History FamilyUnfriendlyDeath / Film

* In Stephen Sommers' adaptation of ''Film/TheJungleBook'', the antagonists suffer rather horrific deaths: the first [[spoiler:sinks in quicksand]], the second [[spoiler:falls and splatters his brains (offscreen)]], the third is [[spoiler:mauled by Shere Khan]], the fourth [[spoiler:gets buried alive in a tomb]] and the main one [[spoiler:dies while being attacked by Kaa underwater.]]

** ''Kung Fu Panda 2'' is significantly [[DarkerAndEdgier darker]] than the first was. At first, the deaths are off-screen, but still pretty gruesome, like [[spoiler: getting blown to bits by a giant cannon, and being ripped apart by wolves]]. However, the one that really takes the cake is [[spoiler:the Wolf Boss]]. Shen throws a knife in his throat. On screen. Given that up to that point all deaths happened off camera and the generally cartoonish and larger than life violence, it was very shocking to see such a graphic, cold-blooded killing. Immediately after being hit by the knife, however, [[spoiler:the Wolf Boss]] exits the movie, so a corpse is never seen, but heavily implied.
** Then of course, there's the genocide of the pandas which, while relatively low-key, is ''still freaking genocide''. [[spoiler: The death of Po's mother stands out, as we last see her leaving baby Po in a radish basket, running off-screen with the wolves chasing her, and then [[NothingIsScarier nothing much else]] but Po's crying and [[HellIsThatNoise the sound of Shen's throwing knives right after she runs off]] as the scene fades away.]]

** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2''. Buzz Lightyear at the beginning of the film gets disintegrated to death after Emperor Zurg blasts off his upper torso. [[spoiler:This is when the entire sequence turns out to be a video game played by Rex'']].

** In ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', [[spoiler:Judge Frollo]] falls to his death off of a crumbling gargoyle and into a pit of molten copper. It may be clouded by smoke, but it is certain that he died from the impact only to have his corpse immolated. Not to mention there are strong implications that this was the result of divine intervention. All in all, it's a very fitting death for one of Disney's cruelest villains.
** ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'' had [[spoiler: Shan Yu]] blown to bits by several fireworks lit by Mulan and Mushu.

* Thrax from ''Film/OsmosisJones'' dies a horrible, melting death in a glass of alcohol (having previously bragged about killing three people, including a little girl).

** Archibald Snatcher's death in ''WesternAnimation/TheBoxtrolls''. [[spoiler: He swells up into a grotesque monster made of cheese, and then he ''[[LudicrousGibs explodes]]'' [[KilledMidsentence mid-sentence]].]] It's [[DistantReactionShot only seen from a distance]], but still. Mr. Gristle's death is no better, being [[spoiler:''[[SquashedFlat pulverized]]'' by Snatcher's SpiderTank landing on top of him]]. And unlike most deaths on this page, theirs are almost entirely [[BlackComedy played as jokes]].

* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'' where [[DragonInChief Nigel]] appears to have been shredded alive by the airplane's propellers at the end, but it's later revealed that he survived only to have lost all of his feathers in the process.

** In ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'', after a drunken henchman calls him a rat, Prof. Ratigan (who insists on being thought of as a "really big mouse") feeds the hapless minion to his enormous (by mouse standards) [[RightHandCat pet cat]]. This is shown by having the henchman just sitting on the ground, singing to himself, as the cat walks up behind him, picks him up, and... [[ShadowDiscretionShot he's devoured]], without even seeing it coming. (Granted, he ''was'' drunk). It cuts to a shot of some of the other henchmen taking off their hats, one even shedding a few tears, while Ratigan wipes his precious kitty's mouth with a hankie and asks if she enjoyed her tasty treat- the 'treat' in question being of a species ''he'' claims to be.

** In ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', [[spoiler:Judge Frollo]] falls to his death off of a crumbling gargoyle and into a pit of molten copper. It may be clouded by smoke, but it is certain that he died from the impact only to have his corpse immolated. Not to mention there are strong implications that this was the result of divine intervention. All in all, it's a fitting death for one of Disney's cruelest villains.

* ''Film/TheHunted2003'' is essentially KnifeFight: The Movie, so of course it shows two Family Unfriendly knife kills in all their brutality. Even the training scenes with in-universe play-acted knife fighting are uncomfortable: aside from teaching NoKillLikeOverkill techniques, L.T. Bonham also admonishes his trainees that they aren't pushing their knives hard enough, as in combat they will have to push it deep enough to feel backbone.

** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' takes it UpToEleven with [[spoiler:Loki's death. Thanos picks him up by the neck and begins to crush his windpipe. There's no GoryDiscretionShot either. It's completely onscreen. You see Loki's eyes bulge and become bloodshot and [[BloodFromEveryOrifice blood come out of his mouth, nose and eyes]]. And you hear the SickeningCrunch of his neck snapping.]] And this is all in the ''first ten minutes of the movie!'' It gets worse later when [[spoiler:Thanos sacrifices his own adopted daughter Gamora in exchange for the soul stone. He hurls her off a cliff, and we are treated to a long shot of her lifeless body laying on the ground in a puddle of green AlienBlood.]] Not to mention [[spoiler:the infamous EpicFingerSnap. It may not have been painful for anyone, but it killed literally trillions of innocent people -- maybe even more!]]

** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' takes it UpToEleven with [[spoiler:Loki's death. Thanos picks him up by the neck and begins to crush his windpipe. There's no GoryDiscretionShot either. It's completely onscreen. You see Loki's eyes bulge and become bloodshot and [[BloodFromEveryOrifice blood come out of his mouth and nose]]. And you hear the SickeningCrunch of his neck snapping.]] And this is all in the FIRST TEN MINUTES OF THE MOVIE! It gets worse later when [[spoiler:Thanos sacrifices his own adopted daughter Gamora in exchange for the soul stone. He hurls her off a cliff, and we are treated to a long shot of her lifeless body laying on the ground in a puddle of green AlienBlood.]] Not to mention [[spoiler:the infamous EpicFingerSnap. It may not have been painful for anyone, but it killed literally trillions of innocent people - maybe even more!]]

** Film/AvengersInfinityWar takes it UpToEleven with [[spoiler:Loki's death. Thanos picks him up by the neck and begins to crush his windpipe. There's no GoryDiscretionShot either. It's completely onscreen. You see Loki's eyes bulge and become bloodshot and [[BloodFromEveryOrifice blood come out of his mouth and nose]]. And you hear the SickeningCrunch of his neck snapping.]] And this is all in the FIRST TEN MINUTES OF THE MOVIE! It gets worse later when [[spoiler:Thanos sacrifices his own adopted daughter Gamora in exchange for the soul stone. He hurls her off a cliff, and we are treated to a long shot of her lifeless body laying on the ground in a puddle of green AlienBlood.]] Not to mention [[spoiler:the infamous EpicFingerSnap. It may not have been painful for anyone, but it killed literally trillions of innocent people - maybe even more!]]

** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' we get a rather graphic (and gory) shot of a HYDRA mook getting thrown into a airplane propeller. At least, it goes fast enough not to show any organs - just a [[PinkMist gigantic spray of blood]]. Still very unsettling though. The film establishes very early on that it's not going to be 100% family friendly though. The first death shown is already quite graphic.

*** Flotsam and Jetsom get hit by a stray blast from the trident, and explode into tiny fragments of flesh, bone and eyes. [[PetTheDog And since Ursula actually loved them]], [[MamaBear this winds up pissing her off]].

** In ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', [[spoiler:Judge Frollo]] falls to his death off of a crumbling gargoyle and into a pit of molten copper. It may be clouded by smoke, but it is certain that he died from the impact only to have his corpse immolated. Not to mention there are strong implications that this was the result of divine intervention. Of course, knowing how evil Frollo is, [[TropesAreTools it might not be so bad after all.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' has the villain Sharptooth die after he's hit by a falling boulder and knocked into a deep lake, where he's simultaneously drowned and crushed. Earlier on, Littlefoot's mother dies from a bite to the spine- on-screen (mostly shadows), but you can see the bite, see the wound, and Littlefoot and the viewer watch her die in agony.
-->'''Littlefoot:''' [[PleaseWakeUp Mother]]...''[[TearJerker mother?]]''

* In ''WesternAnimation/HelpImAFish'', Fly (a human turned into a fish) tricks [[BigBad the antagonist Joe (a fish)]] [[BatmanGambit into drinking a potion that turns him human]] in order to become more powerful...underwater. Drowning ensues, on-screen. The film just barely averts showing a genuine human drowning by having Joe undergoing some serious BodyHorror during the process, making him more of a MonstrousHumanoid when he finally dies- a result of him drinking a lot more of the potion than was necessary.

-->'''Joe:''' It. Becoooomes... HUUUMAAAAN!

-->'''Joe:''' [[FailedASpotCheck OF COURSE NOT!]] [[KilledMidSentence I-]]
** Likewise, when the GeneralRipper [[TheDragon Crab]] is [[EatenAlive eaten alive]] ''on-screen'' by the Shark- complete with a SickeningCrunch, [[LudicrousGibs fragments of shell going all over as he's crushed between its jaws on the first bite]], before finally going limp in its mouth and being swallowed. He may have been a villain, but that was just ''grim''.

* In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' we get a rather graphic (and gory) shot of a HYDRA mook getting thrown into a airplane propeller. At least, it goes fast enough not to show any organs - just a [[PinkMist gigantic spray of blood]]. Still very unsettling though.
** The film establishes very early on that it's not going to be 100% family friendly though. The first death shown is quite graphic.

** Film/AvengersInfinityWar takes it UpToEleven with [[spoiler:Loki's death. Thanos picks him up by the neck and begins to crush his windpipe. There's no GoryDiscretionShot either. It's completely onscreen. You see Loki's eyes bulge and [[BloodFromTheMouth blood come out of his mouth.]] And you hear the SickeningCrunch of his neck snapping.]] And this is all in the FIRST TEN MINUTES OF THE MOVIE! It gets worse later when [[spoiler:Thanos sacrifices his own adopted daughter Gamora in exchange for the soul stone. He hurls her off a cliff, and we are treated to a long shot of her lifeless body laying on the ground in a puddle of green AlienBlood.]] Not to mention [[spoiler:the infamous EpicFingerSnap. It may not have been painful for anyone, but it killed literally trillions of innocent people - maybe even more!]]

*** ''Disney/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'' had Nuka die by being trampled by logs because he wanted to show off to his mom, since he wanted her appreciation. Zira fell to her death after refusing help. In a deleted scene, she ''committed suicide''. The fan-base is divided on whether it was best to change it.

** Archibald Snatcher's death in ''WesternAnimation/TheBoxtrolls''. [[spoiler: He swells up into a grotesque monster made of cheese, and then he ''[[LudicrousGibs explodes]]'' [[KilledMidsentence mid-sentence]].]] It's [[DistantReactionShot only seen from a distance]], but still. Mr. Gristle's death is no better, being [[spoiler:''[[SquashedFlat pulverized]]'' by Snatcher's SpiderTank landing on top of him.]]]] And unlike most deaths on this page, theirs are almost entirely [[BlackComedy played as jokes]].

** Archibald Snatcher's death in ''WesternAnimation/TheBoxtrolls''. [[spoiler: He swells up into a grotesque monster made of cheese, and then he ''[[LudicrousGibs explodes]]'' [[KilledMidsentence mid-sentence]].]] It's [[DistantReactionShot only seen from a distance]], but still. Mr. Gristle's death is no better, being [[''[[SquashedFlat pulverized]]'' by Snatcher's SpiderTank landing on top of him.]]]] And unlike most deaths on this page, theirs are almost entirely [[BlackComedy played as jokes]].

** The sea-monkeys die by eating popcorn and '''exploding into liquidy guts'''. And this movie got a PG rating.

*** [[spoiler: Agatha's]] death in ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman''. [[spoiler: The thought of an innocent 11-year-old girl being sentenced to hanging is very unsettling.]] Not to mention how it's suggested that the [[spoiler: zombies chasing Norman the whole film were killed by Aggie's "witch powers" after sentencing her to death.]]
** Archibald Snatcher's death in ''WesternAnimation/TheBoxtrolls''. [[spoiler: He swells up into a grotesque monster made of cheese, and then he ''[[LudicrousGibs explodes]]'' [[KilledMidsentence mid-sentence]].]] It's [[DistantReactionShot only seen from a distance]], but still. Mr. Gristle's death is no better, being [[''[[SquashedFlat pulverized]]'' by Snatcher's SpiderTank landing on top of him.]] And unlike most deaths on this page, theirs are almost entirely [[BlackComedy played as jokes]].

* ''WesternAnimation/KuboAndTheTwoStrings'':
** We don't see the actual blow, but [[spoiler:the first Sister's mask is shown to have been ''cut in half'' by the blow that killed her, implying Monkey killed her by slicing through her skull.]]
** [[spoiler:Beetle dies]] after [[spoiler:being stabbed in the back by]] the second Sister. Monkey is implied to have been [[spoiler:''sliced in half'' if the charm she'd been is any indication.]]

* [[spoiler: Agatha's]] death in ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman''. [[spoiler: The thought of an innocent 11-year-old girl being sentenced to hanging is very unsettling.]] Not to mention how it's suggested that the [[spoiler: zombies chasing Norman the whole film were killed by Aggie's "witch powers" after sentencing her to death.]]

** Film/AvengersInfinityWar takes it UpToEleven with [[spoiler:Loki's death. Thanos picks him up by the neck and begins to crush his windpipe. There's no GoryDiscretionShot either. It's completely onscreen. You see Loki's eyes bulge and [[BloodFromTheMouth blood come out of his mouth.]] And you hear the SickeningCrunch of his neck snapping.]] And this is all in the FIRST TEN MINUTES OF THE MOVIE! It gets worse later when [[spoiler:Thanos sacrifices his own adopted daughter Gamora in exchange for the soul stone. He hurls her off a cliff, and we are treated to a long shot of her lifeless body laying on the ground in a puddle of green AlienBlood.]] Not to mention [[spoiler:the infamous EpicFingerSnap. It may not have been painful for anyone, but it literally killed trillions of innocent people - maybe even more!]]

*** Clayton (pictured above) get tangled up in a cluster of vines high in the trees, and then proceeds to cut his way out of them, all the while the vines are tightening around his neck. Unfortunately for him, he cuts one too many vines and falls to his death. While the film does cut to a GoryDiscretionShot, lightning flashes and we can see Clayton's hanging silhouette on a nearby tree.

[[caption-width-right:300:Clayton [[DeadlyEuphemism hangs his head in defeat]].]]

[[caption-width-right:300:Clayton [[DeadlyEuphemism hangs his head]] in defeat.]]

[[caption-width-right:300:Clayton hangs his head in defeat--literally.]]