People die, though not as much in children's cartoons. For a long time, BS&P did not allow for depicting death on-screen (though they were less strict with corpses). A lot of people faced ambiguous deaths, trapped in a fiery blaze or explosion, or falling of a cliff. This list those who are confirmed deceased on-screen, are mentioned as deceased, or have an ambiguous death.
Episode/Movie | Character | Cause of Death |
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Batman: The Animated Series | ||
"The Forgotten | Several of Boss Biggis's henchmen. | Killed in mine explosion |
"Robin's Reckoning" | John & Mary Grayson | Killed in an arranged trapeze accident. |
"Two Face, Part II" | Min and Max | Killed by Rupert Thorne. |
"The Mechanic" | Arnold Rundle | Penguin sent Rundle on a boat ride through the sewers, that eventually ended in a giant whirlpool. |
"Off Balance" | Vertigo | Falls to his death. |
"Day of the Samurai" | Kyodai Ken | Refuses rescue from the eruption of Mount Kijiki. |
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | Chuckie Sol | Killed by the Phantasm. |
Buzz Bronski | Killed by the Phantasm. | |
Carl Beaumont | Killed by the mob chauffeur that would become the Joker. | |
Salvatore Valestra | Killed by the Joker. | |
"Avatar" | Thoth Khepera | Buried by the cave-in. |
"Deep Freeze" | Grant Walker | Trapped in ice as Oceania explodes around him. |
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero | Submarine crew | Frozen by Mr. Freeze. |
Gregory Belson | Killed as the oil rig collapses on top of him. | |
Superman: The Animated Series | ||
"The Last Son of Krypton" | Jor-El | Killed in the destruction of Krypton, along with countless others. |
Lara-El | ||
Science Council | ||
Sul-Van | ||
"A Little Piece of Home" | Professor Peterson | Killed by Mercy Graves offscreen. |
"The Way of All Flesh" | Dr. Vale | Taken out by Lex Luthor's henchmen offscreen. |
"Brave New Metropolis" | Lois Lane (Brave New Metropolis) | Killed by Intergang (Brave New Metropolis). |
Lex Luthor (Brave New Metropolis) | Killed when his escape pod crashes into a statue. | |
"The Late Mr. Kent" | Kurt Bowman | Sentenced to death and dies in a gas chamber, but not before realizing that Clark Kent is Superman. |
"Apokolips... Now!" | Bruno Mannheim | Killed in the explosion of Ayers Island Nuclear Power Plant. |
Several Parademons | Killed in battle with the SCU. | |
Dan Turpin | Killed by Darkseid's omega beams. | |
"Where There's Smoke" | Kurt | Could not escape Volcana's fireball. |
"New Kids in Town" | Brainiac | Teleported into the sun. |
"In Brightest Day..." | Abin Sur | Dies of wounds sustained in the crash of his spaceship. |
Unity (episode) | Reverend Howell | Body is destroyed by the Unity creature living inside of him. Superman then incinerates the creature. |
"Legacy" | Countless Parademons | Vaporized by Superman's heat vision. |
The New Batman Adventures | ||
"Holiday Knights" | John Erickson | Killed by the Joker. This is the first lethal case of Joker venom—in "The Laughing Fish", the outcome was left inconclusive. |
"Sins of the Father" | Steven Drake | Killed whilst on the run from Two-Face. |
"Growing Pains" | Annie | Sacrificing herself to save Robin. |
Batman Beyond | ||
"Rebirth" | Harry Tully | Killed by Derek Powers' virus. |
Warren McGinnis | Killed by Mr. Fixx | |
Mr. Fixx | Possibly died in the crash of the gas transport. | |
"Meltdown" | Stephanie Lake | Trapped in ice, could not escape an explosion. |
Mister Freeze | Succumbed to side effects of his resurrection. | |
"Heroes" | Terrific Trio | Their fates are left ambiguous; they were either killed or incarcerated. |
"The Winning Edge" | Jackson Chappell | The trauma of a blast, combined with the overdose of the drug, left him a brain-dead vegetable. |
"Ascension" | Derek Powers | Presumed dead in the explosion aboard the submarine. |
"Splicers" | Abel Cuvier | Presumably killed in the explosion. |
"Earth Mover" | Earthmover | Killed in the cave-in. |
"Lost Soul" | Robert Vance | Batman destroyed the Batsuit (in which he has downloaded his brain) and every remnant of Vance's self was purged and lost forever. |
"Rats" | Ratboy | Most likely died in the explosion. |
"Revenant" | Garrison Jacobs | Accidentally killed during the construction of the east wing. |
"Terry's Friend Dates a Robot" | Cynthia | Overloaded and then exploded. |
"Sneak Peek" | Nabuo Taka | Died in a housefire. |
Ian Peek | Consumed by his matter-phasing belt, Peek sinks down to the center of the earth in a permanently intangible state. Peek's ultimate fate is unknown. | |
"Final Cut" | Society of Assassins | Curaré wiped their minds clean. |
Master Assassin | Curaré flicked a gas capsule at each of their chests, releasing a chemical that wiped their minds clean. | |
Mutro Botha | ||
"Plague" | Falseface | Succumbs to viral infection |
"April Moon" | Bullwhip | Implied to be killed by Dr. Corso at the episode's conclusion. |
"Betrayal" | Big Time | Fell from bridge to his apparent death. |
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker | Bonk | Killed by the Joker. |
The Joker | Killed by Joker Junior, who had just broken through intense torture and brainwashing. | |
Countless people | Killed by the Hyperion satellite's beam as it plowed through Gotham City. | |
"Out of the Past" | Talia | Possibly killed as her complex on New Cuba exploded. |
Ra's al Ghul | His mind is in Talia's body as it is destroyed. | |
"Curse of the Kobra" | Zander | Trapped aboard the airship as it crashed. |
Kairi Tanaga | ||
Dr. Childes | ||
"Unmasked" | Kobra One | Committed suicide by jumping in a snake-pit to avoid arrest after uploading the data of Batman's secret identity. |
Static Shock | ||
"Shock to the System" | Several gangbangers | Fate left ambiguous after the Big Bang incident. |
"Flashback" | Jean Hawkins | Killed in the Dakota riots. |
"Power Outage" | Hotstreak | Presumably killed in the ship's explosion. |
Ebon | ||
Justice League | ||
"Secret Origins" | J. Allen Carter | Killed by the Imperium on Mars. |
"The Enemy Below" | Orm | Falls off a cliff. |
"Paradise Lost" | Felix Faust | Killed by Hades. |
"War World" | Krodar the Terrible | Killed in battle by Draaga. |
"Fury" | Aresia's mother and many others. | Drowned amidst the wreckage of the ship. |
The Captain | Died from exhaustion after saving Aresia. | |
Aresia | Either died in plane explosion or drowned when the wreckage crashed into the sea | |
"Legends" | Justice Guild of America | Killed in a nuclear war. |
"The Savage Time" | Countless Allied and Axis troops. | It's war. |
"Twilight" | Steppenwolf | Killed in a space battle with Orion's forces. |
Desaad | Killed by Darkseid's omega beams. | |
Darkseid | Killed in the explosion of Brainiac's satellite. | |
"Tabula Rasa" | Professor Ivo | Died of natural causes. |
"Only A Dream" | Penny Dee | Died as a result of Doctor Destiny invading her dreams. |
"Maid of Honor" | King Gustav | Poisoned by Vandal Savage's agents. |
Colonel Vox | Could not escape the palace in time. | |
"Hearts and Minds" | Arkkis Chummuck | Killed in battle with the Legion of the Third Eye. |
Galius Zed | ||
Despero | Consumed by Py'tar. | |
Kalanorian soldiers | Turned into trees by the Py'tar. | |
"Eclipsed" | Sarge, Chung and the other soldier | Killed by an eclipsed Burns. |
"The Terror Beyond" | Solomon Grundy | Dies of wounds sustained in battle. |
"A Better World" | Flash (Justice Lord) | Executed by President Luthor. |
Lex Luthor (Justice Lords' universe) | Killed by Justice Lord Superman with his heat vision. | |
"Secret Society" | Morgan Edge | Killed by Killer Frost |
Clayface | Implied to be killed in the fireworks explosion when the Justice League fought the Secret Society at the football stadium. | |
Almost all of Morgan Edge's employees | Killed by various members of the Secret Society when they raided his island. | |
"Hereafter" | Every single person in the world except for Vandal Savage and Superman. | Killed by Vandal Savage's gravity device. |
Vandal Savage | Fades out of existence due to Superman changing the past. | |
Justice League Unlimited | ||
"Wake the Dead" | Students | Implied to be killed by Solomon Grundy. |
Solomon Grundy | Euthanized by Shayera Hol with magic-disrupting Nth metal mace to grant him peace. | |
"Hawk and Dove" | Nardoc | Killed by Ares |
General Olanic | Killed in battle. | |
"Fearful Symmetry" | Gilbert Halstrom | Killed by Galatea. |
General Hardcastle | Killed by Galatea. | |
"Ultimatum" | The Ultimen | Expire from faulty genetics. |
"Dark Heart" | Billy and his girlfriend | Consumed by the Dark Heart. |
"The Doomsday Sanction" | Milo | Killed by Doomsday. |
"Double Date" | Franco Bertinelli and his wife | Killed by Steven Mandragora in a coup. |
Tommy Monaghan | A loose end cleaned up at Mandragora's orders. | |
"Hunter's Moon" | Hro Talak | Sacrificed himself to give his troops a chance to escape. |
Kragger | Fell to his death after Shayera Hol disabled his suit's flight powers. | |
"Epilogue" | Ace | Succumbs to expanding powers. |
"I Am Legion" | All Blackhawks except for Chuck Sirianni. | Revealed to have died some time between the 70s and 00s. |
"Chaos at the Earth's Core" | Dino Trooper | Killed by Deimos. |
Deimos | Killed in battle with Warlord. | |
"To Another Shore" | Viking Prince | After years of wandering, the prince finally died a peaceful, if lonely death. |
"Dead Reckoning" | Devil Ray | Killed by Deadman in Batman's body. |
"Patriot Act" | German scientists | As their hideout explodes. |
"Ancient History" | Bashari | Poisoned by Hath-Set. |
Chay-Ara Hol | ||
Katar Hol | Slays himself upon seeing his lover dead. | |
"Alive!" | Angle Man | Killed in the mutiny |
Blockbuster | Frozen and blown up. | |
Bloodsport | Blown up. | |
Copperhead | Frozen and blown up. | |
Crowbar | Killed in the mutiny. | |
Dr. Cyber | Killed in the mutiny. | |
Dr. Destiny | Blown up. | |
Electrocutioner | Blown up. | |
Fastball | Frozen and blown up. | |
Goldface | Frozen and blown up. | |
Grodd | Shot out an airlock into deep space after Luthor turned his mental powers against him. | |
Hellgrammite | Frozen and blown up. | |
The Key | Frozen and blown up. | |
KGBeast | Blown up. | |
Lady Lunar | Blown up. | |
Major Disaster | Blown up. | |
Merlyn | Killed in the mutiny. | |
Monocle | Killed in the mutiny. | |
Neutron | Killed in the mutiny. | |
Parasite | Frozen and blown up. | |
Rampage | Frozen and blown up. | |
Shade | Frozen and blown up. | |
Silver Banshee | Killed in the mutiny. | |
Tala | Drained of life and magic to reconstitute Brainiac. | |
Weather Wizard | Frozen and blown up. | |
"Destroyer" | Countless Parademons | Killed in battle. |
Lex Luthor | According to Dwayne McDuffie they were absorbed into the Source Wall. | |
Darkseid |