Unlike the other dead characters, Jerry is never seen as a ghost in the rest of the series.
In cartoons, a dead character's eyes are often drawn as X's.
Excluding the four dead characters, many other bodies were found all over the village.
According to the rules of Hobgoblin, a dead character could in fact be resurrected.
I agree that there is a problem with too many dead characters hanging around.
Bodies of dead characters had to be carried off, and justification was usually provided in the script.
The identity of the dead character is withheld until the final episode.
The movie ends with all the main characters dead, and their deaths were associated in some way by Sebastian.
A dead character could not be resurrected or otherwise brought back to the campaign at a later date.
Because there was no curtain someone always carried a dead character off.