Reiner Braun is the only one of the four Warriors sent to infiltrate Paradis Island to make it back to his hometown alive.

He dies after demonstrating that the F8E Crusader can fly with its wings folded. The TV series introduces him when some rookie tempts fate by saying they've survived a mission with him.

Area 88 has Boris, a pilot famous for always coming back alone.

Not to be confused with the summer camp Soul Survivor, the winner of the reality TV show Survivor, or the 1984 horror movie Sole Survivor (though the protagonist is an example).Īs both a Death and Ending Trope, all spoilers will be unmarked ahead. Contrast any story with an Undead Author.

This can overlap with Genocide Survivor, but one can be a Genocide Survivor without being the last member of that people.Ĭompare Spare a Messenger, Everybody's Dead, Dave, and Final Girl. If your entire world/race/culture has been wiped out and you're the only survivor because you did it, that's Genocide from the Inside. If your entire world/race/culture has been wiped out, you're the Last of His Kind, which gets its own page. A Sole Survivor may become a Zen Survivor or Shellshocked Veteran. It can lead to Survivor Guilt or a Roaring Rampage of Revenge. This is the eventual outcome of a Dwindling Party. But somehow you alone survive this horrible event. You were ordered to perform some errand, often stunningly trivial, which left you off-base when the surprise attack overwhelmed it. You were the lucky duck who did not find the Applied Phlebotinum lethal. You were knocked unconscious during the Last Stand. Your Doomed Hometown has a volcano erupt on it. Your platoon is ordered to do something suicidal by General Ripper.

Your family picnic is gunned down by The Mafia.

Survivors: the quest cruise ship update