Basic Trope: A character who was Put on a Bus returns only to die.
- Straight: Alex moves to Hawaii, then returns to the setting of the show, but then he gets shot in the head and dies.
- Exaggerated: Alex moves to Hawaii, then returns during the finale, only gets killed by Emperor Evulz less than a second.
- Justified: Alex was sick and knew he would die, but wanted to return home to say goodbye to his family and friends before he did.
- Inverted: Alex dies, but turns out it was fake, and then he leaves for Hawaii.
- Subverted:
- Looks like Alex came back just to die, but turns out his death was fake.
- Or he comes back to life.
- Double Subverted: Then he dies for real.
- Parodied: Alex returns from Hawaii, tells main character Belle all about the tan he got, then casually mentions that it gave him skin cancer. He drops dead in 5 seconds.
- Averted: Alex returns and looks perfectly normal.
- Enforced:
- Alex's actor hates the role, and only agrees to reprise it on the condition he's killed off.
- Alex's absence left unanswered questions, and having him come back for a death scene would at least give closure to his character.
- Alex was a Creator's Pest and Put on a Bus, but he was too loved by the audience and demanded to return. The writers, still hating him, decide to "oblige" their request by executing him on screen.
- Played For Drama: Alex's death sets off a larger chain of events, his killer becoming an Arc Villain.
