Down for the Count By Alexandra Beggs and Bruce Hand y Illustration by Philip Rhi e February 13, 2013 Save this story for later. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. 200 were killed by the Hunnic raids at the beginning of the movie, and 30 Chinese horsemen died from the surprise attack at the Battle of the Great Wall. Disney recycles this death for, Remember when the people from Belle’s “poor provincial town” (Belle was. This allows her to transform … … Since the guards never return, we presume they all plunged to their deaths. In a tribute following Boseman's death, Coogler said he was among the many who had no … The remaining 1,000 deaths come from the Acturian Treasure Ship that was raided and destroyed by Captain Flint in the opening prologue, 304 stolen cows are sold to be slaughtered before they could get saved, Gramma Tala dies of old age at the beginning of the movie. It is estimated that, at the time the giant statues on the island were built, the population must have been at least 10-15,000, which massively reduced over the next few centuries to a mere 2-3,000 inhabitants by the time Europeans arrived, thus causing an overall death toll somewhere in the thousands of people. You're dead. If her game included cut scenes or prologue that actually depicted her husband as a separate AI, then he would exist in the Wreck-it-Ralph universe. Body count: 93 The third you see all of these dead people in the underworld and they kill the villain. Most of the time, pirates prefer not to kill their victims, because it is much more profitable to keep them for ransom or sell them into slavery. Charts: Highest Body Count Movies 1. Five fish are hauled to shore by Prince Erik's fishermen, and nine are brutally cooked by an insane chef, A water tower breaks in the beginning of the movie and crashes through a movie theater, crushing 17 unnamed characters, 12 oyster children were eaten alive by a Walrus in the story of "the Walrus and the Carpenter". We are told these 41 movies in total have a death count of 44, so the remaining 17 movies must have a total death count of 24. Because the Titanomachy, like the Flood, was intended to be a global event that nearly wipes out all life on Earth, once again an estimate of the mythological death count could be made by determining the total Earth population at the time it takes place, Surprisingly, much fewer of the main characters die than in the original play, This evidently doesn't take into account any deaths of natural consumption by the more carnivorous main characters, including a whole song by Timon and Pumba's diet of insects. Millions, if not tens or hundreds of millions, die in this scene. A zombie army is seen disintegrating, but they are clearly not sentient. A basic ground rule was also established on the basis of sentience, in the sense that only sentient creatures should be counted in the death toll if they die. Surprisingly, both deaths are directly caused by the actions of the "Good fairies", The Evil Queen falls off the edge of a cliff after said cliff is struck by lightning, A rat is mauled to death by Tramp in order to protect the baby's room from it, Madame Medusa is presumably eaten by her own crocodiles, A "shockingly-handsy Jack-in-the-box" is consumed in fire during the sequence of the, Mother Gothel falls out of Rapunzel's Tower, but she disintegrates before hitting the bottom, King Candy (AKA "Turbo") was permanently deleted from the system when he died in a game that wasn't his, Many people probably expect Mr. Toad to be his own undoing one day, Possibly Disney's least-deadliest Princess, Classic example of villains defeated comedically, the butler Edgar is often called the most pathetic Disney villain, For a movie so famous for being emotional and tragic, it's remarkable that no one actually dies, Technically, Doris the robotic bowler hat was wiped from history by a little time travel, but it's hard to actually count that as a "death", since in a multi-dimensional perspective Doris is still fine and well in the alternate universe created by the change in history. Although John would later face a massive revolt that, among other things, helped create the first English Parliament, it was still during this time that Robin Hood and most of his Merry Men were ultimately assassinated. If we took a literal interpretation of the Bible and ignored all outside sources, one could come up with some kind of estimate for the number of people that would be killed in such an event. This one cuts a little too close to current newspaper headlines for us. A recent study found that it was 2.5 times more likely for a main character to die in an animated kids film that in a movie targeted at adults — and boy do those unlucky victims die in style. When it comes to sheer numbers, the body count in, No good parent wants to pack their kid off to preschool before making sure they have a solid understanding of Darwinian evolutionary theory. Native American conflicts with the English colonists didn't become major until the Massacre of Mystic Fort in 1636, almost twenty years after Pocahontas died. "Pack that on several villagers killed in the last scene... for a grand total of about 47", King Angnarr and Queen Iduna were drowned when their ship was lost at sea, taking an estimated crew of 30 sailors with them, Eight unidentified sea creatures are consumed to make the potion to conjure Ariel's legs. A small piece of Disney trivia for the pub quiz, not only does the female soldier have a whopping kill count, she is also the first princess to be depicted in the act of killing on-screen. Bambi's mother is shot by a hunter earlier on, making 81 total, When Judge Frollo purges the city of Paris of Gypsies, six separate houses are burned to the ground for refusing to comply. This is, understandably, the majority of the list in total, being 41 movies in total. However, we know for a fact not all of them are zero count. By 1609, two years into settling Jamestown, over 350 colonists had died from these causes. (Excluding characters who come back to life) Get the best of Sporcle when you Go Orange.This ad-free experience offers more features, more stats, and … There are no on-screen deaths as a result of Elsa's winter storm, and its understandable that a Norwegian Kingdom isn't deathly susceptible to an unexpected winter, Not going to lie, in my childhood I was convinced they were transformed into shrimp, not outright vaporized. If you enter the Saeki House, you will die. Disney Death Count is a three-part series on Film Theory that enumerated all on-screens deaths across the Disney animated canon. The climax of the movie is very similar to the Battle of Altai Mountains in 89 AD, which actually killed 13,000 Mongols and forced the rest of the army to surrender. Remember how horrified you were by the wood chipper scene in. The battle where Matpat attributes 30 deaths is somewhat similar to the Battle of Loulan in 108 BC, which actually killed 700 Chinese horsemen. Tudor England ordered all gypsies to leave Britain twice in the 16th century, although we have no information how many were killed or even deported. Don’t worry, Disney uses the ol’ “villain eaten alive” thing in. Identifying the Sinking of Atlantis from Plato's, Eight monsters are enumerated from the various "labors of Hercules" in the movie, King Mufasa is thrown off a ledge into a stampede of wildebeests, and Scar falls into a pit of fire at the end. The Horrific Death: Near the end of the movie, Ursala blackmails Ariel's father, King Triton, into giving her his magical trident, the One Ring of The Little Mermaid . Adventure movie "Death on the Nile" was taken off the holiday movie calendar on Thursday, further jeopardizing the chances for a revival this year of the industry. To add insult to life-ending injury, she’s then crushed by a boulder for good measure. According to, In the original legends of Robin Hood, however, a lot of people died. Of course, it is worth noting that the original legend of Hua Mulan takes place during the Former Jin Dyansty, somewhat later than the Han, Captain Flint is surprisingly brutal. Its also important to remember that a tanker ship, despite its massive size, only requires 20-25 people to crew. I cannot be the only one to think that, Surprisingly brutal compared to the original Aesop fable, Captain Hook is last seen being chased away by the crocodile, but his reappearance in the sequel movie proves that he survived the attack, This may be a more important point than we think, because Mistress Flora explicitly mentions that their magic cannot be used to do evil, hence why they never outright killed maleficent when they had the chance. It … The Queen of Hearts, in proof of her despotism, orders four playing cards to be executed, Willie the Whale is killed by Professor Tetti Tatti, who is convinced Willie has an opera singer in his belly. After the Flood (given in the literal chronology as around the 25th century BC) the world population is essentially restarted at zero with only Noah and his family surviving, and God even gives the same mandate to Noah as he to Adam in Genesis chapter 8. Yzma herself falls this same way, but she bounces back up due to a trampoline. Perhaps this plague could be connected with the mysterious catastrophe that eventually destroyed the Polynesian civilization near Easter Island around 1000 AD. "Low death count", comprising 10 deaths or less per movie, are covered in the first episode, "medium death count", generally comprising less than 10,000 deaths, are covered in the second episode, and finally "high death count" are covered in the third episode, generally comprising 10,000 deaths or more. In reality, the true antagonist of John Smith's crew was disease and starvation. First, 30 Chinese horsemen died during the attack on the Great Wall, followed by a loss of 200 … The Banana Splits Movie Doctor Sleep Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street Get Out IT (1990) Category:Death Lists Category:Movies By Type Explore Recent Changes Random page … No ifs, no buts. That being said, however, there is no way to know if subsequent history in the movie would match up to original source material. John Wick 2 count was around 121? This was strictly limited to Walt Disney Animated Studios, and also did not … Yet, as Finding Nemo proved, death can be longer than it seems, with the death of Marlin's wife, Coral. As Willlie dove he took the entire boat down with him, consisting of Professor Tatti and three sailors. Name an animated Disney film that doesn't, even if it is in a small way, deal with death. Eight decades of brutal deaths in Disney movies, ‘Horse girl’ from Alberta can gallop and jump just like a horse, Cat attempts daily hilarious attack on mail carrier, Our hosts were spooked by the ghastly face in this picture. In more recent times, 15,150 Romanis were killed in occupied France during the Nazi purges of World War II, and in the 21st century roughly 20-30,000 Romani immigrants have been deported from France back to Eastern Europe, To be fair, the king and queen are the only two deaths the people of Arendelle would really care about, Prince Hans is confirmed to be punished with menial labor, which is a shockingly merciful fate considering he just attempted to murder the Queen and princess. The robot Baymax is sucked into a black hole near the end, and it is no dispute he is characteristic enough to count as sentient, Once again, the villain plunges to his death, this time being Gaston off the top of the Beast's castle. Instead of befriending Aurora and living happily ever after, she’s stabbed in the heart by Prince Phillip and falls into a fiery pit. !”, Hangings, shootings, impalings and bombs — the wonderful world of Disney has a higher body count than the. The moment likely scarred multiple generations of children since the early 1940s. Combat Carl is turned into an unwilling suicide bomber by vicious Sid, the neighbourhood toy torturer. 15. The Spongebob Squarepants Movie (2004): Kill Count Winx Club The Secret of the Lost Kingdom (2007): kill count Shrek (2001): kill count Ice Age (2002): Kill Count Kung Fu Panda (2008): Kill Count Osmosis … As repayment for her tongue-cutting sins, Ursula has the bow of a ship driven through her abdomen. However, it can be argued that Diablo is not permanently turned to stone, or at least he's somehow still alive under that rocky exterior, since even Mistress Merrywheather is bound by the same rules of magic, In the original version of the legend, as well as the vast majority of non-Disney adaptations, the Huntsman is immediately killed for his failure to kill Snow White, Even though she is never seen again, it seems dubious to jump to the conclusion she died from this, after seeing Captain Hook go through much worse punishment when it comes to reptiles, The sequence of Donald Duck aboard Noah's Ark only slightly addresses the fact that the Noachian Deluge is designed to wipe out all life on Earth (Donald and Daisy are mutually worried about losing the other one, after all). Thus, it can't be said that "no one dies like Gaston", Kokoum was shot dead by Thomas, although one of the most primitive firearms in a Disney movie. The chronology in Genesis Chapter 5 says there was about 1,600 years from the time of Adam and Eve to the Flood, meaning they had that much time to spend to "be Fruitful and multiply", so to speak. A zebra and two hyenas are killed casually by Scar in preparation for his evil plan. Although the colonists' actions were clearly in the wrong, it is notable that Kokoum was literally trying to kill John Smith, Dr. Facilier is dragged into Hell at the end of the movie, being close enough as death to count, Ecological Disaster: Nature kills animals, or at least can be classified as a natural event, Natural Disaster: Nature kills humans, or can be classified as a natural event, Man-made conflict: Across wars, assassinations, or murders, humans kill other humans. We were rooting for him to spend the rest of his life in jail for poaching. In the wild, it’s survival of the fittest — as evidenced by the trampling, mauling, and eaten alive deaths in, Kid not into lions? The total deaths in World War II are often estimated to be 66 million people, including the genocides of Nazi Germany and Japan, as well as the atomic bombings of Japan at the end of the war. Two more crustaceans are eaten by Ursula in that same musical number. It's not easy. Thus, by the time of the Flood, Adam and Eve had that same amount of time to reproduce themselves, so we can assume the world population was also around 50 million people. Of course, the appearance of insects start to blur the lines when it comes to sentience, Probably should subtract from this five Hunnic soldiers who survived the avalanche, and were just knocked unconscious in the final Battle of the Shang Palace, This seems like a surprisingly-low number considering this is the only Disney Movie that primarily focuses on a full-on war (albeit fictional). Willie the Giant seemed to plunge to his death off the top of the beanstalk, just as he did in the original German legend, but miraculously survives to make a cameo at the end of the movie. The rule boiled down to: "If animals can speak, or if they act as intentionally-driven characters, then they are sentient". 14 deaths in the final battle between the Atlanteans and Rourke's mercenaries, including the King of Atlantis himself. It's amusing to note Matpat sought to disqualify sequels specifically because of, In possibly one of the most brutal Disney backstories, both of Tarzan's parents and a sentient ape are killed by a leopard right off the bat. Prince John is last seen in prison, whereas in real history John was forgiven by Richard on accounts of being a "27-year-old child", Ring-tailed lemurs are an endangered species, with over 40,000 found on Madagascar in the year 2000 that has since dropped to 2,400 in more recent years. However, the famine seen at the beginning of, This is a surprising result when one considers the original source material. Although many movies have death of multiple categories, this system tries to summarize over the most common denominator: Matpat never explicetly gives a death count for these remaining 17 movies. It remains uncertain why Yzma never faces punishment for having seized power from the Emperor, although remaining a cat the rest of her life is possibly a punishment all on its own, All the deaths in this movie come from the, The dogs Roscoe and DeSoto are both electrocuted by falling off of a car onto electric tracks. Although the "Darkness", or rather plague, is the main problem in the movie, it moves so slowly across the Polynesian islands that it would be rather easy to avoid, and thus not counted in the overall death toll, Little Toot pushes against the rudder of a steam tanker, causing it to swing out of control and crash into a city block, thus killing an estimated 108 deaths, 83 blue-fin tuna fish are seen eaten by Monstro, The number of deaths in Bambi's forest is taken as a ratio of the largest forest fire with a known animal death toll, namely the Rim Fire in 2013. (She goes by … It’s bad enough that Tarzan’s parents get mauled to death by a leopard a mere four minutes into the movie, but when bad guy Clayton accidentally hangs himself, we really cringe. Estimated Body Count: ~21, if you count the whale in Jaws 2 Most of the slashers on our list are bona fide film icons, but few of them can boast of having changed the entire industry the way Peter … Brutal. https://matpat.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Death_Count?oldid=22027, "This is why these no-kill movies are musical reviews featuring questionable live-action segments", "Movies like Dumbo... are all no-kill movies", "I just didn't include it into the overall kill count since, you know, it's World War II. After all these years, this is the Disney death that still hits us the hardest. Long before the Huns were raiding Rome in the fifth century AD, they originally started out as dominating the Mongolian plains north of China, except at that time they were known as the Xiongnu Khanate. Bambi's Mom - Bambi We can't discuss tragic death in a Disney movie without a discussion of Bambi's mom. Tell them the ship is just “tickling” her. This total allows us to understand what the upper limit is going to be for the death count of each movie. This was strictly limited to Walt Disney Animated Studios, and also did not count the sequels Rescuers Down Under or Ralph Breaks the Internet. Can you name the Disney movies by body count? There were a lot of deaths. This is a list of films produced by and released under the Walt Disney Pictures banner (known as that since 1983, with Never Cry Wolf as its first release) and films released before that under the former name of the parent company, Walt Disney … At the end of the movie, Shenyu himself was blown up by fireworks, "The hotel explosion in the beginning of the movie ranks up nine, plus a couple of pirates and murder plots sprinkled along the way", making a total of 17. Kids upset? Across the whole history of their conflict with the Han Dynasty, from 133 BC until 89 AD, these wars totaled roughly 130,000 causalities from both sides, although obviously the movie takes place over a much shorter period of time. Body … Things don’t end well for Maleficent in the 1959 version of this tale. The intuitive category of what we like to think Disney for, although the majority of entries on this list come from the "Lost Decade" of Disney animation in the 1940s. No explosives, or mass deaths. As the three videos did not exhaustively explain all the deaths in their overall count, this article will attempt to flesh out all the remaining deaths per movie that were not explicitly mentioned. However, there is in fact a historical war in China that is surprisingly-comparable to the events of the movie. Their deaths repayment for her tongue-cutting sins, Ursula has a certain element of camp that I do appreciate. 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