History Main / VasquezAlwaysDies

* Invoked in the second season of ''Anime/{{Vandread}}'', where Gascogne (seriously, even BC is hotter than her, what with being a [[GenderBender guy in woman's body]]) [[HeroicSacrifice rams the enemy mothership, allowing the rest of the crew to escape]]. She survives and returns for the GrandFinale. Another example would be how many chances the writers missed to kill off Meia.

* Averted in ''Film/YoureNext''. Erin, the AwesomeAussie daughter of a [[CrazySurvivalist survivalist]], is by far the most badass character in the film, male or female, and it's precisely this that makes her the FinalGirl and turns the last third of the film into the most violent remake of ''Film/HomeAlone'' ever made.

* Non-death example: the short story ''[[http://theopinionguy.com/OG25.pdf Assumption]]'' (scroll down) by Desmond Warzel. Belasco proves to be more effective in combat than the men or the unnamed female narrator and is the only one seriously injured.

* ''Manga/GiantRobo: The Day The Earth Stood Still'': out of the two female members of Experts of Justice, Yoshi, the blue-skinned, muscular one dies halfway through the series, while the very feminine Ginrei survives to the last episode -- [[SubvertedTrope and dies too.]]

** Averted in the later sequels, by which time Ripley has become significantly more determined, brave, and masculine. She's the only female cast member in ''Film/Alien3'', but dies in a HeroicSacrifice. In ''Film/AlienResurrection'', both the butch and violent [[CloningBlues Ripley 8]] and the feminine and fragile [[RobotGirl Call]] survive. In fact, Hillard, a secondary ActionGirl who's somewhere in between the former two, is killed instead.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] [[Creator/JhonenVasquez Jhonen Vasquez]] always dying in his works.

!!'''As a DeathTrope, all Spoilers will be unmarked ahead. Beware.'''

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* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'':
** By virtue of spending every moment of their lives fighting to survive, almost every woman eventually becomes an ActionGirl. However, this trope is inverted with Lori. Despite being pregnant with her second child, lacking combat experience, and spending most her time [[StayInTheKitchen in the kitchen,]] she ultimately dies during childbirth.

* ''Series/TheWheelOfTime'': Perrin's wife Laila is a somewhat butch woman who's a blacksmith along with him, and fights the Trollocs who attack their village by his side. He kills her accidentally. Meanwhile, the feminine Moiraine, Nynaeve and Egwene fight as well, but they all live (granted, they have PlotArmor since they're main characters who don't die in the books either).

** Zig-zagged with the film ''{{Film/SWAT}}''. She gets shot in the finale but survives thanks to her Kevlar.

** In ''Manga/{{Golgo 13}}: Kowloon Assignment'', she portrays an undercover policewoman who comes close to busting a drug operation before being killed in a shootout.

* Zig-zagged in ''Film/BurningAmbition'' with the Chau sisters, Chau Siu-Tao and Chau Siu-Wai (played respectively by Creaotr/YukariOshima and Creator/KaraWai). The former is a rough tomboy while the latter is more feminine and ladylike. The ladylike younger sister Siu-Wai dies barely an hour into the film, while the tomboyish elder sister Siu-Tao doesn't survive the credits either when she gets pumped full of bullets to save her father.

** Seemingly happened off screen in ''Film/FastAndFurious''. [[spoiler: Turns out she just had LaserGuidedAmnesia and shows up in the stinger of ''Film/FastFive'' and working for the BigBad in ''Film/FastAndFurious6''. ]]

In some flicks, especially horror, this may inverted as the Vasquez lives while the MsFanservice frequently suffers DeathBySex, or if there is a third girl in the cast, both the Vasquez (often a BrawnHilda) and the MsFanservice get axed while TheCutie [[BewareTheNiceOnes and timid]] FinalGirl makes it.

* In ''Manga/RecordOfRagnarok'', AmazonianBeauty Þrúðr/Thrud of the {{Valkyries}} is established to be the biggest and strongest of her sisters but ends up dying in the tournament regardless.

* ''Film/DaylightsEnd'': [[TwoGirlsToATeam There are two female combatants in the group of survivors]]. Sam comes across as TheChick, was studying to be a lawyer before the ZombieApocalypse, has some UST with TheHero, and while she does help fight zombies and marauders, she's not the best shot out of the group. Earnesta is a more skilled gunfighter, and she and her husband have a blue-collar look to them. The trope is ultimately [[spoiler:played straight when Earnesta is bitten and shoots herself, while Sam survives.]]

* ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'' can play this straight or completely invert it. [[ActionGirl SIE]] (think a female Duke Nukem) can be killed same as the rest of your love interests, but you have to do it yourself after you select her as your handler in the penultimate mission in Russia. Otherwise, she will survive the game, whereas for [[TheChick Madison St. James]] and [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection Mina Tang]] just don't have to be rescued when they get captured, and Scarlett Lake can be shot in the last decision you make in the game.

* Many times the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' protagonists fell in love with female {{Ace Pilot}}s only to invoke the LoveHurts trope to Earth-shattering levels. However, this is not always the case. For example Shinn's first love is dress-wearing, dance-loving, sweet-tempered Stella. She dies and his second love is his fellow soldier Lunamaria.

* ''Literature/DreamPark'' series:

** Inverted in ''Literature/TheCaliforniaVoodooGame''. Mary-Em makes it out alive and with a massive experience boost, while Acacia's character ends up dying, causing her to go through a HeroicBSOD.

** In turn, in ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet4TheDreamMaster'', the weight-lifting, cockroach-battling Debbie dies before the more feminine Alice. [[spoiler: They both outlive Kristen, though, though it still counts as Kristen has become battle hardened from her experiences in the last movie and has taken up smoking while Alice at this point was still a shy girly girl who got unwillingly dragged into this mess. Alice does become a legitimate ActionGirl at movie's end to avenge their deaths and all of Freddy's other victims.]]

** In turn, in ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet4TheDreamMaster'', the weight-lifting, cockroach-battling Debbie dies before the more feminine Alice. [[spoiler: They both outlive Kristen, though.]]

* In ''VideoGame/RedFaction 2'', the team's sexual-innuendo-dropping stealth operative in a SpyCatsuit not only survives the game but is your main ally for the second half. The tough redhead sniper with an Amazonian build and butch haircut is the first of TheSquad to die.