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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This is the only death where one of the victims was a gay [[TheOneGuy male]]. All future deaths that use the BuryYourGays trope have the victims be female lesbians.
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A South Philly butcher in the employ of the Mafia is locked in a meat freezer as punishment for stealing from the mob and impregnating his boss's teenage granddaughter, and freezes to death.

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A South Philly butcher in the employ of the Mafia is locked in a meat freezer as punishment for stealing from the mob and impregnating his boss's teenage underage granddaughter, and freezes to death.
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Some New Years revelers [[FiringInTheAirALot fire a gun into the air to celebrate]]. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome There's a reason firing a gun into the air is illegal in the U.S.]]: the bullet flies up, then falls back down and hits another reveler through the heart a mile away.

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Some New Years revelers [[FiringInTheAirALot fire a gun into the air to celebrate]]. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome There's a reason firing a gun into the air is illegal in the U.S.]]: : the bullet flies up, then falls back down and hits another reveler through the heart a mile away.



A death row inmate is given a lethal injection, but the drugs that were meant to kill him [[NoSell seem to have no effect]]. He goes on a small rampage when the restrains are undone, but dies shortly thereafter: turns out, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the restraints were too tight and acted as a tourniquet, so the poison didn't take effect until the blood flow was restored]].

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A death row inmate is given a lethal injection, but the drugs that were meant to kill him [[NoSell seem to have no effect]]. He goes on a small rampage when the restrains are undone, but dies shortly thereafter: turns out, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the restraints were too tight and acted as a tourniquet, so the poison didn't take effect until the blood flow was restored]].restored.

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Some New Years revelers [[FiringInTheAirALot fire a gun into the air to celebrate]]. There's a reason firing a gun into the air is illegal in the U.S.: the bullet flies up, then falls back down and hits another reveler through the heart a mile away.

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Some New Years revelers [[FiringInTheAirALot fire a gun into the air to celebrate]]. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome There's a reason firing a gun into the air is illegal in the U.S.: ]]: the bullet flies up, then falls back down and hits another reveler through the heart a mile away.


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* MurphysBullet: A drunken redneck shoots into the air and kills an InnocentBystander who was a mile away.
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A woman fashions a dildo out of a shaved carrot. While [[ADateWithRosiePalms using it]], she [[GroinAttack accidentally cuts herself]] on a rough edge, and the motion from the carrot's use forces air into the wound, causing a fatal embolism.

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A woman fashions a dildo out of a shaved carrot. While [[ADateWithRosiePalms using it]], it, she [[GroinAttack accidentally cuts herself]] on a rough edge, and the motion from the carrot's use forces air into the wound, causing a fatal embolism.
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* DyingDeclarationOfHatred: Hans and Monica's last words before brain-death are declaring their hatred of the other.

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* DyingDeclarationOfHatred: DyingDeclarationOfHate: Hans and Monica's last words before brain-death are declaring their hatred of the other.

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->''As soon as he subjected himself to the black widow's deadly toxin, like the hourglass imprinted on its underbelly, Mark's time began running out, with death the only outcome.''



->''An unusual fate, but not unheard of. Each year, as many as 20 others perish in a similar manner. Oftentimes, teenagers looking for a thrill ride, but finding themselves trapped in a machine set on "tumble die".''



->''There's an old Italian proverb, which says 'Revenge is a dish best served cold.' Rest in Peace, South Philly Billy.''



->''With Richard at the controls of the plane, but losing control of his mind and body, it was the all-time worst case scenario. The three men, incapacitated by the bends, could only watch in horror as their plane augured straight into a mountainside.''



->''After his burial, James' casket was dug up by graverobbers. When the robbers open the casket, they were faced with the horrific sight of James, who spent the last minutes of his life, trying to crawl his way out of the casket until his fingers wore warn down to the bone.''



->''Right before he died, Dalph finally got his wish. He knew exactly what it felt like to be a fish... out of water.''



->''Their razor sharp beaks would tear you apart, while you would helplessly watch yourself get eaten alive. Those were the days.''



->''Maybe this sleazebag lawyer just ran out of luck, or maybe it was the way his Rolex caught the glass, because Ian took a running start... and never stopped.''



->''Dale gets turned into ground chuck. Tiny gets a bloodbath. Is there a lesson to be learned from all this carnage? If you're this stupid, maybe you deserved to die.''



->''Once they locked themselves in their funhouse, it was only a matter time before their fun turned to none.''



->''JT died a noble gunman, fighting for the booty rights for his Texas maiden. Happy trails, cowboy.''



->''He lived by the sword. He died by the - you got it... umbrella.''



->''There will be no happy ending to this veggie tale.''



->''Hey buddy, got a light?''



->''They say if you die in a dream, you die for real. We can only ask Alexi if it was true, but she never woke up from her... Frightmare. Maybe we should ask the dwarf.''



->''The bottom line? Karma's a bitch. And when she comes back at you, there's no escape.''



->''He had performed this trick a hundred times before. He died without ever finding out why this time it didn't work.''



->''Arnold finally learned his lesson: It's not cool to peek on people. You're breaking the law and like Arnold here, your neck.''



->''To anyone who knew John Cook, his death came as no shock.''



->''Overcome by lung-searing toxic fumes, Chuck went from road-worthy... to road-kill.''



->''It's a felony to fire a gun into the air. Stray bullets kill dozens of Americans every year. The lesson: when the clock strikes twelve on New Year's Eve... duck.'''



->''Mickey's drinking days... are over.''



->''Mr. Jacousky's fatal error cost him his life. But one rule he followed to the very end... Keep your eye on the javelin.''



A virgin man hires a dominatrix who makes him wear a latex suit and ball gag. The man discovers too late he has a latex allergy, but can't say anything due to the ball gag in his mouth and the dominatrix thinks [[TooKinkyToTorture his groaning is from him enjoying the pain]]. [[KillerOutfit He eventually succumbs to anaphalaxis]][[note]]it should be noted that deaths like these are why dominatrixes usually ask if their would-be slave is allergic to latex[[/note]].

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A virgin man hires a dominatrix who makes him wear a latex suit and ball gag. The man discovers too late he has a latex allergy, but can't say anything due to the ball gag in his mouth and the dominatrix thinks [[TooKinkyToTorture his groaning is from him enjoying the pain]]. [[KillerOutfit He eventually succumbs to anaphalaxis]][[note]]it anaphylaxis]][[note]]it should be noted that deaths like these are why dominatrixes usually ask if their would-be slave is allergic to latex[[/note]].latex[[/note]].
->''Unable to escape, the gimp goes limp and dies.''



A woman hires a quack plastic surgeon to pay a home visit and give her discount Botox. The doctor ends up injecting her with pure botulinum, eventually killing her when it [[AndIMustScream paralyzes her while she's sitting in a hot tub]].

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A woman hires a quack plastic surgeon to pay a home visit and give her discount Botox. The doctor ends up injecting her with pure botulinum, eventually killing her when it [[AndIMustScream paralyzes her while she's sitting in a hot tub]].tub]], and she slips beneath the water and drowns.
->''At her funeral, her friends all said... "She never looked better."''



->''Carl and Lenny. Stupid is as stupid dies.''



->''Our advice: Stay out of hospitals, unless you're horny.''



->''Chester paid the ultimate price for trying to fertilize Daisy. Poor Daisy. All she really wanted was a stable relationship.''
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* OhNoNotAgain: When Daisy discover's Chester's corpse, she screams, then wails "Why does this always happen to me?!"



->''It was too late for Monica to grasp that she was dying for trusting a wannabe metro-sexual. And all she had done was eat his salad.''
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* DyingDeclarationOfHatred: Hans and Monica's last words before brain-death are declaring their hatred of the other.



->''It all went horribly wrong, but his final trick produced some real magic. The entire audience was awake, and applauding the late... great... Dolphino!''



->''Desperate to get high, these two stoners made some very stupid decisions. That's why they call it dope.''



->''Someday the south may rise again. But you can be sure... Willie never will.''



A man looking to score with women in a nightclub uses a kielbasa, surgical tubing, and tight leather pants to make it look like he has [[GagPenis a large penis]]. The tubing, however, causes a blood clot to form in his leg which kills him.

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A man with a TeenyWeenie looking to score with women in a nightclub uses a kielbasa, surgical tubing, and tight leather pants to make it look like he has [[GagPenis a large penis]]. The tubing, however, causes a blood clot to form in his leg which kills him.him.
->''For Donny, size mattered a little too much. But for one night, this tiny, tiny man had something special between his legs... something to die for.''



->''In the city that never sleeps, Tracey, the leggy show girl, went lights out.''



->''In the end, Jake successfully avoided the apocalypse by permanently isolating himself from humanity. But he never learned that if the barbarians of the gate don't get you... the snake in the grass will.''



->''There you go. A new way to reform a criminal.''



->''In the end, Kathy was the one that got away.''



->''Crime doesn't pay, but the criminal does. For Levinson, first, he put up. Then, he paid up.''



->''Robbing a bank, bad idea. Drinking gasoline, even worse. Puking his deadly firewater into an open fire, the worst idea he ever had. One wonders if any of this ran through Cisco's dim brain while he was doing his best imitation of a marshmallow. Who cares? One less meth-dealing biker to worry about.''



->''Tragic? Maybe. But of all the 1000 Ways to Die, this one gets our highest ranking. Ichiban. Number One.''



A narcoleptic worker conks out in a curing oven and is [[CookedToDeath baked to death]].

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A narcoleptic worker conks out in a curing oven and, with his coworker unaware he's inside and turning it on, is [[CookedToDeath baked to death]].death]].
->''Twelve hours of extreme temperatures left Jake extra crispy.''
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* AccidentalMurder: Manny doesn't realize that Jake's fallen asleep in the curing oven, and, none the wiser, turns it on, accidentally cooking his coworker to death.



->''Darlene finally fit in a size 4 dress. Too bad she wore it... at her funeral.''



->''Maybe, it was a mechanical failure. Maybe, it was karma's way to off another juvenile jerk from the planet. One thing is sure: Suburban Slaughter had a great ending.''



->''Randall will be spending eternity... sleeping with the fishes.''



->''Every 4th of July, fireworks accidents filled emergency rooms around the country. Bernie managed to skip that part.... and went straight to the morgue.''



->''Pica syndrome affects around 200,000 people in the United States. Once it starts, it's difficult to cure. So far, the only way to stop it permanently is death.''



->''Confucius once said that music produces pleasures human nature can't do without. Unfortunately, China would have to do without Li and Feng.''



->''In a nanosecond, Sandy goes from sexy... to splattered, all over the chamber.''
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* AccidentalMurder: A maintenance worker, unaware that Sandy's inside the hyperbaric chamber, opens the hatch, releasing the pressure inside and subjecting her to ExplosiveDecompression.
* CheatedDeathDiedAnyway: The narrator mentions that Sandy's in the hyperbaric chamber due to her air tank failing at 350 feet, which forced her to make an emergency surfacing, narrowly avoiding a fatal case of the bends. Unfortunately, her luck runs out when a maintenance worker unwittingly causes her to explode.



Chris Colwell, a skydiving instructor, was involved in an accident when trying to aid a student who was falling too quickly. The student managed to slow their descent but accidentally struck Colwell at high speeds, hard enough to break his spine. Paralyzed, Colwell accepted his fate, only for his own parachute to open on its own and help him survive.

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Chris Colwell, a skydiving instructor, was involved in an accident when trying to aid a student who was falling too quickly. The student managed to slow their descent but accidentally struck Colwell at high speeds, hard enough to break his spine. Paralyzed, [[FaceDeathWithDignity Colwell accepted his fate, fate]], only for his own parachute to open on its own and help him survive.


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->''Dave hit the table like a beached whale... and croaked.''


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->''Mike's obsession with his body cost him his life. Just blame it on the juice.''


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->''And so ends another modern romance.''


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->''It ended with Patty fading fast, not feeling up to par. He hit into the hazard and wound up taking a stroke.''


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->''It's only a few days away from the owner's Sunday joyride. Until then, The Dangler is just going to have to... hang out.''


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->''There's nothing more pathetic than a drunken clown... except maybe a dead drunken clown. At least for Fred, clown time is over.''


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->''If these kids had less alcohol and more blood in their brains, one of them might not have wound up like this.''


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->''Finally, Chuck's overworked heart seized up. In the end, Chuck got the last laugh, and it killed him.''


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->''Your typical Japanese businessman bows 300 times a day. On this day, Yoshi.. bowed out.''


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->''It's hard to justify one death with another, but a creep like Scott Randall? He deserved to die.''


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->''There's a reason why your mother told you to never eat and run. You might choke on your own wiener.''


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->''Is there a lesson to be learned from this tale of broken hearts? When you go looking for love in all the wrong places, make sure you're well grounded.''


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->'''David:''' ''I know that I don't wanna relive anything like that ever again.''

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