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* ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'': [[IOwnTHisTown Blockbuster's]] murder leads to a group of local cops writing a message mocking his death onto a picture of him that they have long used (and continue to use) as a DartboardOfHate.
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* ''Series/MurderSheWrote'': The episode "Murder By Twos" is a typical WhoMurderedTheAsshole story, but while the asshole generally has ''some'' loved ones, in this case ''nobody'' is saddened by the death; the closest is that the victim's future son-in-law is disturbed by how open everyone is about it, especially when he walks in on his fiancee and her mother burning photos and laughing.
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* In ''Literature/TheWellAtTheWorldsEnd'', Bull Shockhead kills Lord Gandolf of Utterbol, a tyrant with a ZeroPercentApprovalRating, in front of two of his soldiers. One soldier says, "Thus endeth the worst man in the world. Well done, lion-tamer! Thou art no ill guest, and hast paid on the nail for meat, drink and lodging." Bull is made the new Lord of Utterbol by the grateful citizens.
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* ''Fanfic/InTheBleakMidwinter'': Having only just met Hermione, Tom doesn't want to admit just how pleased and especially relieved he is to hear of Merope's death. When he later tells his maid, though, her reaction is, "Oh sir! What wonderful news."
--> He was free. He was crying. Did tears of joy resemble tears of mourning closely enough that it was safe to uncover his face?
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Compare And Contrast CheerfulFuneral, where people are celebrating regardless of whether they were good or bad in life.

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Compare And Contrast CheerfulFuneral, where people are celebrating regardless of whether they were good or bad in life.
life. Not to be confused with IWishedYouWereDead, where someone who wishes for that persons death only end up causing the wisher to feel regret instead (should the recipient died for real).
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* In ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'', after Shere Khan is killed, the other Fables express their "sadness" by dancing on his grave. Bagheera, not much of a dancer himself, preferred to just [[ExcrementStatement piss all over the grave]].
* In ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', when Walter Korvacs aka Rorschach was informed that [[SonOfAWhore his mother]] was killed by her pimp. He just uttered one word: "''Good''".

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* In ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'', after ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'': After Shere Khan is killed, the other Fables express their "sadness" by dancing on his grave. Bagheera, not much of a dancer himself, preferred to just [[ExcrementStatement piss all over the grave]].
* In ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', when ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': When Walter Korvacs aka Rorschach was informed that [[SonOfAWhore his mother]] was killed by her pimp. He just uttered one word: "''Good''".
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** Later on, we have the event that the fandom dubbed "The Purple Wedding". [[spoiler:The much-loathed, in-universe and out, Joffrey Lannister is fatally poisoned at his own wedding.]]
** And in Season 6, the InvincibleVillain [[spoiler:Ramsay Bolton]] ''[[KarmaHoudiniWarranty finally]]'' meets his end in a [[AssholeVictim satisfyingly gruesome]] death.

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** Later on, we have the event that the fandom dubbed "The Purple Wedding". [[spoiler:The much-loathed, in-universe and out, [[Characters/GameOfThronesJoffreyBaratheon Joffrey Lannister Lannister]] is fatally poisoned at his own wedding.]]
** And in Season 6, the InvincibleVillain [[spoiler:Ramsay Bolton]] [[spoiler: [[Characters/GameOfThronesRamsayBolton Ramsay Bolton]]]] ''[[KarmaHoudiniWarranty finally]]'' meets his end in a [[AssholeVictim satisfyingly gruesome]] death.

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