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[[File:rsz wicked witch of the east is dead 742.jpg|link=The Wizard of Oz (film)|frame|"As Coroner, I must aver<br />I've thoroughly examined her<br />And she's not [[Only Mostly Dead|only merely dead]]<br />She's really most '''sincerely''' dead."]]
 
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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* ''[[Scream (film)|Scream]]''. The [[Genre Savvy]] heroine makes sure the villain ''stays dead''.
{{quote|'''Randy Meeks:''' Careful. This is the moment when the supposedly-dead killer comes back to life for one last scare.
[''Billy starts to rise, only to receive a [[Boom! Headshot!|headshot]] from Sidney.'']<br />
'''Sidney Prescott:''' Not in my movie. }}
* Captain James T. Kirk in ''[[Star Trek Generations]]''. Let's just say they... [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]].