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|| '''Death Value''' || '''''[[Four Is Death|4]]''''' || '''''3''''' || '''''2''''' || '''''1''''' ||
|| '''Death Value''' || '''''[[Four Is Death|4]]''''' || '''''3''''' || '''''2''''' || '''''1''''' ||
|| ''[[How to Kill A Character|Cause of death]]'' || [[Death By Irony|Irony]], [[Dropped a Bridge On Him|Bridge Drop]], [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|Overkill]], [[Stuffed in The Fridge]], [[Ret Gone]] || [[Redemption Equals Death|Redemption]], [[Heroic Sacrifice|Sacrifice]], [[Bus Crash]], [[Mortal Wound Reveal]] || [[No One Could Survive That]], just plain killed in battle || [[Suicidal Gotcha|Jumping]] ||
|| ''[[How to Kill A Character|Cause of death]]'' || [[Death By Irony|Irony]], [[Dropped a Bridge On Him|Bridge Drop]], [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|Overkill]], [[Stuffed in The Fridge]], [[Ret Gone]] || [[Redemption Equals Death|Redemption]], [[Heroic Sacrifice|Sacrifice]], [[Bus Crash]], [[Mortal Wound Reveal]] || [[No One Could Survive That]], just plain killed in battle || [[Suicidal Gotcha|Jumping]] ||
|| ''[[Like You Would Really Do It|Audience Expectation]]'' || [[Anyone Can Die]], [[Kill Em All]] || [[Killed Off for Real]], [[Tonight Someone Dies]] || [[Disney Death]] || [[Back From the Dead]], [[Death Is Cheap]], [[Nobody Can Die]] ||
|| ''[[Like You Would Really Do It|Audience Expectation]]'' || [[Anyone Can Die]], [[Kill'Em All]] || [[Killed Off for Real]], [[Tonight Someone Dies]] || [[Disney Death]] || [[Back From the Dead]], [[Death Is Cheap]], [[Nobody Can Die]] ||
|| ''Body Found?'' || [[Deader Than Dead|Dead]] and [[Meaningful Funeral|Buried]]<br />[[Chunky Salsa Rule|Only Bits And Pieces]] || [[Waking Up At the Morgue|At The Morgue]] || [[Never Found the Body|Never Found]], [[Human Popsicle|Frozen]], [[Taken for Granite|Petrified]] || [[Left for Dead]] ||
|| ''Body Found?'' || [[Deader Than Dead|Dead]] and [[Meaningful Funeral|Buried]]<br />[[Chunky Salsa Rule|Only Bits And Pieces]] || [[Waking Up At the Morgue|At The Morgue]] || [[Never Found the Body|Never Found]], [[Human Popsicle|Frozen]], [[Taken for Granite|Petrified]] || [[Left for Dead]] ||
|| ''Reaction'' || [[Really Dead Montage|Montage]], [[Bond One Liner]] || [[He's Dead Jim]] || [[Its Personal]] || [[Faux Death]] ||
|| ''Reaction'' || [[Really Dead Montage|Montage]], [[Bond One-Liner]] || [[He's Dead, Jim]] || [[It's Personal]] || [[Faux Death]] ||
|| ''Last Words'' || [[Oh Crap|Crap]], [[Killed Mid Sentence]], [[Sedgwick Speech|Carry on men]], [[His Name Is]] || [[Catch Phrase]], [[Famous Last Words]], [[Final Speech]], [[Obi Wan Moment]] || [[You Shall Not Pass|"Fly, you fools!"]] [[Tempting Fate|"Piece of cake"]] || "[[My Death Is Just the Beginning]]" ||
|| ''Last Words'' || [[Oh Crap|Crap]], [[Killed Mid-Sentence]], [[Sedgwick Speech|Carry on men]], [[His Name Is]] || [[Catch Phrase]], [[Famous Last Words]], [[Final Speech]], [[Obi-Wan Moment]] || [[You Shall Not Pass|"Fly, you fools!"]] [[Tempting Fate|"Piece of cake"]] || "[[My Death Is Just the Beginning]]" ||
|| ''[[Characters|Characterization]]'' || [[Red Shirt]], [[Death By Origin Story|Loved One]], [[Mauve Shirt]] || [[Recurring Character]], [[C List Fodder]] || [[Regular]] || [[Contractual Immortality|Protagonist, Archvillain]] ||
|| ''[[Characters|Characterization]]'' || [[Red Shirt]], [[Death By Origin Story|Loved One]], [[Mauve Shirt]] || [[Recurring Character]], [[C List Fodder]] || [[Regular]] || [[Contractual Immortality|Protagonist, Archvillain]] ||
|| ''[[Season Fluidity|When did they die?]]'' || 10+ years ago, [[Grand Finale|Series Finale]] || 5-10 years ago || Same year || [[Story Arc|Same arc]] ||
|| ''[[Season Fluidity|When did they die?]]'' || 10+ years ago, [[Grand Finale|Series Finale]] || 5-10 years ago || Same year || [[Story Arc|Same arc]] ||
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* Genre: Comic book, so [[Death Is Cheap]]. 1.
* Genre: Comic book, so [[Death Is Cheap]]. 1.
* The Body: [[Deader Than Dead|Dead and buried]], but it's a little more complicated. Still, it's a 4.
* The Body: [[Deader Than Dead|Dead and buried]], but it's a little more complicated. Still, it's a 4.
* Reaction: [[He's Dead Jim|He's Dead Clark]], plus "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?" probably counts as a [[Really Dead Montage]]. 3.5.
* Reaction: [[He's Dead, Jim|He's Dead Clark]], plus "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?" probably counts as a [[Really Dead Montage]]. 3.5.
* Last Words: "[[Famous Last Words|Try Me]]." 3.
* Last Words: "[[Famous Last Words|Try Me]]." 3.
* Characterization: It's [[Memetic Mutation|The Goddamn Batman]], people. 1.
* Characterization: It's [[Memetic Mutation|The Goddamn Batman]], people. 1.
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* Genre: Comic book, and Marvel has a higher resurrection rate to boot, so [[Death Is Cheap]]. 1.
* Genre: Comic book, and Marvel has a higher resurrection rate to boot, so [[Death Is Cheap]]. 1.
* The Body: Again, [[Deader Than Dead]], not lost. 4.
* The Body: Again, [[Deader Than Dead]], not lost. 4.
* Reaction: [[He's Dead Jim]], some [[Really Dead Montage]]. 3.5.
* Reaction: [[He's Dead, Jim]], some [[Really Dead Montage]]. 3.5.
** Not quite true - Jeph Loeb's Fallen Son is an extended five-issue montage about the Marvel heroes dealing with Cap's death.
** Not quite true - Jeph Loeb's Fallen Son is an extended five-issue montage about the Marvel heroes dealing with Cap's death.
* Characterization: Protagonist, so that helps. 1.
* Characterization: Protagonist, so that helps. 1.
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* Genre: Marvel Comics: [[Death Is Cheap]]: 1.
* Genre: Marvel Comics: [[Death Is Cheap]]: 1.
* Body: Buried under the Hollywood sign: 4.
* Body: Buried under the Hollywood sign: 4.
* Reaction: [[Its Personal]] for Chase: 2.
* Reaction: [[It's Personal]] for Chase: 2.
* Last words: Cut-off-mid-sentence-final-speech: 3.
* Last words: Cut-off-mid-sentence-final-speech: 3.
* Characterization: Regular or protagonist... To be conservative, 2.
* Characterization: Regular or protagonist... To be conservative, 2.
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* Genre: C'mon. it's X-men. ''[[Death Is Cheap|'Nuff Said]]'' - 1
* Genre: C'mon. it's X-men. ''[[Death Is Cheap|'Nuff Said]]'' - 1
* Body Found: ''[[Left for Dead|Left For Dead]]'' - 1 She's {{spoiler|on a bullet plunging through intergalactic space, probably merged with it.}}
* Body Found: ''[[Left for Dead|Left For Dead]]'' - 1 She's {{spoiler|on a bullet plunging through intergalactic space, probably merged with it.}}
* Reaction: ''[[He's Dead Jim|He's Dead, Jim]]'' - 3
* Reaction: ''[[He's Dead, Jim]]'' - 3
* Last Words: "Give me strength." a solid 2 - 2
* Last Words: "Give me strength." a solid 2 - 2
* Characterization: [[Regular]]/Main - 1.5 but she was the Main Character of the Whedon arc in which she was offed.
* Characterization: [[Regular]]/Main - 1.5 but she was the Main Character of the Whedon arc in which she was offed.
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* Genre: It's the DC Universe, so [[Death Is Cheap]] - 1
* Genre: It's the DC Universe, so [[Death Is Cheap]] - 1
* Body found: [[Meaningful Funeral|Large funeral held]] - 4
* Body found: [[Meaningful Funeral|Large funeral held]] - 4
* Reaction: [[Its Personal]] - 2
* Reaction: [[It's Personal]] - 2
* Last words: Not heard, but presumably [[Oh Crap]] - 4
* Last words: Not heard, but presumably [[Oh Crap]] - 4
* Characterization: Loved one of {{spoiler|Roy Harper}} - 4
* Characterization: Loved one of {{spoiler|Roy Harper}} - 4
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* Genre: It's Marvel comics, so [[Death Is Cheap]]. 1.
* Genre: It's Marvel comics, so [[Death Is Cheap]]. 1.
* Body found?: Yes; [[Deader Than Dead|dead]] and [[Meaningful Funeral|buried]]. 4.
* Body found?: Yes; [[Deader Than Dead|dead]] and [[Meaningful Funeral|buried]]. 4.
* Reaction: Basically boiled down to [[He's Dead Jim]]. 3.
* Reaction: Basically boiled down to [[He's Dead, Jim]]. 3.
* Last words: "I...I believe in you"--[[Famous Last Words]]. 3.
* Last words: "I...I believe in you"--[[Famous Last Words]]. 3.
* Characterization: Regular/protagonist. 1.5.
* Characterization: Regular/protagonist. 1.5.
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