Did the Cliff Kill Them

A blog to list and archive all instances in fiction where a character falls/is pushed/yeets themself off a cliff and their eventual fate. Submissions Accepted here! Mobile Tags: Full Tag List Did the Cliff Kill Them (full character list) Cliffed (they Died) Un-Cliffed (they Lived)

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Series Archived: 0 (T.T)

Characters: 0 (OTL)

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Full Tag List

Submit a Character! (Why do you ask for my email? Answer here) F.A.Q. (Welcome Post) Characters Submitted so Far: March 29, 2026

Hu Bayue, Minor Character Wu Xie, Main Character Ling Buyi, Main Character Shen Qiao, Main Character (2 submissions) Oliver Queen, Main character Luo Binghe, Romantic Lead Hope, Minor Character Gabrielle, Main Character Xena, Main Character Galadriel, Main Character Hatçik, supporting character Therion, main character Zhuge Qingtian, Minor Character Xiao Heng Tim Murphy Imhotep Sherlock Holmes, main character Fan Chang Yu Jabber' Xie Han, "Main" (hah!) Antagonist Sui Yuan Qing, Second Antagonist

[sarah-yyy]

lan wangji: my beloved fell off a cliff

zhou zishu: oh ya me too

zzs: i jumped down after him

lwj, taking notes: tell me more

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me: sees sherlock holmes submitted without professor moriarty

me: SLAMS THAT MORIARTY BUTTON!!!

Aahh this is where various adaptations begin to differ! Excellent point and mental note to myself to add him (or someone can make a submission for BBC Sherlock too ;) )

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Characters Submitted So Far

We have 20 submissions and only 1 repeated character! Rip Shen Qiao And y'all have definitely mentioned lots of characters I completely forgot about (Imhotep??). Amazing :D This list will continue to be updated in the 'Read More' of the blog's pinned post. Keep 'em coming and of course, our very first post will be about the one, the only?? Wei Wuxian (who yes, did die from falling off a cliff...somehow) skill issue, perhaps? XD Submissions: Hu Bayue, Minor Character Wu Xie, Main Character Ling Buyi, Main Character Shen Qiao, Main Character (2 submissions) Oliver Queen, Main character Luo Binghe, Romantic Lead Hope, Minor Character Gabrielle, Main Character Xena, Main Character Galadriel, Main Character Hatçik, supporting character Therion, main character Zhuge Qingtian, Minor Character Xiao Heng Tim Murphy Imhotep Sherlock Holmes, main character Fan Chang Yu Jabber' Xie Han, "Main" (hah!) Antagonist Sui Yuan Qing, Second Antagonist

[did-the-cliff-kill-them]

Sorry for wording the email ask like that btw. Was having a day. Not your fault.

No worries! It really is a good question and I appreciate the opportunity to explain. I hope you had a great rest of your week! :)

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Hi love the blog idea!

Not giving you my email wtf. What’s wrong with regular asks?

Hey,

Thank you for the question! There's a few reasons why the Submission Form asks for your email:

1) The Submissions Form has the option to upload a picture (of the character or their cliff fall) which requires an email. (Pictures can also be submitted with a link).

2) This is a very big project and unfortunately I can't watch/read every media that has this trope, so the vast majority of submissions will need to be crowdsourced.

3) Each Character Post will include a lot of information (check out our Full Tag List for an idea of what will be included). To make it easier for Submitters, I added the option to email responses and the option to edit responses after a submission has been made. So Submitters can submit a character and edit their response later if they want to add more details.

4) The more detail a Submitter includes, the faster the post will go up. Any missing information will need to be researched which will take longer.

5) Tumblr Asks wouldn't work because of the aforementioned details each post will include and no ability to save an in-progress submission.

Collecting emails is NOT the purpose of this blog and any Personal Identifying Information will not be used in any way. Google Forms was chosen as the most familiar way to set up that part of this project (and will make sharing submissions (excluding Submitter PII)) easier in the future.

If you want to make a throwaway email and submit a character please feel free to do so!

Ultimately, this is a silly little blog and a way to poke fun at a very funny trope in media.

Thank you very much for your interest and thank you for asking a question that many people are probably curious about!

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Welcome!

Ever wondered just how many characters (usually don't) die from falling off a cliff? Well, that's what this blog is for: a newly born archive of all those fictional cliff falls and their aftermaths. As with any proper archive, let's lay down some terms: What counts as a cliff?

Any very tall rock formation where a reasonable (realistic) expectation is that anyone falling off of it would die. The cliff has to be dry but can have a body of water underneath it (a wet cliff is called a waterfall). Ledges and islands are also disqualified, as are pits rip Hualian* and (anything you wouldn't call a cliff). *If this series has a cliff fall I'm not remembering, lmk What counts as a character? (Who is eligible?)

Any FICTIONAL character from any* commercial media (books, TV shows, animation, movies, comics, etc.; NOT Fanworks). This is an archive of commercial media. No Real Life Examples. Character must be Named (Main or Minor Characters only) *Media must be in a setting where characters are NOT Cliffed to avoid an onscreen death (this disqualifies most kid shows and a lot of Disney media because it will skew our results). The point of the archive is to chronicle the contrary expectation of cliff falls (usually not) being fatal. Can I submit a character? Yes please! Google Form As we get more characters listed, please check the blog before submitting. Can I help archiving?

That would be brilliant! If you are interested, check out some of our character posts first (to understand how character posts are made) and then message the blog. You will need a Tumblr account. Questions, comments, concerns? Did I forget something? Let me know!

[biochemjess]

One day a character is going to die falling off that one cliff in Hengdian and the whole Cdrama fandom will be like

[starseed-awakening]

Man who is unaware of the fact that he is in a cdrama.