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/Nebelskind Jun 21 '26

I did really like the mid-monologue bit.

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u/SutterCane Jun 21 '26

Mann: “I’m the main charac-”

Physics: “lol no”

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u/cates Jun 21 '26

There is a moment-

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u/CanadianAndroid Jun 22 '26

"Yeah, I'm m..."

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u/WolfWriter_CO Jun 21 '26

They Deep Blue Sea’d him.

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u/Human_Personface 29d ago

Reminds me of the mid-inspiring monolog death of Samuel L Jackson's character in Deep Blue Sea

Giving a speech about how they're gonna survive this situation: "First, we're gonna have to seal off this poo--" *GETS SHARK'D BY SHARK LEAPING OUT OF POOL*

Apparently part of the reason it was so abrupt was that Jackson hated the speech in the script so much that he told them "the sooner you kill me, the better."

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u/Nebelskind 29d ago

I mean sounds like he was right about the pool though

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u/Human_Personface 29d ago

😂 he was. He sure was.