History Main / DeathIsSuchAnOddThing

* Creator/OrlandoBloom said in the DVDCommentary for the extended edition of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' films that what he was trying for, when the camera had its closeup on his face in the OneWomanWail montage after Gandalf fell, was coming to grips with what death was, as an elf whose only experience with it previously had been seeing enemies die in battle.

* Orlando Bloom said in the commentaries for the extended edition of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' films that what he was trying for, when the camera had its closeup on his face in the OneWomanWail montage after Gandalf fell, was coming to grips with what death was, as an elf whose only experience with it previously had been seeing enemies die in battle.

* ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'': "It's the strangest thing." Although it's possible that this was [[spoiler: [=MacManus=]'s]] reaction to finding out the TwistEnding.

* [[RunningGag Once again]], [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/kalash93 kalash93]] has two examples.

-->'''Gabriel:''' [[spoiler:You...took care of all of us. Nobody asked you to do it, but you cooked, you cleaned, you did laundry, you fixed the pipes, and you fixed the leak in the roof. I never saw you, but you were always there. What's going to happen to our garden without you? ''[cries]'' I'm sorry, Monsieur Lé...Joseph. I'm so, so sorry.]]

-->'''Gabriel:''' [[spoiler:You...took care of all of us. Nobody asked you to do it, but you cooked, you cleaned, you did laundry, you fixed the pipes, and you fixed the leak in the roof. I never saw you, but you were always there. What's going to happen to our garden without you? ''[cries]'' I'm sorry, Monsieur Lé...[[YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious Jérôme]]. I'm so, so sorry.]]

* In ''{{Comicbook/Watchmen}}'', Dr. Manhattan's near-omniscience causes him to become disinterested in human experiences like life and death. When he hears about an old friend's death, he says "A live body and a dead body contain the same number of particles. Structurally, there's no discernible difference. Life and death are unquantifiable abstracts. Why should I be concerned?"

* Justified in an early episode of ''WesternAnimation/IlEtaitUneFois... l'Homme]]: the cast is in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal Neanderthal times]], so when one of them ([[spoiler: Maestro]]) [[PassedInTheirSleep sleepily passes away]], they cannot fully understand what's going on at first. Once they do, [[DueToTheDead they bury him very respectfully]], mirroring the start of human funeral rites.

* In ''Series/DoctorWho'', Clara Oswald suddenly loses her boyfriend Danny Pink after he's hit by a car while talking to her on the phone. After this she is surprised at how "boring" his death was.

* The Tachikoma in ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'', as robots whose memories are constantly backuped, are completely unable to comprehend death and are highly fascinated by what they consider the greatest philosophical mystery. Even when facing permanent dismantling or risking the destruction of their backup databases, they are unable to feel fear or sadness, and even seem to get a little giddy about the closest thing they can experience to death.

* [[RunningGag Once]] [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/kalash93 again, kalash93 has two examples.]]
** The first [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/72998/last-one-standing is in Last One Standing,]] and it is particularly poignant because it's mixed with WhoWantsToLiveForever.
** The second[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/85411/reflections occurrence is in Reflections.]] Less of a TearJerker, although it does get discussed alongside many other DeathTropes.

* The titular characters of Theatre/RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead spend much of the play trying to understand the nature of death and how it's the only certainty of life.

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' has [[spoiler:Irving]] dying (although you could have seen that coming) with the line ''"Dying ain't so bad, but it ain't gonna change nothin'; you're still screwed!"'' Touching.
* In ''[[VideoGame/BrokenSword Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars]]'', when George questions a FrenchJerk road-worker who saw the murder victim before he died, he has nothing but bad things to say about him, but after George tells him the man died he feels bad for everything he said. Lampshaded by George's narration.

* ''TheUnderlandChronicles'':

** The first [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/72998/last-one-standing is in Last One Standing,]] and it is particularly poignant because it's mixed with WantsToLiveForever.

* The titular characters of Theatre/RosencrantzandGuildensternAreDead spend much of the play trying to understand the nature of death and how it's the only certainty of life.

** The second[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/85411/reflections occurence is in Reflections.]] Less of a TearJerker, although it does get discussed alongside many other DeathTropes.

* In Disney/BigHero6, Baymax cannot understand at first how his creator, a young man in good physical health, could suddenly die.

[[caption-width-right:350:[-Magda is having a rather emotionally confusing day.-] ]]

* In ''{{Comicbook/Watchmen}}'', Dr. Manhattan near omniscience causes him to become disinterested in human experiences like life and death. When he hears about an old friend's death, he says "A live body and a dead body contain the same number of particles. Structurally, there's no discernible difference. Life and death are unquantifiable abstracts. Why should I be concerned?"

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': Strong Bad's reaction to losing the Compy 386 is more of the incoherent style of speech.

* The KillEmAll ending of ''TheUnderlandChronicles'' leaves Gregor in a state of emotional distress about many characters, many of whom were absolute {{jerkass}}es toward him. On a smaller scale, the TrueCompanions have a very confused, not-quite-stunned reaction to the death of Tick in the first book.