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* Loki in both ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/TheAvengers'' lives, though he ''[[DrivenToSuicide attempts]]'' suicide at the end of the former and surrenders after a MetronomeBeatdown from the Hulk in the latter.
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* Loki in both ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/TheAvengers'' lives, though he ''[[DrivenToSuicide attempts]]'' suicide at the end of the former and surrenders after a MetronomeBeatdown [[MetronomicManMashing Metronome Beatdown]] from the Hulk in the latter.
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* Loki in both ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/TheAvengers'' lives, though he [[DrivenToSuicide ''attempts'' suicide]] ''[[DrivenToSuicide attempts]]'' suicide at the end of the former and surrenders after a MetronomeBeatdown from the Hulk in the latter.
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* Loki in both ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/TheAvengers'' lives, though cast into space in the former and beaten senseless by The Hulk and captured in the latter.
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* In ''XMenFirstClass'', Sebastian Shaw is killed by Magneto forcing a coin through his brain. Shaw's minions join Magneto.
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* {{SelfDemonstrating/Magneto}}, the Film/{{X-Men}}'s ArchEnemy, survived all the films, along with Mystique. The villains of individual movies were killed, however with the possible exception of Juggernaut who was rendered unconscious but was on the island when Pheonix started blasting everything into atoms. Since in the second film Magneto is referred to as ''one'' of the mutants captured after the first film, it's probable that at least one of Sabretooth or Toad also survived, but neither was ever seen again.
** Likewise Striker Sabertooth and Deadpool all survived Wolverine. Though that mostly because it was a prequel and Striker and Sabertooth were already established to have appeared later down the road. Deadpool is only shown to have survived in the Stinger than only played in certain versions.
** Likewise Striker Sabertooth and Deadpool all survived Wolverine. Though that mostly because it was a prequel and Striker and Sabertooth were already established to have appeared later down the road. Deadpool is only shown to have survived in the Stinger than only played in certain versions.
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* {{SelfDemonstrating/Magneto}}, the Film/{{X-Men}}'s ArchEnemy, survived all the films, along with Mystique. The villains of individual movies were killed, however with the possible exception of Juggernaut who was rendered unconscious but was on the island when Pheonix Phoenix started blasting everything into atoms. Since in the second film Magneto is referred to as ''one'' of the mutants captured after the first film, it's probable that at least one of Sabretooth or Toad also survived, but neither was ever seen again.
** LikewiseStriker Stryker, Sabertooth and Deadpool all survived Wolverine. ''Film/{{Wolverine}}''. Though that mostly because it was a prequel and Striker Stryker and Sabertooth were already established to have appeared later down the road. Deadpool is only shown to have survived in the Stinger than a {{Stinger}} that only played in certain versions.
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* In ''Film/FantasticFour'', SelfDemonstrating/DrDoom isn't killed; rather, he's [[AndIMustScream frozen in place]] after his superheated metal body is quickly chilled. He returns in (and survives) the sequel.
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* In ''Film/FantasticFour'', SelfDemonstrating/DrDoom SelfDemonstrating/DoctorDoom isn't killed; rather, he's [[AndIMustScream frozen in place]] after his superheated metal body is quickly chilled. He returns in (and survives) the sequel.
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* Averted in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', where Curt Connors is arrested instead of killed, which leads to a post-credits [[TheStinger Stinger]] in his jail cell.
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* Averted in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', ''{{Film/The Amazing Spider-Man}}'', where "The Lizard" Curt Connors is arrested instead of killed, which leads to a post-credits [[TheStinger Stinger]] in his jail cell.
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* Lex Luthor survives all the ''Film/{{Superman}}'' movies, likely because Superman doesn't have so wide a rogue's gallery as other heroes. The few villains who are shown to be destroyed were all original characters created for the films.
* {{Magneto}}, the Film/{{X-Men}}'s ArchEnemy, survived all the films, along with Mystique. The villains of individual movies were killed, however with the possible exception of Juggernaut who was rendered unconscious but was on the island when Pheonix started blasting everything into atoms. Since in the second film Magneto is referred to as ''one'' of the mutants captured after the first film, it's probable that at least one of Sabretooth or Toad also survived, but neither was ever seen again.
* {{Magneto}}, the Film/{{X-Men}}'s ArchEnemy, survived all the films, along with Mystique. The villains of individual movies were killed, however with the possible exception of Juggernaut who was rendered unconscious but was on the island when Pheonix started blasting everything into atoms. Since in the second film Magneto is referred to as ''one'' of the mutants captured after the first film, it's probable that at least one of Sabretooth or Toad also survived, but neither was ever seen again.
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* Lex Luthor SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor survives all the ''Film/{{Superman}}'' movies, likely because Superman doesn't have so wide a rogue's rogues gallery as other heroes. The few villains who are shown to be destroyed were all original characters created for the films.
*{{Magneto}}, {{SelfDemonstrating/Magneto}}, the Film/{{X-Men}}'s ArchEnemy, survived all the films, along with Mystique. The villains of individual movies were killed, however with the possible exception of Juggernaut who was rendered unconscious but was on the island when Pheonix started blasting everything into atoms. Since in the second film Magneto is referred to as ''one'' of the mutants captured after the first film, it's probable that at least one of Sabretooth or Toad also survived, but neither was ever seen again.
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** Penguin dies and is given a funeral by his penguin minions at the end of ''BatmanReturns''. Catwoman seems to die, but they NeverFoundTheBody (though they found the corpse of the guy she was [[TakingYouWithMe Taking With Her]]), and evidence shown later suggests she's still alive.
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** Penguin dies and is given a funeral by his penguin minions at the end of ''BatmanReturns''.''Film/BatmanReturns''. Catwoman seems to die, but they NeverFoundTheBody (though they found the corpse of the guy she was [[TakingYouWithMe Taking With Her]]), and evidence shown later suggests she's still alive.
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** The "major villain dies, minor villain lives" sub-clause is inverted in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' when Batman captures the Joker alive but is unable to prevent Harvey Dent aka Two-Face from falling to his death. Sadly, Nolan did this because he had plans to use Joker in future installments (he thought the original Batman movie should have let Joker live) but HeathLedger died after the movie was completed, leaving no room for him in the sequels.
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** The "major villain dies, minor villain lives" sub-clause is inverted in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' when Batman captures the Joker alive but is unable to prevent Harvey Dent aka Two-Face from falling to his death. Sadly, Nolan did this because he had plans to use Joker in future installments (he thought the original Batman movie should have let Joker live) but HeathLedger Creator/HeathLedger died after the movie was completed, leaving no room chance for him in the sequels.
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** In the 1989 film, Self/Demonstrating/TheJoker himself is killed by [[VisualPun having his leg tied to]] a statue while trying to escape and [[DisneyVillainDeath falling to his death]].
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** Likewise Striker Sabertooth and Deadpool all survived Wolverine. Though that mostly because it was a prequel and Striker and Sabertooth were already established to have appeared later down the road. Deadpool is only shown to have survived in the Stinger than only played in certain versions.
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** Penguin dies and is given a funeral by his penguin minions at the end of ''BatmanReturns''.
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** In the 1989 film, TheJoker himself is killed by [[VisualPun having his leg pulled]] by a statue while trying to escape.
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* {{Magneto}}, the Film/{{X-Men}}'s ArchEnemy, survived all the films, along with Mystique. The villains of individual movies were killed, however with the possible exception of Juggernaut who was rendered unconscious but was on the island when Pheonix started blasting everything into atoms.
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* {{Magneto}}, the Film/{{X-Men}}'s ArchEnemy, survived all the films, along with Mystique. The villains of individual movies were killed, however with the possible exception of Juggernaut who was rendered unconscious but was on the island when Pheonix started blasting everything into atoms. Since in the second film Magneto is referred to as ''one'' of the mutants captured after the first film, it's probable that at least one of Sabretooth or Toad also survived, but neither was ever seen again.
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* In the original trilogy of ''SpiderMan'' films there are many villain deaths.
** In ''Film/SpiderMan'', the Green Goblin is killed by his glider impaling him. This happened to him in the comic books as well, though he came back from that decades later.
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* In the original trilogy of ''SpiderMan'' ''Film/{{Spider-Man Trilogy}}'' films there are many villain deaths.
** In''Film/SpiderMan'', ''Spider-Man'', the Green Goblin is killed by his glider impaling him. This happened to him in the comic books as well, though he came back from that decades later.
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** In ''Film/BatmanForever'', Two-Face is killed, but the Riddler survives.
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** ''Film/BatmanBegins'': Ra's Al Ghul is killed when Batman refuses to save him, letting him drop in front of a train. Secondary villain Scarecrow survives and cameos in the two other movies.
** The "major villain dies, minor villain lives" sub-clause is inverted in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' when Batman captures the Joker alive but is unable to prevent Harvey Dent aka Two-Face from falling to his death.
** Both Bane and Talia al-Ghul are killed in the course of the final battle in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''. Catwoman joins the Fight against Bane and [[spoiler:is seen with Bruce in a romantic relationship in the end]].
** The "major villain dies, minor villain lives" sub-clause is inverted in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' when Batman captures the Joker alive but is unable to prevent Harvey Dent aka Two-Face from falling to his death.
** Both Bane and Talia al-Ghul are killed in the course of the final battle in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''. Catwoman joins the Fight against Bane and [[spoiler:is seen with Bruce in a romantic relationship in the end]].
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** ''Film/BatmanBegins'': Ra's Al Ghul is killed when Batman refuses to save him, letting him drop in front of a train. Secondary villain Scarecrow survives and cameos in the two other movies. \n More minor villains like Victor Zssaz and Carmine Falcone are also alive by the end but locked up in Arkham. This is interesting in that Falcone is dead in the comics.
** The "major villain dies, minor villain lives" sub-clause is inverted in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' when Batman captures the Joker alive but is unable to prevent Harvey Dent aka Two-Face from falling to his death. Sadly, Nolan did this because he had plans to use Joker in future installments (he thought the original Batman movie should have let Joker live) but HeathLedger died after the movie was completed, leaving no room for him in the sequels.
** Both Bane and Talia al-Ghul are killed in the course of the final battle in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''. Catwoman joins the Fight against Bane and [[spoiler:is seen with Bruce in a romantic relationship in the end]]. Granted, Catwoman is more of an AntiHero than a straight villain.
** The "major villain dies, minor villain lives" sub-clause is inverted in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' when Batman captures the Joker alive but is unable to prevent Harvey Dent aka Two-Face from falling to his death. Sadly, Nolan did this because he had plans to use Joker in future installments (he thought the original Batman movie should have let Joker live) but HeathLedger died after the movie was completed, leaving no room for him in the sequels.
** Both Bane and Talia al-Ghul are killed in the course of the final battle in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''. Catwoman joins the Fight against Bane and [[spoiler:is seen with Bruce in a romantic relationship in the end]]. Granted, Catwoman is more of an AntiHero than a straight villain.
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** ''Iron Man 2'': Tony and Rhodney combine thier strength to kill Vanko in the Crimson Dynamo/Titanium Man armour. Justin Hammer lives but is arrested with his reputation in tatters.
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* In the original trilogy of ''Spider-Man'' films there are many villain deaths.
** In ''Film/SpiderMan'', the Green Goblin is killed by his glider impaling him. This happened to him in the comic books as well, though he came back from that.
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** Likewise in ''CaptainAmerica1990'', Cap kills the Red Skull in the climax.
* In the original trilogy of''Spider-Man'' ''SpiderMan'' films there are many villain deaths.
** In ''Film/SpiderMan'', the Green Goblin is killed by his glider impaling him. This happened to him in the comic books as well, though he came back fromthat.that decades later.
* In the original trilogy of
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** In ''Spider-Man 3'', The post-HeelFaceTurn New Goblin is killed by Venom, and Eddie Brock/Venom dies when he tries to get back to the symbiote after Peter Parker had thrown a Goblin Grenade at it. Sandman survives, however, and Peter is able to forgive him for killing Uncle Ben.
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** In ''Spider-Man 3'', The post-HeelFaceTurn New Goblin is killed by Venom, and Eddie Brock/Venom dies when he tries to get back to the symbiote after Peter Parker had thrown a Goblin Grenade at it. Sandman survives, however, and Peter is able to forgive him for killing Uncle Ben. It should be noted that Harry, like his father, also died under similar circumstance sin the comics and was brought back.
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* In ''[[Film/FantasticFour Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer]]'', the Surfer sacrifices himself to stop Galactus. It's uncertain whether that ended the planet-eater for good, but chances are that it stalled him.
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** Both versions avert this when it comes to DoctorDoom who is alive, but defeated, by the end of both films.
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* In ''[[Film/ThePunisher Punisher: War Zone]]'', Jigsaw dies. The villains of the other movies don't count, as they are original characters.
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* In the first ''Film/{{Blade}}'' film, Deacon Frost dies. In ''Blade III'', Dracula (aka Drake) dies.
* In the animated ''Comicbook/DoctorStrange'' film, Dormammu and Baron Mordo both die.
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* In the first ''Film/{{Blade}}'' film, Deacon Frost dies. In ''Blade III'', Dracula (aka Drake) dies.
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** As with the Punisher examples above, the other villains Blade killed were created for the films; although there was a team of vampires called the Blood Pack, they had different members from their ''Blade 2'' counterparts.
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* In the first ''Film/TheCrow'' movie, Eric Draven kills all of the gang members responsible for his and his girlfriend's deaths. This is actually in keeping with the original comic. Later movies were original stories, not based on any comics.
** As with the Punisher examples above, the other villains Blade killed were created for the films; although there was a team of vampires called the Blood Pack, they had different members from their ''Blade 2'' counterparts.
* In the animated ''Comicbook/DoctorStrange'' film, Dormammu and Baron Mordo both
* In the first ''Film/TheCrow'' movie, Eric Draven kills all of the gang members responsible for his and his girlfriend's deaths. This is actually in keeping with the original comic. Later movies were original stories, not based on any comics.
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* Lex Luthor survives all the ''Film/{{Superman}}'' movies, likely because Superman doesn't have so wide a rogue's gallery as other heroes.
* Magneto, the Film/{{X-Men}}'s ArchEnemy, survived all the films, along with Mystique. The villains of individual movies were killed, however.
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* Lex Luthor survives all the ''Film/{{Superman}}'' movies, likely because Superman doesn't have so wide a rogue's gallery as other heroes. \n The few villains who are shown to be destroyed were all original characters created for the films.
*Magneto, {{Magneto}}, the Film/{{X-Men}}'s ArchEnemy, survived all the films, along with Mystique. The villains of individual movies were killed, however. however with the possible exception of Juggernaut who was rendered unconscious but was on the island when Pheonix started blasting everything into atoms.
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** In ''Spider-Man 3'', The post HeelFaceTurn New Goblin is killed by Venom, and Eddie Brock/Venom dies when he tries to get back to the symbiote after Peter had thrown a Goblin Grenade at it. Sandman survives, however, and Peter is able to forgive him for killing Uncle Ben.
* In ''Film/GhostRider'', Blackheart is able to be killed (or given a FateWorseThanDeath) by Ghost Rider's Reaper's Stare after he absorbs the souls of San Venganza.
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** In ''Spider-Man 3'', The post HeelFaceTurn post-HeelFaceTurn New Goblin is killed by Venom, and Eddie Brock/Venom dies when he tries to get back to the symbiote after Peter Parker had thrown a Goblin Grenade at it. Sandman survives, however, and Peter is able to forgive him for killing Uncle Ben.
* In ''Film/GhostRider'', Blackheart is able to be killed (or given a FateWorseThanDeath) by Ghost Rider's Reaper's Stare after he [Blackheart] absorbs the souls of SanVenganza.Venganza.
** In ''Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'', Blackout dies.
* In ''Film/GhostRider'', Blackheart is able to be killed (or given a FateWorseThanDeath) by Ghost Rider's Reaper's Stare after he [Blackheart] absorbs the souls of San
** In ''Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'', Blackout dies.
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* Loki in both ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/{{TheAvengers}}'' lives though cast into space in the former and beaten senseless by TheHulk and captured in the latter.
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* ''X-MenFirstClass'': Sebastian Shaw is killed by Magneto forcing a coin through his brain. Shaw's minions join Magneto.
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* Blonsky aka The Abomination is spared by Betty stopping Hulk from strangling him in ''Film/{{TheIncredibleHulk}}''. For someone with a reputation for destruction, the Hulk causes surprisingly few deaths.
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In the world of comics [[JokerImmunity no one]] [[BackFromTheDead is really dead]], but in Hollywood things work differently. In the end there needs to be a climatic confrontation between hero and villain and one of them will die. Guess who.
There are several reasons for this. Comics have to come out on a regular basis so they can't afford to lose villains whereas even the fastest movie productions take years. Also the Villain's death leaves the story at a natural conclusion. In movies with more than one supervillain it's usually only the villain that acts as the BigBad that perishes with the lesser ones either being captured or [[HeelFaceTurn reforming]]. Usually a case of SelfDisposingVillain when the hero has a strict [[ThouShaltNotKill no killing policy]].
There are several reasons for this. Comics have to come out on a regular basis so they can't afford to lose villains whereas even the fastest movie productions take years. Also the Villain's death leaves the story at a natural conclusion. In movies with more than one supervillain it's usually only the villain that acts as the BigBad that perishes with the lesser ones either being captured or [[HeelFaceTurn reforming]]. Usually a case of SelfDisposingVillain when the hero has a strict [[ThouShaltNotKill no killing policy]].
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In the world of comics [[JokerImmunity no one]] [[BackFromTheDead is really dead]], but in Hollywood things work differently. In the end end, there needs to be a climatic climactic confrontation between hero and villain villain, and one of them will die. Guess who.
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** The major villain dies, minor villain lives sub-clause is inverted in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' when Batman captures The Joker alive but is unable to prevent Harvey Dent aka Two Face from falling to his death.
** Both Bane and Talia al Ghul are killed in the course of the final battle in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''. Catwoman joins the Fight against Bane and [[spoiler: is seen with Bruce in a romantic relationship in the end.]]
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** The major villain dies, minor villain lives sub-clause is inverted in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' when Batman captures The Joker alive but is unable to prevent Harvey Dent aka Two Face from falling to his death.
** Both Bane and Talia al Ghul are killed in the course of the final battle in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''. Catwoman joins the Fight against Bane and [[spoiler: is seen with Bruce in a romantic relationship in the end.]]
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* In the original trilogy of ''Spider-Man'' films there's a lot of villain deaths.
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** In ''Film/SpiderMan'', the Green Goblin is killed by his glider impaling him. This happened to him in the comic books aswell well, though he came back from that.
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* In ''[[Film/FantasticFour Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer]]'' the Surfer sacrifices himself to stop Galactus. It's uncertain if that ended the planet-eater for good, but chances are that it stalled him.
* In ''Film/GreenLantern'', Hector Hammond and Parallax are dead by the end. Sinestro never even becomes a villain [[spoiler: until the stinger.]]
* In ''[[Film/ThePunisher Punisher: War Zone]]'', Jigsaw dies. The villains of the other movies don't count as they are original characters.
* ''X-MenFirstClass'': Sebastian Shaw is killed by Magneto forcing a coin through his brain. Shaw's minions join Magneto
* In the first ''Film/{{Blade}}'' film, Deacon Frost dies. In ''Blade III'', Dracula (AKA Drake) dies.
* In the Animated ''DoctorStrange'' film, Dormammu and Baron Mordo both die.
* In ''Film/GhostRider Spirit Of Vengeance'', Blackout dies.
* In ''Film/GreenLantern'', Hector Hammond and Parallax are dead by the end. Sinestro never even becomes a villain [[spoiler: until the stinger.]]
* In ''[[Film/ThePunisher Punisher: War Zone]]'', Jigsaw dies. The villains of the other movies don't count as they are original characters.
* ''X-MenFirstClass'': Sebastian Shaw is killed by Magneto forcing a coin through his brain. Shaw's minions join Magneto
* In the first ''Film/{{Blade}}'' film, Deacon Frost dies. In ''Blade III'', Dracula (AKA Drake) dies.
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* In''Film/GhostRider ''Film/GhostRider: Spirit Of of Vengeance'', Blackout dies.
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** The major villain dies, minor villain lives sub-clause is inverted in ''TheDarkKnight'' when Batman captures The Joker alive but is unable to prevent Harvey Dent aka Two Face from falling to his death.
** Both Bane and Talia al Ghul are killed in the course of the final battle in ''TheDarkKnightRises''. Catwoman joins the Fight against Bane and [[spoiler: is seen with Bruce in a romantic relationship in the end.]]
* In the IronMan films
** The major villain dies, minor villain lives sub-clause is inverted in ''TheDarkKnight'' when Batman captures The Joker alive but is unable to prevent Harvey Dent aka Two Face from falling to his death.
** Both Bane and Talia al Ghul are killed in the course of the final battle in ''TheDarkKnightRises''. Catwoman joins the Fight against Bane and [[spoiler: is seen with Bruce in a romantic relationship in the end.]]
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** ''BatmanBegins'': ''Film/BatmanBegins'': Ra's Al Ghul is killed when Batman refuses to save him, letting him drop in front of a train. Secondary villain Scarecrow survives and cameos in the other two movies.
** The major villain dies, minor villain lives sub-clause is inverted in''TheDarkKnight'' ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' when Batman captures The Joker alive but is unable to prevent Harvey Dent aka Two Face from falling to his death.
** Both Bane and Talia al Ghul are killed in the course of the final battle in''TheDarkKnightRises''.''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''. Catwoman joins the Fight against Bane and [[spoiler: is seen with Bruce in a romantic relationship in the end.]]
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* Magneto, the X-Men's ArchEnemy survived all the films along with Mystique. The Villains of individual movies were killed however.
* Loki in both ''Thor'' and ''TheAvengers'' lives though cast into space in the former and beaten senseless by TheHulk and captured in the latter.
* Blonsky aka The Abomination is spared by Betty stopping Hulk from strangling him to death in ''TheIncredibleHulk''. For someone with a reputation for destruction the Hulk causes surprisingly few deaths.
* Magneto, the X-Men's ArchEnemy survived all the films along with Mystique. The Villains of individual movies were killed however.
* Loki in both ''Thor'' and ''TheAvengers'' lives though cast into space in the former and beaten senseless by TheHulk and captured in the latter.
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* Lex Luthor survives all the ''Superman'' ''Film/{{Superman}}'' movies likely because Superman doesn't have as wide a rogue's gallery as other heroes.
* Magneto, theX-Men's Film/{{X-Men}}'s ArchEnemy survived all the films along with Mystique. The Villains of individual movies were killed however.
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In the world of comics [[JokerImmunity no one]] [[BackFromTheDead is really dead]], but in Hollywood things work differently. In the end there needs to be a climatic confrontation between hero and villain and one of them will die. Guess who.
There are several reasons for this. Comics have to come out on a regular basis so they can't afford to lose villains whereas even the fastest movie productions take years. Also the Villain's death leaves the story at a natural conclusion. In movies with more than one supervillain it's usually only the villain that acts as the BigBad that perishes with the lesser ones either being captured or [[HeelFaceTurn reforming]]. Usually a case of SelfDisposingVillain when the hero has a strict [[ThouShaltNotKill no killing policy]].
'''This is a DEATH TROPE!''' '''Unmarked spoilers ahoy.'''
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!!Straight Examples
* In the Tim Burton ''Film/{{Batman}}'' movies:
** The Joker himself is killed by [[VisualPun having his leg pulled]] by a statue while trying to escape in the original.
** Penguin dies and is given a funeral by his penguin minions at the end of BatmanReturns.
* In the Joel Schumacher movies
** In ''BatmanForever'', Two-Face is killed, but the Riddler survives.
** In ''BatmanAndRobin'', Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy both survive. Bane's fate is ambiguous (he's alive, but severely weakened when we last see him, and the building around him is collapsing).
* In the Christopher Nolan Batman (TheDarkKnightTrilogy) Movies
** ''BatmanBegins'': Ra's Al Ghul is killed when Batman refuses to save him, letting him drop in front of a train. Secondary villain Scarecrow survives and cameos in the other two movies.
** The major villain dies, minor villain lives sub-clause is inverted in ''TheDarkKnight'' when Batman captures The Joker alive but is unable to prevent Harvey Dent aka Two Face from falling to his death.
** Both Bane and Talia al Ghul are killed in the course of the final battle in ''TheDarkKnightRises''. Catwoman joins the Fight against Bane and [[spoiler: is seen with Bruce in a romantic relationship in the end.]]
* In the IronMan films
** ''Iron Man'' 1: Obadiah Stane is killed when Tony gets Pepper to overload the Arc Reactor, blowing Tony aside and frying Stane in his much heavier suit.
** ''Iron Man 2'': Tony and Rhodney combine thier strength to kill Vanko in the Crimson Dynamo/Titanium Man armour. Justin Hammer lives but is arrested with his reputation in tatters.
* ''CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'': Red Skull is seemingly killed when he tries to use the cosmic cube and gets disintegrated (or possibly teleported to another dimension) by it.
*In the original trilogy of ''Spider-Man'' films there's a lot of villain deaths.
** In ''Film/SpiderMan'', the Green Goblin is killed by his glider impaling him. This happened to him in the comic books as well though he came back from that.
** In ''Spider-Man 2'', Doctor Octopus is killed by either drowning or the heat when he tears apart the base of the fusion reactor, sending the miniature sun (along with himself) into the river.
** In ''Spider-Man 3'', The post HeelFaceTurn New Goblin is killed by Venom, and Eddie Brock/Venom dies when he tries to get back to the symbiote after Peter had thrown a Goblin Grenade at it. Sandman survives, however, and Peter is able to forgive him for killing Uncle Ben.
* In ''Film/GhostRider'', Blackheart is able to be killed (or given a FateWorseThanDeath) by Ghost Rider's Reaper's Stare after he absorbs the souls of San Venganza.
* In ''[[Film/FantasticFour Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer]]'' the Surfer sacrifices himself to stop Galactus. It's uncertain if that ended the planet-eater for good, but chances are that it stalled him.
* In ''Film/GreenLantern'', Hector Hammond and Parallax are dead by the end. Sinestro never even becomes a villain [[spoiler: until the stinger.]]
* In ''[[Film/ThePunisher Punisher: War Zone]]'', Jigsaw dies. The villains of the other movies don't count as they are original characters.
* ''X-MenFirstClass'': Sebastian Shaw is killed by Magneto forcing a coin through his brain. Shaw's minions join Magneto
* In the first ''Film/{{Blade}}'' film, Deacon Frost dies. In ''Blade III'', Dracula (AKA Drake) dies.
* In the Animated ''DoctorStrange'' film, Dormammu and Baron Mordo both die.
* In ''Film/GhostRider Spirit Of Vengeance'', Blackout dies.
!!Subversions, Aversions and Zigzags
* Lex Luthor survives all the ''Superman'' movies likely because Superman doesn't have as wide a rogue's gallery as other heroes.
* Magneto, the X-Men's ArchEnemy survived all the films along with Mystique. The Villains of individual movies were killed however.
* Loki in both ''Thor'' and ''TheAvengers'' lives though cast into space in the former and beaten senseless by TheHulk and captured in the latter.
* Blonsky aka The Abomination is spared by Betty stopping Hulk from strangling him to death in ''TheIncredibleHulk''. For someone with a reputation for destruction the Hulk causes surprisingly few deaths.
* Averted in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', where Curt Connors is arrested instead of killed, which leads to a post-credits [[TheStinger Stinger]] in his jail cell.
* In ''Film/FantasticFour'', Dr. Doom isn't killed; rather, he's [[AndIMustScream frozen in place]] after his superheated metal body is quickly chilled. He returns in (and survives) the sequel.
* In ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'', Bullseye and Kingpin both survive, though in Bullseye's case, you don't know that unless you stayed for the in-credits [[TheStinger stinger]].
* In the Adam West ''[[BatmanTheMovie Batman]]'' movie Joker Immunity is in full effect as it was the movie of the series and they needed to return.
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There are several reasons for this. Comics have to come out on a regular basis so they can't afford to lose villains whereas even the fastest movie productions take years. Also the Villain's death leaves the story at a natural conclusion. In movies with more than one supervillain it's usually only the villain that acts as the BigBad that perishes with the lesser ones either being captured or [[HeelFaceTurn reforming]]. Usually a case of SelfDisposingVillain when the hero has a strict [[ThouShaltNotKill no killing policy]].
'''This is a DEATH TROPE!''' '''Unmarked spoilers ahoy.'''
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!!Straight Examples
* In the Tim Burton ''Film/{{Batman}}'' movies:
** The Joker himself is killed by [[VisualPun having his leg pulled]] by a statue while trying to escape in the original.
** Penguin dies and is given a funeral by his penguin minions at the end of BatmanReturns.
* In the Joel Schumacher movies
** In ''BatmanForever'', Two-Face is killed, but the Riddler survives.
** In ''BatmanAndRobin'', Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy both survive. Bane's fate is ambiguous (he's alive, but severely weakened when we last see him, and the building around him is collapsing).
* In the Christopher Nolan Batman (TheDarkKnightTrilogy) Movies
** ''BatmanBegins'': Ra's Al Ghul is killed when Batman refuses to save him, letting him drop in front of a train. Secondary villain Scarecrow survives and cameos in the other two movies.
** The major villain dies, minor villain lives sub-clause is inverted in ''TheDarkKnight'' when Batman captures The Joker alive but is unable to prevent Harvey Dent aka Two Face from falling to his death.
** Both Bane and Talia al Ghul are killed in the course of the final battle in ''TheDarkKnightRises''. Catwoman joins the Fight against Bane and [[spoiler: is seen with Bruce in a romantic relationship in the end.]]
* In the IronMan films
** ''Iron Man'' 1: Obadiah Stane is killed when Tony gets Pepper to overload the Arc Reactor, blowing Tony aside and frying Stane in his much heavier suit.
** ''Iron Man 2'': Tony and Rhodney combine thier strength to kill Vanko in the Crimson Dynamo/Titanium Man armour. Justin Hammer lives but is arrested with his reputation in tatters.
* ''CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'': Red Skull is seemingly killed when he tries to use the cosmic cube and gets disintegrated (or possibly teleported to another dimension) by it.
*In the original trilogy of ''Spider-Man'' films there's a lot of villain deaths.
** In ''Film/SpiderMan'', the Green Goblin is killed by his glider impaling him. This happened to him in the comic books as well though he came back from that.
** In ''Spider-Man 2'', Doctor Octopus is killed by either drowning or the heat when he tears apart the base of the fusion reactor, sending the miniature sun (along with himself) into the river.
** In ''Spider-Man 3'', The post HeelFaceTurn New Goblin is killed by Venom, and Eddie Brock/Venom dies when he tries to get back to the symbiote after Peter had thrown a Goblin Grenade at it. Sandman survives, however, and Peter is able to forgive him for killing Uncle Ben.
* In ''Film/GhostRider'', Blackheart is able to be killed (or given a FateWorseThanDeath) by Ghost Rider's Reaper's Stare after he absorbs the souls of San Venganza.
* In ''[[Film/FantasticFour Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer]]'' the Surfer sacrifices himself to stop Galactus. It's uncertain if that ended the planet-eater for good, but chances are that it stalled him.
* In ''Film/GreenLantern'', Hector Hammond and Parallax are dead by the end. Sinestro never even becomes a villain [[spoiler: until the stinger.]]
* In ''[[Film/ThePunisher Punisher: War Zone]]'', Jigsaw dies. The villains of the other movies don't count as they are original characters.
* ''X-MenFirstClass'': Sebastian Shaw is killed by Magneto forcing a coin through his brain. Shaw's minions join Magneto
* In the first ''Film/{{Blade}}'' film, Deacon Frost dies. In ''Blade III'', Dracula (AKA Drake) dies.
* In the Animated ''DoctorStrange'' film, Dormammu and Baron Mordo both die.
* In ''Film/GhostRider Spirit Of Vengeance'', Blackout dies.
!!Subversions, Aversions and Zigzags
* Lex Luthor survives all the ''Superman'' movies likely because Superman doesn't have as wide a rogue's gallery as other heroes.
* Magneto, the X-Men's ArchEnemy survived all the films along with Mystique. The Villains of individual movies were killed however.
* Loki in both ''Thor'' and ''TheAvengers'' lives though cast into space in the former and beaten senseless by TheHulk and captured in the latter.
* Blonsky aka The Abomination is spared by Betty stopping Hulk from strangling him to death in ''TheIncredibleHulk''. For someone with a reputation for destruction the Hulk causes surprisingly few deaths.
* Averted in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', where Curt Connors is arrested instead of killed, which leads to a post-credits [[TheStinger Stinger]] in his jail cell.
* In ''Film/FantasticFour'', Dr. Doom isn't killed; rather, he's [[AndIMustScream frozen in place]] after his superheated metal body is quickly chilled. He returns in (and survives) the sequel.
* In ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'', Bullseye and Kingpin both survive, though in Bullseye's case, you don't know that unless you stayed for the in-credits [[TheStinger stinger]].
* In the Adam West ''[[BatmanTheMovie Batman]]'' movie Joker Immunity is in full effect as it was the movie of the series and they needed to return.
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