DC definitely has a strong cartoon game! For this list, we’ll be looking at the most gruesome ways characters have died in DC animation. Our countdown includes scenes from "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm", "Justice League Dark: Apokolips War", "Justice League: Throne of Atlantis" and more! Which death hit you the hardest? Let us know in the comments below!
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#1 every deaths in Justice League Dark! Apokolips War!
Honestly Justice League: Apokolips War could fill this entire list alone
I really hate that movie. The way they died was just too much.
I still cant bring myself to watch it. Watching all my favorite heroes perish so brutally
@@kdognicholson24 me neither. Can’t watch any other movies in that series anymore, not without shaking my head. Even clips
@@The95thZebra agreed man. It was a total waste of potential and even though they were forced to end that universe, the director didn't have to be such a bitch about it! I read somewhere that he purposely made the movie gruesome as a big "F you" to Warner Bros., which really pisses me off. Imagine being so selfish that you murder an entire universe of characters just because you're salty. It's hard to get over when you like these movies so much.
@@timothydrake6040 It's like the most VITRIOLIC hate letter to DC. Especially the female characters; they way some of them were killed were especially horrendous. Zatanna's was really traumatizing for me, because at the time I had a coworker who looked a lot like her. The only solace is that not every character got killed/brutalized, but only because the weren't even in the movies (Green Arrow, Black Canary, you [lol])
I thought number one was going to be everyones' death in Apokolips War
That movie was brutal aquaman got it bad
Real Shit I remember watching it and being like yo they went out bad
Batgirl got tore up so fast😂
Manta, Shazam, all of them had rough deaths
Shazam’s death in the War was pretty horrific as well.
So was Shazam's death in Injustice...damn...DC really likes giving this poor kid grizzly deaths
You know it’s a real shame that Flashpoint WW didn’t get her ass kicked after she killed Billy Batson. Seeing her having that smug look on her face after she did it irks me. Especially since she cheated in their fight.
If it makes you feel any better,she gets nuked by the corpse of Aqua Man. Regardless of her super powers,that nuke is ment to destroy the world,so she loses on all counts.
@@user-xs5bl9dy6d Yeah, but it was a quick death and not a savage beat down like she deserved.
How did she cheat? She exploited his weakness in a fight to the DEATH. WW got the win because she wasn’t a fucking child lol.
@@Predatorwarrior18 I agree and it would've been epic if a male character defeated her since Wonder Woman's all about proving she's better then any man lol
The uncut version of ‘Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker’ is also one of my top 8 most favorite DC animated movies of all time.
Still got it on DVD.
@Nehemiah Pouncey as do I, though mine's the version where he died by electrocution... which I honestly feel is more poetic an end for the Clown Prince of Crime, since it's the equivalent of slipping on a banana peel 😆
I always found Jokers death when he's shoved, slips, and gets electrocuted to death to be more horrifying than his other death. I mean sure, we don't get to actually see the electrocution, but we hear it, and see the shadow against the wall and such.
How did Jason Todd getting pretty much beaten to death with a crowbar and then blown up in a building by Joker not make this list? Under the Red Hood was brutal
The DCAU is on a whole different level of story telling and world building. Proves that a solid story will ultimately make or break a franchise.
Not really look at the mcu the story sucks and still is bigger than the Beatles
@@Saddonghussein I was only comparing it to the dc live action. Plus mcu had great stories up until no way home. After that everything went downhill.
@@NguyenAzn yeah really good stories, not at all dumbs
Better than mcu and dceu both
DC's animated movies were never strangers to horrific deaths, but apokolips movie took that on another level, for the first time I was afraid of Darkside
Man you said it
‘Justice League Dark: Apokolips War.’ ‘The Death of Superman.’ My top 2 most favorite DCAMU movies.
Fun Fact: Joker Venom was invented as a more family friendly method of mayhem for the joker to use
Yup. The classic thing of writers to avoid death, make something that's arguably more traumatizing than death
A mixed combination of Venom from Marvel and Joker from DC?
@@chimpo961 No, Nouns can be proper or common. Grammar is Fun!
@@Sunprism you know it's joking right?
Oh.
Honestly, Shazam in Justice League Dark Apokolips War, that was just, damn. That one hit really hard, especially since it's a kid, knowing he's about to die.
Avengers Infinity War: “I have the most shocking deaths in superhero movie history” Apokolips War: *hold my beer*
Darkseid is just far more brutal than Thanos. Thanos just snapped his fingers to make it easier, but Darkseid wanted to personally deliver his wrath upon everyone, which makes me like him more.
You know you could put all the deaths from Apokolips War on here 😬
And 5 from flashpoint. But no they even put supermans death and that cyborg superman here even though we all know he gonna be resurrected the next movie and who cares of a villain.
i legit thought all if these were gonna be from apokolips war
Surprised Jason Todd's death at the hands of the joker didn't make the list
Shoot the Apokolips War could take all ten spots by itself! It was insanely brutal!
When I think the DC Animated Universe I think all those Bruce Timm animated shows that all canonically connect, Batman: TAS, Superman: TAS, The New Batman Adventures, Batman Beyond, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, Static Shock and The Zeta Project, but sometimes I here others refer to it as pretty much every DC cartoon show and movie that each exist in their own continuity.
I hate evil versions of Wonder Woman. They're so annoying...
I literally despise the animated version of Flashpoint Wonder Woman for stabbed and killed the Flashpoint Billy Batson, one of the S.H.A.Z.A.M kids based on the 2011 comic book version written and co-created by Geoff Johns.
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As a massive superman fan, his death hit me extremely hard. 😪
Oh boo hoo
Boo hoo 🤣
When I think of dc animated movies that gore fist thing that pops into my head is Dark Apokolips War. Maybe because it’s the first gory animated dc movie that I saw.
I'm surprised that, while you included Joker's end from Return of the Joker, you didn't mention the other version, which had a less gruesome, but, honestly more poetic end for the Clown Prince of Crime, since it was the equivalent of dying by slipping on a banana peel
Props to Wonder Woman standing up to doomsday and blinding herself vs Medusa a true warrior
That version yes. The Flashpoint one, not even close.
Carmine falcone’s death in the long Halloween may not be the most brutal but it’s also the point Harvey dent fully becoming two face ending The Godfather for the pain he had caused to Gotham and possibly the reason he created Batman because he might sent joe chill or random thug and killed Bruce’s parents
#3 The censored version of RotJ was no slouch either, with Mr. J dying from the most deadliest joy buzzer instead of getting shot.
ROTJ?
@mlp art club Return Of The Joker
The Zanata one stills breaks my Heart to the day of today 😫💔
Thank goodness she didn't look like her DC Superhero Girls variation.
10:33: John Stewart of DCAU is very lucky he did not ended up like his DCAMU counterpart
Truth be told, all deaths of war of apokolips and suicide squad are the most brutal
The one thing DC reigns supreme over Marvel is their animated movies. Now if only they could put those great stories into live action movies, they would dominate the box office. I also prefer DC comics over Marvel comics, with the exception of Deadpool. Deadpool has been my favorite comic character since early 2000s, and they did a perfect job with his movie.
The DC animated movies are much better than their live action counterpart
Man, that's a worse fate when someone u love puts a spell on you to run like a coward just for you to live while they die
Injustice - Superman punching a hole right through Joker's chest. What made this death brutal was because you never believed Superman had that in him.
Ehh superman killing Stalin?
What about Superman lobotomizing the powers out of someone? Manchester Black might wanna have some words with you over how he feels about it.
@@Saddonghussein I saw Red Sun Satlin's was Death was Quick, The Joker was still alive with Superman's arm still through his chest...Which sounds more Brutal too you?
@@user-em6ie2be7x the one that didn't was show on the opening credits
@@kivulifenrir Black wasn't killed though, just depowered
The most unbelievable thing in those movies was that Superman still managed to lose to Doomsday when the real Justice League was there. It made sense in the 90’s comics because…well, did you see who was on the “Justice League” during those years? But Superman losing when a Flash, Wonder Woman, and Batman are there? Nah.
You don't read comics right? You know that the hole jla was beaten by humans like raas, luthor, and savage in the comics, man they were destroy by the UN in kingdom come
Have you read comics? Doomsday is literally built to adapt & fun fact ….. no person can match his adaptation besides Superman, weaker villains have decimated the JL with ease , atleast Doomsday is logical
Apokolips Dark should run this whole list
Cyborg Superman honestly really irritated me with how he constantly blamed Superman for his wife's death. She didn't die because Superman didn't save her, she died because the guy laxed on getting them all away from the incoming asteroid safely when he had plenty of time to do so, but he CHOSE to go slow, because he assumed Superman would save them just because he expected it. It seriously peeves me that he blames Superman for his own mistakes and never took responsibility for the fact he was the reason his wife couldn't get out safely
He was brainwashed dude lmao
Jason Todd's death in Under the red hood should've topped this list imo ,not to mention Meera's decapitation by a sidechick WW in flashpoint
It's not a 100% confirmed death, but, Ian "Sneak" Peek in Batman Beyond. The mad laughter that punctuated his terrified screams left no doubt, he knew where he was going.
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I thought Lor Zod in Young Justice was pretty brutal, not so much physically, but the IRONY behind it
the irony was the most satisfying part about it!
How did he die?
@@fionnualaburdett5099 Spoiler gap, press read more. His story in Young Justice begins when he manages to trick Superboy into seemingly being vaporized in a volcano, leaving only ashes. Then he continues his reign of terror, eventually stealing a time machine to attack a godlike collector of knowledge. This figure made a small bit of sabotage on his time machine, so when Lor-Zod tried to use it again, he was sent back to the moment his first bomb against superboy went off. He stepped out to see his nemesis die, only for the time machine to leave again without him. Not only that, he was able to see first hand how Superboy escaped his trap. He tried to disarm his bomb too late, and was destroyed instantly by it...leaving only his ashes to be confused for Superboy's.
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What Booster Gold did to Darkseid gives me nightmares.
What happened?
They did Shazam dirty
Seriously, no thanks to DC.
There are some really nasty horrific gruesome deaths shown on Beroul's TV screens when Constantine first visits in 'City of Demons' and I'm not sure if DC showcases count, but in Blue Beetle, due to Dr Spectro's sadness ray, a baby tries to jam a metal fork into an electrical outlet socket.
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I’m surprised the flash’s death isn’t on this list from the Injustice movie even though we didn’t see it we saw the blood and heard how gruesome it was. Even though it was a stupid way for Barry to die it was still brutal imo
We really don’t need reminders of that movie 😂
What about Lois Lane diying in the hands of Superman, pregnant, and destroying Metropolis in the process?
Shazam may have been a child but he went down like a man in JLU Dark 2
1:07 Early Grave??? Early grave my ass. Dude was over due
Number one makes 100% completely makes sense why what Wonder Woman in this timeline just committed murder specifically child murder I feel bad for Captain Thunder
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1:26 Fact: This was actor Abe Vagoda's last role.😔
All of the DC animated movie deaths hit me the hardest
I'm under the impression nobody watched the Injustice movie, then? Lol
THESE DEATHS WERE BRUTAL!
I've only seen the Batman beyond movie on this I might try and watch the others at some point in time
Maybe and this is just an idea, maybe you could do a top ten list for the saddest Batman: The Brave and The Bold moments?
Can’t watch a single top 10 without 10 ads. I’m done lol
Loved number one, just shows how savage Wonder Woman is
every death from Apokolips war were the most hardest for me
The death in DCU that bothered me most was when a certain hero got a hole in his suit. You see the dread in his eyes for just a split second as he gasps "Oh no!" and flies away as quick as he can. A few seconds later you see a huge explosion off in the distance, knowing it was him.
DC cartoons are underrated asf
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What's even more tragic about John Stewart's death is that his ring didn't fly off to find a new host. If only he'd been quicker with his recital. I still cant bring myself to watch Apocalypse War. To much tragedy 😢.
shazamx death in apokolypis war hit harder then the one in flash paradox jbh
it was really sad when damian died in JLD Apokolips War, because they built his relationship with bruce so well! but then they revived him and I was like "ok"
The joker's death was too quick in the uncut version, the electro death was more brutal
KILLER FROST!! It’s KILLER FROST!! They even SAY IT IN THE CLIP YOU UPLOADED AND YOU STILL GET IT WRONG!!! HOW!?
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Amazing video watch mojo of the most brutal deaths in dc animated movies,fantastic job.
Number 1 is right to be the worst death because it makes me uncomfortable each time I see it!
Starfire's death in Apokolips left me traumatized.
I know you guys mention Batman Beyond the Return of the Joker, that was from the uncut version were the theatrical release had Joker died off screen by electrocution. Sometimes the death you don't see is more effective. Surprised that you guys didn't mention justice league dark where civilians will see other people as demons and slaughtering them. The scene was gruesome to say the least. The other aspect about this whiskey at all it could be a different list is how many people that died but the audience doesn't realize how many people died in the movie. For instance the battle in transformers is a prime example of how many people died in the background and no one paid attention to that. That could be a list for another time. The reason I bring it up is because when they did Batman, Superman, apocalypse which introduce Supergirl had a battle scene with the amazonians versus doomsdays clones and how many Amazon's actually died in the background, not to mention other characters died in the movie as well.
Umm, WatchMojo needs to watch more movies because the movie "Injustice" death was much more brutal than all on this list. Superman straight up Mortal Kombat Fatalitied the Joker by punching him through his chest, killing him (all while Batman is trying to do an interrogation and helpless to stop Superman from doing it). A LOT of blood goes everywhere, probably gore too as Superman punched him right through his heart. This is even more shocking because it's Superman that does it. Superman also during the course of the movie goes full dictator and kills other people as well, mainly because they disagreed with his tyranny.
Oh my.
They definitely cleaned their platee
JL:AW was so hard to watch. It felt like there was no hope in that movie and seeing my favorite heroes struggle to survive was brutal. With that said, based off of this list, I feel like Zatanna did get it the worst.
I passionately hate that movie. I had a coworker who was resembled Zatanna too, so her death was especially traumatizing.
@@The95thZebra I won't say I hated it personally but I can see how some people could. I also forgot about Batgirl too. We literally see her get torn apart and devoured by the parademons. Starfire got it bad too. Although we don't see what happened but there's a scene that shows her disembowled corpse before she we later learn that she's been reanimated as a cyborg.
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PRETTY MUCH ALL OF APOKOLIPS WAR!
Any D:AW death is brutal
What a shame, seems some characters does not safe, but it's most unforgetable.
I like how Killer Frost is basically portrayed as a mutant in a DC movie😂
Darkseid just giving cyborg a hand😂
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To think DC imposed a "no blood" policy on Midway when they did Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. Some of these deaths don't have anything to envy to some of the most gruesome MK Fatalities and deaths.
dc, WHY?!
Superman really had to carry the justice league to victory and he still got dropped
The diana ass shot at the end...
Some of these deaths are sad and scary! I feel so bad for the innocent!🙁 I'd save their lives if I could! I can't believe the son would do that to his own mother! She gives him a life and now he kills her?! I also can't believe the daughter would destroy her frozen parents! Her parents shouldn't have been so abusive to her. Some of these ladies looked so nice! It's a shame what happened to them. Also, I'm familiar with the Joker's last laugh.
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All 10 should be apokolipse war
What I dont get with Superman V Doomsday, was he was still holding back. I wonder what would happen if he let loose early on
Where is the Flash's death in Injustice?!?! A lot of other ones from that movie as well!!
One movie,dark apokollips
Is the biggest death is everyone from Justice League Dark Apokolips War?
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truly Flashpoint WW killing Billy was lot like Superman-Injustice