History Main / TooCoolToLive

* ''Series/StrangerThings'' revels in this, as any character (espeically newly introduced ones) who aren't closely connected or related to the core group have a horribly high mortailty rate leading to TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth characters like [[KillTheCutie Barbara and Chrissy to die]] as well as nice guys like Bob or RatedMForManly hardcases like Billy to cark it (after at least redeeming themselves in Billy's case). The crowning example however is [[spoiler: [[EnsembleDarkHorse Eddie]], a HeavyMetal enthusiast, excellent [[TableTop/DungeonsAndDragons Dungeon Master]], charmastic, sweet and hilarious wiseguy who has the most glorious SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome [[ThePowerOfRock shredding a guiter solo]] (dedicated to Chrissy) of Music/{{Metallica}}'s "Master of Puppets" in the [[{{Mordor}} Upside Down]] ''while lightning goes off in the sky''. Of course Eddie pulls a HeroicSacrifice shortly after and dies, because he was simply '''too goddamn awesome to live at that point'''.]]

* ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' has Charlie Nash. The guy who mentored Guile, can throw a Sonic Boom one-handed who came back after his HeroicSacrifice in ''Alpha'' series as an undead (but still attractive) zombie for TheIlluminati and in both game and Udon comic conuinuites is only one other than Ryu and Akuma who can kick the shit out of BigBad dictator M.Bison (Vega in Japan) in a fight. Naturally Charlie dies again, likely to keep Ryu's status as the poster boy badass unchallenged within the story.

-->-- '''Creator/HunterSThompson''', referring to his {{Heterosexual Life Partner|s}}, '''Oscar Zeta Acosta'''.

* Trevor from ''VideoGame/Phantasmagoria2'' wasn't cool in the traditional sense, but he was still the most likable character in a cast full of assholes and TooDumbToLive idiots.

* Nehemia in ''Literature/ThroneOfGlass''. She's reminiscent of [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia]] in that she's a courageous and strong-willed princess who is WiseBeyondTheirYears and is secretly [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething supporting the rebellion]]. She's skilled at deceiving and manipulating others, with her strengths lying more in political manoeuvring and spy-work than than just throwing her weight around. She's actually more proactive and heroic than [[TheProtagonist Celaena]] is (at first). Unfortunately, she gets killed off just two books in, with her death even serving to motivate Celaena into actually ''being'' the hero. A lot of readers were disappointed by this; it's also been pointed out that it has problematic implications given that Nehemia is a woman of color - and pretty much the only major character of color in the series to boot - whose main role is to die to motivate the white protagonist.

%%** [[FanNickname GARserker]] from ''LightNovel/FateZero'' definitely qualifies. [[ItsAllAboutMe Gilgamesh]] qualifies too, as does Rider.

This is what happens when somebody is Too Cool to Live. This character is often relegated by ThePlotReaper to the job of being a HeroicSacrifice, or the SixthRanger. Many a wise and awesome [[TheMentor mentor]] has [[MentorOccupationalHazard fallen victim]] to this trope. Depending on how it happens, such a death can be a severe example of TheWorfEffect. There's also a very strong overlap with SacrificialLion.

** ''VideoGame/FatalFrame1'' has Mafuyu Hinasaki, the protagonist's older brother. Overall presented as an amazing guy, Mafuyu took care of his sister [[PromotedToParent after their mother's suicide]], headed into the haunted mansion simply to find and help his professor and is clever to realize what is going on, leaving notes for Miku to find. [[spoiler: He decides to remain with Kirie at the Hell Gate, so she will not be lonely anymore and ease her suffering.]]
** ''VideoGame/FatalFrameIVMaskOfTheLunarEclipse'' the ex-police officer turned detective Choushiro Kirishima. He's the one who discovered the kidnapped girls on Rougetsu Island and has been spending his entire time finding and bringing You Haibara to justice. Badass is the simplest way to describe this guy, for all the things he does. [[spoiler: Turns out, he's been dead for years and his ghost is what's been doing all that work.]]

* ''WebAnimation/TubeClash'': A German Website/YouTube series, where animated versions of german Youtubers team up and fight each other to survive, {{Battle Royale}} style. Max aka [=HandofBlood=] makes it all the way to the penultimate episode, by now qualifying as the greatest badass of the remaining three, having defeated a giant serpent all by himself earlier and using a gigantic Samurai sword as his weapon of choice. Despite his physical superiority over the others however, he chooses to instead sacrifice himself to allow the remaining two to move on. May also qualify as {{Heroic Sacrifice}}.

* Jet in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.
** Combustion Man is a villainous version of this.

* [[GuestStarPartyMember Teddy]] from ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER|1}}''. Appropriately enough, his appearance in the popular ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'' fancomic ''Webcomic/TheChosenFour'' is a hilariously blatant CaptainErsatz of [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]].

* E-102 Gamma from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''... and then his parts are used to create E-102r, a.k.a Chaos Gamma... and then he gets an extremely badass "younger brother" E-123 Omega (who was first voiced by [[VideoGame/DukeNukem Jon]] [[VideoGame/TheConduit St. John]], of course.)

** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'': [[spoiler: Tony Stark and Natasha Romanov aka Iron Man and Black Widow two of the coolest, sexiest, most loyal, endearing, compelling and heroic Avengers in the MCU both give their lives to save the universe from Thanos in the GrandFinale.]]

** ''Film/TheLastJedi'' knocks off [[spoiler: Supreme Leader Snoke, Captain Phasma, and Luke Skywalker]].

* STRAIGHT FUCKING COUGAR from ''Anime/{{Scryed}}''. Especially jarring as his defeat made no sense, but still.

** Kittan as well, although he did die laughing about how awesome it was (his sacrificing himself to save everyone via a giga drill breaker).

** Speaking of bad guys, one stands out. Lordgenome, who not only has a mecha that is stronger than Simon at that point, but he gets out of it to pummel it with his bare hands. The fact he had dominated the fight, [[spoiler: and Simon had to use a cheap shot to kill him]] cements him as this
* ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'': Lives and breathes this tropes. First season had [[spoiler: November 11, Mai]], and countless others. Second season has had: [[spoiler: Tanya, April, and Goran]]. July, however, has made it.
** [[spoiler: July died as well in the second season finale.]] In general, if you are attached to a character on the show, flip a coin to see if they die or become horribly traumatized.
* Daigouji Gai in ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico''.
** Also, Joe Umitsubame in the ShowWithinAShow, ''Gekiganger 3''.
* [[spoiler:Neil Dylandy, the first]] Lockon Stratos in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''. Also played with [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Hallelujah]], but HesJustHiding.

* [[spoiler:The men of the Zeppeli family]] in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' are all doomed to die terrible deaths for helping the heroes.

* Balgus from ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne''. Sure, he was the mentor to TheHero until this point, but he was a giant of a man with badass scars who took out an enemy mecha on foot with a BFS on a show where this sort of thing generally doesn't happen.
** Even the [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Space Marines]] could be killed.
* Mu La Flaga in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED''. Then [[FanNickname "Bring 'Em Back"]] Fukuda lived up to his nickname and brought the character back in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny,'' but really [[FanonDiscontinuity he might as well not have bothered]].
** In the back-story of Gundam SEED the Original Coordinator George Glenn was assassinated pretty much out of jealousy and envy of his awesome and cool accomplishments by the Blue Cosmos faction making him a sort of in-universe example of being too cool to live. Though his preserved brain was later brought back in ''[[Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray Astray]]'' as a hologram.

* ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'''s Joichiro Nishi. Not only was he the only guy who seemed to know what the hell was going on, but he was also smart, badass, funny as hell and something of a MagnificentBastard at that. So of course, he had to die.
** Only Nishi? Perhaps the more obvious case of Too Cool To Live in ''Gantz'' would be [[AllLovingHero Kato]], who quite a few people preferred to [[JerkAss Kurono]] before the latter's CharacterDevelopment (thankfully, he comes back in the manga as well). Sakata and Suzuki easily qualify late in the manga as well.

* ''Manga/VinlandSaga'' has Askeladd, and to a lesser degree Bjorn as well.
* Minato Namikaze from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' is a particularly notable example. He was hailed as one of the strongest shinobi ever, saved the Leaf village from the Nine-Tailed Fox's attack, was shown to be able to wipe out whole platoons of shinobi in the ''blink of an eye'' (to the point where enemies were ordered to flee on sight from him), [[StoryBreakerPower and could teleport anything, even a Spirit Bomb level chakra blast miles away without breaking a sweat]]. Needless to say, a lot of potential threats to the Leaf would not be deemed so dangerous if he was still alive.

* Danny in the ''Manga/ZatchBell'' anime. He's a strong fighter barehanded and has a spell that can heal all of his injuries (even resurrect him after getting shot to death) limitless times. So he dies in the same episode he appears, in a very stupid way and only to protect a statue.
** But like darn near everything else in this series, it's a TearJerker anyway.
** As a bit of an added punch, the statue he was hell bent on protecting broke before he was in that situation.

* [[spoiler: Jack Rakan]] of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', with a suitable send off. [[spoiler: Fate had to ''[[RealityWarper rewrite the laws of reality]]'' to take him out, and even then, he went down swinging.]]
** Even then he comes back in the next chapter to do a SECOND ObiWanMoment by smacking (literally) some sense into Negi after he gives into his SuperPoweredEvilSide.
** [[spoiler: Subverted, now that he's WILLED HIMSELF BACK INTO EXISTENCE permanently.]]

** Fan-favorite powerhouse [[spoiler: Fire Fist Ace]] qualifies; also qualifies for TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth. These two were the first ''One Piece'' characters to be KilledOffForReal outside of DeathByOriginStory.
** To elaborate, when [[spoiler: Gol D. Ace]] was younger and hung with Luffy, he was already stronger than the latter with a Devil Fruit, while the former was BadassNormal beforehand. Not only was he was the third strongest person in a crew said to be the strongest in the current era; capable of fighting with a Warlord to a draw, he was also a much more well rounded person who easily surpassed Luffy in charisma and ability. [[spoiler: It took the most unfettered of the Admirals to kill him after a long battle to rescue/execute with basically almost every superpower aside from a few notable people]]
* In ''Manga/SoulEater'', [[spoiler: Mifune. Yes, his death allowed Black Star to find his own 'path' and all, but ''damn'' wasn't that samurai guy cool. Plus he left behind cute little witch Angela.]]
** This is, in fact, one of the ways in which the GeckoEnding of the anime improved on the manga. He survives and ends up going over to the good-guy side (can't really call it a HeelFaceTurn since he was never evil in any sense of the word).
** While not as awesome as [[spoiler: Mifune]], the manga also has [[spoiler: BJ. Nifty soul perception skills, he and Marie had a history, and member of a different part of Shibusen - Internal Investigations. He was every bit as weird as the rest of the staff...killed off within three chapters.]]
** And now, possibly, [[spoiler: Tezca the South American Death Scythe (the bear guy). Okubo seems to get steadily more bizarre with his characters, and the Demon Mirror could have been fun to watch had he not seemingly been offed by Justin [[SubvertedTrope Of course]], [[FakingTheDead he ''is'' a mirror...]] ]]

* Leomon and his subspecies in every ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' series in which he's an ally.

* In her first appearance, ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'''s Mami Tomoe summoned a thousand rifles and wiped the field of {{Mooks}} from space. [[EnsembleDarkhorse She]] then took Madoka and Sayaka [[CoolBigSis under her wing]]. [[spoiler: 3 episodes in, she's violently decapitated and devoured by a witch gone OneWingedAngel.]] Also qualifies as TooHappyToLive, since she had literally just pledged her friendship to Madoka.
** But wait! [[spoiler:She and Kyouko are BackFromTheDead in the last episode, thanks in no small part to Madoka's [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascension to goddesshood]]]].

* Spike Spiegel from ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' is the main character version.
** Although not even WordOfGod knows whether he's really dead or not.
* BadassPreacher Nicholas Wolfwood from ''Manga/{{Trigun}}''.
* In ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', MOST of the characters are awesome in some form, given that many of them are either vampires or vampire-hunters. And unfortunately, [[spoiler: unless they're Alucard, they're either dead or [[SubvertedTrope permanently injured]] by the end of the series.]]
** [[spoiler: Father Anderson]] is probably the most noteworthy example here, since [[spoiler: his]] death arguably falls into AssPull territory.

** [[spoiler:Kite, Netero, and Meruem;]] the last one was even the most powerful being who was born on earth.
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': [[spoiler: Ian, The Special Operations Squad, Mike, Nanaba, and Gerger]].
** Then later, [[spoiler: Grisha, Erwin, Sasha, Hange, Zeke and Eren.]]

* Sync from ''ComicBook/GenerationX''.
** And Blink, especially considering very shortly after her death, an incredibly badass alternate reality version of her was depicted in significant detail.

* [[TricksterMentor Cross]] Marian in ''Manga/DGrayMan'' necessitated a hunt across half of Asia by the Black Order, then sauntered in and saved Allen's ass on the Ark. His superiors at the Black Order were not amused by his tendency to go truant and put him under house arrest, and he spent quite a while lounging around headquarters, [[ChivalrousPervert seducing women]], racking up insane amounts of debt on the Order's tab, and [[CoolMask completely]] [[BadassLongcoat outshining]] every [[TheGunslinger damn]] [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority person]] [[RevolversAreJustBetter in the]] [[FourStarBadass whole]] place, as was aptly demonstrated when [[spoiler:Lulu Bell attacked.]] He was attacked at HQ and appeared to be dead, but his body disappeared, with his gun, and mask left at the scene. Komui exams the bullet hole in his mask, and tells other generals that all the blood belonged to Cross and that a wound of such magnitude would have been fatal. [[spoiler: However, it's been revealed that he survived the shot to his head, but has only been placed in a ConvenientComa because of it. Road reveals it when she states she wants him to keep sleeping, in chapter 222]]

** Pyrrha Nikos is a ChildProdigy who is a [[FamedInStory world-renowed fighter]]. Kind and compassionate, she becomes both the mentor and LoveInterest to the male deuteragonist, and is identified by [[BigGood Professor Ozpin]] as being the {{Benevolent Conspiracy}}'s best chance to protect the [[ElementalPowers Fall Maiden's magic]] from being stolen by TheHeavy. Even after TheHeavy steals the Maiden power, Pyrrha is still able to briefly gain the upperhand during the fight, until until her Semblance runs out of [[{{Mana}} Aura]] and the fight turns in favour of the Aura-independent magic. [[spoiler:Her death then triggers the TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening of TheHeroine.]]

** Clover Ebi is the leader of the Ace-Ops, the best Huntsman team in Atlas. He is friendly, engaging, a willing mentor, and quick to compliment good work. Blessed with a [[WindsOfDestinyChange Good Luck Semblance]], he is also the first person ever encountered who has a [[BornLucky natural counter]] to Qrow's uncontrollable [[TheJinx Bad Luck Semblance]]. They become close friends, with Clover actively working to improve Qrow's self-esteem issues. When Clover's BlindObedience to General Ironwood causes conflict with the heroes, Qrow's own [[BrokenPedestal broken loyalty]] to [[BigGood Professor Ozpin]] contributes to a series of [[ATragedyOfImpulsiveness villain-manipulated poor decision-making]] by the heroes that result in [[PracticallyJoker Tyrian]] being able to frame Qrow for Clover's murder. [[spoiler:His death triggers Qrow's later discovery that he can use [[TragicKeepSake Clover's lucky charm]] as a concentration aide to force his Semblance [[PowerUp avert bad luck instead of cause it]].]]

** Clover Ebi is the leader of the Ace-Ops, the best Huntsman team in Atlas. He is friendly, engaging, a willing mentor, and quick to compliment good work. Blessed with a [[WindsOfDestinyChange Good Luck Semblance]], he is also the first person ever encountered who has a [[BornLucky natural counter]] to Qrow's uncontrollable [[TheJinx Bad Luck Semblance]]. They become close friends, with Clover actively working to improve Qrow's self-esteem issues. When Clover's BlindObedience to General Ironwood causes conflict with the heroes, Qrow's own [[BrokenPedestal broken loyalty]] to [[BigGood Professor Ozpin]] contributes to a series of [[ATragedyOfImpulsiveness villain-manipulated poor decision-making]] by the heroes that result in [[PracticallyJoker Tyrian]] being able to frame Qrow for Clover's murder. [[spoiler:After spending most of Volume 8 brooding over the mistakes made, Qrow discovers that he can [[WindsOfDestinyChange tap into his Semblance]] using [[TragicKeepSake Clover's lucky charm]] to [[PowerUp avert bad luck instead of cause it]].]]

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* Max aka [=HandofBlood=] in ''WebAnimation/TubeClash'', a German Website/YouTube series, where animated versions of german Youtubers team up and fight each other to survive, {{Battle Royale}} style. The aforementioned Max makes it all the way to the penultimate episode, by now qualifying as the greatest badass of the remaining three, having defeated a giant serpent all by himself earlier and using a gigantic Samurai sword as his weapon of choice. Despite his physical superiority over the others however, he chooses to instead sacrifice himself to allow the remaining two to move on. May also qualify as {{Heroic Sacrifice}}.
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** Pyrrha Nikos is a ChildProdigy who is a [[FamedInStory world-renowed fighter]]. Kind and compassionate, she becomes both the mentor and LoveInterest to the male deuteragonist, and is identified by [[BigGood Professor Ozpin]] as being the {{Benevolent Conspiracy}}'s best chance to protect the [[ElementalPowers Fall Maiden's magic]] from being stolen by TheHeavy. Even after TheHeavy steals the Maiden power, Pyrrha is still able to briefly gain the upperhand during the fight, until until her Semblance runs out of [[{{Mana}} Aura]] and the fight turns in favour of the Aura-independent magic. [[spoiler:Her death then triggers the TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening of TheHeroine.]]
** Clover Ebi is the leader of the Ace-Ops, the best Huntsman team in Atlas. He is friendly, engaging, a willing mentor, and quick to compliment good work. Blessed with a [[WindsOfDestinyChange Good Luck Semblance]], he is also the first person ever encountered who has a [[BornLucky natural counter]] to Qrow's uncontrollable [[TheJinx Bad Luck Semblance]]. They become close friends, with Clover actively working to improve Qrow's self-esteem issues. When Clover's BlindObedience to General Ironwood causes conflict with the heroes, Qrow's own [[BrokenPedestal broken loyalty]] to [[BigGood Professor Ozpin]] contributes to a series of [[ATragedyOfImpulsiveness villain-manipulated poor decision-making]] by the heroes that result in [[PracticallyJoker Tyrian]] being able to frame Qrow for Clover's murder. [[spoiler:After spending most of Volume 8 brooding over the mistakes made, Qrow discovers that he can [[WindsOfDestinyChange tap into his Semblance]] using [[TragicKeepSake Clover's lucky charm]] to [[PowerUp avert bad luck instead of cause it]].]]
* Agent York in ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' was a charming, snarky badass and quickly became a fan favorite, but died at the end of the ''Out Of Mind'' miniseries after being shot by Agent Wyoming. To make up for this, he was given a large role in the prequels.
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** Pyrrha Nikos is a ChildProdigy who is a [[FamedInStory world-renowed fighter]]. Kind and compassionate, she becomes both the mentor and LoveInterest to the male deuteragonist, and is identified by the BigGood as being the {{Benevolent Conspiracy}}'s best chance to protect the [[ElementalPowers Fall Maiden's magic]] from being stolen by TheHeavy. Even after TheHeavy steals the Maiden power, Pyrrha is still able to briefly gain the upperhand during the fight, until until her Semblance runs out of [[{{Mana}} Aura]] and the fight turns in favour of the Aura-independent magic. [[spoiler:Her death then triggers the TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening of TheHeroine.]]
** Clover Ebi is the leader of the Ace-Ops, the best Huntsman team in Atlas. He is friendly, engaging, a willing mentor, and quick to compliment good work. Blessed with a [[WindsOfDestinyChange Good Luck Semblance]], he is also the first person ever encountered who has a [[BornLucky natural counter]] to Qrow's uncontrollable [[TheJinx Bad Luck Semblance]]. They become close friends, with Clover actively working to improve Qrow's self-esteem issues. Unfortunately, Clover's one flaw is UndyingLoyalty to General Ironwood, and when the heroes fall out with Ironwood, Qrow's own [[BrokenPedestal broken loyalty]] to Professor Ozpin contributes to a series of [[ATragedyOfImpulsiveness villain-manipulated poor decision-making]] by the heroes that result in [[PracticallyJoker Tyrian]] being able to frame Qrow for Clover's murder. [[spoiler:After spending most of Volume 8 brooding over the mistakes made, Qrow discovers that he can [[WindsOfDestinyChange tap into his Semblance]] using [[TragicKeepSake Clover's lucky charm]] to [[PowerUp avert bad luck instead of cause it]].]]

** Pyrrha Nikos is a ChildProdigy who is a [[FamedInStory world-renowed fighter]]. Kind and compassionate, she becomes both the mentor and LoveInterest to the male deuteragonist, and is identified by the BigGood as being the {{Benevolent Conspiracy}}'s best chance to protect the [[ElementalPower Fall Maiden's magic]] from being stolen by TheHeavy. Even after TheHeavy steals the Maiden power, Pyrrha is still able to briefly gain the upperhand during the fight, until until her Semblance runs out of [[{{Mana}} Aura]] and the fight turns in favour of the Aura-independent magic. [[spoiler:Her death then triggers the TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening of TheHeroine.]]
** Clover Ebi is the leader of the Ace-Ops, the best Huntsman team in Atlas. He is friendly, engaging, a willing mentor, and quick to compliment good work. Blessed with a [[WindsOfDestinyChange Good Luck Semblance]], he is also the first person ever encountered who has a [[BornLucky natural counter]] to Qrow's uncontrollable [[TheJinx Bad Luck Semblance]]. They become close friends, with Clover actively working to improve Qrow's self-esteem issues. Unfortunately, Clover's one flaw is UndyingLoyalty to General Ironwood, and when the heroes fall out with Ironwood, Qrow's own [[BrokenPedestal broken loyalty]] to Professor Ozpin contributes to a series of [[ATregedyOfImpulsiveness villain-manipulated poor decision-making]] by the heroes that result in [[PracticallyJoker Tyrian]] being able to frame Qrow for Clover's murder. [[spoiler:After spending most of Volume 8 brooding over the mistakes made, Qrow discovers that he can [[WindsOfDestinyChange tap into his Semblance]] using [[TragicKeepSake Clover's lucky charm]] to [[PowerUp avert bad luck instead of cause it]].]]

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Pyrrha Nikos was by far the best fighter in the main cast; she was both a mentor and a love interest to the male lead, in addition to being a world-renowned athlete. She met her fate against TheHeavy in the third season's finale and came very close to winning despite TheHeavy having recently received a massive power boost.

* Pyrrha Nikos in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' ended up being an example of this; by far the best fighter in the main cast, she was both a mentor and a love interest to the male lead, in addition to being a world-renowned athlete. She met her fate against TheDragon in the third season's finale and came very close to winning despite TheDragon having recently gotten a massive power boost.

** In the back-story of Gundam SEED the Original Coordinator George Glenn was assassinated pretty much out of jealousy and envy of his awesome and cool accomplishments by the Blue Cosmos faction making him a sort of in-universe example of being too cool to live. Though his preserved brain was later brought back in [[Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray ''Astray'']] as a hologram.

** In the back-story of Gundam SEED the Original Coordinator George Glenn was assassinated pretty much out of jealousy and envy of his awesome and cool accomplishments by the Blue Cosmos faction making him a sort of in-universe example of being too cool to live.

* Roy Batty from ''Film/BladeRunner''. In fact, it's his (and his fellow Replicants') impending death that sets the plot in motion.

* Valli from ''Film/NorthmenAVikingSaga.'' He was played by Music/AmonAmarth singer Johan Hegg, which made him incredibly cool and was one of the first characters to die.

* Roy Batty from Film/BladeRunner. In fact, it's his (and his fellow Replicants') impending death that sets the plot in motion.

* Roy Batty from Film/BladeRunner.

** ''Film/{{Rogue One}}'' ups the ante on this by killing off [[spoiler: ''[[KillEmAll every]]'' [[KillEmAll single new character it introduces]] who's not already SavedByCanon.]]

* Agent York in ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' was a charming, snarky badass and quickly became a fan favorite, but died at the end of the ''Out Of Mind'' miniseries after being shot by Agent Wyoming. To make up for this, he was given a large role in the prequels.