History Main / GraveMarkingScene

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':

** While it's not made out to be a clear ritual like it is with his adoptive father Tim Drake is shown visiting his parents' joint grave and talking to them at least twice.

* On ''Series/TheMentalist'', Patrick Jane and his brother-in-law visit the graves of Jane's wife and daughter at the end of one episode. Jane admits he hasn't been there since the funeral, years ago. And when pressed, he says its because he believes [[TheNothingAfterDeath "...they aren't there. They're gone"]]

* ''Manga/MaisonIkkoku'' uses the yearly visits to Soichiro's grave as a convenient way to say "another year has passed."

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Subverted with both Gendo and Shinji Ikari visiting Yui's grave. However the grave is just a marker as they NeverFoundTheBody of Yui after her accident.

--->''[a mugger [[BullyingADragon draws a gun on Batman]] as he visits the murder scene]''\\
'''Batman:''' You ''[[WhoDares dare]]''... [[DoesNotLikeGuns pull a gun on me...]] pull a gun on me ''[[BerserkButton here]]''? ''DO YOU?''
** While it's not made out to be a clear ritual like it is with his adoptive father [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]] is shown visiting his parents' joint grave and talking to them at least twice.

** In the beginning of ''ComicBook/SupermanRebirth'', Post-Crisis Superman visits the grave of his ''ComicBook/New52'' counterpart.

** ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'': After being rescued from Darkseid, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} visits Harbinger’s grave.

** In ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 2008 story arc]]'' "Way of the World", Supergirl visits the graves of the parents of a little child she was unable to save.

* ComicBook/WonderWoman

** ''Film/NoTimeToDie'': Bond's SecondLove Madeleine Swann brings him to the grave of [[Film/CasinoRoyale2006 Vesper]] [[TheLostLenore Lynd]] in Matera, Southern Italy, so he can turn the page once and for all. He burns a paper with a "Forgive me" message on it per a local tradition. Sadly, this is the moment and place [[NebulousEvilOrganization Spectre]] chose to ambush him, [[BoobyTrap putting a bomb in Vesper's grave]].

** ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' opens with Bond (Creator/RogerMoore) visiting the grave of his deceased wife Tracy, who was killed in ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''.
** ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'': Upon arriving at Skyfall, the eponymous home of his parents Andrew Bond and Monique Delacroix in Scotland, Bond sees their grave.
** ''Film/NoTimeToDie'': Bond's SecondLove Madeleine Swann brings him to the grave of [[Film/CasinoRoyale2006 Vesper]] [[TheLostLenore Lynd]] in Matera, Southern Italy, so he can turn the page once and for all (though sadly this is the moment Spectre chooses to ambush him, [[BoobyTrap putting a bomb in her grave]]), burning a "Forgive me" paper with a message on it per a local tradition.

** ''Film/NoTimeToDie'': Bond's SecondLove Madeleine Swann brings him to the grave of [[Film/CasinoRoyale2066 Vesper]] [[TheLostLenore Lynd]] in Matera, Southern Italy, so he can turn the page once and for all (though sadly this is the moment Spectre chooses to ambush him, [[BoobyTrap putting a bomb in her grave]]), burning a "Forgive me" paper with a message on it per a local tradition.

* ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' opens with Film/JamesBond visiting the grave of his deceased wife.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': In the ComicBook/{{Huntress}} backup in issue 295 Alfred visits Bruce and Selina's graves and talks to their headstones about how their daughter Helena is doing.

* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', Lyle [[spoiler: Dylandy]] and [[spoiler: Tieria Erde]] are seen visiting the the (symbolic) grave of [[spoiler: Lyle's twin older brother/Tieria's best friend (and for some, TheLostLenore) Neil "Lockon Stratos" Dylandy]]. This ends up being VERY plot important, as [[spoiler: Lyle is recruited into Celestial Being during one of them.]]

* ''Sinners and Saints'' (2010). The CowboyCop is unable to visit the grave of his son who died at six of leukemia; at one point he's shown sleeping in his car outside the cemetery. He's even taunted over this by the villains, who got hold of his psych report. But at the end of the movie, he's shown walking into the cemetery.

* In ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', Kenshin and Kaoru visit the grave of [[spoiler: his first wife Tomoe]] and are surprised to find [[spoiler: the grave already cleaned and her momento left there]].
** In the anime, Kenshin goes there alone and then Seijuuro Hiko shows up to talk to him,

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' plays this straight and inverts this, with both Gendo and Shinji Ikari visiting Yui's grave. However the grave is just a marker as they NeverFoundTheBody of Yui after her accident.
* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. {{Jerkass}} handler Jean is shown visiting the grave of his dead little sister Enrica who was killed by terrorists, sparking off his RoaringRampageOfRevenge. He gets into a confrontation with another relative who gives him a WhatTheHellHero speech about not avenging her (not knowing of his work with the Agency). Jean in turn is upset to see [[CycleOfRevenge he's become a member of a radical organization opposed to the terrorists who killed Enrica]].

* ''Manga/{{Evangelion 303}}'': In chapter 13 Asuka visited [[spoiler:Jessika's]] grave and spent a long while talking to her and getting all that was hurting her off her chest. In the last scene, while [[spoiler:Shinji and Asuka were leaving the graveyard,]] she said goodbye to her friend.

** Carol visits her friend Mar-Vell’s grave after learning about his death.

** Season 4, the flash forwards show Oliver standing over someone's (eventually revealed as [[spoiler:Laurel Lance's]]) grave [[ManlyTears openly weeping]] and vowing to kill the one responsible. However, these turn out to be immediately after the funeral, and thus not truly this trope. Played straight in the Season Finale, where he visits it again and acknowledges [[spoiler:Laurel]] would not have approved of the things he's done, "[[TearJerker But you were always better than me. It's what I loved most about you.]]"

* Averted in ''Series/{{Cracker}}'' where the soon-to-be-killer-of-the-week tries to visit his brother's grave (killed as a soldier in Northern Island), only to find the cemetery closed at that particular time due to government budget cuts.

** Season 4, the flash forwards show Oliver standing over someone's (eventually revealed as [[spoiler:Laurel Lance's]]) grave [[ManlyTears openly weeping]] and vowing to kill the one responsible. However, these turn out to be immediately after the funeral, and thus not truly this trope.
** Played straight in the Season Finale, where he visits it again and acknowledges [[spoiler:Laurel]] would not have approved of the things he's done, "[[TearJerker But you were always better than me. It's what I loved most about you.]]"
** As part of TheReveal that she is Robert Queen's illegitimate daughter, Emiko Queen is shown visiting his grave. [[spoiler:However she's later revealed to be a terrorist intent on destroying the Queen legacy out of revenge for being disowned by her father, so this may well have been EvilGloating on her part.]]

** Subverted in that when Oliver Queen and Sara Lance were LostAtSea, headstones were put up for them. When they turn out to be NotQuiteDead we have scenes of both characters visiting their own graves. Thea tells Oliver of how she would visit Oliver's grave and laments how she felt closer to him then than to the emotionally-distant brother who returned to her. [[spoiler:After Sara is killed she's buried in her previously empty grave, whereupon it's played straight by those mourning her.]]

** Season 4, the flash forwards show Oliver standing over someone's (eventually revealed as [[spoiler:Laurel's]]) grave [[ManlyTears openly weeping]] and vowing to kill the one responsible. However, these turn out to be immediately after the funeral, and thus not truly this trope.
** Played straight in the Season Finale, where he visits it again and acknowledges [[spoiler:she]] wouldn't have approved of the things he done "[[TearJerker But you were always better than me. It's what I loved most about you.]]"

* ''Film/SinnersAndSaints'' (2010). The CowboyCop is unable to visit the grave of his son who died at six of leukemia; at one point he's shown sleeping in his car outside the cemetery. He's even taunted over this by the villains, who got hold of his psych report. But at the end of the movie, he's shown walking into the cemetery.

* Major plot point in ''The Crossing Guard'' is Freddy finally visiting his daughter's grave and accepting that she is gone.

* ''Sinners And Saints'' (2010). The CowboyCop is unable to visit the grave of his son who died at six of leukemia; at one point he's shown sleeping in his car outside the cemetery. He's even taunted over this by the villains, who got hold of his psych report. But at the end of the movie, he's shown walking into the cemetery.

** Subverted in that when Oliver Queen and Sara Lance were LostAtSea, headstones were put up for them. When they turn out to be NotQuiteDead we have scenes of both characters visiting their own graves. [[spoiler:After Sara is killed she's buried in her previously empty grave, whereupon it's played straight by those mourning her.]]

* In ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' Season 4, the flash forwards show Oliver standing over someone's (eventually revealed as [[spoiler:Laurel's]]) grave [[ManlyTears openly weeping]] and vowing to kill the one responsible. However, these turn out to be immediately after the funeral, and thus not truly this trope.