I swear dead girl media (tm) is a thing but I was having a hard time thinking of examples so here’s a list
Marvel’s Runaways (Amy)
Ducktales 2017 (Della)
Big Hero 6 (Tadashi, it doesn’t have to be a girl)
Raya and the Last Dragon (Sisu isn’t properly dead but people thought she was)
Miraculous (Emilie)
Lightyear (Alisha)
Secret Invasion (Maria)
Into the Spiderverse (blond Peter)
Proxy (Marie)
Hawkeye (Natasha)
The Dragon Prince (Harrow)
Dead End: Paranormal Park (Jennifer Swan)
Timeless (Amy and Jessica)
Dead girl media (tm) is not my original terminology. It describes a piece of fiction in which the world, characters, conflict, and/or general premise are all shape by the (presumed) death of a supporting character — usually a woman — before or early on in the events of the story















