History SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome / VideoGames

'''WARNING: This is a subpage of a DeathTrope, so ''all spoilers are UNMARKED''. Read with extreme caution.'''

* In '[['VideoGame/ZettaiZetsumeiToshi Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories]]'', Kelly Austin / Natsumi Higa, the only character who's appeared in every game in the series since the original ''VideoGame/DisasterReport'', gets crushed to death by a collapsing building after pushing her students and the protagonist to safety.

* In ''VideoGame/SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague'', [[Franchise/BatmanArkhamSeries Arkham Series Batman]] is brought back only to end up BrainwashedAndCrazy before being put down by Harley Quinn.[[note]]Making it HarsherInHindsight is that this was one of voice actor Creator/KevinConroy's last performances before his passing, making many fans feel that this was in poor taste.[[/note]]

* In ''VideoGame/SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague'', [[Franchise/BatmanArkhamSeries Arkham Series Batman]] is brought back only to end up BrainwashedAndCrazy before being put down by Harley Quinn.[[note]]Making it HarsherInHindsight is that this was voice actor Creator/KevinConroy's final performance before his passing, making many fans feel that this was in poor taste.[[/note]]

* In ''VideoGame/SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague'', [[Franchise/BatmanArkhamSeries Arkham Series Batman]] is brought back after the conclusion of his trilogy only to end up BrainwashedAndCrazy before being messily put down by Harley Quinn.[[note]]Making it HarsherInHindsight is that this was voice actor Creator/KevinConroy's final performance before his passing, making many fans feel that this was in poor taste.[[/note]]

* 16 possible party members from the first ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' game who make an appearance of sorts as [=NPCs=] in [[VideoGame/BaldursGateII the sequel]]. Five are party-joinable members: of the rest, over half end up dead. Of particular note are Dynaheir and Khalid, who are killed off shortly before the game even begins - this being of import because the sequel assumes they were in your party at the end of the first game (which is highly likely assuming you played a Good alignment and met them early on in the main questline: the "canonical" party includes them and their respective partners Minsc and Jaheira, both party-joinable but newly single in the sequel, and Imoen who turns out to be your sister, and makes major plot points out of all of these events.) Of the rest: Faldorn ends up as an evil sidequest boss you have to kill, Montaron and Xzar both die (the former on-screen, the latter off-screen) as a result of Harper/Zhentarim factional bickering, Ajantis is killed by your own party while both of you are under an illusion spell and you don't even get to learn his identity unless you have a paladin or knight in your own party, Tiax dies in a battle in the asylum, Safana is killed by werewolves in a battle which Coran will probably also die unless the players [[CurbStompBattle win the fight fast enough]], though the sequel comic series has him alive and well. With Viconia and Edwin also being party-joinable, only Quayle and Garrick actually survive their appearance as non-joinable [=NPCs=]. On top of that, this was originally meant to be the fate of Imoen, until her popularity with the fandom made the developers change their mind and restructure the plot of the game around her.