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3 | Using the scientifically '''''Infallible''''' power of the SortingAlgorithmOfDeadness, who do you think is the next in line for being brought back from the great Bus in the sky? |
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5 | To use the Algorithm, simply add the Column's "Death Value", and divide by the number of applicable rows. |
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9 | || ''Relative deadness factor'' || '''DeaderThanDead''' || '''[[PutOnABus Maybe Back Later]]''' || '''[[InferredSurvival Be Back Soon]]''' || '''[[ContractualImmortality Death? What's That?]]''' || |
10 | || '''Death Value''' || '''''[[FourIsDeath 4]]''''' || '''''3''''' || '''''2''''' || '''''1''''' || |
11 | || ''[[JustForFun/HowToKillACharacter Cause of death]]'' || [[DeathByIrony Irony]], [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Bridge Drop]], [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill Overkill]], StuffedInTheFridge, RetGone || [[RedemptionEqualsDeath Redemption]], [[HeroicSacrifice Sacrifice]], BusCrash, MortalWoundReveal || NoOneCouldSurviveThat, just plain killed in battle || [[SuicidalGotcha Jumping]] || |
12 | || ''[[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt Audience Expectation]]'' || AnyoneCanDie || KilledOffForReal, TonightSomeoneDies || DisneyDeath || BackFromTheDead, DeathIsCheap, NobodyCanDie || |
13 | || ''Body Found?'' || [[DeaderThanDead Dead]] and [[MeaningfulFuneral Buried]]\ |
14 | [[ChunkySalsaRule Only Bits And Pieces]] || [[WakingUpAtTheMorgue At The Morgue]] || [[NeverFoundTheBody Never Found]], [[HumanPopsicle Frozen]], [[TakenForGranite Petrified]] || LeftForDead || |
15 | || ''Reaction'' || [[ReallyDeadMontage Montage]], BondOneLiner || HesDeadJim || ItsPersonal || FauxDeath || |
16 | || ''Last Words'' || [[OhCrap Crap]], KilledMidSentence, [[SedgwickSpeech Carry on men]], HisNameIs || CatchPhrase, FinalSpeech, ObiWanMoment || [[YouShallNotPass "Fly, you fools!"]] [[TemptingFate "Piece of cake"]] || "MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning" || |
17 | || ''[[{{Characters}} Characterization]]'' || RedShirt, [[DeathByOriginStory Loved One]], MauveShirt || RecurringCharacter, CListFodder || {{Regular}} || [[ContractualImmortality Protagonist, Archvillain]] || |
18 | || ''[[SeasonFluidity When did they die?]]'' || 10+ years ago, [[GrandFinale Series Finale]] || 5-10 years ago || Same year || [[StoryArc Same arc]] || |
19 | || ''[[BackFromTheDead "Died" and come back?]]'' || [[NotQuiteDead Not yet]] || Died once, but got better || [[FakingTheDead Twice]] || [[JokerImmunity I've]] [[StayingAlive lost]] [[DeathIsCheap count]] || |
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21 | If the character hasn't died yet (but seems likely to), see SortingAlgorithmOfMortality. All of this is trumped by the FirstLawOfResurrection. |
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23 | Currently, [[spoiler:The real Caulder]] from ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars: Days of Ruin'' and [[spoiler:Teri Bauer]] from ''Series/TwentyFour'' are the only characters to have scored 4, the highest possible. And are notable for having 4 in ''every'' category. At one point, [[spoiler:Shirley]] from ''Anime/CodeGeass'' and also scored 4, thanks in part to a special [=CLAMP=] bonus that became harder to defend as the series went on. [[spoiler:Chloe Sullivan]] from ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' is currently the only character to have scored a perfect 1, in the episode ''Fracture'', with the rest of the cast not even taking her death seriously, fully expecting her return. |
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27 | '''Baseline Example: The death of Franchise/{{Superman}}.''' |
28 | * Cause: HeroicSacrifice, so he's not coming back from that too quickly, or the sacrifice will be cheapened. 3. |
29 | * Genre: It's a comic book, so DeathIsCheap. 1. |
30 | * The Body: DeaderThanDead, a PietaPlagiarism too for supes sake! So no chance of FakingTheDead. 4. |
31 | * Reaction: ReallyDeadMontage, uh-oh. 4. |
32 | * Characterization: Protagonist. 1. |
33 | * When did he die: Same year, so 2. |
34 | * Come Back?: This was a first, so 4. |
35 | * Average: So add it up... we get a pretty high score, 19! Since it's not a videogame, divide by 7, and we get... 19/7 = 2.7, meaning supes isn't coming back for at least a few months, maybe even years. In actuality the ''Death Of Superman'' happened in January 1993 and he came back some time before May 1994. |
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39 | '''Now let's make a prediction with the recent death of Franchise/{{Batman}} in ComicBook/FinalCrisis.''' |
40 | * Cause: HeroicSacrifice, give or take. 3. |
41 | * Genre: Comic book, so DeathIsCheap. 1. |
42 | * The Body: [[DeaderThanDead Dead and buried]], but it's a little more complicated. Still, it's a 4. |
43 | * Reaction: [[HesDeadJim He's Dead Clark]], plus "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?" probably counts as a ReallyDeadMontage. 3.5. |
44 | * Last Words: "Try Me." 3. |
45 | * Characterization: It's [[MemeticMutation The Goddamn Batman]], people. 1. |
46 | * When did he die: Same year, so 2. |
47 | * Come Back?: This would be the first time, so 4. |
48 | * Average: 21.5/8= 2.7. A semi-high score, and DC seems to be sticking to this one for a while. Still, he'll definitely be back, likely before the end of 2010 at the latest.[[supersecretspoiler: CORRECT!]] |
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51 | '''Note: This sub-page is for TabletopGames examples only. Please ensure that you put new examples in the correct WMG/SortingAlgorithmOfDeadness sub-page.''' |
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56 | [[folder:''Warhammer 40 000'']] |
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58 | Let's analyse the God-Emperor of Mankind from the Imperium's standpoint, shall we? (If anyone feels differently, feel free to correct). |
59 | * Cause of death? Death by irony - killed by Horus, his most trusted son/clone. 4 |
60 | * Genre? Anyone can die. 4 |
61 | * Body found? Stuck on the Golden Throne. 4 |
62 | * Reaction? Well, considering how the Eccelsiarch preaches about him, this would substitue nicely as a Really Dead Montage. 4 |
63 | * Last Words? None recorded. 4 |
64 | * Characterisation? From the Imperium's point of view, a loved one. 4 |
65 | * When did he die? Several millenias ago. 4 |
66 | * Back from the dead? Well, let's be kind on techinicality and count being comatose and stuck on a chair as being 'back' from the dead. 3 |
67 | * Algorithim result: 3.875. That Star Child legend had better be true, or humanity is screwed... |
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69 | Now Let's do Leman Russ, missing Primarch of the Space Wolves. (This is done to evaluate the likeliness of him being dead). |
70 | * Cause of Death: Just missing, so...yea. N/A |
71 | * Genre: Anyone can die. 4 |
72 | * Body: If he is dead, it still has not been found. 3 |
73 | * Reaction: No body, no reaction to speak of. N/A |
74 | * Last Words: gave a great speech before his departure. 1 |
75 | * Characterisation: Father of Space Wolves. 4 |
76 | * When: Several Millenias ago (again). 4 |
77 | * Back from the dead: N/A |
78 | * Algorithim score: 3.2 recurring. Slightly better than The Emperor, but still... |
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80 | And, just for fun, let's try Literature/CiaphasCain, [[FakeUltimateHero HERO OF THE]] [[DrinkingGame/TVTropes IMPERIUM]]! |
81 | * Cause of Death: Died of old age after 200+ years of service. For Cain, that's irony. 4 |
82 | * Genre: Anyone can die. 4 |
83 | * Body: Buried with full military honors. 4 |
84 | * Reaction: Hard to say. On the one hand, there's that military funeral. However, the Imperium seems to be treating it as a FauxDeath. So... 2.5? |
85 | * Last Words: N/A |
86 | * Characterization: Protagonist of seven books and counting. 1 |
87 | * When: At least several years before the "Cain Archive" was released. 3 |
88 | * Back from the dead: After his first few disappearances, the Imperium just gave up and decided to leave him on the active duty roster. ''Forever''. 1 |
89 | Algorithm score: 3.083 recurring. Not good odds, but I'd bet on him before the Emperor. |
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91 | And yet another Primarch, Vulkan this time, analyzed because his fate after [[DarkestHour Drop Site Massacre]] is a ''mess''. Feel free to correct this as ''Literature/HorusHeresy'' updates show up. |
92 | * Cause of Death: Last known, pierced with the ultimate NoOneCouldSurviveThat weapon, fulgurite, in battle, meeting both quotas of 2. |
93 | * Genre: Anyone can die. 4 |
94 | * Body: Found, but then lost. Currently missing. 2 |
95 | * Reaction: His troops and brothers were shocked, but the latter didn't believe it and the former adopted "Vulkan lives" as their survival mantra. 1.5? |
96 | * Last Words: N/A |
97 | * Characterization: Recurring in ''Literature/HorusHeresy'', but only ShroudedInMyth in main 'verse. 3.5 |
98 | * When: Like Leman, several millennias ago. 4 |
99 | * Back from the dead: His shtick as a [[FromASingleCell Perpetual]]. He did it several times just in ''Vulkan Lives''. 1 |
100 | Algorithm score: 2.571. Of everyone thus far, he's the most likely to return in foreseeable future. |
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102 | Another Primarch, because analyzing stuff is fun. This time - Roboute Guilliman, Primarch of the Ultramarines, who's not dead as much as stuck in stopped-time field seconds before death. |
103 | * Cause of Death: Nearly got himself beheaded by his own brother, a perfectionist like him. Combining irony and death in battle, that gives... 3? |
104 | * Genre: Take a guess. 4 |
105 | * Body: Found, on display on Ultramar. 4 |
106 | * Reaction: Empire flat out worships him, with millions of pilgrims visiting his temple every month, so probably MeaningfulFuneral. 4 |
107 | * Last Words: Left behind a BigBookOfWar, which should count as FinalSpeech. 3 |
108 | * Characterization: Regular in ''Literature/HorusHeresy'', often mentioned in current-day Imperium. 2.5 |
109 | * When: Yet again, several millenias ago. 4 |
110 | * Back from the dead: Once survived being in space for a few hours. 3 |
111 | Algorithm score: 3,313. Only Emperor has a worse score, so Guilliman's return ain't very likely. |
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