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*** Actually, with Tirek it's not so clear, since we never see him die on screen. He does get sucked into the big vortex in the clouds before it explodes, which would imply that most likely he did die, but it's never confirmed. Especially that unlike with Lavan, where Megan explicitly states "He's [[NeverSayDie gone]]!", the ponies never mention a word about what happened.
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** Yue in the first season finale. An odd one, as the excuse for Jet's death not being shown was that the network wouldn't let them show a kid die onscreen - but Yue's death ''was'' onscreen, and she was the same age. It ''might'' be because Jet's was a violent death, while Yue's looked more like she fell asleep, and she was shown becoming the Moon Spirit immediately after, while Jet was just dead.
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** Yue in the first season finale. An odd one, as the excuse for Jet's death not being shown was that the network wouldn't let them show a kid die onscreen - but Yue's death ''was'' onscreen, and she was the same age. It ''might'' be because Jet's was a violent death, while Yue's looked more like she fell asleep, and she was shown becoming the Moon Spirit immediately after, while Jet was just dead. However, it is likely that Jet died.
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** Also, Zhao and Hahn from the first season.
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*** Amusingly subverted with [[AdamWesting James Woods]]. He's seemingly killed off for good in that same episode only to turn up later on (complete with deliberately hilarious and absurd VoodooShark explanation for his return to boot).
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*** And now Optimus is looking [[{{Understatement}} a little worse for wear]] as of [[HeroicSacrifice the second season finale]]. We'll have to wait for the third season to see if he bucks the trend, but it's not promising.
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*** And now Optimus is started looking [[{{Understatement}} a little worse for wear]] as of initially after the [[HeroicSacrifice in the second season finale]]. We'll have to wait for Fortunately, and the third end of "Rebellion" in season 3, Smokescreen's effort get him back on track. And with a new form to see if he bucks the trend, but it's not promising.boot.
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-->'''Narrator:''' -tearfully- And for the first, and final time, the day is saved thanks to Powerpuff Bunny.
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** Bunny in "Twisted Sister." The girls attempt to create a fourth Powerpuff girl using substitutes for sugar and spice, and their subjective forms of everything nice, as well as an "accidental" dose of Chemical X. The product is an apparently mentally disabled sibling with a black and white sense of right and wrong, which causes her to not quite get the hang of crime fighting. The girls, once they find out what trouble she has been up to, tell her she did bad and cause her to flee in tears. The criminals that Bunny released as a result of [[ItMakesSenseinContext viewing the police as bad in her black and white view of the world]], attack and overwhelm the girls, and Bunny hears their cries and comes back to save them. The ensuing battle causes her already unstable form to reach it's maximum capacity, [[TearJerker and she explodes after proudly proclaiming that she finally did good.]] The narrator confirms she's not coming back.
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* Malware on ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' is permanently done away with in the episode "Showdown Part 2" when Ben [[BackFromTheDead regains Feedback]] after a talk with his past self, then Azmuth helps to increase his power to take Malware down.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' episode "Showdown Part 1", a flashback reveals that the reason Ben stopped using his previous most used alien Feedback was because when he was 11 he had an encounter with [[BigBad Malware]], who forcibly ripped Feedback's DNA out of the Omnitrix and turned it to dust. As a failsafe the Omnitrix could no longer accept DNA from Feedback's race.
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* In the season 2 finale of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', Kid Flash is disintegrated when he absorbs too much energy helping The Flash and Impulse get rid of an energy field that threatened to envelop the Earth. To honor his memory [[LegacyCharacter Impulse takes up his mantle]].
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* In the season 2 finale last episode of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', Kid Flash is disintegrated when he absorbs too much energy helping The Flash and Impulse get rid of an energy field that threatened to envelop the Earth. To honor his memory [[LegacyCharacter Impulse takes up his mantle]].
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* The title character from ''TheSnowman''; [[TearJerker the boy finds that he has melted]], [[DownerEnding and then the cartoon ends]]. He never comes back.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' episode "Showdown Part 1", a flashback reveals that the reason Ben stopped using his previous most used alien Feedback was because when he was 11 he had an encounter with [[BigBad Malware]], who forcibly ripped Feedback's DNA out of the Omnitrix and turned it to dust. As a failsafe the Omnitrix could no longer accept DNA from Feedback's race.
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*** And the in the sequel series, Beast Machines, Optimus, Megatron, and Rhinox are killed as well.
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** Also possibly averted with Lionel Hutz's habit of repeatedly running over Judge Snyder's son. Being repeatedly run over might be enough to kill the Judge's son, but like Mr. Burns in "Who Shot Mr. Burns Part 2", [[UnexplainedRecovery his conditions must have been upgraded to alive at the "better" Springfield General Hospital everytime.]] Because Lionel Hutz, like Troy [=McClure=], was retired when voice actor PhilHartman was killed off for real by his wife in a murder-suicide, it is not known of Hutz's habit has continued and the Judge's son is always killed, then revived.
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** Also possibly averted with Lionel Hutz's habit of repeatedly running over Judge Snyder's son. Being repeatedly run over might be enough to kill the Judge's son, but like Mr. Burns in "Who Shot Mr. Burns Part 2", [[UnexplainedRecovery his conditions must have been upgraded to alive at the "better" Springfield General Hospital everytime.]] Because Lionel Hutz, like Troy [=McClure=], was retired when voice actor PhilHartman Creator/PhilHartman was killed off for real by his wife in a murder-suicide, it is not known of Hutz's habit has continued and the Judge's son is always killed, then revived.
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* Season three of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' began this with [[CompleteMonster King Sombra]], who, in contrast to [[FallenHero Nightmare Moon]], [[MadGod Discord]], and [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Chrysalis]], was ''vaporized'' by the protagonists. The fandom now speculates that this won't be the last time a character is killed off.
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* Season three of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' began this with [[CompleteMonster King Sombra]], Sombra, who, in contrast to [[FallenHero Nightmare Moon]], [[MadGod Discord]], and [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Chrysalis]], was ''vaporized'' by the protagonists. The fandom now speculates that this won't be the last time a character is killed off.
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*** And now Optimus is looking [[{{Understatement}} a little worse for wear]] as of [[HeroicSacrifice the second season finale]]. We'll have to wait for the third season to see if he bucks the trend, but it's not promising.
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* Season three of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' began this with [[CompleteMonster King Sombra]] who, in contrast to [[FallenHero Nightmare Moon]], [[MadGod Discord]], and [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Chrysalis]], was ''vaporized'' by the protagonists. The fandom now speculates that this won't be the last time a character is killed off.
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* Season three of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' began this with [[CompleteMonster King Sombra]] Sombra]], who, in contrast to [[FallenHero Nightmare Moon]], [[MadGod Discord]], and [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Chrysalis]], was ''vaporized'' by the protagonists. The fandom now speculates that this won't be the last time a character is killed off.
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** And before that, the G1 TV special ''Rescue at Midnight Castle'' that kicked off the original show ended with Tirak's defeat via a giant rainbow-colored tornado, much like how Luna was stripped of [[SuperpoweredEvilSide her Nightmare Moon persona]] [[MythologyGag in the second episode of the current show]]. Except that Tirek wasn't redeemed by it, but killed outright.
*** Actually, with Tirek it's not so clear, since we never see him die on screen. He does get sucked into the big vortex in the clouds before it explodes, which would imply that most likely he did die, but it's never confirmed. Especially that unlike with Lavan, where Megan explicitly states "He's [[NeverSayDie gone]]!", ponies never mention a word about what happened.
*** Actually, with Tirek it's not so clear, since we never see him die on screen. He does get sucked into the big vortex in the clouds before it explodes, which would imply that most likely he did die, but it's never confirmed. Especially that unlike with Lavan, where Megan explicitly states "He's [[NeverSayDie gone]]!", ponies never mention a word about what happened.
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** And before that, the G1 TV special ''Rescue at Midnight Castle'' that kicked off the original show ended with Tirak's Tirek's defeat via a giant rainbow-colored tornado, much like how Luna was stripped of [[SuperpoweredEvilSide her Nightmare Moon persona]] [[MythologyGag in the second episode of the current show]]. Except that Tirek wasn't redeemed by it, but killed outright.
*** Actually, with Tirek it's not so clear, since we never see him die on screen. He does get sucked into the big vortex in the clouds before it explodes, which would imply that most likely he did die, but it's never confirmed. Especially that unlike with Lavan, where Megan explicitly states "He's [[NeverSayDie gone]]!", the ponies never mention a word about what happened.
*** Actually, with Tirek it's not so clear, since we never see him die on screen. He does get sucked into the big vortex in the clouds before it explodes, which would imply that most likely he did die, but it's never confirmed. Especially that unlike with Lavan, where Megan explicitly states "He's [[NeverSayDie gone]]!", the ponies never mention a word about what happened.
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*** ''Hurt'' added Hardshell. And apparently, the creators also take ''being maimed for real'' to heart, too. Starscream still cannot transform, and Bulkhead hasn't been the same since ''Toxicity''. While it's still up in the air if these will be reversed, they are so far sticking.
*** Dreadwing n ''Regeneration'' - killed by Megatron after refusing to follow orders to ''not'' execute the guy who zombified his deceased brother Skyquake. Lovely.
*** Dreadwing n ''Regeneration'' - killed by Megatron after refusing to follow orders to ''not'' execute the guy who zombified his deceased brother Skyquake. Lovely.
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*** ''Hurt'' added Hardshell. And apparently, the creators also take ''being maimed for real'' to heart, too. Starscream still cannot transform, and Bulkhead hasn't been the same since ''Toxicity''. While it's still up in the air if these will be reversed, they are so far sticking.
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** And before that, the G1 TV special ''Rescue at Midnight Castle'' that kicked off the original show ended with Tirak's defeat via a giant rainbow-colored tornado, much like how Luna was stripped of [[SuperpoweredEvilSide her Nightmare Moon persona]] [[MythologyGag in the second episode of the current show]]. Except that Tirak wasn't redeemed by it, but killed outright.
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** And before that, the G1 TV special ''Rescue at Midnight Castle'' that kicked off the original show ended with Tirak's defeat via a giant rainbow-colored tornado, much like how Luna was stripped of [[SuperpoweredEvilSide her Nightmare Moon persona]] [[MythologyGag in the second episode of the current show]]. Except that Tirak Tirek wasn't redeemed by it, but killed outright.outright.
*** Actually, with Tirek it's not so clear, since we never see him die on screen. He does get sucked into the big vortex in the clouds before it explodes, which would imply that most likely he did die, but it's never confirmed. Especially that unlike with Lavan, where Megan explicitly states "He's [[NeverSayDie gone]]!", ponies never mention a word about what happened.
*** Actually, with Tirek it's not so clear, since we never see him die on screen. He does get sucked into the big vortex in the clouds before it explodes, which would imply that most likely he did die, but it's never confirmed. Especially that unlike with Lavan, where Megan explicitly states "He's [[NeverSayDie gone]]!", ponies never mention a word about what happened.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' mostly plays it straight. Of course due to being DoomedByCanon none of the characters who appeared in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' or the other movies taking place after it, can be Killed Off for Real in the show, but no one else is a hundred percent safe.
* Season three of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' began this with King Sombra who in contrast to [[FallenHero Nightmare Moon]], [[MadGod Discord]], and [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Chrysalis]] was vaporized by the protagonists. The fandom now speculates that this won't be the last time a character is killed off.
** And before that, G1 had Lavan who died in similar way, although a little less graphic, after his magic beam ricocheted from princess ponies' magic wands back at him.
* Season three of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' began this with King Sombra who in contrast to [[FallenHero Nightmare Moon]], [[MadGod Discord]], and [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Chrysalis]] was vaporized by the protagonists. The fandom now speculates that this won't be the last time a character is killed off.
** And before that, G1 had Lavan who died in similar way, although a little less graphic, after his magic beam ricocheted from princess ponies' magic wands back at him.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' mostly plays it straight. Of course course, due to being DoomedByCanon DoomedByCanon, none of the characters who appeared in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' or the other movies taking place after it, it can be Killed Off for Real in the show, but no one else is a hundred percent safe.
* Season three of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' began this with [[CompleteMonster KingSombra who Sombra]] who, in contrast to [[FallenHero Nightmare Moon]], [[MadGod Discord]], and [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Chrysalis]] Queen Chrysalis]], was vaporized ''vaporized'' by the protagonists. The fandom now speculates that this won't be the last time a character is killed off.
** And over a decade before that, the G1 TV special ''Rescue at Midnight Castle'' that kicked off the original show ended with Tirak's defeat via a giant rainbow-colored tornado, much like how Luna was stripped of [[SuperpoweredEvilSide her Nightmare Moon persona]] [[MythologyGag in the second episode of the current show]]. Except that Tirak wasn't redeemed by it, but killed outright.
** G1 also hadLavan Lavan, who died in similar way, although way to Sombra (although a little less graphic, graphically), after his magic beam ricocheted from the princess ponies' magic wands back at him.
* Season three of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' began this with [[CompleteMonster King
** And over a decade before that, the G1 TV special ''Rescue at Midnight Castle'' that kicked off the original show ended with Tirak's defeat via a giant rainbow-colored tornado, much like how Luna was stripped of [[SuperpoweredEvilSide her Nightmare Moon persona]] [[MythologyGag in the second episode of the current show]]. Except that Tirak wasn't redeemed by it, but killed outright.
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* In Avatar's sequel series ''TheLegendOfKorra'': Noatak (AKA [[BigBig Amon]]) and his brother Tarrlok are killed in a murder-suicide committed by the latter.
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** In the season 9 premiere, [[TonightSomeoneDies the trailers advertised that someone would die]]. As it turns out, Muriel Goldman, Derek, Diane Simmons, and one time characters Stephanie and Priscilla were killed off.
** [[BastardBoyfriend Jeff]] in "Screams Of Silence".
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** In the season 9 premiere, [[TonightSomeoneDies the trailers advertised that someone would die]]. As it turns out, Muriel Goldman, Derek, Diane Simmons, and one time onetime characters Stephanie and Priscilla were killed off.
** [[BastardBoyfriend Jeff]] in "ScreamsOf of Silence".
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* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' this possibility arises with Dick Hardly, a one-episode villain of "Knock It Off", who, within the episode, cemented himself as probably one of the most evil villains on the show, may actually have been the only human villain to ''die'', considering that, after his episode, him and his various PPG knockoffs ([[HoistByHisOwnPetard which were the ones that did him in]]) were ''never'' seen again.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', this possibility arises with Dick Hardly, a one-episode villain of "Knock It Off", who, within the episode, cemented himself as probably one of the most evil villains on the show, may actually have been the only human villain to ''die'', considering that, after his episode, him and his various PPG knockoffs ([[HoistByHisOwnPetard which were the ones that did him in]]) were ''never'' seen again.
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* Thanks to MediaWatchdogs and the cultural osmosis of [[BackFromTheDead a certain comic book trope]], being Killed Off for Real in American children's programming is so rare, it's hard for some to grasp. Jet's fate on ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', despite being tragically obvious, was surrounded by [[HesJustHiding speculation]] that he somehow survived. They just don't do that in kids' shows! [[http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=40634&type=0 A SciFi.com interview with the program's creators]], however, has confirmed the character was indeed KilledOffForReal.
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* Thanks to MediaWatchdogs media watchdogs and the cultural osmosis of [[BackFromTheDead a certain comic book trope]], being Killed Off for Real in American children's programming is so rare, it's hard for some to grasp. Jet's fate on ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', despite being tragically obvious, was surrounded by [[HesJustHiding speculation]] that he somehow survived. They just don't do that in kids' shows! [[http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=40634&type=0 A SciFi.com interview with the program's creators]], however, has confirmed the character was indeed KilledOffForReal.
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** This seems to have just happened to Roberto as well, first by being killed by the state [[spoiler:and then his new body and remaining brain melting into gray goop]]. There's also the Patton Oswald voiced giant nerd from the previous season, killed off by Bender and his many clones.
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** This seems to have just happened to Roberto as well, first by being killed by the state [[spoiler:and and then his new body and remaining brain melting into gray goop]].goop. There's also the Patton Oswald voiced giant nerd from the previous season, killed off by Bender and his many clones.
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* Thanks to MediaWatchdogs and the cultural osmosis of [[BackFromTheDead a certain comic book trope]], being Killed Off for Real in American children's programming is so rare, it's hard for some to grasp. Jet's fate on ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', despite being tragically obvious, was surrounded by [[HesJustHiding speculation]] that he somehow survived. They just don't do that in kids' shows! [[http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=40634&type=0 A SciFi.com interview with the program's creators]], however, has confirmed this character was indeed Killed Off for Real.
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* Thanks to MediaWatchdogs and the cultural osmosis of [[BackFromTheDead a certain comic book trope]], being Killed Off for Real in American children's programming is so rare, it's hard for some to grasp. Jet's fate on ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', despite being tragically obvious, was surrounded by [[HesJustHiding speculation]] that he somehow survived. They just don't do that in kids' shows! [[http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=40634&type=0 A SciFi.com interview with the program's creators]], however, has confirmed this the character was indeed Killed Off for Real.KilledOffForReal.
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*** What we're looking at is a case of death via HeroicSacrifice (Yue) vs. [[DownerEnding being murdered by the Big Bad]]. There's only ''so much'' [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar crap you can get past the radar]], and considering the intensity of Jet's "murder," death-scene, it's no surprise the writers handled it the way they did.
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** And not parodied with the very "real" (at least in animation terms) deaths of Bleeding Gums Murphy and Maude Flanders. Dr. Marvin Monroe was also apparently dead enough to have a hospital named in his memory (but [[UnexplainedRecovery he got better...]]) and Hans Moleman has technically died [[TheyKilledKenny several times]] due to explosion, motor accident, fire, and pack of hungry wolves, but has yet to have been killed off for real.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' killed off quite a few of the lesser villains, such as Tridart and Ember being disposed of by Nerissa when they were no longer needed. In the finale, Tracker is also subsequently impaled and killed.
* Thanks to MediaWatchdogs and the cultural osmosis of [[BackFromTheDead a certain comic book trope]], being Killed Off for Real in American children's programming is so rare, it's hard for some to grasp. Jet's fate on ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', despite being tragically obvious, was surrounded by [[HesJustHiding speculation]] that he somehow survived. They just don't do that in kids' shows! [[http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=40634&type=0 A SciFi.com interview with the program's creators]], however, has confirmed this character was indeed Killed Off for Real.
** In the third season, Combustion Man is also Killed Off For Real.
** Yue in the first season finale. An odd one, as the excuse for Jet's death not being shown was that the network wouldn't let them show a kid die onscreen - but Yue's death ''was'' onscreen, and she was the same age. It ''might'' be because Jet's was a violent death, while Yue's looked more like she fell asleep, and she was shown becoming the Moon Spirit immediately after, while Jet was just dead.
*** Actually ''somewhat'' arguable, as she pulled a HeroicSacrifice to replace the moon spirit Zhao killed, and thus lives on in a way as said spirit. But she really is gone for good.
*** What we're looking at is a case of death via HeroicSacrifice (Yue) vs. [[DownerEnding being murdered by the Big Bad]]. There's only ''so much'' [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar crap you can get past the radar]], and considering the intensity of Jet's "murder," it's no surprise the writers handled it the way they did.
** Also, Zhao and Hahn from the first season.
** Jet's ambiguous fate is actually lampshaded by Sokka in one of the last episodes, where the gang was watching a play about themselves and saw Jet die. Zuko asks if he really died, and Sokka casually remarks "You know, that was really unclear.".
* In Avatar's sequel series TheLegendOfKorra: Noatak (AKA Amon) and his brother Tarrlok are killed in a murder-suicide by the latter.
* Parodied in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. Moe gets a facelift and becomes handsome, and is awarded a role on a Soap Opera. After reading a new script that says he dies, he retaliates by revealing all of the major plot twists in the show for the next year on air (the show was filmed live, apparently). The director than angrily informs him that his character wasn't being killed off and that that page of the script was a dream sequence.
** And not parodied with the very "real" (at least in animation terms) deaths of Bleeding Gums Murphy and Maude Flanders. Dr. Marvin Monroe was also apparently dead enough to have a hospital named in his memory (but [[UnexplainedRecovery he got better...]]) and Hans Moleman has technically died [[TheyKilledKenny several times]] due to explosion, motor accident, fire, and pack of hungry wolves, but has yet to have been killed off for real.
** Maude Flanders counts as this,and in a TonightSomeoneDies fashion
*** Dr. Nick Riviera was killed off in TheMovie, but he [[UnexplainedRecovery got better]] and resurfaced later on the TV show.
** When the hated [[ShooOutTheNewGuy Poochie]] is killed off, Krusty signs a legal document swearing that he will never, ever come back. And then he came back in a later Itchy and Scratchy episode as a [[TheCameo cameo]] guest to one of Scratchy's funerals.
** This trope finally caught up with Mona Simpson, Homer's mother. What makes this death particularly impacting is her successive NotQuiteDead track record in previous episodes.
** Mob boss Fat Tony dies of a heart attack, but in a SubvertedTrope, he was replaced by his identical cousin who also got fat.
** Frank "Grimey" Grimes is dead and his son confirmed it.
** Also possibly averted with Lionel Hutz's habit of repeatedly running over Judge Snyder's son. Being repeatedly run over might be enough to kill the Judge's son, but like Mr. Burns in "Who Shot Mr. Burns Part 2", [[UnexplainedRecovery his conditions must have been upgraded to alive at the "better" Springfield General Hospital everytime.]] Because Lionel Hutz, like Troy [=McClure=], was retired when voice actor PhilHartman was killed off for real by his wife in a murder-suicide, it is not known of Hutz's habit has continued and the Judge's son is always killed, then revived.
** Minor character Mrs. Alice Glick is the most recent victim (though she has since been seen as a background character, so it might not be for real).
* In ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestTheRealAdventures'', while the show's other main villains tended to get the NoOneCouldSurviveThat treatment in their last episodes -- and since the show didn't get a third season, it's probably safe to say that they're gone for real -- Ezekiel Rage had an established tendency to cheat death. Therefore, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim just to be sure]], he got sent back to prehistoric times and blown up by a nuclear bomb, [[NeverFoundTheBody leaving a skull behind]] for good measure. DeaderThanDead? Deader than dead.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' has quite a few, most [[TearJerker heartbreakingly]] 24's death by exploding muscle car.
* In ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', quite a few recurring or main characters have been killed off over the years including Luann's first boyfriend Buckley, Buck Strickland's mistress Debbie, Pops Poppaseto, Cotton's war buddy Topsy, and most recently Hank Hill's father Cotton Hill.
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' as a whole has never shyed away from this.
** ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' continually killed its cast, despite the fact that Beast Wars characters are a bit hard to kill, as robots they have survived deadly attacks and being blown to bits (in which case they can easily be repaired). Some simply died, in one case to make room for new characters. A surprising number died, were brought back, and died again. Two of them died, were brought back as a fused form of the two, and then died. And two of them died [[ChekhovsGun with the possibility that they might return]], but didn't.
*** Major characters to permanently die are (in order of death) Terrorsaur, Scorponok, Dinobot, Tarantulas, Rampage, Depthcharge, Tigatron, Airazor (both as Tigerhawk), Inferno, Quickstrike, and Dinobot II. Major characters to survive to the end of the final episode are Optimus Primal, Rattrap, Cheetor, Rhinox, Blackarachnia, Silverbolt, Megatron, and [[JokerImmunity Waspinator]].
*** If you count the comics, the list of permanently dead characters is reduced to both Dinobots, Rampage, Tigerhawk, Inferno and Quickstrike.
** In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' Blurr is killed, pretty graphically, for a machine. Namely he was crushed into a cube and dumped down a trash chute.
*** The finale also killed off Prowl and Starscream. Prowl sacrificed his Spark to save the city, and Starscream's Allspark fragment, the only thing keeping him alive after he was killed by Megatron in "Megatron Rising", was pulled out of his head. To hammer the point home, their bodies turned completely grey, the telltale sign in this series that a Transformer is really dead barring interference from the Allspark itself.
** Jazz was killed by Megatron in the final battle of the first live-action movie. The Fallen was killed by Optimus at the end of the sequel and every Decepticon (who isn't Megatron) that has been killed has stayed dead so far.
** TheMovie killed off a good chunk of the G1 roster. This didn't stop some of them (Prowl and Wheeljack, most notably) from reappearing in the later Japanese-exclusive TransformersHeadmasters and TransformersVictory seasons.
** ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' killed off Cliffjumper in the first episode, then brought him [[CameBackWrong back as a zombie]] in the second episode only to die ''again''. Skyquake and Makeshift were also killed in their debut episodes, the former became another zombie while the latter is staying dead, [[TooPowerfulToLive because he was too powerful to stay alive]]. WordOfGod is that "when we kill a character, ''we kill a character''."
*** ''Crossfire'' has added Breakdown to the scrap heap.
*** ''Hurt'' added Hardshell. And apparently, the creators also take ''being maimed for real'' to heart, too. Starscream still cannot transform, and Bulkhead hasn't been the same since ''Toxicity''. While it's still up in the air if these will be reversed, they are so far sticking.
* In ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' a few recurring characters such as Mr. Weed, Paddy Tanniger, Vern and Johnny, and Francis Griffin have been killed off. Despite NegativeContinuity, any returns are made by their ghosts.
** Joan Quagmire died on a technicality, having tried to grab Death's hand. As she was married to the "deceased" Glenn Quagmire and having taken his last name, he agreed to take her instead. Being a bit off didn't hurt, either....
** It was revealed in a Season 6 episode that Joe's son Kevin had died in Iraq. This was done because the writers thought he was boring. However, [[SubvertedTrope he came back in the recent Thanksgiving episode (it turned out he had faked his death)]].
** Stewie killed his half-brother Bertram in 15th-century Italy, which creates a very odd temporal paradox.
** In fact, [[ButtMonkey Meg]] and [[JerkAss Peter]] are the only characters to die and come back to life.
** In the season 9 premiere, [[TonightSomeoneDies the trailers advertised that someone would die]]. As it turns out, Muriel Goldman, Derek, Diane Simmons, and one time characters Stephanie and Priscilla were killed off.
** [[BastardBoyfriend Jeff]] in "Screams Of Silence".
* In a subversion of [[JokerImmunity the very trope named after him]], the Joker eventually got this treatment in the {{DCAU}}. Yes, having proven himself as much of a survivor as his counterpart in the comics, every bit the "no one" in NoOneCouldSurviveThat, ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' took the big leap and put him down once and for all - killing him twice in the same movie just to make sure. (In just a bit of a cheat, the event occurs at the far end of the universe-at-large's history, allowing him to show up in stories taking place earlier; ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' took advantage of this.)
* ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' killed off most of the LegionOfDoom via an exploding spaceship in "Alive", the second-to-last episode of the series. While a small number were explicitly shown to survive, a number of minor villains like the Shade, Silver Banshee, Rampage, Neutron, and many others were presumed dead. Lex Luthor and Darkseid are apparently killed in the finale, "Destroyer", but Superman doubts that Lex is truly gone.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAnimalsOfFarthingWood'' quite a few of the main characters were killed off like the Hedgehogs, Badger, Mole, Bold, The Great White Stag, Sinuous and quite a few others.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''
** Unless Isaac Hayes is somehow reanimated in real life, Chef is likely gone for good, despite his "Darth Chef" remaking.
** Inverted with [[TheyKilledKenny Kenny]]. He was killed off for real but they decided to randomly bring him back in "Red Sleigh Down", one season after his death.
** Other recurring characters to have died over the years include Ms. Choksondik, Ms. Crabtree, the mayor's aide named Ted, and most recently Pip.
* B'wana Beast, [[BlueBeetle Ted Kord]], the original BlackCanary, and the entire Comicbook/DoomPatrol are all killed off during the three season run of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''. The deceased heroes do appear in the show's GrandFinale, but only as part of a [[BreakingTheFourthWall Fourth Wall-breaking]] wrap party that [[BittersweetEnding shows the entire cast together one last time before everything fades to black.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' they have killed off the main villains of season 2, 3 and 4 at the end of those seasons. In addition to this, we lost [[HeroicSacrifice Nabu]] in season 4.
* At the end of the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' two-parter "Apokolips Now", after Darkseid's invasion of Earth is thwarted and just before he leaves he murders Superman's friend Metropolis Police Inspector Dan Turpin with his Omega Beams in front of Superman and a crowd of onlookers. Some fans hoped Turpin was just teleported to Apokolips like Kalibak had been after ''he'' got apparently zapped, but it seems he's gone for good.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' Season 1: "Granddad's Fight." The karmic fate of life-long, Five-Star MagnificentBastard Colonel H. Stinkmeaner, who effectively gets his ass handed to him by Robert Freeman in an ironic CurbStompBattle: Stinkmeaner had beaten up Freeman in an argument over a parking spot, and the entire episode revolves around Huey making him out to be a version of a blind assassin, and Robert training for a rematch. It turns out Stinkmeaner was just a crotchety old man who got lucky. Unfortunately, he's such a temporal JerkAss, absolutely ''nobody'' realizes this until Robert pulverizes him. The beating is so bad, Stinkmeaner ends up stone-cold dead with a solid punch to the face. Feeling remorseful at his grave, Robert prays to God for forgiveness the end of the episode.
** Although dead, Stinkmeaner [[TookaLevelinBadass makes one hell of a return]] in Season 2: "Stinkmeaner Strikes Back"- ''literally''. Stinkmeaner has been sent to hell after death, but now proves he can seriously fight back- by pummeling his way through every demon who steps up to challenge him. Satan himself is so marveled at Stinkmeaner's badass exposition, he [[LikeABadassOutOfHell sends him back to Earth]] to [[ResurrectedForAJob spread ignorance and chaos among the black community]], also giving him the opportunity to seek revenge against the Freeman family. As a ghost, he posesses Tom Dubois and trashes most of his house. After Uncle Ruckus and Riley fail miserably at exorcising Stinkmeaner, Ghostface Killah's spirit shows up and clues Huey in to the solution: put Stinkmeaner at peace by having Ruckus spout off about how he hates black people, a hate Stinkmeaner firmly shares with him. Moments later, he's exorcised and sent right back to hell.
** In yet another Stinkmeaner-related episode, death strikes again, this time nailing Bushido Brown, via [[OffWithHisHead on-screen decapitation]] during his fight in Season 3: Stinkmeaner 3: The Hateocracy". The Colonel apparently palled around with a group of disgruntled elderly, [[JerkAss nigh-crazy jerkasses]] who formed the Hateocracy, a gang that wreaked havoc within the walls of a nursing home. The members of the gang show up to [[CurbStompBattle curb stomp]] the Freeman family in what looks like a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, so the Freemans hire Bushido as their equally jerkass bodyguard, who actually holds off the Hateocracy- until he catches a [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning spinning disk of doom to the neck]]. The Freeman family's reaction? A group [[PrecisionFStrike "OH, SHIIIIT!"]].
*** It gets more bizarre when Stinkmeaner's name comes up. Robert tries to reason with the Hateocracy to leave them alone and forget revenge, and they reveal they couldn't care less about the deceased Colonel- [[ForTheEvulz they're just ruining lives for the hell of it]]. Luckily, an army of cops shows up in the nick of time to cart off the unruly trio. Taking a jab of his own at his ungrateful cohorts, Stinkmeaner's ghost, who has been narrating on and off throughout the episode, [[LampshadeHanging hangs a cynical lampshade on his fate over his old pals]]: He thinks death and hell are ''better'' than being in jail!
* Warhok and Warmonga from ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' were confirmed by WordOfGod to be dead for real after Ron used his Mystical Monkey Powers to throw them into their own ship after they threatened to kill Kim, after which the ship exploded. They're about the only villains in the series to be killed for real... Except perhaps for [[TakenForGranite Monkey Fist]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' this possibility arises with Dick Hardly, a one-episode villain of "Knock It Off", who, within the episode, cemented himself as probably one of the most evil villains on the show, may actually have been the only human villain to ''die'', considering that, after his episode, him and his various PPG knockoffs ([[HoistByHisOwnPetard which were the ones that did him in]]) were ''never'' seen again.
* The series ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' has two villains who die (on screen): Splatter Phoenix, who melts while she gives a rambling speech as she's erased from existence, and Mayor Synapse who turns into a powerful almost indestructible being until the main heroes get him to blast and explode "graphically".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "The Thief of Baghead", Calculon kills himself after ingesting food coloring (which is toxic to robots). He was reenacting the climax of Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet and tried to put on the best possible on-stage death by actually killing himself, meaning he basically hammed himself to death.
** This seems to have just happened to Roberto as well, first by being killed by the state [[spoiler:and then his new body and remaining brain melting into gray goop]]. There's also the Patton Oswald voiced giant nerd from the previous season, killed off by Bender and his many clones.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' mostly plays it straight. Of course due to being DoomedByCanon none of the characters who appeared in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' or the other movies taking place after it, can be Killed Off for Real in the show, but no one else is a hundred percent safe.
* Thanks to MediaWatchdogs and the cultural osmosis of [[BackFromTheDead a certain comic book trope]], being Killed Off for Real in American children's programming is so rare, it's hard for some to grasp. Jet's fate on ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', despite being tragically obvious, was surrounded by [[HesJustHiding speculation]] that he somehow survived. They just don't do that in kids' shows! [[http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=40634&type=0 A SciFi.com interview with the program's creators]], however, has confirmed this character was indeed Killed Off for Real.
** In the third season, Combustion Man is also Killed Off For Real.
** Yue in the first season finale. An odd one, as the excuse for Jet's death not being shown was that the network wouldn't let them show a kid die onscreen - but Yue's death ''was'' onscreen, and she was the same age. It ''might'' be because Jet's was a violent death, while Yue's looked more like she fell asleep, and she was shown becoming the Moon Spirit immediately after, while Jet was just dead.
*** Actually ''somewhat'' arguable, as she pulled a HeroicSacrifice to replace the moon spirit Zhao killed, and thus lives on in a way as said spirit. But she really is gone for good.
*** What we're looking at is a case of death via HeroicSacrifice (Yue) vs. [[DownerEnding being murdered by the Big Bad]]. There's only ''so much'' [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar crap you can get past the radar]], and considering the intensity of Jet's "murder," it's no surprise the writers handled it the way they did.
** Also, Zhao and Hahn from the first season.
** Jet's ambiguous fate is actually lampshaded by Sokka in one of the last episodes, where the gang was watching a play about themselves and saw Jet die. Zuko asks if he really died, and Sokka casually remarks "You know, that was really unclear.".
* In Avatar's sequel series TheLegendOfKorra: Noatak (AKA Amon) and his brother Tarrlok are killed in a murder-suicide by the latter.
* Parodied in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. Moe gets a facelift and becomes handsome, and is awarded a role on a Soap Opera. After reading a new script that says he dies, he retaliates by revealing all of the major plot twists in the show for the next year on air (the show was filmed live, apparently). The director than angrily informs him that his character wasn't being killed off and that that page of the script was a dream sequence.
** And not parodied with the very "real" (at least in animation terms) deaths of Bleeding Gums Murphy and Maude Flanders. Dr. Marvin Monroe was also apparently dead enough to have a hospital named in his memory (but [[UnexplainedRecovery he got better...]]) and Hans Moleman has technically died [[TheyKilledKenny several times]] due to explosion, motor accident, fire, and pack of hungry wolves, but has yet to have been killed off for real.
** Maude Flanders counts as this,and in a TonightSomeoneDies fashion
*** Dr. Nick Riviera was killed off in TheMovie, but he [[UnexplainedRecovery got better]] and resurfaced later on the TV show.
** When the hated [[ShooOutTheNewGuy Poochie]] is killed off, Krusty signs a legal document swearing that he will never, ever come back. And then he came back in a later Itchy and Scratchy episode as a [[TheCameo cameo]] guest to one of Scratchy's funerals.
** This trope finally caught up with Mona Simpson, Homer's mother. What makes this death particularly impacting is her successive NotQuiteDead track record in previous episodes.
** Mob boss Fat Tony dies of a heart attack, but in a SubvertedTrope, he was replaced by his identical cousin who also got fat.
** Frank "Grimey" Grimes is dead and his son confirmed it.
** Also possibly averted with Lionel Hutz's habit of repeatedly running over Judge Snyder's son. Being repeatedly run over might be enough to kill the Judge's son, but like Mr. Burns in "Who Shot Mr. Burns Part 2", [[UnexplainedRecovery his conditions must have been upgraded to alive at the "better" Springfield General Hospital everytime.]] Because Lionel Hutz, like Troy [=McClure=], was retired when voice actor PhilHartman was killed off for real by his wife in a murder-suicide, it is not known of Hutz's habit has continued and the Judge's son is always killed, then revived.
** Minor character Mrs. Alice Glick is the most recent victim (though she has since been seen as a background character, so it might not be for real).
* In ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestTheRealAdventures'', while the show's other main villains tended to get the NoOneCouldSurviveThat treatment in their last episodes -- and since the show didn't get a third season, it's probably safe to say that they're gone for real -- Ezekiel Rage had an established tendency to cheat death. Therefore, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim just to be sure]], he got sent back to prehistoric times and blown up by a nuclear bomb, [[NeverFoundTheBody leaving a skull behind]] for good measure. DeaderThanDead? Deader than dead.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' has quite a few, most [[TearJerker heartbreakingly]] 24's death by exploding muscle car.
* In ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', quite a few recurring or main characters have been killed off over the years including Luann's first boyfriend Buckley, Buck Strickland's mistress Debbie, Pops Poppaseto, Cotton's war buddy Topsy, and most recently Hank Hill's father Cotton Hill.
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' as a whole has never shyed away from this.
** ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' continually killed its cast, despite the fact that Beast Wars characters are a bit hard to kill, as robots they have survived deadly attacks and being blown to bits (in which case they can easily be repaired). Some simply died, in one case to make room for new characters. A surprising number died, were brought back, and died again. Two of them died, were brought back as a fused form of the two, and then died. And two of them died [[ChekhovsGun with the possibility that they might return]], but didn't.
*** Major characters to permanently die are (in order of death) Terrorsaur, Scorponok, Dinobot, Tarantulas, Rampage, Depthcharge, Tigatron, Airazor (both as Tigerhawk), Inferno, Quickstrike, and Dinobot II. Major characters to survive to the end of the final episode are Optimus Primal, Rattrap, Cheetor, Rhinox, Blackarachnia, Silverbolt, Megatron, and [[JokerImmunity Waspinator]].
*** If you count the comics, the list of permanently dead characters is reduced to both Dinobots, Rampage, Tigerhawk, Inferno and Quickstrike.
** In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' Blurr is killed, pretty graphically, for a machine. Namely he was crushed into a cube and dumped down a trash chute.
*** The finale also killed off Prowl and Starscream. Prowl sacrificed his Spark to save the city, and Starscream's Allspark fragment, the only thing keeping him alive after he was killed by Megatron in "Megatron Rising", was pulled out of his head. To hammer the point home, their bodies turned completely grey, the telltale sign in this series that a Transformer is really dead barring interference from the Allspark itself.
** Jazz was killed by Megatron in the final battle of the first live-action movie. The Fallen was killed by Optimus at the end of the sequel and every Decepticon (who isn't Megatron) that has been killed has stayed dead so far.
** TheMovie killed off a good chunk of the G1 roster. This didn't stop some of them (Prowl and Wheeljack, most notably) from reappearing in the later Japanese-exclusive TransformersHeadmasters and TransformersVictory seasons.
** ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' killed off Cliffjumper in the first episode, then brought him [[CameBackWrong back as a zombie]] in the second episode only to die ''again''. Skyquake and Makeshift were also killed in their debut episodes, the former became another zombie while the latter is staying dead, [[TooPowerfulToLive because he was too powerful to stay alive]]. WordOfGod is that "when we kill a character, ''we kill a character''."
*** ''Crossfire'' has added Breakdown to the scrap heap.
*** ''Hurt'' added Hardshell. And apparently, the creators also take ''being maimed for real'' to heart, too. Starscream still cannot transform, and Bulkhead hasn't been the same since ''Toxicity''. While it's still up in the air if these will be reversed, they are so far sticking.
* In ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' a few recurring characters such as Mr. Weed, Paddy Tanniger, Vern and Johnny, and Francis Griffin have been killed off. Despite NegativeContinuity, any returns are made by their ghosts.
** Joan Quagmire died on a technicality, having tried to grab Death's hand. As she was married to the "deceased" Glenn Quagmire and having taken his last name, he agreed to take her instead. Being a bit off didn't hurt, either....
** It was revealed in a Season 6 episode that Joe's son Kevin had died in Iraq. This was done because the writers thought he was boring. However, [[SubvertedTrope he came back in the recent Thanksgiving episode (it turned out he had faked his death)]].
** Stewie killed his half-brother Bertram in 15th-century Italy, which creates a very odd temporal paradox.
** In fact, [[ButtMonkey Meg]] and [[JerkAss Peter]] are the only characters to die and come back to life.
** In the season 9 premiere, [[TonightSomeoneDies the trailers advertised that someone would die]]. As it turns out, Muriel Goldman, Derek, Diane Simmons, and one time characters Stephanie and Priscilla were killed off.
** [[BastardBoyfriend Jeff]] in "Screams Of Silence".
* In a subversion of [[JokerImmunity the very trope named after him]], the Joker eventually got this treatment in the {{DCAU}}. Yes, having proven himself as much of a survivor as his counterpart in the comics, every bit the "no one" in NoOneCouldSurviveThat, ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' took the big leap and put him down once and for all - killing him twice in the same movie just to make sure. (In just a bit of a cheat, the event occurs at the far end of the universe-at-large's history, allowing him to show up in stories taking place earlier; ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' took advantage of this.)
* ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' killed off most of the LegionOfDoom via an exploding spaceship in "Alive", the second-to-last episode of the series. While a small number were explicitly shown to survive, a number of minor villains like the Shade, Silver Banshee, Rampage, Neutron, and many others were presumed dead. Lex Luthor and Darkseid are apparently killed in the finale, "Destroyer", but Superman doubts that Lex is truly gone.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAnimalsOfFarthingWood'' quite a few of the main characters were killed off like the Hedgehogs, Badger, Mole, Bold, The Great White Stag, Sinuous and quite a few others.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''
** Unless Isaac Hayes is somehow reanimated in real life, Chef is likely gone for good, despite his "Darth Chef" remaking.
** Inverted with [[TheyKilledKenny Kenny]]. He was killed off for real but they decided to randomly bring him back in "Red Sleigh Down", one season after his death.
** Other recurring characters to have died over the years include Ms. Choksondik, Ms. Crabtree, the mayor's aide named Ted, and most recently Pip.
* B'wana Beast, [[BlueBeetle Ted Kord]], the original BlackCanary, and the entire Comicbook/DoomPatrol are all killed off during the three season run of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''. The deceased heroes do appear in the show's GrandFinale, but only as part of a [[BreakingTheFourthWall Fourth Wall-breaking]] wrap party that [[BittersweetEnding shows the entire cast together one last time before everything fades to black.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' they have killed off the main villains of season 2, 3 and 4 at the end of those seasons. In addition to this, we lost [[HeroicSacrifice Nabu]] in season 4.
* At the end of the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' two-parter "Apokolips Now", after Darkseid's invasion of Earth is thwarted and just before he leaves he murders Superman's friend Metropolis Police Inspector Dan Turpin with his Omega Beams in front of Superman and a crowd of onlookers. Some fans hoped Turpin was just teleported to Apokolips like Kalibak had been after ''he'' got apparently zapped, but it seems he's gone for good.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' Season 1: "Granddad's Fight." The karmic fate of life-long, Five-Star MagnificentBastard Colonel H. Stinkmeaner, who effectively gets his ass handed to him by Robert Freeman in an ironic CurbStompBattle: Stinkmeaner had beaten up Freeman in an argument over a parking spot, and the entire episode revolves around Huey making him out to be a version of a blind assassin, and Robert training for a rematch. It turns out Stinkmeaner was just a crotchety old man who got lucky. Unfortunately, he's such a temporal JerkAss, absolutely ''nobody'' realizes this until Robert pulverizes him. The beating is so bad, Stinkmeaner ends up stone-cold dead with a solid punch to the face. Feeling remorseful at his grave, Robert prays to God for forgiveness the end of the episode.
** Although dead, Stinkmeaner [[TookaLevelinBadass makes one hell of a return]] in Season 2: "Stinkmeaner Strikes Back"- ''literally''. Stinkmeaner has been sent to hell after death, but now proves he can seriously fight back- by pummeling his way through every demon who steps up to challenge him. Satan himself is so marveled at Stinkmeaner's badass exposition, he [[LikeABadassOutOfHell sends him back to Earth]] to [[ResurrectedForAJob spread ignorance and chaos among the black community]], also giving him the opportunity to seek revenge against the Freeman family. As a ghost, he posesses Tom Dubois and trashes most of his house. After Uncle Ruckus and Riley fail miserably at exorcising Stinkmeaner, Ghostface Killah's spirit shows up and clues Huey in to the solution: put Stinkmeaner at peace by having Ruckus spout off about how he hates black people, a hate Stinkmeaner firmly shares with him. Moments later, he's exorcised and sent right back to hell.
** In yet another Stinkmeaner-related episode, death strikes again, this time nailing Bushido Brown, via [[OffWithHisHead on-screen decapitation]] during his fight in Season 3: Stinkmeaner 3: The Hateocracy". The Colonel apparently palled around with a group of disgruntled elderly, [[JerkAss nigh-crazy jerkasses]] who formed the Hateocracy, a gang that wreaked havoc within the walls of a nursing home. The members of the gang show up to [[CurbStompBattle curb stomp]] the Freeman family in what looks like a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, so the Freemans hire Bushido as their equally jerkass bodyguard, who actually holds off the Hateocracy- until he catches a [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning spinning disk of doom to the neck]]. The Freeman family's reaction? A group [[PrecisionFStrike "OH, SHIIIIT!"]].
*** It gets more bizarre when Stinkmeaner's name comes up. Robert tries to reason with the Hateocracy to leave them alone and forget revenge, and they reveal they couldn't care less about the deceased Colonel- [[ForTheEvulz they're just ruining lives for the hell of it]]. Luckily, an army of cops shows up in the nick of time to cart off the unruly trio. Taking a jab of his own at his ungrateful cohorts, Stinkmeaner's ghost, who has been narrating on and off throughout the episode, [[LampshadeHanging hangs a cynical lampshade on his fate over his old pals]]: He thinks death and hell are ''better'' than being in jail!
* Warhok and Warmonga from ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' were confirmed by WordOfGod to be dead for real after Ron used his Mystical Monkey Powers to throw them into their own ship after they threatened to kill Kim, after which the ship exploded. They're about the only villains in the series to be killed for real... Except perhaps for [[TakenForGranite Monkey Fist]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' this possibility arises with Dick Hardly, a one-episode villain of "Knock It Off", who, within the episode, cemented himself as probably one of the most evil villains on the show, may actually have been the only human villain to ''die'', considering that, after his episode, him and his various PPG knockoffs ([[HoistByHisOwnPetard which were the ones that did him in]]) were ''never'' seen again.
* The series ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' has two villains who die (on screen): Splatter Phoenix, who melts while she gives a rambling speech as she's erased from existence, and Mayor Synapse who turns into a powerful almost indestructible being until the main heroes get him to blast and explode "graphically".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "The Thief of Baghead", Calculon kills himself after ingesting food coloring (which is toxic to robots). He was reenacting the climax of Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet and tried to put on the best possible on-stage death by actually killing himself, meaning he basically hammed himself to death.
** This seems to have just happened to Roberto as well, first by being killed by the state [[spoiler:and then his new body and remaining brain melting into gray goop]]. There's also the Patton Oswald voiced giant nerd from the previous season, killed off by Bender and his many clones.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' mostly plays it straight. Of course due to being DoomedByCanon none of the characters who appeared in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' or the other movies taking place after it, can be Killed Off for Real in the show, but no one else is a hundred percent safe.
