During a TV show or book, when a
character you've grown to love is inexplicably killed in the third
act, usually as a quick way of evoking a great deal of emotion from the audience. Named for Joss Whedon, who
literally has never produced anything in which this hasn't happened.
Penny is 'Whedoned' at the end of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along
Blog
Wash is 'Whedoned' at the end of
Serenity
Buffy is 'Whedoned' in the season 5 finale of Buffy the Vampire
SlayerThis literally goes on and on and on