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by: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Jan. 21, 2008: Do the floppy flop

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:02:12 +0000

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by: Lea Hernandez

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:46:20 +0000

Probably a little too late to topple Rickman to keep Willis pure.

by: Sphinx Magoo

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:54:28 +0000

Wasn’t animated Death by Toppling first started by the Wicked Stepmother in “Snow White and the 7 Dwarves”? Of course she also had some lightning to help the Dwarves out.

…and Batman villains in films also die by toppling. The Joker in the first film and Two-Face in the third film.

Does Alan Rickman’s death in the first “Die Hard” movie count as a death by topple?

by: Michael

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:19:31 +0000

Wile E. Coyote is mostly a victim of the Acme Corporation.

by: James Van Hise

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:40:47 +0000

BATMAN BEYOND: RETURN OF THE JOKER has alternate vewrsions with both a topple and a direct murder for the same scene. The topple death of the Joker occurs in the broadcast version of the film where the Joker trips and falls against a control panel and is electrocuted. In the DVD version the brainwashed Robin, who finally overcomes the horrors wrought on him, uses a spear gun to kill the Joker and save Batman.

by: HABE

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:08:52 +0000

“The topple” and its many forms is a classic technique pioneered by Gothic novel writers, introduced to dispatch villains without putting blood on the hands of the heroes and heroines, keeping them blameless and pure. It translates well into films aimed children, though it would be nice to see filmmakers use some creativity and not depend on literally “toppling” so much.

by: Kneon Transitt

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:54:53 +0000

[SPOILER]

“This usually consists of the hero defeating the villain (almost always by some initial violent action of the villain that the hero has “cleverly” used to boomerang back on the bad guy; real heroes never being allowed to slay dragons on their own these days)”

Well it was good enough for JK Rowling…

[/SPOILER]

by: Torsten Adair

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:01:00 +0000

In Enchanted, SPOILER the evil stepmother falls to her doom when the squirrel sidekick adds his weight to a teetering skyscraper spire. of course, there were no bystandders on the street gawking at the battle, or any traffic.
hmmm…is Wile E Coyote mostly a victim of gravity?

by: Lea Hernandez

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:03:23 +0000

Paul is right about all of those except the Poacher in Rescuers II. Poach was -teetering-, and Bernard the mouse gave him just enough of a push to make him fall to his (presumed) death.

My husband and I were shocked and delighted.