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!!'''As a DeathTrope, all Spoilers will be unmarked ahead. Beware.'''
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!!'''As a DeathTrope, {{Death Trope|s}}, all Spoilers will be unmarked ahead. Beware.'''
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* In the Phantom Bullet arc of ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', Death Gun has shot Sinnon with a stun bolt, and gets up close to finish her with his [[ICallItVera Death Gun]]. Her eyes go wide, the screen goes black, and a shot rings out. [[SubvertedTrope Come the next episode,]] it turns out that it was [[BigDamnHeroes Kirito shooting Death Gun.]]
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* In the Phantom Bullet arc of ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'', Death Gun has shot Sinnon with a stun bolt, and gets up close to finish her with his [[ICallItVera Death Gun]]. Her eyes go wide, the screen goes black, and a shot rings out. [[SubvertedTrope Come the next episode,]] it turns out that it was [[BigDamnHeroes Kirito shooting Death Gun.]]
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Ever wonder what the deadliest moment in any given episode is? The very last second before the credits roll, of course! [[LiesDamnedLiesAndStatistics Statistics show]] that any character - hero, supporting, or otherwise - is 73% more likely to be mortally wounded at the very end of an episode than at any point in time before it.
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Ever wonder what the deadliest moment in any given episode is? The very last second before the credits roll, of course! [[LiesDamnedLiesAndStatistics Statistics show]] that any character - -- hero, supporting, or otherwise - -- is 73% more likely to be mortally wounded at the very end of an episode than at any point in time before it.
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** This happened on a much larger scale in "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S2E9TrialByFire Trial by Fire]]". The newly inaugurated U.S. President Charles Halsey and his advisors are monitoring the approach of an alien fleet -- who, as it turns out, were coming in peace - from a nuclear bunker in Washington, D.C.. After the United States and Russia launch nuclear missiles at the fleet, the aliens destroy said missiles with ease before they reach their targets. They then launch two weapons of their own in retaliation: one at Washington, D.C. and the other at Moscow. With only about a minute to think about it, the President, his wife Elizabeth and his advisors prepare to meet their fate. As the episode ends, the screen turns to white, signifying the destruction of the U.S. capital.
** It happened on an even larger scale in "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S2E18TheLightBrigade The Light Brigade]]". In that episode, a sequel to "Quality of Mercy", humanity is losing an interstellar war against an extremely belligerent and much more advanced alien race who are hellbent on exterminating them. In a last-ditch attempt to turn the tide, the ''Light Brigade'' is part of a fleet sent on a mission to attack the alien homeworld with a subatomic bomb, a DoomsdayDevice which can disrupt matter on a subatomic level. The ship is attacked and disabled by the aliens while it is approaching their planet but a cadet, one of only four survivors, is able to launch the subatomic bomb. However, it turns out that the alien posing as Major John Skokes turned the ship around while the cadet was unconscious and the cadet has just dropped the bomb on Earth. The subatomic bomb is seen making its way to Earth as the episode ends.
** It happened on an even larger scale in "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S2E18TheLightBrigade The Light Brigade]]". In that episode, a sequel to "Quality of Mercy", humanity is losing an interstellar war against an extremely belligerent and much more advanced alien race who are hellbent on exterminating them. In a last-ditch attempt to turn the tide, the ''Light Brigade'' is part of a fleet sent on a mission to attack the alien homeworld with a subatomic bomb, a DoomsdayDevice which can disrupt matter on a subatomic level. The ship is attacked and disabled by the aliens while it is approaching their planet but a cadet, one of only four survivors, is able to launch the subatomic bomb. However, it turns out that the alien posing as Major John Skokes turned the ship around while the cadet was unconscious and the cadet has just dropped the bomb on Earth. The subatomic bomb is seen making its way to Earth as the episode ends.
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** This happened on a much larger scale in "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S2E9TrialByFire Trial by Fire]]". The newly inaugurated U.S. President Charles Halsey and his advisors are monitoring the approach of an alien fleet -- who, as it turns out, were coming in peace - -- from a nuclear bunker in Washington, D.C.. After the United States and Russia launch nuclear missiles at the fleet, the aliens destroy said missiles with ease before they reach their targets. They then launch two weapons of their own in retaliation: one at Washington, D.C. and the other at Moscow. With only about a minute to think about it, the President, his wife Elizabeth and his advisors prepare to meet their fate. As the episode ends, the screen turns to white, signifying the destruction of the U.S. capital.
** It happened on an even larger scale in "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S2E18TheLightBrigade The Light Brigade]]". In that episode, a sequel to"Quality "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S1E14QualityOfMercy Quality of Mercy", Mercy]]", humanity is losing an interstellar war against an extremely belligerent and much more advanced alien race who are hellbent on exterminating them. In a last-ditch attempt to turn the tide, the ''Light Brigade'' is part of a fleet sent on a mission to attack the alien homeworld with a subatomic bomb, a DoomsdayDevice which can disrupt matter on a subatomic level. The ship is attacked and disabled by the aliens while it is approaching their planet but a cadet, one of only four survivors, is able to launch the subatomic bomb. However, it turns out that the alien posing as Major John Skokes turned the ship around while the cadet was unconscious and the cadet has just dropped the bomb on Earth. The subatomic bomb is seen making its way to Earth as the episode ends.
** It happened on an even larger scale in "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S2E18TheLightBrigade The Light Brigade]]". In that episode, a sequel to
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** "A Stitch In Time" ended like this, with a newly-forged time-traveling KnightTemplar gunning down a serial-killer-to-be.
** This happened on a much larger scale in "Trial by Fire". The newly inaugurated U.S. President Charles Halsey and his advisors are monitoring the approach of an alien fleet - who, as it turns out, were coming in peace - from a nuclear bunker in Washington, D.C.. After the United States and Russia launch nuclear missiles at the fleet, the aliens destroy said missiles with ease before they reach their targets. They then launch two weapons of their own in retaliation: one at Washington, D.C. and the other at Moscow. With only about a minute to think about it, the President, his wife Elizabeth and his advisors prepare to meet their fate. As the episode ends, the screen turns to white, signifying the destruction of the U.S. capital.
** It happened on an even larger scale in "The Light Brigade". In that episode, a sequel to "Quality of Mercy", humanity is losing an interstellar war against an extremely belligerent and much more advanced alien race who are hellbent on exterminating them. In a last ditch attempt to turn the tide, the ''Light Brigade'' is part of a fleet sent on a mission to attack the alien homeworld with a subatomic bomb, a DoomsdayDevice which can disrupt matter on a subatomic level. The ship is attacked and disabled by the aliens while it is approaching their planet but a cadet, one of only four survivors, is able to launch the subatomic bomb. However, it turns out that the alien posing as Major John Skokes turned the ship around while the cadet was unconscious and the cadet has just dropped the bomb on Earth. The subatomic bomb is seen making its way to Earth as the episode ends.
** It again happened on a very large scale in "Relativity Theory". A survey team travels to Tau Gamma Prime in search of resources which are desperately needed on Earth, which has run out of practically all of its own natural resources. Although the planet is believed to be uninhabited, the survey team comes under attack from a group of seven foot tall reptilian aliens. The team's xenobiologist Teresa Janovitch favors negotiating with them as she does not want to repeat Earth's dark history with respect to the treatment of indigenous populations but the security chief Sgt. Adam Sears leads an attack on their encampment in a network of caves. He kills one of them who is holding a gold object which he assumes is a religious totem. However, Teresa's scans of the corpses of two of the aliens indicate that their cranial sutures are not fully closed, which if they were humans would mean that they were between 10 and 15 years old. In other words, Sears killed an alien Boy Scout troop on a camping trip. She then realizes that the gold object is not a religious totem but an emergency locator beacon. The survey ship is soon destroyed by a huge and extremely advanced alien ship but not before it manages to download their database and learn the location of Earth. The episode ends with a shot of the ship approaching Earth, preparing to launch an attack on the homeworld of the brutal species who would butcher children.
** Once again, it happened on a very large scale in "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S4E20Nightmare Nightmare]]". While approaching the planet N184, the United World Forces spaceship ''Archipelago'' - which is carrying a top secret device that turned out to be a DoomsdayDevice - comes under attack from the Ebonites with whom humanity has been at war for some time. They are taken prisoner and subjected to psychological torture. The ship's civilian crewmember Kristen O'Keefe, one of the chief designers of the bomb, is forced to reprogram it and disable all of the booby traps. After Major Ronald Neguchi is killed by Lt. Christopher Valentine, it is revealed that everything that happened after the ''Archipelago'' came under attack was part of an elaborate simulation being conducted at Fort Dix. It was designed to evaluate how the crew would respond to being captured by the Ebonites but things got out of hand. Things get even more out of hand when O'Keefe confesses that she had merely pretended to disable the booby traps; she had actually been bypassing the safeguards and firewalls in order to activate the bomb and destroy the Ebonites since it appeared as if she and the rest of the ''Archipelago'' were going to die in enemy territory in any event. Much like "Trial by Fire", the screen turns to white as the episode ends in order to signify the bomb detonating and destroying most of the Western hemisphere. Given the environmental chaos which would ensue, it is likely that most, if not all, of the Earth's population was wiped out as a result.
** In the final scene of "Judgment Day", Declan [=McMahon=] has tracked down the former ''Judgment Day'' producer Jack Parson, who framed him for Caitlin Channing's murder and killed her sister Allison. He proceeds to electrocute him with the specially designed 10,000 volt taser that has been provided to him by ''Judgment Day''. The episode ends with the sound of electricity surging and Jack screaming.
** This happened on a much larger scale in "Trial by Fire". The newly inaugurated U.S. President Charles Halsey and his advisors are monitoring the approach of an alien fleet - who, as it turns out, were coming in peace - from a nuclear bunker in Washington, D.C.. After the United States and Russia launch nuclear missiles at the fleet, the aliens destroy said missiles with ease before they reach their targets. They then launch two weapons of their own in retaliation: one at Washington, D.C. and the other at Moscow. With only about a minute to think about it, the President, his wife Elizabeth and his advisors prepare to meet their fate. As the episode ends, the screen turns to white, signifying the destruction of the U.S. capital.
** It happened on an even larger scale in "The Light Brigade". In that episode, a sequel to "Quality of Mercy", humanity is losing an interstellar war against an extremely belligerent and much more advanced alien race who are hellbent on exterminating them. In a last ditch attempt to turn the tide, the ''Light Brigade'' is part of a fleet sent on a mission to attack the alien homeworld with a subatomic bomb, a DoomsdayDevice which can disrupt matter on a subatomic level. The ship is attacked and disabled by the aliens while it is approaching their planet but a cadet, one of only four survivors, is able to launch the subatomic bomb. However, it turns out that the alien posing as Major John Skokes turned the ship around while the cadet was unconscious and the cadet has just dropped the bomb on Earth. The subatomic bomb is seen making its way to Earth as the episode ends.
** It again happened on a very large scale in "Relativity Theory". A survey team travels to Tau Gamma Prime in search of resources which are desperately needed on Earth, which has run out of practically all of its own natural resources. Although the planet is believed to be uninhabited, the survey team comes under attack from a group of seven foot tall reptilian aliens. The team's xenobiologist Teresa Janovitch favors negotiating with them as she does not want to repeat Earth's dark history with respect to the treatment of indigenous populations but the security chief Sgt. Adam Sears leads an attack on their encampment in a network of caves. He kills one of them who is holding a gold object which he assumes is a religious totem. However, Teresa's scans of the corpses of two of the aliens indicate that their cranial sutures are not fully closed, which if they were humans would mean that they were between 10 and 15 years old. In other words, Sears killed an alien Boy Scout troop on a camping trip. She then realizes that the gold object is not a religious totem but an emergency locator beacon. The survey ship is soon destroyed by a huge and extremely advanced alien ship but not before it manages to download their database and learn the location of Earth. The episode ends with a shot of the ship approaching Earth, preparing to launch an attack on the homeworld of the brutal species who would butcher children.
** Once again, it happened on a very large scale in "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S4E20Nightmare Nightmare]]". While approaching the planet N184, the United World Forces spaceship ''Archipelago'' - which is carrying a top secret device that turned out to be a DoomsdayDevice - comes under attack from the Ebonites with whom humanity has been at war for some time. They are taken prisoner and subjected to psychological torture. The ship's civilian crewmember Kristen O'Keefe, one of the chief designers of the bomb, is forced to reprogram it and disable all of the booby traps. After Major Ronald Neguchi is killed by Lt. Christopher Valentine, it is revealed that everything that happened after the ''Archipelago'' came under attack was part of an elaborate simulation being conducted at Fort Dix. It was designed to evaluate how the crew would respond to being captured by the Ebonites but things got out of hand. Things get even more out of hand when O'Keefe confesses that she had merely pretended to disable the booby traps; she had actually been bypassing the safeguards and firewalls in order to activate the bomb and destroy the Ebonites since it appeared as if she and the rest of the ''Archipelago'' were going to die in enemy territory in any event. Much like "Trial by Fire", the screen turns to white as the episode ends in order to signify the bomb detonating and destroying most of the Western hemisphere. Given the environmental chaos which would ensue, it is likely that most, if not all, of the Earth's population was wiped out as a result.
** In the final scene of "Judgment Day", Declan [=McMahon=] has tracked down the former ''Judgment Day'' producer Jack Parson, who framed him for Caitlin Channing's murder and killed her sister Allison. He proceeds to electrocute him with the specially designed 10,000 volt taser that has been provided to him by ''Judgment Day''. The episode ends with the sound of electricity surging and Jack screaming.
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** "A "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S2E1AStitchInTime A Stitch In Time" ended in Time]]" ends like this, with a newly-forged time-traveling KnightTemplar gunning down a serial-killer-to-be.
** This happened on a much larger scale in"Trial "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S2E9TrialByFire Trial by Fire".Fire]]". The newly inaugurated U.S. President Charles Halsey and his advisors are monitoring the approach of an alien fleet - -- who, as it turns out, were coming in peace - from a nuclear bunker in Washington, D.C.. After the United States and Russia launch nuclear missiles at the fleet, the aliens destroy said missiles with ease before they reach their targets. They then launch two weapons of their own in retaliation: one at Washington, D.C. and the other at Moscow. With only about a minute to think about it, the President, his wife Elizabeth and his advisors prepare to meet their fate. As the episode ends, the screen turns to white, signifying the destruction of the U.S. capital.
** It happened on an even larger scale in"The "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S2E18TheLightBrigade The Light Brigade".Brigade]]". In that episode, a sequel to "Quality of Mercy", humanity is losing an interstellar war against an extremely belligerent and much more advanced alien race who are hellbent on exterminating them. In a last ditch last-ditch attempt to turn the tide, the ''Light Brigade'' is part of a fleet sent on a mission to attack the alien homeworld with a subatomic bomb, a DoomsdayDevice which can disrupt matter on a subatomic level. The ship is attacked and disabled by the aliens while it is approaching their planet but a cadet, one of only four survivors, is able to launch the subatomic bomb. However, it turns out that the alien posing as Major John Skokes turned the ship around while the cadet was unconscious and the cadet has just dropped the bomb on Earth. The subatomic bomb is seen making its way to Earth as the episode ends.
** It again happened on a very large scale in"Relativity Theory"."[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S4E6RelativityTheory Relativity Theory]]". A survey team travels to Tau Gamma Prime in search of resources which are desperately needed on Earth, which has run out of practically all of its own natural resources. Although the planet is believed to be uninhabited, the survey team comes under attack from a group of seven foot tall seven-foot-tall reptilian aliens. The team's xenobiologist Teresa Janovitch favors negotiating with them as she does not want to repeat Earth's dark history with respect to the treatment of indigenous populations but the security chief Sgt. Adam Sears leads an attack on their encampment in a network of caves. He kills one of them who is holding a gold object which he assumes is a religious totem. However, Teresa's scans of the corpses of two of the aliens indicate that their cranial sutures are not fully closed, which if they were humans would mean that they were between 10 and 15 years old. In other words, Sears killed an alien Boy Scout troop on a camping trip. She then realizes that the gold object is not a religious totem but an emergency locator beacon. The survey ship is soon destroyed by a huge and extremely advanced alien ship but not before it manages to download their database and learn the location of Earth. The episode ends with a shot of the ship approaching Earth, preparing to launch an attack on the homeworld of the brutal species who would butcher children.
** Once again, it happened on a very large scale in "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S4E20Nightmare Nightmare]]". While approaching the planet N184, the United World Forces spaceship ''Archipelago''- -- which is carrying a top secret top-secret device that turned out to be a DoomsdayDevice - -- comes under attack from the Ebonites with whom humanity has been at war for some time. They are taken prisoner and subjected to psychological torture. The ship's civilian crewmember Kristen O'Keefe, one of the chief designers of the bomb, is forced to reprogram it and disable all of the booby traps. After Major Ronald Neguchi is killed by Lt. Christopher Valentine, it is revealed that everything that happened after the ''Archipelago'' came under attack was part of an elaborate simulation being conducted at Fort Dix. It was designed to evaluate how the crew would respond to being captured by the Ebonites but things got out of hand. Things get even more out of hand when O'Keefe confesses that she had merely pretended to disable the booby traps; she had actually been bypassing the safeguards and firewalls in order to activate the bomb and destroy the Ebonites since it appeared as if she and the rest of the ''Archipelago'' were going to die in enemy territory in any event. Much like "Trial by Fire", the screen turns to white as the episode ends in order to signify the bomb detonating and destroying most of the Western hemisphere. Given the environmental chaos which would ensue, it is likely that most, if not all, of the Earth's population was wiped out as a result.
** In the final scene of"Judgment Day", "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S6E1JudgmentDay Judgment Day]]", Declan [=McMahon=] has tracked down the former ''Judgment Day'' producer Jack Parson, who framed him for Caitlin Channing's murder and killed her sister Allison. He proceeds to electrocute him with the specially designed 10,000 volt 10,000-volt taser that has been provided to him by ''Judgment Day''. The episode ends with the sound of electricity surging and Jack screaming.
** This happened on a much larger scale in
** It happened on an even larger scale in
** It again happened on a very large scale in
** Once again, it happened on a very large scale in "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S4E20Nightmare Nightmare]]". While approaching the planet N184, the United World Forces spaceship ''Archipelago''
** In the final scene of
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* ''Series/BreakingBad'' ends its third season with Jesse pointing a gun at a pleading Gale and a gunshot as the screen fades to black.
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* ''Series/BreakingBad'' ends its third season with Jesse pointing a gun at a pleading Gale and a gunshot as the screen [[FadeOut fades to black.black]].
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* The final moments of ''Series/BlakesSeven'': The crew is gunned down, save Avon, who is quickly surrounded by Federation troops. He straddles Blake's corpse, raises his gun, puts on his best SlasherSmile...fade out, the sound of shooting, roll credits.
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* The final moments of ''Series/BlakesSeven'': The crew is gunned down, save Avon, who is quickly surrounded by Federation troops. He straddles Blake's corpse, raises his gun, puts on his best SlasherSmile... fade out, the sound of shooting, roll credits.
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* In ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' by the same studio, we see Shizuo getting shot and lying in a pool of blood just before credits roll. Though being [[MadeOfIron Shizuo]], he ends up just walking away.
** Volume 6 of the series has another example, where Izaya is stabbed by a rival InformationBroker and passes out from blood loss before he can contact anyone he trusts to help him. The paramedics get to him in time, but the fact that he's now stuck in a hospital bed while his name, status and location are broadcasted to anyone who might want to finish him off starts [[http://anni-fiesta.livejournal.com/22439.html driving him a wee bit crazy.]]
** Volume 6 of the series has another example, where Izaya is stabbed by a rival InformationBroker and passes out from blood loss before he can contact anyone he trusts to help him. The paramedics get to him in time, but the fact that he's now stuck in a hospital bed while his name, status and location are broadcasted to anyone who might want to finish him off starts [[http://anni-fiesta.livejournal.com/22439.html driving him a wee bit crazy.]]
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* In ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' by the same studio, we see Shizuo getting shot and lying in a pool of blood just before credits roll. Though being [[MadeOfIron Shizuo]], he ends up just walking away.
** Volume 6 of theseries original novels has another example, where Izaya is stabbed by a rival InformationBroker and passes out from blood loss before he can contact anyone he trusts to help him. The paramedics get to him in time, but the fact that he's now stuck in a hospital bed while his name, status and location are broadcasted to anyone who might want to finish him off starts [[http://anni-fiesta.livejournal.com/22439.html driving him a wee bit crazy.]]
** Volume 6 of the
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* The second episode of ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}!'' ends with the SacrificialLamb being murdered in this fashion.
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* The second episode of ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}!'' ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'''s anime adaptation ends with the SacrificialLamb being murdered in this fashion.
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* The final moments of ''Series/BlakesSeven'': [[KillEmAll The crew is gunned down]], save Avon, who is quickly surrounded by Federation troops. He straddles Blake's corpse, raises his gun, puts on his best SlasherSmile...fade out, the sound of shooting, roll credits.
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* The final moments of ''Series/BlakesSeven'': [[KillEmAll The crew is gunned down]], down, save Avon, who is quickly surrounded by Federation troops. He straddles Blake's corpse, raises his gun, puts on his best SlasherSmile...fade out, the sound of shooting, roll credits.
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* In ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'', you can [[PressXToNotDie die during the ending]] by failing to dodge that last failing delicious fruit.
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* In ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'', you can [[PressXToNotDie die during the ending]] by failing to dodge that last failing falling delicious fruit.
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* This happens during ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'', with Claude killing Maria in the end at the closing of the game.
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* This happens during ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'', with Claude killing Maria in the end at the closing of the game.
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* ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' , ep. 24: "SCATTER TO THE ENDS OF THE GALAXY!" , Alto! But of course, he is NotQuiteDead...
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* ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' , ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'', ep. 24: "SCATTER TO THE ENDS OF THE GALAXY!" , GALAXY!", Alto! But of course, he is NotQuiteDead...
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* This happens during ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII''. Although, when you consider that the whole reason you went on the mission was to save Maria, it seems pretty stupid to kill her at the end just for being annoying.
** Claude nearly dies a dozen times, throws away a million dollars, and ends up having to shoot a helicopter out of the air to save her. Is Maria ''grateful''? Hell no. Claude can be forgiven for realizing what a stupid move he made at that point and... "correcting" it.
** Speculation here, it's possible that Claude just went on this mission to get revenge on Catalina. It's hard to know considering [[HeroicMute he never talks in the whole game]].
* Ovelia, in the epilogue to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'', attempts to stab newly-crowned King Delita, only for him to take the knife and kill her instead. Ironically, he had truly fallen for her and was bringing her flowers at the time.
** Claude nearly dies a dozen times, throws away a million dollars, and ends up having to shoot a helicopter out of the air to save her. Is Maria ''grateful''? Hell no. Claude can be forgiven for realizing what a stupid move he made at that point and... "correcting" it.
** Speculation here, it's possible that Claude just went on this mission to get revenge on Catalina. It's hard to know considering [[HeroicMute he never talks in the whole game]].
* Ovelia, in the epilogue to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'', attempts to stab newly-crowned King Delita, only for him to take the knife and kill her instead. Ironically, he had truly fallen for her and was bringing her flowers at the time.
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* This happens during ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII''. Although, when you consider that the whole reason you went on the mission was to save Maria, it seems pretty stupid to kill her at ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'', with Claude killing Maria in the end just for being annoying.
** Claude nearly dies a dozen times, throws away a million dollars, and ends up having to shoot a helicopter outat the closing of the air to save her. Is Maria ''grateful''? Hell no. Claude can be forgiven for realizing what a stupid move he made at that point and... "correcting" it.
** Speculation here, it's possible that Claude just went on this mission to get revenge on Catalina. It's hard to know considering [[HeroicMute he never talks in the whole game]].
* Ovelia, in the epilogue to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'', attempts to stab newly-crowned King Delita, only for him to take the knife and kill her instead. Ironically, he had truly fallen for her and was bringing her flowers at the time.game.
** Claude nearly dies a dozen times, throws away a million dollars, and ends up having to shoot a helicopter out
** Speculation here, it's possible that Claude just went on this mission to get revenge on Catalina. It's hard to know considering [[HeroicMute he never talks in the whole game]].
* Ovelia, in the epilogue to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'', attempts to stab newly-crowned King Delita, only for him to take the knife and kill her instead. Ironically, he had truly fallen for her and was bringing her flowers at the time.
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* ''Series/BreakingBad'' ends its third season with Jesse pointing a gun at a pleading Gale and a gunshot as the screen fades to black.
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* ''Film/TheFog'' cuts to black right before Blake murders Father Malone.
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** This happened on a much larger scale in "Trial by Fire". The newly inaugurated U.S. President Charles Halsey and his advisors are monitoring the approach of an alien fleet - [[spoiler:who, as it turns out, were coming in peace]] - from a nuclear bunker in Washington, D.C.. After the United States and Russia launch nuclear missiles at the fleet, the aliens destroy said missiles with ease before they reach their targets. They then launch two weapons of their own in retaliation: one at Washington, D.C. and the other at Moscow. With only about a minute to think about it, the President, his wife Elizabeth and his advisors prepare to meet their fate. As the episode ends, the screen turns to white, signifying the destruction of the U.S. capital.
** It happened on an even larger scale in "The Light Brigade". In that episode, a sequel to "Quality of Mercy", humanity is losing an interstellar war against an extremely belligerent and much more advanced alien race who are hellbent on exterminating them. In a last ditch attempt to turn the tide, the ''Light Brigade'' is part of a fleet sent on a mission to attack the alien homeworld with a subatomic bomb, a DoomsdayDevice which can disrupt matter on a subatomic level. The ship is attacked and disabled by the aliens while it is approaching their planet but a cadet, one of only four survivors, is able to launch the subatomic bomb. [[spoiler:However, it turns out that the alien posing as Major John Skokes turned the ship around while the cadet was unconscious and the cadet has just dropped the bomb on Earth. The subatomic bomb is seen making its way to Earth as the episode ends.]]
** It again happened on a very large scale in "Relativity Theory". A survey team travels to Tau Gamma Prime in search of resources which are desperately needed on Earth, which has run out of practically all of its own natural resources. Although the planet is believed to be uninhabited, the survey team comes under attack from a group of seven foot tall reptilian aliens. The team's xenobiologist Teresa Janovitch favors negotiating with them as she does not want to repeat Earth's dark history with respect to the treatment of indigenous populations but the security chief Sgt. Adam Sears leads an attack on their encampment in a network of caves. He kills one of them who is holding a gold object which he assumes is a religious totem. [[spoiler:However, Teresa's scans of the corpses of two of the aliens indicate that their cranial sutures are not fully closed, which if they were humans would mean that they were between 10 and 15 years old. In other words, Sears killed an alien Boy Scout troop on a camping trip. She then realizes that the gold object is not a religious totem but an emergency locator beacon. The survey ship is soon destroyed by a huge and extremely advanced alien ship but not before it manages to download their database and learn the location of Earth. The episode ends with a shot of the ship approaching Earth, preparing to launch an attack on the homeworld of the brutal species who would butcher children.]]
** Once again, it happened on a very large scale in "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S4E20Nightmare Nightmare]]". While approaching the planet N184, the United World Forces spaceship ''Archipelago'' - which is carrying a top secret device that turned out to be a DoomsdayDevice - comes under attack from the Ebonites with whom humanity has been at war for some time. They are taken prisoner and subjected to psychological torture. The ship's civilian crewmember Kristen O'Keefe, one of the chief designers of the bomb, is forced to reprogram it and disable all of the booby traps. After Major Ronald Neguchi is killed by Lt. Christopher Valentine, it is revealed that everything that happened after the ''Archipelago'' came under attack was part of an elaborate simulation being conducted at Fort Dix. It was designed to evaluate how the crew would respond to being captured by the Ebonites but things got out of hand. [[spoiler: Things get even more out of hand when O'Keefe confesses that she had merely pretended to disable the booby traps; she had actually been bypassing the safeguards and firewalls in order to activate the bomb and destroy the Ebonites since it appeared as if she and the rest of the ''Archipelago'' were going to die in enemy territory in any event. Much like "Trial by Fire", the screen turns to white as the episode ends in order to signify the bomb detonating and destroying most of the Western hemisphere. Given the environmental chaos which would ensue, it is likely that most, if not all, of the Earth's population was wiped out as a result.]]
** In the final scene of "Judgment Day", [[spoiler: Declan [=McMahon=] has tracked down the former ''Judgment Day'' producer Jack Parson, who framed him for Caitlin Channing's murder and killed her sister Allison. He proceeds to electrocute him with the specially designed 10,000 volt taser that has been provided to him by ''Judgment Day''. The episode ends with the sound of electricity surging and Jack screaming.]]
** It happened on an even larger scale in "The Light Brigade". In that episode, a sequel to "Quality of Mercy", humanity is losing an interstellar war against an extremely belligerent and much more advanced alien race who are hellbent on exterminating them. In a last ditch attempt to turn the tide, the ''Light Brigade'' is part of a fleet sent on a mission to attack the alien homeworld with a subatomic bomb, a DoomsdayDevice which can disrupt matter on a subatomic level. The ship is attacked and disabled by the aliens while it is approaching their planet but a cadet, one of only four survivors, is able to launch the subatomic bomb. [[spoiler:However, it turns out that the alien posing as Major John Skokes turned the ship around while the cadet was unconscious and the cadet has just dropped the bomb on Earth. The subatomic bomb is seen making its way to Earth as the episode ends.]]
** It again happened on a very large scale in "Relativity Theory". A survey team travels to Tau Gamma Prime in search of resources which are desperately needed on Earth, which has run out of practically all of its own natural resources. Although the planet is believed to be uninhabited, the survey team comes under attack from a group of seven foot tall reptilian aliens. The team's xenobiologist Teresa Janovitch favors negotiating with them as she does not want to repeat Earth's dark history with respect to the treatment of indigenous populations but the security chief Sgt. Adam Sears leads an attack on their encampment in a network of caves. He kills one of them who is holding a gold object which he assumes is a religious totem. [[spoiler:However, Teresa's scans of the corpses of two of the aliens indicate that their cranial sutures are not fully closed, which if they were humans would mean that they were between 10 and 15 years old. In other words, Sears killed an alien Boy Scout troop on a camping trip. She then realizes that the gold object is not a religious totem but an emergency locator beacon. The survey ship is soon destroyed by a huge and extremely advanced alien ship but not before it manages to download their database and learn the location of Earth. The episode ends with a shot of the ship approaching Earth, preparing to launch an attack on the homeworld of the brutal species who would butcher children.]]
** Once again, it happened on a very large scale in "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S4E20Nightmare Nightmare]]". While approaching the planet N184, the United World Forces spaceship ''Archipelago'' - which is carrying a top secret device that turned out to be a DoomsdayDevice - comes under attack from the Ebonites with whom humanity has been at war for some time. They are taken prisoner and subjected to psychological torture. The ship's civilian crewmember Kristen O'Keefe, one of the chief designers of the bomb, is forced to reprogram it and disable all of the booby traps. After Major Ronald Neguchi is killed by Lt. Christopher Valentine, it is revealed that everything that happened after the ''Archipelago'' came under attack was part of an elaborate simulation being conducted at Fort Dix. It was designed to evaluate how the crew would respond to being captured by the Ebonites but things got out of hand. [[spoiler: Things get even more out of hand when O'Keefe confesses that she had merely pretended to disable the booby traps; she had actually been bypassing the safeguards and firewalls in order to activate the bomb and destroy the Ebonites since it appeared as if she and the rest of the ''Archipelago'' were going to die in enemy territory in any event. Much like "Trial by Fire", the screen turns to white as the episode ends in order to signify the bomb detonating and destroying most of the Western hemisphere. Given the environmental chaos which would ensue, it is likely that most, if not all, of the Earth's population was wiped out as a result.]]
** In the final scene of "Judgment Day", [[spoiler: Declan [=McMahon=] has tracked down the former ''Judgment Day'' producer Jack Parson, who framed him for Caitlin Channing's murder and killed her sister Allison. He proceeds to electrocute him with the specially designed 10,000 volt taser that has been provided to him by ''Judgment Day''. The episode ends with the sound of electricity surging and Jack screaming.]]
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** This happened on a much larger scale in "Trial by Fire". The newly inaugurated U.S. President Charles Halsey and his advisors are monitoring the approach of an alien fleet - [[spoiler:who, who, as it turns out, were coming in peace]] peace - from a nuclear bunker in Washington, D.C.. After the United States and Russia launch nuclear missiles at the fleet, the aliens destroy said missiles with ease before they reach their targets. They then launch two weapons of their own in retaliation: one at Washington, D.C. and the other at Moscow. With only about a minute to think about it, the President, his wife Elizabeth and his advisors prepare to meet their fate. As the episode ends, the screen turns to white, signifying the destruction of the U.S. capital.
** It happened on an even larger scale in "The Light Brigade". In that episode, a sequel to "Quality of Mercy", humanity is losing an interstellar war against an extremely belligerent and much more advanced alien race who are hellbent on exterminating them. In a last ditch attempt to turn the tide, the ''Light Brigade'' is part of a fleet sent on a mission to attack the alien homeworld with a subatomic bomb, a DoomsdayDevice which can disrupt matter on a subatomic level. The ship is attacked and disabled by the aliens while it is approaching their planet but a cadet, one of only four survivors, is able to launch the subatomic bomb.[[spoiler:However, However, it turns out that the alien posing as Major John Skokes turned the ship around while the cadet was unconscious and the cadet has just dropped the bomb on Earth. The subatomic bomb is seen making its way to Earth as the episode ends.]]
** It again happened on a very large scale in "Relativity Theory". A survey team travels to Tau Gamma Prime in search of resources which are desperately needed on Earth, which has run out of practically all of its own natural resources. Although the planet is believed to be uninhabited, the survey team comes under attack from a group of seven foot tall reptilian aliens. The team's xenobiologist Teresa Janovitch favors negotiating with them as she does not want to repeat Earth's dark history with respect to the treatment of indigenous populations but the security chief Sgt. Adam Sears leads an attack on their encampment in a network of caves. He kills one of them who is holding a gold object which he assumes is a religious totem.[[spoiler:However, However, Teresa's scans of the corpses of two of the aliens indicate that their cranial sutures are not fully closed, which if they were humans would mean that they were between 10 and 15 years old. In other words, Sears killed an alien Boy Scout troop on a camping trip. She then realizes that the gold object is not a religious totem but an emergency locator beacon. The survey ship is soon destroyed by a huge and extremely advanced alien ship but not before it manages to download their database and learn the location of Earth. The episode ends with a shot of the ship approaching Earth, preparing to launch an attack on the homeworld of the brutal species who would butcher children.]]
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** Once again, it happened on a very large scale in "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S4E20Nightmare Nightmare]]". While approaching the planet N184, the United World Forces spaceship ''Archipelago'' - which is carrying a top secret device that turned out to be a DoomsdayDevice - comes under attack from the Ebonites with whom humanity has been at war for some time. They are taken prisoner and subjected to psychological torture. The ship's civilian crewmember Kristen O'Keefe, one of the chief designers of the bomb, is forced to reprogram it and disable all of the booby traps. After Major Ronald Neguchi is killed by Lt. Christopher Valentine, it is revealed that everything that happened after the ''Archipelago'' came under attack was part of an elaborate simulation being conducted at Fort Dix. It was designed to evaluate how the crew would respond to being captured by the Ebonites but things got out of hand.[[spoiler: Things get even more out of hand when O'Keefe confesses that she had merely pretended to disable the booby traps; she had actually been bypassing the safeguards and firewalls in order to activate the bomb and destroy the Ebonites since it appeared as if she and the rest of the ''Archipelago'' were going to die in enemy territory in any event. Much like "Trial by Fire", the screen turns to white as the episode ends in order to signify the bomb detonating and destroying most of the Western hemisphere. Given the environmental chaos which would ensue, it is likely that most, if not all, of the Earth's population was wiped out as a result.]]
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** In the final scene of "Judgment Day",[[spoiler: Declan [=McMahon=] has tracked down the former ''Judgment Day'' producer Jack Parson, who framed him for Caitlin Channing's murder and killed her sister Allison. He proceeds to electrocute him with the specially designed 10,000 volt taser that has been provided to him by ''Judgment Day''. The episode ends with the sound of electricity surging and Jack screaming.]]
** It happened on an even larger scale in "The Light Brigade". In that episode, a sequel to "Quality of Mercy", humanity is losing an interstellar war against an extremely belligerent and much more advanced alien race who are hellbent on exterminating them. In a last ditch attempt to turn the tide, the ''Light Brigade'' is part of a fleet sent on a mission to attack the alien homeworld with a subatomic bomb, a DoomsdayDevice which can disrupt matter on a subatomic level. The ship is attacked and disabled by the aliens while it is approaching their planet but a cadet, one of only four survivors, is able to launch the subatomic bomb.
** It again happened on a very large scale in "Relativity Theory". A survey team travels to Tau Gamma Prime in search of resources which are desperately needed on Earth, which has run out of practically all of its own natural resources. Although the planet is believed to be uninhabited, the survey team comes under attack from a group of seven foot tall reptilian aliens. The team's xenobiologist Teresa Janovitch favors negotiating with them as she does not want to repeat Earth's dark history with respect to the treatment of indigenous populations but the security chief Sgt. Adam Sears leads an attack on their encampment in a network of caves. He kills one of them who is holding a gold object which he assumes is a religious totem.
** Once again, it happened on a very large scale in "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S4E20Nightmare Nightmare]]". While approaching the planet N184, the United World Forces spaceship ''Archipelago'' - which is carrying a top secret device that turned out to be a DoomsdayDevice - comes under attack from the Ebonites with whom humanity has been at war for some time. They are taken prisoner and subjected to psychological torture. The ship's civilian crewmember Kristen O'Keefe, one of the chief designers of the bomb, is forced to reprogram it and disable all of the booby traps. After Major Ronald Neguchi is killed by Lt. Christopher Valentine, it is revealed that everything that happened after the ''Archipelago'' came under attack was part of an elaborate simulation being conducted at Fort Dix. It was designed to evaluate how the crew would respond to being captured by the Ebonites but things got out of hand.
** In the final scene of "Judgment Day",
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** {{Implied|Trope}} in "The Burning Man". In the final scene, the lights of Doug and Aunt Neva's car go out after the [[CreepyChild strange boy in the white suit]] asks them if they had ever wondered if there was such a thing as genetic evil.
** At the end of "The Beacon", Dr. Dennis Barrows is swarmed by the people of Mellweather so that he can be the HumanSacrifice that the Beacon demands.
** In "A Small Talent for War", this is seen on a large scale. In the final scene, the alien ambassador summons his people's armada to destroy all life on Earth as it is apparent that humanity's small talent for war will be of no use to them in their wars across the galaxy.
** In the final scene of "The Elevator", a GiantSpider grabs Roger and Will with its pedipalps as the elevator rises to the top. After several seconds, the brothers' screams stop. A flashlight drops to the floor and its lens breaks as blood drips down.
** {{Implied|Trope}} in "The Burning Man". In the final scene, the lights of Doug and Aunt Neva's car go out after the [[CreepyChild strange boy in the white suit]] asks them if they had ever wondered if there was such a thing as genetic evil.
** At the end of "The Beacon", Dr. Dennis Barrows is swarmed by the people of Mellweather so that he can be the HumanSacrifice that the Beacon demands.
** In "A Small Talent for War", this is seen on a large scale. In the final scene, the alien ambassador summons his people's armada to destroy all life on Earth as it is apparent that humanity's small talent for war will be of no use to them in their wars across the galaxy.
** In the final scene of "The Elevator", a GiantSpider grabs Roger and Will with its pedipalps as the elevator rises to the top. After several seconds, the brothers' screams stop. A flashlight drops to the floor and its lens breaks as blood drips down.
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** Once again, it happened on a very large scale in "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S4E20Nightmare Nightmare]]" and in a similar fashion to "The Light Brigade". While approaching the planet N184, the United World Forces spaceship ''Archipelago'' - which is carrying a top secret device that turned out to be a DoomsdayDevice - comes under attack from the Ebonites with whom humanity has been at war for some time. They are taken prisoner and subjected to psychological torture. The ship's civilian crewmember Kristen O'Keefe, one of the chief designers of the bomb, is forced to reprogram it and disable all of the booby traps. After Major Ronald Neguchi is killed by Lt. Christopher Valentine, it is revealed that everything that happened after the ''Archipelago'' came under attack was part of an elaborate simulation being conducted at Fort Dix. It was designed to evaluate how the crew would respond to being captured by the Ebonites but things got out of hand. [[spoiler: Things get even more out of hand when O'Keefe confesses that she had merely pretended to disable the booby traps; she had actually been bypassing the safeguards and firewalls in order to activate the bomb and destroy the Ebonites since it appeared as if she and the rest of the ''Archipelago'' were going to die in enemy territory in any event. Much like "Trial by Fire", the screen turns to white as the episode ends in order to signify the bomb detonating and destroying most of the Western hemisphere. Given the environmental chaos which would ensue, it is likely that most, if not all, of the Earth's population was wiped out as a result.]]
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** Once again, it happened on a very large scale in "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S4E20Nightmare Nightmare]]" and in a similar fashion to "The Light Brigade".Nightmare]]". While approaching the planet N184, the United World Forces spaceship ''Archipelago'' - which is carrying a top secret device that turned out to be a DoomsdayDevice - comes under attack from the Ebonites with whom humanity has been at war for some time. They are taken prisoner and subjected to psychological torture. The ship's civilian crewmember Kristen O'Keefe, one of the chief designers of the bomb, is forced to reprogram it and disable all of the booby traps. After Major Ronald Neguchi is killed by Lt. Christopher Valentine, it is revealed that everything that happened after the ''Archipelago'' came under attack was part of an elaborate simulation being conducted at Fort Dix. It was designed to evaluate how the crew would respond to being captured by the Ebonites but things got out of hand. [[spoiler: Things get even more out of hand when O'Keefe confesses that she had merely pretended to disable the booby traps; she had actually been bypassing the safeguards and firewalls in order to activate the bomb and destroy the Ebonites since it appeared as if she and the rest of the ''Archipelago'' were going to die in enemy territory in any event. Much like "Trial by Fire", the screen turns to white as the episode ends in order to signify the bomb detonating and destroying most of the Western hemisphere. Given the environmental chaos which would ensue, it is likely that most, if not all, of the Earth's population was wiped out as a result.]]
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* A few of the [[{{Cliffhanger}} cliffhanger]] endings in classic ''Series/DoctorWho'' invoked this trope, only to then revoke it at the top of the following episode. The most effective example is probably episode 1 of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani The Caves of Androzani]]", in which the Doctor and Peri are executed by a firing squad, with a shot of multiple high-powered rifles blazing away right at the two leads followed by a cut to the closing credits. There's clearly no way out of them being dead--and the audience already ''knew'' that this was Creator/{{PeterDavison}}'s last story and that the Doctor was therefore definitely going to die, so it could actually have been real this time rather than turning out to be some hoary cliffhanger trick (like, say, that they had been secretly replaced by [[RoboticReveal robot duplicates]]).
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* A few of the [[{{Cliffhanger}} cliffhanger]] endings in classic ''Series/DoctorWho'' invoked this trope, only to then revoke it at the top of the following episode. The most effective example is probably episode 1 of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani The Caves of Androzani]]", in which the Doctor and Peri are executed by a firing squad, with a shot of multiple high-powered rifles blazing away right at the two leads followed by a cut to the closing credits. There's clearly no way out of them being dead--and the audience already ''knew'' that this was Creator/{{PeterDavison}}'s Creator/{{Peter Davison}}'s last story and that the Doctor was therefore definitely going to die, so it could actually have been real this time rather than turning out to be some hoary cliffhanger trick (like, say, that they had been secretly replaced by [[RoboticReveal robot duplicates]]).
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* A few of the [[{{Cliffhanger}} cliffhanger]] endings in classic ''Series/DoctorWho'' invoked this trope, only to then revoke it at the top of the following episode. The most effective example is probably episode 1 of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani The Caves of Androzani]]", in which the Doctor and Peri are executed by a firing squad, with a shot of multiple high-powered rifles blazing away right at the two leads followed by a cut to the closing credits. There's clearly no way out of them being dead--and the audience already ''knew'' that this was Peter Davison's last story and that the Doctor was therefore definitely going to die, so it could actually have been real this time rather than turning out to be some hoary cliffhanger trick (like, say, that they had been secretly replaced by [[RoboticReveal robot duplicates]]).
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* A few of the [[{{Cliffhanger}} cliffhanger]] endings in classic ''Series/DoctorWho'' invoked this trope, only to then revoke it at the top of the following episode. The most effective example is probably episode 1 of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani The Caves of Androzani]]", in which the Doctor and Peri are executed by a firing squad, with a shot of multiple high-powered rifles blazing away right at the two leads followed by a cut to the closing credits. There's clearly no way out of them being dead--and the audience already ''knew'' that this was Peter Davison's Creator/{{PeterDavison}}'s last story and that the Doctor was therefore definitely going to die, so it could actually have been real this time rather than turning out to be some hoary cliffhanger trick (like, say, that they had been secretly replaced by [[RoboticReveal robot duplicates]]).duplicates]]).
** Two of the more memorable apparent death by cliffhanger moments involved a freeze frame transitioning directly to the closing credits: Sarah falling from a high scaffolding in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]" and the Doctor being forcibly drowned in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E3TheDeadlyAssassin The Deadly Assassin]]". The latter caused a significant amount of controversy, the allegation being made that children would imagine the Doctor being in a state of agonizing suffocation for an entire week until the next episode aired.
** Two of the more memorable apparent death by cliffhanger moments involved a freeze frame transitioning directly to the closing credits: Sarah falling from a high scaffolding in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]" and the Doctor being forcibly drowned in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E3TheDeadlyAssassin The Deadly Assassin]]". The latter caused a significant amount of controversy, the allegation being made that children would imagine the Doctor being in a state of agonizing suffocation for an entire week until the next episode aired.
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* A few of the [[{{Cliffhanger}} cliffhanger]] endings in classic ''Series/DoctorWho'' invoked this trope, only to then revoke it at the top of the following episode. The most effective example is probably episode 1 of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani The Caves of Androzani]]", in which the Doctor and Peri are executed by a firing squad, with a shot of multiple high-powered rifles blazing away right at the two leads followed by a cut to the closing credits. There's clearly no way out of them being dead--and the audience already ''knew'' that this was Peter Davison's last story and that the Doctor was therefore definitely going to die, so it could actually have been real this time rather than turning out to be some hoary cliffhanger trick (like, say, that they had been secretly replaced by [[RoboticReveal robot duplicates]]).
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* Ovelia and possibly Delita in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics''.
** Delita is an established historical character in the setting who had a long and prosperous reign, so no, he didn't die at that point.
** Delita is an established historical character in the setting who had a long and prosperous reign, so no, he didn't die at that point.
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* Ovelia and possibly Delita in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics''.
** Delita is an established historical characterOvelia, in the setting who epilogue to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'', attempts to stab newly-crowned King Delita, only for him to take the knife and kill her instead. Ironically, he had a long truly fallen for her and prosperous reign, so no, he didn't die was bringing her flowers at that point.the time.
** Delita is an established historical character
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