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Where a major character is killed, and is not restored by a [[Reset Button]], or the death was not [[All Just a Dream]], or any of the other resurrection plot devices. |
Where a major character is killed, and is not restored by a [[Reset Button]], or the death was not [[All Just a Dream]], or any of the other resurrection plot devices. |
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This can be used as vengeance against a recalcitrant actor (see [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]) or just a dramatic way of writing off a departing one (see [[McLeaned]]), especially on soaps such as ''[[Coronation Street]]'' or ''[[Days of Our Lives]]''. |
This can be used as vengeance against a recalcitrant actor (see [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]) or just a dramatic way of writing off a departing one (see [[McLeaned]]), especially on soaps such as ''[[Coronation Street]]'' or ''[[Days of Our Lives]]''. Sometimes [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]; when an actor dies, [[The Character Died with Him|The Character Dies with Him]]. The death is often reinforced by [[Deader Than Dead|presenting it in a spectacularly over-the-top way]] just to drum it into the audience's head that this character is not coming back. |
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Despite what the trope title may suggest, being Killed Off For Real is still no guarantee that a character won't come [[Back From the Dead]] far into the future; the [[First Law of Resurrection]] makes sure of that. Creators are gradually replaced over a work's run, and they have different ideas on who should or shouldn't be alive. Even when the same creator sticks around, she can always change her mind later on. And even if such a death occurs in the [[Grand Finale]], they may still be subject to being [[Uncanceled|revived along with the show]]. |
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Another cause is the ''actor'' dying, leading to [[The Character Died with Him]]. |
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This is ''still'', of course, no guarantee against a far-in-the-future [[Back From the Dead]], because [[First Law of Resurrection|nothing is]]. Even establishing that the character is [[Deader Than Dead]]. |
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Of course, if this happens in the ''[[Grand Finale]]'', then yeah. They're dead. For good. |
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[[Uncanceled|Unless they aren't.]] |
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May lead into [[Personal Effects Reveal]], [[Meaningful Funeral]], [[To Absent Friends]], and [[Dead Guy, Junior]]. |
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[[Truth in Television|This trope originates in real life,]] [[Captain Obvious|where most deaths are generally irreversible.]] |
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