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Weekend Discussion Thread: How Did MSTed Characters Die?

Alert reader Troy writes:

How do you think various MSTied movie characters eventually met their demise?

For example, it’s pretty obvious that Remedy from Last of t! he Wild Horses blew himself up after taking a correspondence course on how to make homemade gelignite. The entire cast of Hobgoblins picked up a horrible venereal disease just from being in Hobgoblins, and Ken, of course, would later die in a tragic forklift accident.

I like to think Wanda from “Alien from L.A. lived a long and happy life, then fell into a sinkhole.

Your pick?

108 Replies to “Weekend Discussion Thread: How Did MSTed Characters Die?”

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  1. HauntedHill says:

    Bulk Manmuscle died tragically by falling over, you guessed it, a railing…

       19 likes

  2. robniles says:

    Droppo dies from being airlocked for real by the other Martians and no one is sad about it. In fact, I kind of wish that had made the final cut of the film.

    Rowsdower similarly dies in the vacuum of space while trying to find out once and for all whether there’s beer on the sun.

       12 likes

  3. Jay says:

    Junior Daredevil Rodeo –

    Old Timer Billy Slater died in prison after being assaulted by the other inmates. Apparently they found out he was a convicted child molester. When questioned the Warden said “The crowd went wild.”. Slater’s conviction was questioned by many who defended him saying that his use of a lasso on the two small boys was actually an attempt to prevent the boys from committing animal torture. Instead of flowers the family asks that you send crayons and art paper.

       4 likes

  4. Blowie the Dolphin says:

    Frank Chapman would die at the hands of a floating space monster.

       6 likes

  5. Son of Peanut says:

    Buffalo Bill (from Riding With Death) decided to sing a second encore of “Sam Saved My Life”. The audience started throwing beer bottles at him. One of those big ones hit him right in the head. He died like a mangy dog right on stage. I was really proud of him. Excellent death.

    Oh, and the illusive Robert Denby became so illusive that he just winked out of existence.

       19 likes

  6. monkeypretzel says:

    Mary, Tommy, Jimmy, and Jane from Posture Pals all stepped on a crack and broke their own backs.

       18 likes

  7. DarkGrandmaofDeath says:

    After it was found she’d been hiding in a high school locker, Mr. B Natural was asked to retire. She spent years sitting under the musical staff, brooding and dreaming of her glory days, until finally the staff collapsed on top of her and crushed her in a flurry of notes and clefs. A bouquet of Conn trumpets featured prominently at the memorial service.

       12 likes

  8. RedZoneTuba says:

    Son of Peanut:

    Oh, and the illusive Robert Denby became so illusive that he just winked out of existence.

    OPTICAL ILLUSION!!!!

       17 likes

  9. Dr. Erickson says:

    Watney Smith – beaten to death in jail cell (ruled justifiable homicide)
    Judy from Young Man’s Fancy – Electrocuted trying to plug in a blender
    Mitchell – Massive coronary
    Old Man Crenshaw – Burned to death whilst entertaining

       9 likes

  10. Murdock Hauser says:

    HauntedHill:
    Bulk Manmuscle died tragically by falling over, you guessed it, a railing…

    I’m picturing him screaming like a girl while falling. :laugh:

    Not sure if this counts but, Lt. Lemont sadly died in an enforcer cart accident, then came back to life minutes later.

       13 likes

  11. RedZoneTuba says:

    Adam Chance of “Agent from HARM” was found dead in his den, apparently overcome by the funk from his cardigan. Tests showed he had been wearing it continuously for over two weeks.

    Krasger of “The Dead Talk Back” died from electrocution due to a short-circuit in one of his poorly wired experiments. He did not talk back.

       14 likes

  12. eegah says:

    Pumaman and his girlfriend were about to have mid-air sex when she took off his belt, causing him to lose his powers and, consequently, both of them to plummet to the ground.

       12 likes

  13. goalieboy82 says:

    there was no monster.

       7 likes

  14. Kansas says:

    After arranging for Hamlet’s funeral, Horatio was so depressed, he needed a drink. Oops; wrong goblet!

       18 likes

  15. Gobi says:

    Although there were several rumors of his death, astronaut Frank Douglas was always found alive and well thousands of miles away.

       17 likes

  16. Jake says:

    Mikey died in a horrific bike accident.

       17 likes

  17. Misfit4242 says:

    After his truck breaks down for the last time, Zap Rowsdower strikes out to the liquor store on foot, only to be eaten by a bear.

       11 likes

  18. David Mello says:

    Lupita from Santa Claus died when Pitch cast a spell on her doll, who came alive to kill her family. However, she was 78 at the time, and they just hugged each other and she died peacefully.

       10 likes

  19. doug says:

    Coily rusted out and wound up at a steel recycling mill. He became part of a fine 2017 Kia Rio.

       20 likes

  20. BBA says:

    Nick Miller somehow managed to flip over a Prius and make the battery and gas tank simultaneously catch fire while pulling into a driveway. He doesn’t drive. (Fortunately Lisa managed to find the backup plans to the time transport, and after a wacky adventure involving Ben & Jerry and Bernie Sanders and other Vermont references prevented the accident, at the expense of retroactively forfeiting Vermont’s maple syrup dominance to Canada.)

       8 likes

  21. pete_rny says:

    Prince of Space was killed when Krankor (aka “Phantom of Krankor”) finally found a weapon that was NOT useless against him.

       14 likes

  22. trickymutha says:

    Johnny from Time of the Apes once again transported into the future and was pistol whipped to death by Gaybar. He still didn’t care.

       7 likes

  23. trickymutha says:

    Jimmy from I Accuse my Parents choked to death on a Hamburger.

       12 likes

  24. sol-survivor says:

    Hank and Elaine from The Horror of Party Beach are killed in a collision with a road salter truck.

    Paul and Natalie from Werewolf are killed while chasing a Subaru driven by golden retrievers.

       6 likes

  25. Sitting Duck says:

    I could reuse my comment from a suspiciously similar topic provided by a suspiciously identical contributor ;), but that would be lazy. So I’ll spitball some other possibilities. Perhaps the thruster nozzles on Commando Cody’s jet pack got knocked out of alignment and he immolated himself. Or the cast of King Dinosaur developed cancer. Perhaps Max Keller of Master Ninja was bitten by a rabid gerbil. Maybe the water tower skinny dipper from City Limits went down with hypothermia because someone stole her clothes during one of her swims. The cast of The Starfighters die from an infection caused by not changing their poopie suits frequently enough. Dr. Ratcliff from The Undead probably contracted bubonic plague. Jody and Melissa of The Touch of Satan were devoured by the jackals that they spawned with their church picnic ruining sex.

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  26. MSTie says:

    Leonard Driscoll from Riding with Death was polishing his glasses incessantly one day when one of the lens broke. It cut his finger and he started to bleed. He tried to fix the problem but only made it worse, cutting his wrists. Cause of death: exsanguination.

    Vicky from The Deadly Bees ironically developed an undiagnosed allergy to honey and died of anaphylactic shock.

       9 likes

  27. John Hanna says:

    Officer Death from ‘Last Clear Chance’ gets so obsessed with one of his monologues while driving that he doesn’t notice that the train is coming and…ooh, the irony.

       15 likes

  28. ck says:

    Santa Claus: Killed in Viet Nam.

    The Chairman of OatMB: Upon returning from rehab as a filthy, disgusting anteater went on Slimfast, shacked up with Felicity
    (Wanda Cannon—now there’s a porn name for you). Their quest for revenge on Fingol led to their demise when they inadvisedly
    followed Fingol and Apollonia into the “cinema” world of Time Chasers and crashed into a little old lady skydiving for the
    first time .Said lady was unharmed but shaken and decided to forego skydiving for bungee jumping.

       10 likes

  29. Remmie Barrow says:

    Arch Hall Jr., (yes I know he had a character name in EEGHA but for the life of me I can’t remember it), gets beaten to death with his own guitar by annoyed pool goers who were sick of his atonal caterwauling.

       10 likes

  30. Masters helldog says:

    Poor Silver Morgan (Mamie Van Doren) finally overcome by a lethal level of bleach and peroxide

       12 likes

  31. pete_rny says:

    trickymutha:
    Jimmy from I Accuse my Parents choked to death on a Hamburger.

    Huh!?! I’d always heard that he choked on a Hamdinger… :-D

       7 likes

  32. Terry the Sensitive Knight says:

    Martin and his wife are smothered while looking at carpets.

       5 likes

  33. MikeK says:

    Deathstalker, reduced to paying for it with the only willing harlot in the realm, dies of several STDs.

       5 likes

  34. bacon truck driver says:

    Judy from ‘Young Man’s Fancy’ took her love of electrical appliances too far and died red faced and not so squishy.

       10 likes

  35. Jay says:

    WOW! And I thought #3 was too dark. I wonder if anybody besides Hugh Beaumont died a nice, quiet death from old age?

       5 likes

  36. ck says:

    Megaweapon (after major reconstructive surgery) embarks on a combination career of serious Hollywood movie star and spokesperson for UNICEF.
    But while working in the Sahel to save children and their iphones from marauding terrorists finds himself being thwarted by their
    allies, a really annoying computer/bike and it’s rider. In a final countdown confrontation Megaweapon saves the children by
    fatally crushing the bike and sending its rider away mumbling.

       6 likes

  37. Steve K says:

    Torgo, of course, died of complications from surgery to remove the massive malignant tumors from his knees …

       4 likes

  38. bacon truck driver says:

    @35

    Dark? (needing a distraction) Hey look, it’s Rue McClanahan! :-D

       4 likes

  39. Professor Clete Ferguson died after he was shot by police while trying to steal a buoy.

       6 likes

  40. Troy says:

    The gesture professor from Mole Men was announced missing, presumed dead, after mistaking his neighbor’s abandoned well for a portal down, down, down to the center of the Earth. (in actuality, he got a job teaching elocution to the eyelash midget from Alien from L.A.)

       5 likes

  41. Mibbitmaker says:

    Animal catcher Ross Allen dies when a crowd of various animals escaped from a zoo and attacked him without mercy. Karma got more than a few new believers that day.

       9 likes

  42. BBA says:

    Steve K:
    Torgo, of course, died of complications from surgery to remove the massive malignant tumors from his knees …

    On the other hand, the Master did not die the way you know it. He is with us always. Not the way you know it. He is with us always.

       13 likes

  43. Louisville Slugger says:

    Dave “Big McLargehuge” Ryder O.D.’d on creatine powder

       4 likes

  44. Troy says:

    Chase from Giant Gila Monster died after the mice in his repair shop got so sick of hearing his “Sing whenever I sing whenever I sing” song that they learned how to build their own tiny hot rod car, just so they could pack it full of gelignite and crash it into him.

    Oh, and dumber-than-a-bag-of-hammers senator John Forsythe dies in the less popular sequel Gorilla With a Whip after coming home from a long day of campaigning to discover flirtatious runaway Tor Johnson sleeping in his bed.

       14 likes

  45. Gobi says:

    Mitchell died of a massive coronary. But you knew that.

       7 likes

  46. Ray Dunakin says:

    Deputy Sheriff Geronimo went ahead on until he was finally convicted of abuse and civil rights violations, and died in prison.

       7 likes

  47. Ray Dunakin says:

    Kay died from an intestinal disorder after having a five-pound potty.

       9 likes

  48. Ray Dunakin says:

    After multiple attempts on his life by assailants armed with various pieces of industrial equipment, Ken was eventually killed with a forklift.

       8 likes

  49. Ray Dunakin says:

    John Peter McAllister died of a massive coronary when he attempted to do some actual ninja stuff without the aid of a stunt double. Max Keller lived for many years in his van down by the river, breeding hamsters. He died when he was unable to afford hamster chow and they turned on him.

       7 likes

  50. Ray Dunakin says:

    Betty’s kindly grandpa died peacefully in his sleep on the couch. Unfortunately nobody realized he had died until several days later.

    Betty kept Derek’s focusing disintegrator a secret for several years, then reverse-engineered it and made a fortune on the patent. She lived a long and happy life, eventually dying of old age at 97.

    Several townspeople died attempting to boil the giant lobster, er, gargon.

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