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'''Because this is a DeathTrope, expect unmarked spoilers ahead. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.'''

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'''Because this is a DeathTrope, {{Death Trope|s}}, expect unmarked spoilers ahead. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.'''
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-->-- '''Robert Benchley'''

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-->-- Robert Benchley

The Inverse Dialogue Death Rule requires that the more important a character is, the longer his or her death will take. While {{Mooks}} and other [[WeAreTeamCannonFodder cannon fodder]] tend to die from a single InstantDeathBullet that would be OnlyAFleshWound for a more important character, the deaths of characters who have had significant amounts of dialogue (or at least screen time) usually last much longer.

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-->-- Robert Benchley

'''Robert Benchley'''

The Inverse Dialogue Death Rule requires dictates that the more important a character is, the longer his or her their death will take. While {{Mooks}} and other [[WeAreTeamCannonFodder cannon fodder]] tend to die from a single InstantDeathBullet that would be OnlyAFleshWound for a more important character, the deaths of characters who have had significant amounts of dialogue (or at least screen time) usually last much longer.
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** Sothe has a huge death scene despite having almost no lines in the story. It is excusable given the fact that it firmly establishes that Anyone Can Die is in FULL swing, since Sothe is one of the few people who CANNOT die in Path of Radiance under ANY circumstance.

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** Sothe has a huge death scene despite having almost no lines in the story. It is excusable given the fact that it firmly establishes that Anyone Can Die is in FULL swing, AnyoneCanDie, since Sothe is one of the few people who CANNOT ''cannot'' die in Path of Radiance under ANY ''any'' circumstance.



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* Ubiquitous in opera --except in comedies[[note]]which, yes, they do exist. Ever heard of ''Theatre/TheBarberOfSeville''?[[/note]]. Tragic opera, in particular, is rather well known and parodied for long death arias. Who would have thought a character dying of [[IncurableCoughOfDeath consumption]] would have that much strength left in her lungs? See ''Theatre/LaTraviata'' and ''Theatre/LaBoheme'' for specific examples.
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* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': {{Subverted}}. Kate Todd, one of the lead special agents, gets sniped straight in the center of her forehead and dies abruptly.

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* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': {{Subverted}}.{{Subverted}} in [[Recap/NCISS02E23 "Twilight"]]. Kate Todd, one of the lead special agents, gets sniped straight in the center of her forehead and dies abruptly.
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* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': {{Subverted}}. Kate Todd gets sniped straight in the center of her forehead and dies abruptly.

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* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': {{Subverted}}. Kate Todd Todd, one of the lead special agents, gets sniped straight in the center of her forehead and dies abruptly.
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* ''VideoGame/EternalSonata'': Claves has a dying monologue that drags on forever.

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* ''VideoGame/EternalSonata'': Claves Claves, one of the main LoveInterests, has a dying monologue that drags on forever. forever.

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* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': {{Subverted}} with Damar near the end, who despite being rather important to the plot and the universe went out with a [[KilledMidSentence one-word]] final speech.

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* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
** The "instant vaporization" effectiveness of phasers is inversely proportional to the importance of the character they're being fired at.
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''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': {{Subverted}} with Damar near the end, who despite being rather important to the plot and the universe went out with a [[KilledMidSentence one-word]] final speech.
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** Usually subverted}} with the good guys. Jenny, Joyce, Tara, and Anya all die quick deaths. On the other hand, when Buffy [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices herself]] in the fifth season's GrandFinale, she takes about a minute to die --and from her expression, it was an agonizing minute.

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** Usually subverted}} {{subverted}} with the good guys. Jenny, Joyce, Tara, and Anya all die quick deaths. On the other hand, when Buffy [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices herself]] in the fifth season's GrandFinale, she takes about a minute to die --and from her expression, it was an agonizing minute.

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