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They Killed Kenny Again
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A recurring Red Shirt. Did your brain lock up for a second when you read that? This character is (and sometimes only exists to be) killed off repeatedly and inexplicably comes back to life by the next episode, as a Running Gag. Usually found in shows with Negative Continuity, particularly Sadist Shows - in more realistic shows, the character may be a robot who can be rebuilt or replaced between episodes, or immortal in some way, unless there's a "Groundhog Day" Loop going on. The character does not need to die permanently as long as he appears to die in the narrative. A ritualized form of Staying Alive. Could overlap with The Chew Toy and Cosmic Plaything. Often a by-product of Death is Cheap. Chronically Crashed Car is a variant that refers to vehicles, and Chronically Killed Actor one that refers to actors whose characters usually die. Although similar to Death is Cheap, wherein a character may 'die' and come back to life at least once, this trope refers to when a character is killed many times and usually as a Running Gag. As this is a Death Trope, Expect spoilers! |
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Brewster Rockit play this one for laughs with pretty much everyone, especially Winky, Dr. Mel's unfortunate assistant, who seems to be able to lose his spleen many, many times. The comic at least used to have an Ensign Kenny, but Winky basically fills in for him. | |
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A major part of Paranoia. Every player character has a set of auxiliary clones that are sent in to replace them when they die, meaning any player can find plenty of ways to die during a session without having to create a new character. | |
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It's not uncommon for adaptations of Dungeons & Dragons to parody the relative ease in which dead PCs can be resurrected. | |
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Bill the Cat in Bloom County was a frequent example of this in his earlier days in the strip. Notably when he's electrocuted by his tongue being wired into an amplifier while rehearsing with Deathtongue... | |
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Liō has been skeletonized from time to time, only to appear fine the next day. The comic has also included at least one explosion of Earth. | |
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Jar of Rebuke: Main character Dr. Jared Hel is incapable of staying dead after a mysterious encounter from his past, something which their employers frequently take advantage of (to Jared's chagrin). | |
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Magic: The Gathering: It features a handful of cards whose Flavor Text references the various deaths of a hapless goblin named Furt. See several examples. There's Squee, who eventually proved to be so popular he got his own card, complete with a returning-to-play mechanic. The card Reassembling Skeleton lampshades a lesser-known rule regarding creature cards; if a non-token creature leaves play for any reason but returns at some point, the game state considers it a different creature. To sum up, same card does not equal same creature. |
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The early "Guy Noir" sketches on A Prairie Home Companion (and its 80s substitute, Garrison Keillor's American Radio Company) were set up in this manner, with the title character and his then-sidekick, Jimmy, repeatedly accidentally killing each other. After the Moral Guardians protested these violent acts, Jimmy was Killed Off for Real and "Guy Noir" adapted its current format, with Noir getting by on his wits alone. | |
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It's also possible in Eclipse Phase but resleeving is more often played seriously given the nature of the setting. | |
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The later British radio comedy series The Burkiss Way featured the character of Eric Pode of Croydon, most of whose appearances ended with him getting shot by whoever he was talking to, usually the long-suffering Fred Harris. On one single occasion, Pode shot Harris, announcing 'I had to do that, he was getting on me nerves.' | |
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Chaotic has similar flavor text for some cards involving Bodal. | |
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In Bray Wyatt's Firefly Funhouse segments, the Rambling Rabbit character dies an often Cruel and Unusual Death at least once per episode. | |
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Mission to Zyxx uses guest character Papa Derf in a few episodes. At the end of each he orchestrates his own death (apparently). | |
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Most of Rammstein's videos end with keyboardist Christian "Flake" Lorenz into some sort of death or harm. | |
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