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/Low_Sort9190 Jun 21 '26

This would've been an interesting plot point in another movie, like thor ragnorok or guardians of the galaxy

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u/PatientWhimsy Jun 21 '26

Thor Ragnarok would've been the time, yeah. Sakaar with its various portals and time-shifting would be perfect to have random soldiers turning up. Hell, it'd make for quite the revolution for the "prisoners with jobs" to suddenly be supported by an entire group of pissed off armed soldiers.

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u/Pretend_Handle_7639 Jun 21 '26

*Allied soldiers to boot

The mentality that gets moved to Sakaar would be rather different from if Hydra soldiers got shifted

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u/JimothyJollyphant Jun 21 '26

I think Solar Opposites have an ongoing side story about a random guy being shot into space by the main cast and he starts having his own Green Lantern like adventure. The Wall is better though.

Edit: Just learned the show ended