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A character travels to an AlternateUniverse and discovers their counterpart there is dead. (this description needs to be filled out a little more)

* In ''Manga/DragonBall'', both versions of Goku contract a heart virus. Unfortunately for Future Goku, he dies from the virus. Later, most Z fighters from the alternate timeline are killed, except Future Gohan, by Android 17 and 18, until thirteen years later, when he finally dies at their hands.

* In ''[[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} Astonishing X-Men]]'' there's an alternate universe in which ''hundreds'' of alternates of the X-Men the readers know have been killed for an arguably greater good.

* In ''Manga/DragonBall'', both versions of Goku contract a heart virus. Unfortunately for Future Goku, he dies from the virus. Later, most Z fighters from the alternate timeline are killed, except Future Gohan, by Android 17 and 18. Future Gohan gets killed thirteen years later.

* At the end of ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse]]'', Max had died and it is impossible to revive him. Fortunately, a Max from a parallel universe shows up to befriend Sam, explaining that his Sam had similarly died.

In an alternate where the main character traveled to an AlternateUniverse. He later found out that his AlternateUniverse counterpart was dead. Of course, this trope doesn't require the character found out his alternate counterpart is dead.

Compare/Contrast to DeathByAdaptation, where the character died from adaptation instead of his alternate counterpart.

Not related to {{Retgone}}.

* In ''BioShockInfinite'': The second time Booker and Elizabeth enter a new Columbia through a tear, it is one where Booker and Slate, together as members of the Vox Populi, helped to get them much more power over Columbia, but that Booker had a Heroic Sacrifice. Unfortunately, this version of Daisy Fitzroy, unlike earlier ones, is much more Ax Crazy, and, upon learning that Booker is alive suddenly, immediately believes that Booker is either an imposter or a ghost, and tries to have him killed anyway, turning the group who had been following him against him.

* In ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' season 10 Lionel Luthor from Earth-2 transplants himself to Earth-1, where that Lionel is dead, and establishes himself as [[UnexplainedRecovery the "real" Lionel Luthor]].

* The ''TimeWars'' novel ''The Khyber Connection'' introduces an alternate timeline where Andre's counterpart is dead. Inverted in the later novel ''The Argonaut Sanction'', in which the counterpart of Andre's dead mentor Hunter travels to the protagonists' timeline.

* Inverted in ''Anime/{{Fairy Tail}}'' Edolas Arc, with Mirajane and Elfman's DeadLittleSister Lisanna, as Earthland's (the main setting) version of Lisanna is dead, but the Edolas version is alive. [[spoiler: turns out to be played straight later, as Edolas Lisanna really is Earthland Lisanna who was transported into Edolas, while the real Edolas Lisanna is already dead.]]

** And at the end of the fourth season, [[spoiler:Agent Lincoln decides to stay in the alternate universe for good, where shortly before his counterpart was killed.]]

* In the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode ''Through the Looking Glass'', Mirror Sisko gets killed, and so Mirror O'Brien kidnaps the "regular" Ben Sisko as replacement.

** And at the end of the fourth season, [[spoiler:Agent Lincoln decides to stay in the alternate universe for good, where shortly before his counterpart has been killed.]]

* Inverted in ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' and arguably its most important plot point: it is in fact the "main" universe's Peter who dies as a kid. This sets the plot in motion as his father, Walter, goes on a journey to the alternate universe to steal back his sick yet not dead son from his alternate self and cure him like he should have done.

* In ''AstonishingXMen'' there's an alternate universe in which ''hundreds'' of alternates of the X-Men the readers know have been killed for an arguably greater good.

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* Inverted in ''Series/DoctorWho'', Rose Tyler's dad is dead in Universe X, but in Universe Y he's alive. Rose, however, doesn't have an alternate universe counterpart (though her mother's dog is named Rose... she must like the name).
** Also in ''Doctor Who'', the Mickey Smith (Ricky) in Universe Y is dead, with Mickey Smith in Universe X remaining alive.

* Episode 7 of ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'' revolves around a new character named Lion discovering [[AmbiguousGender his/her]] alternate self [[spoiler:Beatrice]] who dies tragically in every single timeline other than his/her own

* In ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'', where Gwen goes back to time and prevent Kevin's mutation, it creates an alternate timeline where Gwen is killed by Charmcaster.

* In ''Manga/DragonBall'', both Goku contract a Heart Virus. Unfortunately for Future Goku, he dies from a heart virus. Later, most Z fighter from alternate timeline are killed except Future Gohan by Android 17 and 18. Future Gohan gets killed thirteen years later.
* Inverted in Anime/{{Fairy Tail}} Edolas Arc, with Mirajane and Elfman's DeadLittleSister Lisanna, as Earthland's (the main setting) version of Lisanna is dead, but the Edolas version is alive. [[spoiler: turns out to be played straight later, as Edolas Lisanna really is Earthland Lisanna who was transported into Edolas, while the real Edolas Lisanna is already dead.]]

* In the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Deadlock" the 'real' Harry Kim and Naomi Wildman are killed, and replaced with duplicates from another ''Voyager'' (coming across a space-time rift) which self-destructs [[TakingYouWithMe taking out some alien invade

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