February 11, 2020

Welcome back to the Dead Fictional Girlfriends Report, your one-stop shopping for analysis of deceased female love interests. Today we will discuss Contestant #2 for the title of "Protagonist with Most Dead Girlfriends": Captain James Kirk of Star Trek.

If you're at all familiar with the franchise, you're probably already picturing the scantily-clad ladies that it's famous for. Unlike the Bond movies, however, Star Trek had women involved in the show from the very beginning. And Captain Kirk is capable of interacting with women in non-sexual ways, unlike 007, who is never all-business unless he's with a Dame or a Queen. So I'd like to begin by providing some light analysis of Star Trek's life and times, before I delve into Kirk's specific stats. And we can start with...

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January 2, 2020

Welcome to the Dead Fictional Girlfriends Report, your #1 site for tracking which franchise kills off the most female love interests. Today, we can report on Contestant #1: cinematic character James Bond. If you've heard of him, you already know that he's usually surrounded by women - and not all of them live to tell the tale. Let us begin our analysis with:

The Character

James Bond is an agent for MI6, the British spy agency. His code name is 007, where the "00" means he has a license to kill. He is an excellent shot, a tough fighter, a gambler, a drinker, and a prolific lover of women.

James Bond the cinematic character is based on James Bond the literary character, who was named for a British ornithologist (who had done nothing whatsoever to deserve such treatment). Literary Bond debuted in 1953, and made 13 book appearances before the author, Ian Fleming, died. Our analysis, however, will focus on Cinematic Bond, a character in the ongoing Eon Productions series of films, for one simple reason: the movies have a "girl formula."

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November 17, 2019

The Men

Phase 1 had four main competitors: three from network TV, and one from movies. They are as follows.
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