History WebAnimation / FiftyWaysToDieInMinecraft

* FunWithAcronyms: The series overarching police forces include the [=SWAG=], which, while not revealed just yet, most likely stands for '''S'''pecial '''W'''eapons '''A'''nd '''G'''oats due to the FunnyAnimal goats that appear sometimes.

** Death 39 in part 3 is a mafioso getting into a firefight with the [=SWAG=] for importing tin cans. Well, ''illegal'' tin cans anyways.

--> '''Gingerbread Man''': Run, run, run, as fast as you can! You can't catch me, I'm-\\

'''Gingerbread Man''': [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Screwed.]]

* LaymansTerms: PlayedForLaughs during the VideoGame/HalfLife ShoutOut in Part 2. The overly technical intro dialogue is accompanied by a translation into simple terms (e.x: "Phase One completed. All systems operating within acceptable ranges," to "First part done. Nothing broke."); there's also one notable inversion where the head scientist verbally orders them to "turn on the big green light," which becomes far more complicated and technical in the subtitling.

--> ''Aladdin's Mom was Slain for Plot Convenience''

--> '''[=GG=] Moff Tarkin:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck "Tell the judge to take my ex-wife out of my will!"]]

* ShoutOut: [[ShoutOut/FiftyWaysToDieInMinecraft Has it's own page]].

** Death 48 in part 1 is "Missing The Toilet"… as in, falling from a great height and missing the toilet water that would’ve kept you from dying.

* JerkassGenie: Played straight and averted in the fairytale edition; death 12 sees the genie use ExactWords to not grant the wisher immortality. However, in death 20, he tries to warn Redstone Ned against doing something stupid, and in his third appearance, he's merely exasperated by Stu.

* ViciousCycle: Deaths 16 through 20 in part 6 instigates one; a guy gets shot a sniper, laughing and trying to claim his medkits… only for another sniper to shoot down the other sniper, try to claim his medkits, and then gets shot down by another sniper. It repeats the process until it reappears in death 41, with Ned being able to close the loop.

** [[=jayRiott=]] Suffers a terrifyingly realistic one in Forgotten Fables. When he wishes to be funny, he slowly makes a hilarious (in his own way) sentence....that slowly devolves into manic laughter. One can even hear poor Jake trying to gasp for air as the screen gets greyer and the laughter becomes more desperate. Jake Eyes scrapped this death for being way more dark than he expected.

* DieLaughing: One character always seems to suffer this — an entirely blue avatar with a LOL emoji for a face.

* YourMom: Deaths 28, 29, and 30 of the Halloween edition involve making these jokes within earshot of [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]], [[Film/{{Psycho}} Norman Bates]], and [[Literature/{{Beowulf}} Grendel]], respectively.

* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: Subverted; death 15 in part 3 ''tries'' to do this, but the anvil is a block off from hitting the victim. Instead, they get blown up by a Creeper seconds after.

* BlackComedy: Some death play this tropes straight.

* LastSecondWordSwap: The Gingerbread Man likes to do this in every one of his temptingsof fate.

*** Death 29: The protagonist of ''The Tinder Box'' discovers that his girlfriend [[UnstoppableRage is not exactly thrilled]] that he killed her parents.

* CantYouReadTheSign: Both played straight and parodied; death 22 in part one happens when someone fails to heed the "Beware of Dogs" sign, and the very next death happens to someone who actually ''does'' stop to read the sign ("Readers will be shot").

* DisproportionateRetribution: Some deaths are caused by this.

* LavaPit: A number of characters meet their end by falling into one of these. Death 11 in part 2 has [=JayRiott=] get pushed into one for throwing too many actors into lava.
* LaymensTerms: PlayedForLaughs during the VideoGame/HalfLife ShoutOut in Part 2. The overly technical intro dialogue is accompanied by a translation into simple terms (e.x: "Phase One completed. All systems operating within acceptable ranges," to "First part done. Nothing broke."); there's also one notable inversion where the head scientist verbally orders them to "turn on the big green light," which becomes far more complicated and technical in the subtitling.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: InUniverse:

* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Many deaths reuse victims from previous deaths.

* AchievementsInIgnorance: Stu occasionally manages these, like the time he somehow managed to fill his ''entire inventory'' with Totems of Undying. Or the time he pressed the pi button on his Game Boy Color version of ''Minecraft'', despite the GBC not having said button and said platform not supporting the game.

* FracturedFairyTale: The entire point of the fairy tale edition.

* LowClearance: The cause of death 5 in part 1.

* OverlyLongGag: Deaths 16 through 20 in part 6 are about assuming you're the only sniper in the area. The snipers then return for death 41, "Not Beating the System".

* ShoutOut:
** Death 20 in part 1 is "Joining the [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Flying Circus]]" (aka [[GiantFootOfStomping getting crushed by a giant foot]]).
*** Death 31 in part 2 sees the victim die at the hands of [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog]].
** Death 25 in part 1 is titled "The Spice Must Flow", with the character getting eaten by [[Franchise/{{Dune}} a sand worm]].
** Death 28 in part 1, "Rushing to Fight the Ender Dragon", is accompanied by the famous WebVideo/{{Leeroy Jenkins|Video}} sound clip.
** Death 32 in part 1 is [[Literature/CharlottesWeb "Trying to Eat Wilbur"]].
** Death 13 in part 2 happens when an avatar dubbed [[Film/TheMatrix "Neo001"]] figures out that he's in a computer game.
** Death 21 in part 2 happens after the player kills too many monsters, at which point [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Sans]] comes in and kills them. He reappears 19 deaths later to kill Stu for trying to spoil his game.
** Death 33 in part 2 sees the victim getting eaten by VideoGame/PacMan.
** In death 36 in part 2, [=SnakeTheJaik=] gets killed by [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Legolas]].
** Death 32 in part 2 has Ned try to make a self-aware redstone-made AI...and ends up making [[VideoGame/SystemShock SHODAN]] instead, who immediately kills him.
** Death 50 in part 2 is one to [[VideoGame/HalfLife The Resonance Cascade]], complete with the facility the bedrock splitting is taking place being called "Block Mesa".
** Death 3 in part 3 is caused by a tornado and dubbed [[Film/TheWizardOfOz "Living in Kansas"]].
** Death 18 in part 3 is "Ignoring [[Music/{{TLC}} TLC's]] Advice" (don't go chasing waterfalls). Also, the victim is WesternAnimation/BugsBunny.
** [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3 Springtrap]] appears for a few jump scares.
** Deaths 15 and 16 in part 4 are references to [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros two]] [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda different]] Creator/{{Nintendo}} games.
** Death 42 in part 4 has the victim get crushed by a VideoGame/{{Tetris}} block.
** Death 40 in part 5 is "Lowering the Draw Distance", which leads to the victim getting killed by [[Franchise/SilentHill Pyramid Head]].
** Death 44 in part 5 is caused by listening to Music/LinkinPark ("[[{{Pun}} in The End, it doesn't even matter]]").
** Death 12 in part 7 is "Visiting [[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends the Island of Sodor]]" and subsequently getting crushed by one of the trains flying off the rails.
** Death 45 in part 8 — accidentally dropping yourself and some lit TNT into a mob pit — is labeled "Reenacting [[RidingTheBomb Your Favorite Scene]] from ''Film/DrStrangelove''".
** Death 11 in part 9 is basically a reenactment of Voldemort's resurrection from ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire''.
** Death 8 in the Christmas edition is [[Film/TheSantaClause "Delivering Presents to Tim Allen's House"]].
** Death 17 in the Christmas edition is "Burgling [[Film/HomeAlone Kevin McCallister]]".
** Death 35 in the Christmas edition is "Giving Birth to Offspring That, in Turn, Creates its Own Offspring"… in other words, [[WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer being a grandma]]. [[spoiler:Said grandma returns for death 50, in which she kills Santa Claus with a rocket launcher as revenge.]]
** In the fairy tale edition, one member of Penny Henny's posse is [[Music/TheBeatles "Flamingo Ringo"]].
** Death 21 in Part 14 has [=SnakeTheJaik=] make fun of [[VideoGame/AceCombat Nagase]]. His jet is promptly shot down by "every Ace Combat player and a few H.A.W.X. players as well".
** Death 22 in Part 14 has the "Mission Failed" message from VideoGame/AceCombat 04, complete with "Requiem" playing in the background.
** Death 6 in part 14 involves a Strider named [[{{VideoGame/Strider}} Hiryu]].
** The end of Part 15 showcases a Snopes page telling that yes, Jake Eyes nearly worked his butt off making [[spoiler:the climatic battle scene between The Cinemadversary and Rich Evans]]. The writer of that article is [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Lem Sportsinterviews.]]

** Death 42 in part 14: Attempting to perform a maneuver meant to be done with planes in a grocery cart ''will'' get you hurt.

** Death 42 in part 14 has Stu attempt to perform a Kulbit Manuver, something meant to be done with planes, in a grocery cart. Needless to say, he crashes offscreen.

** For much of the first batch of videos, the intro would dubs over [[Music/PaulSimon Paul Simon’s]] song, “50 Ways to Leave your Lover” (fitting), or a cover of it by another artist. However, later episodes would avert this tradition and start dubbing over other stuff. This was lampshaded by Stu in the tenth episode, but justified by Jake, who said he did it to attempt to avoid a Website/YouTube copyright strike.

** Once Averted: a cut death in Forgotten Fables has [=BlondWolfGirl=] jump into a pool of lava after hearing the story of the Steadfast Tin Soldier. Jake Eyes removed this death for believe it was too dark, even for the series' standard.

** Death 29 in part 11: When Construction Guy implicitly threatens to break the scaffolding that's [=FeedMe=] is standing on (as revenge for when [=FeedMe=] did the same earlier), [=FeedMe=] warns him if he breaks a single scaffolding block, he'll fill his house with so much TNT, it will cause a server-wide sand storage. Construction Guy complies by not breaking a block... but instead adding to the scaffolding tower, causing [=FeedMe=] to be squished by his platform.

* GoodCounterpart: The Death Star gets one in the form of the Life Star, witch is able to save Earth from a death blast and [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 let's it go Heavy on the Death Star.]]

* LastSecondWordSwap: The Gingerbread Man like to do this in every of his tempting of fate.

''(Get shot by a stray.)''\\

* OhCrap: If someone's about to die, they might let one last expression of suprise. Victims of [[{{Troll}} [=SnaiktheJaiks=]]] magma block pranks, [[TemptingFate The Gingerbread Man]] and people trying to avoid creepers are fond of this.
** When [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]] bears witness to an [[CoolPlane A-10 Thunderbolt]] [[spoiler:surviving the Death Star's main cannon,]] he starts hyperventilating and bolts toward the escape pods.
** Great Grand Moff Tarkin gets a moment too when said A-10 [[spoiler:blows a hole in the Death Star's reactor,]] causing him to say this piece of gold:
--> [=GG=] Moff Tarkin: [[ThisIsGonnaSuck "Tell the judge to take my ex-wife out of my will!"]]

** The end of Part 15 showcases a Snopes page telling that yes, Jake Eyes nearly worked his butt off making [[spoiler:the climatic battle scene between The Cinemadversary and Rich Evans.]] The writer of that article is [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Lem Sportsinterviews.]]

** If your warehouse is destroyed multiple times through sheer idiocy, there's a ''very'' low chance that you'll be able to get insurance on it. This goes double if your warehouse is for containing something as volatile and destructive as TNT.

*** Deaths 3 and 55: Always be wary of whatever people wear on Halloween. For example, that Mystery Inc group your trying to scare might actually be the local milita, and that baby you stole from? He might just be a Yakuza member trick-or-treating as a baby.

** Deaths 12, 20, 26 & 46 in Part 14: A bunch of drivers end up falling asleep after looking at a sheep farm, resulting in multiple cars driving through a rail guard and off of a cliff, with [=FinnTheWinn=], who was at the bottom of the cliff, getting killed at one point due to a car landing on him. When a construction worker tries to repair the rail guard, he ends up getting run over. While Brandon ''does'' manage to avoid this by jumping out of the car (his head rested on the car horn and woke him up), he then gets run over by another car because he was still on the street and [[TooDumbToLive made no attempt to get out of the way]].

** As Forgotten Fables and part 15 show, laughing too hard can prove lethal, and could kill you since you don't have enough time to breathe in middle of laughing. [[spoiler:Rich Evans]] was lucky enough to survive this. Jake...not so much.

** Death 15 in part 11 is one to the infamous incident where {{Creator/Activision}} fired 800 of their employee's despite selling 8 million copies of VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps4 before it's release. Right before the CEO [[ItMakesSenseInContext spews pink slips at his employee's,]] his face morphs into the head of UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump as a nod to his memetic "You're Fired!" line in Series/TheApprentice prior to becoming president.

** And then another one in Part 13s death 35; [=FeedMe=] is unfortunately struck with '''The Curse Of The Binding [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony]] Cosplay,''' causing him to jump into a pit of lava.
** Yet another one happens in Part 13s death 37, this time jabbing at [[{{Franchise/Shrek}} Shrek Super Party]] and it's infamously terrible attempt at the SuperDeformed style.
** Death 47 in the Fairy Tale Edition is one to Creator/{{Disney}} and their notorious reputation for suing most fanwork, specifically; Mickey Mouse kills one of his employee's [[Film/AustinPowers Dr.Evil]] style for telling him they cant sue Jake Eyes, since Pinnochio is public domain.

* ViciousCycle: Deaths 16 through 20 in part 6 instigates one; a guy gets shot a sniper, laughing and trying to claim his medkits...only for another sniper to shoot down the other sniper, try to claim his medkits, and then gets shot down by another sniper. It repeats the process until it reappears in death 41, with Ned being able to close the loop.

* TakeThat:

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* FunWithAcronyms: The series overarching police forces include the [=SWAG=], witch while not revealed just yet, most likely stands for '''S'''pecial '''W'''eapons '''A'''nd '''G'''oats due to the FunnyAnimal goats that appear sometimes.