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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]]
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| ''[[Season Fluidity|When did they die?]]'' || 10+ years ago, [[Grand Finale|Series Finale]] ||
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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]]
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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 [[
* Reaction: [[Really Dead Montage]], uh-oh. 4.
* Characterization: Protagonist. 1.
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** But... but... '''Algorithm!'''
** Therefore...
** Cause of Death: Killed by Megatron in a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] / [[One Final Battle]]
** Audience Expectation: It's a show meant to sell toys to six-year-olds. [[Never Say "Die"|Nobody thought they'd have the]] ''[[Never Say "Die"|cojones]]''. -- 1.
** Body/Casing Found?: Yes, was presumed to be buried after the events of the
** Reaction: Pretty much a [[He's Dead, Jim]] mixed with [[It's Personal]]. -- 2.5
** Last Words: A fine [[Final Speech]], and a passing of the Matrix to Hot Rod. -- 3
** When?: Same
** Died and come back?: [[Never Say "Die"|Not to that point]]. -- 4
** That gives us a 19.5/8=2.4. Which evens up with his next TV appearance later that year {{spoiler|(albeit as a zombie controlled by the Quintessons...)}}
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''[[South Park]]''
* Just because it should be so obvious, Kenny from South Park. May not count as it's one of the show's [[Running Gag
** Cause of Death: Absolutely Everything, Usually at Random. 4
** Genre: [[Death Is Cheap]]. 1
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Grandpa Max, [[Ben 10: Alien Force|Ben 10 Alien Force]]
* Cause: Sacrificed himself to stop an alien invasion. 3
* Genre: [[Disney Death
* Body: [[Word of God|"Practically the whole town blew up. Sorry."]] 4
* Characterization: Protagonist downgraded to recurring via retool, 2.
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Conversely, Vilgax's death in the final episode of ''Ben 10''
* Cause: Incinerated by a gas line explosion. [[No One Could Survive That]], except, y'know, [[Nigh Invulnerability|Vilgax already has]]. A lot. 2.
* Genre: As far as I remember, not even background characters ever actually died on the show (except for one episode where it was implied hundreds of 10 year old campers were eaten by giant mushrooms), but Vilgax and Tetrax did get to actually kill some background characters in [[The Movie]], and there have been a fair share of [[Disney Death
* Body: Unlike all of his previous [[Staying Alive|apparent deaths]], which were all [[No One Could Survive That]] ([[Word of God]] is that he survived the Season 1 finale by teleporting away before the ship exploded), this time we actually get to see Vilgax's body partially dissolving from the force of the explosion. Probably as close as this cartoon's ever come to [[Deader Than Dead]]. 4.
* Reaction: A dramatic final episode victory pose by the Ben 10 Team, with [[The Hero]] himself stating that Vilgax is toast once and for all. Which is just a [[Never Say "Die"]] way of saying [[He's Dead, Jim]]. 3.
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