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(#1) Spider-Man
- Daredevil vs. Spider-Man, Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man 3, Spider-Man 2, The Green Goblin's Last Stand, 3 Dev Adam, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Marvel Universe
By the time Avengers: Infinity War comes to a close, numerous characters have met their end. The movie began with Loki's memorable demise, but as things progress - with our heroes going up against Thanos in different battlefields across the galaxy - Vision gets slain (twice), and, of course, Thanos snaps his fingers and culls half of all life from existence.
At this point, audiences are torn apart watching Wanda, Groot, Bucky, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, and most of the Guardians of the Galaxy fade into dust. The most difficult passing was that of Peter Parker, AKA everyone's Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. It starts with him telling Tony Stark that he's not feeling so good, and as his mentor holds him in his arms, Tony is powerless to do anything but watch as his young protege fades into dust. It was one of those "I'm not crying! You're crying!" moments; despite Peter's eventual return in Endgame, this scene remains one that hurts to watch.
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(#12) Rachel Dawes
- Batman Begins, The Dark Knight
In a key sequence from The Dark Knight, the Joker has been captured (on purpose), and finds himself on the receiving end of an "interrogation" by Batman - which amounts to little more than a brutal beatdown for information. What Batman doesn't quite realize is that the Joker holds all the cards here, a fact that soon leads to our hero's most emotionally devastating moment.
After being roughed up for a little while, Joker finally starts spilling the pertinent details: Rachel and Harvey Dent (the coronated "White Knight" of Gotham) are at separate locations, both rigged with dynamite set to go off in a very short period of time. The Joker is offering his heroic adversary a choice: save the hero Gotham needs, or save the woman he loves. Knowing Batman would choose Rachel, the Clown Prince gives him the wrong address, and Bats races away. He arrives at Dent's location - just in time to save him.
Rachel, on the other hand, isn't so lucky. Gotham City Police arrive at her location, but they arrive a hair too late. Harvey, meanwhile, manages to lose half his face and the love of his life in one fell swoop, screaming in anguish and anger at Batman for rescuing the wrong person. To put a finer point on it, Harvey is on the phone with Rachel at the moment the detonation occurs. Her demise is not only a gut-punch for both Harvey - it lights the match for his own life of crime, transforming him into Two-Face.
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(#5) Black Widow
- Ultimate Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Avengers, Ultimate Avengers 2, Iron Man 2, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Marvel Universe
In The Avengers, Black Widow speaks at length about her "ledger," and how she owed some people she hoped to one day repay. The conversation was designed to learn what Loki's plans were, but also serves to establish the character as someone who is not only honorable but who doesn't forget her debts.
That comes full circle in Avengers: Endgame when it becomes apparent that either she or Hawkeye will have to sacrifice themselves so the other can get the Soul Stone. The two heroes fight each other for the right to be the martyr, and ultimately, it is Natasha who succeeds. At this point, as she sees it, she's sitll dealing with the "red" in her ledger, and she makes sure her friend will be able to see his family once more.
It's difficult to watch, but also a lovely sentiment, which proves that while Black Widow may have racked up a lot of moral debt in her past, she has more than made up for it as a hero and member of the Avengers.
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(#7) Agent Phil Coulson
- Ultimate Spider-Man, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Thor, Iron Man, Nick Fury, The Avengers, Iron Man 2
When the Avengers Initiative finally come together, it brought Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Hawkeye, Black Widow, and the Hulk together, but they don't exactly get along at first. Instead, they fight constantly and always seem on the verge of tearing one another apart, making the team more of a pipe dream than a reality. That all changes when Agent Phil Coulson perishes at the hands of Loki.
Coulson is aiming a massive weapon at the God of Mischief - or so he thinks. Turns out he's aiming at an illusion. The real Loki is behind him, and shockingly impales Coulson from behind. He doesn't pass right away; instead, he manages to let Loki know he's going to lose. As Loki begins to retort, Coulson finally pulls the trigger on his rifle, blasting Loki through the wall before Nick Fury can arrive and hear Coulson's last words.
When Fury heads out to meet up with the Avengers, he informs them of Coulson's demise, which gives them something to bring them together - something, someone, to avenge.
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(#14) Catwoman
- Maggie, Catwoman, Batman: New Times, Grayson, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2, Fight Batman Fight!, Batman: Year One, DC Showcase: Catwoman, Batman, The Dark Knight Rises, Batman Returns, Alyas Batman en Robin, DC Universe
While the Penguin may appear to be the main bad guy in Batman Begins, the true villain is Max Shreck, the billionaire businessman who manipulates the events of the movie from a nigh-untouchable position of economic and political power. His true villainy is proven early on, as he attempts to terminate Selina Kyle - in fact, he believes he did do the deed, until she shows back up in the office not long afterward. This attempted slaying has the quite unintended consequence of turning her into Catwoman - and giving Max Schreck an adversary he never planned on.
By the end, the Penguin (Shreck's intended political puppet) has been defeated, and Shreck is left in the Penguin's underground lair with Batman, now unmasked, pleading with Selina not to finish off her former boss. He tries but fails, and Selina opts to kick the Dark Knight to the curb. Shreck pulls out a pistol and shoots Batman before turning the piece on Selina as she counts out each of her remaining lives with each blast. As she makes her way toward Max, she grabs a stun gun and an electric cable and goes in for a kiss of death that leaves Max a burned husk. How's that for showmanship?
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(#6) Gamora
- Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel Universe
The reason Gamora wants Peter to slay her if she falls into Thanos's hands is simple, and even noble: She knows the location of the Soul Stone. Once Thanos gets the information, he takes Gamora to Vormir, where the Red Skull informs them that Thanos has to sacrifice what he loves most in order to get the Stone. At first, Gamora laughs, thinking there isn't anything the Mad Titan truly cared for - but at that moment she realizes why he brought her along in the first place.
With a heavy heart, Thanos grabs her by the arm. Gamora fights him all the way to the ledge, but she's powerless to stop him as he casts her over, dropping her to her demise. This unlocks the Soul Stone and gives Thanos what he wanted, but at a heavy cost. When Gamora passes in Infinity War, there's no way of knowing if she will return in Endgame; even though she does, the Gamora of this timeline was slain forever, which makes the sacrifice still hard to watch.
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