History DroppedABridgeOnHim / VideoGames

* The [[MentorOccupationalHazard mentor]] Mia Fey from ''AceAttorney'' accompanies you in a single tutorial stage before she is whacked to death by [[MonsterOfTheWeek a villain of the week.]] Interestingly, her relatives are able to call her spirit back when the hero desperately needs a help.

* The [[MentorOccupationalHazard mentor]] Mia Fey from ''AceAttorney'' accompanies you in a tutorial stage before she is whacked to death by [[MonsterOfTheWeek a villain of the week.]] Interestingly, her reatives are able to call her spirit back when the hero desperately needs a help.

* The [[MentorOccupationHazard mentor]] Mia Fey from ''AceAttorney'' accompanies you in a tutorial stage before she is whacked to death by [[MonsterOfTheWeek a villain of the week.]] Interestingly, her reatives are able to call her spirit back when the hero desperately needs a help.

* The [[MentorOccupationHazrd mentor]] Mia Fey from ''AceAttorney'' accompanies you in a tutorial stage before she is whacked to death by [[MonsterOfTheWeek a villain of the week.]] Interestingly, her reatives are able to call her spirit back when the hero desperately needs a help.

** In ''VideoGame/SyphonFilter 2'' Teresa appears to be KilledOffForReal by TheMole Chance at the end, and there's even a funeral. However, in the third game, she is [[BackFromTheDead back from]] FakingTheDead, via {{Retcon}}.

* Echo in ''RedFaction II'' has a bridge dropped on him in the "Hangin' in the Hood" mission via the {{Face Heel Turn}}ed Quill's railgun.
** And not to forget the original ''Red Faction'', where the room Hendrix is in [[strike:randomly explodes and he catches on fire]] is attacked, since the BigBad lured him there to kill him.

* Some may consider Johnson's death near the end of ''{{Halo3}}'' this.

** Pre-''FirstStrike'' retcon, Johnson's death in ''HaloCombatEvolved'' counts as well. The fact that it was so easy to retcon him back into a series shows just how little his original death was even touched on.

* ''SilentHill3'' killed off the main character from the very first Silent Hill game, Harry, by having his beloved daughter, your character, Heather, arrive at their house to find him dead. For those who played the first Silent Hill and may have had some sympathetic attachment to Harry, this was an extremely abrupt off-screen affair. A bit of time is spent mourning him, but not much. It's odd when you think that the things Harry knew could probably have prevented most of the game, if he'd been alive to tell Heather.
** More like StuffedInTheFridge, since it's done to fill Heather with hatred and give her a motive for revenge.

** Also, Kat's death in ''HaloReach''.
*** We knew all of Noble Team was going to die going in. But Kat's was probably the most emotionally effective because it was the sudden, out of nowhere kind of death that could have happened to anyone.

* Axel's position in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series as the MagnificentBastard of ''Chain of Memories'' and best friend of Roxas in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' promised great things for him. However his role is greatly reduced after the ProlongedPrologue, and his death--he shows up out of nowhere, HeroicSacrifice and finishes with a FinalSpeech--comes off as quite anti-climactic. Nomura states in the Japanese Character Report book that Axel was originally supposed to die in the Prologue's final battle. This probably accounts for his expanded role feeling tacked-on.
** However, to say Axel's story ended there and he never amounted to anything in the game's world would be incredibly inaccurate. ''358[=/=]2 Days'' details Roxas's life in the Organization and his relationship with his best friends, and it also details Axel's character development from MagnificentBastard to BigBrotherMentor to PoisonousFriend and hints at a connection to fellow member Saix. In ''Birth by Sleep'' he has a cameo as a teenager, back when he was called Lea, which, however small, elaborated on his friendship with Saix (Isa). And in ''Dream Drop Distance'', the game that picks up after ''II'', Axel, once again going by Lea, is alive and well, his "death" having instead reunited him with his heart. He plays a small but significant role in the game, with a BigDamnHeroes moment [[spoiler:where he rescues Sora]], and completing his HeelFaceTurn. [[spoiler:And getting a Keyblade of his own.]] So maybe there were great things meant for him after all.

** Sounds like a ShootTheShaggyDog.
** Plus, actually ''beating'' this boss is downright NintendoHard.
** Subverted in that it actually provides the set-up for ''VideoGame/{{NieR}}''...

* ''Videogame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' retroactively did this to a fair number of major characters and factions from ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]''. Off the top of my head: The Nerevarine, aka, the PC of ''Morrowind'', vanished during an expedition to Akavir, [[EnsembleDarkhorse Jiub]] gave his life to wipe out the [[GodDamnedBats Cliff Racers]] (and was named a Saint for it), Caius Cosades apparently fell off the face of Tamriel, Vivec was kidnapped by Daedra, and House Redoran was almost completely wiped by Mehrunes Dagon's invasion.
** Actually, in the Dawnguard DLC in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' it is revealed that Saint Jiub very well lived to enjoy his title. He was killed during the events of ''Oblivion'' in the siege of Kvatch while writing his memoirs. The Dragonborn can actually converse with Jiub's soul in the [[Main/EldritchLocation Soul Cairn]] and help him [[Main/FetchQuest collecting the pages of his manuscript]].

* ''Videogame/MassEffect2'' ''opens'' with the Normandy being completely destroyed, killing Shepard (although s/he gets over it), Navigator Pressly and at least 19 other crewmen.
** The final level negates all PlotArmor (again). Special mention goes to what happens if you don't upgrade your ship at all. Three characters ''will'' die before you even get onto the ground. Potentially, your entire squad can die as well. All of the deaths featured are very sudden. This does prevent the finale from being bogged down in melodrama, but it is a little disjointing if your love interest happens to get gunned down in front of your eyes with little in the way of a reaction.
** This pretty much happens with Shepard in the ending of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', unless you get pretty much the maximum level of War Assets and then choose the "Destroy" ending.
** Played with at an earlier point in the third game -- assuming that Kasumi was one of your squad members in the second game, she pops up in an early sidequest where she seems to suffer a very abrupt and unsatisfying death. Seconds later however (and after the Spectre who was on her case has left), Shepard successfully calls her out of her hiding spot, knowing full well that she wouldn't let herself be killed so easily.
*** If Kasumi is alive and yet not loyal, however, [[spoiler:it is played completely straight. (The death is genuine.)]]
** [[HiredGun Zaeed]] also gets this PlayedWith. At one point, [[spoiler: a blast [[KarmicDeath caused by a fire he started]] drops a large piece of metal on him]]. Both tropes are PlayedWith because [[spoiler: only his legs are crushed, and his fate is ultimately up to you. In most cases, you help him, averting the trope, but you can also leave him to die, whereupon you fly away as another explosion finishes him off, playing the trope straight.]]

* ''Videogame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' retroactively did this to a fair number of major characters and factions from ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]''. Off the top of my head: The Nerevarine, aka, the PC of ''Morrowind'', vanished during an expedition to Akavir, [[EnsembleDarkhorse Jiub]] gave his life to wipe out the [[GodDamnedBats Cliff Racers]] (and was named a Saint for it), Cauis Cosades apparently fell off the face of Tamriel, Vivec was kidnapped by Daedra, and House Redoran was almost completely wiped by Mehrunes Dagon's invasion.

* Axel's position in the ''KingdomHearts'' series as the MagnificentBastard of ''Chain of Memories'' and best friend of Roxas in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' promised great things for him. However his role is greatly reduced after the ProlongedPrologue, and his death--he shows up out of nowhere, HeroicSacrifice and finishes with a FinalSpeech--comes off as quite anti-climactic. Nomura states in the Japanese Character Report book that Axel was originally supposed to die in the Prologue's final battle. This probably accounts for his expanded role feeling tacked-on.

** Subverted in that it actually provides the set-up for ''VideoGame/{{Nier}}''...

* This trope is played for laughs somewhat in ''{{Drakengard}}'s'' fifth ending, in which Caim and the dragon, having defeated the UltimateEvil after following it through a rift in the space time continuum, are shot down by Japanese Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets. It's unbelievably anticlimactic to the point where after everything that has preceded it, you have to laugh.

** Subverted in that it actually provides the set-up for {{Nier}}...

* In ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld'', the main villains are the Deadly Six, six entirely new characters each with their own unique personality, and [[KnightOfCerebus among the darker Sonic villains]], while bringing a sense of humor at the same time. How do they go out? Three of them, Zazz, Zomom, and Master Zik, are fought in a row at Zone 1 of Lava Mountain, and only take two hits before they are (presumably) destroyed as if they were common enemies. Zeena puts up more of a fight but goes a similar way, while Zor falls into the lava when Sonic hits a switch. Zavok on the other hand has more of a climactic battle with his giant form and [[DisneyVillainDeath fall down a shaft into lava]] (which is fitting since he's the main villain, although he is HijackedByGanon after his doom). Unlike Metal Sonic in the [[VideoGame/SonicGenerations previous game]], their deaths are in-game rather than in cutscenes.

* In ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld'', the main villains ([[HijackedByGanon until the final stage]]) are the Deadly Six, six entirely new characters each with their own unique personality, and [[KnightOfCerebus among the darker Sonic villains]], while bringing a sense of humor at the same time. How do they go out? Three of them, Zazz, Zomom, and Master Zik, are fought in a row at Zone 1 of Lava Mountain, and only take two hits before they are (presumably) destroyed as if they were common enemies. Zeena puts up more of a fight but goes a similar way, while Zor falls into the lava when Sonic hits a switch. Zavok on the other hand has more of a climactic battle with his giant form and [[DisneyVillainDeath fall down a shaft into lava]] (which is fitting since he's the main villain, although he is HijackedByGanon after his doom). Unlike Metal Sonic in the [[VideoGame/SonicGenerations previous game]], their deaths are in-game rather than in cutscenes.

* The two creators of ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' split up, with the remaining one saying that all of the non-human characters all died due to a gigantic explosion following ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', apparently sharing Creator/JMichaelStraczynski's overzealous frothing hatred for cute kids and robots. This was apparent a joke, as non-human characters like Marcus returned in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas.''

* ''SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Gaiden'' appeared to have bridge-dropped Lamia while after just addressing how glad she was that she had friends...she was unceremoniously shot down and all signs show that she's KilledOffForReal. Then, several chapters later, it's revealed that the bridge didn't really completely splatter her, and [[SuperRobotWarsReversal Duminuss]] lifted that bridge up, ensuring her survival.

* When Eric Chahi created ''AnotherWorld'', he had no intention of making a sequel, preferring to let the ambiguous ending (Buddy loading Lester's broken body into a pterodactyl and flying it to safety) stand alone. [[ExecutiveMeddling Interplay wasn't about to have any of that.]] So when ''Heart of the Alien'' was made, it became clear there was no feasible way of sending Lester back to his home world. Thus, Lester dies saving Buddy and the game ends with his cremation.

* ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty 4'': All the SAS members except Soap and Captain Price are unceremoniously executed at the end of the game. The latter of which has been confirmed to return in ''ModernWarfare 2''.
** Speaking of ''ModernWarfare 2'', all of TF-141, again barring Soap and Price, are killed off by General Shepherd.
*** On fact, if you're a player character in a ''Modern Warfare'' title who isn't Soap or Price, you'd better call home and say your goodbyes while you can, because there's a rickety ridge overhead with your name on it.
*** Ramirez survives. Dunno about Mw1 characters.
*** They both do, but there's always ''Modern Warfare 3''...
*** [[spoiler: Soap doesn't make it.]]
* ''SoldierOfFortune II'': Madeline Taylor. By a [[FacelessGoons faceless]] {{Mook}}, to boot.
** Hawk suffers a similar fate in the first game, albeit at the hands of the BigBad.

* Brad Vickers in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis''. Brain-impaled by the titular BigBad.
** Hell, ''everyone who wasn't a playable character'' had a bridge drop happen when Raccoon City gets nuked at the end.
** Of course, pretty much all the named [=NPCs=] in this game (not counting zombies) were dead well before the end. Mikhail [[ActionBomb blows himself up]] in a HeroicSacrifice, Dario is discovered and eaten by zombies, Nikolai is either bridge-dropped by Nemesis, escapes in the chopper, or you shoot him down.
** Brad is also somewhat of a BackForTheDead.