Kirk Thornton

Kirk Thornton (1956 - )

Film Deaths

• The Castle of Cagliostro (1979; animated) [Count Cagliostro]:Crushed to death between two giant clock hands

TV Deaths

• Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers
• Power Rangers Zeo
• Power Rangers in Space
• Fist of the North Star: The Fist of Lingering Regret and Certain Death!! The Future is sighted in the Barren Wasteland!! (1999; anime) [Spade]: Blown to pieces as a result of Kenshiro (Lex Lang) using the Hokuto Shin Ken technique North Star Fist of Remaining Regrets.
• Trigun: Fifth Moon (2000; anime) [Rai-Dei the Blade]: Shot to death by Nicholas D. Wolfwood (Jeff Nimoy) after Vash (Johnny Yong Bosch) inadvertently destroys Augusta City with his Angel Arm.
• Fist of the North Star: There Is No Looking Back! Only Hating Evil, And Striking Toki Down!! (2000; anime) [Amiba]: Due to having his hands blown off in a botched attempt to power himself up, he gets attacked by an angry Kenshiro (Lex Lang) using the Burden of Regret Walk Fist technique, causing him to walk backwards to the roof of his castle. Completely panicking, he tries to reaffirm himself as a genius. Once he falls, he calls out for Raoh (John Snyder) as he explodes into bloody pieces.
• Digimon Adventure 02: Oikawa's Shame (2001; anime) [Mummymon]: Melted to death by MaloMyotismon (Richard Epcar) with his Crimson Mist attack after a vain attempt to avenge Arukenimon (Mari Devon).
• Cowboy Bebop: Asteroid Blues (2001; anime) [Asimov Solenson]: Heavily overdosed on the Bloody Eye drug, he gets shot in the head by Katrina (Katia Moraes).
• Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 - Stardust Memory: A Storm Raging Through (2002; anime) [Anavel Gato]: Crashes the heavily-damaged Neue Ziel mobile armor into a Federation Salamis cruiser in a kamikaze run, killing himself along with the crew of the Salamis cruiser as they both explode.
• Digimon Frontier: The Dark Heart of Friendship (2003; anime) [Karatenmon]: Struck by KendoGarurumon's (Steve Staley) Lupine Laser and was later scanned for purification.
• Gungrave: Die (2004; anime) [Brandon Heat]: Shot several times by Harry McDowell (Tony Oliver), then shot through his left eye before being pushed out the elevator window. Since the event occurred in flashback, by the time the series began, Brandon was resurrected by Dr. Tokioka (William Knight) with necrotechnology as Beyond the Grave.
• Gungrave: Dusk of the Destroyers (2004; anime) [Brandon Heat/Grave]: Shot dead by Harry McDowell (Tom Wyner) whilst shooting Harry at the same time, with both musing on getting back to the old days.
• Gun X Sword: Tuxedo Blowing in Tomorrow (2007; anime) [The Claw]: Cut in half by an enraged Van (David Vincent) as revenge for killing his bride.
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Tipping Points (2012; animated) [Sanjay Rash]: Killed by General Kalani (Gregg Berger) with a blaster shot to the chest when he protested against Count Dooku's (Corey Burton) decision to pull the droid army back to Agamar.
• Digimon Fusion: When Worlds Collide (2014; anime) [Tactimon]: Destroyed by OmniShoutmon (Ben Diskin) with his Doom Drillpress, being impaled on the chest as a result of the attack.

Video Game Deaths

• Persona 4 (2008) [Kinshiro "King Moron" Morooka]: Killed (off-screen) when Kyle Hebert sends him to the TV World; his body is shown being placed upside down.
• Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (2009) [Harry Mason]: Dies (off-screen) of a car accident that took place before the events of the game; he appears as a mental manifestation created by Cheryl Heather Mason.

Gallery

Kirk Thornton's video game death in Persona 4.

His anime death in 'Digimon Adventure 02: Oikawa's Shame'

His anime death in 'Gungrave: Die'

Moments before his anime death in 'Gungrave: Dusk of the Destroyers'