To-do list:
- Remove on-page examples that don't fit the trope definition for "Everybody Dies" Ending.
- Move wicks from Kill Em All to "Everybody Dies" Ending if they fit, and move them elsewhere or cut them if they don't. Tropes that can be used in place of Kill Em All:
- Characters Dropping Like Flies (numerous characters dying over the course of a work)
- Leave No Survivors (an order from a baddie to kill everyone in this area)
- Leave No Witnesses (kill everyone who witnessed something)
- Anyone Can Die (no Plot Armor for anyone)
- Killer Finale (the Grand Finale of a show kills a main character)
- Omnicidal Maniac
- Dwindling Party (characters in a group die one by one as the story progresses)
- Kill All Humans
- Rape, Pillage, and Burn
- Kill Enemies to Open (video game trope where all enemies must be killed to proceed or get a prize)
- Gotta Kill Them All
- Absolute Xenophobe
- Check Genocide Tropes
- Yoshiyuki Tomino - occasionally tropers have been lazy and stick Kill Em All in place of the creator's name
- Kill Em All wick list
- Kill Them All wick list
Now, the wick check found that, when considering just the Correct Use and Misuse categories, they were surprisingly more-or-less even, with the misuse being greater with 5 wicks. Though when the rest is considered, then the correct examples become a minority. So there is still a clear problem here. Another thing I noticed was a pattern- wicks within work namespaces like Literature and Live-Action TV tended to use the trope correctly, while wicks in other namespaces and potholes misused it.
Wicks checked: 85/85
Wick check: Wick Em All
Edited by Tabs on Sep 19th 2022 at 11:24:08 AM
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I think 'Kill 'Em All' Ending or "Everybody Dies" Ending would be good. Everyone Dies is currently a disambig, but that may have its own misuse with the other two tropes listed if we bring it back. A good chunk of the misuse could be moved to Gotta Kill Them All. Is there any other tropes that overlap with the misuse?
Edit: Honestly, with how similar the names are and how it overlaps with the most common misuse, I wouldn't be opposed to making Kill Em All into a redirect to Gotta Kill Them All either. It seems to cover the, well, killing them all, concept well and we can move legitimate examples into the new trope name.
Edited by prettycoolguy on May 6th 2022 at 1:51:50 PM
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Omnicidal Maniac is definitely one.
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As well as Kill All Humans. Maybe ignore the redirect idea for now, the misuse is actually pretty diverse enough that there are enough entries to pull from for a solid disambig.
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To rename to "Everybody Dies" Ending.
Bonnie's Artistic Cousin
I think a rename and then disambiging Kill Em All would work.
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Calendar enthusiast
Rename to "Kill 'Em All Ending".
Ukrainian Red Cross
Take me to the river
Renaming.
Rename and cleanup.
the Retromancer
Rename. Not feeling any variations of "kill all" names without indication that this applies to the primary characters and not just Apocalypse How.
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Rename and disambig
rename and disambig
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Lord Something, Forgetter of Cool Titles
I'm not feeling the "'kill em all' ending" name suggestion, how about something more like "main cast death ending" but less clunky?
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Very Spooky
I prefer "Everyone Dies" Ending for being more concise.
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I prefer "Everyone Dies" Ending or Kill Em All Ending. I don't think there's any way to make Main Cast Death Ending less clunky, to be honest
Cake's just a shot away. (he/him)
I think it's safe to call this one in favor of renaming. Give me a bit and I'll compile a crowner with the options given so far.
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Cake's just a shot away. (he/him)
Double posting because the crowner is now live, though I admit that I overlooked the fact that there weren't as many suggestions as I thought, so feel free to add more.
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Officially intimidated
Posting this comment to make public that I voted in favor of "Everybody Dies Ending". I didn't upvote or downvote any of the other options.
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Cake's just a shot away. (he/him)
Calling in favor of "Everybody Dies" Ending. "Everyone Dies" Ending will be a redirect.
I'll go ahead and move the page, but I'm not going to do any cleanup at the moment aside from moving over the indexing.
You can't always get what you want.
7163 wicks, including Kill Them All redirect
Leader of the Menagerie
Updated the Renamed Tropes section of Trope Epitaph to reflect the rename of Kill 'Em All to "Everybody Dies" Ending.
I'll be over on DeviantArt if you need me.
Cake's just a shot away. (he/him)
I overlooked that redirect earlier, which is why it was a double redirect. I fixed it to point to the new name instead of the old name.
Crown Description:
Consensus was to rename Kill Em All due to misuse. What should its new name be?
To-do list:
Now, the wick check found that, when considering just the Correct Use and Misuse categories, they were surprisingly more-or-less even, with the misuse being greater with 5 wicks. Though when the rest is considered, then the correct examples become a minority. So there is still a clear problem here. Another thing I noticed was a pattern- wicks within work namespaces like Literature and Live-Action TV tended to use the trope correctly, while wicks in other namespaces and potholes misused it.
Wicks checked: 85/85
Wick check: Wick Em All
Edited by Tabs on Sep 19th 2022 at 11:24:08 AM
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