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* ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'': Judy fails left and right during her [[TrainingMontage rigorous police training]], wiping out in the various environments which simulate Zootopia. Subverted since she does not actually die; instead, her instructor hollers during each failure that she "died" succumbing to the environment. Which includes when she tries to use a toilet not suited for her size. She falls in, and her instructor, who happens to be in the next stall, [[RunningGag informs her that she died once again]].

* ''Film/{{Deadpool}}'' has a ''murder'' montage, when Wade goes on his RoaringRampageOfRevenge, killing various gang members in frequently hilarious ways.

* ''Website/SFDebris'' makes a montage in his review of [[Series/StarTrekVoyager ''Scorpion'']] of [[CosmicChewtoy Harry Kim]] remembering the good times. It's entirely made of all the times he was killed on the show.

[[caption-width-right:279:Well... he's [[VisualPun toast]].]]

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In "Future Vision", Steven has a FantasySequence where he imagines a long series of ways he could die in his everyday life. The sequence is completely imaginary and PlayedForLaughs, complete with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4m22v3IBPA jaunty tune]], but its effect on his mental state...[[NightmareFuel isn't]].

A montage of scenes of somebody being killed, either multiple characters, or a single person over and over. Can be played for drama with multiple characters who die for good. In other cases this can be done for laughs, especially with the same character dying repeatedly only to be [[GroundhogDayLoop brought back to life]] for whatever reason (just to die again). The former often leads to EverybodysDeadDave, while the latter is more often than not played as BlackComedy because of the impermanence of the deaths. Might be related to a FailureMontage.

A montage of scenes of somebody being killed, either multiple characters, or a single person over and over. Can be played for drama with multiple characters who die for good. In other cases this can be done for laughs, especially with the same character dying repeatedly only to be [[GroundhogDayLoop brought back to life]] for whatever reason (just to die again). The former often leads to EverybodysDeadDave, while the latter is more often than not played as BlackComedy because of the impermanence of the deaths.

* Happens to Tree once she first tries to find out who her killer is in ''Film/HappyDeathDay''
* ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'' centers around Major William Cage, a sleazy [=P.R.=] man [[BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord who tried to weasel out]] of covering what was deemed [[FinalBattle the ultimate victory]] against [[AlienInvasion the Mimics.]] [[BlackmailBackfire He was charged with treason, demoted to private, and forced to fight in the first wave of the assault.]] As the Mimics overwhelmed and massacred the human fighting force, Cage comes face to face with [[EliteMooks an Alpha,]] and kills it with a claymore mine, that results in him dying while splattered with the Alpha's blood. He wakes up 24 hours before, and for the rest of the film we see him getting killed over and over again [[TrainingFromHell while being trained to be a better combatant,]] and [[ResetButton to reset the day to make sure that they do beat the Mimics.]]
* ''Shark Attack 3'' has the infamous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nDhFCGvEXk montage]] that is hilarious.

* ''Film/MortalKombat'' has multiple Kombatants dropping like flies when Shang Tsung decides to unleash [[MultiArmedAndDangerous Goro]] on the tournament.

* ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'' centers around Major William Cage, a sleazy [=P.R.=] man [[BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord who tried to weasel out]] of covering was deemed [[Finalbattle the ultimate victory]] against [[AlienInvasion the Mimics.]] [[BlackmailBackfire He was charged with treason, demoted to private, and forced to fight in the first wave of the assault.]] As the Mimics overwhelmed and massacred the human fighting force, Cage comes face to face with [[EliteMooks an Alpha,]] and kills it with a claymore mine, that results in him dying while splattered with the Alpha's blood. He wakes up 24 hours before, and for the rest of the film we see him getting killed over and over again [[TrainingFromHell while being trained to be a better combatant,]] and [[ResetButton to reset the day to make sure that they do beat the Mimics.]]

* ''Film/{{TheGodfather}}'' ends with Michael Corleone ascendent, overseeing the baptism of his sister's child while the heads of all the other crime families (along with Moe Green and Carlo) are summarily executed.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''[='=] ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' segment "Wanted: Dead, Then Alive", a few weeks after Sideshow Bob, Bart Simpson's ArchEnemy, has killed him with a HarpoonGun, the villain realizes that [[VictoryIsBoring it's not Bart's death that makes him happy]], and that he would be truly happy if he kills Bart again. To remedy this, he creates a Reanimator machine and uses it to bring his longtime ArchEnemy BackFromTheDead so he can kill him again, and again, and again, and again, in a manner worthy of the aforementioned ''Emperor Joker'' adaptation. And all of his methods are: [[DropTheHammer whacking him with a sledgehammer not once]] [[AmusingInjuries but many times]] [[RasputinianDeath in the manner of]] ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''; [[BoomHeadshot blowing his head clean off]], [[FedToTheBeast feeding him to a lion]]; [[SquashedFlat squashing him flat with a steamroller]], [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill then folding him into a paper plane and throwing him into a]] DeadlyRotaryFan, [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill then picking up his pieces and]] [[BurnBabyBurn tossing them into the cremation furnace]]; handing him a [[ShockinglyExpensiveBill shockingly expensive electric bill]] for the Reanimator that induces a HollywoodHeartAttack; [[ImMelting liquefying him into juice]] (which has happened offscreen); and [[LudicrousGibs hacking him into pieces with an axe]] (also happened offscreen). [[SoundtrackDissonance And all of this is set to]] Music/ElvisCostello's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU_zMvaX05Q "Accidents Will Happen"]].

* PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''[='=] ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' segment "Wanted: Dead, Then Alive", a few weeks after Bob has killed Bart with a HarpoonGun, the villain realizes that [[VictoryIsBoring it's not Bart's death that makes him happy]], and that he would be truly happy if he kills Bart again. To remedy this, he creates a Reanimator machine and uses it to bring his longtime ArchEnemy BackFromTheDead so that he can kill Bart again and again, in a manner worthy of the aforementioned ''Emperor Joker'' adaptation. And all his methods are: [[DropTheHammer whacking him with a sledgehammer not once]] [[AmusingInjuries but many times]] [[RasputinianDeath in the manner of]] ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''; [[BoomHeadshot blowing his head clean off]], [[FedToTheBeast feeding him to a lion]]; [[SquashedFlat squashing him flat by a steamroller]], [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill then folding him into a paper plane before throwing him into a]] DeadlyRotaryFan, [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill then picking up his pieces and]] [[BurnBabyBurn tossing them into the cremation furnace]]; handing him a [[ShockinglyExpensiveBill shockingly expensive electric bill]] for the Reanimator that induces a HollywoodHeartAttack; [[ImMelting liquefying him into juice]] (which has happened offscreen); and [[LudicrousGibs hacking him into pieces with an axe]] (also happened offscreen). [[SoundtrackDissonance And all of this is set to]] Music/ElvisCostello's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU_zMvaX05Q "Accidents Will Happen"]].

* In ''Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}}'', the eponymous character gets repeatedly killed [[spoiler:by Dormammu before the later relents in order to break the time loop.]]

* Occurs in ''Film/GroundhogDay'', when Phil chooses to kill himself pretty much just to see if it will stick. It won't.

** The trope image above is of Anton. He's a living piece of toast, who gets subjected to a death montage in "The Recipe" when Gumball and Darwin repeatedly kill him to figure out how he [[TheyKilledKennyAgain keeps coming back]]. According to Gumball, they "Iced him 50 times in a row."
** They do another one in "The Origins" as we see all of the ways that the previous Darwin's (all just regular goldfish) got axed off before they meet the current one.

A montage of a character (or characters) being killed repeatedly. Can be played for drama with multiple characters who die for good. In other cases this is done with the same character dying repeatedly, only to be [[GroundhogDayLoop brought back to life]] for whatever reason (just to die again). The former often leads to EverybodysDeadDave, while the latter is more often than not played as BlackComedy because of the impermanence of the deaths.

* In ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', we see several Jedis get massacred by Clone troops.

* ''Film/ForrestGump'' explains Lt. Dan was from a long military tradition. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9c8Rba5NVE Then we see a montage]] of Creator/GarySinise (the actor playing Lt. Dan) playing a different ancestor just at the moment of his death, in a different battleground, with a war uniform more modern that the last.

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* Also played for laughs in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', to explain why wearing a cape will inevitably lead to a CapeSnag, and why Edna Mode is very, ''very'' adamant about her "NO CAPES!" policy. And to be clear, these are deaths. The database on every hero in the Special Features disc for the DVD does confirm they all died due to "Suit Malfunctions".

---> '''Deadpool''': I'm gonna kill you with a ''zamboni!''
* The sequel, ''Film/Deadpool2'', has an ''attempted'' DeathMontage showing Deadpool repeatedly [[spoiler: trying to kill himself following Vanessa's death. As outlandish as the attempts are, his ridiculous HealingFactor prevents any from sticking]].

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* The trope image above is of Anton from ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball''. He's a living piece of toast, who gets subjected to a death montage in "The Recipe" when Gumball and Darwin repeatedly kill him to figure out how he [[TheyKilledKennyAgain keeps coming back]]. According to Gumball, they "Iced him 50 times in a row."