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!!As a DeathTrope, all spoilers are '''unmarked'''.
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!!As a DeathTrope, {{Death Trope|s}}, all spoilers are '''unmarked'''.
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* In many productions of ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'', Sophie disappears after "Bellaria". A throwaway line in the next song reveals she died offstage. (Averted in the Hungarian versions, which show Death coming for Sophie.)
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* In many productions of ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'', Sophie disappears after "Bellaria". A throwaway line in the next song reveals she died offstage. (Averted in the Hungarian versions, which show Death coming for Sophie.Sophie, and the Japanese productions have Black Angels pull her offstage.)
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* In many productions of ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'', Sophie disappears after "Bellaria". A throwaway line in the next song reveals she died offstage.
** Averted in the Hungarian versions, which show Death coming for Sophie.
* Possibly the Ur Example is Creator/WilliamShakespeare's Falstaff, the fan favorite ButtMonkey of his two ''Theatre/HenryIV'' plays. Falstaff unceremoniously dies offstage in ''Theatre/HenryV'' without uttering a single line. Readers and critics speculate that Shakespeare was probably worried about Falstaff upstaging his main character (as he arguably does in the other plays). [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kempe The original actor]]'s departure from the company also likely makes this an early instance of RealLifeWritesThePlot, if not an outright "Take That!". (Although Shakespeare ''does'' have Mistress Quickly movingly eulogize him in a beautiful if garbled speech, which manages to include the most heartbreaking dick joke in the entire literary canon.)
* Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/HenryV'' does this to almost all of the low-life characters [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome from the ''Henry IV'' plays]]:
** The first scene featuring the characters takes place immediately after the pathetic offstage death from natural causes of Falstaff, which is described in depth. (This may have been connected to Will Kempe, the comic actor believed to have played the character, quitting the Lord Chamberlain's Men in unknown circumstances.)
** Averted in the Hungarian versions, which show Death coming for Sophie.
* Possibly the Ur Example is Creator/WilliamShakespeare's Falstaff, the fan favorite ButtMonkey of his two ''Theatre/HenryIV'' plays. Falstaff unceremoniously dies offstage in ''Theatre/HenryV'' without uttering a single line. Readers and critics speculate that Shakespeare was probably worried about Falstaff upstaging his main character (as he arguably does in the other plays). [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kempe The original actor]]'s departure from the company also likely makes this an early instance of RealLifeWritesThePlot, if not an outright "Take That!". (Although Shakespeare ''does'' have Mistress Quickly movingly eulogize him in a beautiful if garbled speech, which manages to include the most heartbreaking dick joke in the entire literary canon.)
* Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/HenryV'' does this to almost all of the low-life characters [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome from the ''Henry IV'' plays]]:
** The first scene featuring the characters takes place immediately after the pathetic offstage death from natural causes of Falstaff, which is described in depth. (This may have been connected to Will Kempe, the comic actor believed to have played the character, quitting the Lord Chamberlain's Men in unknown circumstances.)
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* In many productions of ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'', Sophie disappears after "Bellaria". A throwaway line in the next song reveals she died offstage.
** Avertedoffstage. (Averted in the Hungarian versions, which show Death coming for Sophie.
Sophie.)
*Possibly the Ur Example is Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/HenryV'' does this to almost all of the low-life characters [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome from the two ''Henry IV'' plays]]:
** Possibly the Ur Example is Falstaff, the fan favorite ButtMonkey ofhis two the ''Theatre/HenryIV'' plays. Falstaff unceremoniously dies offstage in ''Theatre/HenryV'' without uttering a single line. Readers and critics speculate that Shakespeare was probably worried about Falstaff upstaging his main character (as he arguably does in the other plays). [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kempe The original actor]]'s departure from the company also likely makes this an early instance of RealLifeWritesThePlot, if not an outright "Take That!". (Although Shakespeare ''does'' have Mistress Quickly movingly eulogize him in a beautiful if garbled speech, which manages to include the most heartbreaking dick joke in the entire literary canon.)
* Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/HenryV'' does this to almost all of the low-life characters [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome from the ''Henry IV'' plays]]:
** The first scene featuring the characters takes place immediately after the pathetic offstage death from natural causes of Falstaff, which is described in depth. (This may have been connected to Will Kempe, the comic actor believed to have played the character, quitting the Lord Chamberlain's Men in unknown circumstances.)
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** Possibly the Ur Example is Falstaff, the fan favorite ButtMonkey of
* Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/HenryV'' does this to almost all of the low-life characters [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome from the ''Henry IV'' plays]]:
** The first scene featuring the characters takes place immediately after the pathetic offstage death from natural causes of Falstaff, which is described in depth. (This may have been connected to Will Kempe, the comic actor believed to have played the character, quitting the Lord Chamberlain's Men in unknown circumstances.
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* Another Shakespearian example - in ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', Montague says that Lady Montague died of grief due to Romeo's exile in the final scene.
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* Another Shakespearian example - -- in ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', Montague says that Lady Montague died of grief due to Romeo's exile in the final scene.
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!!As a DeathTrope, all spoilers are '''unmarked'''.
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* Happens to the hero of Edmund Rostand's ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'', although there it was a log, not a bridge. Cyrano {{lampshades}} the dissatisfying irony to the end of such a life as a fearless swashbuckler. Rostand's hands may have been tied by the fact that the actual Cyrano de Bergerac was killed in that very manner.
* In many productions of ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'', Sophie disappears after "Bellaria". A throwaway line in the next song reveals she died offstage.
** Averted in the Hungarian versions, which show Death coming for Sophie.
* Possibly the Ur Example is Creator/WilliamShakespeare's Falstaff, the fan favorite ButtMonkey of his two ''Theatre/HenryIV'' plays. Falstaff unceremoniously dies offstage in ''Theatre/HenryV'' without uttering a single line. Readers and critics speculate that Shakespeare was probably worried about Falstaff upstaging his main character (as he arguably does in the other plays). [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kempe The original actor]]'s departure from the company also likely makes this an early instance of RealLifeWritesThePlot, if not an outright "Take That!". (Although Shakespeare ''does'' have Mistress Quickly movingly eulogize him in a beautiful if garbled speech, which manages to include the most heartbreaking dick joke in the entire literary canon.)
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* Happens to the hero of Edmund Rostand's ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'', although there it was a log, not a bridge. Cyrano {{lampshades}} the dissatisfying irony to the end of such a life as a fearless swashbuckler. Rostand's hands may have been tied by the fact that the actual Cyrano de Bergerac was killed in that very manner.
* In many productions of ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'', Sophie disappears after "Bellaria". A throwaway line in the next song reveals she died offstage.
** Averted in the Hungarian versions, which show Death coming for Sophie.
* Possibly the Ur Example is Creator/WilliamShakespeare's Falstaff, the fan favorite ButtMonkey of his two ''Theatre/HenryIV'' plays. Falstaff unceremoniously dies offstage in ''Theatre/HenryV'' without uttering a single line. Readers and critics speculate that Shakespeare was probably worried about Falstaff upstaging his main character (as he arguably does in the other plays). [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kempe The original actor]]'s departure from the company also likely makes this an early instance of RealLifeWritesThePlot, if not an outright "Take That!". (Although Shakespeare ''does'' have Mistress Quickly movingly eulogize him in a beautiful if garbled speech, which manages to include the most heartbreaking dick joke in the entire literary canon.)
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* In many productions of ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'', Sophie disappears after "Bellaria". A throwaway line in the next song reveals she died offstage.
** Averted in the Hungarian versions, which show Death coming for Sophie.
** Averted in the Hungarian versions, which show Death coming for Sophie.
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* Another Shakespearian example- in ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', Montague says that Lady Montague died of grief due to Romeo's exile in the final scene.
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* Another Shakespearian example- example - in ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', Montague says that Lady Montague died of grief due to Romeo's exile in the final scene.
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** The first scene featuring the characters takes place immediately after the pathetic offstage death from natural causes of Falstaff, which is described in depth.
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** The first scene featuring the characters takes place immediately after the pathetic offstage death from natural causes of Falstaff, which is described in depth. (This may have been connected to Will Kempe, the comic actor believed to have played the character, quitting the Lord Chamberlain's Men in unknown circumstances.)
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* Another Shakespearian example- in ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', Montague says that Lady Montague died of grief due to Romeo's exile in the final scene.
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** When Pistol returns to London, he discovers that Mistress Quickly has died while he was away, leaving him the SoleSurvivor (apart from Poins, who does not appear or get a mention in the play).
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** When Pistol returns to London, he discovers that Mistress Quickly has died while he was away, leaving him the SoleSurvivor (apart from Poins, who does not appear or get a mention in the play).play).
* In many productions of ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'', Sophie disappears after "Bellaria". A throwaway line in the next song reveals she died offstage.
** Averted in the Hungarian versions, which show Death coming for Sophie.
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* In many productions of ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'', Sophie disappears after "Bellaria". A throwaway line in the next song reveals she died offstage.
** Averted in the Hungarian versions, which show Death coming for Sophie.
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* Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/HenryV'' does this to all of the low-life characters from the ''Henry IV'' plays:
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* Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/HenryV'' does this to almost all of the low-life characters [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome from the ''Henry IV'' plays:plays]]:
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* Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/HenryV'' does this to all of the low-life characters from the ''Henry IV'' plays:
** The first scene featuring the characters takes place immediately after the pathetic offstage death from natural causes of Falstaff, which is described in depth.
** Bardolph is hanged for robbing a church in Harfleur, with Henry rejecting his attempt to plead for mercy on the grounds of their old friendship.
** Nym is also stated to have been hanged for theft some time between Honfleur and Agincourt.
** Falstaff's page is by implication killed by the French along with the other boys guarding the baggage train. Some productions show this on stage.
** When Pistol returns to London, he discovers that Mistress Quickly has died while he was away, leaving him the SoleSurvivor (apart from Poins, who does not appear or get a mention in the play).
** The first scene featuring the characters takes place immediately after the pathetic offstage death from natural causes of Falstaff, which is described in depth.
** Bardolph is hanged for robbing a church in Harfleur, with Henry rejecting his attempt to plead for mercy on the grounds of their old friendship.
** Nym is also stated to have been hanged for theft some time between Honfleur and Agincourt.
** Falstaff's page is by implication killed by the French along with the other boys guarding the baggage train. Some productions show this on stage.
** When Pistol returns to London, he discovers that Mistress Quickly has died while he was away, leaving him the SoleSurvivor (apart from Poins, who does not appear or get a mention in the play).
