Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''Film/WhiteWolves'': In both films where the kids end up trapped in the wilderness due to plane crashes, the pilot dies (although the one in the fourth film lasts a while after the crash before succumbing to his wounds). No other characters die in any of the movies.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Added an Extrapower example
Added DiffLines:
* ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerAttackOfDarkforce EXTRAPOWER Attack of Darkforce]]'': The pilot of the airplane that carries the heroes early in the game, unceremoniously killed with a Spy Fly stinger through the back and chest after getting the plane high enough for a mid-air battle.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 130 (click to see context) from:
* On ''Series/Yellowjackets'', the team takes a charter flight to the national championship. The plane crashes somewhere in the Canadian wilderness. Almost all the passengers survive. Neither the pilots nor the flight attendant do, however.
to:
* On ''Series/Yellowjackets'', ''Series/{{Yellowjackets}}'', the team takes a charter flight to the national championship. The plane crashes somewhere in the Canadian wilderness. Almost all the passengers survive. Neither the pilots nor the flight attendant do, however.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* On ''Series/Yellowjackets'', the team takes a charter flight to the national championship. The plane crashes somewhere in the Canadian wilderness. Almost all the passengers survive. Neither the pilots nor the flight attendant do, however.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''Film/{{Greenland}}:'' The pilots of the civilian plane that takes the Garrity family to Greenland die in a crash landing, although all of their passengers survive.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 1,2 (click to see context) :
%% Image selected via crowner in the Image Suggestion thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crowner.php/ImagePickin/ImageSuggestions82
%% Please do not change or remove without starting a new thread.
%% Please do not change or remove without starting a new thread.
%%
%%
%% This list of examples has been alphabetized. Please add your example in the proper place. Thanks!
%%
%%
%%
%% Image selected via crowner in the Image Suggestion thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crowner.php/ImagePickin/ImageSuggestions82
%% Please do not change or remove without starting a new thread.
%%
%%
%% This list of examples has been alphabetized. Please add your example in the proper place. Thanks!
%%
%%
%%
%% Image selected via crowner in the Image Suggestion thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crowner.php/ImagePickin/ImageSuggestions82
%% Please do not change or remove without starting a new thread.
%%
* Subverted in ''Manga/GhostSweeperMikami''. When the plane carrying the heroes to Bloodeau Island is attacked by a swarm of bats in mid-air, the pilots [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere are the first who decide to bail out via parachute.]] Naturally, the plane shortly after crashes into the sea, but everyone survives.
* The fate of any unfortunate muggle that has to transport the good guys in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. Notable examples include Mark from Part II, who died after driving Joseph and Caesar to where the [[BigBad Pillar Men]] were found and got [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe semi-absorbed]] for his efforts; and the poor Speedwagon Foundation helicopter pilots who drove Iggy to join with the rest of the team and were drowned by [[MakingASplash N'Doul]]'s water Stand.
* The fate of any unfortunate muggle that has to transport the good guys in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. Notable examples include Mark from Part II, who died after driving Joseph and Caesar to where the [[BigBad Pillar Men]] were found and got [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe semi-absorbed]] for his efforts; and the poor Speedwagon Foundation helicopter pilots who drove Iggy to join with the rest of the team and were drowned by [[MakingASplash N'Doul]]'s water Stand.
Deleted line(s) 27 (click to see context) :
* The fate of any unfortunate muggle that has to transport the good guys in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. Notable examples include Mark from Part II, who died after driving Joseph and Caesar to where the [[BigBad Pillar Men]] were found and got [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe semi-absorbed]] for his efforts; and the poor Speedwagon Foundation helicopter pilots who drove Iggy to join with the rest of the team and were drowned by [[MakingASplash N'Doul]]'s water Stand.
Deleted line(s) 29 (click to see context) :
* Subverted in ''Manga/GhostSweeperMikami''. When the plane carrying the heroes to Bloodeau Island is attacked by a swarm of bats in mid-air, the pilots [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere are the first who decide to bail out via parachute.]] Naturally, the plane shortly after crashes into the sea, but everyone survives.
Changed line(s) 89,90 (click to see context) from:
* ''[[Literature/BriansSaga Hatchet]]'' features a pilot whose primary purpose in the story is to have a heart attack, leading to Brian crash-landing in the Canadian wilderness.
* The chauffeur in ''The Wizard of Whitechapel'' gets killed off.
* The chauffeur in ''The Wizard of Whitechapel'' gets killed off.
to:
* ''[[Literature/BriansSaga Hatchet]]'' features a pilot whose primary purpose Averted by Literature/{{Biggles}}, who is absolutely sure his naive cousin Algernon Lacey is going to die on his first flight. But Algy proves him wrong and surprises everyone...
** Played rather straighter in ''Biggles Learns To Fly'', when two veteran pilots who seemed to be on their way to becoming main characters are unceremoniously killed off in his first combat engagement to establish [[AnyoneCanDie just how dangerous this posting is]]. Later in thestory same volume Biggles is to have flying with [[NewMeat a heart attack, leading to Brian crash-landing in young lad fresh out of training]] while his regular GuyInBack[[note]]this was before he was flying single-seaters[[/note]] is grounded with a minor injury, and the Canadian wilderness.
* The chauffeur in ''The Wizard of Whitechapel''poor kid gets shot and killed off.before he'd even had time to unpack his kit. Biggles, who's usually a level-headed sort of chap, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge takes this rather badly.]]
** Played rather straighter in ''Biggles Learns To Fly'', when two veteran pilots who seemed to be on their way to becoming main characters are unceremoniously killed off in his first combat engagement to establish [[AnyoneCanDie just how dangerous this posting is]]. Later in the
* The chauffeur in ''The Wizard of Whitechapel''
* Lampshaded in ''Literature/DreamPark'', in which the pilot's "death" in the opening act of the South Seas Treasure Game is dismissed as a "freebie" -- i.e. something written into the Game's plotline from the outset, rather than a casualty counted against the adventurers -- by the leader of the Gamers.
Changed line(s) 97 (click to see context) from:
* In the novelization of ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'', an explosion rips through the spacecraft Lisa Hayes is in during a recon mission, conveniently only affecting the pilot's side of the spacecraft.
to:
* In ''[[Literature/BriansSaga Hatchet]]'' features a pilot whose primary purpose in the novelization of ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'', an explosion rips through story is to have a heart attack, leading to Brian crash-landing in the spacecraft Lisa Hayes is Canadian wilderness.
* Being a charioteer induring a recon mission, conveniently only affecting ''Literature/TheIliad'' gives you the pilot's side approximate life expectancy of a fruit fly. A fruit fly with severe cardiac problems, if you're the spacecraft.driver for a major character.
* Being a charioteer in
Deleted line(s) 99 (click to see context) :
* Lampshaded in ''Literature/DreamPark'', in which the pilot's "death" in the opening act of the South Seas Treasure Game is dismissed as a "freebie" -- i.e. something written into the Game's plotline from the outset, rather than a casualty counted against the adventurers -- by the leader of the Gamers.
Deleted line(s) 101 (click to see context) :
* Being a charioteer in ''Literature/TheIliad'' gives you the approximate life expectancy of a fruit fly. A fruit fly with severe cardiac problems, if you're the driver for a major character.
Changed line(s) 104,105 (click to see context) from:
* Averted by Literature/{{Biggles}}, who is absolutely sure his naive cousin Algernon Lacey is going to die on his first flight. But Algy proves him wrong and surprises everyone...
** Played rather straighter in ''Biggles Learns To Fly'', when two veteran pilots who seemed to be on their way to becoming main characters are unceremoniously killed off in his first combat engagement to establish [[AnyoneCanDie just how dangerous this posting is]]. Later in the same volume Biggles is flying with [[NewMeat a young lad fresh out of training]] while his regular GuyInBack[[note]]this was before he was flying single-seaters[[/note]] is grounded with a minor injury, and the poor kid gets shot and killed before he'd even had time to unpack his kit. Biggles, who's usually a level-headed sort of chap, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge takes this rather badly.]]
** Played rather straighter in ''Biggles Learns To Fly'', when two veteran pilots who seemed to be on their way to becoming main characters are unceremoniously killed off in his first combat engagement to establish [[AnyoneCanDie just how dangerous this posting is]]. Later in the same volume Biggles is flying with [[NewMeat a young lad fresh out of training]] while his regular GuyInBack[[note]]this was before he was flying single-seaters[[/note]] is grounded with a minor injury, and the poor kid gets shot and killed before he'd even had time to unpack his kit. Biggles, who's usually a level-headed sort of chap, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge takes this rather badly.]]
to:
* Averted by Literature/{{Biggles}}, who is absolutely sure his naive cousin Algernon Lacey is going to die on his first flight. But Algy proves him wrong and surprises everyone...
** Played rather straighter in ''Biggles Learns To Fly'', when two veteran pilots who seemed to be on their way to becoming main characters are unceremoniously killed off in his first combat engagement to establish [[AnyoneCanDie just how dangerous this posting is]]. Later inIn the same volume Biggles is flying with [[NewMeat a young lad fresh out novelization of training]] while his regular GuyInBack[[note]]this was before he was flying single-seaters[[/note]] is grounded with a minor injury, and ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'', an explosion rips through the poor kid gets shot and killed before he'd even had time to unpack his kit. Biggles, who's usually spacecraft Lisa Hayes is in during a level-headed sort recon mission, conveniently only affecting the pilot's side of chap, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge takes this rather badly.]]the spacecraft.
** Played rather straighter in ''Biggles Learns To Fly'', when two veteran pilots who seemed to be on their way to becoming main characters are unceremoniously killed off in his first combat engagement to establish [[AnyoneCanDie just how dangerous this posting is]]. Later in
* The chauffeur in ''The Wizard of Whitechapel'' gets killed off.
* At one point in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', Vicki Vale manages to fly a news copter into Arkham City, which is promptly shot down by the Joker's men. Vicki walks out of the crash unscathed, but her pilot is dead.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Carrier}}'', elderly chopper pilot Leonard is killed by a mutant in the opening cutscene. Nobody gets a gold star for guessing that he wouldn't make it, as the poor guy suffers from the character mortality equivalent of an AlphaStrike: It was also supposed to be [[{{Retirony}} his last mission before retirement]].
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals'': Jarman Kell's has a SnipingTheCockpit ability that works on any ground vehicle. However, the vehicle can then be re-comandeered by any infantry unit who then becomes the pilot.
* During an exfil in ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}}'' the VTOL that Nomad is riding in takes a hit to the cockpit that kills the pilot. [[UniversalDriversLicense Nomad is forced to take over.]]
* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'': On emerging from a Rhino transport, Khorne Berserkers will sometimes proudly exclaim that "We need a new pilot, this one is dead!"
* Jock from ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' fits this trope, but you can subvert it by [[spoiler:revealing the mechanic as an impostor and telling him to check his fuel tank.]]
** The same thing can happen to [[spoiler:Faridah]] in ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'', unless you [[spoiler:[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome fight off a massive ambush singlehandely...WHILE protecting the downed chopper.]]]]
*** And you can do it without [[PacifistRun killing anyone]].
* In the first ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon FEAR]]'' game, late in the game your helicopter is shot down and both pilots die in the crash. ''FEAR 2'' averts this, as Manny is [[spoiler: the only member of Dark Signal to survive the whole game besides Beckett]]. In ''FEAR 3'', the pilot of the helicopter gets tossed overboard by the Point Man, but his copilot survives until they return to Fairport, only to get murdered by cultists immediately following the inevitable crash landing.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Carrier}}'', elderly chopper pilot Leonard is killed by a mutant in the opening cutscene. Nobody gets a gold star for guessing that he wouldn't make it, as the poor guy suffers from the character mortality equivalent of an AlphaStrike: It was also supposed to be [[{{Retirony}} his last mission before retirement]].
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals'': Jarman Kell's has a SnipingTheCockpit ability that works on any ground vehicle. However, the vehicle can then be re-comandeered by any infantry unit who then becomes the pilot.
* During an exfil in ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}}'' the VTOL that Nomad is riding in takes a hit to the cockpit that kills the pilot. [[UniversalDriversLicense Nomad is forced to take over.]]
* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'': On emerging from a Rhino transport, Khorne Berserkers will sometimes proudly exclaim that "We need a new pilot, this one is dead!"
* Jock from ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' fits this trope, but you can subvert it by [[spoiler:revealing the mechanic as an impostor and telling him to check his fuel tank.]]
** The same thing can happen to [[spoiler:Faridah]] in ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'', unless you [[spoiler:[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome fight off a massive ambush singlehandely...WHILE protecting the downed chopper.]]]]
*** And you can do it without [[PacifistRun killing anyone]].
* In the first ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon FEAR]]'' game, late in the game your helicopter is shot down and both pilots die in the crash. ''FEAR 2'' averts this, as Manny is [[spoiler: the only member of Dark Signal to survive the whole game besides Beckett]]. In ''FEAR 3'', the pilot of the helicopter gets tossed overboard by the Point Man, but his copilot survives until they return to Fairport, only to get murdered by cultists immediately following the inevitable crash landing.
Changed line(s) 130 (click to see context) from:
* [[VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram Kerbals]] tend to end up as these, especially in the early stages of the game.
to:
* [[VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram Kerbals]] In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', Michael and Franklin can opt to use a helicopter in "The Bureau Raid" mission to infiltrate the FIB headquarters from above. In the ensuing gunfight, the helicopter gets shot down and crashes into the side of the building. To add insult to injury, the two find the wreckage of the helicopter with the pilot inside, seconds before it falls out of the building to keep the trope fully enforced.
--> '''Michael''': Well, he didn't make it.\\
'''Franklin''': You sure, man? 'Cause me might still be ali... Whoa!\\
''(The helicopter falls out of the building)''\\
'''Michael''': Nope, he didn't make it.\\
'''Franklin''': Oh, you funny, huh, motherfucker?
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'':
** ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'' plays it straight with the pilot ([[RedShirt and the rest of the passengers]]) of the escape pod in which you leave the ''[[CoolStarship Pillar of Autumn]]''. It then averts it with [[ReportingNames "Foehammer"]], a Pelican pilot who [[MauveShirt actually survives until the final level]].
** In ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST'', the nameless pilot of the Pelican that Mickey and Dutch are on is killed in the crash, but everyone else survives unharmed.
** ''VideoGame/Halo2'': In "Outskirts", when the Pelican that Chief is aboard is shot down by a Scarab, the pilots are not among the crash's survivors. Later, the marine sergeant in charge of Second Squad mentions that their pilots didn't make it.
** Averted in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'', ''[[VideoGame/{{Halo 4}} Spartan Ops]]'', and ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians''; Hocus, T.J. Murphy, and Mahkee 'Chava all survive.
* In ''Videogame/HopkinsFBI'', early on, the player calls a helicopter for some bank robbers. They kill the pilot.
* In ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram'', Kerbals tend to end up as these, especially in the early stages of thegame.game.
* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' and ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' involve many pilots being zombified by the PlayerParty (carriers of the virus) and summarily killed, though these deaths are always offscreen. The only exception is in ''Dead Air'', in which a passenger jet crashes into the ground in front of the PlayerParty, with appropriate reactions from each character.
* Averted in the second intro to ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', where Chun Li is shown saving the pilot of her helicopter when Super-Skrull brings it down.
--> '''Michael''': Well, he didn't make it.\\
'''Franklin''': You sure, man? 'Cause me might still be ali... Whoa!\\
''(The helicopter falls out of the building)''\\
'''Michael''': Nope, he didn't make it.\\
'''Franklin''': Oh, you funny, huh, motherfucker?
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'':
** ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'' plays it straight with the pilot ([[RedShirt and the rest of the passengers]]) of the escape pod in which you leave the ''[[CoolStarship Pillar of Autumn]]''. It then averts it with [[ReportingNames "Foehammer"]], a Pelican pilot who [[MauveShirt actually survives until the final level]].
** In ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST'', the nameless pilot of the Pelican that Mickey and Dutch are on is killed in the crash, but everyone else survives unharmed.
** ''VideoGame/Halo2'': In "Outskirts", when the Pelican that Chief is aboard is shot down by a Scarab, the pilots are not among the crash's survivors. Later, the marine sergeant in charge of Second Squad mentions that their pilots didn't make it.
** Averted in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'', ''[[VideoGame/{{Halo 4}} Spartan Ops]]'', and ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians''; Hocus, T.J. Murphy, and Mahkee 'Chava all survive.
* In ''Videogame/HopkinsFBI'', early on, the player calls a helicopter for some bank robbers. They kill the pilot.
* In ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram'', Kerbals tend to end up as these, especially in the early stages of the
* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' and ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' involve many pilots being zombified by the PlayerParty (carriers of the virus) and summarily killed, though these deaths are always offscreen. The only exception is in ''Dead Air'', in which a passenger jet crashes into the ground in front of the PlayerParty, with appropriate reactions from each character.
* Averted in the second intro to ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', where Chun Li is shown saving the pilot of her helicopter when Super-Skrull brings it down.
Deleted line(s) 134,137 (click to see context) :
* Jock from ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' fits this trope, but you can subvert it by [[spoiler:revealing the mechanic as an impostor and telling him to check his fuel tank.]]
** The same thing can happen to [[spoiler:Faridah]] in ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'', unless you [[spoiler:[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome fight off a massive ambush singlehandely...WHILE protecting the downed chopper.]]]]
*** And you can do it without [[PacifistRun killing anyone]].
* In the opening scene of ''VideoGame/ReturnToMysteriousIsland 2'', the rescue chopper from the previous game's final scene crashes into the sea, killing its pilot.
** The same thing can happen to [[spoiler:Faridah]] in ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'', unless you [[spoiler:[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome fight off a massive ambush singlehandely...WHILE protecting the downed chopper.]]]]
*** And you can do it without [[PacifistRun killing anyone]].
* In the opening scene of ''VideoGame/ReturnToMysteriousIsland 2'', the rescue chopper from the previous game's final scene crashes into the sea, killing its pilot.
Changed line(s) 140 (click to see context) from:
* In ''Videogame/HopkinsFBI'', early on, the player calls a helicopter for some bank robbers. They kill the pilot.
to:
* In ''Videogame/HopkinsFBI'', early on, ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'' has a mission taking place on UsefulNotes/AirForceOne, so this trope is almost obligatory; after their deaths, you have to turn on the player calls autopilot to avert a helicopter for some bank robbers. They kill [[NonStandardGameOver mission-ending plane crash]]. However, if you're fast enough, you can actually save the pilot.pilots, and they'll stabilize the plane themselves.
* In the opening scene of ''VideoGame/ReturnToMysteriousIsland 2'', the rescue chopper from the previous game's final scene crashes into the sea, killing its pilot.
* In an FMV in ''VideoGame/TombRaiderIII'', the pilot who brought Lara to Antarctica barely manages to land in the blizzard, only to drown seconds later when ice suddenly breaks under the helicopter.
* In an FMV in ''VideoGame/TombRaiderIII'', the pilot who brought Lara to Antarctica barely manages to land in the blizzard, only to drown seconds later when ice suddenly breaks under the helicopter.
Deleted line(s) 143,163 (click to see context) :
* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'': On emerging from a Rhino transport, Khorne Berserkers will sometimes proudly exclaim that "We need a new pilot, this one is dead!"
* In ''VideoGame/{{Carrier}}'', elderly chopper pilot Leonard is killed by a mutant in the opening cutscene. Nobody gets a gold star for guessing that he wouldn't make it, as the poor guy suffers from the character mortality equivalent of an AlphaStrike: It was also supposed to be [[{{Retirony}} his last mission before retirement]].
* In the first ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon FEAR]]'' game, late in the game your helicopter is shot down and both pilots die in the crash. ''FEAR 2'' averts this, as Manny is [[spoiler: the only member of Dark Signal to survive the whole game besides Beckett]]. In ''FEAR 3'', the pilot of the helicopter gets tossed overboard by the Point Man, but his copilot survives until they return to Fairport, only to get murdered by cultists immediately following the inevitable crash landing.
* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' and ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' involve many pilots being zombified by the PlayerParty (carriers of the virus) and summarily killed, though these deaths are always offscreen. The only exception is in ''Dead Air'', in which a passenger jet crashes into the ground in front of the PlayerParty, with appropriate reactions from each character.
* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', Michael and Franklin can opt to use a helicopter in "The Bureau Raid" mission to infiltrate the FIB headquarters from above. In the ensuing gunfight, the helicopter gets shot down and crashes into the side of the building. To add insult to injury, the two find the wreckage of the helicopter with the pilot inside, seconds before it falls out of the building to keep the trope fully enforced.
--> '''Michael''': Well, he didn't make it.\\
'''Franklin''': You sure, man? 'Cause me might still be ali... Whoa!\\
''(The helicopter falls out of the building)''\\
'''Michael''': Nope, he didn't make it.\\
'''Franklin''': Oh, you funny, huh, motherfucker?
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'':
** ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'' plays it straight with the pilot ([[RedShirt and the rest of the passengers]]) of the escape pod in which you leave the ''[[CoolStarship Pillar of Autumn]]''. It then averts it with [[ReportingNames "Foehammer"]], a Pelican pilot who [[MauveShirt actually survives until the final level]].
** In ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST'', the nameless pilot of the Pelican that Mickey and Dutch are on is killed in the crash, but everyone else survives unharmed.
** ''VideoGame/Halo2'': In "Outskirts", when the Pelican that Chief is aboard is shot down by a Scarab, the pilots are not among the crash's survivors. Later, the marine sergeant in charge of Second Squad mentions that their pilots didn't make it.
** Averted in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'', ''[[VideoGame/{{Halo 4}} Spartan Ops]]'', and ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians''; Hocus, T.J. Murphy, and Mahkee 'Chava all survive.
* Averted in the second intro to ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', where Chun Li is shown saving the pilot of her helicopter when Super-Skrull brings it down.
* At one point in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', Vicki Vale manages to fly a news copter into Arkham City, which is promptly shot down by the Joker's men. Vicki walks out of the crash unscathed, but her pilot is dead.
* During an exfil in ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}}'' the VTOL that Nomad is riding in takes a hit to the cockpit that kills the pilot. [[UniversalDriversLicense Nomad is forced to take over.]]
* ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'' has a mission taking place on UsefulNotes/AirForceOne, so this trope is almost obligatory; after their deaths, you have to turn on the autopilot to avert a [[NonStandardGameOver mission-ending plane crash]]. However, if you're fast enough, you can actually save the pilots, and they'll stabilize the plane themselves.
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals'': Jarman Kell's has a SnipingTheCockpit ability that works on any ground vehicle. However, the vehicle can then be re-comandeered by any infantry unit who then becomes the pilot.
* In an FMV in ''VideoGame/TombRaiderIII'', the pilot who brought Lara to Antarctica barely manages to land in the blizzard, only to drown seconds later when ice suddenly breaks under the helicopter.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Carrier}}'', elderly chopper pilot Leonard is killed by a mutant in the opening cutscene. Nobody gets a gold star for guessing that he wouldn't make it, as the poor guy suffers from the character mortality equivalent of an AlphaStrike: It was also supposed to be [[{{Retirony}} his last mission before retirement]].
* In the first ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon FEAR]]'' game, late in the game your helicopter is shot down and both pilots die in the crash. ''FEAR 2'' averts this, as Manny is [[spoiler: the only member of Dark Signal to survive the whole game besides Beckett]]. In ''FEAR 3'', the pilot of the helicopter gets tossed overboard by the Point Man, but his copilot survives until they return to Fairport, only to get murdered by cultists immediately following the inevitable crash landing.
* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' and ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' involve many pilots being zombified by the PlayerParty (carriers of the virus) and summarily killed, though these deaths are always offscreen. The only exception is in ''Dead Air'', in which a passenger jet crashes into the ground in front of the PlayerParty, with appropriate reactions from each character.
* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', Michael and Franklin can opt to use a helicopter in "The Bureau Raid" mission to infiltrate the FIB headquarters from above. In the ensuing gunfight, the helicopter gets shot down and crashes into the side of the building. To add insult to injury, the two find the wreckage of the helicopter with the pilot inside, seconds before it falls out of the building to keep the trope fully enforced.
--> '''Michael''': Well, he didn't make it.\\
'''Franklin''': You sure, man? 'Cause me might still be ali... Whoa!\\
''(The helicopter falls out of the building)''\\
'''Michael''': Nope, he didn't make it.\\
'''Franklin''': Oh, you funny, huh, motherfucker?
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'':
** ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'' plays it straight with the pilot ([[RedShirt and the rest of the passengers]]) of the escape pod in which you leave the ''[[CoolStarship Pillar of Autumn]]''. It then averts it with [[ReportingNames "Foehammer"]], a Pelican pilot who [[MauveShirt actually survives until the final level]].
** In ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST'', the nameless pilot of the Pelican that Mickey and Dutch are on is killed in the crash, but everyone else survives unharmed.
** ''VideoGame/Halo2'': In "Outskirts", when the Pelican that Chief is aboard is shot down by a Scarab, the pilots are not among the crash's survivors. Later, the marine sergeant in charge of Second Squad mentions that their pilots didn't make it.
** Averted in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'', ''[[VideoGame/{{Halo 4}} Spartan Ops]]'', and ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians''; Hocus, T.J. Murphy, and Mahkee 'Chava all survive.
* Averted in the second intro to ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', where Chun Li is shown saving the pilot of her helicopter when Super-Skrull brings it down.
* At one point in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', Vicki Vale manages to fly a news copter into Arkham City, which is promptly shot down by the Joker's men. Vicki walks out of the crash unscathed, but her pilot is dead.
* During an exfil in ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}}'' the VTOL that Nomad is riding in takes a hit to the cockpit that kills the pilot. [[UniversalDriversLicense Nomad is forced to take over.]]
* ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'' has a mission taking place on UsefulNotes/AirForceOne, so this trope is almost obligatory; after their deaths, you have to turn on the autopilot to avert a [[NonStandardGameOver mission-ending plane crash]]. However, if you're fast enough, you can actually save the pilots, and they'll stabilize the plane themselves.
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals'': Jarman Kell's has a SnipingTheCockpit ability that works on any ground vehicle. However, the vehicle can then be re-comandeered by any infantry unit who then becomes the pilot.
* In an FMV in ''VideoGame/TombRaiderIII'', the pilot who brought Lara to Antarctica barely manages to land in the blizzard, only to drown seconds later when ice suddenly breaks under the helicopter.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', Michael and Franklin can opt to use a helicopter in "The Bureau Raid" mission to infiltrate the FIB headquarters from above. In the ensuing gunfight, the helicopter gets shot down and crashes into the side of the building. To add insult to injury, the two find the wreckage of the helicopter with the pilot inside, seconds before it falls out of the building to keep the trope fully enforced.
--> '''Michael''': Well, he didn't make it.\\
'''Franklin''': You sure, man? 'Cause me might still be ali... Whoa!\\
''(The helicopter falls out of the building)''\\
'''Michael''': Nope, he didn't make it.\\
'''Franklin''': Oh, you funny, huh, motherfucker?
--> '''Michael''': Well, he didn't make it.\\
'''Franklin''': You sure, man? 'Cause me might still be ali... Whoa!\\
''(The helicopter falls out of the building)''\\
'''Michael''': Nope, he didn't make it.\\
'''Franklin''': Oh, you funny, huh, motherfucker?
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* On ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', especially after Wesley Crusher departs halfway through the series, the flight controller position on the bridge is held by a rotating roster of {{Red Shirt}}s. As the only major station on the bridge not operated by a series regular with PlotArmor, they're the most likely of the bridge crew to get the RedShirt treatment.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''Film/FantasyIsland2020'': Just as the plane is coming in to pick up the guests, the MalevolentMaskedMen from JD and Brax's fantasy blow it up with an RPG: taking out the plane and the pilot.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
Not to be confused with FailedPilotEpisode.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
That’s not an example, the pilot needs to have been killed while carrying passengers who need to survive
Deleted line(s) 160,162 (click to see context) :
[[folder:Real Life]]
* On average, a Sopwith Camel pilot in UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne died within two weeks.
[[/folder]]
* On average, a Sopwith Camel pilot in UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne died within two weeks.
[[/folder]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 40 (click to see context) from:
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': This was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen going to happen]] in an earlier version to Snug, who was the pilot that flew Helen, Dash, and Violet to Nomanisan Island before being shot down with the plane. In the end, they wrote him out entirely except as a voice on the other end of a phone that Helen borrows the plane from (which she then flies herself) because they felt there wasn't time to develop Snug into [[SacrificialLion someone the audience would care about]]. This is why Helen averts her gaze as the plane is falling in the final cut.
to:
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': This was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen going to happen]] in an earlier version to Snug, [[AlwaysKnowAPilot who was the pilot that flew Helen, Dash, and Violet to Nomanisan Island Island]] before being shot down with the plane. In the end, they wrote him out entirely except as a voice on the other end of a phone that Helen borrows the plane from (which she then flies herself) because they felt there wasn't time to develop Snug into [[SacrificialLion someone the audience would care about]]. This is why Helen averts her gaze as the plane is falling in the final cut.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** Happened to the first bus driver who apparently was a friend of Jack having fallen victim to the explosion by Payne to get Jack's attention.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] and especially [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]] material paint the average Imperial pilot as disposable, as the standard TIE Fighter lacks a hyperdrive, shields, and even an ejection seat. The few pilots who survive more than a handful of missions are to be feared in combat.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* ''Film/DeadtimeStoriesVolume1'': In "Valley of the Shadow", the boat pilot is killed by the first volley of arrows fired by the hostile natives.
Deleted line(s) 54 (click to see context) :
* ''Film/DeadtimeStoriesVolume1'': In "Valley of the Shadow", the boat pilot is killed by the first volley of arrows fired by the hostile natives.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''Film/DeadtimeStoriesVolume1'': In "Valley of the Shadow", the boat pilot is killed by the first volley of arrows fired by the hostile natives.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 40 (click to see context) from:
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': This was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen going to happen]] in an earlier version to Snug, who was the pilot that flew Helen, Dash, and Violet to Nomanisan Island and going down with the plane. In the end, they wrote him out entirely except as a voice on the other end of a phone, and had Helen fly the plane herself, because they felt there wasn't time to develop Snug into [[SacrificialLion someone the audience would care about]]. This is why Helen looks down as the plane is falling in the final cut.
to:
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': This was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen going to happen]] in an earlier version to Snug, who was the pilot that flew Helen, Dash, and Violet to Nomanisan Island and going before being shot down with the plane. In the end, they wrote him out entirely except as a voice on the other end of a phone, and had phone that Helen fly borrows the plane herself, from (which she then flies herself) because they felt there wasn't time to develop Snug into [[SacrificialLion someone the audience would care about]]. This is why Helen looks down averts her gaze as the plane is falling in the final cut.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 134 (click to see context) from:
* Happens repeatedly in the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' game series, as so far we've lost Brad and Kevin in part 1, two unnamed pilots in parts 2 and 3, another anonymous pilot and Mike in part 4, Kirk and Doug in part 5, and a couple more nameless pilots in part 6. Main character Chris Redfield is a notable aversion, as his backstory has him as a former Air Force pilot.
to:
* Happens repeatedly in the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' game series, as so far we've lost Brad and Kevin in part 1, two unnamed pilots in parts 2 and 3, 3 (along with Brad from part 1, although he's not behind a cockpit when he bites it), another anonymous pilot and Mike in part 4, Kirk and Doug in part 5, and a couple more nameless pilots in part 6. Main character Chris Redfield is a notable aversion, as his backstory has him as a former Air Force pilot.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Edited indentation to differentiate James Bond examples by film.
Changed line(s) 61,63 (click to see context) from:
** He then hypocritically chastises Bond for displaying this trope himself when Bond throws the man's body out of the chopper in order to take over.
--->"Really? Have you no respect for the dead?"
** Later in the film, Melina Havelock (the BondGirl) and Bond leave three crew members on her yacht while they go scuba diving. When they return, they're captured by the bad guys, who inform them that they've killed them.
--->"Really? Have you no respect for the dead?"
** Later in the film, Melina Havelock (the BondGirl) and Bond leave three crew members on her yacht while they go scuba diving. When they return, they're captured by the bad guys, who inform them that they've killed them.
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 66 (click to see context) from:
* The villains in ''Film/TheLadyVanishes'' usually [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy can't aim worth crap]], but they take out the train conductors with one shot apiece, leaving the hero to try and run the train himself.
to:
* The villains in ''Film/TheLadyVanishes'' usually [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy can't aim worth crap]], but they take out the train conductors engineers with one shot apiece, leaving the hero to try and run the train himself.
Changed line(s) 71 (click to see context) from:
* ''Film/{{Speed}}'': A train conductor is casually bumped off by the villian. Taken to its most extreme when a group of post-crash onlookers are cooing over Jack and Annie making out, and nobody even notices his dead body just a few feet away.
to:
* ''Film/{{Speed}}'': A train conductor motorman is casually bumped off by the villian. Taken to its most extreme when a group of post-crash onlookers are cooing over Jack and Annie making out, and nobody even notices his dead body just a few feet away.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 65 (click to see context) from:
* In ''Film/TheHatefulEight'' [[spiler:coachman O.B.]] has the dubious honor to be the first on-screen victim.
to:
* In ''Film/TheHatefulEight'' [[spiler:coachman [[spoiler:coachman O.B.]] has the dubious honor to be the first on-screen victim.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* In ''Film/TheHatefulEight'' [[spiler:coachman O.B.]] has the dubious honor to be the first on-screen victim.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 149 (click to see context) from:
* An FMV in ''VideoGame/TombRaiderIII'' shows Lara arriving in Antarctica, but the pilot sank with the helicopter into the freezing water after a rough landing.
to:
* An In an FMV in ''VideoGame/TombRaiderIII'' shows Lara arriving in Antarctica, but ''VideoGame/TombRaiderIII'', the pilot sank with who brought Lara to Antarctica barely manages to land in the helicopter into blizzard, only to drown seconds later when ice suddenly breaks under the freezing water after a rough landing. helicopter.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 149 (click to see context) from:
* The FMV of ''VideoGame/TombRaiderIII'' has Lara arriving in Antarctica, but the pilot drown with the helicopter into the freezing water after a rough landing.
to:
* The An FMV of in ''VideoGame/TombRaiderIII'' has shows Lara arriving in Antarctica, but the pilot drown sank with the helicopter into the freezing water after a rough landing.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* The FMV of ''VideoGame/TombRaiderIII'' has Lara arriving in Antarctica, but the pilot drown with the helicopter into the freezing water after a rough landing.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 21 (click to see context) :
Changed line(s) 35,37 (click to see context) from:
[[folder:Fan Works]]
* Eliza Ingrid's driver in ''Webcomic/HaloAFistfulOfArrows''
to:
%%[[folder:Fan Works]]
%%[[/folder]]
[[folder:Films — Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': This was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen going to happen]] in an earlier version to Snug, who was the pilot that flew Helen, Dash, and Violet to Nomanisan Island and going down with the plane. In the end, they wrote him out entirely except as a voice on the other end of a phone, and had Helen fly the plane herself, because they felt there wasn't time to develop Snug into [[SacrificialLion someone the audience would care about]]. This is why Helen looks down as the plane is falling in the final cut.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan|2013}}'' (2013), the pilots of both Greystoke's and Clayton's choppers perish with their respective crafts (and employers).
Changed line(s) 40,51 (click to see context) from:
[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': This was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen going to happen]] in an earlier version to Snug, who was the pilot that flew Helen, Dash, and Violet to Nomanisan Island and going down with the plane. In the end, they wrote him out entirely except as a voice on the other end of a phone, and had Helen fly the plane herself, because they felt there wasn't time to develop Snug into [[SacrificialLion someone the audience would care about.]] This is why Helen looks down as the plane is falling in the final cut.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan|2013}}'' (2013), the pilots of both Greystoke's and Clayton's choppers perish with their respective crafts (and employers).
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* The helicopter pilot in ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}''.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** Luke's snowspeeder copilot in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. Instantly killed by blaster fire and crushed by an AT-AT's foot. Technically an [[InvertedTrope inversion]], actually, since Luke is the pilot, Dak is the gunner.
** The ship that carried Obi-Wan and Qui Gon Jinn to the Trade Federation's mothership in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' gets blasted, with its two pilots inside.
** In ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', when Obi-Wan and Anakin take a clone-piloted gunship in pursuit of Dooku, said gunship is blasted into flaming scrap within three seconds of them being dropped off. All this after not doing a thing to shoot down either Dooku or the Geonosian fighters.
** Obi-Wan's droid copilot in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' might count since R units have some personality on their own.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': This was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen going to happen]] in an earlier version to Snug, who was the pilot that flew Helen, Dash, and Violet to Nomanisan Island and going down with the plane. In the end, they wrote him out entirely except as a voice on the other end of a phone, and had Helen fly the plane herself, because they felt there wasn't time to develop Snug into [[SacrificialLion someone the audience would care about.]] This is why Helen looks down as the plane is falling in the final cut.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan|2013}}'' (2013), the pilots of both Greystoke's and Clayton's choppers perish with their respective crafts (and employers).
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* The helicopter pilot in ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}''.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** Luke's snowspeeder copilot in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. Instantly killed by blaster fire and crushed by an AT-AT's foot. Technically an [[InvertedTrope inversion]], actually, since Luke is the pilot, Dak is the gunner.
** The ship that carried Obi-Wan and Qui Gon Jinn to the Trade Federation's mothership in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' gets blasted, with its two pilots inside.
** In ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', when Obi-Wan and Anakin take a clone-piloted gunship in pursuit of Dooku, said gunship is blasted into flaming scrap within three seconds of them being dropped off. All this after not doing a thing to shoot down either Dooku or the Geonosian fighters.
** Obi-Wan's droid copilot in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' might count since R units have some personality on their own.
to:
[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': This was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen going to happen]] in an earlier version to Snug, who was the pilot that flew Helen, Dash, and Violet to Nomanisan Island and going down with the plane. In the end, they wrote him out entirely except as a voice on the other end of a phone, and had Helen fly the plane herself, because they felt there wasn't time to develop Snug into [[SacrificialLion someone the audience would care about.]] This is why Helen looks down as the plane is falling in the final cut.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan|2013}}'' (2013), the pilots of both Greystoke's and Clayton's choppers perish with their respective crafts (and employers).
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* The helicopter pilot in ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}''.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** Luke's snowspeeder copilot in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. Instantly killed by blaster fire and crushed by an AT-AT's foot. Technically an [[InvertedTrope inversion]], actually, since Luke is the pilot, Dak is the gunner.
** The ship that carried Obi-Wan and Qui Gon Jinn to the Trade Federation's mothership in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' gets blasted, with its two pilots inside.
** In ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', when Obi-Wan and Anakin take a clone-piloted gunship in pursuit of Dooku, said gunship is blasted into flaming scrap within three seconds of them being dropped off. All this after not doing a thing to shoot down either Dooku or the Geonosian fighters.
** Obi-Wan's droid copilot in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' might count since R units have some personality on their own.— Live-Action]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': This was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen going to happen]] in an earlier version to Snug, who was the pilot that flew Helen, Dash, and Violet to Nomanisan Island and going down with the plane. In the end, they wrote him out entirely except as a voice on the other end of a phone, and had Helen fly the plane herself, because they felt there wasn't time to develop Snug into [[SacrificialLion someone the audience would care about.]] This is why Helen looks down as the plane is falling in the final cut.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan|2013}}'' (2013), the pilots of both Greystoke's and Clayton's choppers perish with their respective crafts (and employers).
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* The helicopter pilot in ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}''.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** Luke's snowspeeder copilot in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. Instantly killed by blaster fire and crushed by an AT-AT's foot. Technically an [[InvertedTrope inversion]], actually, since Luke is the pilot, Dak is the gunner.
** The ship that carried Obi-Wan and Qui Gon Jinn to the Trade Federation's mothership in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' gets blasted, with its two pilots inside.
** In ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', when Obi-Wan and Anakin take a clone-piloted gunship in pursuit of Dooku, said gunship is blasted into flaming scrap within three seconds of them being dropped off. All this after not doing a thing to shoot down either Dooku or the Geonosian fighters.
** Obi-Wan's droid copilot in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' might count since R units have some personality on their own.
Changed line(s) 55,57 (click to see context) from:
* ''Film/TheMummy1999'': Happens to the old war pilot who was suffering from ennui (an established DeathSeeker who [[GoOutWithASmile died with a smile]] because he went out in the cockpit), but not in the second.
* The "who's gonna fly the plane?" thingy is subverted by Castor Troy in ''Film/FaceOff''. When Archer shoots the plane's engines, they short out and set off the engine fire alarm. Castor promptly executes the pilot... but it turns out he can't get the bird in the air either (as the poor pilot sensibly tried to explain, ''an engine was out''), so he instead veers the plane off the runway... and into a hangar.
* Averted in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', in which the superfluous pilots duck out of the story by bailing out of the plane rather than getting killed.
* The "who's gonna fly the plane?" thingy is subverted by Castor Troy in ''Film/FaceOff''. When Archer shoots the plane's engines, they short out and set off the engine fire alarm. Castor promptly executes the pilot... but it turns out he can't get the bird in the air either (as the poor pilot sensibly tried to explain, ''an engine was out''), so he instead veers the plane off the runway... and into a hangar.
* Averted in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', in which the superfluous pilots duck out of the story by bailing out of the plane rather than getting killed.
to:
* ''Film/TheMummy1999'': Happens to In ''Film/{{Airplane}}'', the old war pilot who was suffering from ennui (an established DeathSeeker who [[GoOutWithASmile died with a smile]] because he went out in the cockpit), but not in the second.
* The "who's gonna fly the plane?" thingy is subverted by Castor Troy in ''Film/FaceOff''. When Archer shoots the plane's engines, they short out and set off the engine fire alarm. Castor promptly executes the pilot... but it turns out he can't get the bird in the air either (as the poor pilot sensibly tried to explain, ''an engine was out''), so he instead veers the plane off the runway... and into a hangar.
* Averted in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', in which the superfluous pilots duck outentire cockpit crew (plus many of the story by bailing passengers) is taken out of by food poisoning during the plane rather than flight, setting up the main conflict of getting killed.everyone safely back on the ground.
* In ''Film/{{Airport}}'' (1975), the pilot of a private plane suffers a fatal heart attack. This causes him to crash into the cockpit of the airliner, killing the first officer and flight engineer and blinding the captain who then falls unconscious. This puts the chief stewardess in a CrashCourseLanding situation.
* The "who's gonna fly the plane?" thingy is subverted by Castor Troy in ''Film/FaceOff''. When Archer shoots the plane's engines, they short out and set off the engine fire alarm. Castor promptly executes the pilot... but it turns out he can't get the bird in the air either (as the poor pilot sensibly tried to explain, ''an engine was out''), so he instead veers the plane off the runway... and into a hangar.
* Averted in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', in which the superfluous pilots duck out
* In ''Film/{{Airport}}'' (1975), the pilot of a private plane suffers a fatal heart attack. This causes him to crash into the cockpit of the airliner, killing the first officer and flight engineer and blinding the captain who then falls unconscious. This puts the chief stewardess in a CrashCourseLanding situation.
Changed line(s) 59,61 (click to see context) from:
* In ''Film/TheRocketeer'', as Neville Sinclair is making his escape aboard a Nazi zeppelin, the captain tells Sinclair that their pilot is the best in Germany, when Lothar's unconscious body knocks the pilot out of the zeppelin.
* ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'': In TheTeaser, the pilot of the helicopter Bond is in gets electrocuted in mid-flight.
-->'''[[spoiler:Blofeld]]:''' Don't concern yourself with the pilot. One of my less useful people.
* ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'': In TheTeaser, the pilot of the helicopter Bond is in gets electrocuted in mid-flight.
-->'''[[spoiler:Blofeld]]:''' Don't concern yourself with the pilot. One of my less useful people.
to:
* In ''Film/TheRocketeer'', as Neville Sinclair is making his escape aboard a Nazi zeppelin, ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'': After the captain tells Sinclair that their Independence shuttle suffers critical damage, both its pilots are blown out into space after the windshield is shattered by asteroid debris. On the other hand, both Freedom pilots survive the movie.
%%* The helicopter pilotis in ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}''.
* Near thebest in Germany, when Lothar's unconscious body knocks end of ''Film/ExecutiveDecision'', the terrorist leader Hassan is wounded and cornered by the protagonists. In desperation, he sweeps the cockpit with his submachinegun, killing the pilots, hoping that the crash sets off the bomb, filled with a deadly nerve gas. Hassan is killed moments later, and Dr. Grant (not [[Film/JurassicPark that one]]) manages to land the plane successfully. Note that this is pre-9/11, before cockpit doors were made bulletproof.
* The "who's gonna fly the plane?" thingy is subverted by Castor Troy in ''Film/FaceOff''. When Archer shoots the plane's engines, they short out and set off the engine fire alarm. Castor promptly executes the pilot... but it turns out he can't get the bird in the air either (as the poor pilot sensibly tried to explain, ''an engine was out''), so he instead veers the plane off the runway... and into a hangar.
* In ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'', during Ming's initial attack on Earth, the pilots of the small plane Flash and Dale are flying in are killed by a meteorite, forcing Flash to try to land the plane. By sheer coincidence, he plows the plane right through Zarkov's lab.
%%* The Jeep driver in ''Film/TheHappening''. Bizarrely, he was played by Brian O'Halloran, whom you may remember as [[Film/{{Clerks}} Dante Hicks]].
* Averted in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', in which the superfluous pilots duck out of thezeppelin.
story by bailing out of the plane rather than getting killed.
* ''Film/JamesBond'':
** ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'': In TheTeaser, the pilot of the helicopter Bond is in gets electrocuted in mid-flight.
-->'''[[spoiler:Blofeld]]:''' --->'''[[spoiler:Blofeld]]:''' Don't concern yourself with the pilot. One of my less useful people.
%%* The helicopter pilot
* Near the
* The "who's gonna fly the plane?" thingy is subverted by Castor Troy in ''Film/FaceOff''. When Archer shoots the plane's engines, they short out and set off the engine fire alarm. Castor promptly executes the pilot... but it turns out he can't get the bird in the air either (as the poor pilot sensibly tried to explain, ''an engine was out''), so he instead veers the plane off the runway... and into a hangar.
* In ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'', during Ming's initial attack on Earth, the pilots of the small plane Flash and Dale are flying in are killed by a meteorite, forcing Flash to try to land the plane. By sheer coincidence, he plows the plane right through Zarkov's lab.
%%* The Jeep driver in ''Film/TheHappening''. Bizarrely, he was played by Brian O'Halloran, whom you may remember as [[Film/{{Clerks}} Dante Hicks]].
* Averted in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', in which the superfluous pilots duck out of the
* ''Film/JamesBond'':
** ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'': In TheTeaser, the pilot of the helicopter Bond is in gets electrocuted in mid-flight.
Changed line(s) 63 (click to see context) from:
--> "Really? Have you no respect for the dead?"
to:
Deleted line(s) 66,67 (click to see context) :
* The Jeep driver in ''Film/TheHappening''. Bizarrely, he was played by Brian O'Halloran, whom you may remember as [[Film/{{Clerks}} Dante Hicks]].
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/SpyHard'', as the helicopter pilot is destroyed by the self-destructing tape that was left on board the chopper.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/SpyHard'', as the helicopter pilot is destroyed by the self-destructing tape that was left on board the chopper.
* ''Film/TheMummy1999'': Happens to the old war pilot who was suffering from ennui (an established DeathSeeker who [[GoOutWithASmile died with a smile]] because he went out in the cockpit), but not in the second.
* In ''Film/MyFellowAmericans'', the two former Presidents are traveling in a government-issue helicopter but end up arguing. They force the pilot to land the plane and walk away to argue some more. The pilot lifts off, and the chopper blows up seconds later. This is the first clue to the Presidents that someone wants them dead.
* In ''Film/TheRocketeer'', as Neville Sinclair is making his escape aboard a Nazi zeppelin, the captain tells Sinclair that their pilot is the best in Germany, when Lothar's unconscious body knocks the pilot out of the zeppelin.
* In ''Film/MyFellowAmericans'', the two former Presidents are traveling in a government-issue helicopter but end up arguing. They force the pilot to land the plane and walk away to argue some more. The pilot lifts off, and the chopper blows up seconds later. This is the first clue to the Presidents that someone wants them dead.
* In ''Film/TheRocketeer'', as Neville Sinclair is making his escape aboard a Nazi zeppelin, the captain tells Sinclair that their pilot is the best in Germany, when Lothar's unconscious body knocks the pilot out of the zeppelin.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/SpyHard'', as the helicopter pilot is destroyed by the self-destructing tape that was left on board the chopper.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** Dak Ralter, Luke's snowspeeder copilot in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. Instantly killed by blaster fire and crushed by an AT-AT's foot. Technically an [[InvertedTrope inversion]], actually, since Luke is the pilot, Dak is the gunner.
** The ship that carried Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn to the Trade Federation's mothership in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' gets blasted, with its two pilots inside.
** In ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', when Obi-Wan and Anakin take a clone-piloted gunship in pursuit of Dooku, said gunship is blasted into flaming scrap within three seconds of them being dropped off. All this after not doing a thing to shoot down either Dooku or the Geonosian fighters.
** Obi-Wan's droid copilot in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', taken down by buzz droids, might count since R-series units have some personality on their own.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** Dak Ralter, Luke's snowspeeder copilot in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. Instantly killed by blaster fire and crushed by an AT-AT's foot. Technically an [[InvertedTrope inversion]], actually, since Luke is the pilot, Dak is the gunner.
** The ship that carried Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn to the Trade Federation's mothership in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' gets blasted, with its two pilots inside.
** In ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', when Obi-Wan and Anakin take a clone-piloted gunship in pursuit of Dooku, said gunship is blasted into flaming scrap within three seconds of them being dropped off. All this after not doing a thing to shoot down either Dooku or the Geonosian fighters.
** Obi-Wan's droid copilot in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', taken down by buzz droids, might count since R-series units have some personality on their own.
Deleted line(s) 73,78 (click to see context) :
* In ''Film/{{Airport}}'' (1975), the pilot of a private plane suffers a fatal heart attack. This causes him to crash into the cockpit of the airliner, killing the first officer and flight engineer and blinding the captain who then falls unconscious. This puts the chief stewardess in a CrashCourseLanding situation.
* In ''Film/MyFellowAmericans'', the two former Presidents are traveling in a government-issue helicopter but end up arguing. They force the pilot to land the plane and walk away to argue some more. The pilot lifts off, and the chopper blows up seconds later. This is the first clue to the Presidents that someone wants them dead.
* In ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'', during Ming's initial attack on Earth, the pilots of the small plane Flash and Dale are flying in are killed by a meteorite, forcing Flash to try to land the plane. By sheer coincidence, he plows the plane right through Zarkov's lab.
* Near the end of ''Film/ExecutiveDecision'', the terrorist leader Hassan is wounded and cornered by the protagonists. In desperation, he sweeps the cockpit with his submachinegun, killing the pilots, hoping that the crash sets off the bomb, filled with a deadly nerve gas. Hassan is killed moments later, and Dr. Grant (not [[Film/JurassicPark that one]]) manages to land the plane successfully. Note that this is pre-9/11, before cockpit doors were made bulletproof.
* ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'': After the Independence shuttle suffers critical damage, both its pilots are blown out into space after the windshield is shattered by asteroid debris. On the other hand, both Freedom pilots survive the movie.
* In ''Film/{{Airplane}}'', the entire cockpit crew (plus many of the passengers) is taken out by food poisoning during the flight, setting up the main conflict of getting everyone safely back on the ground.
* In ''Film/MyFellowAmericans'', the two former Presidents are traveling in a government-issue helicopter but end up arguing. They force the pilot to land the plane and walk away to argue some more. The pilot lifts off, and the chopper blows up seconds later. This is the first clue to the Presidents that someone wants them dead.
* In ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'', during Ming's initial attack on Earth, the pilots of the small plane Flash and Dale are flying in are killed by a meteorite, forcing Flash to try to land the plane. By sheer coincidence, he plows the plane right through Zarkov's lab.
* Near the end of ''Film/ExecutiveDecision'', the terrorist leader Hassan is wounded and cornered by the protagonists. In desperation, he sweeps the cockpit with his submachinegun, killing the pilots, hoping that the crash sets off the bomb, filled with a deadly nerve gas. Hassan is killed moments later, and Dr. Grant (not [[Film/JurassicPark that one]]) manages to land the plane successfully. Note that this is pre-9/11, before cockpit doors were made bulletproof.
* ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'': After the Independence shuttle suffers critical damage, both its pilots are blown out into space after the windshield is shattered by asteroid debris. On the other hand, both Freedom pilots survive the movie.
* In ''Film/{{Airplane}}'', the entire cockpit crew (plus many of the passengers) is taken out by food poisoning during the flight, setting up the main conflict of getting everyone safely back on the ground.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'', Hobie, his mother, and her fiancé are in a plane crash. Sure enough, they survive while the pilot is killed.
* Referenced in ''Series/BlackadderGoesForth''. The Royal Flying Corps is nicknamed "The Twenty Minuters", as that's their life expectancy.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight "Midnight"]], the driver and mechanic are KilledOffscreen when the entity rips off the vehicle's cockpit with the least development of all of the characters.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{The Librarians|2014}}'', the Librarians board a plane that is supposed to pass through TheBermudaTriangle. They manage to get everyone off through a portable [[PortalDoor Backdoor]], as the plane is disintegrating around them, except for the pilots, who are disintegrated earlier. No one mentions the pilots, and everyone congratulates the Librarians for saving the passengers.
* Referenced in ''Series/BlackadderGoesForth''. The Royal Flying Corps is nicknamed "The Twenty Minuters", as that's their life expectancy.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight "Midnight"]], the driver and mechanic are KilledOffscreen when the entity rips off the vehicle's cockpit with the least development of all of the characters.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{The Librarians|2014}}'', the Librarians board a plane that is supposed to pass through TheBermudaTriangle. They manage to get everyone off through a portable [[PortalDoor Backdoor]], as the plane is disintegrating around them, except for the pilots, who are disintegrated earlier. No one mentions the pilots, and everyone congratulates the Librarians for saving the passengers.
* The ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' episode "Twenty Klicks" starts with Gibbs and [=McGee=] escorting the ProperlyParanoid IT administrator Kevin Hussein out of Russia with help from a navy chopper. When they get shot down by a missile, Gibbs, [=McGee=], and Kevin survive more-or-less okay, while the chopper pilot and crew go the way of the RedShirt.
Deleted line(s) 105,109 (click to see context) :
* On ''Series/Warehouse13}'', Mrs. Frederic's driver(/bodyguard?) is the person killed when Artie survives an explosion by using the phoenix.
* Referenced in ''Series/BlackadderGoesForth''. The Royal Flying Corps is nicknamed "The Twenty Minuters", as that's their life expectancy.
* The ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' episode "Twenty Klicks" starts with Gibbs and [=McGee=] escorting the ProperlyParanoid IT administrator Kevin Hussein out of Russia with help from a navy chopper. When they get shot down by a missile, Gibbs, [=McGee=], and Kevin survive more-or-less okay, while the chopper pilot and crew go the way of the RedShirt.
* In an episode of ''Series/TheLibrarians2014'', the Librarians board a plane that is supposed to pass through TheBermudaTriangle. They manage to get everyone off through a portable [[PortalDoor Backdoor]], as the plane is disintegrating around them, except for the pilots, who are disintegrated earlier. No one mentions the pilots, and everyone congratulates the Librarians for saving the passengers.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'', Hobie, his mother, and her fiancé are in a plane crash. Sure enough, they survive while the pilot is killed.
* Referenced in ''Series/BlackadderGoesForth''. The Royal Flying Corps is nicknamed "The Twenty Minuters", as that's their life expectancy.
* The ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' episode "Twenty Klicks" starts with Gibbs and [=McGee=] escorting the ProperlyParanoid IT administrator Kevin Hussein out of Russia with help from a navy chopper. When they get shot down by a missile, Gibbs, [=McGee=], and Kevin survive more-or-less okay, while the chopper pilot and crew go the way of the RedShirt.
* In an episode of ''Series/TheLibrarians2014'', the Librarians board a plane that is supposed to pass through TheBermudaTriangle. They manage to get everyone off through a portable [[PortalDoor Backdoor]], as the plane is disintegrating around them, except for the pilots, who are disintegrated earlier. No one mentions the pilots, and everyone congratulates the Librarians for saving the passengers.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'', Hobie, his mother, and her fiancé are in a plane crash. Sure enough, they survive while the pilot is killed.
Added DiffLines:
* On ''Series/Warehouse13'', Mrs. Frederic's driver(/bodyguard?) is the person killed when Artie survives an explosion by using the phoenix.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** Subverted with Sam the bus driver. Although he's shot, he survives, but it still provides the perfect excuse to get rid of him and have Annie take over the driving.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 65 (click to see context) from:
** Blofeld strikes again in ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', when he abandons his dead or injured helicopter pilots without even checking on them to escape.
to:
** Blofeld strikes again in ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', when he abandons his dead or injured helicopter pilots without even checking on them to escape. During the opening sequence, Bond himself kicks a pilot out of a helicopter (to be fair, he was one of the bad guys and it was essentially necessary.)
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* Subverted in ''Manga/GhostSweeperMikami''. When the plane carrying the heroes to Bloodeau Island is attacked by a swarm of bats in mid-air, the pilots [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere are the first who decide to bail out via parachute.]] Naturally, the plane shortly after crashes into the sea, but everyone survives.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** Blofeld strikes again in ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', when he abandons his dead or injured helicopter pilots without even checking on them to escape.
