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* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'': [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/comic/288-bulletbill/ "Bullet Bill"]] has a [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros Bullet Bill]], fired from a Bullet Bill Blaster in the setting of ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'', spend no less than twenty-eight panels living out its life, including going through [[SeasonalBaggage the four seasons]], getting married (and then having an affair and getting divorced), and being crowned a hero after saving a Toad from a house fire. Then it's unceremoniously killed by Mario in the last panel. The accompanying description sums it up thusly:

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* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'': [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/comic/288-bulletbill/ "Bullet Bill"]] has a [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bullet Bill]], fired from a Bullet Bill Blaster in the setting of ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'', spend no less than twenty-eight panels living out its life, including going through [[SeasonalBaggage the four seasons]], getting married (and then having an affair and getting divorced), and being crowned a hero after saving a Toad from a house fire. Then it's unceremoniously killed by Mario in the last panel. The accompanying description sums it up thusly:
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* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has one in the form of the [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2011-10-24 "Death Sentence"]] storyline. In it, [[ShapeShifter Grace]] and [[OurElvesAreDifferent Raven]] attempt to remove an enchantment on a wild boar and escort it to safety. Unfortunately, the boar *wants* the enchantment, meaning Raven has to shoot it, after which they realize there probably wasn't a good place to send it anyway,]] rendering the whole mission pointless — although [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2012-02-07 Grace feels differently.

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* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has one in the form of the [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2011-10-24 "Death Sentence"]] storyline. In it, [[ShapeShifter [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Grace]] and [[OurElvesAreDifferent Raven]] attempt to remove an enchantment on a wild boar and escort it to safety. Unfortunately, the boar *wants* the enchantment, meaning Raven has to shoot it, after which they realize there probably wasn't a good place to send it anyway,]] rendering the whole mission pointless — although [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2012-02-07 Grace feels differently.

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* ''Webcomic/{{Boxdog}}'': On Boxdog's ninth birthday, she couldn't decide if she wanted a vanilla cake or chocolate cake. Since she couldn't choose one or the other, her frustrated mother offered to skip the cake for the whole day. Boxdog then replied that she could have either one, but wanted vanilla more. As such, her parents went off to the store, but ended up picking up a chocolate cake. [[spoiler: As they were driving home, a drunk driver blindsided them, their car flipped over ''on her front lawn'' and her mom and dad burned alive, trapped in the car.]]

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* ''Webcomic/{{Boxdog}}'': On Boxdog's ninth birthday, she couldn't decide if she wanted a vanilla cake or chocolate cake. Since she couldn't choose one or the other, her frustrated mother offered to skip the cake for the whole day. Boxdog then replied that she could have either one, but wanted vanilla more. As such, her parents went off to the store, store but ended up picking up a chocolate cake. [[spoiler: As they were driving home, a drunk driver blindsided them, their car flipped over ''on her front lawn'' and her mom and dad burned alive, trapped in the car.]]



* ''Webcomic/{{Concerned}}: The Half-Life and Death of Gordon Frohman'' is a great example of this; after all his adventures, [[spoiler: the title character accidentally deactivates the 'Buddha' cheat code and dies, broken and bleeding, at the base of the Citadel.]] Too be fair, the comic's title should have been a hint.
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has one in the form of the [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2011-10-24 "Death Sentence"]] storyline. In it, [[ShapeShifter Grace]] and [[OurElvesAreDifferent Raven]] attempt to remove an enchantment on a wild boar and escort it to safety. Unfortunately, [[spoiler: the boar *wants* the enchantment, meaning Raven has to shoot it, after which they realize there probably wasn't a good place to send it anyway,]] rendering the whole mission pointless — although [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2012-02-07 Grace feels differently]].

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* ''Webcomic/{{Concerned}}: The Half-Life and Death of Gordon Frohman'' is a great example of this; after all his adventures, [[spoiler: the title character accidentally deactivates the 'Buddha' cheat code and dies, broken and bleeding, at the base of the Citadel.]] Too Citadel. To be fair, the comic's title should have been a hint.
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has one in the form of the [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2011-10-24 "Death Sentence"]] storyline. In it, [[ShapeShifter Grace]] and [[OurElvesAreDifferent Raven]] attempt to remove an enchantment on a wild boar and escort it to safety. Unfortunately, [[spoiler: the boar *wants* the enchantment, meaning Raven has to shoot it, after which they realize there probably wasn't a good place to send it anyway,]] rendering the whole mission pointless — although [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2012-02-07 Grace feels differently]].differently.



** The [[TheHighQueen White Queen]] abdicated her throne, escaped to Earth, met up with the remaining exiles, and was almost ready to leave for a new universe with the survivors and her recently-awakened husband as part of a lengthy plan. [[spoiler: And then Jack appeared completely unexpectedly, killed them all (except PM) before they could do anything, then did exactly what they seemed to be trying to avert. The worst part of it all is that even after Jack appeared, they still ''could'' have accomplished something if AR had finished his job in time, but he couldn't bring himself to [[ShootTheDog destroy the station containing WV]], sealing their fates (and then WV got impaled anyways). On the other hand, PM survived, [[RingOfPower put on the White Queen's ring]], brought WV with her and dropped him off with the main characters so they could get him some healing, and followed him to the trolls' session with [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge just one thing clearly on her mind]], so a potential subversion?]]

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** The [[TheHighQueen White Queen]] abdicated her throne, escaped to Earth, met up with the remaining exiles, and was almost ready to leave for a new universe with the survivors and her recently-awakened husband as part of a lengthy plan. [[spoiler: And then Jack appeared completely unexpectedly, killed them all (except PM) before they could do anything, then did exactly what they seemed to be trying to avert. The worst part of it all is that even after Jack appeared, they still ''could'' have accomplished something if AR had finished his job in time, but he couldn't bring himself to [[ShootTheDog destroy the station containing WV]], sealing their fates (and then WV got impaled anyways). On the other hand, PM survived, [[RingOfPower put on the White Queen's ring]], brought WV with her and dropped him off with the main characters so they could get him some healing, and followed him to the trolls' session with [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge just one thing clearly on her mind]], so a potential subversion?]]subversion?



* ''Webcomic/TheLastHalloween'': The earth has been invaded by monsters, who are proceeding to kill the entire human race. Normally these monsters are kept in check by the Phagocyte, who keeps them locked in the shadow realm. Doctor Fugue explains to a group of kids that the Phagocyte must have been killed. Luckily, the Phagocyte has an heir, and Fugue knows his mother, so he sends the kids to go find the heir. [[spoiler: Fugue turns out to be wrong about nearly everything: the boy he knows is not the Phagocyte's only son, and he isn't the heir. Even if he was, it wouldn't have mattered because the Phagocyte isn't dead, he's just so critically wounded that he can't stop the invasion. Meanwhile the quest that Fugue sent the kids on kills one of them, and dismembers two more, and then to rub salt in the wound, the son that they rescued dies anyway.]]

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* ''Webcomic/TheLastHalloween'': The earth has been invaded by monsters, who are proceeding to kill the entire human race. Normally these monsters are kept in check by the Phagocyte, who keeps them locked in the shadow realm. Doctor Fugue explains to a group of kids that the Phagocyte must have been killed. Luckily, the Phagocyte has an heir, and Fugue knows his mother, so he sends the kids to go find the heir. [[spoiler: Fugue turns out to be wrong about nearly everything: the boy he knows is not the Phagocyte's only son, and he isn't the heir. Even if he was, it wouldn't have mattered because the Phagocyte isn't dead, he's just so critically wounded that he can't stop the invasion. Meanwhile Meanwhile, the quest that Fugue sent the kids on kills one of them, and dismembers two more, and then to rub salt in the wound, the son that they rescued dies anyway.]]


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