire [[The Tim Reaper|Tim Minear]]. Or [[Joss Whedon]]. Or both.
# Make them do something -- anything -- [[Heroic Sacrifice|noble]].
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# Relocate them to [[The Tokyo Fireball|Tokyo]]...
# ... 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
# Let them fall below the [[Bishonen Line]].
# Enlist them in the [[Redshirt Army|armed forces]] in a monster/disaster movie.
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# Make them a main character's double from an [[All the Myriad Ways|alternate universe]].
# Cast them as the main character's [[Not My Driver|pilot or chauffer]].
# Make them a [[The Obi
# Have them visit the hero's [[Doomed Hometown|hometown]] after the hero [[Refusal of the Call|refuses]] [[The Call Knows Where You Live|the Call]].
# [[Running the Asylum|Become a writer for the franchise, and write that character's death.]]
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# Assign them the job of [[Mentor Occupational Hazard|mentoring a hero]].
# [[Die for Our Ship|Put them "in the way"]] of your [[One True Pairing]].
# [[Merchandise
# Hire [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]].
** Alternatively, hire [[Gen Urobuchi]].
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# 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 [[
# Or even better, a [[Disposable Woman|love interest]].
# Make them be a [[Mook]]. Especially one without a name or [[Faceless Goons|wearing a mask]].
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...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|Healing Factors]], [[Not Quite Dead|insufficiently thorough deaths,]] [[Joker Immunity]], [[You Killed My Father|vengeful offspring]], [[Legacy Immortality]], [[Mauve Shirt|shirts that turn out to be slightly more lilac-colored than red,]] [[Gypsy Curse|Gypsy Curses]], [[Unfinished Business|angry ghosts]], [[Expendable Clone|Expendable Clones]], [[One
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