History DeathByAdaptation / FanWork

!!Examples where the character did not die in the source:
* In Fanfic/AlabasterOrchestra Shunsui Kyouraku is gunned down like a dog by his opponent when he allows Yamamoto's death to distract him.
* [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal Courtney Gears]] in ''Fanfic/BadAlertTheExtreme'', though off-screen. Her death was inspired by the ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Birth by Sleep]]'' example below.
** In the spiritual sequel, "The Return of Bad Alert", [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Riku]] kills [[VideoGame/SlyCooper Penelope]] after she betrays him.
* ''Fanfic/BatmanBeyondRevisited'': Bruce Wayne, at the start.
* Rick Grimes, one of the main characters in ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', in "Fanfic/BetterAngels".
** {{Inverted|Trope}} by Shane Walsh who becomes the leader of the Atlanta group following Rick's death.
** Reconstructed when, despite Rick's death the group continues into a harsh winter and eventually winds up in The Prison just like their canon counterparts.
* ''Fanfic/TheBerserkersBride'': In the show, Oswald the Agreeable went missing, Dagur only claiming to have killed him so that he could become in-charge of the Berserker Tribe in his absence. Here, he really ''did'' kill him when he threatened to break off his marriage with Hiccup for his unruly behavior.
* ''Fanfic/BioshockRightPlaceRightTimeWrongGuy'': As it is alternate take on the story with a new protagonist, Jack dies at the beginning having gotten impaled on part of the airplane [[spoiler: after forcing it down in his mind controlled stupor]].
* A distressingly common occurrence in ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' fanfiction is for her father, Jake, to die of a heart attack, as one episode of the TV show had him suffer a minor one.
* ''Fanfic/DateAReLive'' Kills off Elliot Woodman, Karen Mathers, and Ellen Mathers during the Mukuro Arc.(Ellen does come back to life later, but dies for real after that.) [[LightNovel/DateALive In canon]], all three are still alive.
* Chapter 201 of ''FanFic/SonicTheHedgehogHeroesOfMobius'', fittingly titled Eggman's Last Stand, ends with Eggman suffering a DisneyVillainDeath.
* Being a much darker version of Anime/DigimonAdventure02, ''Fanfic/Digimon02TheStoryWeNeverTold'' has Wormmon being KilledOffForReal after sacrificing himself to power-up Magnamon instead of being reborn as a Digiegg (When Ken attemps to head to Primary Village, he got kicked out by the baby Digimons), the same applies to [[spoiler: Ken himself]] later on in the story thanks to Oikawa.
* "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/215354/27/The-Fragility-of-Time The Fragility of Time]]" does this with The Phantom Sisters, Ail (though this one is a DisneyDeath), Kaolinite, Eudial and Mimete (both of whom are murdered by Rubeus), Rubeus himself, and Death Phantom.
** The sequel offs Fish Eye and Iron Mouse ''in one chapter''.
* ''FanFic/{{Hammerhand}}'': [[Franchise/MassEffect Commander Shepard]] dies on Horizon, causing the Illusive Man to look to the newly arrived [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Space Marines]] for help.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} gets killed off in the gathering of villains which happened in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.
* In the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' fanfic ''Fanfic/MiddleOfNowhere'' [[spoiler:Arl Eamon dies.]] The consequences of this are as yet unknown.
* "Fanfic/AMightyDemonSlayerGroomsSomePonies": Queen Majesty (from G1 ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'') is killed off for sake of making the universe more consistent, as she appeared in the toyline and the comics, but not the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'' show.
** She was also killed off in ''Fanfic/TheElementsOfHarmonyAndTheSaviorOfWorlds'', [[spoiler:where she was murdered by [[BigBad Tirac]] with the Rainbow of Darkness 20 years before Megan's arrival.]]
* ''[[Fanfic/NewGamePlusOnePiece New Game Plus]]'':
** Out of necessity, Luffy kills Don Krieg.
** Zoro kills [[spoiler:Mihawk at the end of their duel]].
** Too much dawdling before going to take out Arlong results in the deaths of Chabo and Genzo.
* In most ''Webcomic/NuzlockeComics'' from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' (or the third-gen remakes), Gary's Raticate dies. This is because of a popular fan theory: Raticate's no longer on Gary's team when he asks you about dead Pokemon at Lavender Tower, so it's possible he was there in mourning. The games themselves never quite mention what happened to Raticate, though it's possible Gary just stored it in a PC box to make room for something else.
** The very nature of Nuzlocke challenges is this trope. Instead of simply "fainting", any Pokemon who lose in battle are killed, and must either be released or placed in a PC box reserved for dead Pokemon.
* In "Fanfic/PerfectionIsOverrated", Yukariko and Ishigami die like they did in canon, but they stay dead in this story, because Miyu is destroyed near the end of the story before she can be awakened, meaning that she cannot smash the pillars. As a result, Alyssa does not come back from the dead, either.
* "Fanfic/PowerRangersTakeFlight", an adaptation of ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'', does this with [[MonsterOfTheWeek Zephyros]]. Like his Sentai counterpart, Dryer Jigen, Zephyros is an IneffectualSympatheticVillain who gets to live in peace at the end of his episode. Unlike his Sentai counterpart, Zephyros returns a few episodes later, gets provoked into growing and destroyed (re-purposing an ImagineSpot from his Sentai episode for this scene).
* ''FanFic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness'': In the original manga, Kuyou, Hokuto, and Kiria survived the final battle with Alucard and managed to rebuild Fairy Tale. Here, all three of them are dead by the end of Acts III and IV.
* ''Fanfic/SecondWind'': Mr. 13 the otter and Miss Friday the vulture. Luffy knocks them out with his Haki in Whiskey Peak, and the next day they're the main course for the Straw Hats' lunch.
* In ''Fanfic/SystemRestore'', Sonia Nevermind, one of the five survivors of the game, is the murderer in the second case, and is executed.
* ''FanFic/{{Team 8}}'':
** Kurenai is killed by Itachi during his incursion into the village in search of Manga/{{Naruto}}.
** Also Tazuna, who is randomly shot by one of Gato's henchmen during the Land of Waves mission.
* ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'':
** Queen Chrysalis dies at the end of the Wedding after Cadence defeats her by having her attack powered up by ThePowerOfLove (instead of Shining Armor getting powered up) during their [[ChallengingTheChief duel for command of the Changelings]]. Cadence didn't intend to kill her, but Chrysalis succumbs to her wounds. While Chrysalis is {{Reincarnat|ion}}ed as a Zebra-Alicorn hybrid foal, WordOfGod confirms Chrysalis herself is DeaderThanDead.
** In the [[BadFuture Dark World Arc]], many ponies like Bon Bon, Prince Blueblood, Silver Spoon and didn't survive the Day of Chaos due to Discord not being defeated and saving them. Many of them end up being brought BackFromTheDead a thousand years later, but many didn't due to not wishing to return.
* ''Fanfic/AftermathOfTheGames'': [[spoiler: The decision for Sunburst, Starlight's friend, to die in a lab accident many years ago,]] was made before trailers for season six came out. [[spoiler: Although it's subverted when it's discovered that Sunburst survived the accident, and actually ended up in the Human World instead.]]
* ''WebVideo/FriendshipIsWitchcraft'':
** Pinkie's backstory is that her parents died in a fire and she was sent to an OrphanageOfFear that caused her emotional trauma. It's unknown if she had siblings.
** The dragon from "Dragonshy" is killed by [[spoiler:Fluttershy]]. He is [[spoiler:her [[SelfMadeOrphan father]]]].
** [[spoiler:Cadence]] was killed by [[spoiler:Twilight Sparkle]] for trying to [[MurderTheHypotenuse marry the stallion she loves]], [[spoiler:her [[BrotherSiblingIncest brother]] Francis.]] She has a BackupTwin at least, as she's a major reoccuring character.
* ''Fanfic/OnePieceTwoPieceRedPieceBluePiece'':
** [[spoiler: Mohmoo and the Unluckies]] both end up eaten.
** [[spoiler: Enel]] is killed by Sabo for [[spoiler: acting like his powers make him superior and [[BigBrotherInstinct threatening to abduct Bluejay]] to bear his children.]]
* ''[[Fanfic/TheUltimateEvil The Stronger Evil]]'': when [[spoiler:Daolon Wong]] tries to murder Shendu's LoveInterest Valerie Payne [[RevengeByProxy to get even with the Demon Sorcerer]], Shendu beats the [[spoiler:dark wizard]] to death in blind rage.
* In ''[[Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin Son of the Sannin]]'', Hiashi Hyuuga is killed [[spoiler: during the Uchiha Insurrection.]]
* This [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12538016/1/Injustice-2-The-Novelization novelization of]] ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' [[spoiler:has Catwoman killed by Grid in her and Cyborg's part of the story, and Grid in turn has his head smashed in by Cyborg. In the game proper, Catwoman simply disappeared after Brainiac collected Metropolis and Grid just vanished after Cyborg or Catwoman defeated him. Captain Cold, Scarecrow, and Cheetah all bite the dust in Chapter 13, and a de-powered Superman commits suicide by willingly falling to his death in Chapter 19. Chapter 9 also heavily implies that Hawkgirl committed suicide prior to the events of the story.]]
* In canon, [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Rose Quartz]] giving up her physical form wasn't really death, but something similar. In human AUs Rose usually suffers from straight up DeathByChildbirth.
* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' has several examples:
** Brock's parents, Flint and Lola, died some time prior to the beginning of the story.
** Misty's parents, while not shown in the anime proper, were stated to have abandoned her and her sisters in ''LightNovel/PocketMonstersTheAnimation''. Here, they are confirmed to be dead.
** [[CharacterOfTheDay Characters of the Day]] [[spoiler: Dario, Melvin and Seymour]] are all killed by Sabrina.
** Possibly Cilan and his brothers, albeit it's not confirmed yet.
** Sabrina's mother was alive in the anime (albeit turned into a doll). Here, she died of an illness when Sabrina was two years old.
** Koga's sister Aya died in childhood.
* ''FanFic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': The Mane Six, all three Princesses, Shining Armor and Spike were all killed in the destruction of Canterlot Castle that kicks off the plot, and Chrysalis was killed in the war that followed. [[spoiler: Garble, the dragon who bullied Spike in the episode ''Dragon Quest'', died about a hundred years before the present day when Blazen Sun set him on fire and caused him to explode.]]
* The ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fanfic ''Fanfic/MiraculousKnight'' features one of the Riddler's traps killing Chloé Bourgeois and [[spoiler:the Joker pulling [[TheStarscream a successful Starscream]] on Hawk Moth]].
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12840662/1/Shudo-cross-Modern-Ash-The-Professor-Who-Observes-his-Charges Shudo cross Modern Ash: The Professor Who Observes his Charges]]''
** [[Anime/PokemonIChooseYou Cross]] died in the chaos on Mount Tensei.
** Giovanni dies in the stories' equivalent of Recap/PokemonS1E65ShowdownAtThePokeCorral. The author notes [[WebVideo/ThatDudeInTheSuede Suede's point about explosion proof suits and does not apply it]].
* In ''Film/TheHobbit'' fic ''[[Fanfic/TheHeartTrilogy Heart of Fire]]'', [[spoiler:Tauriel]] is killed by Smaug during his attack on Lake-town.[[labelnote:*]]It should be noted that only [[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney the first]] [[Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug two parts]] of the film trilogy were released by the time the fic was completed, so the author couldn't have known [[spoiler:Tauriel]] wouldn't die in ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'' either.[[/labelnote]]
* In ''Blog/SingleParentsNight'', Vanilla died a few months ago, leaving her baby to be adopted by her god-mother Amy.
* In ''Blazing Revolution, the sequel to the ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' fic ''FanFic/IWillNotBow'', Sugou Nobuyuki becomes an AscendedExtra; after the events of the Fairy Dance arc, he breaks out of prison on more than one occasion to stir up trouble for Kirito and his friends. When he does so for the final time and loses to Kirito yet again, Kirito decides that he's "fresh out of mercy" for Sugou, especially after every horrible thing he's done, and cuts him down IRL.
* In a sense, this applies to [[spoiler:Anubis]] in the ''Fanfic/WhatYouAlreadyKnow'' series; [[spoiler:rather than being trapped in eternal battle with Oma, Anubis is forcibly returned to his original body by Daniel (who explicitly notes that the mind of the host is gone and only the mind of the symbiote is left), and is then killed by Oma]].
* ''Fanfic/{{Fractures}}'': With the exception of Rose Quartz/Pink Diamond and Bismuth (and a handful of others), ''every other Crystal Gem from the war'' has long since been shattered, notably Pearl and Garnet.
* Both of [[Anime/CodeGeass Kallen's]] parents are lynched in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12201158/1/Darwin Darwin]]'' due to the far more bloodthirsty Carine being made viceroy of Area 11 rather than Clovis.
* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''
** Icarus, Gohan's pet dragon from the movies/filler, [[TheyKilledKennyAgain dies almost every time he appeared]], and the one other time it is still deemed non-canon. The two times that he appeared in the flesh, he wound up getting eaten. He also appeared early on in the flashback of episode 10, part 3, where he exploded.
** In the source material, the Garlic Jr. saga ends with him being imprisoned in the Dead Zone for eternity. In DBZA, he makes the mistake of crossing nigh-EldritchAbomination Mr. Popo, and the Garlic Jr. saga lasts all of twenty seconds before Popo apparently absorbs his soul.
** Piiza, Piroshki and Caroni get blown up by Cell before they can even land in their helicopter. For good measure, what is likely Caroni's charred corpse lands in front of Mr. Satan. In ''DBZ'', Piroshki and Caroni fight Cell, get beaten around, but survive, and hang around with Piiza and Mr. Satan for the rest of the Cell Games and even put in a few appearances in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''.
** In ''The Plan to Eradicate Christmas''[[note]]The Abridging of the ''Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans'' one-shot from the video game ''DBZ: Raging Blast 2''[[/note]], Vegeta mentions that he accidentally killed his kid brother Tarble while trying to shoot down Santa's sleigh. Tarble's only appearance was in the 2009 special ''Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return'', but nothing bad happened to him and he returned home to space safe and sound (with Bulma even name-dropping him in ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'').
* Similarly, ''WebVideo/CodeMENT''. Jeremiah dies when his Knightmare Frame explodes. The anime it was based on, ''Anime/CodeGeass'', reveals he survived after receiving medical attention.
* Honker and Gosalyn have died before the events of ''WebAnimation/{{Ducktalez}} 6'', as their costumes are seen in Darkwing's collection.
* [[spoiler:Rosalia]], [[spoiler:Pina]] and [[spoiler:Grimlock]] in ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged''.
* Gladmane or "Pelvis"[[note]] Pony Elvis[[/note]] as the narrator calls him in ''WebVideo/MyLittlePonyTotallyLegitRecap'' is stated to have committed suicide off-screen after, his EngineeredPublicConfession in Viva Las Pegasus ruined his scam and his carrier was destroyed.
* ''Blog/ThePredespairKids'' has the deaths of [[spoiler: Hiyoko, Nagito, Kazuichi, and Maro (aka the Ultimate Imposter), all of whom were revealed to have survived by the end of Anime/Danganronpa3. However, the sequel reveals that two of them are BackFromTheDead thanks to the despairs.]]
* ''Fanfic/IdTradeMyLifeForYours'' promises that there will be three different survivors than in canon. As such, this trope ends up happening to the three canonical survivors.
** Shuichi ends up being executed in Kaede's place during the first trial.
** Himiko is murdered in Chapter 3.
** So far, Maki has survived, but given the premise, her death is likely inevitable.
* Hisashi Midoriya, unseen father of [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Izuku Midoriya]], is dead by a villain attack for years in ''Fanfic/TheTickvsMyHeroAcademia''.
* ''Fanfic/MyHeroPlaythrough'': [[spoiler: Bakugou Katsuki and Sludge both die offscreen in the first chapter. Without Izuku there to buy time and inspire All Might, Katsuki ends up suffocated and partially digested. Endeavour ends up defeating Sludge, and kills the Villain in the process.]]

!!Examples where the character died a lot sooner in the adaptation than in the source:
* ''Fanfic/TheBerserkersBride'': In the original animated series [[spoiler:Alvin the Treacherous]] eventually makes peace with Hiccup and the rest of the Hooligan Tribe. Here though, Hiccup manages to rip his throat out with her teeth ''[[MamaBear right after she gave birth!]]''
* In ''Fanfic/SystemRestore'', there are several cases of this.
** The fic's premise has Togami failing to prevent the first murder, resulting in Komaeda getting fatally stabbed.
** To a lesser extent, Pekoyama is the victim of the second trial, rather than the killer.
** Tsumiki is also a victim of the third chapter, rather than the killer.
* ''Fanfic/BioshockRightPlaceRightTimeWrongGuy'': [[spoiler: Atlas/Fontaine is killed in the middle of the story after being tricked into going into a tinkered bathysphere that breaks down as he's escaping, allowing Ryan's torpedoes to lock onto him. This is likely because since Jack was his Ace in the Hole but died before carrying out his mission. There was no use for Fontaine anymore since his gambit had ultimately failed.]]
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11658690 Fate-Ground-Zero]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6135579/Aburg76 Aburg76]] has notably [[ArchEnemy Kotomine Kirei]] and [[AntiHero Emiya Kiritsugu]] are killed off. The former is relatively early in the story while the latter is killed after the [[EldritchAbomination event]] with Caster. The Author did this on purpose. To show the difference.
* In ''[[Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin Son of the Sannin]]'', like Hiashi above, Inoichi Yamanaka is killed [[spoiler: in the Uchiha Insurrection]], while in canon he survives until the final arc.
* In ''Fanfic/WhatYouAlreadyKnow'', instead of [[spoiler:surviving the collapse of the Goa’uld Empire after Anubis’s final defeat, Ba’al is captured in a raid on his palace and is killed when he tries to take Daniel as a host a year before the Battle of Dakara]].
** Where [[spoiler:Kinsey was last shown in a position that left his fate ambiguous in the TV series, here he is shot while giving a speech and clearly bleeds to death in front of a hundred witnesses]].
* In the WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon fanfic ''Fanfic/AThingOfVikings'' a few historical characters die sooner then they did in RealLife.
** [[spoiler:Einar Thambarskelfir will die in 1047, three years before his historical death date.]]
** [[spoiler:Mac Bethad will die in 1043 in a duel with Astrid, fourteen years before his historical death date.]]
** [[spoiler:Siward, Earl of Northumbria dies in 1042, thirteen years before his historical death date.]]
** [[spoiler: Echmarcach mac Ragnaill dies in 1042, either twenty two or twenty three years before his historical death date.[[note]] His exact historical death date is unknown, either being 1064 or 1065. [[/note]]]]
** [[spoiler:Zoe Porphyrogenita dies in 1042, eight years before her historical death date.]]
** [[spoiler:Count Eudon dies in 1042, thirty seven years before his historical death date.]]
* Yamcha in Future Trunk's timeline from ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''. Compared to the source who is killed during the Android attack, in the abridged version he dies far earlier, [[spoiler: because he is DrivenToSuicide after realizing that Bulma is pregnant with Vegeta's baby]].
** Captain Ginyu; in ''DBZ'', Ginyu ends up in a Namekian frog's body and Vegeta considers stepping on him, but ultimately decides to leave him to his fate. In the abridged series, Vegeta seems to consider it, then stomps the frog anyway while declaring "Psyche! Eight for eight!"[[note]]As in, he personally killed all eight of Freeza's named minions (Cui, Dodoria, Zarbon, and the entire Ginyu Force)[[/note]]. As a result any of Ginyu's appearances after that point are edited out. This was a Type 1 example originally, but a few years after that episode was released ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' brought Ginyu back during the adaptation of ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'', only for Vegeta to kill him.
* ''Fanfic/ThreePointShot'' mainly has examples of this, since the vast majority of the cast of ''VisualNovel/NewDanganronpaV3'' dies.
** Tsumugi is executed at the end of the first trial, since [[ForWantOfANail unlike in canon]], she's exposed as Rantaro's true killer, [[SparedByTheAdaptation thus enabling Kaede to live]].
** Korekiyo is the second murder victim, rather than the third killer, while Tenko is the second killer, rather than the second victim in Chapter 3.
** Gonta dies as a murder victim in Chapter 3, rather than a killer in Chapter 4.
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* ''Fanfic/DateAReLive'' Kills off Elliot Woodman, Karen Mathers, and Ellen Mathers during the Mukuro Arc. [[LightNovel/DateALive In canon]], all three are still alive.

* ''Fanfic/DateAReLive'' Kills off Elliot Woodman, Karen Mathers, and Ellen Mathers. [[LightNovel/DateALive In canon]], all three are still alive.

* Fanfic/MyHeroPlaythrough: [[spoiler: Bakugou Katsuki and Sludge both die offscreen in the first chapter. Without Izuku there to buy time and inspire All Might, Katsuki ends up suffocated and partially digested. Endeavour ends up defeating Sludge, and kills the Villain in the process.]]

** In the spiritual sequel, "The Return of Bad Alert", [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Riku]] kills [[Franchise/SlyCooper Penelope]] after she betrays him.

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* In the WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon fanfic Fanfic/AThingOfVikings a few historical characters die sooner then they did in RealLife.

** [[spoiler:Mac Bethad will die in 1043, fourteen years before his historical death date.]]

* Both of [[Anime/CodeGeass Kallen's]] parents are lynched in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12201158/1/Darwin Darwin]]'' due to the far more bloodthirsty Carine being made viceroy of Area 11 rather than Clovis. Later, the entirety of the Kozuki cell, except for Kallen, is [[HeKnowsTooMuch killed when they desert rather than follow Zero]].

* Both of [[Anime/CodeGeass Kallen's]] parents are lynched in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12201158/1/Darwin Darwin]]'' due to the far more bloodthirsty Carine being made viceroy of Area 11 rather than Clovis.

* ''Fanfic/AftermathOfTheGames'': [[spoiler: The decision for Sunburst, Starlight's friend, to die in a lab accident many years ago,]] was made before trailers for season six came out. [[spoiler: Although it's subverted when it's discovered that Sunburst survived the accident, and actually ended up in the Human World instead.