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[[folder: Sorting Algorithm Of Deadness ]]


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?

To use the Algorithm, simply add the Column's "Death Value", and divide by the number of applicable rows.


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|| ''Relative deadness factor'' || '''DeaderThanDead''' || '''[[PutOnABus Maybe Back Later]]''' || '''[[InferredSurvival Be Back Soon]]''' || '''[[ContractualImmortality Death? What's That?]]''' ||
|| '''Death Value''' || '''''[[FourIsDeath 4]]''''' || '''''3''''' || '''''2''''' || '''''1''''' ||
|| ''[[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]] ||
|| ''[[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt Audience Expectation]]'' || AnyoneCanDie || KilledOffForReal, TonightSomeoneDies || DisneyDeath || BackFromTheDead, DeathIsCheap, NobodyCanDie ||
|| ''Body Found?'' || [[DeaderThanDead Dead]] and [[MeaningfulFuneral Buried]]\\
[[ChunkySalsaRule Only Bits And Pieces]] || [[WakingUpAtTheMorgue At The Morgue]] || [[NeverFoundTheBody Never Found]], [[HumanPopsicle Frozen]], [[TakenForGranite Petrified]] || LeftForDead ||
|| ''Reaction'' || [[ReallyDeadMontage Montage]], BondOneLiner || HesDeadJim || ItsPersonal || FauxDeath ||
|| ''Last Words'' || [[OhCrap Crap]], KilledMidSentence, [[SedgwickSpeech Carry on men]], HisNameIs || CatchPhrase, "Famous Last Words", FinalSpeech, ObiWanMoment || [[YouShallNotPass "Fly, you fools!"]] [[TemptingFate "Piece of cake"]] || "MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning" ||
|| ''[[{{Characters}} Characterization]]'' || RedShirt, [[DeathByOriginStory Loved One]], MauveShirt || RecurringCharacter, CListFodder || {{Regular}} || [[ContractualImmortality Protagonist, Archvillain]] ||
|| ''[[SeasonFluidity When did they die?]]'' || 10+ years ago, [[GrandFinale Series Finale]] || 5-10 years ago || Same year || [[StoryArc Same arc]] ||
|| ''[[BackFromTheDead "Died" and come back?]]'' || [[NotQuiteDead Not yet]] || Died once, but got better || [[FakingTheDead Twice]] || [[JokerImmunity I've]] [[StayingAlive lost]] [[DeathIsCheap count]] ||

If the character hasn't died yet (but seems likely to), see SortingAlgorithmOfMortality. All of this is trumped by the FirstLawOfResurrection.

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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'''Baseline Example: The death of Franchise/{{Superman}}.'''
* Cause: HeroicSacrifice, so he's not coming back from that too quickly, or the sacrifice will be cheapened. 3.
* Genre: It's a comic book, so DeathIsCheap. 1.
* The Body: DeaderThanDead, a PietaPlagiarism too for supes sake! So no chance of FakingTheDead. 4.
* Reaction: ReallyDeadMontage, uh-oh. 4.
* Characterization: Protagonist. 1.
* When did he die: Same year, so 2.
* Come Back?: This was a first, so 4.
* 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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'''Now let's make a prediction with the recent death of Franchise/{{Batman}} in ComicBook/FinalCrisis.'''
* Cause: HeroicSacrifice, give or take. 3.
* Genre: Comic book, so DeathIsCheap. 1.
* The Body: [[DeaderThanDead Dead and buried]], but it's a little more complicated. Still, it's a 4.
* Reaction: [[HesDeadJim He's Dead Clark]], plus "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?" probably counts as a ReallyDeadMontage. 3.5.
* Last Words: "Try Me." 3.
* Characterization: It's [[MemeticMutation The Goddamn Batman]], people. 1.
* When did he die: Same year, so 2.
* Come Back?: This would be the first time, so 4.
* 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.[[spoiler:CORRECT!]]


'''Note: This sub-page is for {{Literature}} examples only. Please ensure that you put new examples in the correct WMG/SortingAlgorithmOfDeadness sub-page.'''
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[[folder:''Artemis Fowl'']]

Commander Julius Root, offed in the fourth book.

* Cause of death: Disintegrated by a bomb courtesy of Opal Koboi, genuine TearJerker (and invariably saves Holly's life), so both ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill and HeroicSacrifice. 3.5
* Genre: Initially, the only real death was Root (KilledOffForReal), but book 7 ups the stakes with tons more death. 3.5
* Body Found?: Literally vaporized. Symbolic funeral at the end of the book makes it 4.
* Reaction: Holly is seriously shocked. She would grieve, but Koboi had other targets to bomb, so she hightailed out to save their lives. 3.5
* Last words: To Holly, "Be well". 3
* Characterization: Not too big of a character, but gets enough moments and is loved by a lot in the fandom. 2
* When did they die?: About 5 years pass after his death as the series continues (to book 7). 3
* "Died and came back?": Nope. 4
* Average: 3.3125 - Root ain't coming back any time soon...or ever.

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[[folder:''The Bartimaeus Trilogy'']]

Let's take a look at Nathaniel.

* Definitely a HeroicSacrifice for the kid. (3)
* AnyoneCanDie ('''4''')
* [[ChunkySalsaRule They'll be lucky if they find one of his teeth]] underneath all that glass and iron. (4)
* Kind of hard to really categorize, mostly by acceptance and moving on. (3.5)
* He told Bartimaeus to say hello to Kitty. (3)
* He's the main protagonist! (1)
* SeriesFinale. (4)
* See above, he hasn't come back yet. (4)
* 26.5/8 = '''3.3125''', Alas, your memory shall live on in the fanfics, Nathaniel. Farewell.

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[[folder:''Bridge to Terabithia'']]

Leslie.

* Cause: Bridge Drop. Well, rope drop; [[GallowsHumor the bridge wasn't there yet]]. '''4'''.
* Genre: KilledOffForReal (would probably be AnyoneCanDie since it's a setting totally grounded in reality, but she's the ''only'' character to die): '''3'''.
* Body Found: This is where it gets suspicious. Neither the reader/viewer or Jess ever sees her body, and she's cremated on ''the same day'' she's found. '''2'''.
* Reaction: [[HesDeadJim She's dead, Jess]]. '''3'''.
* Famous Last Words: The death is offscreen, so no score.
* Characterization: Somewhere between Protagonist and Loved One, which are opposite ends of the spectrum; it's played similar to a DeathByOriginStory ''a la'' [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Ben Parker]], but it's not actually used as an origin for anything, and she's co-lead of the story. Split the difference, '''2.5'''.
* When did she die? 6 years since the movie, and ''35'' since the book. '''4'''.
* "Died" and come back? No. '''4'''.
* Average: 3.21. The back door is there, but still not likely, especially since she was based on a real person who actually died.

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[[folder:''Discworld'']]

Granny Weatherwax in ''Literature/LordsAndLadies''.

* Cause: Resisting the Elf Queen to buy Magrat time to finish her off. Probably counts as HeroicSacrifice: 3
* Reader Expectation: ''Discworld'' has repeatedly shown that death is for keeps, but is sparing about it. Call it a 3.5
* Body Found?: Yep, laid out in the castle morgue: 3
* Reaction: Everyone pretty much thinks she's dead, are mourning and breaking open her will. 3
* Last Words: Asks Magrat if she is ready to be Queen? Probably counts as an Obi Wan Moment, so 3.
* Characterisation: Main character and series regular so 1.
* When: Same book. 1
* Died and came back: Granny has been counted as dead so often she even had a sign made saying "I aten't dead" so that is a 1.
* Average it out and that is 1.48, back before the end of the book (and so she is).

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[[folder:''The Dresden Files'']]

Following the events of ''Literature/SmallFavor'', it looks like even ChessMaster Nicodemus can have a very, very bad day. Let's see if you can keep a good Fallen down.

* Cause of death: Choked out by an invulnerability noose? DeathByIrony - 4
* Genre: So far, the dead stay dead, but the core cast has been relatively safe - 3
* Body found?: Dumped in a lake and immediately recovered by a subordinate? Uhoh - 1
* Reaction: Not really applicable, Harry had to worry more about immediate survival.
* Characterization: One of the few main villains to get more than one shot. However, only two real appearances. Somewhere between recurring character and archvillain, split the difference for - 2
* When did they die?: Until we know when the next story is set, this one is uncertain, but given the average let's say a year - 2
* Deaths so far: One, far more ambiguous death. - 3
* Average: 3.16. The Nicodemus we knew is probably dead, but his coin lives on. His next host will be different.
** Except, you know, [[WordofGod Word of Jim]] says he is still alive, and has been saying since the book came out.
*** Nicodemus and Anduriel return with both an intact bond and an intact neck for ''Skin Game'' (though his voice is quite a bit scratchier now), and survives the events of that book too.

Now let's check on Lash, Harry's imaginary friend.

* Cause of Death: HeroicSacrifice ''and'' [[RedemptionEqualsDeath redemption]]. - 3
* Genre: Again, dead are dead. - 3
* Body found: This one is tricky. Nonphysical being, so there is no body to be found. Let's leave this one out.
* Reaction: Physical holes in his brain where she used to be, confirmed by an MRI qualify as a HesDeadJim - 3
* Characterization: Despite some gaps, definitely a {{Regular}}. - 2
* When: Over a year, but not quite ten years: - 2
* Died and come back: Not yet - 4
* 3.4. Actually worse than Nicodemus. If she's going to come back, it will be in ''Turn Coat''. Otherwise, she's gone for good.
** ''Update:'' No appearance in ''Turn Coat'', but WordOfGod says Lasciel's story isn't done yet...
*** [[WordofGod Word of Jim]] alleges that Lash reappears in ''Ghost Story'' under a different name. Whoever that may be, due to [[WhoDunnitToMe the nature of]] [[UnfinishedBusiness this installment]], it's probably not one of the living ones, so her death probably stuck.
*** Lasciel returns for ''Skin Game'' along with Nicodemus, trying to claim Lash and Harry's literal brainchild, Bonea. Lash is most likely dead for good.

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[[folder: ''The Executioner and Her Way of Life'']]
Mitsuki Motou
* Cause: Bridge drop via Menou stabbing him in the head: 4
* Body found: Left for dead, pretty much: 1
* Reaction: An apology, of all things. Bond one liner fits best: 4
* Last words: Killed Mid-sentence, while gloating about his newfound powers: 4
* Characterization: Set up to be the protagonist until being killed: 1
* When: over a year: 2
* Died and come back: no: 4
* Result: 2.8. May be back later, but unlikely.

Akari Tokito after her first meeting with Menou:
* Cause of death: Stabbed in the head, bridge drop: 4
* Body found: Left for dead: 1
* Reaction: Bond One Liner: 4
* Last words: Killed mid-sentence while calling for Menou: 4
* Characterization: Established as important but not how yet: 2
* When: same arc: 1
* Died and come back: Nope: 4
* Result: 2.8: Revives in a couple of seconds due to her time powers.

Akari Tokito at the end of volume six '''Major Spoilers!'''
* Cause of Death: Salt sword fragment stuck into her heart, falling best under No One Could Survive That: 2
* Body found: Left for dead: 1
* Reaction: Faux death: 1
* Last words: Was in the process of turning into a human error, and not in any position to speak: N/A
* Characterization: Protagonist alongside Menou: 1
* When: Same Arc: 1
* Died and come back: With Momo having killed her a couple times, she falls under I lost count: 1
* Result: 1.6667 She'll be back. In fact, Menou is towing her "corpse" around in a suitcase.
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[[folder:''Harry Potter'']]

Harry Potter.

* Cause: Sacrifice, definitely. '''3'''.
* Body Found: LeftforDead, essentially. '''1'''.
* Reaction: FauxDeath. '''1'''.
* Last Words: "Stay close to me." '''3'''. *sniff sniff
* Characterization: Kick-butt protagonist. '''1'''.
* When did they die? I'd say SeriesFinale. '''4'''.
* "Died" and come back? Well. . . .he survived the Killing Curse a few times. So I'm going with '''2'''.
* Average: 2.38 ''Be Back Soon!''

Dobby.

* Cause: Irony. He wouldn't be there if he wasn't trying to save Harry, contrasting the long line of Purebloods who had owned him. '''4'''.
* Genre: [[AnyoneCanDie Everyone Will Die]]. '''4'''.
* Body Found: Dead and Buried. *sob* '''4'''.
* Reaction: ReallyDeadMontage. '''4'''.
* Last Words: "Harry. . . Potter. . ." '''3'''.
* Characterization: RecurringCharacter '''3'''.
* When did they die? Well, DH is the last book so - Series Finale '''4'''.
* "Died" and come back? '''4'''.
* Average? 3.75. Deader than Dobby.

Remus Lupin.

* Cause of Death: I have no idea. Probably ''Avada Kedavra''. ''2''.
* Body Found? Dead and Buried. '''4'''.
* Reaction: Its Personal ''2''.
* Last Words: Not sure. ''2.5''.
* Characterization: Regular. ''2''.
* When did they die? Series Finale. '''4'''.
* "Died" and come back? '''4'''.
* Average is 3.0625. MaybeBackLater.

Fred Weasley.

* Cause of Death: Technically, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Exploded A Wall On Him]]. '''4'''.
* Body Found?: Dead and Buried. '''4'''.
* Reaction? [[HesDeadJim He's Dead, George]], '''4'''.
* Last Words: KilledMidSentence. Aw, Perce. '''4'''.
* Characterization: Regular. '''2'''.
* When did they die? Final battle. '''4'''.
* "Died" and come back yet? I wish. '''4'''.
* Average: 3.75 We'll miss you, Fred!

Sirius Black.

* Cause: Kind of a bizarre one, but we're told NoOneCouldSurviveThat, so '''2'''.(Since very little is known about it, fans have been exploiting it.)
* Genre: AnyoneCanDie. '''4'''.
* Body found: Never Found, but since it's an unusual case of it, '''2.5'''. (And this bit)
* Reaction: ItsPersonal. '''2'''.
* Last Words: KilledMidSentence (or mid-spell, rather), so '''4'''.
* Characterization: Regular. '''2'''.
* When: 5 years ago (2003). '''3'''.
* Died and Came Back: No. '''4'''.
* Average: 2.93. Maybe Back Later...but probably not.

Albus Dumbledore.

* Cause: HeroicSacrifice. '''3'''
* Genre: AnyoneCanDie. '''4'''.
* Body found: Buried. '''4'''.
* Reaction: '''3'''.
* Characterization: Regular. '''2'''.
* When: Not too long ago. '''2.5'''.
* Died and Came Back: No. '''4'''.
* Average: 3.214287..... Not too likely to come back.

Severus Snape.

* Cause: RedemptionEqualsDeath / HeroicSacrifice: '''3'''.
* Genre: AnyoneCanDie: '''4'''.
* Body found: LeftForDead: '''1'''. (Don't think the fans haven't been exploiting this loophole.)
* Reaction: '''4'''. (A [[ReallyDeadMontage montage]] composed by the Prince, no less.)
* Characterization: Snape had been a complicated presence/antagonist throughout Harry's life (and Lily's before that): '''1'''.
* When: In the final book: '''4'''.
* Died and Came Back: No. '''4'''. (''The Tales of Beedle the Bard'' underscores the Potterverse principle that Dead is DEAD.)
* Average: 3.00 (PutOnABus). Snape could come back ("He had a [[EyeOfNewt bezoar]] up his sleeve!" "He had been [[AcquiredPoisonImmunity dosing himself with snake venom]] in case something like this happened!" "Fawkes the Phoenix appeared just in time to [[HealingHands shed his tears]] on the bite!"), but it would completely devalue the sacrifices he made throughout the series.

Voldemort.

* Cause: His own rebounding curse. '''4'''.
* Genre: AnyoneCanDie. '''4'''.
* Body found: Buried. '''4'''.
* Last words: None, but his face is frozen in an OhCrap expression. '''4'''.
* Reaction: '''3'''.
* Characterization: [[BigBad And how]]. '''1'''.
* When: '''4''' for the in-universe timeline.
* Died and Came Back: Sort of. '''3'''.
* Average: 3.85. He's dead for good.

James Potter.

* Cause: I'd say sacrifice. '''3'''.
* Genre: Anyone can/Everyone will die. '''4'''.
* Body Found: Only bits and pieces. '''4'''.
* Reaction: ItsPersonal. '''2'''
* Last Words: "I'll hold him off!" '''3'''.
* Characterization: Loved One. '''4'''.
* When did they die? Actually, 11 years ago. . . '''4'''.
* "Died" and come back? Nope. '''4'''.
* Average: 3.5.

Cedric Diggory.

* Cause: Avada Kedavra curse, so NoOneCouldSurviveThat: '''2'''.
* Genre: AnyoneCanDie: '''4'''.
* Body Found: Yes, and it was mourned, so '''4'''.
* Reaction: Sort of a combo of ItsPersonal and ReallyDeadMontage, so averages to '''3'''.
* Famous Last Words: None, although when the wand-welding revived him he said "Take my body back", so probably a '''3'''.
* Characterization: RecurringCharacter, as he wasn't a part of the main cast but was important enough to affect the storyline from time to time, so '''3'''.
* When did he die? In the middle of the series, so '''3'''.
* "Died" and come back? No. '''4'''.
* Average: 3.25. ''Probably'' not coming back.

We're not leaving so many of the villains out, are we?

Bellatrix Lestrange.

* Cause: DeathByIrony or Overkill: 4.
* Expectation: AnyoneCanDie: 4
* BodyFound: Yes: 4
* Reaction: [[HesDeadJim She's Dead, Molly]]: 3
* LastWords: TemptingFate: 2
* Character: Regular by this point: 2
* Time: The final book: 4
* "Died" and come back? Nope: 4
* Average: 3.38 - Ding dong the witch is dead!

Peter Pettigrew.

* Cause: DeathByIrony: 4
* Expectation: AnyoneCanDie: 4
* Body Found: Yes: 4
* Reaction: OhCrap: 4
* Characterization: REgular: 2
* Time: Final book: 4
* "Died" and come back? Yes - he was presumed to be dead and it turned out he faked his death to frame Sirius, so: 3
* Average: 3.13 - Maybe back later, most likely not.

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[[folder:Matthew Reilly Novels]]

Jack West from ''[[Creator/MatthewReilly The Six Sacred Stones]]''.

* Cause: Sacrifice: 3
* Genre: Killed off for Real: 3
* Body: Fell into a bottomless pit: 3
* Reaction: Reactions from entire cast: 4
* Last Words: [[OhCrap You're not...]]: 4
* Role: Protagonist: 1
* When: 2 years ago: 2
* Come back before: twice: 2
* Average: 2.75 Funny. His contractual immortality is the reason I don't have this series as AnyoneCanDie...

Here's an attempt for the highest natural score, without arbitrarily adding constants. I'm looking at you Shirley.

Elizabeth Gant from ''[[Creator/MatthewReilly Scarecrow]]''.

* Cause: Guillotine in a SharkPit: 4
* Genre: AnyoneCanDie: 4
* Body: Head leaves body. Described in detail. 4
* Reaction: Montage. Protagonist tries to kill himself. 4
* Last Words: 3
* Role: Recently upgraded to loved one: 4
* When: 6 years ago: (A little confusing, but this seems to be a 4)
* Come back before: Never: 4
* Avg. 3.875. It's a shame the bad guys were nice enough to let her finish, or she would have reached a perfect 4.

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[[folder:''Percy Jackson and the Olympians'']]

Bianca di Angelo.

* Cause of death: Death by giant robot commandeering = bridge drop. 4
* Genre: KilledOffForReal. 3
* Body found?: Not technically, but there were a few encounters with her ghost. 4
* Reaction?: ItsPersonal fits best. Nico was ''not'' happy. 2
* Characterization?: MauveShirt, because she didn't live long enough to become a reg, but lived long enough to not be a RedShirt. 3
* When did she die?: Same arc (it's a book series, so this is a guess). 1
* Died and come back?: Nope. 4
* '''Grand total:''' 21/7 = 3. Might make a surprise comeback in Book 5, but she's most likely day-ud.

Luke Castellan.

* Cause: [[spoiler:Redemption and sacrifice]] - 4
* Genre: KilledOffForReal - 4
* Body Found?: Dead [[spoiler:and buried]] - 5
* Reaction: BondOneLiner ("[[spoiler:We need a shroud," "A shroud for the son of Hermes.]]") - 5
* Last Words: FinalSpeech ("[[spoiler:Ethan. Me. All the unclaimed. Don’t... Don’t let it happen again.]]") - 4
* Characterization: Archvillain (BigBad of books 1 & 2, TheDragon of 3 & 4, TheHeavy for all 5 books) - 1
* When They Died: Same arc (''The Last Olympian'') - 1
* "Died" and Come Back?: Fakes it in ''The Titan's Curse'' - 2
* '''Grand total:''' 26/8 = 3.25. He's kicked the bucket, but there's a teeny chance for revival.

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[[folder:''Sherlock Holmes'']]

Sherlock Holmes.

* Heroic Sacrifice = 3
* Killed off for real = 3
* Never found = 3
* The collection of Strand short stories is stated in the last story to have been the Montage = 4
* Protagonist = 1
* 10 year gap = 4
* Never come back = 4
* 24/7 = 3.42. The return was unexpected, but the algorithm fails to take RealLife pressure into consideration.

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[[folder:''A Song of Ice and Fire'']]

Sandor Clegane, AKA the Hound.

* Left to die of his wounds (2).
* [=ASOIAF=] is notorious for its AnyoneCanDie premise (4).
* LeftForDead, but severely wounded (1).
* One character in the next book claims to have buried him without witnesses, so there's a chance of BedouinRescueService (1).
* Not a POV character, but one of the most popular and complex ones (1.5).
* He "died" in the third book, almost '''8''' years ago (4).
* 13.5/6 = 2.25. HesJustHiding.

For contrast, Robb Stark.

* Death by Bridge Drop (4).
* Again, AnyoneCanDie (4).
* Body was mutilated (4).
* Pretty obviously dead (3).
* Not a POV character (2).
* Died 8 years ago (4).
* 21/6 equals... '''3.5'''. Fandom has moved on.

And one of the first POV characters to die, Ned Stark.

* Cause of death: Sacrifice (3)
* And yet again, AnyoneCanDie (4)
* Decapitated in front of a crowd, head left to rot on a spike (4)
* Skeleton sent back to Winterfell (4)
* Last words: kind of a final speech (3)
* DecoyProtagonist (2)
* Died in the first book (4)
* And hasn't died and came back before that (4)
* That's 28/8 = '''3.5'''. RIP, Ned.

And the last to "die", Jon Snow.

* Stabbed 4 times, NoOneCouldSurviveThat (2)
* Still [=ASOIAF=], 4
* Last seen falling down (3)
* Reaction: "He didn't feel the fourth stab. Only cold." - FauxDeath, (1)
* Last words: "Ghost..." (2.5)
* The closest the series has to a protagonist (1)
* We haven't visited the Wall since his death (1)
* Has yet to come back (4)
* 18.5/8 = '''2.3125''', he'll be back in [=TWoW=].

For the record, the books can surprise us a lot with resurrections. Let's see Cat.

* The same wedding as Robb, (4)
* 4
* Last seen: rotting dead at the bank of the river, three-days dead (3.5)
* Reaction, by Arya: acceptance of her death (3)
* Last words: OhCrap (4)
* Regular, POV (1.5)
* Died in the same book as she was resurrected (2)
* Hasn't come back before that (4)
* 26/8 = '''3.25''', it would be pretty high, except that she [[CameBackWrong came back]].

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[[folder:''Star Wars Legends'']]

Chewbacca.

* Cause of Death: HeroicSacrifice - 3
* Genre: AnyoneCanDie - 4
* Body Found: No - 3
* Reaction: The literary equivalent of a montage - 4
* Characterization: Regular - 2
* When: Ten years ago, RL time
* "Died" and come back? No - 4
* Average: 23/7=3.285714. In pace requiescat.

Tenn Graneet.

* Cause of Death: RedemptionEqualsDeath - 3
* Genre: AnyoneCanDie - 4
* BodyFound: Not much left to find - 3
* Reaction: Effectively LeftForDead - 1
* Characterization: {{Mook}} MauveShirt - 3
* When: The original movie - 4
* "Died and come back? Never - 4
* Average: 22/7=3.124857.

Feltipern Trevagg.

* Cause: Seduction GoneHorriblyRight, so DeathByIrony - 4
* Expectation: AnyoneCanDie - 4
* BodyFound: With ''no possibility whatsoever'' of OnlyMostlyDead - 4
* Reaction: [[HesDeadJim He's Dead, Balu]] - 3
* Characterization: One-shot douchebag - 4
* When: ''Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina'' - 4
* "Died" and come back: Never - 4
* Average: 27/7=3.857124... - Good riddance

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[[folder:''Uncle Tom's Cabin'']]

Tom

* Cause: He died to give Cassy and Emmeline their chance to escape, so that's a HeroicSacrifice - 3
* Expectation: The book was written to underscore the horrors of slavery, so that's AnyoneCanDie - 4
* BodyFound: Dead and buried - 4
* Reaction: "[[HesDeadJim You have got all you ever can of him]]." - 3
* Last words: "Famous Last Words" - 3
* Characterization: Protagonist - 1
* When: 19th century - 4
* Died and come back: Never - 4
* Average: 26/8=3.25... "[H]e's gone to a better country."
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