diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/larva/life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/larva/life.dm
index 0f4de4b6890..0ff617d7532 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/larva/life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/larva/life.dm
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 	if (notransform)
 		return
-	if(..())
+	if(..()) //not dead
 		// GROW!
 		if(amount_grown < max_grown)
 			amount_grown++
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
index 0c3b27ba8d1..5d7003106aa 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
@@ -29,20 +29,26 @@
 	if (notransform)
 		return
 
-	if(..())
+	if(..()) //not dead
 		for(var/datum/mutation/human/HM in dna.mutations)
 			HM.on_life(src)
 
+	if(stat != DEAD)
 		//heart attack stuff
 		handle_heart()
 
+	if(stat != DEAD)
 		//Stuff jammed in your limbs hurts
 		handle_embedded_objects()
+
 	//Update our name based on whether our face is obscured/disfigured
 	name = get_visible_name()
 
 	dna.species.spec_life(src) // for mutantraces
 
+	if(stat != DEAD)
+		return 1
+
 
 /mob/living/carbon/human/calculate_affecting_pressure(pressure)
 	if((wear_suit && (wear_suit.flags & STOPSPRESSUREDMAGE)) && (head && (head.flags & STOPSPRESSUREDMAGE)))
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/life.dm
index aa701d7f1b3..aa898296f9a 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/life.dm
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@
 		damageoverlaytemp = 0
 		update_damage_hud()
 
-	if(..())
-		. = 1
-
+	if(..()) //not dead
 		handle_blood()
 
+	if(stat != DEAD)
 		for(var/X in internal_organs)
 			var/obj/item/organ/O = X
 			O.on_life()
@@ -21,6 +20,9 @@
 	//Updates the number of stored chemicals for powers
 	handle_changeling()
 
+	if(stat != DEAD)
+		return 1
+
 ///////////////
 // BREATHING //
 ///////////////
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/death.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/death.dm
index 10c9a2a50f8..6695c4a1271 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/death.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/death.dm
@@ -3,13 +3,9 @@
 	if(stat != DEAD)
 		death(1)
 
-	if(buckled)
-		buckled.unbuckle_mob(src,force=1) //to update alien nest overlay, forced because we don't exist anymore
-
 	if(!prev_lying)
 		gib_animation()
 
-
 	spill_organs(no_brain, no_organs, no_bodyparts)
 
 	if(!no_bodyparts)
@@ -64,8 +60,6 @@
 	living_mob_list -= src
 	if(!gibbed)
 		dead_mob_list += src
-	else if(buckled)
-		buckled.unbuckle_mob(src,force=1)
 	paralysis = 0
 	stunned = 0
 	weakened = 0
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/life.dm
index 5d2c0c48535..19cca48a15b 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/life.dm
@@ -19,21 +19,18 @@
 	var/datum/gas_mixture/environment = loc.return_air()
 
 	if(stat != DEAD)
-
 		//Breathing, if applicable
 		handle_breathing()
-
+	if(stat != DEAD)
 		//Mutations and radiation
 		handle_mutations_and_radiation()
-
+	if(stat != DEAD)
 		//Chemicals in the body
 		handle_chemicals_in_body()
-
+	if(stat != DEAD)
 		//Random events (vomiting etc)
 		handle_random_events()
 
-		. = 1
-
 	//Handle temperature/pressure differences between body and environment
 	if(environment)
 		handle_environment(environment)
@@ -48,11 +45,14 @@
 	if(machine)
 		machine.check_eye(src)
 
-
 	if(stat != DEAD)
 		handle_disabilities() // eye, ear, brain damages
+	if(stat != DEAD)
 		handle_status_effects() //all special effects, stunned, weakened, jitteryness, hallucination, sleeping, etc
 
+	if(stat != DEAD)
+		return 1
+
 
 /mob/living/proc/handle_breathing()
 	return
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/living.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/living.dm
index b06fef840ca..74a24079251 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/living.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/living.dm
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 /mob/living/Destroy()
 	..()
 
+	if(buckled)
+		buckled.unbuckle_mob(src,force=1)
+
 	for(var/mob/living/simple_animal/drone/D in player_list)
 		for(var/image/I in staticOverlays)
 			D.staticOverlays.Remove(I)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/life.dm
index 946f2e04900..c4a68499d21 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/life.dm
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #define POWER_RESTORATION_APC_FOUND 3
 
 /mob/living/silicon/ai/Life()
-	if (src.stat == DEAD)
+	if (stat == DEAD)
 		return
 	else //I'm not removing that shitton of tabs, unneeded as they are. -- Urist
 		//Being dead doesn't mean your temperature never changes
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/pai/life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/pai/life.dm
index 191f28d7c37..f934a959316 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/pai/life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/pai/life.dm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /mob/living/silicon/pai/Life()
-	if (src.stat == DEAD)
+	if(stat == DEAD)
 		return
-	if(src.cable)
+	if(cable)
 		if(get_dist(src, src.cable) > 1)
 			var/turf/T = get_turf(src.loc)
 			T.visible_message("<span class='warning'>[src.cable] rapidly retracts back into its spool.</span>", "<span class='italics'>You hear a click and the sound of wire spooling rapidly.</span>")
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/hostile.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/hostile.dm
index 2f75310ff25..58cd9503ede 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/hostile.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/hostile.dm
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@
 	environment_target_typecache = typecacheof(environment_target_typecache)
 
 
+/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/Destroy()
+	targets_from = null
+	return ..()
+
 /mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/Life()
 	. = ..()
 	if(!.) //dead
@@ -225,7 +229,7 @@
 		else
 			Goto(target,move_to_delay,minimum_distance)
 		if(target)
-			if(isturf(targets_from.loc) && target.Adjacent(targets_from)) //If they're next to us, attack
+			if(targets_from && isturf(targets_from.loc) && target.Adjacent(targets_from)) //If they're next to us, attack
 				AttackingTarget()
 			return 1
 		return 0
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
index edca0beac1d..0821369f929 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
@@ -104,10 +104,14 @@
 /mob/living/simple_animal/Life()
 	if(..()) //alive
 		if(!ckey)
-			handle_automated_movement()
-			handle_automated_action()
-			handle_automated_speech()
-		return 1
+			if(stat != DEAD)
+				handle_automated_movement()
+			if(stat != DEAD)
+				handle_automated_action()
+			if(stat != DEAD)
+				handle_automated_speech()
+		if(stat != DEAD)
+			return 1
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/updatehealth()
 	..()
@@ -302,6 +306,7 @@
 		ghostize()
 		stat = DEAD
 		qdel(src)
+		return
 	else
 		health = 0
 		icon_state = icon_dead