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Death is a fact of life, and it's also a fact of fiction. It's usually part of a huge, hyper-dramatic arc where everyone's super sobby and emotional. But not always. Sometimes a character will die, and it's like they never existed.

We get that some characters have outlived their usefulness to a movie or show, but if their deaths have literally no impact, then what's the point of killing them off at all? They could go away to school. Move to a different state. Step into a parallel dimension.

But nope, we get the following unceremonious snuffs, instead: