History KilledOffForReal / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'':

** Though King Sombra died in "The Crystal Empire", he is resurrected by Grogar in "The Beginning of the End" six seasons later. However, the Mane 6 destroy him a second time, leaving nothing left of him for viewers to speculate about, and Grogar makes clear he will not revive Sombra again, either unable to revive the same person more than once, or choosing not to in order to intimidate Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow into working with him, as Sombra died as a result of disregarding Grogar's plan to work together and Grogar said he will serve as a warning to those who doubt continuing with his plans. [[spoiler: Of course, that doesn't save the three from a [[TakenForGranite just as horrible fate]] in the GrandFinale.]]

** 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 its maximum capacity, [[TearJerker and she explodes after proudly proclaiming that she finally did good.]] The narrator confirms she's not coming back.

** [[BastardBoyfriend Jeff]] in "Screams of Silence".

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' Had Splinter was killed by Shredder twice. First death was undone via time travel between Season 3 and 4. By the time Season 4 ended, he was gone for good, with only appearances of his spirit in later episodes, or alive in flashbacks.

** Though King Sombra died in "The Crystal Empire", he is resurrected by Grogar in "The Beginning of the End" six seasons later. However, the Mane 6 destroy him a second time, leaving nothing left of him for viewers to speculate about, and Grogar makes clear he will not revive Sombra again, either unable to revive the same person more than once, or choosing not to in order to intimidate Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow into working with him, as Sombra died as a result of disregarding Grogar's plan to work together and Grogar said he will serve as a warning to those who doubt continuing with his plans. [[spoiler: Of course, that doesn't save the three from a [[TakenForGranite just as horrible fate]] in the SeriesFinale.]]

** Stewie killed his half-brother Bertram in 15th-century Italy, which creates a very odd temporal paradox...then came the videogame ''VideoGame/FamilyGuyBackToTheMultiverse''

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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 its maximum capacity, [[TearJerker and she explodes after proudly proclaiming that she finally did good.]] The narrator confirms she's not coming back.
-->'''Narrator:''' (tearfully) And for the first, and final time, the day is saved thanks to Powerpuff Bunny.

** Other recurring characters to have died over the years include Ms. Choksondik, Ms. Crabtree, the mayor's aide named Ted, and most recently Pip.

** 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}} jerks]] 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 jerkish 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 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 episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS10EE6Thanksgiving Thanksgiving]]" (it turned out he had faked his death). Unfortunately, there was no time left for a SpotTheImposter moment, so there was NoEnding.

** 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)]], unfortunately there was no time left for a SpotTheImposter moment, so there was NoEnding.

** Though King Sombra died in "The Crystal Empire", he is resurrected by Grogar in "The Beginning of the End" six seasons later. However, the Mane 6 destroy him a second time, leaving nothing left of him for viewers to speculate about, and Grogar makes clear he will not revive Sombra again, either unable to revive the same person more than once, or choosing not to in order to intimidate Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow into working with him, as Sombra died as a result of disregarding Grogar's plan to work together and Grogar said he will serve as a warning to those who doubt continuing with his plans.

* ‘’WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard’’ has Ushari die in Battle of the Pride Lands. [[AssholeVictim He had it coming for]] [[FaceHeelTurn his betrayal of Kion and the Guard]], even if it was a [[DarkerAndEdgier graphic death by burning]].

*** And the in the sequel series, ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'', Optimus, Megatron, and Rhinox are killed as well. Leaving the only six characters alive at the end to be Rattrap, Cheetor, Blackarachnia, Waspinator, Nightscream, and Botanica.

** In the second season SeriesFauxnale, 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 Impulse [[TakingUpTheMantle takes up his mantle]], and to hammer the point home he gets a hologram in the garden like Jason Todd, Tula and Ted Kord.

* ''[[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. [[WordOfGod Dwayne McDuffie]] has stated that Luthor and Darkseid now form part of the Source Wall, meaning they're technically alive, but unlikely to ever trouble the League again.

* [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDad American Dad!]]: Sanders, Clifford, Clown with Glasses, Hercules, Miriam, and Duper (he was replaced with a clone) have all died permanently.

** In fact, [[ButtMonkey Meg]] and [[{{Jerkass}} Peter]] are the only characters to die and come back to life.

** Inverted with [[TheyKilledKennyAgain Kenny]]. He was killed off for real, but returned at the end of the next season, with no explanation given. [[note]]The meta explanation for this is that Parker and Stone were getting tired of killing Kenny off in every episode and were running out of original ways by which to do so. He was originally supposed to stay dead and be replaced by Butters as the new ButtMonkey character, but meddling from Creator/ComedyCentral meant Trey and Matt had to change these plans. [[/note]]

** Inverted with [[TheyKilledKennyAgain Kenny]]. He was killed off for real but they decided to randomly bring him back in "Red Sleigh Down", one season after his death.