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Can also be used to show a character is in shock or depressed (generally without the blood).

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Can [[Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible This isn't only used for character deaths.]] It can also be used to show for a living character is in shock or to show how defeated and depressed (generally without they are, or to illustrate immense exhaustion after a long string of action or trauma. Slumping down a wall is a good visual shorthand to show the blood).
character's waning will to continue, at least temporarily, and can heighten the somberness of a scene compared to if they were standing normally.



'''Unmarked Spoilers ahead''', as this is a [[DeathTropes Death Trope]].

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'''Unmarked Spoilers ahead''', as this is commonly a [[DeathTropes Death Trope]].
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-->''she had a laugh like a bowling ball / as she slid down the gentlemans toilet wall / it wasnt exactly a fall / but that was definitely all for tonight''

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-->''she had a laugh like a bowling ball / as she slid down the gentlemans gentleman's toilet wall / it wasnt wasn't exactly a fall / but that was definitely all for tonight''
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[[caption-width-right:256:Great. Do you know how hard it is to get blood off of hardwood?]]
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A classic way to show someone is dying. They have been shot, stabbed, poisoned, whatever, and then, recoiling from the wound, back into a wall and sink slowly to the ground. A smear of blood trailing down the wall is customary.

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A classic way to show someone is dying. They have been shot, stabbed, poisoned, whatever, and then, recoiling from the wound, back into a wall and sink slowly to the ground. A smear of blood trailing down the wall is customary.
customary. HandSlidingDownTheGlass could also come into play.
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* In the final episode of ''Series/ForeverKnight'', Tracy Vetter does this after being shot.

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* In the final episode of ''Series/ForeverKnight'', Tracy Vetter does this after being shot.shot for her MortalWoundReveal.
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* ''Film/ResidentEvil''. After Rain Ocampo becomes a zombie, she's shot in the head, moves back and hits the wall of the subway car she's in, then slumps down.

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* ''Film/ResidentEvil''.''Film/ResidentEvil2002''. After Rain Ocampo becomes a zombie, she's shot in the head, moves back and hits the wall of the subway car she's in, then slumps down.
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-->-- ''Theatre/RichardII'', V.v

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-->-- '''King Richard II''', ''Theatre/RichardII'', V.v
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* ''Film/{{Clue}}'': In the final ending, Mr Boddy dies in this way after being shot by Mr Green.
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* Double dose in ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' as Spock succumbs to radiation poisoning. First Spock slumps against the transparent wall separating the irradiated compartment from the rest of Engineering. Then Kirk follows suit in shock/grief on the other side of the same wall.
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* The first victim ([[spoiler:[[DecoyDamsel Sayaka Maizono]] in the full game, [[ShooOutTheClowns Yasuhiro Hagakure]] in the demo]]) of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' is found slumped up against a shower's wall with way too much blood covering them.
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* WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch does this in "Gobs of Gabaloons" when a coin expert tells them the Ptomanian treasure they found is unspendable under penalty of arrest and imprisonment.
-->'''Square:''' We're not rich anymore?\\
'''Hair:''' Look, even if we go to Ptomania we're broke.
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* Glazer slumps against the tree that Cropsy impales him on in ''Film/TheBurning''.
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** Bosch himself does the non-fatal "shock" version of this trope in ''Literature/{{The Drop|2011}}'', after going into a serial killer's lair and seeing all the shocking things inside.

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** Bosch himself does the non-fatal "shock" version of this trope in ''Literature/{{The Drop|2011}}'', ''Literature/TheDrop'', after going into a serial killer's lair and seeing all the shocking things inside.

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* ''Literature/TheBlackEcho'': Rourke's look of surprise when he does this after Eleanor shoots him helps Harry figure out her part in the crime.

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* Michael Connelly novels featuring detective Literature/HarryBosch:
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''Literature/TheBlackEcho'': Rourke's look of surprise when he does this after Eleanor shoots him helps Harry figure out her part in the crime.crime.
** Bosch himself does the non-fatal "shock" version of this trope in ''Literature/{{The Drop|2011}}'', after going into a serial killer's lair and seeing all the shocking things inside.
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* In the final episode of ''Series/ForeverKnight'', Tracy Vetter has this after being shot.

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* In the final episode of ''Series/ForeverKnight'', Tracy Vetter has does this after being shot.
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* In ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', Agent Coulson immediately collapses against a nearby wall after being stabbed through the back by Loki and dies shortly after speaking to Director Fury.

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* In ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', Agent Coulson immediately collapses against a nearby wall after being stabbed through the back by Loki and dies shortly after speaking to Director Fury.
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* A non-death version (specifically a drunken version) from the song ''Only A Friendly'' by folk singer Chris Wood:
-->''she had a laugh like a bowling ball / as she slid down the gentlemans toilet wall / it wasnt exactly a fall / but that was definitely all for tonight''
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* Lee's death in ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven''

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* Lee's death in ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven''''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]''
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* [[http://zeroescape.wikia.com/wiki/File:CloverTenmyouji.jpg Clover and Tenmyouji]] die like this in one path in ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward''. [[http://zeroescape.wikia.com/wiki/File:AliceDead.jpg Also Alice]].

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* [[http://zeroescape.wikia.com/wiki/File:CloverTenmyouji.jpg Clover and Tenmyouji]] die like this in one path in ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward''. [[http://zeroescape.wikia.com/wiki/File:AliceDead.jpg Also Alice]].Alice.]]
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** Matt slides down against his bullet hole-riddled car after being shot [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill approximately ten-thousand times]]--though not before taking [[OneLastSmoke one last drag]] from his ever-present cigarette.
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* This is the position that Mia is found in after her murder at the start of the second case of the first ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' game.
** The victim in the first case of ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'' is also found in this position surrounded by bloody handprints, providing the page image.

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* This is the position that Mia is found in after her murder at the start of the second case of the first ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' game.
game. It's also how Officer Meekins and Maggey Byrde were found after falling unconscious in cases 1-5 and 3-3 respectively.
** The victim in the first case of ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'' is also found in this position surrounded by bloody handprints, providing the page image. The victim in the second case also did this [[spoiler:although his body was placed in that position after he had been killed]].
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* ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2'': After Isaac has sent away love interest Ellie to protect her, he slumps down as he is alone on a station infested with necromorphs and confronted by the Marker-induced hallucination of his dead girlfriend Nicole, appearing to him against the wall beside him.
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* ''TheWall'', naturally.

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* ''TheWall'', ''Film/TheWall'', naturally.
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->''Mount, mount, my soul! thy seat is up on high;''\\
''Whilst my gross flesh sinks downward, here to die.''

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->''Mount, ->''"Mount, mount, my soul! thy seat is up on high;''\\
''Whilst my gross flesh sinks downward, here to die.''"''
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* Happens in ''{{Psyren}}'' to Shao when he fought Junas. He got better.

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* Happens in ''{{Psyren}}'' ''Manga/{{Psyren}}'' to Shao when he fought Junas. He got better.
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* In ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'', [[spoiler: Lotus]] dies like this in the [[spoiler: Knife]] Ending.
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* Jaune does the depressed variant in ''WebAnimaton/{{RWBY}}''.

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* Jaune does the depressed variant in ''WebAnimaton/{{RWBY}}''.''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''.

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