| abstract | - Bury Your Disabled happens when a disabled character is killed off in a movie or TV Show. There are three types of Bury Your Disabled. Type 1: Someone who is disabled and dies at the end of the movie due to natural causes. Usually due to complications arising from their disability (Rory O'Shea Was Here). Type 2: This type occurs when the disabled person is killed off in a violent manner. This can be because they (the disabled character) were considered, by the writer and audience, an easier victim because of their disability. Type 2 tends to carry the Unfortunate Implication that someone who is disabled can't protect themselves. Type 2 usually involves murder or neglect. Type 3: Suicide, which carries the Unfortunate Implication that one is better off dead than disabled. Or, worst case scenario, the writer who uses this trope really does believe that one is better dead than disabled. More than likely the character in question is being killed off by the writers specifically because he/she is disabled. This is usually a plot point that is supposed to be a Tear Jerker or, in the case of horror movies, meant to be shocking. This can also combine with Littlest Cancer Patient: the frail, wheelchair-bound waif is Too Good for This Sinful Earth, and their death will be a sweet release at the end. Bury Your Disabled will most likely happen to a current or (near-)future wheelchair user, but other disabilities are not discriminated against as much. See also Death by Disfigurement, which has some similar implications, and Throwing Off the Disability, the other common way to "dispose of" a disabled character. As a Death Trope, this involves SPOILERS. Examples of Bury Your Disabled include:
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