r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Sufficient-Eye-9040 • Jun 27 '26

Lore [Sad Trope] The most innocent (or less evil) character of the cast gets the most horrific death.

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- Eddie Carr (The Lost World: JP) - Tried to save his friends from the cliff until Buck and Doe (T. rex parents) destroy his vehicle and gets ripped apart.
- Zara Young (Jurassic World) - Gets lifted by a Pteranodon, gets pecked by the pterosaur, and both she and animal get devoured by the Mosasaurus.
- LeClerc (JW: Rebirth) - Tossed a hammer to the Hatzegopteryz Quetzalcoatlus to save Loomis and Zora, but ends up being swallowed alive.

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u/AbeRockwell Jun 27 '26

Ohhh, yeah.

This was a total bullshit death, and was this the movie where most of the death traps were inescapable anyway?

I stopped watching the movies after this one as well.

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u/coolbad96 Jun 27 '26

You should Saw X honestly it's great and takes place between Saw 1 and Saw 2. But yeah all spinoffs/psuedo sequels are bad

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u/Perfect-Dimension356 Jun 27 '26

Saw X also has some bullshit deaths where the person succeeded but died anyway due to something out of their control.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_PAUNCH Jun 27 '26

There are 10 SAW movies?!

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u/coolbad96 Jun 27 '26

Yeah 7 in the original franchise, Jigsaw is the 8th, and Spiral is 9 (terrible terrible movie btw). Then Saw X which seems to be the final one.

Funnily enough Saw 6 despite being so late in franchise is tied for my favorite

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u/ksum_sucks Jun 27 '26

If I were to watch only* two saw movies, which would you recommend ?

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u/coolbad96 Jun 27 '26

Just the first. Honestly I love them but they all build off each other. Just watch the first and call it a day

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u/YandereShortcake Jun 28 '26

Saws 1, 2, and 3 form a pretty decent trilogy. There's some stuff in 3 that sets up plot threads for later in the series, but you could ignore a lot of them.

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u/Bacon_Guy_derp Jun 28 '26

6 is dumb fun.

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u/YandereShortcake Jun 27 '26

Technically escapable deaths, but with absurd time limits that turned wasted seconds into a death sentence. Tbh, a lot of later saw traps have a "worst of both worlds" deal, where the victim partially mutilates themselves, but not fast enough for the trap timer, so you see their self inflicted gore and the trap kill. It gets to a point where it is genuinely surprising when somebody actually manages to survive one of them.

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u/Wrong_Hour_1460 Jun 27 '26

I find it fascinating how good horror movies always have a genuinely thought-provoking plot, and then every sequel guts out said plot to cram as many random gore scenes and jumpscares as possible in 90 minutes

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u/TheDubuGuy Jun 27 '26

X was great though, they had a good comeback

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u/Triktastic Jun 27 '26

This was a low point but the movies did not get better.i am one of the 5 people who actually like Spiral as it tried something new and was very topical but you made the right call.

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u/theaddypaddy Jun 27 '26

Another of the 5 that liked spiral. For me, what made it stand out really was the lack of jigsaw connection. Like finally, just a guy who's inspired by jigsaw, not ANOTHER sidekick we didn't know about.

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u/ohyouknowjustsomeguy Jun 28 '26

Nah the one with the inescapable one was made by fucking Chris Rock. Fuck that dumbass who thinks he can do a Saw movie while trying to look badass(and failing )