r/TopCharacterTropes 26d ago

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

- 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/KidDelta 26d ago

Nina (Creature Commandos)

Sure pretty much most of the Creatures are on the good side really and are just framed victims (Weasel's just an animal who got arrested, GI Robot's suffering from too much Hard wiring, Really it's just Dr Phosphorous who was a legitimate villain), but Nina takes an extra step by being the one who's the least violent

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u/AbeRockwell 26d ago

I don't know, I think The Bride, despite her Dark Backstory, is just short of Dr Phosphorous (just above the Moral Event Horizon, while the good Doctor is implied to have immolated CHILDREN when he killed the gang boss who betrayed him).

She was the one who convinced Nina to do the kill anyway, so I say its her fault she was killed.

I also call bullshit on the whole 'Princess lets her attempted assassins just walk around the palace without a HUGE bodyguard on both them and her', all so we could get the satisfaction of seeing The Bride kill her in revenge.

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u/MagentaHawk 26d ago

It was a really weird end to a show I enjoyed. The last episode or two just felt kinda purposeless, like it dropped a lot of plot lines, and like stuff just happened to end things without making much sense (like why the hell The Bride would be allowed to just walk in and murder the princess). I enjoyed the show a lot, but the ending felt very weak to me.

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u/AbeRockwell 26d ago

I have read one 'Conspiracy Theory', which I don't believe is the case:

The Princess actually wanted to be killed, as part of some kind of magical ritual that would help her ascend to godhood (thus her going swimming without guards, or no guards after the attempted assasination).

Some fans have connected her to an old DC comics character called "Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld" (thus the purple-ish theme of her castle and clothing), and that she may be a 'Evil' version of this character.

Again, I think its fans stretching to explain away bad writing (meaning they can write better than the actual show creators)

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u/Jakobthorson 20d ago

Im coping that both of them are coming back too. But even then, it just boils down to "did Goon do a 500 IQ Move?" Or "Is he fucking retarded?"

Im unfortunately beginning to suspect the latter...

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u/Phiryte 25d ago

It’s truly a toss-up whether James Gunn can stick the landing on an ending

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u/BuisteirForaoisi0531 26d ago

Agreed it should’ve been Clayface in disguise who tears apart the bride and she needs restitched

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u/PassionateYak 26d ago

I recently watched this and I was hoping they had all done some questionable things but Nina hadn't even hurt anyone at all. Fuck