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* Ego is completely destroyed after Groot places a bomb on the planet's brain-like core. It's LazerGuidedKarma for him after ''he'' was the one who planted the tumor in Meredith Quill's brain.

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* Ego is completely destroyed after Groot places a bomb on the planet's brain-like core. It's LazerGuidedKarma LaserGuidedKarma for him after ''he'' was the one who planted the tumor in Meredith Quill's brain.
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* Maria Hill, who had been resurrected from the Snap, is fatally shot by Gravik early in ''Series/SecretInvasion2023''

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* Maria Hill, who had been resurrected from the Snap, is fatally shot by Gravik early in ''Series/SecretInvasion2023''''Series/SecretInvasion2023''.
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* Maria Hill, who had been resurrected from the Snap, is fatally shot by Gravik early in ''Series/SecretInvasion2023''
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* Laufey is killed by his biological son, Loki, as a means to impress his father enough to claim the throne of Asgard.

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* Laufey is killed by his biological son, Loki, as a means to impress his adoptive father Odin enough to claim the throne of Asgard.
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Even in a franchise based on comic books where [[DeathIsCheap death is occasionally cheap]], [[SuperheroMovieVillainsDie Many of the bad guys die]], as do quite a few of the [[MentorOccupationalHazard mentors]] (often via DeathByOriginStory), as well as a few other established characters who die over the course of the franchise as well and stay dead[[labelnote:*]]Not counting AlternateTimeline versions of them who are still alive from [[TimeyWimeyBall time-travel shenanigans]][[/labelnote]]:

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Even in [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse a franchise based on comic books books]] where [[DeathIsCheap death is occasionally cheap]], [[SuperheroMovieVillainsDie Many of the bad guys die]], as do quite a few of the [[MentorOccupationalHazard mentors]] (often via DeathByOriginStory), [[KilledOffForReal as well as a few other established characters who die over the course of the franchise as well and stay dead[[labelnote:*]]Not dead]][[note]]Not counting AlternateTimeline versions of them who are still alive from [[TimeyWimeyBall time-travel shenanigans]][[/labelnote]]:
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-->-- '''Thanos''' to Thor after having murdered Loki, ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''

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-->-- '''Thanos''' to Thor after having murdered Loki, ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''

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* Ho Yinsen dies as early as ''Film/IronMan'' after he sacrifices himself to let Tony Stark escape.

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* Ho Yinsen dies as early as ''Film/IronMan'' the film's opening scene after he sacrifices himself to let Tony Stark escape.escape.
* Raza is stunned by Stane after the latter betrays him, which is followed up by Stane ordering his men to have the former and his group killed.
* Obadiah Stane (AKA Iron Monger) is killed in the film's climax when he (and his suit) fall into the overloaded arc reactor.
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* Anton Vanko dies early on in the flick, leading to his son, Ivan, swearing vengeance against the Stark family.
* Ivan himself commits suicide as a kamikaze attempt to take Stark and Rhodey with him.
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* Laufey is killed by his biological son, Loki, as a means to impress his father enough to claim the throne of Asgard.



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* Maya Hansen is shot to death by her boss, Aldrich Killian, after she questions the latter's motives and begins to side with her former lover, Stark.
* Killian himself is blown to pieces from an Extremisis-powered Pepper Potts who uses one of Stark's armors to finish him off.



* Kurse and Malekith themselves are killed off in the film's later scenes.



* Alexander Pierce is shot to death by Nick Fury after his ultimate plan via Project Insight is foiled. Prior to that, the former murders the rest of the World Security Council via badges rigged with poison.



* Meredith Quill is a benign example as she succumbs to brain cancer prior to Peter Quill's abduction. It's later revealed in ''Vol. 2'' that her lover, ''Ego'' was the one who implanted a brain tumor on her, fearing she may be a distraction to his ultimate plan of universal expansion.



* Ronan is killed by the combined efforts of the remaining Guardians, who use the power stone to finish him off.



* Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker is killed by Ultron after he is captured and Ultron is "born."

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* Dr. List is killed by Iron Man when the latter and the rest of the Avengers invade HYDRA's Sokovian base.
* Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker is later killed by Ultron after he is captured and Ultron is "born."



* King T'Chaka is killed by Zemo after he blows up the building where the UN Conference is held in Vienna.



* While she makes an appearance via TimeTravel in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', the death of the Ancient One was central and permanent for the story of Stephen Strange going forward. The Ancient One is also on of the few characters permanently dead in the comic books for similar reasons, so this fits.

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* While she makes an appearance a re-appearance via TimeTravel in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', the death of the Ancient One was central and permanent for the story of Stephen Strange going forward. The Ancient One is also on of the few characters permanently dead in the comic books for similar reasons, so this fits.



* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', soon after Yondu Udonta officially joins the Guardians, he makes a HeroicSacrifice for his adoptive son Peter and dies from exposure to space.

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* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', soon Soon after Yondu Udonta officially joins the Guardians, he makes a HeroicSacrifice for his adoptive son Peter and dies from exposure to space.space.
* Ego is completely destroyed after Groot places a bomb on the planet's brain-like core. It's LazerGuidedKarma for him after ''he'' was the one who planted the tumor in Meredith Quill's brain.



** All of Thanos's Black Order are killed off in their ''first'' appearance. Ebony Maw dies early, as Iron Man has him sucked into space by blowing part of a ship off. The rest of the order meet their doom in the Battle of Wakanda: Cull Obsidian is blown up by a collision between the Wakanda force field and the piece of the Hulkbuster armor attached to him, Proxima Midnight is shredded by a tank after Wanda telekinetically lifts her in the way, Corvus Glaive is stabbed to death from his own spear by Vision.

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** * All of Thanos's Black Order are killed off in their ''first'' appearance. Ebony Maw dies early, as Iron Man has him sucked into space by blowing part of a ship off. The rest of the order meet their doom in the Battle of Wakanda: Cull Obsidian is blown up by a collision between the Wakanda force field and the piece of the Hulkbuster armor attached to him, Proxima Midnight is shredded by a tank after Wanda telekinetically lifts her in the way, Corvus Glaive is stabbed to death from his own spear by Vision.



* Speaking of 2014 Thanos, he and his forces are dusted by Iron Man. And since the stones in the Sacred Timeline were destroyed by his 2018 counterpart and the stone obtained in the Time Heist were brought back to their timelines, the Thanos from that universe is dusted for good.

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* Speaking of 2014 Thanos, he and his forces are dusted by Iron Man. And since the stones in the Sacred Timeline were destroyed by his 2018 counterpart and the stone stones obtained in the Time Heist were brought back to their timelines, the Thanos from that universe is dusted for good.


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* Gorr himself dies from the Necrosword curse, but not before successfully convincing Eternity to revive his daughter.

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* Pietro Maximoff, a.k.a. Quicksilver, is killed by Ultron in a HeroicSacrifice to save Hawkeye in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', soon after he and his sister join the Avengers.

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* Pietro Maximoff, a.k.a. Quicksilver, is killed by Ultron in a HeroicSacrifice to save Hawkeye in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', Hawkeye, soon after he and his sister join the Avengers.Avengers.
* Ultron is later destroyed by Vision after he uploads himself into the last sentry.



* Peggy Carter is a benign example in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', as she dies from old age.

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* Peggy Carter is a benign example in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', example, as she dies from old age.



* While she makes an appearance via TimeTravel in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', the death of the Ancient One in ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'' was central and permanent for the story of Stephen Strange going forward. The Ancient One is also on of the few characters permanently dead in the comic books for similar reasons, so this fits.

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* While she makes an appearance via TimeTravel in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', the death of the Ancient One in ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'' was central and permanent for the story of Stephen Strange going forward. The Ancient One is also on of the few characters permanently dead in the comic books for similar reasons, so this fits.



* ''Film/ThorRagnarok''
** Odin is a benign example like Peggy Carter, as he also dies from old age, though his death was likely accelerated due to Loki abandoning him on Earth shortly before the ending of ''Dark World'', where Loki usurped him and posed as him.
** The same film also sees all three of the Warriors Three murdered by Hela, with Fandral and Volstagg being killed right off the bat when Hela arrives at Asgard, and Hogun being finished off last after Hela wipes out the Asgardian Army.

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* ''Film/ThorRagnarok''
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Odin is a benign example like Peggy Carter, as he also dies from old age, though his death was likely accelerated due to Loki abandoning him on Earth shortly before the ending of ''Dark World'', where Loki usurped him and posed as him.
** * The same film also sees all three of the Warriors Three murdered by Hela, with Fandral and Volstagg being killed right off the bat when Hela arrives at Asgard, and Hogun being finished off last after Hela wipes out the Asgardian Army.



** All of Thanos's Black Order are killed off in their ''first'' appearance. Ebony Maw dies early, as Iron Man has him sucked into space by blowing part of a ship off. The rest of the order meet their doom in the Battle of Wakanda: Cull Obsidian is blown up by a collision between the Wakanda force field and the piece of the Hulkbuster armor attached to him, Proxima Midnight is shredded by a tank after Wanda telekinetically lifts her in the way, Corvus Glaive is stabbed to death from his own spear by Vision.



* ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', while restoring victims of the Snap, kills off two founding members of the Avengers:

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* ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', while restoring While the film restores the victims of the Snap, it ends up kills off two founding members of the Avengers:



* Speaking of 2014 Thanos, he and his forces are dusted by Iron Man. And since the stones in the Sacred Timeline were destroyed by his 2018 counterpart and the stone obtained were brought back to their timelines, the Thanos from that universe is dusted for good.
* Prior to that, the Nebula from that same timeline as Time Heist-Thanos is killed by her present-day counterpart.

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* Speaking of 2014 Thanos, he and his forces are dusted by Iron Man. And since the stones in the Sacred Timeline were destroyed by his 2018 counterpart and the stone obtained in the Time Heist were brought back to their timelines, the Thanos from that universe is dusted for good.
* Prior to that, the Nebula from that same timeline as Time Heist-Thanos is killed shot by her present-day counterpart.



* ''Film/BlackPantherWakandaForever''
** In-line with the death of Creator/ChadwickBoseman due to colon cancer, T'Challa dies from an unspecified illness and Shuri failing to find a cure from him due to the Heart Shaped herb destroyed by Killmonger. All of this is preceded by T'Challa's initial death from Thanos's snap. And with Creator/KevinFeige being completely adamant on NOT recasting T'Challa after Chadwick's passing, it is very unlikely he will ever be revived in some shape or form.
** Ramonda sacrifices herself to save Riri Williams by letting herself drown from Namor's attack on Wakanda.

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* ''Film/BlackPantherWakandaForever''
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In-line with the death of Creator/ChadwickBoseman due to colon cancer, T'Challa dies from an unspecified illness and Shuri failing to find a cure from him due to the Heart Shaped herb destroyed by Killmonger. All of this is preceded by T'Challa's initial death from Thanos's snap. And with Creator/KevinFeige being completely adamant on NOT recasting T'Challa after Chadwick's passing, it is very unlikely he will ever be revived in some shape or form.
** * Ramonda sacrifices herself to save Riri Williams by letting herself drown from Namor's attack on Wakanda.



* Phil Coulson is stabbed to death by Loki in ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', but is revived by Kree blood prior to the events of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' Season 1 and becomes one of the main protagonist. However, a deal with the Spirit of Vengeance in Season 4 has the effects of the blood slowly wear off, and he ultimately resigns to his fate by Season 5's conclusion. The Phil Coulson clones (Sarge/Pachaqutik, Coulson's Chromicom LMD) that appear in Season 6 and 7 are two completely different entities.

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* Phil Coulson is stabbed to death by Loki in ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', but is revived by Kree blood prior to the events of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' Season 1 and becomes one of the main protagonist.protagonists. However, a deal with the Spirit of Vengeance in Season 4 has the effects of the blood slowly wear off, and he ultimately resigns to his fate by Season 5's conclusion. The Phil Coulson clones (Sarge/Pachaqutik, Coulson's Chromicom LMD) that appear in Season 6 and 7 are two completely different entities.
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HeroicSacrifice for his adoptive son Peter and dies from exposure to space.
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* Abraham Erksine's death in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' is very similar to the aforementioned Yinsen, being a mentor figure who was also killed prior to the protagonist emerging as a superhero.
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* Arnim Zola was already dead physically prior to Captain America waking up from his slumber, but his mind continues to live on within the computers of an old HYDRA base until the STRIKE team (led by Brock Rumlow) blows it up.
* Jasper Sitwell is thrown out of the car to his death by the Winter Soldier after his undercover S.H.I.E.L.D persona is compromised.
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* The Other is swiftly killed by Ronan when the former tries to warn him of Thanos's threatening presence.
* Groot sacrifices himself to save the Guardians (Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket) when the Dark Aster was crashing down. Since the new Groot introduce in the mid-credits is a completely different one, this Groot we know of in the first movie is truly dead.
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* Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker is killed by Ultron after he is captured and Ultron is "born."


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* Brock Rumlow blows himself up to death as a kamikaze attempt to kill Captain America. Captain America survives thanks to Wanda.


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* Thanos is beheaded early on in the film by a vengeful Thor, though it's meaningless as he already succeeded in making his snap seemingly preventable and resigned to his fate. The Thanos that is later fought in the climax is a past version from 2014.
* Speaking of 2014 Thanos, he and his forces are dusted by Iron Man. And since the stones in the Sacred Timeline were destroyed by his 2018 counterpart and the stone obtained were brought back to their timelines, the Thanos from that universe is dusted for good.
* Prior to that, the Nebula from that same timeline as Time Heist-Thanos is killed by her present-day counterpart.
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* Phil Coulson is stabbed to death by Loki in ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', but is revived by Kree blood prior to the events of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' Season 1 and becomes one of the main protagonist. However, a deal with the Spirit of Vengeance in Season 4 has the effects of the blood slowly wear off, and he ultimately resigns to his fate by Season 5's conclusion. The Phil Coulson clones (Sarge/Pachaqutik, Coulson's Chromicom LMD) that appear in Season 6 and 7 are two completely different entities.
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** In-line with the death of Creator/ChadwickBoseman due to colon cancer, T'Challa dies from an unspecified illness and Shuri failing to find a cure from him due to the Heart Shaped herb destroyed by Killmonger. All of this is preceded by T'Challa's initial death from Thanos's snap.

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** In-line with the death of Creator/ChadwickBoseman due to colon cancer, T'Challa dies from an unspecified illness and Shuri failing to find a cure from him due to the Heart Shaped herb destroyed by Killmonger. All of this is preceded by T'Challa's initial death from Thanos's snap. And with Creator/KevinFeige being completely adamant on NOT recasting T'Challa after Chadwick's passing, it is very unlikely he will ever be revived in some shape or form.
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* Ho Yinsen dies as early as ''Film/IronMan'' after he sacrifices himself to let Tony Stark escape.


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* Jane Foster was already dying of Stage 4 cancer in ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'', but wielding the powers of Thor only accelerated her mortality further to the point where she succumbed to the disease after transforming one last time to stop Gorr.
* ''Film/BlackPantherWakandaForever''
** In-line with the death of Creator/ChadwickBoseman due to colon cancer, T'Challa dies from an unspecified illness and Shuri failing to find a cure from him due to the Heart Shaped herb destroyed by Killmonger. All of this is preceded by T'Challa's initial death from Thanos's snap.
** Ramonda sacrifices herself to save Riri Williams by letting herself drown from Namor's attack on Wakanda.
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* While she makes an appearance via TimeTravel in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', the death of the Ancient One in ''Film/DoctorStrange'' was central and permanent for the story of Stephen Strange going forward. The Ancient One is also on of the few characters permantly dead in the comic books for similar reasons, so this fits.

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* While she makes an appearance via TimeTravel in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', the death of the Ancient One in ''Film/DoctorStrange'' ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'' was central and permanent for the story of Stephen Strange going forward. The Ancient One is also on of the few characters permantly permanently dead in the comic books for similar reasons, so this fits.
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* ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' has Odin die from old age, though his death was likely accelerated due to Loki abandoning him on Earth shortly before the ending of ''Dark World'', where Loki usurped him and posed as him. The same film also sees all three of the Warriors Three murdered by Hela (Fandral and Volstagg being killed right off the bat when Hela arrives at Asgard, and Hogun being finished off last after Hela wipes out the Asgardian army).
* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' has most of its deaths--all of those caused by The Snap--undone in the following movie; however, Thanos directly kills four other characters before performing the Snap, whose deaths all stick:

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* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' has most of its deaths--all of those caused by The Decimation Snap--undone in the following movie; however, Thanos directly kills four other characters before performing the Snap, whose deaths all stick:



*** Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow dies to obtain the Soul Stone in the exact same ritual that killed Gamora in the previous film. In Nat's case, though, she willingly makes the sacrifice, and in fact has to physically fight Hawkeye to prevent him from doing it himself.

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*** ** Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow dies to obtain the Soul Stone in the exact same ritual that killed Gamora in the previous film. In Nat's case, though, she willingly makes the sacrifice, and in fact has to physically fight Hawkeye to prevent him from doing it himself.

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* While she makes an appearance via TimeTravel in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', the death of the Ancient One in ''Film/DoctorStrange'' was central and permanent for the story of Stephen Strange going forward. The Ancient One is also on of the few characters permantly dead in the comic books for similar reasons, so this fits.



** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' has most of its deaths--all of those caused by The Snap--undone in the following movie; however, Thanos directly kills four other characters before performing the Snap, whose deaths all stick:
*** Heimdall and Loki are both murdered for trying to save the Hulk and Thor, respectively. Since Loki has faked his death multiple times in the past, Thanos explicitly states "No resurrections this time" to hammer it home. (though in the latter's case, [[Creator/TomHiddleston his actor]] was surprised that soon after filming his character being killed, he was approached to learn Marvel was planning [[Series/Loki2021 a Loki TV show]] - and indeed, [[Film/AvengersEndgame the follow-up]] showed it was an AlternateSelf created by TimeTravel, just like the example below)
*** Gamora is thrown off a cliff and falls to her death in a sacrifice for Thanos to obtain the Soul Stone. Though an alternate timeline version of her is brought into the main timeline in ''Endgame'', the Gamora who underwent the CharacterDevelopment of the two ''Guardians'' movies truly is dead.
*** Vision has the Mind Stone violently ripped out of his forehead, essentially destroying his brain. Once the body is repurposed and revived in ''Series/WandaVision'', there is downright an extensive discussion about [[TheseusShipParadox it's not the same entity]] because the revived corpse doesn't have the pre-death personality.
** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', while restoring victims of the Snap, kills off two founding members of the Avengers:

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** * ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' has most of its deaths--all of those caused by The Snap--undone in the following movie; however, Thanos directly kills four other characters before performing the Snap, whose deaths all stick:
*** ** Heimdall and Loki are both murdered for trying to save the Hulk and Thor, respectively. Since Loki has faked his death multiple times in the past, Thanos explicitly states "No resurrections this time" to hammer it home. (though in the latter's case, [[Creator/TomHiddleston his actor]] was surprised that soon after filming his character being killed, he was approached to learn Marvel was planning [[Series/Loki2021 a Loki TV show]] - and indeed, [[Film/AvengersEndgame the follow-up]] showed it was an AlternateSelf created by TimeTravel, just like the example below)
*** ** Gamora is thrown off a cliff and falls to her death in a sacrifice for Thanos to obtain the Soul Stone. Though an alternate timeline version of her is brought into the main timeline in ''Endgame'', the Gamora who underwent the CharacterDevelopment of the two ''Guardians'' movies truly is dead.
*** ** Vision has the Mind Stone violently ripped out of his forehead, essentially destroying his brain. Once the body is repurposed and revived in ''Series/WandaVision'', there is downright an extensive discussion about [[TheseusShipParadox it's not the same entity]] because the revived corpse doesn't have the pre-death personality.
** * ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', while restoring victims of the Snap, kills off two founding members of the Avengers:



*** Tony Stark/Iron Man uses the Infinity Stones to perform his own Snap to kill AlternateTimeline-Thanos and his forces, and dies soon after thanks to the immense strain this puts on his body.
** May Parker is fatally impaled by the Green Goblin's glider in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.

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*** ** Tony Stark/Iron Man uses the Infinity Stones to perform his own Snap to kill AlternateTimeline-Thanos and his forces, and dies soon after thanks to the immense strain this puts on his body.
** * May Parker is fatally impaled by the Green Goblin's glider in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.
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* In ''Series/FalconAndTheWinterSoldier'', Lemar Hoskins (aka Battle Star) is killed off by Karli Morgenthau when she punches him into a stone pillar, causing death by brain damage.

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* In ''Series/FalconAndTheWinterSoldier'', ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'', Lemar Hoskins (aka Battle Star) is killed off by Karli Morgenthau when she punches him into a stone pillar, causing death by brain damage.
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Even in a franchise based on comic books where [[DeathIsCheap death is occasionally cheap]], [[SuperheroMovieVillainsDie Many of the bad guys die]], as do quite a few of the [[MentorOccupationalHazard mentors]] (often via DeathByOriginStory), as well as a few other established characters who die over the course of the franchise as well and stay dead[[labelnote:*]]Not counting AlternateTimeline versions of them who are still alive from [[TimeyWimeyBall time-travel shenanigans]][[/labelnote]]:

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* Thor's and Loki's mother and Odin's wife, Frigga, is murdered by Malekith and Kurse in ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''.
* Pietro Maximoff, a.k.a. Quicksilver, is killed by Ultron in a HeroicSacrifice to save Hawkeye in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', soon after he and his sister join the Avengers.
* Peggy Carter is a benign example in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', as she dies from old age.
* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', soon after Yondu Udonta officially joins the Guardians, he makes a HeroicSacrifice for his adoptive son Peter and dies from exposure to space.
* ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' has Odin die from old age, though his death was likely accelerated due to Loki abandoning him on Earth shortly before the ending of ''Dark World'', where Loki usurped him and posed as him. The same film also sees all three of the Warriors Three murdered by Hela (Fandral and Volstagg being killed right off the bat when Hela arrives at Asgard, and Hogun being finished off last after Hela wipes out the Asgardian army).
** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' has most of its deaths--all of those caused by The Snap--undone in the following movie; however, Thanos directly kills four other characters before performing the Snap, whose deaths all stick:
*** Heimdall and Loki are both murdered for trying to save the Hulk and Thor, respectively. Since Loki has faked his death multiple times in the past, Thanos explicitly states "No resurrections this time" to hammer it home. (though in the latter's case, [[Creator/TomHiddleston his actor]] was surprised that soon after filming his character being killed, he was approached to learn Marvel was planning [[Series/Loki2021 a Loki TV show]] - and indeed, [[Film/AvengersEndgame the follow-up]] showed it was an AlternateSelf created by TimeTravel, just like the example below)
*** Gamora is thrown off a cliff and falls to her death in a sacrifice for Thanos to obtain the Soul Stone. Though an alternate timeline version of her is brought into the main timeline in ''Endgame'', the Gamora who underwent the CharacterDevelopment of the two ''Guardians'' movies truly is dead.
*** Vision has the Mind Stone violently ripped out of his forehead, essentially destroying his brain. Once the body is repurposed and revived in ''Series/WandaVision'', there is downright an extensive discussion about [[TheseusShipParadox it's not the same entity]] because the revived corpse doesn't have the pre-death personality.
** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', while restoring victims of the Snap, kills off two founding members of the Avengers:
*** Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow dies to obtain the Soul Stone in the exact same ritual that killed Gamora in the previous film. In Nat's case, though, she willingly makes the sacrifice, and in fact has to physically fight Hawkeye to prevent him from doing it himself.
*** Tony Stark/Iron Man uses the Infinity Stones to perform his own Snap to kill AlternateTimeline-Thanos and his forces, and dies soon after thanks to the immense strain this puts on his body.
** May Parker is fatally impaled by the Green Goblin's glider in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.
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* In ''Series/FalconAndTheWinterSoldier'', Lemar Hoskins (aka Battle Star) is killed off by Karli Morgenthau when she punches him into a stone pillar, causing death by brain damage.
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