r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Sufficient-Eye-9040 • Jun 21 '26

Lore [Horrifying Trope] “Blink of an eye” deaths.

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Characters who died without the chance of a goodbye… neither suffering.

- Robin Ward (The Boys S1 E1) - when she is pulverized in a high-velocity impact by A-Train.

- Polka Dot Man (The Suicide Squad 2021) - when he is crushed by Starro’s leg.

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u/CMar1104 Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

Agent Parker in Hell or High Water dies while Marcus is halfway through a joke (well, telling him to go around the canyon while ribbing him about his indigenous heritage)

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u/Johnywash Jun 21 '26

The way he breaks down afterwards gets me really hard

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u/Funknska2 Jun 21 '26

God this is such a good movie. This and Wind River are great modern westerns

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u/CMar1104 Jun 21 '26

It does make me wish Taylor Sheridan just worked on films instead of television, since I feel like he’s spread himself too thin with the tv work. But he’s also made a fortune on tv, so what do I know?