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|| ''Relative deadness factor'' || '''[[Deader Than Dead]]''' || '''[[Put On a Bus|Maybe Back Later]]''' || '''[[Inferred Survival|Be Back Soon]]''' || '''[[Contractual Immortality|Death? What's That?]]''' ||▼
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|| '''Death Value''' || '''''[[Four Is Death|4]]''''' || '''''3''''' || '''''2''''' || '''''1''''' ||▼
▲|| ''Relative deadness factor'' || '''[[Deader Than Dead]]''' || '''[[Put Onon a Bus|Maybe Back Later]]''' || '''[[Inferred Survival|Be Back Soon]]''' || '''[[Contractual Immortality|Death? What's That?]]''' ||
|| ''[[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]] ||▼
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|| ''[[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]] ||▼
▲|| '''Death Value''' || '''''[[Four Is Death|4]]''''' || '''''3''''' || '''''2''''' || '''''1''''' ||
|| ''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]] ||▼
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|| ''Reaction'' || [[Really Dead Montage|Montage]], [[Bond One-Liner]] || [[He's Dead, Jim]] || [[It's Personal]] || [[Faux Death]] ||▼
▲|| ''[[How to Kill Aa Character|Cause of death]]'' || [[Death Byby Irony|Irony]], [[Dropped a Bridge Onon 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]] ||
|| ''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]]" ||▼
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|| ''[[Characters|Characterization]]'' || [[Red Shirt]], [[Death By Origin Story|Loved One]], [[Mauve Shirt]] || [[Recurring Character]], [[C List Fodder]] || [[Regular]] || [[Contractual Immortality|Protagonist, Archvillain]] ||▼
▲|| ''[[Like You Would Really Do It|Audience Expectation]]'' || [[Anyone Can Die]], [[Kill'Em All]] || [[Killed Off for Real]], [[Tonight Someone Dies]] || [[Disney Death]] || [[Back Fromfrom the Dead]], [[Death Is Cheap]], [[Nobody Can Die]] ||
|| ''[[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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|| ''[[Back From the Dead|"Died" and come back?]]'' || [[Not Quite Dead|Not yet]] || Died once, but got better || [[Faking the Dead|Twice]] || [[Joker Immunity|I've]] [[Staying Alive|lost]] [[Death Is Cheap|count]] ||▼
▲|| ''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]] ||
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▲|| ''Reaction'' || [[Really Dead Montage|Montage]], [[Bond One-Liner]] || [[He's Dead, Jim]] || [[It's Personal]] || [[Faux Death]] ||
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▲|| ''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]]" ||
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▲|| ''[[Characters|Characterization]]'' || [[Red Shirt]], [[Death Byby Origin Story|Loved One]], [[Mauve Shirt]] || [[Recurring Character]], [[C -List Fodder]] || [[Regular]] || [[Contractual Immortality|Protagonist, Archvillain]] ||
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▲|| ''[[Season Fluidity|When did they die?]]'' || 10+ years ago, [[Grand Finale|Series Finale]] || 5-105–10 years ago || Same year || [[Story Arc|Same arc]] ||
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▲|| ''[[Back Fromfrom the Dead|"Died" and come back?]]'' || [[Not Quite Dead|Not yet]] || Died once, but got better || [[Faking the Dead|Twice]] || [[Joker Immunity|I've]] [[Staying Alive|lost]] [[Death Is Cheap|count]] ||
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If the character hasn't died yet (but seems likely to), see [[Sorting Algorithm of Mortality]]. All of this is trumped by the [[First Law of Resurrection]].
 
Currently, {{spoiler|Shirley}} from ''[[Code Geass]]'' and {{spoiler|the real Caulder}} from ''[[Advance Wars]]: Days of Ruin'' have scored 4, the highest possible. The latter is more notable by having 4 in ''every'' category instead of getting the CLAMP bonus that the former got. No characters have got the lowest possible score of 1 yet, but [[Doctor Who (TV)|Davros and The Master]] are joint leaders in the death defying derby at 1.75, even beating [[South Park]]'s Kenny.
 
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* Cause: [[Heroic Sacrifice]], so he's not coming back from that too quickly, or the sacrifice will be cheapened. 3.
* Genre: It's a comic book, so [[Death Is Cheap]]. 1.
* The Body: [[Deader Than Dead]], a [[PietaPietà Plagiarism]] too for supes sake! So no chance of [[Faking the Dead]]. 4.
* Reaction: [[Really Dead Montage]], uh-oh. 4.
* Characterization: Protagonist. 1.
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'''Now let's make a prediction with the recent death of [[Batman (Comic Book)|Batman]] in [[Final Crisis]].'''
* Cause: [[Heroic Sacrifice]], give or take. 3.
* Genre: Comic book, so [[Death Is Cheap]]. 1.
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Commander Julius Root from [[Artemis Fowl (Literature)|Artemis Fowl]], offed in the fourth book.
 
* Cause of death: Disintegrated by a bomb courtesy of Opal Koboi, genuine [[Tear Jerker]] (and invariably saves Holly's life), so both [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]] and [[Heroic Sacrifice]]. 3.5
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* Reaction: [[He's Dead, Jim]] - 3
* Last words: A [[Final Speech]]. - 3
* Characterization: [[Relationship Sue]], [[Strangled Byby the Red String]], [[Love Martyr]], but most of all, a recurring character. So about a 3.25.
* Died when: Near the beginning of [[Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome|Season Four]] - 2
* Came back: No. - 3
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Vaneesa Abiyoti from [[Stationery Voyagers]]: Final Hope...
* Cause: Dropped a <s> bridge</s> blade [[Off Withwith His Head|on her neck]]. - 4
* Genre: [[Disney Death]]. - 2
* Body found: Yes, and her head became one of Astrabolo's souvenirs. Her body was merely dumped into a volcano and disposed of.- 4
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Following the events of [[Dresden Files|Small Favor]], it looks like even [[Chessmaster]] Nicodemus can have a very, very bad day. Let's see if you can keep a good Fallen down:
* Cause of death: Choked out by an invulnerability noose? [[Death Byby Irony]] - 4
* Genre: So far, the dead stay dead, but the core cast has been relatively safe - 3
* Body found?: Dumped in a lake and immediately recovered by a subordinate? Uhoh - 1
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* Fred Weasley:
* Cause of Death: Technically, [[Dropped a Bridge Onon Him|Exploded A Wall On Him]]. '''4'''.
* Audience Expectation: [[Kill'Em All]]. '''4'''.
* Body Found?: Dead and Buried. '''4'''.
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* When: In the final book: '''4'''.
* Died and Came Back: No. '''4'''. (''The Tales of Beedle the Bard'' underscores the Potterverse principle that Dead is DEAD.)
* Average: 3.00 ([[Put Onon a Bus]]). Snape could come back ("He had a [[Eye of Newt|bezoar]] up his sleeve!" "He had been [[Acquired Poison Immunity|dosing himself with snake venom]] in case something like this happened!" "Fawkes the Phoenix appeared just in time to [[Healing Hands|shed his tears]] on the bite!"), but it would completely devalue the sacrifices he made throughout the series.
 
Voldemort:
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We're not leaving so many of the villains out, are we?
Bellatrix Lestrange:
* Cause: [[Death Byby Irony]] or Overkill: 4.
* Expectation: [[Anyone Can Die]]: 4
* [[Body Found]]: Yes: 4
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Peter Pettigrew:
* Cause: [[Death Byby Irony]]: 4
* Expectation: [[Anyone Can Die]]: 4
* Body Found: Yes: 4
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Bianca di Angelo from ''[[Percy Jackson and& Thethe Olympians (Literature)|Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]''
 
* Cause of death: Death by giant robot commandeering = bridge drop. 4
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:Sorting Algorithm of Deadness/WMG]]
[[Category:LiteratureSorting Algorithm of Deadness]]
[[Category:Sorting Algorithm Of Deadness]]
[[Category:oldtable]]
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