History Main / DeathByIrony

* In the ''Fate'' route of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' Shirou kills Kotomine Kirei with the same Azoth Dagger that the latter gave to Rin 10 years ago. Even more ironic that it also was the same dagger he killed Tokiomi Tohsaka (Rin's father and the one who gave it to ''him'' as a gift in the first place) within ''LightNovel/FateZero''.

* Syndrome's Omnidroid in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' originally rips out its own innards while attempting to kill Mr. Incredible, who has snuck inside the droid, having realized that "the only thing strong enough to penetrate it is itself".

-->'''Puss:''' I call this one [[TemptingFate "The Legend]] [[{{Pride}} Will Never]] [[KilledMidSentence Di-"]] ([[RockFallsEveryoneDies Gets crushed by a church bell]])

* Raised as a horrible possibility in the [[Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory 2013 stage musical]] version of ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'', which ups the infamous LaserGuidedKarma fates of several of the naughty kids (namely, Augustus, Violet, and Veruca [plus her dad]) into potential offstage deaths -- certainly the Oompa-Loompas' songs suggest that's their fates!

-->''Puss'': I call this one [[TemptingFate "The Legend]] [[{{Pride}} Will Never]] [[KilledMidSentence Di-"]] ([[RockFallsEveryoneDies Gets crushed by a church bell]])

-->''Puss'': I call this one [[TemptingFate "The Legend]] [[{{Pride}} Will Never]][[KilledMidSentence Di-]] ([[RockFallsEveryoneDies Gets crushed by a church bell]])

-->''Puss'': I call this one [[TemptingFate The Legend]] [[{{Pride}} will never]][[KilledMidSentence di-]] ([[RockFallsEveryoneDies Gets crushed by a church bell]])

* King Diomedes was given a quartet of fire-breathing, [[ImAHumanitarian man-eating]] [[CarnivoreConfusion mares]] by his father, Ares. Hercules stole these mares, and tamed them by forcing them to eat their former owner.

* [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek Mythology]] is so rife with this trope, one could even say the Greeks lived in the "Irony Age." Case in point: [[MeaningfulName Procrustes]] was an evil innkeeper who made all of his vict–, er, "guests" sleep in an iron bed. If the guest was too short, he would stretch them to fit, too tall, and he lopped off whatever overlapped. When he took in the hero, Theseus, as his guest, Theseus killed him by [[StealthPun forcing him to lie in the bed he made]]. [[TheUnreveal No one knows if he was too short or too tall]], though, one version simply had Theseus chopping the jerk to bits. In another, Theseus finds him too short, ''over''stretches him, and ''then'' cuts him back down to size.
* Another one of Theseus's villainous victims was an elderly bandit, Sciron, who lived on a cliff-side path. Sciron demanded, because of his apparent age, that everyone who passed by must give him his due respect by washing his feet. Of course, when the schmuck bent over to do so, Sciron pushed them off the cliff, where the corpse would be eaten by his partner in crime, a monstrous sea turtle. Guess what happened when he tried to pull this schtick with Theseus.

* A form of posthumous irony occurred with the Nemean Lion, which had an impenetrable pelt. After Hercules strangled it to death, he skinned the beast with its own claws.
* Hercules, himself, fell victim to this trope. He was fatally poisoned by the Hydra's blood when his wife, Deianira, mistakenly used the blood of the centaur, Nessus, whom Hercules slew with his poisoned arrows, as a love potion. To clarify (as much as one can, given the various interpretations of Greek myths), the centaur attempted to kidnap Deianira, and Hercules came to the rescue and slew the centaur with an arrow coated in hydra-blood poison. As he lay dying, Nessus told Deianira to take some of his [the centaur's] blood, and if she ever feared that she was losing Hercules to another woman, use the blood as a love potion to keep Hercules faithful forever. Eventually, Dieanira became concerned that Hercules was straying in his devotion (whether or not he was depends on which writer you choose to believe) and spread the blood on his famous lion-skin cloak. Although Hercules was too strong for the potion/poison to kill outright, the pain did drive him to suicide (effectively), so this story actually contains heavy irony on multiple levels.
* The king Polydectes wooed Perseus' mother, Danae, hoping to marry, then ravish her. In order to get rid of Perseus, who knew of his foul intentions, Polydectes invited Perseus to a lavish banquet where all the guests had to bring a horse, as a gift. As Perseus had no horse to give, he, instead, was tasked with bringing back the head of Medusa, the only mortal Gorgon. Of course, Polydectes assumed that Perseus would either die trying, or live in exile as a failure. He did not anticipate that Perseus would receive divine assistance from Athena, and as a result, [[GoneHorriblyRight paid for it very dearly]].
* [[Theatre/{{Medea}} Jason's life went really went downhill]] after the whole "[[WomanScorned dump the girl who murdered her family members for love of you]]" thing. Years later, when he'd been abandoned by all, he found the rotting wreck of the Argo, the ship that had carried him to glory and now lying forgotten and useless, much like himself. He fell asleep under the wreck, and the prow fell apart and fell on his head, crushing it.

* In Creator/TeamFourStar's ''Let's Play VideoGame/PokemonLeafGreen Nuzlocke'', they had a Fearow they nicknamed Alex. When fighting a random mook in the Fighting Dojo, the mook sent out a Primeape, so they sent Alex out, thinking that because Alex was Flying type, they had a type advantage over the Fighting-type Primeape. Primeape proceeded to use Cross-Chop, which insta-killed Alex. After a moment of stunned silence, they finally realized that Fearow is Flying/NORMAL type, which means that due to Fighting's type-trump over normal, he would take 1× damage from fighting type attacks due to the super-effective attack against normal cancelling out the ineffective attack against flying.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'':

[[caption-width-right:350:See it and laugh. [[YouBastard Then feel terrible for doing so]]. [[CrossesTheLineTwice And then laugh again]].]]

*** Hifumi Yamada: The Ultimate Doujin Author. His execution has him being caught in a [[BeamOWar beam struggle]] between two HumongousMecha; one styled after Monokuma and the other based on Princess Piggles, the star of the MagicalGirl anime that inspired him to become an artist. Unlike the others, this one was actually shown in the manga adaptation for the game's demo.

*** Gundham Tanaka: The Ultimate Animal Breeder who could tame any animal. Killed by a stampede of various wild animals who were in no mood to listen to him. Additionally, he was a {{Chuunibyou}} who believed he had magical powers. He draws a magic circle on the ground and tries to cast a spell to save himself, but it predictably doesn't work. Thirdly, he was a wannabe EvilOverlord and CardCarryingVillain who boasted that he would "fill Hell with ''true'' Hell" when he got there. His past pets carry him up to Heaven instead. [[spoiler: Fitting for his ''true'' nature as a kindhearted animal lover who was committing a HeroicSacrifice (along with his victim Nekomaru) to stop Monokuma from starving the others.]]

*** Kaede Akamatsu: The Ultimate Pianist. Hanged from a rope over a giant piano, and her body is manipulated to play a beginner-level piano piece very badly. After she finally dies from strangulation, the spike-lined keyboard cover of the giant piano slams down onto her.

*** Tsumugi Shirogane: The mastermind of the killing game and die-hard (literally) ''Danganronpa'' fangirl sure would have liked to go out in a grand fashion like Junko did. Instead, she is anticlimactically crushed by a piece of rubble as collateral damage from Keebo destroying the school. Which, in spirit, is exactly how the mastermind who started it all went out: against her own plans for a grandiose death, and out of her control.

* In ''Machinima/FalloutLoreTheStoryteller'', the Nuka-Junkie, a psychopath addicted to [[FantasticDrug Nuka-Cola]] who appears in the Season 1 finale and a mini-story arc spanning two episodes in Season 2, is blown up with a Nuka-Grenade, which is a weapon powered by the very same special edition Nuka-Cola Quantum that he was threatening the Storyteller's life for.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Roman Torchwick's last words are him shouting about how he's going to "do what I do best: [[IronicLastWords lie, cheat, steal, and survive]]" right before he's EatenAlive by a giant Grimm. For extra irony points, Grimm are attracted to negative emotions. Y'know, like the ones that drive you to beat a disarmed girl with a cane while ranting about how [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids idealism sucks]]. It's very likely that Roman summoned that Nevermore ''himself''.
** General Ironwood is obsessed with protecting the city of Atlas, while [[ItsAllAboutMe constantly acting]] like he's the hero who stands a chance against Salem. To this end he commits increasingly immoral actions to the point of [[HeWhoFightsMonsters becoming another villain himself]]. Volume 8 (And his life) ends with Atlas literally falling while left behind by the evacuated citizens and ignored by Salem herself. His fate is to be DyingAlone while crushed by the city he treasured so much.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' animation ''WebAnimation/{{Cupcakes}}'', Rainbow Dash, representing the Element of Loyalty to one's friends, was betrayed and murdered by one of them.

* ''LetsPlay/DoubleLifeSMP'': Grian forbid Scar from going to the Deep Dark due to how dangerous the Warden is. Naturally, Grian lost his final life to a Warden on Day 6, which ends up killing Scar too due to the CantLiveWithoutYou nature of "soulmates". Oops?

* In ''WebVideo/NonePiece'', Luffy gets unreasonably mad at a group of pirate cat neuterers and kills them all by [[FreudWasRight ripping off the front rod of their cat-shaped ship]] and hitting them with it. He even lampshades it.
-->'''Luffy:''' Prepare yourselves for a visually ironic death!
* In Creator/TeamFourStar's ''Let's Play VideoGame/PokemonLeafGreen Nuzlocke'', they had a Fearow they nicknamed Alex. When fighting a random mook in the Fighting Dojo, the mook sent out a Primeape, so they sent Alex out, thinking that because Alex was Flying type, they had a type advantage over the Fighting-type Primeape. Primeape proceeded to use Cross-Chop, which insta-killed Alex. After a moment of stunned silence, they finally realized that Fearow is Flying/NORMAL type, which means that due to Fighting's type-trump over normal, he would take 1x damage from fighting type attacks due to the super-effective attack against normal cancelling out the ineffective attack against flying.

* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': Besides featuring several {{Karmic Death}}s, te fic lampshades that both Serizawa and Vivienne's respective deaths during the events of ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' were this. Vivienne was killed by the very Titan whose containment she was in charge of before it broke free, while Serizawa (who was born at Hiroshima before the bomb dropped) ultimately died in the blast of a nuclear bomb.

*** Gonta Gokuhara: The Ultimate Entomologist is shot many times with a BeeBeeGun firing mechanical wasps, which sting his face leaving it covered in painful-looking welts. A giant, monstrous, clawed insect then impales him through the chest for the killing blow. Monokuma then incinerates both him and the giant insect with a flamethrower.

*** Gundham Tanaka: The Ultimate Animal Breeder who could tame any animal. Killed by a stampede of various wild animals who were in no mood to listen to him. Additionally, he was a {{Chuunibyou}} who believed he had magical powers. He draws a magic circle on the ground and tries to cast a spell to save himself, but it predictably doesn't work. Thirdly, he was a wannabe EvilOverlord and CardCarryingVillain who boasted that he would "fill Hell with ''true'' Hell" when he got there. [[HellOfAHeaven He was carried up to Heaven instead]].

*** Kaito Momota: The Ultimate Astronaut is given a remix of Jin Kirigiri's execution of being blasted off into space, except this time, the rocket goes ''down'', and tunnels through the Earth subjecting him to the extreme heat of the Earth's core before coming out the other side and continuing off into space. Ultimately subverted, since Kaito dies from his illness before the execution finishes, enraging Monokuma, and achieved his dream of seeing space before he died.

** Karsus had initially planned to borrow the power of a lesser god, but at the last second chose Mystryl, [[TooDumbToLive the most powerful]]. He couldn't control that much power and [[OnlyMostlyDead effectively]] killed himself with his own spell.