"Face-Offed", Way to Die #770, is the first death featured in "The Good, The Bad, and the Dead", which aired on March 8, 2009.
Plot[]
Tracy, a Las Vegas showgirl, accidentally cuts herself while shaving her leg. Little did she know that her razor was infected with Group A Streptococcus.
By the time she gets into a hospital bed, it was already too late; the infection causes septic shock and she slowly dies and goes to Heaven.
"A few days later, Tracy got a rude awakening..."
Transcript[]
(Death by Riff Rock 1 is playing, Tracy shaves her left leg)
Narrator: Tracy was getting ready for another honest night's work. As a Las Vegas showgirl, her long shapely legs were her mil ticket. Working all night and sleeping most of the day didn't leave much time for Monday and tasks, like shopping.
(Tracy accidentally cuts her knee skin, begins to bleed)
Tracy: Ow!
Narrator: When Tracy cut herself with an old rusty razor blade, her death clock started ticking.
(The rusty razor has Group A Streptococcus)
Narrator: The blade that cut her skin had a nasty bacteria on it called the Group A strep.
Dr. Greg Moran: It's the same kind of... bacteria, streptococcus that caused the strep throat. But there's certain strength that having particular toxin that makes them more prone to causing these necrotizing infections.
(Few days later, Tracy doesn't feel well after shaving her own legs)
Narrator: A necrotizing infection, is just a fancy way to say flesh-eating disease.
(Tracy looks at the mirror, sees her face has contracted a necrotizing fasciitis)
Narrator: And a few days later, Tracy got a rude awakening...
Tracy: Oh my god...!! Oh, my face!! Holy crap...!
(CGI limb tissue makes a hole where the bacteria installed)
Dr. Greg Moran: This particular bacteria can progress very quickly. It can happen over a matter of hours. You can go from being perfectly healthy to having a limb threatening or even life-threatening infection.
(This causes the skin to dissolve)
Narrator: The bacteria travelled through the body and wound up breaking through a pimple. Eating its way across her face.
(As that, Tracy is sent to the hospital bed)
Narrator: By the time Tracy wound up in a hospital, it was already too late; the infection had spread throughout her body, causing septic shock. In the city that never sleeps,
(Tracey dies, the EKG monitor beeps longer which means she's dead for good)
Narrator: Tracy, the leggy show girl, went lights out.
Cast and Interviewees[]
- Trisity Cameron - Tracy (Lead: Intended victim)
- Dr. Greg Moran - Himself (Infectious Disease Physician)
Segment Nicknames[]
- Two-Faced
- Infectious Glow Up
Foreign Names[]
- Rostro Asesinado (Killed Face) - Latin American Spanish dub
- Por la Cara (By the Face) - European Spanish dub
- Sin Rostro (Faceless) - Mexican Spanish dub
- Letzter Auftritt: Tracey! (Last Performance: Tracey!) - German dub
- Kuhnit Karod (Messed Face) - Lazoran dub
Trivia[]
- This death takes place 29 years after Butt F***ed, Brain Worms, Bank Ruptured, and Tanked Girl, 6 years after Tumble Die and 2 years after Electro-cutie.
- When Tracy discovers the rash on her face, it is on the left side of it, however by the time she is on the hospital bed, it on the opposite side of her face. This is probably a goof.