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* In the first part of the ''WebAnimation/AnimatorVSAnimation'' series, Victim and his clones are quickly killed by the Animator when he [[BoringButPractical closes the animating program without saving]].
* Linkara of ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' frequently calls out ''Countdown to Final Crisis'', ''Cry For Justice'', and ''Ultimatum'' for this. He especially accuses the first of representing an attitude that killing characters is the best form of plot point.
* In the ''Literature/BattleRoyale'' based RP ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'', characters are often killed off in this manner, particularly inactive ones. A good example would be the death of Joe Cande, who passed out shortly before his handler became inactive; He was killed by a bullet that hit him in the neck when it ''ricocheted off of a weapon being held by someone else.''
** Subverted with the escape attempts in v3 and v4. Both examples made it look like a ''mass'' bridge-dropping at first, until further updates revealed that they weren't dead. In v3 it turned out that they had all removed their collars and were fighting to get off the island, and in v4 the escapees were revealed to have successfully left the island and were now in a hospital in Canada.
* In ''WebAnimation/BunnyKill'', Snowball's partners have a tendency to get cheaply killed by the BigBad. Then again, [[DeathIsCheap death doesn't seem to slow down the characters of this series much.]]
* Aydin from ''Roleplay/DarwinsSoldiers'' is [[BusCrash reported by a newspaper]] to have committed suicide in a Cornova, TX convenience store. The heroes find out about it from a local newspaper.
* ''[[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged Dragon Ball Z Kai Abridged Episode 2]]'' kills off the entirety of the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Ginyu Force]] as soon as they're introduced by having Goku's ship crash-land on them.
* Sometimes, ''WebVideo/{{Dream}}'' dies abruptly and the audience doesn't see it coming. One particularly notable instance is [[spoiler:the ending of the third 3 Hunters video. Dream barely wins an intense fight against George and Sapnap in the End... except, y'know, the entire gimmick is that there's a ''third'' hunter. And the armorless, unarmed Bad, said third hunter, then proceeds to sneak up behind a celebrating Dream and punch him, killing him]].
* ''WebVideo/EconomyWatch'': David's pedophile neighbor, Ben Dover, was quietly killed off as he received the electric chair off-screen at some point after the 2022 Halloween special.
* Sun Jian in ''Fanfic/FarceOfTheThreeKingdoms.'' The [[MauveShirt Mauve Shirts]] who take him out lampshade this.
* ''Literature/TheHomestuckEpilogues'':
** In Meat, Dave mentions that WV has died in the interim between the Epilogues and ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''. He and PM likely died of old age after setting up society on Earth C, which the surviving players skipped over through Dave's time travel.
* ''WebOriginal/TheLazerCollection'' - Quite literally, replace the bridge with a piano, which ends both the life and the three-second cameo of [[spoiler: Dr. Octogonapus]].
* In the ''WebVideo/Lonelygirl15'' story "Prom: It's To Die For", Gina Hart was shot by Edward Salinas, so that he could be promoted to Elder. Then, a week later in "Hangman's Noose", Salinas was killed off.
* ''LetsPlay/TheMuseum'' sees several adventurers built up in terms of skill and characterisation, only to be unceremoniously killed off - usually by random circumstance.
** [[spoiler: Nine Shovelmurders]] provides a fascinating example of HeritageDisconnect due to the circumstances of [[BabyAsPayment her]] [[MadeASlave backstory]] and is heavily developed as a character, on top of gaining an extensive story. [[spoiler: She's ambushed and unceremoniously hacked down by bandits in the middle of nowhere, dying a violent, pointless death.]]
** [[spoiler: [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent Raki Umberclan]]]] was responsible for numerous deaths, [[spoiler: creating a whole new generation of Weremammoths]], and was set up as a rather dangerous SealedEvilInACan waiting to [[CameBackStrong be revived as a powerful undead and resume his reign of terror]]. [[spoiler: He actually does get revived in this manner, only to be abruptly knocked down a [[BottomlessPit Glowing Pit]] in [[{{Hell}} the Underworld]], killing him with absolutely no build-up or chance of revival.]]
** A very literal example in the case of poor [[spoiler: Yufluggus Cavernslides]], who was crushed by a drawbridge after he pulled the wrong lever, cutting his creator's plans for the turn short.
* ''WebVideo/TheMusicVideoShow'' has [[spoiler:the second season host]] dead on the ground, out of nowhere at the third season finale. [[spoiler:[[Main/NotQuiteDead Until Episode 100.]]]]
* ''WebVideo/SgtFrogAbridged'' has this has happen to [[spoiler: [[MadArtist Putata]], via [[BloodyHilarious gory headshot]] ]]for both RuleOfFunny and for being TheScrappy in both the [[Manga/SgtFrog original show]] and the abridged series.
** [[spoiler: Happened before to the Garuru Platoon in episode 18, via the [[ItMakesSenseInContext Giant Fuck You Ninja Star.]] ]]
* As of Episode 38 of ''WebVideo/ShadowOfIsraphel'', [[spoiler:Knight_Peculier]] has seemingly gone this way, having fallen into a pool of radioactive waste, much to LetsPlay/LewisBrindley and LetsPlay/SimonLane's horror. One reckons the writers did this deliberately, as opposed to the accidental death of Um_Bongo (who has had an UnexplainedRecovery for the survival maps and mod spotlights).
* {{Parodied|Trope}} in the ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'' about the origin of the stick where Mr. Bland and Señor are crushed by a falling Bubs' Concession Stand.
** Jane's Dad is blown up offscreen in Candy. He may still be alive in Meat's timeline, but the story doesn't cover this.
* In ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'', as of the miniseries ''Relocated'', this would seem to be Sister's fate. Lopez casually mentions that he killed her. Grif, having once seen her spend three hours in freezing water and come out not only alive but ''pregnant'', doesn't believe it. [[spoiler:He is ultimately proven right when she reappears as a cameo in the season 13 finale.]]
** PlayedForLaughs by the stupid and accidental deaths of [[TheDragon Surge]] (who falls into lava once Sarge takes off the arm holding him to salute) and [[HeroOfAnotherStory Unit FH57]] (the ship's AI mishears "shelf construction" as "self-destruction").
** Combining this trope with DeathAsComedy also shows up in the ''Webanimation/DeathBattle'' episode featuring the Reds vs. the Blues: four characters are killed when [[LethallyStupid Caboose]] fires a bullet that keeps on ricocheting, and once Sarge is about to shoot Caboose, [[BrickJoke a grenade thrown into the teleporter at the start of the episode finally appears]] and blows him.
** Sarge’s Blue counterpart Sergeant Miller and the rest of his unit are all killed offscreen by the Meta, and we only learn about their demise when Sarge discovers them all dead after he arrives at Rat’s Nest to pick up Grif and Simmons.
** Two retroactive cases with [[spoiler:York]] and [[spoiler:North]], both of whom die shortly after being introduced, before becoming important characters in later flashbacks
* In ''Roleplay/WeAreAllPokemonTrainers'', upon finding a treasure room which turned out to be Larva and Metentis' summer house, Brudy was abruptly eaten by Larva the Cofagrigus after Metentis the Dusclops told her she couldn't have any servants.
* ''WebOriginal/WhatColorAreYou'': Right when the player is about to reach the castle, the stone wall in front of it collapses, and the player is unceremoniously crushed to death by a chunk of stone.
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