children’s film producer #1: okay so we need to kill the villain and create some cheap dramatic tension by making it seem like the hero also died in the fight. but. this is a kid’s film so it can’t be bloody or violent.
children’s film producer #2: just throw them off a cliff
children’s film producer #1: bob you fucking genius
when the usually stoic and badass character gets wounded in battle and stumbles into the arms of their smaller, frailer love interest before passing out:
