| Way to Die #616 | |
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| "Cock-A-Doodle Die" | |
| Name of the death is a pun on "cock-a-doodle-doo" and "die" | |
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| Date | May 19, 2007 |
| Location | Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Episode this death was featured in | "Putting a Happy Face on Death" |
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"Cock-A-Doodle Die", Way to Die #616, is the second death to be featured in "Putting a Happy Face on Death", which aired on "December 30, 2009".
Plot
Fernando matches up with Maldito in an illegal cock fight, hoping to put some food on the table for his family with the help of his prize rooster, Corazon. Maldito's rooster El Calliente, was a seasoned killer/murderer; Corazon was ultimately outmatched. In a blur of claws and feathers, El Calliente wins the match and Corazon was dead. But while the crowd erupts with approval, Fernando grew suspicious; upon closer inspection, he spots tiny razors hidden on the back of El Calliente's talons, meaning that Maldito had cheated all along. Fernando spread the word and the crowd turned into an angry mob and chased Maldito around the room. Maldito couldn't find a way to escape. He stumbled and fell. But just as the mob was about to attack and kill him, El Calliente gets there first, having turned against his owner; he slashed Maldito's throat with his hidden razors, cutting open the jugular vein. Maldito bleeds out and was dead within seconds.
"Abusing animals for entertainment has been around for a long time. With guys like Maldito out of the picture, maybe it won't be much longer."
Trivia
- This is so far the only death were it was fictional until someone actually died like this. (it happened to Luis Ochoa in California). This would happen again in Out to Launch in which a similar death happened to a man named Tobias.
- In 2011, Jose Luis Ochoa died after being stabbed in the leg at a cockfight in Tulare County, California U.S., by one of the birds that had a knife attached to its limb. This true story was made in 2011 after this episode segment in 2009.
Foreign names
- Gallo de la Muerte (Rooster of Death) - Latin American dub.
- Kikirikí, muerte para ti (Cock-A-Doodle-Doo, Death for you) - Spanish dub.
