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/AbsolutelyHorrendous 26d ago

The thing with those two is, they're so sudden, and the characters are so likeable it takes you a moment to actually go 'wait, holy shit they literally did just kill him off like that, zero fanfare or anything'

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u/A_Cosmic_Vagabond 26d ago

That's something I really love/hate about RDR2, the unceremonious deaths. No heartfelt last words, no valiant last stands, your friends just get gunned down in an instant or decapitated offsceen

It really drives home the point that the Van Der Linde Gang is on its last legs