Kicking the Bucket: The Fictional Deaths Quiz

Although Beth is seen as one of the most beloved, selfless characters in all of literature, her death was written in direct contrast to that of Alcott's sister, Lizzie. Lizzie's death, unfortunately, was painful and caused her to be anything but sweet.

Everyone remembers this as the infamous "shower scene," but another groundbreaking aspect of Janet Leigh's demise was that the main character was killed midway through the film. This was the first time this was done, and we have Alfred Hitchcock to thank for it.

The original screenplay called for the criminal couple to die, but that their deaths should not be seen by the viewers. That all changed at some point, and took cinema with it into a new bloodbath-filled era that shocked some critics at the time.

Stewart was killed by New York City transit police in 1983, and inspired the character of Raheem, whose name is still referenced on the regular by social justice activists.

Thelma says they should keep going. The wanted ladies then hold hands as their Thunderbird flies right off the edge of the Grand Canyon, presumably to their deaths. But we're left to imagine they're on some kind of eternal road trip.

Despite Lureen's story, Ennis suspects that Jack was the victim of a homophobic hate crime.

The show — very famously — blacks out just before the viewers find out Tony Soprano's fate. In 2021, creator David Chase confirmed that he had planned to kill Soprano off.

Although Bambi's mother is killed by a hunter and Nemo's mother is killed by a barracuda, Dumbo's mother is spared, even if she does sit for a spell in elephant "jail."

Although it's worth noting that both Romeo and Juliet perish unnecessarily, while only Tony dies in "West Side Story," leaving Maria to grieve him.

Readers were baffled by the seemingly random death of Tessie in this work by Shirley Jackson. Jackson hoped it would shock readers with its dramatization of "pointless violence" and "general inhumanity." It sure did.