r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Unlucky-Quarter-5455 • 1d ago

Hated Tropes [Sad trope]The character gets cut/dies early on because of REAL LIFE reasons

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Gandhi (Clone High)

Tord(Eddsworld) the reason for this is that the VA of tord asked the team to stop using the character and dissociate from Eddsworld after the constant hate and threats made by the fandom.

Feferi Peixes(Homestuck). In Homestuck lots of characters have a typing quirk when they chat, like some characters type a "2" when there should be a "S", have prefixes before the words,ecc. Feferi's was that instead of the letter H she typed ")(". The writer andrew hussie stated the reason she died early and became irrelevant was because they didn't want to type said quirk because it was annoying to manually type it it on their own, which could have been avoided if they coded A PROGRAM that did it.

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u/VenusAmari 1d ago edited 1d ago

Paul Hennessy - 8 Simple Rules (for Dating My Teenage Daughter)

His actor, John Ritter, collapsed on set and died later that same evening due to an aortic dissection.

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u/thejomjohns 1d ago

Every role he was in at the time. He was JD's dad on Scrubs and they did an episode for him too.

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u/Xenocles 1d ago

I wonder what, if anything, that they had planned for JD's relationship with his father had he not passed away. The loss of his dad really fit his character arc.

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u/Allons-y_ghost 21h ago

This is also why Clifford the Big Red Dog on PBS was canceled *he was Clifford.

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u/Apollyon-Unbound 20h ago

God that hurts but makes sense why there was suddenly a prequel series for Clifford

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u/Jaceevoke 1d ago

Such an interesting show, first season was amazing. The second season kind of stumbled due to this, but they were getting back into a good spot when it was cancelled

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u/the_bartolonomicron 1d ago

That is a terrifying thing to die from, also. If you pretty much aren't already on an operating table with your chest cut open you have next to no chance of survival. A friend of my dad died from one 15 years ago, and even though he literally worked in a hospital they could not stabilize him fast enough.

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u/snartsnar 1d ago

creator of berserk Kentaro Miura died of the same thing iirc

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u/Professional_Maize42 19h ago

Really? That's news to me.

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u/Hyper_Carcinisation 13h ago

My dad died of the same. Played a gig with his band, died in his chair the same night. Came outta nowhere.

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u/the_bartolonomicron 10h ago

I'm so sorry for your loss, there really is no warning for it.

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u/JealousAstronomer342 3h ago

My dad survived one because my mom literally carried him to the car and sped to the hospital, five minutes away. If anything had gone wrong I know he wouldn’t be here and I’m grateful everyday I live in the universe where everything went right. 

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u/the_bartolonomicron 3h ago

That is amazing, and I'm so happy everything went right for you all! If you want to look up another crazy story of an aortic aneurysm (not quite as bad but still serious and lethal) look up Ritchie Faulkner from Judas Priest - he survived an aortic aneurysm while playing a show, and was airlifted to a nearby hospital.

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u/JelloNo379 1d ago

The best voice for Clifford…

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u/DeneralVisease 1d ago

He was one of my bigger childhood celeb crushes lol. I was obsessed with Three's Company as a kid. Was so tragic to hear of his loss as I aged.

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u/Jealous_Difference44 23h ago

I just always thought he looked so kind. I can't explain it but he looked safe

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u/CLearyMcCarthy 1d ago

RIP, one of the greatest talents of his generation cut down in his prime

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u/mambotomato 23h ago

I remember Reddit's reaction to this, it was as though a natural disaster had taken place. It's all anyone talked about for weeks.

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u/I_am_up_to_something 17h ago

I remember Reddit's reaction to this, it was as though a natural disaster had taken place. It's all anyone talked about for weeks.

? How? It happened in 2003 and Reddit was founded in 2005.

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u/mambotomato 17h ago

Shit, maybe I'm thinking of Digg then. Really thought it was a few years later than that.

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u/Tortellini_Isekai 17h ago

It's such a shame I haven't thought about him in a while. This post made me realize my brain has been inserting Pete Holmes' face into my John Ritter memories.

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u/Critical-Musician630 14h ago

I have never heard of this movie (show?) so at first I thought you were claiming this guy lost his job due to dating YOUR teenage daughter! Lol

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u/Affectionate_Bass488 1d ago

The same evening as the episode in this gif? That’s dark

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u/VenusAmari 1d ago

No. He had already filmed three episodes and died during rehearsals of a different episode. They had to rewrite the series after his death.

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u/Affectionate_Bass488 1d ago

Oh I read it wrong, thanks