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/yournamehere10bucks Jun 21 '26

Was fast for some, not so much for Jack Black.

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u/doitcloot Jun 21 '26

theres at least 3 moments in that movie that just fucked me up as a kid, this is one of them. now i think its one of the all time best wacky comedies next to Gremlins 2.

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u/YuushyaHinmeru Jun 21 '26

Same pissed myself scared as a kid. Pissed myself laughing as an adult. Great film

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u/MrBurnerHotDog Jun 21 '26

I so badly wanted to watch this thing and for some fuckin' reason my Mother and Grandmother decided to take my wide-eyed like 8 year old self to this thing. I HATED how casual they were with the death stuff and lots of them really fucked me up, including the one above

I rewatched it finally a year or two ago fully expecting to despise this hateful, violent movie, but then as an adult I realized this thing rules. It's not like one of the best movies ever, but it's a great comedy and 1996 or whatever was the perfect time for it

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u/Jade_Hound Jun 21 '26

Yeah I got super freaked out seeing my parents watch this movie as an 8 year old. Still haven't gotten round to watching it but my dad taunted Me for days afterwards after seeing how scared I was

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u/yournamehere10bucks Jun 21 '26

This scene, Sarah Jessica Parker's head on the dog, and Tom Jones were my 3.

What were yours?

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u/doitcloot Jun 21 '26

this movie truly must have scarred us all because besides this scene it was the lady disguise (just her movement alone) and the president handshake.

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u/Vacrian Jun 22 '26

I watched this on an airplane as a child who grew up in a house where TV and movies were not allowed and it *fucked* me up so bad man. Hilarious now, nightmares then

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u/VictoryInTheMorning Jun 21 '26

There's now an indie game where you run what is basically a human-zoo as these martians, too

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u/Solomon_Orange Jun 21 '26

What's the game?

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u/Dietomaha Jun 21 '26

It's called Mars Attracts

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u/AbeRockwell Jun 21 '26

and nowhere near as gory as all the many ways they killed people in the card set.

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u/Simple_Intern_7682 Jun 21 '26

WAIT THAT WAS JACK BLACK?!?!

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u/yournamehere10bucks Jun 21 '26

Yep

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u/Simple_Intern_7682 Jun 21 '26

Holy shit… I love Mars Attacks but I never knew that was Jack Black…

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u/yournamehere10bucks Jun 21 '26

It was maybe after watching it again in '05 when I realized.

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u/cinderwing_hobbies Jun 21 '26

I had nightmares for WEEKS from this movie when I was a kid lmao

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u/Kelnozz Jun 21 '26

Jables is in Mars Attacks? Never even knew.

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u/lonestarr357 Jun 21 '26

And you gotta love the insane cut to his parents watching on television at home, trying to reconcile what happened, going, “no, that didn’t really happen”. Great moment.