This wasn't a TV show or a movie, this is a beginning, this is an origin story. We are only supposed to care about Penny because Dr Horrible cares. Yes, she got fridge'd, but that's what she was there for. That is the archetype she was supposed to fit. It wouldn't have made sense for her not to die.
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This wasn't a TV show or a movie, this is a beginning, this is an origin story. We are only supposed to care about Penny because Dr Horrible cares. Yes, she got fridge'd, but that's what she was there for. That is the archetype she was supposed to fit. It wouldn't have made sense for her not to die.