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* The elven guards in the first chapter of ''[[The Inheritance Trilogy]]''. Paragraphs of detailed, important-sounding description... boop, gone.

* In the spinoff of the ''[[CHERUB]]'' series, ''[[Henderson's Boys]]'' a young boy named Hugo becomes part of the plot in the first book, only to get shot in the back by a Nazi officer ten chapters later and die.

* In the ''[[Chaos Walking]]'' trilogy, [[Plucky Girl]] Maddy is introduced and killed off early on the second book. She was one of the few cheerful and optimistic characters, and her death demonstrated the senseless brutality of the Mayor's men.

* Isaiah in ''[[Someone Else's War|Someone Else's War]]''.

* Kid Dinosaur from ''[[Wild Cards]]'' was expressly created by the writing collective behind the series to be killed in the battle with the Astronomer.

* The special double-length pilot episode of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' introduces Jesse, best friend of Xander, the show's [[Plucky Comic Relief]]. It seems that Xander and Jesse will be a regular pairing throughout the show, mirroring the Buffy and Willow friendship. Then Jesse is turned into a vampire and Xander is forced to kill him. But that's okay, because he's [[Forgotten Fallen Friend|never mentioned again]].

** [[Joss Whedon]] actually planned to bring Jesse back as a ghost or form of the First Evil talking to Xander in the final season, but [[Real Life Writes the Plot|real-life problems prevented it]]. (This happened a few other times: He also had to have the late Cassie speak for the also-late Tara in one episode because Tara's actress thought having the First appear as Tara was too cruel, and then had to completely scrap an episode idea to bring Tara [[Back from the Dead]] because the actress wasn't available... among others.)