Might one day make some posts on some headcanons about the IFs previous lives, but since I shared my headcanon in a couple posts that IFs were originally humans, I thought I'd get a little dark here and share my headcanons on how each IF in the movie probably died in their past lives xD
CW: Some of these deaths might get a little disturbing, so proceed with caution..... or don't read if certain ways to die are too much for you to read about.
Calvin- Was likely a circus performer in his past life. He was a tightrope walker, but somehow he slipped on the line which caused him to fall to his death, dying as soon as he hit the ground
Blue- A baker who ran a beloved small business in his past life, but one day his shop was robbed by a couple of bank robbers. When he tried to reason with the robbers, he ended up being shot in the head
Lewis- Probably had the least traumatic of everyone's deaths, having died peacefully of old age before one day finding himself reincarnated as a giant teddy bear. He was actually a priest in his life as a human, but after his kid forgot him in his current life, he received what he felt was a calling from God to start a home for IFs looking for a new after after their kids forgot them. (A/N: I'm not really religious, but parts of religion have always fascinated me, so I like to incorporate it into my work if I think it fits a specific story)
Blossom- Was a ballerina in her past life, and one that was adored all throughout Europe, but one day during a performance, she slipped somehow and ended up falling off the stage, breaking her neck and dying on impact.
Art Teacher and Star- They were both lovers in their past lives together, somewhere in the 80s. Art Teacher was an artist of course, and Star was a musician that played local shows in Illinois. They lived together and were going to get married, but one day a group of home invaders broke into their house to rob them, Star getting severely beaten and stabbed as Art tried to save her, but the latter ended up thrown out of a window from their apartment that was about 3 stories high up..... Art died from the fall, and Star later died in the hospital from her wounds. (A/N: if you've seen The Crow, yes, that movie inspired me for this. Not the new one thar just came out, the original one with Brandon Lee)
Sunny- Was a therapist in his past life, but despite all the help he gave to his patients, he suffered from severe depression and had no one to talk to about his own issues..... He ended up losing his battle to his demons and taking his own life in his office.
Cosmo- Was a cop in his past life, and when he ended up helping to save a group of kids from a hostage situation, he ended up taking multiple bullets from the criminal he was after, dying from all his wounds.
Pop- A woman in her past life who worked in an office and suffered severe social anxiety. She was mugged one day in the streets and ended up being stabbed after having all her valuables stolen.
Uni- A cheerful woman in her past life who worked with kids and always got joy out of what she did, but sadly she died in a hospital of a terminal illness
Spaceman- Was an actual astronaut in his past life that one day was boarding a rocket ship to head to space with his crew..... but a malfunction in the ship caused it to explode before take off, killing everyone on board.
Ted the ice cube- Somehow got stranded out in a desert island, likely spent hours walking in a wasteland to find help, only to eventually die of thirst and heat exhaustion.
Banana- Was someone who always loved exercise, went out running almost every day.... He lived in Florida though, and one day he got too close to a lake on one of his jogs and got mauled by an alligator.
Steven the slime- Died by drowning in his hometown of Spokane
Marshmallow- Burned to death when he got caught up in a fire
Octocat- Was a professional marine biologist who went scuba diving under the water for her work.... Sadly she ended up losing her life under water when an octopuss got spooked by her and managed to strangle her to death
Magician Mouse- A Magician who performed in Las Vegas, he decided to have one of his shows feature a snake..... but sadly that snake bit and immediately killed him on the stage with its venom.
Andromedus III- An author who wrote ghost stories and medival stories, but he died of a heart attack before finishing the final book of his most recent series
Guardian Dog- An actor who was starring in a superhero movie, but production was canceled after a prop weapon somehow ended up actually killing him on the set on accident
Ally- A professional wildlife expert, she went into a swamp in Australia for her studies, only to be mauled to death by a Crocodile
Gummy- A woman in her past life that ran a candy shop, but she had a lonely life that caused her to turn to binge eating sugar for comfort at night.... this ended up being the cause of her death when all the sugar in her system eventually caused her to go into a diabetic coma and die.
Robot- A technician who worked endlessly to make technology that he hoped would change the world for the better instead of being used to make humans more dependent on technology and be another victim of corporate greed..... He had an invention that he was certain would help others, of which the invention and its functions remains unknown..... but whatever it was was enough for his higher ups in the company he worked for to have him shot and killed so they could take all the credit.