History Main / NecroNonSequitur

* ''ComicBook/CalvinAndHobbes'': One strip sees Calvin playing in the sandbox, [[https://calvinandhobbes.fandom.com/index.php?title=File:C%26H_Trains,_Planes,_%27n%27_Tectonic_Plates.jpg&limit=500&showall=0 as he narrates an unlucky man about to be the simultaneous victim of]] a plane crash, a runaway train, a fissure, ''and'' an explosion.

** Also in "Mystery Spot" they were trapped in a GroundhogDayLoop where Dean died at some point every time. Initially fairly mundane, the manner of his death became increasingly outlandish. Eventually it was revealed that [[spoiler: the [[TricksterArchetype Trickster god]] had set it up. And of course, has a nasty sense of humor.]]

* The death of the religious monomaniac Vorbis in ''Discworld/SmallGods'' is a direct lift from Greek mythology and involves a hungry eagle, a sentient tortoise who "persuades" the eagle to let go at exactly the right moment, and a precisely judged parabolic trajectory in which three pounds of tortoise travelling at speed impacts square-on with the priest's skull.

---> '''Harry:''' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny For my next trick]]: [[AnvilOnHead anvils]].

## The blood work also confirmed the presence of ''snake venom'' and a "bite" -- that turned out to be needle marks. However, the timeline shows he ''survived'' that. Also; the venom was injected by the boyfriend of the woman who hit him with the crowbar -- and he thought ''she'' injected him.

*** At this point, the Series/{{CSI}}s have ''five'' possible causes of death ranging from drowning to poisoning, the coroner was unable to determine who actually killed him, so they throw up their hands and CallItKarma. EverybodyDidIt -- or at least ''tried'' -- and a good DA ''might'' be able to charge all involved with separate accounts of attempted murder, but any attorney worth his salt would simply describe the entire series of events to a jury, who would probably be [[RuleOfFunny laughing too hard to convict]]. Jim Brass' expression after he's gotten the third consecutive person to confess - only to find out that's not what killed him - is one of the funniest moments in the show.

* One episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'' had the disappearance and death of a college student turn out to be a series of horrible coincidences (her trash can was swallowed by a grabby trash chute; when she went down to the dumpster to retrieve it, the dumpster was hit by a car, and she was slammed against the wall -- she then fell into the dumpster and died of internal bleeding). Her parents refuse to accept it, and claim they'll hire a private investigator to find the real killer.

** ''CSI'' has a lot of these. There was one episode with a B-plot of a driver who was shocked to death in a Jeep driving by a downed power line. The team was puzzled, as the tires should have insulated the car; however, as the driver was wearing a watch resting ''here'' and board shorts with metal brads resting ''here'', he completed the circuit.

* TheOtherWiki has a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths list of unusual deaths]].

* An episode of ''Series/TheXFiles'' had several mobsters trying to kill the luckiest man on Earth; all of them perished themselves in increasingly complicated ways. They were trying to kill him because he was using his luck to collect enough money to pay for a new liver for his dying neighbor. The last mobster to die was an organ donor, and just happened to be a match for the sick neighbor.

## Ultimately, they realize that asshole -- battered but stable -- sat down by the swimming pool, whereupon his lawn chair collapsed and dumped him in, and he drowned.
*** At this point, the Series/{{CSI}}s have ''five'' possible causes of death ranging from drowning to poisoning, the coroner was unable to determine who actually killed him, so they throw up their hands and CallItKarma; "the lawn chair did it." EverybodyDidIt -- or at least ''tried'' -- and a good DA ''might'' be able to charge all involved with separate accounts of attempted murder, but any attorney worth his salt would simply describe the entire series of events to a jury, who would probably be [[RuleOfFunny laughing too hard to convict]]. Jim Brass' expression after he's gotten the third consecutive person to confess - only to find out that's not what killed him - is one of the funniest moments in the show.

** Another one went something along the lines of: a big abusive drunk/drug addict boxer was poisoned by someone he was having an affair with, using his shellfish allergy. As he was stumbling about with his throat closing up, he encountered a slightly slow individual he'd beaten up on several occasions, who for some reason had a crossbow shot at him, thinking he was some kind of demon. The arrow passed ''through his trachea'', giving him a makeshift tracheotomy, which allowed him to breathe again. Instead of going to the hospital, he went and found his allergy medication, and fixed that issue. He then went to sit down by the swimming pool, whereupon his lawn chair collapsed and dumped him in, and he drowned. The Series/{{CSI}}s despair of the case ever coming to anything against the original poisoner, since "the lawn chair did it." He was also hit on the head with a crowbar and injected with snake venom. In fact, the snake venom was what started the entire chain of events, while the crowbar was the last thing to happen before he went to the swimming pool (and ironically, the two were done by the same person, the crowbar in self-defense after he came looking for her because of the snake venom). The lack of a potential conviction came from the fact that, with five possible causes of death ranging from drowning to poisoning, the coroner was unable to determine who actually killed him. This would not likely have worked out quite like that in real life, because they would simply have charged all involved with separate accounts of attempted murder. However, [[RuleOfFunny it was funnier that way]], and Jim Brass' expression after he's gotten the third consecutive person to confess - only to find out that's not what killed him - is one of the funniest moments in the show.

* ''{{Alphas}}'' had a character who killed similarly. He was killing because he was paranoid - he [[IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat thought everyone could do that]] and that every single bad thing in his life was caused by someone setting it up to happen to him.

A Necro Non Sequitur puts a character on a one-way track at full speed, destination 6 feet under, [[{{Railroading}} on the "What the hell was that?" express]]. Characters who die by this trope meet their demise in the form of a cosmic RubeGoldbergDevice of coincidences, with [[RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts everything lining up just so]] to ensure that the sheer impossibility of how they were killed [[DisasterDominoes works like clockwork]]. Sometimes it's long and tedious, sometimes it's quick and convenient, but no matter what, it cannot make any sense whatsoever when one looks at it close enough.

A SubTrope of YouCantFightFate. When this is an InvokedTrope, see RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts.

** The Calamity seems to like stairs. It strangles(!) another girl to death on a different set...and it's not pretty.

* In TheDCU, supervillain Major Disaster sells his soul to the demon Neron in exchange for the power to be able to create this kind of chain of events.

** A very convoluted death was that of the teacher from the first film, who pours out her coffee because it is too hot, pours cold vodka into the cup instead which creates a crack in the cup due to the rapid change in temperature, causing a leak which short-circuits her computer monitor causing the screen to explode in her face sending glass into her neck, starting a fire, then stumbling into the kitchen WHILE THE FIRE STILL BURNS THE HOUSE, tripping and falling onto the floor, pulling down a towel to hold against her neck without realizing it was on top of a knife rack, causing a knife to fall directly into her chest, and still surviving until the main character reaches her house, when an explosion from the fire knocks over a chair, which lands on the knife and pushes it further into her chest, finally killing her. [[TheresNotKillLikeOverkill Then her house explodes]]. Death ''really'' wasn't taking any chances with this one.

* This is the entire premise of the ''Film/FinalDestination'' film series. When Death claims someone, it usually picks a pretty convoluted and sadistic way to do so, and it doesn't give a single damn about things like the laws of physics, mechanics or others. The worst offender comes from one of the novels: Going in for some liposuction, one of the women fated to die, along with the doctors and nurses on call, gets knocked out. When she awakens hours later, she finds [[YouFailBiologyForever that the machine is still on and had sucked out all her internal organs]].
** The most convoluted death was that of the teacher from the first film, who pours out her coffee because it is too hot, pours cold vodka into the cup instead which creates a crack in the cup due to the rapid change in temperature, causing a leak which short-circuits her computer monitor causing the screen to explode in her face sending glass into her neck, starting a fire, then stumbling into the kitchen WHILE THE FIRE STILL BURNS THE HOUSE, tripping and falling onto the floor, pulling down a towel to hold against her neck without realizing it was on top of a knife rack, causing a knife to fall directly into her chest, and still surviving until the main character reaches her house, when an explosion from the fire knocks over a chair, which lands on the knife and pushes it further into her chest, finally killing her. [[UpToEleven And then her house explodes]]. Death ''really'' wasn't taking any chances with this one.

** Slightly averted in the Pilot episode. '''Gravelings''' set the majority of events in action in the entire series. However, in the bank scene when Mason takes George along to get some hands-on experience, the only event in that entire scene (if memory serves me correct) that the Graveling had anything to do with was dropping the [[spoiler:banana peel]]. The rest of the events were caused by gunshots, adultery, and a ridiculous, poorly thought out bank robbery.

* In a reversal of ''The X-Files'' example, ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''s "Bad Day At Black Rock" features an ArtifactOfDoom lucky rabbit's foot that grants its owner ''phenomenal'' luck... until they lose it(and "EVERYONE LOSES IT!"), at which point they suffer more and more until they eventually meet their demise with this trope.

When this is an InvokedTrope, see RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts.

*** The ceiling fan that could deliver a deadly blow was purposed built do be as dangerous as possible. It used sharpened steel blades and a lawnmower engine.

** The most convoluted death was that of the teacher from the first film, who pours out her coffee because it is too hot, pours cold vodka into the cup instead which creates a crack in the cup due to the rapid change in temperature, causing a leak which short-circuits her computer monitor causing the screen to explode in her face sending glass into her neck, starting a fire, then stumbling into the kitchen WHILE THE FIRE STILL BURNS THE HOUSE, tripping and falling onto the floor, pulling down a towel to hold against her neck without realizing it was on top of a knife rack, causing a knife to fall directly into her chest, and still surviving until the main character reaches her house, when an explosion from the fire knocks over a chair, which lands on the knife and pushes it further into her chest, finally killing her. [[UpToEleven And then her house explodes]].