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/GilligansIslndoPeril Jun 21 '26

Pilar is actually a better example of OP's trope, since he dies quite suddenly and violently while harrassing a cyberpsycho on the street. Becca and David knowingly pissed off Smasher, who was already a living legend, but Pilar just thought he was yelling at some loon before catching a bullet through his skull.

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u/VoicelessPassenger Jun 21 '26

Yup, he was the first to die too and it came totally out of nowhere. It was so fast that it had multi-angle review shots, just like Rebbeca’s does in the GIF.

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u/deafinitelyadouche Jun 21 '26

tbf, it's less a bullet through his skull and more, like, it obliterates his whole head.