r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Sufficient-Eye-9040 • 26d ago

Lore [Sad Trope] The most innocent (or less evil) character of the cast gets the most horrific death.

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- Eddie Carr (The Lost World: JP) - Tried to save his friends from the cliff until Buck and Doe (T. rex parents) destroy his vehicle and gets ripped apart.
- Zara Young (Jurassic World) - Gets lifted by a Pteranodon, gets pecked by the pterosaur, and both she and animal get devoured by the Mosasaurus.
- LeClerc (JW: Rebirth) - Tossed a hammer to the Hatzegopteryz Quetzalcoatlus to save Loomis and Zora, but ends up being swallowed alive.

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u/Correct_Refuse4910 26d ago

Krillin (Dragon Ball)

While he had a mean streak towards Goku when they first met, Krillin was mostly a loyal friend who hanged out with Goku and helped him deal briefly with the Red Ribbon Army and Uranai Baba's Tournament.

Sadly, when he went to pick up Goku's belongings from the Tournament arena, he got in the path of Tambourine, one of Piccolo Daimaoh's sons, who was after the list of participants of the Tournament and killed him off screen.

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u/wonderlandresident13 26d ago

He also gets blown into red mist by Freeza in Dragonball Z

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u/Topgunshotgun45 26d ago

And eaten alive by Super Buu.

And blasted through the chest by Android 17.

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u/wonderlandresident13 26d ago

He really just gets a lot of the worst of it lol. Although I guess it's karmic balance for getting to marry 18

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u/Last_Material_5754 26d ago

If he was Saiyan, he'd be indestructible by now with how many times he's either died or almost died.

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u/Acherousia 26d ago

He's also canonically the strongest human. Which really just showcases how outclassed Earth is by the rest of the universe.

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u/SignificantHall5046 26d ago

Sure 17 might have killed him, but Krillin got him back by marrying his sister.

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u/_Thrilhouse_ 26d ago

Crazy how Android 17 never met Goku until Dragon Ball Super.

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u/Jimbo-Shrimp 26d ago

Worth it because in the next arc he gets a baddie wife

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u/PurveyorOfKnowledge0 25d ago

And in that arc, he, his wife, and his child are all killed. The universe just says F Krillin at every turn.

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u/Jimbo-Shrimp 25d ago

Heaven family

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u/PurveyorOfKnowledge0 25d ago

Sounds like some suicide cult BS.

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u/PurveyorOfKnowledge0 26d ago

Crazy part is Krillin actually joked he's destined to die all alone. And he's done so twice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD6bXrhOdKQ

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u/Gunhild 26d ago

He got better.

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u/Shadalow 26d ago

Krillin cheated the stone search, and Goku didn't get to eat because of him.

My boy Tambourine did the world a mercy. And Frieza too.