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Basically, yeah. There is a lot of misuse going on, but Killed Off for Real is reserved for settings/stories in which there is a possibility of revival in most cases.
Apathy is Death. Worse than Death, because at least a rotting corpse feeds beasts and insects.
Killed Off for Real is exclusive to contexts in which a character might have been killed off not-for-real.
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Can Killed Off for Real apply to realistic settings, if a character appears to die several times, but somehow survives each time, until the final time where it actually sticks? For example, Bob is thrown off a cliff, but a later episode reveals that he landed in Soft Water. Then he gets shot and seemingly dies, but he comes back later and says the bullet hit a non-vital area. Then he gets blown into Ludicrous Gibs by a grenade and that's that. He never technically comes Back from the Dead, but there's still a pattern of apparent death not sticking, in a way that doesn't involve the supernatural.
Edited by Zuxtron
The title "Killed Off For Real" implies there is a "Killed Off for Not Real". Which tends not to be possible in sitcoms.
Yeah. Killed Off for Real only applies when the audience has some reason to expect a character to not die / to come back.
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^^That's more or less the reason I leave behind whenever I delete misuse of that trope.
Along with the above I've also used it for settings where, while All Deaths Are Final, a character has a tendency to cheat or otherwise escape death and then is finally killed. Like a villain whose Joker Immunity finally runs out.
When describing the moment a character died, usually in character or recap page, should Killed Off for Real or Character Death be used?
I usually used Killed Off for Real, but then I found Character Death and was confused between their distinction. Is Killed Off for Real exclusive for settings in which death isn't permanent, but the character died a permanent death anyway?
For example: In a normal sitcom if Alice is killed by Bob, in her character sheet would it be:
or
- Killed Off for Real: Alice is killed by Bob in episode x due to y.
Edited by BlackMage43