1 | To 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,\ |
10 | ThoseTwoGuys, 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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25 | Example Cast: |
26 | |
27 | [[AC: Series or Film Name]] |
28 | Description 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 |
44 | ---- |
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46 | [[AC: Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire]] |
47 | |
48 | Danaerys |
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 | |
58 | Now let's see a character most fans want to see ''very'' dead: |
59 | |
60 | Ramsay 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 | |
73 | And 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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