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The protagonists are walking down a hallway or simply just relaxing and minding their own business when suddenly out of nowhere one of them is killed in a horrific manner. This often can and does fall in the category of [[Gorn]]. This form of demise can lead to [[The Reveal]] and can often lead to the confrontation with the [[Big Bad]]. Typically includes or is accompanied by [[Impaled With Extreme Prejudice]]. Sometimes is foreshadowed very briefly by the killer being shown just before the character's death. Most commonly associated with Horror and typically the responsible party is of the monster variety. It can also be used to reveal any obstacles in the protagonist's way by killing a less important character or a [[Red Shirt]], if there are any. Not limited to villains, however, as it can also be done as part of a [[Mook Horror Show]].

Can also be considered a subtrope of [[Harbinger of Impending Doom]] but is generally a plot twist. As in, up to this point everything has been going in the protagonists favor up until this trope is invoked. Also compare with [[Dynamic Entry]], which is usually nonfatal and portrayed in a [[Lighter and Softer|lighter tone.]] [[In the Back]] may use this. [[Killed Mid Sentence]] is a specific sub-trope.

Can also be considered a subtrope of [[Harbinger of Impending Doom]] but is generally a plot twist. As in, up to this point everything has been going in the protagonists favor up until this trope is invoked. Also compare with [[Dynamic Entry]], which is usually nonfatal and portrayed in a [[Lighter and Softer|lighter tone.]] [[In the Back]] may use this. [[Killed Mid-Sentence]] is a specific sub-trope.

'''As a [[Death Trope]], all Spoilers will be unmarked ahead. Beware.'''

== Anime and Manga ==

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** When the Arbalest makes it's first appearance in Khanka, Sousuke [[Mook Horror Show|plays a lethal variation of hide-and-seek with five Savages]]. As in, every time he appears from the dark, a Savage permanently goes off the radar via being stabbed, shot or hit by a tree.

** The entrance of Clouseau in ''The Second Raid''. As a Savage is about to unleash some autocannon goodness on Sousuke and co. fleeing in a car, it takes a headshot from the side. Then Clouseau disengages ECS, throws one of his machetes into another Savage then expertly dodges incoming shots and stabs the third.

* Kaname Tousen from ''[[Bleach]]''. When fighting Hisagi, he pulls out his [[One Winged Angel|Hollow form]], and while busy laughing at how screwed the heroes are...is promptly stabbed in the head by Hisagi before he can show anything.

* Kaname Tousen from ''[[Bleach]]''. When fighting Hisagi, he pulls out his [[One-Winged Angel|Hollow form]], and while busy laughing at how screwed the heroes are...is promptly stabbed in the head by Hisagi before he can show anything.

** This doesn't kill him though. As he lay dying, Tousen is filled with remorse. He asks Hisagi if he can show him his face, but is abruptly killed by Aizen, who explodes his body.

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== Film ==

* ''[[Alien]]'' series.

** ''Alien'': The dinner scene. Kane, having been infected previously leading to [[All There Is to Know About The Crying Game]], eats dinner after recovering appearing perfectly normal when he starts convulsing and is killed by a chest burster. And of course, in typical hungry Alien fashion, it devours the entire crew except for Ripley, even stowing away on her escape pod before being [[Thrown Out the Airlock]].

** ''Alien'': The dinner scene. Kane, having been infected previously leading to [[All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"]], eats dinner after recovering appearing perfectly normal when he starts convulsing and is killed by a chest burster. And of course, in typical hungry Alien fashion, it devours the entire crew except for Ripley, even stowing away on her escape pod before being [[Thrown Out the Airlock]].

** ''Aliens'': The android Bishop is apologizing for scaring the heroine. At this moment he is [[Impaled With Extreme Prejudice]] and you see the [[Big Bad|Alien Queen]] drop down from underneath the Dropship where it had stowed onto the ship and then rips Bishop in half with her claws.

** ''Alien <sup>3</sup>'' even gets on the action. The prison warden is killed while yelling at Ripley, in a room full of other people no less!

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** The tank crew actually references this trope. "Watch those hatches. We don't want any uninvited guests."

*** The ultimate example is the extremely-hard to accurately aim bulletdive. Starting from a great height, you plummet like a ballistic missile towards the ground. Given a sufficient height, the city block around where you land tends to be clear of hostiles. And anything else.

* Solo Wing Pixy's return in ''[[Ace Combat]] Zero: The Belkan War'' is marked by shooting down PJ with his spiffy new "Morgan" superfighter's [[Frickin Laser Beams]].

* Solo Wing Pixy's return in ''[[Ace Combat]] Zero: The Belkan War'' is marked by shooting down PJ with his spiffy new "Morgan" superfighter's [[Frickin' Laser Beams]].

* In ''[[Fallout 3]]'', just before entering GNR, Initiate [[Red Shirt|Reddin]] gets this treatment courtesy of a Super Mutant Behemoth.

* An E3 trailer for ''[[Call of Duty]]: Black Ops'' shows the player character moving down a tunnel, a comrade in front of him. Your comrade turns to talk to you, but a second later someone appears from [[Behind the Black]] and kills him.

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* You do this in the ''[[Assassin's Creed (Video Game)|Assassin's Creed]]'' series, all the time. While they force you to engage in open conflict from time to time, both Altaïr and Ezio are meant to be shanking people before the targets know they're there. Especially visible in the [[Attract Mode]] video for ''2'', where we don't see Ezio for a while until he suddenly pops up and kills the first target.

* In ''[[Resistance]] 2'', Hawthorne and Warner are killed by [[Big Bad]] Daedalus surprising the characters in separate instances as they walk ahead of Hale in spacious corridors by impaling them with his tentacles in order to discourage Hale from advancing to him, a sort of [[Final Boss Preview]].

** Subverted with Capelli, who's grabbed by the Mother Spinner and dragged off a massive tower. However, as a [[Half Human Hybrid]] his [[From a Single Cell|regeneration]] saves him, and after the boss fight he says that his "regen kicked in just in time" and a team member jokingly comments that his [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome|video feed just made the highlights reel]].

** Subverted with Capelli, who's grabbed by the Mother Spinner and dragged off a massive tower. However, as a [[Half-Human Hybrid]] his [[From a Single Cell|regeneration]] saves him, and after the boss fight he says that his "regen kicked in just in time" and a team member jokingly comments that his [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome|video feed just made the highlights reel]].

* May appear in [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 (Video Game)|Sonic 06]]. Sonic and Elise are just walking around when BLAM! [[Impaled With Extreme Prejudice|Death Ray!]] And [[Large Ham|hammy]] [[Dan Green|laughing,]] too.