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* Elisabeta in Coppola's ''[[BramStokersDracula Bram Stoker's Dracula]]''.

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* Elisabeta in Coppola's ''[[BramStokersDracula Bram Stoker's Dracula]]''.''Film/BramStokersDracula''.
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* Lucy Barker in ''SweeneyTodd'' [[spoiler: except she isn't really. Mrs Lovett lied]].

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* Lucy Barker in ''SweeneyTodd'' [[spoiler: except ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' [[spoiler:except she isn't really.really dead. Mrs Lovett lied]].

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* Mary in ''{{Supernatural}}'', for all the Winchesters. She's the motivation for much of the first two series and Zachariah tortures her soul ( or an artificial copy of her) because he knows it will upset Sam and Dean.

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Mary in ''{{Supernatural}}'', for all the Winchesters. She's the motivation for much of the first two series and Zachariah tortures her soul ( or an artificial copy of her) because he knows it will upset Sam and Dean.



*** Lucifer also tries a similar trick with his first vessel Nick, who had lost his wife in a violent crime.
**** And Bobby has his wife, whose death he has never quite gotten over. It's the motivation for everything he's done and if Bobby is getting an episode in the spotlight, chances are fifty-fifty that his wife will appear at some point. Supernatural loves this trope.

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*** ** Lucifer also tries a similar trick with his first vessel Nick, who had lost his wife in a violent crime.
**** ** And Bobby has his wife, whose death he has never quite gotten over. It's the motivation for everything he's done and if Bobby is getting an episode in the spotlight, chances are fifty-fifty that his wife will appear at some point. Supernatural loves this trope.

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* Mary in ''{{Supernatural}}''.

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* Mary in ''{{Supernatural}}''.''{{Supernatural}}'', for all the Winchesters. She's the motivation for much of the first two series and Zachariah tortures her soul ( or an artificial copy of her) because he knows it will upset Sam and Dean.
** Jessica is Sam's Lost Lenore. She appears as a hallucination and in his dreams. Lucifer wears her form the first time he talks to Sam, so that he'll be more convincing ( and possibly for the sake of [[HoYay fanservice]] ).
***Lucifer also tries a similar trick with his first vessel Nick, who had lost his wife in a violent crime.
**** And Bobby has his wife, whose death he has never quite gotten over. It's the motivation for everything he's done and if Bobby is getting an episode in the spotlight, chances are fifty-fifty that his wife will appear at some point. Supernatural loves this trope.
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* is dead before the story begins or dies during the course of the story

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* is dead (or lost) before the story begins or dies during the course of the story
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* Shito from ''ZombieLoan'''s Lenore is his mother [[spoiler: who gave birth to him while she was already dead and forced to live with CompleteBastard Lao Ye.]] The reason he made the contract with Z-Loan was to give her back her years so she could wake up.

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* Shito from ''ZombieLoan'''s Lenore is his mother [[spoiler: who gave birth to him while she was already dead and forced to live with CompleteBastard villain Lao Ye.]] The reason he made the contract with Z-Loan was to give her back her years so she could wake up.
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* Shito from ''ZombieLoan'''s Lenore is his mother [[spoiler: who gave birth to him while she was already dead and forced to live with CompleteBastard Lao Ye.]] The reason he made the contract with Z-Loan was to give her back her years so she could wake up.
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* It's implied that [[DoctorWho the Doctor]] might have one of these.

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* It's implied that [[DoctorWho [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]] might have one of these.
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* even if they later turn out to be [[NotQuiteDead alive after all]]/[[BackFromTheDead resurrected]]/[[TimeyWimeyBall time-travelled back into existence]]/etc as opposed to actually KilledOffForReal.

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* ** even if they later turn out to be [[NotQuiteDead alive after all]]/[[BackFromTheDead resurrected]]/[[TimeyWimeyBall time-travelled back into existence]]/etc as opposed to actually KilledOffForReal.
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* even if they later turn out to be [[NotQuiteDead alive after all]]/[[BackFromTheDead resurrected]]/[[TimeyWimeyBall time-travelled back into existence/etc as opposed to actually KilledOffForReal.

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* even if they later turn out to be [[NotQuiteDead alive after all]]/[[BackFromTheDead resurrected]]/[[TimeyWimeyBall time-travelled back into existence/etc existence]]/etc as opposed to actually KilledOffForReal.
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* even if they later turn out to be [[NotQuiteDeadalive after all]]/[[BackFromTheDead resurrected]]/[[TimeyWimeyBall time-travelled back into existence/etc as opposed to actually KilledOffForReal.

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* even if they later turn out to be [[NotQuiteDeadalive [[NotQuiteDead alive after all]]/[[BackFromTheDead resurrected]]/[[TimeyWimeyBall time-travelled back into existence/etc as opposed to actually KilledOffForReal.
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* even if they later turn out to be [[{{NotQuiteDead}}alive after all]]/[[{{BackFromTheDead}}resurrected]]/[[{{TimeyWimeyBall}} time-travelled back into existence/etc as opposed to actually KilledOffForReal.

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* even if they later turn out to be [[{{NotQuiteDead}}alive [[NotQuiteDeadalive after all]]/[[{{BackFromTheDead}}resurrected]]/[[{{TimeyWimeyBall}} all]]/[[BackFromTheDead resurrected]]/[[TimeyWimeyBall time-travelled back into existence/etc as opposed to actually KilledOffForReal.
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* is dead or lost before the story begins or dies during the course of the story

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* is dead or lost before the story begins or dies during the course of the story




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* even if they later turn out to be [[{{NotQuiteDead}}alive after all]]/[[{{BackFromTheDead}}resurrected]]/[[{{TimeyWimeyBall}} time-travelled back into existence/etc as opposed to actually KilledOffForReal.
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* Emily in Jodi Picault's ''ThePact''.
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Please No Natter. Characters don\'t tend to have more than one dead True Love.


** [[LastOfHisKind Given what's happened to the rest of his species]], probably several.
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** [[LastOfHisKind Given what's happened to the rest of his species]], probably several.
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* '' The fact that he couldn't save his wife from a car wreck is what spurns David Banner to gamma experiments in ''TheIncredibleHulk'' (the TV series).

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* '' The fact that he couldn't save his wife from a car wreck is what spurns David Banner to gamma experiments in ''TheIncredibleHulk'' (the TV series).
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* Anna Grant is this to Kerr Avon in Blakes7.

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* is dead before the story begins or dies during the course of the story

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* is dead or lost before the story begins or dies during the course of the story



* Laura in the 1940s film of the same name though [[IGotBetter she comes back]].
* Vesper Lynd in QuantumOfSolace.




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* It's implied that [[DoctorWho the Doctor]] might have one of these.
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Snape wasn\'t a villain.


* Cyndia/Cecelia from ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' is unusual in that she does Lost Lenore duty not for a hero of the series but for a villain, Pegasus. Compare to Lily in [[HarryPotter the Harry Potter series]].

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* Cyndia/Cecelia from ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' is unusual in that she does Lost Lenore duty not for a hero of the series but for a villain, Pegasus. Compare to Lily in [[HarryPotter the Harry Potter series]].
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* Helen Kimble in ''TheFugitive''

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* Helen Kimble in ''TheFugitive''''Film/TheFugitive''
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* Fiona Carter in ''{{Spooks}}''.

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* Lyanna Stark in ''ASongOfIceAndFire'', whether she deserved it or not.

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* Lyanna Stark in ''ASongOfIceAndFire'', whether she deserved it or not.not.
* Another male example is the titular character's deceased husband in Stephen King's ''Lisey's Story''.
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* Lyanna Stark in ''ASongOfIceAndFire'', whether she deserved it or not.
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Adding image for this trope, the classic Wehnert illustration for \'The Raven\'.

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[[caption-width-right:197:When a love interest dies and a character's grief is... ongoing.]]
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** Also Mal in ''{{Inception}}'', Rachel Dawes in ''TheDarkKnight'', Julia in ''ThePrestige''. ChristopherNolan really likes this trope.
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* Surely Patrick's wife counts in ''{{The Mentalist}}''?

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* Surely Patrick's wife counts in ''{{The Mentalist}}''?
Mentalist}}.'' Her murder by Red John is what fuels all his actions in the series after.
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* Surely Patrick's wife counts in ''{{The Mentalist}}''?
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She is more important to the plot when she was \"alive\".


* Claudia in ''InterviewWithTheVampire''.
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* [[spoiler: Angel Dumott Schunard]] in ''{{RENT}}''.

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