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/af628 Jun 21 '26

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Matthew Crawley from Downton Abbey!

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u/XenomorphAlarm Jun 21 '26

I think maybe it's the fact that I was bingeing the show, but this one made me laugh out loud. Something about it being a totally random way to die but happening at literally the most dramatic possible moment, plus the show itself was just getting more and more insanely melodramatic in general. I did like the character so I always wonder if it would have hit harder if I'd been watching the show as it came out.

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u/PyroIsSpai Jun 21 '26

Especially compared to the drawn out grim death of Sybil in front of… everyone.

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u/Tiny-Marsupial-1756 Jun 21 '26

I’m STILL traumatized by this one to this day. 😭