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Freezer
Since: Jan, 2001

Looking for a trope of the following.
So a character is about to die. The cause of death is usually either he is alone and is about to face off against an entire army of enemies or he is about to attempt one last suicidal attack against one very strong enemy. As he charges the screen suddenly changes to another sceen away from the battle, which are either:
birds on a tree suddenly flying away, an item in his house falling over, a picture frame of him falling off and breaking, usually when the character's lover or relative is present to see it.
signifying that the character has fallen. We don't see the killing blow but generally at this point his lover or relative or friend at this point senses that something bad has happened.