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A fictional character’s death can be “satisfying” for a lot of reasons…like, maybe it’s a part of their redemption arc. Or maybe it’s done in such a poetic way, it made you emotional. Heck, maybe they just sucked and it was fun to watch them get their just desserts.
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Well, all forms of satisfying character deaths were on display recently, when redditor u/Liteboyy asked, “What character death was satisfying to you?” The responses ranged from beautiful to brutal, but they were all fair.
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So, with that in mind, here are just a few of the fictional character deaths that people actually found themselves enjoying, instead of grieving:
Also, WARNING: Like…this post is entirely about dead characters. So, uh, SPOILERS. Yeah.
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Joffrey Baratheon, Game of Thrones
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“100%, no further explanation needed.”
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Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)
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“It will always feel satisfying that he came to the light side of the Force and got to see Luke with his own eyes before he died.”
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Chidi Anagonye, The Good Place
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“Referring to his ‘final death.’ That is how to ‘kill’ a character without ruining everything they have worked for. I’m sure most of us saw it coming in that finale episode. It wasn’t a surprise. It was just extremely bittersweet. The entire finale was dignified and exactly what we wanted for each of those characters. His (and the other) ‘deaths’ were simply a well-earned happy ending.”
4.
The Warden, The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
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“And the last thing he sees is that motto he held over everyone else: ‘His judgment cometh and that right soon.'”
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Walter White, Breaking Bad
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“It was just so poetic, I almost cried. With ‘Baby Blue’ playing in the background…he died where he felt the most alive: a meth lab. Truly the best ending I’ve ever seen to anything.”
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The Terminator, Terminator (1984)
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“The way all the Terminators died in the first two movies. It felt good because it was that kind of terrifyingly intense villain you thought was undefeatable finally dying.”
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Tony Stark/Iron Man, Avengers: Endgame (2019)
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“It was a perfect ending for the character. I cried like a baby, but it was time.”
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Iosef Tarasov, John Wick (2014)
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“I love how matter-of-fact it was. Zero hesitation. John just walks up, shoots him dead, and walks away. Great scene.”
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Smeagol/Gollum, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
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“A perfect, fitting end for him. He died a slave to the ring, but I think death was the only way to truly free him from it. The ultimate redemption. Having lived so long, dead inside for so many years, it seemed only fitting to physically die simultaneously with the destruction of the object that bound him to that miserable life.”
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Voldemort, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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“Specifically, how he dies in the book: ‘Tom Riddle hit the floor with a mundane finality.’ It shows that, in the end, death comes for all of us, and he was no exception. Of course, the movie managed to ruin that by giving him an ash-confetti death…”
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Hans Gruber, Die Hard (1988)
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“This will always be the answer for me. Skillfully done by Alan Rickman.”
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Wolverine, Logan (2017)
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“James ‘Logan’ Howlett, aka Wolverine. It was a perfect ending to the series, and Hugh Jackman did an incredible job playing him over the years.”
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Olenna Tyrell, Game of Thrones
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“Her death was satisfying not in that we were glad to see her die, but that — even in death — she got the last word in over Cersei.”
14.
Commodus, Gladiator (2000)
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“I still can’t even watch a movie with Joaquin Phoenix in it because I hated his character in this so much.”
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Count Rugen/The Six-Fingered Man, The Princess Bride (1987)
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“’I want my father back, you son of a bitch!'”
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P’Li, The Legend of Korra
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“Basically, she died by having the weakness of her power used against her. Not to mention she was very annoying sometimes…”
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Howard Ratner, Uncut Gems (2019)
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“I was on the fence about the movie from the start, but when he died and I almost screamed, I realized I was finally on board with what I was watching, so in that sense it was satisfying.”
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Scar, The Lion King (1994)
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“His last moments were filled with fear, just spazzing out in a corner. It was top tier.”
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And finally — all of Edmond Dantes’ enemies, The Count of Monte Cristo
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“He meticulously destroys each and every last one of them for what they did to him. It’s still the best revenge story ever written.”
Now it’s your turn! What fictional character death did you find satisfying, and what made it so great? Share yours in the comments below!
Some responses were edited for length and/or clarity. H/T Reddit.
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