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* ''TheChroniclesOfWormwood'' by GarthEnnis. The AntiChrist visits Fluffy Cloud Heaven with the permission of Jesus (who is a brain damaged black man, no really). It's the typical sort, with a few inversions. It acts as the DeFacto hell for terrorists, who are the nannies for babies' souls in Heaven. Each terrorist gets seventy babies to take care of. Think about it.

* The DiscOneFinalDungeon of ''{{Persona 4}}'' is a variation of this with a somewhat melancholy ballad as the theme music. [[spoiler:This is because it was made from Nanako's desire to see her dead mother again.]]

* In ''[[IceAge Ice Age 2]]'', Scrat dies and goes to fluffy cloud squirrel heaven where he encounters an enormous golden acorn. Unfortunately, that acorn proves just as frustratingly elusive to him as all the rest, as Sid performs CPR on him and brings him back to life just as he is reaching out to touch it.

{{Heaven}} takes place in the clouds, which are [[SolidClouds solid enough]] to walk on, and expect much HeavenlyBlue. [[YouFailReligiousStudiesForever Humans become angels after they die.]] They are [[WingedHumanoid given wings]], a long white robe, a lyre/harp and a HolyHalo that is literally a golden glowing ring that floats over their heads. Smaller SuperDeformed cherubs à la Cupid may float around too. Other than that, it's not exactly clear what people do. If {{God}} exists in Fluffy Cloud Heaven at all, he's a [[GrandpaGod giant white-haired, bearded man wandering around or sitting on a huge white marble throne]]. There is often a line in front of the "Pearly Gates" of [[WannabeLine people wanting to get in]] (because Heaven itself can't find an efficient way to deal with a line of people), with an angel based on St. Peter who acts as a bouncer. He'll read his book about all the naughty and nice things someone has done, and then either let them in or send them to Hell via a {{trapdoor}}. Often he has a desk right in front of the gates. Sometimes there's even a computer on it.

* A [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjtwCf5WWUU Nespresso ad]] shows GeorgeClooney being killed by a falling piano and arrives at the Pearly Gates, with JohnMalkovich as either St. Peter or God.

* Cartoonist GahanWilson is also fond of this trope. One of his cartoons shows some angels standing around in a small grubby room labeled "Heaven", with one of them commenting "I expected the place to be a lot more classy!"

* Celestia in ''{{Disgaea}}'' resembles this.

* The concept is mentioned in ''BlackAdder'';

* StephenColbert, as a right-wing satire created by a devout Catholic, naturally has a very stereotypical (and more than slightly mangled) view of religion, and of Heaven:

** When BillyMays died, CtrlAltDel made a [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20090629 comic]] about it.

* In MarkTwain's ''Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven'', Heaven at first is like this - but it is later revealed that this is because that's what most people expect, and Heaven tries to make people happy by giving them anything they want. Most people eventually wise up and develop more interesting lives in Heaven later.
** MarkTwain also lampoons Fluffy Cloud Heaven in ''Letters From The Earth'', written from Satan's perspective while visiting Earth.
* TheOnion's book ''OurDumbCentury'' features a spoof headline from the week after the airplane was invented, about the government planning airplane expeditions to Heaven. The story reveals that within ten years, it will be possible for the average American to vacation there.

* In ''DragonBall Z'', there is a variation on this. Fluffy clouds abound, and when a character dies they get a halo over their head. Heaven itself is [[CelestialBureaucracy run in a modern fashion]]. Everyone who works there wears white collar clothing typical of an office setting, and everyone seems extremely stressed. From the check-in point (where one awaits judgment) good beings are flown on a plane to a paradise, while bad beings are dropped through the clouds and into [[strike: Hell]] Home For Infinite Losers. The true warriors are allowed to visit Gods for training and an eternity of exercise.

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* A short story collection by Creator/AnthonyHorowitz includes ''Howard's End''; a story about a bully who dies and cheats his way into Fluffy Cloud Heaven. He swiftly gets bored of the endless and uneventful world, feeling himself begin to lose it, and shouts that he lied to get in, shouldn't be there and deserves to be in Hell, which he imagines to be more eventful. [[spoiler: St. Peter simply turns around and tells him that he already is.]]

* ''TheWishList'' by Eoin Colfer (of Artemis Fowl fame) features a heaven much like this, including St. Peter examining case files by computer (it's played for laughs to an extent). The FireAndBrimstoneHell, needless to say, is even sillier.

* In ''MahouSentaiMagiranger'', the Heavenly Saints live in Magitopia, a Fluffy Cloud Heaven-like AlternateUniverse. There are buildings here, actually: expect the inside to be [[WhiteVoidRoom endless with no signs of walls or doors, and stark white all around (including the pillars and any furniture.)]] However, this being {{sentai}}, the Saints themselves are PeopleInRubberSuits instead of [[WingedHumanoid Winged Humanoids]]. Some of them command HumongousMecha while others just become giant sized on their own.

{{Heaven}} takes place in the clouds, which are [[SolidClouds solid enough]] to walk on, and expect much HeavenlyBlue. Humans become angels after they die. They are [[WingedHumanoid given wings]], a long white robe, a lyre/harp and a HolyHalo that is literally a golden glowing ring that floats over their heads. Smaller SuperDeformed cherubs à la Cupid may float around too. Other than that, it's not exactly clear what people do. If {{God}} exists in Fluffy Cloud Heaven at all, he's a [[GrandpaGod giant white-haired, bearded man wandering around or sitting on a huge white marble throne]]. There is often a line in front of the "Pearly Gates" of [[WannabeLine people wanting to get in]] (because Heaven itself can't find an efficient way to deal with a line of people), with an angel based on St. Peter who acts as a bouncer. He'll read his book about all the naughty and nice things someone has done, and then either let them in or send them to Hell via a {{trapdoor}}. Often he has a desk right in front of the gates. Sometimes there's even a computer on it.

In a RageAgainstTheHeavens setting, Fluffy Cloud Heaven will have its tackiness emphasized: Halos are tacky and hung up via a metal strip at the back of the neck, like in a child's school play. Elements of Fluffy Cloud Heaven may be used as [[CrapsaccharineWorld a disguise for "the truth."]] In other, more beneficent settings, heaven is whatever is pleasant to its inhabitants; if they ''want'' Fluffy Cloud Heaven, they [[FisherKingdom get Fluffy Cloud Heaven]]; however silly. Maybe an AfterlifeAntechamber to the ''real'' Heaven; which nobody talks about.

In a RageAgainstTheHeavens setting, Fluffy Cloud Heaven will have its tackiness emphasized: Halos are tacky and hung up via a metal strip at the back of the neck, like in a child's school play. Elements of Fluffy Cloud Heaven may be used as [[CrapsaccharineWorld a disguise for "the truth."]] In other, more beneficent settings, heaven is whatever is pleasant to its inhabitants; if they ''want'' Fluffy Cloud Heaven, they [[FisherKingdom get Fluffy Cloud Heaven]]; however silly.

* One "Got Milk?" ad had a lawyer being sent to a cloudy paradise with giant chocolate chip cookies... but all the milk cartons are empty. [[{{Hell}} It wasn't heaven]].

** Also shown in the episode "Best Friends Forever", where Kenny controls Heaven's army by PSP.