10 Movie Franchises That Stupidly Killed Off Their Best Character

10. Dewey Riley - Scream

Now, it's absolutely fair to say that Scream's O.G. trio of Sidney (Neve Campbell), Dewey (David Arquette), and Gale (Courteney Cox) had developed some seriously thick plot armour by the time the fifth movie rolled around.

All three of them had survived some majorly dubious scrapes with the various Ghostfaces, and none more so than Dewey, whose improbable longevity bordered on parodical at times.

And yet, fans were largely OK with that - Dewey was a fan favourite character ever since his introduction, and arguably even more popular than franchise heroine Sidney herself.

And so, fans en masse were devastated when Dewey was "finally" killed in the fifth movie. Though one of the trio totally had to die, could it not have been Gale instead?

Dewey had such a fascinating arc throughout the film that avenging Gale's death would've been far more gratifying than him foolishly forgetting to shoot Ghostface in the head when he had the chance, turning his back, and then getting gutted as a result.

It didn't just feel like the filmmakers killed the wrong hero - they also rubbed salt in the wound by making him look like an idiot as he went out.