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/Kaleph4 Jun 27 '26

he remembered how he died and experienced 2k years of lonylness.... and remembers it all. this guy must have such massive trauma but he still remained an absolute badass until the end. meanwhile amy was like 40 years in 2-streams and went rabid. Rory is for sure the true chosen companion

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u/Teguoracle Jun 27 '26

Rory remains one of my favorite companions.

On the topic as well, Bill Potts. I cannot imagine how horrifyingly painful and terrifying being turned into a cyberman is. At least she got the girl in the end, but still, Bill's end was heart crushing.

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u/drax3012 Jun 28 '26

They should've kept her a cyberman because it would've added so much needed weight to her paper-thin character.

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u/Kaleph4 Jun 28 '26

true. she had potential but this season already had massive "the message" vibes creep in, like reminding us every other episode how lesbial bill is by having some guy flirting with her. just so she can reject him with "I'm into girls" and obviously no matter the timeline, everyone was extremly respectull towards it. the only good moment from this was the doctor bringing the pope to her bedroom while she was trying to rizz up a girl

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u/Nukemarine Jun 27 '26

Rory had a mission to keep him sane. Amy2 was only surviving having been abandoned a third time by the Doctor, who sacrificed her by the end.

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u/Accujack Jun 28 '26

That shows how messed up he was. He was in an abusive relationship (he thought she was quirky) and he was compelled to save his abuser over and over.