[Nita Nupress]

Red shirt guy died with Samwise.

Thanks! Now I'll go look up who Samwise was. lol!

[COEXERJ145]

The "Red Shirt" joke goes back to the original Star Trek.

Every time Kirk beamed down to some planet, he'd have a security guard or two. The guards always wore red. In almost every episode, the poor guard would die.

[Tribune7]

Notice how the security guards don't have red shirts anymore?