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** Volume 9 gives us quite possibly the most shocking death of all: [[TheHeroDies Ruby Rose]] getting one HELL of a BreakTheCutie before being DrivenToSuicide. She gets better in the episode afterwards, [[HesBack and in absolutely glorious fashion.]]
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* ''Series/OneFootInTheGrave'': When Victor Meldrew died in the final episode, many fans left flowers and messages at the location of his death. This was still being done as late as a year after the airing of the episode, although creator David Renwick suspected this was engineered by the tabloids.

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* When Ianto Jones died in ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', a spontaneous memorial was constructed by fans outside the supposed entrance to Torchwood where it remains to this day. They also raised a lot of money for charity in memory of Ianto.

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When Ianto Jones died in ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', a spontaneous memorial was constructed by fans outside the supposed entrance to Torchwood where it remains to this day. They also raised a lot of money for charity in memory of Ianto.
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** And in its parent ''Series/DoctorWho'' universe, Osgood, a fan favourite, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E12DeathInHeaven being killed off by Missy]] to [[SacrificialLion show that she was shockingly evil]].

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** And in its parent ''Series/DoctorWho'' universe, Osgood, a fan favourite, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E12DeathInHeaven being killed off by Missy]] to [[SacrificialLion show that she was shockingly evil]]. This got complicated in the following season with [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E7TheZygonInvasion the reveal]] there had been two Osgoods since "[[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor The Day of the Doctor]]", and it wasn't clear whether the one who died was the human or the Zygon (the Osgoods themselves refuse to say, as do the creators).
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* Young men in London wore black mourning bands on their arms after Literature/SherlockHolmes died in "The Final Problem." Conan Doyle was finally forced to resurrect him when ''UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria'' told him he should. One does not lightly disregard the wishes of one of the most beloved monarchs in British history, after all.

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* Young men in London wore black mourning bands on their arms after Literature/SherlockHolmes died in "The Final Problem." Problem". By 1903, the outcry became so great Conan Doyle was finally forced to resurrect him when ''UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria'' told him he should. One does not lightly disregard the wishes of one of the most beloved monarchs in British history, after all.him.
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** And in its parent ''Series/DoctorWho'' universe, Osgood, a fan favourite, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E12DeathInHeaven being killed off by Missy]] to show she was shockingly evil.

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** And in its parent ''Series/DoctorWho'' universe, Osgood, a fan favourite, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E12DeathInHeaven being killed off by Missy]] to [[SacrificialLion show that she was shockingly evil.evil]].
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-> ''"No man should have to outlive his fictional wizard! '''No man!'''"''
-->-- '''Homer Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "The Haw-Hawed Couple"

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-->-- '''Homer Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "The "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E8TheHawHawedCouple The Haw-Hawed Couple"
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'''As !!As this trope is about reactions to character deaths, here be spoilers.'''a {{Death Trope|s}}, [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff unmarked spoilers abound]]. [[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned Beware]].






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** Similarly, [[spoiler:Chinese fans [[https://www.animesenpai.net/fans-from-china-held-a-real-funeral-for-eren-yeager/ held a mock funeral for Eren Yeagar]] at the series' conclusion, even though the series is banned there.]]


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* ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'': [[spoiler:The death of [[TheMentor Satoru Gojo]] in chapter 236 was so shocking to fans, that many of them in Chile [[https://www.animesenpai.net/jujutsu-kaisen-fans-raise-an-altar-and-leave-messages-for-gojo/ created a memorial]] to him.]]

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** Beckett's fans actually donated a large amount of money to a Save the Turtles foundation in his memory after the character had mentioned liking turtles ''once''. He [[CloningBlues too]] made his way back to the show.

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** Beckett's fans actually donated a large amount of money to a Save the Turtles foundation in his memory after the character had mentioned liking turtles ''once''. He [[CloningBlues too]] too made his way back to the show.
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* For most of its run, ''Manga/OnePiece'' had characters either die in flashbacks or have a DisneyDeath. Not for [[EnsembleDarkHorse Portgas D. Ace]] and [[CoolOldGuy Whitebeard]], who died almost back to back in the Marineford arc and completely shook the ''One Piece'' fandom for the rest of its run.

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* For most of its run, ''Manga/OnePiece'' had characters either die in flashbacks or have a DisneyDeath. Not for [[EnsembleDarkHorse [[TheAce Portgas D. Ace]] and [[CoolOldGuy [[WorldsStrongestMan Whitebeard]], who died almost back to back in the [[Recap/OnePieceMarinefordArc Marineford arc Arc]] and completely shook the ''One Piece'' fandom for the rest of its run.
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I...don't think that counts as 'mourning a character's death' as the trope describes.


* ''Manga/KannagiCrazyShrineMaidens'''s Japanese readers provided an alarming example when Nagi's former lover showed up. The mere ''possibility'' that she might not be a virgin caused widespread outrage; there's been much speculation that this contributed to the manga's long hiatus shortly thereafter. (The author has serious health problems, but two and a half ''years''?)
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Fans can be a strange lot. They get really invested in the show they are watching, they come to empathise with and care for the characters. They come to see them as friends. Sometimes this gets taken to a strange place.

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* The GrandFinale of ''Anime/CodeGeass R2'' led to a lot of fans mourning [[spoiler:the death of Lelouch]]. Most fans are in denial as they believe HesJustHiding and many theories of his survival had been discussed for a decade until the release of ''Anime/CodeGeassLelouchOfTheResurrection'' in 2019, which is an AlternateContinuity set after the CompilationMovie trilogy instead of the TV series.
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* After the death of MagicalGirl Mamika in ''Anime/ReCreators'', fans staged a funeral for her.
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When a fictional character dies, there is often a very emotional response. In fact it can often lead to the sorts of public displays of affection that we might expect for a major public figure. In certain cases, {{Shipping}} will play a big part in this situation. A OneTruePairing will be dashed because of a character's death, and the fan outcry will go UpToEleven.

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When a fictional character dies, there is often a very emotional response. In fact it can often lead to the sorts of public displays of affection that we might expect for a major public figure. In certain cases, {{Shipping}} will play a big part in this situation. A OneTruePairing will be dashed because of a character's death, and the fan outcry will go UpToEleven.
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* For most of its run, ''Manga/OnePiece'' had characters either die in flashbacks or have a DisneyDeath. Not for [[EnsembleDarkHorse Portgas D. Ace]] and [[CoolOldGuy Whitebeard]], who died almost back to back in the Marineford arc and completely shook the ''One Piece'' fandom for the rest of its run.



* After Loki's death in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar,'' his fans added little suns to their nicknames[[note]]With "the sun will shine on us again" being one of the last things he says in the film[[/note]] and used multiple hashtags (such as [=bringlokibackalive=] or [=undyingfidelity=]) to express their disappointment and grief. They flooded Marvel's social media accounts to the point that Creator/TheRussoBrothers half-jokingly [[https://goo.gl/xrAKQn admitted]] that they had to temporarily withdraw from social media to avoid fans' wrath, and later [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFuM1j1t7k0&t=5887 said]] killing Loki was the most impactful thing they've ever done in terms of audience reactions. Some of the comments on [[https://goo.gl/dn55HP twitter]] or [[https://goo.gl/Dc5FKb weibo]] remaining since May 2018 are pretty telling. The directors' page on Wikipedia has been repeatedly vandalized, with "murderers" being added to their occupation list. Thousands of viewers in China vowed to stop watching Marvel movies altogether if Loki is gone for good, fans across Russia were attaching hand-made drawings of Loki to the ''Infinity War'' official posters in the movie theaters (he was missing from all of them), and there was an abundance of implausible theories of how HesJustHiding.

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* After Loki's death in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar,'' his fans added little suns to their nicknames[[note]]With "the sun will shine on us again" being one of the last things he says in the film[[/note]] and used multiple hashtags (such as [=bringlokibackalive=] or [=undyingfidelity=]) to express their disappointment and grief. They flooded Marvel's social media accounts to the point that Creator/TheRussoBrothers half-jokingly [[https://goo.gl/xrAKQn admitted]] that they had to temporarily withdraw from social media to avoid fans' wrath, and later [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFuM1j1t7k0&t=5887 said]] killing Loki was the most impactful thing they've ever done in terms of audience reactions. Some of the comments on [[https://goo.gl/dn55HP twitter]] or [[https://goo.gl/Dc5FKb weibo]] remaining since May 2018 are pretty telling. The directors' page on Wikipedia has been repeatedly vandalized, with "murderers" being added to their occupation list. Thousands of viewers in China vowed to stop watching Marvel movies altogether if Loki is gone for good, fans across Russia were attaching hand-made drawings of Loki to the ''Infinity War'' official posters in the movie theaters (he was missing from all of them), and there was an abundance of implausible theories of how HesJustHiding. Some of those theories would be vindicated in Loki's own [[Series/Loki2021 spin-off show]], which has an episode featuring an OlderAndWiser Loki who really did fake his death.



** Volume 8 ended on another DarkestHour just like Volume 3, and Penny was once again killed. This time however, she was given a human body before she died which means she was KilledOffForReal.



** Though not to the degree of Optimus Prime in the movie, when Blurr of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' got squished, there were tears and HesJustHiding theories for the rest of the show's run.

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** Though not to the degree of Optimus Prime in the movie, when Blurr of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' got squished, there were tears and HesJustHiding theories for the rest of the show's run. The crew would later develop [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Return_of_Blurr "The Return of Blurr"]], a post-series script reading which focuses on ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.




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* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' ended on an InferredHolocaust with the deaths of numerous magical creatures, but none had affected the fandom more than the EnsembleDarkhorse Hekapoo, especially for those who shipped her with Marco Diaz and were outraged at their [[ShipSinking ship being sunk]] in favor of pairing Marco with [[DesignatedHero Star]]. There's even an entire FanVerse where she's still alive and her death rendered FanonDiscontinuity, among other [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls factors]] [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse relating]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse to]] [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime other]] [[WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes shows]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'''s second season finale "True Colors" was a massive WhamEpisode, but [[SignatureScene one of many scenes that remain talked about to this day]] is [[KillTheCutie the sudden death]] of [[TeenGenius Marcy Wu]]. Even when TheStinger revealing the third season opening confirmed [[OnlyMostlyDead she was still alive]] to an extent, the fandom took this as a sign that the show would get DarkerAndEdgier from here on out.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': So many fans were outraged and saddened when Ashi faded from existence on her wedding day to Jack, partly because they felt it was a rip off of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', partly because after all she and Jack went through it just wasn't a fair ending for either one of them, because they loved Ashi just as much as they loved Jack, and partly due to unaddressed implications of an InferredHolocaust. So much so there have been alternate Website/YouTube endings made in which the gods being Ashi back to life, various fanfictions in which Ashi's death is retconned, and various petitions begging Genndy to make an alternate ending and save Ashi. They went so far as to refuse to watch the reruns of season 5 causing the ratings to drop and adult swim to pull it. Even Creator/TaraStrong (who voiced Ashi) ''herself'' joined in, saying Ashi was one of her most favorite characters to voice and she would love to do her again and even hashtagged #ashilives on her Twitter. The video game ''VideoGame/SamuraiJackBattleThroughTime'' eventually gave these crowds exactly what they wanted.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': So many fans were outraged and saddened when Ashi faded from existence on her wedding day to Jack, partly because they felt it was a rip off of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', partly because after all she and Jack went through it just wasn't a fair ending for either one of them, because they loved Ashi just as much as they loved Jack, and partly due to unaddressed implications of an InferredHolocaust. So much so there have been alternate Website/YouTube endings made in which the gods being Ashi back to life, various fanfictions in which Ashi's death is retconned, and various petitions begging Genndy Tartakovsky to make an alternate ending and save Ashi. They went so far as to refuse to watch the reruns of season 5 causing the ratings to drop and adult swim to pull it. Even Creator/TaraStrong (who voiced Ashi) ''herself'' joined in, saying Ashi was one of her most favorite characters to voice and she would love to do her again and even hashtagged #ashilives on her Twitter. The video game ''VideoGame/SamuraiJackBattleThroughTime'' eventually gave these crowds exactly what they wanted.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': So many fans were outraged and saddened when Ashi faded from existence on her wedding day to Jack, partly because they felt it was a rip off of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', partly because after all she and Jack went through it just wasn't a fair ending for either one of them, because they loved Ashi just as much as they loved Jack, and partly due to unaddressed implications of an InferredHolocaust. So much so there have been alternate Website/YouTube endings made in which the gods being Ashi back to life, various fanfictions in which Ashi's death is retconned, and various petitions begging Genndy to make an alternate ending and save Ashi. They went so far as to refuse to watch the reruns of season 5 causing the ratings to drop and adult swim to pull it. ''Creator/TaraStrong'' has joined in, saying Ashi was one of her most favorite characters to voice and she would love to do her again and even hashtagged #ashilives on her Twitter. The video game ''VideoGame/SamuraiJackBattleThroughTime'' eventually gave these crowds exactly what they wanted.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': So many fans were outraged and saddened when Ashi faded from existence on her wedding day to Jack, partly because they felt it was a rip off of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', partly because after all she and Jack went through it just wasn't a fair ending for either one of them, because they loved Ashi just as much as they loved Jack, and partly due to unaddressed implications of an InferredHolocaust. So much so there have been alternate Website/YouTube endings made in which the gods being Ashi back to life, various fanfictions in which Ashi's death is retconned, and various petitions begging Genndy to make an alternate ending and save Ashi. They went so far as to refuse to watch the reruns of season 5 causing the ratings to drop and adult swim to pull it. ''Creator/TaraStrong'' has Even Creator/TaraStrong (who voiced Ashi) ''herself'' joined in, saying Ashi was one of her most favorite characters to voice and she would love to do her again and even hashtagged #ashilives on her Twitter. The video game ''VideoGame/SamuraiJackBattleThroughTime'' eventually gave these crowds exactly what they wanted.
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* When Sherlock Holmes "committed" suicide in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', spontaneous memorial for the character was created under St. Bart's Hospital in London (place of suicide). Worldwide action using various hashtags, mainly #I believe in Sherlock Holmes, continued up to two years later, when next season premiered.

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* When Sherlock Holmes "committed" suicide in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', spontaneous memorial for the character was created under St. Bart's Hospital in London (place of suicide). Worldwide action using various hashtags, mainly #I believe in Sherlock Holmes, #[=IBelieveInSherlockHolmes=], continued up to two years later, when next season premiered.
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** The show caused a lot of this on fans in the last episodes of Volume 3, which had a few shocking deaths in succession: RobotGirl Penny Polendina was torn apart, StarterVillain Roman Torchwick was devoured alive, and in the one that caused the biggest amount of mourning, TheAce Pyrrha Nikkos was shot and turned into ash. While Penny was brought BackFromTheDead in Volume 7, Pyrrha’s chances of a similar revival is very low, given that her death was planned by series creator Creator/MontyOum, who [[AuthorExistenceFailure died a year before her in-show death]]. Because of this, many Arkos shippers see him as [[NeverLiveItDown the true killer of Pyrrha]] and not [[HeroKiller Cinder Fall]], often [[RonTheDeathEater demonizing him]] on par of that with [[WebVideo/YouCanPlayThis JewWario]].

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** The show caused a lot of this on fans in the last episodes of Volume 3, which had a few shocking deaths in succession: RobotGirl Penny Polendina was torn apart, StarterVillain Roman Torchwick was devoured alive, and in the one that caused the biggest amount of mourning, TheAce Pyrrha Nikkos was shot and turned into ash. While Penny was brought BackFromTheDead in Volume 7, Pyrrha’s chances of a similar revival is very low, given that her death was planned by series creator Creator/MontyOum, who [[AuthorExistenceFailure [[DiedDuringProduction died a year before her in-show death]]. Because of this, many Arkos shippers see him as [[NeverLiveItDown the true killer of Pyrrha]] and not [[HeroKiller Cinder Fall]], often [[RonTheDeathEater demonizing him]] on par of that with [[WebVideo/YouCanPlayThis JewWario]].

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** And now that Volume 7 is finished, the [[ShockingSwerve sudden death]] of [[spoiler: Clover Ebi]] can also be added as some fans loved him for being an excellent foil and friend to Qrow, while others thought the [[HoYay chemistry]] the two had was indicating something more.

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** And now that Volume 7 is finished, the [[ShockingSwerve sudden death]] death of [[spoiler: Clover Ebi]] can also be added as some fans loved him for being an excellent foil and friend to Qrow, while others thought the [[HoYay chemistry]] the two had was indicating something more.
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* An InUniverse case of it kicks off ''Manga/KissHimNotMe'''s plot. After her her beloved Shion died in ''Kachuu Ranbu''(a fictional ersatz for ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu''), fat YaoiFangirl Kae Serinuma fell into enough HeroicBSOD that she starved herself in her room for a whole week--and came out losing most of her unseemly weight.

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* An InUniverse case of it kicks off ''Manga/KissHimNotMe'''s plot. After her her beloved favorite character Shion died dies in ''Kachuu Ranbu''(a fictional ersatz for version of ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu''), fat overweight YaoiFangirl Kae Serinuma fell falls into enough such a big HeroicBSOD that she starved starves herself in her room for a whole week--and came comes out losing most of her unseemly weight.
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* ''Anime/Danganronpa3'' has done a bang-up job of pushing its fanbase into [[{{Pun}} despair]] in the final stretch, with the killing off of fan favorites [[spoiler: Kyoko Kirigiri and Chiaki Nanami]] in the [[CharactersDroppingLikeFlies span of two weeks]]. While the latter was [[DoomedByCanon largely expected]], the [[CruelAndUnusualDeath sheer]] [[KillTheCutie brutality]] of the scene was enough to push the characters' fans into a quick depression mode. The creators have [[TrollingCreator taken glee]] in the response. [[spoiler: Kyouko ultimately survived (she was poisoned in such a manner that she could ultimately hold on and be given an antidote), but Chiaki remained dead.]]

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* ''Anime/Danganronpa3'' ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'' has done a bang-up job of pushing its fanbase into [[{{Pun}} despair]] in the final stretch, with the killing off of fan favorites [[spoiler: Kyoko Kirigiri and Chiaki Nanami]] in the [[CharactersDroppingLikeFlies span of two weeks]]. While the latter was [[DoomedByCanon largely expected]], the [[CruelAndUnusualDeath sheer]] [[KillTheCutie brutality]] of the scene was enough to push the characters' fans into a quick depression mode. The creators have [[TrollingCreator taken glee]] in the response. [[spoiler: Kyouko ultimately survived (she was poisoned in such a manner that she could ultimately hold on and be given an antidote), but Chiaki remained dead.]]



* This can even happen with non-major characters. When the third DC hero to go by Comicbook/TheAtom, Ryan Choi, was killed during the ''Comicbook/BrightestDay'' crossover, the grief and rage from the fandom was such that, much like Superman and Captain America, mainstream news sources covered it. What made this death particularly infamous was '''a)''' how graphic it was, with the villain Deathstroke running Ryan through with his sword in loving detail, then shrinking his corpse and sending it to his nemesis in the mail; '''b)''' the fact that Ryan was one of DC's few non-CaptainEthnic Asian heroes; and '''c)''' the fact that, relating to the previous, the issue where he died in had the profound bad timing to come out ''during Asian-American Heritage Month''. The backlash was such that in a later event, ''Comicbook/{{Convergence}}'', it was revealed that due to a quirk of his powers he had actually been OnlyMostlyDead, and was subsequently fully restored.

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* This can even happen with non-major characters. When the third DC hero to go by Comicbook/TheAtom, Ryan Choi, was killed during the ''Comicbook/BrightestDay'' ''ComicBook/BrightestDay'' crossover, the grief and rage from the fandom was such that, much like Superman and Captain America, mainstream news sources covered it. What made this death particularly infamous was '''a)''' how graphic it was, with the villain Deathstroke running Ryan through with his sword in loving detail, then shrinking his corpse and sending it to his nemesis in the mail; '''b)''' the fact that Ryan was one of DC's few non-CaptainEthnic Asian heroes; and '''c)''' the fact that, relating to the previous, the issue where he died in had the profound bad timing to come out ''during Asian-American Heritage Month''. The backlash was such that in a later event, ''Comicbook/{{Convergence}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'', it was revealed that due to a quirk of his powers he had actually been OnlyMostlyDead, and was subsequently fully restored.



* The ''Comicbook/SpiderMan'' spinoff ''Comicbook/SuperiorSpiderMan'' opens with Peter Parker's nemesis, Comicbook/DoctorOctopus, switching Spidey's mind into his own dying body, which subsequently does in fact die, and his mind into Spidey's body. Writer Creator/DanSlott then proceeded to not only repeatedly insist the change was permanent, but that Ock would actually be portrayed as being a ''better'' Spider-Man than Peter was. Despite the sheer improbability of both these statements, many fans took them at face value and hounded Slott, who, apparently, began to legitimately fear for his real-life personal safety. Likely to no surprise of the fandom's cooler heads, the initiative ended up only lasting a year before Peter reclaimed the mantle, complete with Ock admitting to him that try as he might, he will never surpass Peter as [[TitleDrop the Superior Spider-Man]].

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* The ''Comicbook/SpiderMan'' ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' spinoff ''Comicbook/SuperiorSpiderMan'' ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'' opens with Peter Parker's nemesis, Comicbook/DoctorOctopus, ComicBook/DoctorOctopus, switching Spidey's mind into his own dying body, which subsequently does in fact die, and his mind into Spidey's body. Writer Creator/DanSlott then proceeded to not only repeatedly insist the change was permanent, but that Ock would actually be portrayed as being a ''better'' Spider-Man than Peter was. Despite the sheer improbability of both these statements, many fans took them at face value and hounded Slott, who, apparently, began to legitimately fear for his real-life personal safety. Likely to no surprise of the fandom's cooler heads, the initiative ended up only lasting a year before Peter reclaimed the mantle, complete with Ock admitting to him that try as he might, he will never surpass Peter as [[TitleDrop the Superior Spider-Man]].



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* ''Manga/{{Kannagi}}'''s Japanese readers provided an alarming example when Nagi's former lover showed up. The mere ''possibility'' that she might not be a virgin caused widespread outrage; there's been much speculation that this contributed to the manga's long hiatus shortly thereafter. (The author has serious health problems, but two and a half ''years''?)

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* ''Manga/{{Kannagi}}'''s ''Manga/KannagiCrazyShrineMaidens'''s Japanese readers provided an alarming example when Nagi's former lover showed up. The mere ''possibility'' that she might not be a virgin caused widespread outrage; there's been much speculation that this contributed to the manga's long hiatus shortly thereafter. (The author has serious health problems, but two and a half ''years''?)
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* Not necessarily a death, but Tangle the Lemur's transformation into a Zombot (metallic zombie-like being) in ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'' caused a fan to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spi2EspcGpA start his #SaveTangleTheLemur campaign and go on local television to spread it]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': So many fans were outraged and saddened when Ashi faded from existence on her wedding day to Jack, partly because they felt it was a rip off of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', and partly because after all she and Jack went through it just wasn't a fair ending for either one of them, because they loved Ashi just as much as they loved Jack. So much so there have been alternate Website/YouTube endings made in which the gods being Ashi back to life, various fanfictions in which Ashi's death is retconned, and various petitions begging Genndy to make an alternate ending and save Ashi. They went so far as to refuse to watch the reruns of season 5 causing the ratings to drop and adult swim to pull it. ''Creator/TaraStrong'' has joined in, saying Ashi was one of her most favorite characters to voice and she would love to do her again and even hashtagged #ashilives on her Twitter.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': So many fans were outraged and saddened when Ashi faded from existence on her wedding day to Jack, partly because they felt it was a rip off of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', and partly because after all she and Jack went through it just wasn't a fair ending for either one of them, because they loved Ashi just as much as they loved Jack.Jack, and partly due to unaddressed implications of an InferredHolocaust. So much so there have been alternate Website/YouTube endings made in which the gods being Ashi back to life, various fanfictions in which Ashi's death is retconned, and various petitions begging Genndy to make an alternate ending and save Ashi. They went so far as to refuse to watch the reruns of season 5 causing the ratings to drop and adult swim to pull it. ''Creator/TaraStrong'' has joined in, saying Ashi was one of her most favorite characters to voice and she would love to do her again and even hashtagged #ashilives on her Twitter. The video game ''VideoGame/SamuraiJackBattleThroughTime'' eventually gave these crowds exactly what they wanted.

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