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** The fifth Robin, Damian Wayne, was killed in a 2013 story. For those of you keeping score at home, that's three-fifths of Batman's sidekicks -- Jason, Stephanie, and Damian -- who have died. Every single one of them was [[DeathIsCheap resurrected]] after varying lengths of time, though.
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** The fifth Robin, Damian Wayne, was killed in a 2013 story. For those of you keeping score at home, that's three-fifths of Batman's sidekicks -- Jason, Stephanie, and Damian -- who have died. Every single one of them was [[DeathIsCheap resurrected]] after varying lengths of time, though.though (or in Stephanie's case, retconned to have actually had her death faked).
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* In ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'', while trying to help [[MascotWithAttitude former video game star Gwimbly]] get back on his feet, Allan asks if there are any other characters from his old franchise willing to help him (his old nemesis having moved on) to which Gwimbly states that he had a sidekick named Mr. Millipede. Cut to Mr. Millipede's grave and Gwimbly lamenting America's Fentanyl crisis while sadly [[LibationForTheDead dumping a bottle of liquor on the grave]].
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** ''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily'': The death of Jason Todd, the second ComicBook/{{Robin}}, had a long-lasting impact on both Batman and the role of Robin, to the extent that Batman considers Jason's death the greatest mistake he'd wish to fix. The third Robin describes his entire career as being spent under Jason's shadow, and other characters define Jason's death as the turning point after which Batman became DarkerAndEdgier.
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** ''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily'': ''ComicBook/BatmanADeathInTheFamily'': The death of Jason Todd, the second ComicBook/{{Robin}}, had a long-lasting impact on both Batman and the role of Robin, to the extent that Batman considers Jason's death the greatest mistake he'd wish to fix. The third Robin describes his entire career as being spent under Jason's shadow, and other characters define Jason's death as the turning point after which Batman became DarkerAndEdgier.
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* ''ComicBook/AllStarSquadron'': {{Inverted|Trope}} in the sequel series ''The Young All-Stars'', where Dyna-Mite, the sidekick of the T.N.T. and Dyna-Mite duo, survived while his mentor T.N.T. was killed. This led to Dyna-Mite thinking that he couldn't use his dyna-ring power anymore since [[WonderTwinPowers it required his partner to activate it with his dyna-ring]], but he eventually found out that he could reactivate the power by wearing both dyna-rings and pressing them together himself.
* ''ComicBook/{{Arana}}'': ComicBook/AnyaCorazon's older sidekick Miguel the mage got killed.
* ''ComicBook/{{Arana}}'': ComicBook/AnyaCorazon's older sidekick Miguel the mage got killed.
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* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica had long felt guilty about his sidekick ComicBook/BuckyBarnes's death, occasionally falling into angsty despair over it. This was used against him by various villains from time to time. It used to be the major flaw of Modern Cap in his earliest days until Stan Lee and Jim Steranko recognized how old it was and had Rick Jones tell Cap to "QuitYourWhining" and get over it. Bucky, however, [[BackFromTheDead isn't quite dead]]...
* Played with in ''ComicBook/EarthX'' and sequels: most of Captain America's sidekicks (not just Bucky Barnes) have died. In ''Earth X'', "Daredevil", whose ability to regenerate damage prevents him from dying, teams up with Cap in the hopes of being killed. It doesn't work, but Daredevil eventually gets his wish. In ''Universe X'', Cap becomes the sidekick of the reincarnated Captain Mar-Vell, and promptly gets killed mid-series.
* In a rare occasion of the sidekick being killed by the hero, in ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'' The Plutonian ''lobotomized'' his sidekick Samsara after his FaceHeelTurn. This was presumably done to keep him from telling people the secret to his powers.
* Played with in ''ComicBook/EarthX'' and sequels: most of Captain America's sidekicks (not just Bucky Barnes) have died. In ''Earth X'', "Daredevil", whose ability to regenerate damage prevents him from dying, teams up with Cap in the hopes of being killed. It doesn't work, but Daredevil eventually gets his wish. In ''Universe X'', Cap becomes the sidekick of the reincarnated Captain Mar-Vell, and promptly gets killed mid-series.
* In a rare occasion of the sidekick being killed by the hero, in ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'' The Plutonian ''lobotomized'' his sidekick Samsara after his FaceHeelTurn. This was presumably done to keep him from telling people the secret to his powers.
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* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'': Captain America had long felt guilty about his sidekick ComicBook/BuckyBarnes's death, occasionally falling into angsty despair over it. This was used against him by various villains from time to time. It used to be the major flaw of Modern Cap in his earliest days until Stan Lee and Jim Steranko recognized how old it was and had Rick Jones tell Cap to "QuitYourWhining" and get over it. Bucky, however, [[BackFromTheDead isn't quite dead]]...
* ''ComicBook/EarthX'': Played with in''ComicBook/EarthX'' the comic and its sequels: most of Captain America's sidekicks (not just Bucky Barnes) have died. In ''Earth X'', "Daredevil", whose ability to regenerate damage prevents him from dying, teams up with Cap in the hopes of being killed. It doesn't work, but Daredevil eventually gets his wish. In ''Universe X'', Cap becomes the sidekick of the reincarnated Captain Mar-Vell, and promptly gets killed mid-series.
* ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'': In a rare occasion of the sidekick being killed by the hero,in ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'' The the Plutonian ''lobotomized'' his sidekick Samsara after his FaceHeelTurn. This was presumably done to keep him from telling people the secret to his powers.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'': In a rare occasion of the sidekick being killed by the hero,
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* {{Inverted|Trope}} in the ''ComicBook/AllStarSquadron'' sequel series ''The Young All-Stars'', where Dyna-Mite, the sidekick of the T.N.T. and Dyna-Mite duo, survived while his mentor T.N.T. was killed. This led to Dyna-Mite thinking that he couldn't use his dyna-ring power anymore since [[WonderTwinPowers it required his partner to activate it with his dyna-ring]], but he eventually found out that he could reactivate the power by wearing both dyna-rings and pressing them together himself.
* Franchise/{{Superman}}'s partner ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} was killed in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''. Four of his friends/sidekicks were killed in ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'': [[spoiler: Pete Ross, ComicBook/LanaLang, ComicBook/KryptoTheSuperdog, and ComicBook/JimmyOlsen.]]
* ComicBook/AnyaCorazon's older sidekick Miguel the mage got killed.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Tomboy}}'', her friends' deaths change Addi for the worse: Nick's death pushes Addi go down a slope of crime and mental illness, and Jess's death is her DespairEventHorizon.
* ''ComicBook/WrongEarth'', being a riff on the Batman mythos, naturally sees Dragonfly's sidekick Stinger being killed by his arch-nemesis Number One.
* Franchise/{{Superman}}'s partner ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} was killed in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''. Four of his friends/sidekicks were killed in ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'': [[spoiler: Pete Ross, ComicBook/LanaLang, ComicBook/KryptoTheSuperdog, and ComicBook/JimmyOlsen.]]
* ComicBook/AnyaCorazon's older sidekick Miguel the mage got killed.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Tomboy}}'', her friends' deaths change Addi for the worse: Nick's death pushes Addi go down a slope of crime and mental illness, and Jess's death is her DespairEventHorizon.
* ''ComicBook/WrongEarth'', being a riff on the Batman mythos, naturally sees Dragonfly's sidekick Stinger being killed by his arch-nemesis Number One.
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* {{Inverted|Trope}} in the ''ComicBook/AllStarSquadron'' sequel series ''The Young All-Stars'', where Dyna-Mite, the sidekick of the T.N.T. and Dyna-Mite duo, survived while his mentor T.N.T. was killed. This led to Dyna-Mite thinking that he couldn't use his dyna-ring power anymore since [[WonderTwinPowers it required his partner to activate it with his dyna-ring]], but he eventually found out that he could reactivate the power by wearing both dyna-rings and pressing them together himself.
* Franchise/{{Superman}}'s''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': Superman's partner ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} was killed in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''. Four of his friends/sidekicks were killed in ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'': [[spoiler: Pete Ross, ComicBook/LanaLang, ComicBook/KryptoTheSuperdog, and ComicBook/JimmyOlsen.]]
*ComicBook/AnyaCorazon's older sidekick Miguel the mage got killed.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Tomboy}}'', her''ComicBook/Tomboy2015'': Her friends' deaths change Addi for the worse: Nick's death pushes Addi go down a slope of crime and mental illness, and Jess's death is her DespairEventHorizon.
*''ComicBook/WrongEarth'', ''ComicBook/WrongEarth'': The comic, being a riff on the Batman mythos, naturally sees Dragonfly's sidekick Stinger being killed by his arch-nemesis Number One.
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* Richard Literature/{{Sharpe}} has a similar scenario, for similar reasons and to similar conclusions. It's almost a RunningGag how many of his teenage ensigns die in the major battle sequence of the book they're introduced in. The most personally devastating to Sharpe is probably Achmed, a young (to the point that his voice hasn't changed) Arab mercenary in ''Sharpe's Fortress''. He's also faced career consequences for letting a superior officer's nephew get killed. All of this goes to illustrate that even a stone cold badass like Sharpe can't keep people safe in the chaos of a battlefield.
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See also DeadPartner, a partner who dies in the line of duty, and TragicBromance, the death of a same-sex {{true companion|s}} that causes a dramatic turn in the story.
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See also DeadPartner, a partner who dies in the line of duty, and TragicBromance, the death of a same-sex {{true companion|s}} that causes a dramatic turn in the story. \n Compare and contrast the MentorOccupationalHazard, where the more experienced of a pair of characters is killed off.
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->''"My friend is dead, Patroclus, my dearest friend of all. I loved him, and I killed him... Hector cut him down! I no longer have the will to remain alive among men, not unless Hector loses his life on the point of my spear and pays for despoiling Menoetius' son."''
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->''"My friend is dead, Patroclus, my dearest friend of all. I loved him, and I killed him... Hector cut him down! I no longer have the will to remain alive among men, not unless Hector loses his life on the point of my spear and pays for despoiling Menoetius' Menoetius's son."''
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* In the webcomic ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'', Iron Jane is shocked into a HeelFaceTurn when she witnesses the murder of [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/1991012/pauls-victims/ Golden Jane]]. (Although, strictly speaking, Iron Jane is Goldie's sidekick, not the other way 'round.)
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* In the webcomic ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'', Iron Jane is shocked into a HeelFaceTurn when she witnesses the murder of [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/1991012/pauls-victims/ [[https://eheroes.thecomicseries.com/comics/102 Golden Jane]].Jane]] by their [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder team leader]]. (Although, strictly speaking, Iron Jane is Goldie's sidekick, not the other way 'round.)) This, along with her villainous family treating her as a useful tool while the hero who captured her treated her like a human being, drove her to a HeelFaceTurn.
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See also DeadPartner DeadPartner, a partner who dies in the line of duty, and TragicBromance.TragicBromance, the death of a same-sex {{true companion|s}} that causes a dramatic turn in the story.
