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A funeral is a service that allows a deceased's family and friends to congregate in one place to celebrate the deceased's life and [[DueToTheDead pay their respects]]. To do so is considered common courtesy and practice. So what do some people do once the family is assembled?

* In ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'', when Phillip Banks' political opponent dies, everyone save for Will attends his funeral primarily to check if he's really dead. When Will proclaims that he was the one that killed him (albiet through telling him to drop dead) as he attempts to call them out on it, the attendees give him a [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing standing ovation]].

* In ''[[Discworld/MakingMoney Making Money,]]'' Topsy Lavish's funeral is attended by her relatives, a family of rich, selfish, squabbling assholes who do nothing but glare at each other throughout the ceremony, waiting for each other to start something. Nontheless, Cosmo considered it a "decently dignified occasion" spoiled only by Hubert, who was the only one actually mourning.

* Only a handful second-rate heroes are present at BoosterGold's funeral in ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'', and even they make it clear that [[OnlyInItForTheMoney they are only there because they are being paid]].

* In the AudreyHepburn movie ''Film/{{Charade}}'', virtually the only people to attend the late Charles Lampert's funeral besides his widow are his three former partners in crime, who are mainly attending to see if he's FakingTheDead and are more disgusted than sorry for his death.

* ''[[TheCatWho The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts]]'' frequently refers to the funeral of Efraim Goodwinter, who had a record number of mourners accompanying the funeral procession, but the vast majority are there to celebrate his death, Efraim being one of the most hated men in town after indirectly causing the deaths of 42 miners.

* ''The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts'' frequently refers to the funeral of Efraim Goodwinter, who had a record number of mourners accompanying the funeral procession, but the vast majority are there to celebrate his death, Efraim being one of the most hated men in town after indirectly causing the deaths of 42 miners.

And that's not touching on those who are much more direct about their scorn toward the deceased. If the deceased was a JerkAss or guilty of other negative qualities in life, then expect people to open up and gossip about their faults or [[SpitefulSpit spit on his coffin]] now that the deceased is no longer around to complain.

* Fred Phelps Sr. is an American pastor infamous for his anti-gay slogans and beliefs. One of the activities his congregation is known for going around veterans' funerals and claiming that God condemned them to die because our nation tolerate "fags."

Funeral scenes like these are usually done to show how the people the deceased ''thought'' they were close to (or at least are supposed to be, if they were more self-aware) truly care once they are gone: either they never truly did or they only cared to a shallow degree. Other times, these scenes show how much {{Jerkass}}es the family and "friends" can be in general once the deceased is no longer around to remind them when to filter out their open contempt toward the deceased, his family, and/or his life decisions.

And that's not touching on those who are much more direct about their scorn toward the deceased. If the deceased was a JerkAss or guilty of other negative qualities in life, then expect people to gossip about their faults or spit on his coffin.

* ''Manga/SangatsuNoLion'': Rather than attend his parents and sister's funeral just to mourn for them and comfort him, Rei's aunts and uncles are arguing over who takes over his grandfather's hospital in his father's place, with one aunt in particular expressing half-hearted sympathy and "promising" Rei that she will send him to a "nice" institution. Meanwhile, the rest of the family is gossiping about ''them''. All this is punctuated when Kouda, a friend of his father's, glances toward his family and implicitly notes how none of them are paying attention and giving real comfort to Rei, before taking the initiative to take Rei in as his ward and student.
* In ''Manga/BunnyDrop'', many of the family members attending Grandpa Sou's funeral are shocked to learn that he recently had an illegitimate child, Rin, shortly before his death. Her presence at the funeral isn't particularly welcomed and they mostly ignore her. When the time comes for the family to talk about what to do with her, shortly after the actual funeral proceedings, the discussion quickly devolves into an outlet for expressing their anger toward the situation and talking about how odd they find Rin and her dubious origins.

A more serious example of this is after the hero or leading cast manage to kill off the {{Big Bad}} adversary by ignoring {{Thou Shalt Not Kill}} alongside {{Due To The Dead}} and, immeidately afterword, begin to do mean things to the body or start destroying his property and possessions all-willy nilly without much cause or concern.

Sometimes this disrespect comes in the form of discussions that are brought up around or even ''at'' the time the proceedings begin. Perhaps the deceased is an adult involved in one of the ends of an inheritance dispute. Maybe the deceased was survived by an illegitimate child or, even worse, a child that none of the relatives are completely willing to take to take custody.

In any event, the attendees of the funeral will be all too eager to talk about ''those'' matters than to mourn, not realizing that talking about them is putting their selfishness and spite out in the open.

Sometimes this disrespect comes in the form of discussions that are brought up around or even ''at'' the time the proceedings begin. Perhaps the deceased is an adult involved in on of the ends of an inheritance dispute. Maybe the deceased was survived by an illegitimate child or, even worse, a child that none of the relatives are completely willing to take to take custody.

!'''As a DeathTrope, this trope is SpoileredRotten by nature, and many examples here will spoil a work unless the funeral is part of someone's backstory. Unmarked spoilers below.'''

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** In the Season 9 Episode 14, it turns out no one remembers anything about Simmons except he liked gum and talked a lot.

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* The Jolley Gang was a group of unpleasant funeral-crashers, who blagged their way into funerals on the pretext that they knew the deceased, so as to get at the free food / booze. Victoria Coren wrote a couple of [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/dec/21/celebrity-victoria-coren scathing articles]] about them, after they targeted her father's funeral.
* Fred Phelps Sr. is an American pastor infamous for his anti-gay slogans and beliefs. One of the activities his congregation is known for going around veterans' funerals and claiming that God condemned them to die because our nation tolerate "fags."

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* In the supplementary novels for The Evillious Chronicles by {{Mothy}}, one of the main characters, Elluka Clockworker attend to the funeral of and "old friend" Leonheart Avadonia, apparently just to call him an idiot, and leaves.

* In TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir, when Phillip Banks' political opponent dies, everyone save for Will attends his funeral primarily to check if he's really dead. When Will proclaims that he was the one that killed him (albiet through telling him to drop dead) as he attempts to call them out on it, the attendees give him a [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing standing ovation]].

* ''{{Daria}}'' gives us an example in the episode ''Murder, She Snored''. Although the funeral occurs in Daria's dream, nobody really has anything nice to say. Ms. Barch uses it as an excuse for another feminist rant, Mack's eulogy basically insults Kevin, and to top it off, Daria and Jane wear Hawaiian shirts for the occasion.

** On "Bart of War", Bart imagines what his funeral after being killed by Nelson would be like. Nelson takes a cupcake placed for Bart in the casket, then gives the body a few more punches "for the road".