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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]] || [[Its Personal]] || [[Faux Death]] ||▼
|| ''Last[[How Wordsto Kill a Character|Cause of death]]'' || [[OhDeath by CrapIrony|CrapIrony]], [[KilledDropped Mida SentenceBridge on Him|Bridge Drop]], [[SedgwickThere Speech|CarryIs onNo menKill Like Overkill|Overkill]], [[HisStuffed Namein IsThe Fridge]], [[Ret-Gone]] || [[CatchRedemption PhraseEquals Death|Redemption]], [[Famous LastHeroic WordsSacrifice|Sacrifice]], [[FinalBus SpeechCrash]], [[ObiMortal WanWound MomentReveal]] || [[YouNo ShallOne NotCould Pass|"Fly, youSurvive fools!"That]], [[Temptingjust Fate|"Pieceplain ofkilled cake"]]in battle || "[[MySuicidal Death Is Just the BeginningGotcha|Jumping]]" ||
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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]] || [[ItsIt'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.
* 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.
* Last Words: "[[Famous Last Words|Try Me]]." 3.
* Characterization: It's [[Memetic Mutation|The Goddamn Batman]], people. 1.
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* Genre: It switched to [[Killed Off for Real]] ''upon'' his death, not sure that counts. We'll call it a 2 to be optimistic.
* Body Found?: Dead and...well, exploded, but that counts as Buried here. 4
* Reaction: Optimistically, [[ItsIt's Personal]] from Tex. 2
* Last Words: [[Killed Mid -Sentence]], more or less. 4
* Characterization: Practically the definition of a [[Mauve Shirt]]. 4
* When did they die?: Over a year ago now, but not yet five. 2.5
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* Genre: Between her apparent death and the current series, it's shifted from [[Disney Death]] to [[Killed Off for Real]]. Say 2.5
* Body Found?: Yes, but she doesn't need it. n/a
* Reaction: As close to [[ItsIt's Personal]] as you'll ever get from Church. 2
* Last Words: As of Reconstruction, [[Oh Crap]]. 4
* Characterization: Regular, 2
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And finally, as of Recreation, {{spoiler|Donut}}
* Cause: [[Dropped a Bridge Onon Him|Bridge Drop]], 4
* Genre: [[Killed Off for Real]], thus far. Might shift upward if he's actually dead, but for now that's a 3.
* Body Found?: Gonna call this n/a because it just happened.
* Reaction: Cries of disbelief. I'll call it as [[ItsIt's Personal]]. 2
* Last Words: [[Killed Mid -Sentence]], 4
* Characterization: Regular, 2
* When did they die?: Same arc, 1
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* Cause of death: Shot rather messily by an assassin at close range. 4
* Genre: [[Back Fromfrom the Dead]] 1
* Body Found?: The police found it. It's since apparently been cremated and the urn is placed at the feet of his memorial statue. 4
* Reaction: [[He's Dead, Jim|He's Dead, Edmund.]] 3
* Last Words: A [[Final Speech]]. 3
* Characterization: Regular, but given his prominence in the plot as a whole and lack of a protagonist, I'll give him a 1.
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Hmmm... how about {{spoiler|Penny}}, from [[DoctorDr. HorriblesHorrible's Sing -Along Blog (Web Video)|Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog]]?
* Cause of death: Death ray pieces to the sternum sounds a bit too much like [[Death Byby Irony]], if you ask me. 4.
* Genre: DHSAB matches the real world rather closely-- thatclosely—that said, it's unknown whether [[Mad Scientist]] resurrection is possible or not. I'll mark it as [[Killed Off for Real]]. 3.
* Body found?: Yes. Oh, yes. 4.
* Reaction: Well, the bit after it qualifies as a [[Really Dead Montage|Montage]] (albeit in a slightly twisted way), so... 4.
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* Ever died and come back?: Not that I know of. 4.
* So, 4+3+4+4+2+1+4 = 22/7 = 3.142857. '''VERDICT''': Dead, not sleeping. Sorry, Doctor Horrible!
* I'd argue that the Genre allows for a far higher genre score. A) [[DoctorDr. HorriblesHorrible's Sing -Along Blog (Web Video)|Dr. Horrible]] is set [[Death Is Cheap|in a comic based universe]] B) There is at least 1 undead character, Dead Bowie. C) Dr.Horible is a [[Mad Scientist]] you know the ones who pull stuff like cloning and [[Frankenstein]].
** Yeah, but characterization would more accurately be a 4, and Last Words would probably be a 3. So this would be counterbalanced.
 
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'''Twp'atwt'''
* Cause: [[Death Byby Irony]] - 4
* Genre: [[Killed Off for Real]] Sometimes - 3
* Body Found: [[Deader Than Dead]] - 4
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'''Agent Nick'''
* Cause: [[Dropped a Bridge Onon Him]] - 4
* Genre: [[Killed Off for Real]] - 3
* Body Found: [[Deader Than Dead]] - 4
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* Genre: [[Killed Off for Real]] - 3
* Body Found: [[Never Found the Body]] - 2
* [[Last Words]]: [[Killed Mid -Sentence|"Doc Rocket, quickly! We have to--"]] - 4
* Reaction: [[ItsIt's Personal]] - 2
* Characterization: Protagonist - 1
* When: Judging by {{spoiler|Kit's pregnancy}}, it's now been about 6 months. 2
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