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1To use the Sorting Algorithm of Mortality, simply add the '''Scream Score''' for each applicable row, then divide by the number of applicable rows (at this point, [[ThirteenIsUnlucky 13]] or fewer). Remember: this is a relative score, so you need at least 3 characters from the same movie or series to establish a baseline. The original article is [[SortingAlgorithmOfMortality here]]. For characters who have already snuffed it, see SortingAlgorithmOfDeadness.
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4|| '''Likelihood of death''' || '''[[JustForFun/HowToKillACharacter So dead]]''' || || '''Average life expectancy''' || || '''[[JustForFun/HowToCheatDeath Die? Me? Ha!]]''' ||
5|| '''[[color:maroon: Scream Score!]]''' || '''5''' || '''4''' || '''3''' || '''2''' || '''1''' ||
6|| ''Age'' || OlderAndWiser || [[OpenMindedParent Parent]], [[TeensAreMonsters Clueless teens]] || [[EverybodyIsSingle Single adult]] || [[DawsonCasting Protagonist teens]] || [[ImprobableInfantSurvival Child]] ||
7|| ''Sexual Orientation'' || [[SexSignalsDeath Slut]], Bisexual, [[VirginityMakesYouStupid Innocent Virgin]] || [[BuryYourGays Gay]] || [[HeterosexualLifePartners Straight]] || [[HotLibrarian Reluctant]] || [[CelibateHero Celibate]] ||
8|| ''LoveInterests by Genre'' || RichBitch, ''[[SlasherMovie Horror Genre]]'' || HookerWithAHeartOfGold, [[TemporaryLoveInterest Temporary]] || [[SatelliteLoveInterest Shallow]], ''[[LoveHurts Romance show]]'' || ShrinkingViolet || DamselInDistress, ''ActionSeries'' ||
9|| ''[[{{Characters}} Role]]'' || {{Villains}}, FacelessGoons, [[WhatMeasureIsAMook Mooks]], RedShirt, TheMentor , TheBigGuy || [[IneffectualLoner Loners]], PluckyComicRelief, MauveShirt, [[StuffedIntoTheFridge Long-lost Friend]], TheSmartGuy || TheLancer, HeroOfAnotherStory, [[{{Sidekick}} The Sidekick]], TheScrappy || IgnoredExpert,\
10ThoseTwoGuys, TheHeart, SupportingProtagonist || [[ContractualImmortality Hero]], CreatorsPet ||
11|| ''[[EthnicScrappy Race]]'' || [[BlackDudeDiesFirst Black]], [[TwoferTokenMinority Twofer's]], [[Franchise/{{Digimon}} Leomon]] || [[SouthOfTheBorder Mexican]] || [[FarEast Asian]] || [[NobleSavage Indian]]/[[MagicalNativeAmerican Native American]] || [[MightyWhitey Caucasian]] ''or'' The Same As The Writer ||
12|| ''[[GenderIsNoObject Gender]]'' || [[VasquezAlwaysDies Tough]] [[{{Bifauxnen}} Girl]], AmbiguousGender, || [[DudeLooksLikeALady Feminine]] [[CampGay Man]] || [[MenAreTheExpendableGender Male]] || TokenGirl || ActionGirl, FinalGirl ||
13|| ''[[BeautyEqualsGoodness Aesthetics]]'' || [[TheGrotesque Ugly]] || [[FatBastard Fat]] || [[HollywoodHomely "Average"]] || [[GoodScarsEvilScars Fashionably Scarred]] || TheCutie ||
14|| ''[[CharactersAsDevice Personality]]'' || StrawNihilist, CrazySurvivalist, [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth Innocent]], [[DeathByPragmatism Pragmatic]] || JerkJock, TheDitz, InsufferableGenius || JerkWithAHeartOfGold || TheCaptain, TheWatson || AllLovingHero, FriendToAllLivingThings ||
15|| ''[[FatalFlaw Flaws]]'' || TooDumbToLive, [[AgentScully Skeptical]], GenreBlind, DirtyCoward, [[DeathByMaterialism Greedy]] || [[BeleagueredChildhoodFriend Fell astray]], TheStoner, ButtMonkey ([[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism gritty]]), [[DeathByMocking Smartass]] || [[BlindWithoutEm Wears Glasses]] || [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Crippling Phobia]] || [[DumbIsGood Mentally Handicapped]] ||
16|| ''[[StockAesops "Virtues"]]'' || HolierThanThou, [[CuriosityKilledTheCast Curious]], [[DeathByPragmatism Pragmatic]], [[AmbitionIsEvil Ambitious]] || [[EmotionlessGirl Quiet Girls]] and [[GentleGiant Quiet Guys]] || [[{{Geek}} Smart]], GenreSavvy[[note]]In a Deconstruction or Parody, [[DeathByGenreSavvy increase to 5]][[/note]] || {{Determinator}} || ThePollyanna, TheFool ||
17|| ''[[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman Species]]'' || [[MechaMooks Robots (non-living)]], [[TheUndead Undead]], [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent Snakes]], [[BigCreepyCrawlies Arthropods]] || [[CatsAreMean Cats]], Clones, MechanicalLifeforms || [[ThouShaltNotKill Human]], HumanAliens || [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Pretty Aliens]] || [[PetTheDog Dogs]] [[DeathByNewberyMedal (except in literature) (or Disney)]] ||
18|| ''[[NoOSHACompliance Occupation]]'' || [[{{Retirony}} Retiring Law Officer]], VillainByDefault, [[FatalFamilyPhoto Happy Family Man]], [[VasquezAlwaysDies Competent secondary female]] || [[GeneralRipper Military Commander]], [[RedshirtArmy Anyone Serving Under Him]], [[FriendlyTarget Hero's Best Friend]], [[MentorOccupationalHazard Mentor]] || [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Scientist With Questionable Ethics]], InnocentBystander || AdventurerArchaeologist, [[HotTeacher Teacher]] || SuperHero, [[NobleProfession Nun]] ||
19|| ''[[EvilGloating Prognosis]]'' || YouAreAlreadyDead, TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath, PostMortemOneLiner, LastStand || YourDaysAreNumbered, PreMortemOneLiner, YouShallNotPass || PrepareToDie, HeDidntMakeIt, TimeBomb, PreAssKickingOneLiner, JumpScare || YouHaveNoChanceToSurvive, IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect || BadassBoast, MillionToOneChance, IneffectualDeathThreat ||
20|| ''[[CriticalExistenceFailure Health]]'' || ChunkySalsaRule, IncurableCoughOfDeath || OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank, SoapOperaDisease || ICanStillFight, MadeOfPlasticine, LittlestCancerPatient || MadeOfIron, OnlyAFleshWound, DelicateAndSickly || NighInvulnerable, HealingFactor, [[VictorianNovelDisease Consumption]] ||
21|| || '''5''' || '''4''' || '''3''' || '''2''' || '''1''' ||
22|| ''[[NeverTellMeTheOdds Pool predictions]]'' || KilledMidSentence || [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Drop A Bridge On Him]] || SacrificialLion, StuffedIntoTheFridge || SacrificialLamb, DeadStarWalking || PlotArmor, TheWorfEffect ||
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24----
25Example Cast:
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27[[AC: Series or Film Name]]
28Description of who's who and why they're likely to snuff it.
29* '''''Character A:'''''
30** '''Row 1:''' Value 5-1
31** '''Row 2:''' Value 5-1
32** '''Row 3:''' Value 5-1
33*** '''Total divided by rows:''' Final score and witty pun
34* '''''Character B:'''''
35** '''Row 1:''' Value 5-1
36** '''Row 2:''' Value 5-1
37** '''Row 3:''' Value 5-1
38*** '''Total divided by rows:''' Final score and witty pun
39* '''''Character C:'''''
40** '''Row 1:''' Value 5-1
41** '''Row 2:''' Value 5-1
42** '''Row 3:''' Value 5-1
43*** '''Total divided by rows:''' Final score and witty pun
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45
46[[AC: Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire]]
47
48Danaerys
49** '''Age:''' Protagonist teens; 2
50** '''Sexual Orientation:''' Straight; 3
51** '''Role:''' TheHero; 1
52** '''Race:''' White; 1
53** '''Aesthetics:''' Hottest thing alive, 1
54** '''Personality:''' TheCaptain; 2
55** '''Virtues:''' ActionGirl; 2
56*** Final Score: 1.714. Maybe anyone can die, but Dany's sticking around for a while.
57
58Now let's see a character most fans want to see ''very'' dead:
59
60Ramsay Bolton
61** '''Age:''' single adult, though technically married: 3
62** '''Sexual Orientation:''' technically straight, 3
63** '''Role:''' CompleteMonster, 5
64** '''Race:''' White, 1
65** '''Aesthetics''': not an attractive guy. 5.
66** '''Personality''': sadist. 4.
67** '''Flaws''': Have I mentioned that he's a sadist? Also, too many others to count. 5
68** '''"Virtues":''' He's pretty pragmatic at torture. 5.
69** '''Species:''' Human. 3.
70** '''Occupation:''' Villain by default, 5
71*** Final score: 39/10=3.9 - hope for the best
72
73And everyone's favorite AffablyEvil Littlefinger:
74** '''Age:''' single adult, 3
75** '''Sexual Orientation:''' straight, 3
76** '''Role:''' villain AND Obi-Wan, 5
77** '''Race:''' White, 1
78** '''Aesthetics:''' Average, 3
79** '''Personality:''' MagnificentBastard, ManipulativeBastard, 4
80** '''Flaws:''' Megalomania, inferiority complex, greed. 5.
81** '''"Virtues":''' Smart, savvy, 3
82** '''Species:''' Human, 3
83** '''Occupation:''' Mentor and villain, 5
84*** Final score: 35/10 = 3.5 - better chances than Ramsay '''[[BerserkButton Snow]]''', but still has to be careful.
85
86'''Jon Snow'''
87** '''Age:''' Protagonist teen, 2
88** '''Sexual Orientation:''' Straight despite attempts at celibacy, but reluctant due to his position, 2
89** '''Role:''' The hero of his story, 1
90** '''Race:''' White, 1
91** '''Aesthetics:''' Notably above average, so we'll say, 2
92** '''Personality:''' Flawed but still competent and good enough to be considered MessianicArchetype, 1
93** '''Flaws:''' Possibly GenreBlind considering his more idealist attitude in this CrapsackWorld, 5.
94** '''"Virtues":''' Pragmatic, Quiet, Smart, Determinator. Difficult to say, but we'll average him out and round up to a 3
95** '''Species:''' Human, 3
96** '''Occupation:''' Commander of the Watch, 4
97*** Final Score: 24/10 = 2.4 - Better than Ramsay or Littlefinger, naturally, but not as good as Daenarys. He has cause to be concerned, especially considering [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire what]] [[CrapsackWorld world]] [[AnyoneCanDie he lives in]]. [[spoiler: And, considering recent events, he may already be dead. Knowing Martin, Jon could go either way at this point.]]
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