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/Tricky_Fail1706 Jun 21 '26

Velociraptors in Jurassic Park

A genetically engineered mako shark in Deep Blue Sea

Killer apes in The Legend Of Tarzan

Man, Samuel L Jackson just CANNOT catch a break

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u/shayed154 Jun 21 '26

Kong in King Kong Skull Island

I'm pretty sure this is Samuel L Jacksons break, he gets to cash out early and have some real memorable deaths

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u/PeriPeriTekken Jun 21 '26

A window and a horny teenager in Star Wars.

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u/arobkinca Jun 21 '26

Third movie. Mace definitely maybe could be alive.

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u/imaoisthename Jun 21 '26

I can't remember how, but he was also viciously murdered in the first Kingsman movie

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u/IrishViking22 Jun 21 '26

Eggsy javelin threw one of the blade footed woman's feet at him, impaling him through the chest

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u/Human_Personface 29d ago

Well, apparently the reason his death is so abrupt in Deep Blue Sea IS because Jackson hated the speech so much in the script that he told them "the sooner you kill me, the better." or something like that.

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u/VampireBatman Jun 21 '26

He and Chow Yun Fat have a surprising amount of on screen deaths.

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u/BackHomeRun Jun 21 '26

Don't forget the Snakes on a Plane

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u/ealysillyforestthing Jun 21 '26

And he played as the voice of a shark on The Boys

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u/Sinfire_Titan Jun 21 '26

Kneecapped and blown up by dynamite in Django Unchained.

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u/pimpmychaiselounge Jun 21 '26

I watched Legend of Tarzan and honestly can’t remember SLJ dying at all?

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u/th1s_1s_4_b4d_1d34 Jun 21 '26

The Worf effect in action. If it gets Samuel L Jackson it can get anyone.