Die Another Day/Tropes

This is a list of tropes for Die Another Day. Beware of spoilers.

A

 * Age Lift: Johnny and Patrick are over 3 times the age of the E2 characters they were created from.
 * Artistic License - Physics: Izzy uses a magnet to stop bullets in the Season 3 finale.
 * Asshole Victim: Brian, who serves as the primary antagonist of the second half of Season 2, returns in the premiere episode of Season 4 as a broken shell of a man who has lost everything because of Phantom. He would later kill himself.

B

 * Back For The Dead: Abigail Miller and Ryan Holt returned in Season 3 only to die in that season.
 * Badass Adorable: Melanie was created to be this. She was made tougher than the author's other child characters because he got tired of writing the same personality for every child character.
 * Big Bad: Patrick White in the first half of Season 2, Brian in the second half of Season 2, Christoph Winthrow in Season 3 and the second half of Season 4, Aidan and Noah in the first half of Season 4, and Phillip Bragg in Season 5.
 * Breakout Character: Tai, Kyron, Izzy, and Johnny are among the series' most prominent characters, to the point that they appear elsewhere.
 * Michael, Melanie, and Nicole are among the more popular later introduced characters, with them getting their own spinoff focused on them.

I

 * In Memoriam: The anti-Systrike group Excelsior got their name from an iconic quote from Marvel Comics writer Stan Lee. The name was chosen as a tribute to Lee, who died on November 12, 2018.

K

 * Karma Houdini: Until Season 4, Brian was this.

M

 * Moe: Tori and Kari are definitely this. Also Melanie, to some extent.

N

 * Name's The Same: This series has 3 characters named Jack. There's one of Patrick's friends, a member of Phantom, and a member of the Mansion group.
 * Also, Ryan's sister and a Phantom member share the name Olivia.
 * Ryan himself also shares his name with a Systrike general.
 * Not Quite Dead: Abigail and Tori Miller returned in Memories Never Forgotten after seemingly dying in Endless Path.
 * Johnathan White returns in The Abyss after he appeared to have died in Phantom.
 * Also, Trace Oxford returns in Mystery after he appeared to have died in I'll Die For You.

S

 * Sole Survivor: With Evan's departure in the Season 4 finale, Johnny is the only remaining character introduced in Season 2.
 * Also, with Melanie's departure, Casey is the only remaining member of Angela's family, while Cassie and Tori are the only living members of the apartment complex group.

T

 * Transplant: Trace Oxford was a character created by User:KeepOnKeepingOn who has appeared in many stories in the past.
 * Also, Jack and Jocelyn were created by User:Shay elder and User:Polimis respectively. However, they were created specifically for this series and they do not appear elsewhere.
 * Tai, Kyron, and Johnny also cross over onto Breathing Again and Izzy crosses over onto The Walking Dead: Battle Royale.
 * Additionally, Evan originally appeared in Sam's Lament. His portrayal, more specifically his portrayal in Season 4, made Alex decide to completely rewrite Sam's Lament with Evan's DAD personality and traits in mind.

W

 * What Could Have Been: Ryan was originally going to be named "Rye".
 * Also, every character was supposed to have an unusual or exotic name. This was scrapped because it would be unrealistic.
 * The E2 characters Johnathan and Patrick Watters were originally supposed to appear, but they were scrapped because Alex did not have permission to use them. They were replaced with the original characters of Johnny and Patrick White.
 * Benedict was originally supposed to survive Season 3 and join the protagonist's group. This was scrapped because Alex thought that bad guys turning good was too "cliche".
 * Tori was planned to die on three separate occasions. However, her death was scrapped every time.
 * Aidan was originally created as a child character, although he was later made into an adult.
 * Season 5 was originally planned to feature Clementine from the Walking Dead: Telltale Game and it would serve to complete her story after Telltale's shutdown. This was scrapped when Telltale made the announcement that they were completing her story themselves.