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* Being possessed by a slaver wasp in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''. At least, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040324 according to]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040326 Mr. Rovainen]] and [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040602 Agatha]].
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** Dr. Dimitri Vapnoople was [[{{Lobotomy}} brain-cored]] by the Baron, leaving him with a child-like personality. [[spoiler:After his Spark is restored by an EldritchAbomination during the England arc, he swiftly demonstrates that the Baron was ''very'' justified in what he did to Vapnoople.]]
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* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob -- '' For Fructose Riboflavin, a fate worse than death is [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20110201.html having his terrifying reputation destroyed because the world has learned his tragic origin story]] -- now people feel ''sorry'' for him. He responds with a big ol' screaming BigNo.
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* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob -- '' For Fructose Riboflavin, a fate worse than death is [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20110201.html [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/530 having his terrifying reputation destroyed because the world has learned his tragic origin story]] -- now people feel ''sorry'' for him. He responds with a big ol' screaming BigNo.
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* Spoofed in ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/671.html strip #671]], where Death of Insanely Overpowered Fireballs is demoted into the Fate department, as A Fate Worse Than Death. He has no idea on how to go about it.
** Also, in [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1954.html strip #1954]], "a pirate curse can be a thousand times worse than death".
** Also, in [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1954.html strip #1954]], "a pirate curse can be a thousand times worse than death".
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* Riane in ''Webcomic/AlienDice'' considers being a captured Dice to be a Fate Worse Than Death.
* Parodied in ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort''. Jesus (yes, [[Literature/TheBible Jesus]]) concludes that trying to train the cast of [[ShowWithinAShow Ansem Retort]] was worse than being crucified on
** Also, in
* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'': [[http://www.
* The [[AmazonBrigade hyenas]] in ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'' have such a punishment. They call it having one's name 'eaten' and it means that the accused will be ostracized from their society and treated as a
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* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** BigBad Xykon does this in StartOfDarkness to [[spoiler:Dorukan and Lirian]] by using Soul Bind (an actual ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' spell) to bind their souls into a black gem he still carries with him, keeping them from the Afterlife. But it sort of backfires, since though they're not in the afterlife, they ''are'' [[TogetherInDeath together]].
** The Snarl obliterates the souls of its victims, erasing their chances of an afterlife. ''Even gods.''
** PlayedForLaughs when Belkar [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0469.html describes what he plans to use his captive Eye of Fear and Flame for]].
** Played straight in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0936.html #936]] when [[spoiler: instead of either saving [[BigBadWannabe his glory-hound father Tarquin]] or killing him himself, Elan drops him off an airship and leaves him lost in the desert, [[SoWhatDoWeDoNow without any sense of narrative closure]].]]
** Played even straighter with the fate of [[spoiler: Crystal, who's turned into a self-aware flesh golem in constant pain by Bozzok, who wanted her to kill Haley. The fact that this was a fate worse than death ended up [[HoistByHisOwnPetard biting him in the rear]], as Haley was able to convince Crystal to turn on him by pointing out that Haley merely ''killed'' Crystal, while Bozzok did this.]]
** Xykon himself doesn't think there's anything worse than death for an evil bastard like him, mainly because he knows he'll end up in hell. Any fate, even being a BrainInAJar, is acceptable as long as it keeps him out of the infernal plane.
* Riane in ''Webcomic/AlienDice'' considers being a captured Dice to be a Fate Worse Than Death. In this case, though, it's used in the same way it originally meant, as the dialogue implies she was raped during captivity. [[spoiler:In Legacy, she actually confirms this, though she uses politer, albeit sarcastic, terminology.]] No wonder she [[MercyKill gleefully encouraged Lexx to kill her]].
** BigBad Xykon does this in StartOfDarkness to [[spoiler:Dorukan and Lirian]] by using Soul Bind (an actual ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' spell) to bind their souls into a black gem he still carries with him, keeping them from the Afterlife. But it sort of backfires, since though they're not in the afterlife, they ''are'' [[TogetherInDeath together]].
** The Snarl obliterates the souls of its victims, erasing their chances of an afterlife. ''Even gods.''
** PlayedForLaughs when Belkar [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0469.html describes what he plans to use his captive Eye of Fear and Flame for]].
** Played straight in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0936.html #936]] when [[spoiler: instead of either saving [[BigBadWannabe his glory-hound father Tarquin]] or killing him himself, Elan drops him off an airship and leaves him lost in the desert, [[SoWhatDoWeDoNow without any sense of narrative closure]].]]
** Played even straighter with the fate of [[spoiler: Crystal, who's turned into a self-aware flesh golem in constant pain by Bozzok, who wanted her to kill Haley. The fact that this was a fate worse than death ended up [[HoistByHisOwnPetard biting him in the rear]], as Haley was able to convince Crystal to turn on him by pointing out that Haley merely ''killed'' Crystal, while Bozzok did this.]]
** Xykon himself doesn't think there's anything worse than death for an evil bastard like him, mainly because he knows he'll end up in hell. Any fate, even being a BrainInAJar, is acceptable as long as it keeps him out of the infernal plane.
* Riane in ''Webcomic/AlienDice'' considers being a captured Dice to be a Fate Worse Than Death. In this case, though, it's used in the same way it originally meant, as the dialogue implies she was raped during captivity. [[spoiler:In Legacy, she actually confirms this, though she uses politer, albeit sarcastic, terminology.]] No wonder she [[MercyKill gleefully encouraged Lexx to kill her]].
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* Characters that get to live in dream world in ''Webcomic/OneOverZero'' says that it's this trope.
* [[http://www.zebragirl.net/?date=2005-05-02 Jack's speech]] in ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl'': "Somewhere, there's a man. He doesn't want to be where he is... but he's there and he'll stay there until he thinks of a place he'd rather be less".
* Parodied in ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort''. Jesus (yes, [[Literature/TheBible Jesus]]) concludes that trying to train the cast of [[ShowWithinAShow Ansem Retort]] was worse than being crucified on the cross.
* Parodied in the ''[[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Order of the Stick]]'' Fancomic ''Webcomic/MurphysLaw'', where taking a level in Dragon Disciple and Monk are ''horrible.''
* The [[AmazonBrigade hyenas]] in ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'' have such a punishment. They call it having one's name 'eaten' and it means that the accused will be ostracized from their society and treated as a pariah and a nonentity. Said person has to live far away from the tribe, scrounging up an existence like an animal, and will be henceforth addressed as "it".
* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'': [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/031207c For George]], it's been a DistressedDude in Unwilling Suspension. (Given that he had spent ''months'' in this situation before...)
* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'':
** [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/100610 This delightful little fate]] for [[spoiler: Zoe]]. ([[DeathIsCheap maybe]])
** Alt-Rammer: "And she'd be dead now if not for the machines keeping her breathing ... She cannot be fixed. She cannot survive off of those machines. Too fragile for morphine. Her few conscious hours are spent screaming from the pain of the nerves that will never heal." [[CerebusSyndrome Damn.]]
* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob--'' For Fructose Riboflavin, a fate worse than death is [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20110201.html having his terrifying reputation destroyed because the world has learned his tragic origin story]]--now people feel ''sorry'' for him. He responds with a big ol' screaming BigNo.
* [[http://www.zebragirl.net/?date=2005-05-02 Jack's speech]] in ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl'': "Somewhere, there's a man. He doesn't want to be where he is... but he's there and he'll stay there until he thinks of a place he'd rather be less".
* Parodied in ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort''. Jesus (yes, [[Literature/TheBible Jesus]]) concludes that trying to train the cast of [[ShowWithinAShow Ansem Retort]] was worse than being crucified on the cross.
* Parodied in the ''[[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Order of the Stick]]'' Fancomic ''Webcomic/MurphysLaw'', where taking a level in Dragon Disciple and Monk are ''horrible.''
* The [[AmazonBrigade hyenas]] in ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'' have such a punishment. They call it having one's name 'eaten' and it means that the accused will be ostracized from their society and treated as a pariah and a nonentity. Said person has to live far away from the tribe, scrounging up an existence like an animal, and will be henceforth addressed as "it".
* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'': [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/031207c For George]], it's been a DistressedDude in Unwilling Suspension. (Given that he had spent ''months'' in this situation before...)
* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'':
** [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/100610 This delightful little fate]] for [[spoiler: Zoe]]. ([[DeathIsCheap maybe]])
** Alt-Rammer: "And she'd be dead now if not for the machines keeping her breathing ... She cannot be fixed. She cannot survive off of those machines. Too fragile for morphine. Her few conscious hours are spent screaming from the pain of the nerves that will never heal." [[CerebusSyndrome Damn.]]
* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob--'' For Fructose Riboflavin, a fate worse than death is [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20110201.html having his terrifying reputation destroyed because the world has learned his tragic origin story]]--now people feel ''sorry'' for him. He responds with a big ol' screaming BigNo.
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* In Dave Hopkins' ''Webcomic/{{Jack|DavidHopkins}}'', fates worse than death are commonplace, if not standard - not surprising, since the main character is the Grim Reaper and the setting is usually Hell. A few specific examples include:
** Silverblue, a girl who has to relive the same rotten day in Hell - during which she gets tentacle raped, eviscerated, eaten alive, watches her only friend get torn to pieces and finally cuts her own wrists - over and over and over again for what is apparently over 150 years, merely because she committed suicide.
** Silverblue, a girl who has to relive the same rotten day in Hell - during which she gets tentacle raped, eviscerated, eaten alive, watches her only friend get torn to pieces and finally cuts her own wrists - over and over and over again for what is apparently over 150 years, merely because she committed suicide.
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* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob -- '' For Fructose Riboflavin, a fate worse than death is [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20110201.html having his terrifying reputation destroyed because the world has learned his tragic origin story]] -- now people feel ''sorry'' for him. He responds with a big ol' screaming BigNo.
* Spoofed in ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/671.html strip #671]], where Death of Insanely Overpowered Fireballs is demoted into the Fate department, as A Fate Worse Than Death. He has no idea on how to go about it.
** Also, in [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1954.html strip #1954]], "a pirate curse can be a thousand times worse than death".
* In Dave Hopkins' ''Webcomic/{{Jack|DavidHopkins}}'', fates worse than death are commonplace, if not standard- -- not surprising, since the main character is the Grim Reaper and the setting is usually Hell. A few specific examples include:
** Silverblue, a girl who has to relive the same rotten day in Hell- -- during which she gets tentacle raped, eviscerated, eaten alive, watches her only friend get torn to pieces and finally cuts her own wrists - -- over and over and over again for what is apparently over 150 years, merely because she committed suicide.
* Spoofed in ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/671.html strip #671]], where Death of Insanely Overpowered Fireballs is demoted into the Fate department, as A Fate Worse Than Death. He has no idea on how to go about it.
** Also, in [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1954.html strip #1954]], "a pirate curse can be a thousand times worse than death".
* In Dave Hopkins' ''Webcomic/{{Jack|DavidHopkins}}'', fates worse than death are commonplace, if not standard
** Silverblue, a girl who has to relive the same rotten day in Hell
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* ''{{Webcomic/Phantomarine}}'': Anyone who is bitten by a seaghost slowly turns white and brittle [[spoiler: until they become the Fata Morgana]].
* In ''Webcomic/{{The Property of Hate}}'', Toby is ripped into twenty pieces and stitched back together [[AndIMustScream with his own nerves.]] Not only that, but he is completely unable to move or change his expression. He's an ever-smiling rag doll. And though it's PlayedforLaughs, there are a couple times in the comic where the wind blows him over, and he's unable to see anything at all.
* In ''Webcomic/{{The Property of Hate}}'', Toby is ripped into twenty pieces and stitched back together [[AndIMustScream with his own nerves.]] Not only that, but he is completely unable to move or change his expression. He's an ever-smiling rag doll. And though it's PlayedforLaughs, there are a couple times in the comic where the wind blows him over, and he's unable to see anything at all.
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* ''{{Webcomic/Phantomarine}}'': Anyone Parodied in the ''[[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Order of the Stick]]'' Fancomic ''Webcomic/MurphysLaw'', where taking a level in Dragon Disciple and Monk are ''horrible.''
* ''Webcomic/{{Muted}}'': What entails being "Muted", if you are a full-grown adult whois bitten by already attuned with their magic who has summoned a seaghost slowly turns white and brittle familiar: [[spoiler: until they become their link to magic is cut, ripping apart the Fata Morgana]].
* In ''Webcomic/{{The Property of Hate}}'', Toby is ripped into twenty pieceslink between the person and stitched back together [[AndIMustScream with his own nerves.]] Not only that, but he is completely unable their familiar, bonded to move or change his expression. He's an ever-smiling rag doll. And though it's PlayedforLaughs, there are a couple times the witch's soul, which dies in the comic where process and the wind blows him over, and he's unable backlash is so severe that it leaves the witch as empty as a soulless husk.]] It is, in all but name, a death penalty. Do note that the process exists originally for children, not adults, of mixed blood, who are prone to see anything at all.having magical outbursts that they can't control. While it does sever their link to magic, it is implied that the child can still live a normal life afterwards.
* ''Webcomic/{{Muted}}'': What entails being "Muted", if you are a full-grown adult who
* In ''Webcomic/{{The Property of Hate}}'', Toby is ripped into twenty pieces
* Characters that get to live in dream world in ''Webcomic/OneOverZero'' says that it's this trope.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** BigBad Xykon does this in StartOfDarkness to [[spoiler:Dorukan and Lirian]] by using Soul Bind (an actual ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' spell) to bind their souls into a black gem he still carries with him, keeping them from the Afterlife. But it sort of backfires, since though they're not in the afterlife, they ''are'' [[TogetherInDeath together]].
** The Snarl obliterates the souls of its victims, erasing their chances of an afterlife. ''Even gods.''
** PlayedForLaughs when Belkar [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0469.html describes what he plans to use his captive Eye of Fear and Flame for]].
** Played straight in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0936.html #936]] when [[spoiler: instead of either saving [[BigBadWannabe his glory-hound father Tarquin]] or killing him himself, Elan drops him off an airship and leaves him lost in the desert, [[SoWhatDoWeDoNow without any sense of narrative closure]].]]
** Played even straighter with the fate of [[spoiler: Crystal, who's turned into a self-aware flesh golem in constant pain by Bozzok, who wanted her to kill Haley. The fact that this was a fate worse than death ended up [[HoistByHisOwnPetard biting him in the rear]], as Haley was able to convince Crystal to turn on him by pointing out that Haley merely ''killed'' Crystal, while Bozzok did this.]]
** Xykon himself doesn't think there's anything worse than death for an evil bastard like him, mainly because he knows he'll end up in hell. Any fate, even being a BrainInAJar, is acceptable as long as it keeps him out of the infernal plane.
* ''{{Webcomic/Phantomarine}}'': Anyone who is bitten by a seaghost slowly turns white and brittle [[spoiler: until they become the Fata Morgana]].
* In ''Webcomic/{{The Property of Hate}}'', Toby is ripped into twenty pieces and stitched back together [[AndIMustScream with his own nerves.]] Not only that, but he is completely unable to move or change his expression. He's an ever-smiling rag doll. And though it's PlayedforLaughs, there are a couple times in the comic where the wind blows him over, and he's unable to see anything at all.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** BigBad Xykon does this in StartOfDarkness to [[spoiler:Dorukan and Lirian]] by using Soul Bind (an actual ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' spell) to bind their souls into a black gem he still carries with him, keeping them from the Afterlife. But it sort of backfires, since though they're not in the afterlife, they ''are'' [[TogetherInDeath together]].
** The Snarl obliterates the souls of its victims, erasing their chances of an afterlife. ''Even gods.''
** PlayedForLaughs when Belkar [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0469.html describes what he plans to use his captive Eye of Fear and Flame for]].
** Played straight in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0936.html #936]] when [[spoiler: instead of either saving [[BigBadWannabe his glory-hound father Tarquin]] or killing him himself, Elan drops him off an airship and leaves him lost in the desert, [[SoWhatDoWeDoNow without any sense of narrative closure]].]]
** Played even straighter with the fate of [[spoiler: Crystal, who's turned into a self-aware flesh golem in constant pain by Bozzok, who wanted her to kill Haley. The fact that this was a fate worse than death ended up [[HoistByHisOwnPetard biting him in the rear]], as Haley was able to convince Crystal to turn on him by pointing out that Haley merely ''killed'' Crystal, while Bozzok did this.]]
** Xykon himself doesn't think there's anything worse than death for an evil bastard like him, mainly because he knows he'll end up in hell. Any fate, even being a BrainInAJar, is acceptable as long as it keeps him out of the infernal plane.
* ''{{Webcomic/Phantomarine}}'': Anyone who is bitten by a seaghost slowly turns white and brittle [[spoiler: until they become the Fata Morgana]].
* In ''Webcomic/{{The Property of Hate}}'', Toby is ripped into twenty pieces and stitched back together [[AndIMustScream with his own nerves.]] Not only that, but he is completely unable to move or change his expression. He's an ever-smiling rag doll. And though it's PlayedforLaughs, there are a couple times in the comic where the wind blows him over, and he's unable to see anything at all.
* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'':
** [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/100610 This delightful little fate]] for [[spoiler: Zoe]]. ([[DeathIsCheap maybe]])
** Alt-Rammer: "And she'd be dead now if not for the machines keeping her breathing ... She cannot be fixed. She cannot survive off of those machines. Too fragile for morphine. Her few conscious hours are spent screaming from the pain of the nerves that will never heal." [[CerebusSyndrome Damn.]]
** [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/100610 This delightful little fate]] for [[spoiler: Zoe]]. ([[DeathIsCheap maybe]])
** Alt-Rammer: "And she'd be dead now if not for the machines keeping her breathing ... She cannot be fixed. She cannot survive off of those machines. Too fragile for morphine. Her few conscious hours are spent screaming from the pain of the nerves that will never heal." [[CerebusSyndrome Damn.]]
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* ''Webcomic/{{Muted}}'': What entails being "Muted", if you are a full-grown adult who already attuned with their magic who has summoned a familiar: [[spoiler: their link to magic is cut, ripping apart the link between the person and their familiar, bonded to the witch's soul, which dies in the process and the backlash is so severe that it leaves the witch as empty as a soulless husk.]] It is, in all but name, a death penalty. Do note that the process exists originally for children, not adults, of mixed blood, who are prone to having magical outbursts that they can't control. While it does sever their link to magic, it is implied that the child can still live a normal life afterwards.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Muted}}'': What entails being "Muted", if you are [[http://www.zebragirl.net/?date=2005-05-02 Jack's speech]] in ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl'': "Somewhere, there's a full-grown adult who already attuned with their magic who has summoned a familiar: [[spoiler: their link man. He doesn't want to magic is cut, ripping apart the link between the person be where he is... but he's there and their familiar, bonded to the witch's soul, which dies in the process and the backlash is so severe that it leaves the witch as empty as a soulless husk.]] It is, in all but name, a death penalty. Do note that the process exists originally for children, not adults, he'll stay there until he thinks of mixed blood, who are prone to having magical outbursts that they can't control. While it does sever their link to magic, it is implied that the child can still live a normal life afterwards.place he'd rather be less".
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** Played even straighter with the fate of [[spoiler: Crystal, who's turned into a self-aware flesh golem in constant pain by Bozozk, who wanted her to kill Haley. The fact that this was a fate worse than death ended up [[HoistByHisOwnPetard biting him in the rear]], as Haley was able to convince Crystal to turn on him by pointing out that Haley merely ''killed'' Crystal, while Bozzok did this.]]
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** Played even straighter with the fate of [[spoiler: Crystal, who's turned into a self-aware flesh golem in constant pain by Bozozk, Bozzok, who wanted her to kill Haley. The fact that this was a fate worse than death ended up [[HoistByHisOwnPetard biting him in the rear]], as Haley was able to convince Crystal to turn on him by pointing out that Haley merely ''killed'' Crystal, while Bozzok did this.]]
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* In "Webcomic/{{The Property of Hate}}", Toby is ripped into twenty pieces and stitched back together [[AndIMustScream with his own nerves.]] Not only that, but he is completely unable to move or change his expression. He's an ever-smiling rag doll. And though it's PlayedforLaughs, there are a couple times in the comic where the wind blows him over, and he's unable to see anything at all.
* In ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'', when Santa Claus comes back to life to seek revenge on Wonderella for (accidentally) killing him, Wonderella gives him one of these: [[spoiler: Santa becomes the intellectual property of Disney. And they NEVER give back.]]\
* In ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'', when Santa Claus comes back to life to seek revenge on Wonderella for (accidentally) killing him, Wonderella gives him one of these: [[spoiler: Santa becomes the intellectual property of Disney. And they NEVER give back.]]\
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* In "Webcomic/{{The ''Webcomic/{{The Property of Hate}}", Hate}}'', Toby is ripped into twenty pieces and stitched back together [[AndIMustScream with his own nerves.]] Not only that, but he is completely unable to move or change his expression. He's an ever-smiling rag doll. And though it's PlayedforLaughs, there are a couple times in the comic where the wind blows him over, and he's unable to see anything at all.
* In ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'', when Santa Claus comes back to life to seek revenge on Wonderella for (accidentally) killing him, Wonderella gives him one of these: [[spoiler: Santa becomes the intellectual property of Disney. And they NEVER give back.]]\]]
* In ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'', when Santa Claus comes back to life to seek revenge on Wonderella for (accidentally) killing him, Wonderella gives him one of these: [[spoiler: Santa becomes the intellectual property of Disney. And they NEVER give back.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': The state of Alderode has one punishment worse than execution, which is so dire that it's been used less than a dozen times and only after extensive government debate. The Etalarche Curse [[spoiler:corrupts the victim's soul with a HatePlague that compels every Aldish citizen, even their former loved ones, to want to harm them as badly as possible]].
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* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': The state of Alderode has one punishment worse than execution, which is so dire that it's been used less than a dozen times and only after extensive government debate. The Etalarche Curse [[spoiler:corrupts the victim's soul with a HatePlague that compels every Aldish citizen, even their former loved ones, to want to harm them as badly as possible]].possible]].
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* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', The Ψiioniic, for his crime of assisting in the Sufferer's rebellion, [[spoiler: was forced to use his psychic powers to pilot Her Imperial Condescencion's flagship, kept alive by the Empress's powers.]]
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* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', The Ψiioniic, for his crime of assisting in the Sufferer's rebellion, [[spoiler: was forced to use his psychic powers to pilot Her Imperial Condescencion's flagship, flagship for millennia, kept alive by the Empress's powers.]]
** The Handmaid got an even worse one: [[spoiler:kept captive for the entire history of the troll race and forced to corrupt Alternia by Doc Scratch, who beats her with a broom. All because her AlternateUniverse counterpart willingly joined forces with [[BigBad Lord English]].]]
** Not only is [[spoiler:Aranea killed by The Condesce at the end of Game Over as a result of her own actions, she's retconned out of the new timeline by John without any relevance she wanted so much.]]
** The Handmaid got an even worse one: [[spoiler:kept captive for the entire history of the troll race and forced to corrupt Alternia by Doc Scratch, who beats her with a broom. All because her AlternateUniverse counterpart willingly joined forces with [[BigBad Lord English]].]]
** Not only is [[spoiler:Aranea killed by The Condesce at the end of Game Over as a result of her own actions, she's retconned out of the new timeline by John without any relevance she wanted so much.]]
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* Spoofed in ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/671.html strip #671]], where Death of Insanely Overpowered Fireballs is demoted into the Fate department, as A Fate Worse Than Death. He has no idea on how to go about it.
** Also, in [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1954.html strip #1954]], "a pirate curse can be a thousand times worse than death".
* ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'':
** Karnak falls into Hell and becomes a demon lord, even though he was just trying to save the world (and MurderTheHypotenuse). Celesto Morgan and the Infernomancer suffer a different Fate Worse Than Death: exile to an alternate plane of pure horror. [[spoiler:Although they escaped...]]
** [[spoiler:The Infernomancer]] suffers this again, this time for good, after dying and going to Hell. [[spoiler:Immediately after he wakes up in Hell, naked and powerless, he is wrapped up in chains by his former master whom he betrayed, Karnak. And Karnak is [[SlasherSmile grinning]] like a kid in a candy store.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'':
** If the ruler of a faction dies while having no heir, all of their cites go "neutral". Neutrals are frozen in time until someone attacks the city, and if they repel the attack, they presumably get frozen again until they are attacked again. It has not been specified whether or not [[AndIMustScream the neutral units are conscious during the time they are frozen or not]].
** In the finale of the prequel, ''Inner Peace through Superior Firepower'' Part II, [[spoiler:Charlie and Betsy MindRape Jillian, remaking her mind in their own image. In her final moment as herself, she considers this fate to be worse than [[NeverSayDie croaking]] or even losing her side]].
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** BigBad Xykon does this in StartOfDarkness to [[spoiler:Dorukan and Lirian]] by using Soul Bind (an actual ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' spell) to bind their souls into a black gem he still carries with him, keeping them from the Afterlife. But it sort of backfires, since though they're not in the afterlife, they ''are'' [[TogetherInDeath together]].
** The Snarl obliterates the souls of its victims, erasing their chances of an afterlife. ''Even gods.''
** PlayedForLaughs when Belkar [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0469.html describes what he plans to use his captive Eye of Fear and Flame for]].
** Played straight in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0936.html #936]] when [[spoiler: instead of either saving [[BigBadWannabe his glory-hound father Tarquin]] or killing him himself, Elan drops him off an airship and leaves him lost in the desert, [[SoWhatDoWeDoNow without any sense of narrative closure]].]]
** Played even straighter with the fate of [[spoiler: Crystal, who's turned into a self-aware flesh golem in constant pain by Bozozk, who wanted her to kill Haley. The fact that this was a fate worse than death ended up [[HoistByHisOwnPetard biting him in the rear]], as Haley was able to convince Crystal to turn on him by pointing out that Haley merely ''killed'' Crystal, while Bozzok did this.]]
** Xykon himself doesn't think there's anything worse than death for an evil bastard like him, mainly because he knows he'll end up in hell. Any fate, even being a BrainInAJar, is acceptable as long as it keeps him out of the infernal plane.
* Riane in ''Webcomic/AlienDice'' considers being a captured Dice to be a Fate Worse Than Death. In this case, though, it's used in the same way it originally meant, as the dialogue implies she was raped during captivity. [[spoiler:In Legacy, she actually confirms this, though she uses politer, albeit sarcastic, terminology.]] No wonder she [[MercyKill gleefully encouraged Lexx to kill her]].
* Being possessed by a slaver wasp in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''. At least, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040324 according to]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040326 Mr. Rovainen]] and [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040602 Agatha]].
* Characters that get to live in dream world in ''Webcomic/OneOverZero'' says that it's this trope.
* [[http://www.zebragirl.net/?date=2005-05-02 Jack's speech]] in ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl'': "Somewhere, there's a man. He doesn't want to be where he is... but he's there and he'll stay there until he thinks of a place he'd rather be less".
* Parodied in ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort''. Jesus (yes, [[Literature/TheBible Jesus]]) concludes that trying to train the cast of [[ShowWithinAShow Ansem Retort]] was worse than being crucified on the cross.
* Parodied in the ''[[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Order of the Stick]]'' Fancomic ''Webcomic/MurphysLaw'', where taking a level in Dragon Disciple and Monk are ''horrible.''
* The [[AmazonBrigade hyenas]] in ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'' have such a punishment. They call it having one's name 'eaten' and it means that the accused will be ostracized from their society and treated as a pariah and a nonentity. Said person has to live far away from the tribe, scrounging up an existence like an animal, and will be henceforth addressed as "it".
* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'': [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/031207c For George]], it's been a DistressedDude in Unwilling Suspension. (Given that he had spent ''months'' in this situation before...)
* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'':
** [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/100610 This delightful little fate]] for [[spoiler: Zoe]]. ([[DeathIsCheap maybe]])
** Alt-Rammer: "And she'd be dead now if not for the machines keeping her breathing ... She cannot be fixed. She cannot survive off of those machines. Too fragile for morphine. Her few conscious hours are spent screaming from the pain of the nerves that will never heal." [[CerebusSyndrome Damn.]]
* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob--'' For Fructose Riboflavin, a fate worse than death is [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20110201.html having his terrifying reputation destroyed because the world has learned his tragic origin story]]--now people feel ''sorry'' for him. He responds with a big ol' screaming BigNo.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', The Ψiioniic, for his crime of assisting in the Sufferer's rebellion, [[spoiler: was forced to use his psychic powers to pilot Her Imperial Condescencion's flagship, kept alive by the Empress's powers.]]
* In Dave Hopkins' ''Webcomic/{{Jack|DavidHopkins}}'', fates worse than death are commonplace, if not standard - not surprising, since the main character is the Grim Reaper and the setting is usually Hell. A few specific examples include:
** Silverblue, a girl who has to relive the same rotten day in Hell - during which she gets tentacle raped, eviscerated, eaten alive, watches her only friend get torn to pieces and finally cuts her own wrists - over and over and over again for what is apparently over 150 years, merely because she committed suicide.
** Drip, who usually metes out fates worse than death, at one point gets reduced to... well, his face; death in Hell usually only results in immediate respawning, but in this case Jack made sure he would survive indefinitely as a chunk of immobile flesh.
** A particularly interesting example is Todd, who was a soldier in an equivalent of World War I; when his commanding officer ordered him to machine gun the children of a village so they would not grow up into enemies, he obediently complied. Home on bereavement leave, he discovers his wife has hanged herself, and commits suicide to be with her. In Hell, he doesn't miss an opportunity to claim it was all out of his hands; all is down to fate, he is responsible for nothing. And sure enough, he ends up [[CosmicPlaything as a character in a comic book written by the Devil hirself...]]
*** Perhaps worse is everything that leads up to the final reveal: He gets the totality of everything that was his fault rubbed in his face, including the fates of the three children that his wife killed right after they came out of the womb... because he was so insistent on having a son to carry on his family name that his wife believed he would never accept a daughter.
* In "Webcomic/{{The Property of Hate}}", Toby is ripped into twenty pieces and stitched back together [[AndIMustScream with his own nerves.]] Not only that, but he is completely unable to move or change his expression. He's an ever-smiling rag doll. And though it's PlayedforLaughs, there are a couple times in the comic where the wind blows him over, and he's unable to see anything at all.
* In ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'', when Santa Claus comes back to life to seek revenge on Wonderella for (accidentally) killing him, Wonderella gives him one of these: [[spoiler: Santa becomes the intellectual property of Disney. And they NEVER give back.]]\
* Rodimus from ''WebComic/{{Rejects}}'' is forced to endure 3 hours of Life Time Movies as part of his torture, after being kidnapped by Blackout from ''Webcomic/ChallengeoftheKreons''.
** Also, in [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1954.html strip #1954]], "a pirate curse can be a thousand times worse than death".
* ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'':
** Karnak falls into Hell and becomes a demon lord, even though he was just trying to save the world (and MurderTheHypotenuse). Celesto Morgan and the Infernomancer suffer a different Fate Worse Than Death: exile to an alternate plane of pure horror. [[spoiler:Although they escaped...]]
** [[spoiler:The Infernomancer]] suffers this again, this time for good, after dying and going to Hell. [[spoiler:Immediately after he wakes up in Hell, naked and powerless, he is wrapped up in chains by his former master whom he betrayed, Karnak. And Karnak is [[SlasherSmile grinning]] like a kid in a candy store.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'':
** If the ruler of a faction dies while having no heir, all of their cites go "neutral". Neutrals are frozen in time until someone attacks the city, and if they repel the attack, they presumably get frozen again until they are attacked again. It has not been specified whether or not [[AndIMustScream the neutral units are conscious during the time they are frozen or not]].
** In the finale of the prequel, ''Inner Peace through Superior Firepower'' Part II, [[spoiler:Charlie and Betsy MindRape Jillian, remaking her mind in their own image. In her final moment as herself, she considers this fate to be worse than [[NeverSayDie croaking]] or even losing her side]].
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** BigBad Xykon does this in StartOfDarkness to [[spoiler:Dorukan and Lirian]] by using Soul Bind (an actual ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' spell) to bind their souls into a black gem he still carries with him, keeping them from the Afterlife. But it sort of backfires, since though they're not in the afterlife, they ''are'' [[TogetherInDeath together]].
** The Snarl obliterates the souls of its victims, erasing their chances of an afterlife. ''Even gods.''
** PlayedForLaughs when Belkar [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0469.html describes what he plans to use his captive Eye of Fear and Flame for]].
** Played straight in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0936.html #936]] when [[spoiler: instead of either saving [[BigBadWannabe his glory-hound father Tarquin]] or killing him himself, Elan drops him off an airship and leaves him lost in the desert, [[SoWhatDoWeDoNow without any sense of narrative closure]].]]
** Played even straighter with the fate of [[spoiler: Crystal, who's turned into a self-aware flesh golem in constant pain by Bozozk, who wanted her to kill Haley. The fact that this was a fate worse than death ended up [[HoistByHisOwnPetard biting him in the rear]], as Haley was able to convince Crystal to turn on him by pointing out that Haley merely ''killed'' Crystal, while Bozzok did this.]]
** Xykon himself doesn't think there's anything worse than death for an evil bastard like him, mainly because he knows he'll end up in hell. Any fate, even being a BrainInAJar, is acceptable as long as it keeps him out of the infernal plane.
* Riane in ''Webcomic/AlienDice'' considers being a captured Dice to be a Fate Worse Than Death. In this case, though, it's used in the same way it originally meant, as the dialogue implies she was raped during captivity. [[spoiler:In Legacy, she actually confirms this, though she uses politer, albeit sarcastic, terminology.]] No wonder she [[MercyKill gleefully encouraged Lexx to kill her]].
* Being possessed by a slaver wasp in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''. At least, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040324 according to]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040326 Mr. Rovainen]] and [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040602 Agatha]].
* Characters that get to live in dream world in ''Webcomic/OneOverZero'' says that it's this trope.
* [[http://www.zebragirl.net/?date=2005-05-02 Jack's speech]] in ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl'': "Somewhere, there's a man. He doesn't want to be where he is... but he's there and he'll stay there until he thinks of a place he'd rather be less".
* Parodied in ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort''. Jesus (yes, [[Literature/TheBible Jesus]]) concludes that trying to train the cast of [[ShowWithinAShow Ansem Retort]] was worse than being crucified on the cross.
* Parodied in the ''[[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Order of the Stick]]'' Fancomic ''Webcomic/MurphysLaw'', where taking a level in Dragon Disciple and Monk are ''horrible.''
* The [[AmazonBrigade hyenas]] in ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'' have such a punishment. They call it having one's name 'eaten' and it means that the accused will be ostracized from their society and treated as a pariah and a nonentity. Said person has to live far away from the tribe, scrounging up an existence like an animal, and will be henceforth addressed as "it".
* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'': [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/031207c For George]], it's been a DistressedDude in Unwilling Suspension. (Given that he had spent ''months'' in this situation before...)
* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'':
** [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/100610 This delightful little fate]] for [[spoiler: Zoe]]. ([[DeathIsCheap maybe]])
** Alt-Rammer: "And she'd be dead now if not for the machines keeping her breathing ... She cannot be fixed. She cannot survive off of those machines. Too fragile for morphine. Her few conscious hours are spent screaming from the pain of the nerves that will never heal." [[CerebusSyndrome Damn.]]
* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob--'' For Fructose Riboflavin, a fate worse than death is [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20110201.html having his terrifying reputation destroyed because the world has learned his tragic origin story]]--now people feel ''sorry'' for him. He responds with a big ol' screaming BigNo.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', The Ψiioniic, for his crime of assisting in the Sufferer's rebellion, [[spoiler: was forced to use his psychic powers to pilot Her Imperial Condescencion's flagship, kept alive by the Empress's powers.]]
* In Dave Hopkins' ''Webcomic/{{Jack|DavidHopkins}}'', fates worse than death are commonplace, if not standard - not surprising, since the main character is the Grim Reaper and the setting is usually Hell. A few specific examples include:
** Silverblue, a girl who has to relive the same rotten day in Hell - during which she gets tentacle raped, eviscerated, eaten alive, watches her only friend get torn to pieces and finally cuts her own wrists - over and over and over again for what is apparently over 150 years, merely because she committed suicide.
** Drip, who usually metes out fates worse than death, at one point gets reduced to... well, his face; death in Hell usually only results in immediate respawning, but in this case Jack made sure he would survive indefinitely as a chunk of immobile flesh.
** A particularly interesting example is Todd, who was a soldier in an equivalent of World War I; when his commanding officer ordered him to machine gun the children of a village so they would not grow up into enemies, he obediently complied. Home on bereavement leave, he discovers his wife has hanged herself, and commits suicide to be with her. In Hell, he doesn't miss an opportunity to claim it was all out of his hands; all is down to fate, he is responsible for nothing. And sure enough, he ends up [[CosmicPlaything as a character in a comic book written by the Devil hirself...]]
*** Perhaps worse is everything that leads up to the final reveal: He gets the totality of everything that was his fault rubbed in his face, including the fates of the three children that his wife killed right after they came out of the womb... because he was so insistent on having a son to carry on his family name that his wife believed he would never accept a daughter.
* In "Webcomic/{{The Property of Hate}}", Toby is ripped into twenty pieces and stitched back together [[AndIMustScream with his own nerves.]] Not only that, but he is completely unable to move or change his expression. He's an ever-smiling rag doll. And though it's PlayedforLaughs, there are a couple times in the comic where the wind blows him over, and he's unable to see anything at all.
* In ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'', when Santa Claus comes back to life to seek revenge on Wonderella for (accidentally) killing him, Wonderella gives him one of these: [[spoiler: Santa becomes the intellectual property of Disney. And they NEVER give back.]]\
* Rodimus from ''WebComic/{{Rejects}}'' is forced to endure 3 hours of Life Time Movies as part of his torture, after being kidnapped by Blackout from ''Webcomic/ChallengeoftheKreons''.
