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* In the film ''Film/SunnysEars'', the title character has been visiting a dog pound daily to see if anyone has claimed a stray dog she rescued, as the date upon which he is to be euthanized if not claimed draws ever closer. She runs into the dog pound on the day he is to die having come up with an alternative (to have the highly intelligent stray trained as a service dog), only to have the woman at the desk relay that "he's gone", devastating Sunny. In the next scene, a conversation between the woman and one of the kennel workers reveals that she actually misunderstood what she'd been told; she ''thought'' the worker was saying the dog had been put down, but he was actually trying to tell her the dog was ''literally'' gone -- he escaped.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor's first encounter with Donna Noble happens right after he's just said goodbye to Rose Tyler, who's trapped on a parallel Earth. When he tells Donna about how he recently (in-universe) "lost" a friend, she automatically assumes he means Rose died. Later, however, he has to rescue Donna from [[ItMakesSenseInContext a taxi being driven by a robotic Santa]] and has to get her to trust him. She demands to know if Rose trusted him, to which the Doctor replies:
-->She is not dead! She is ''so alive''!

-->'''Michael Scott:''' Meredith was hit by a car. It happened this morning in the parking lot. I took her to the hospital and the doctors tried to save her life. They did the best that they could... ([[{{Beat}} long pause]]) and she is going to be okay.

* In ''Series/Suburgatory'': Mr. Wolfe tells Tessa (and the rest of the school) that Misty, the girl who used to live in Tessa's house, went to "a better place." Everyone is surprised when Misty shows up later in the episode, revealing that "A Better Place" is the name of her new boarding school.

->''I still remember the last thing my grandfather said [[ExactWords before he kicked the bucket.]]''
->''He said, '''"Watch how far I can kick this bucket!"'''''

-->'''Fluttershy's Dad:''' Where is she?
-->'''Princess Luna:''' Be at ease, Sundown. She is at peace.
-->'''Fluttershy's Dad:''' ''(cold stare)''
-->'''Princess Luna:''' ''(recoiling)'' [[ThatCameOutWrong Have I spoken wrongly? Do ponies not wish each other to be "at peace" in this day?]]

-->'''L:''' [[BlatantLies Light Yagami is dead]] and there's nothing I can do to help him now.
-->'''Mello:''' You can't blame yourself, L. He's in a better place.
-->'''L:''' Pffff... [[DeadpanSnarker Yes. He certainly is.]]

--> "'They did not ''die''!' said Treebeard. 'I never said they ''died''. We lost them, I said. We lost them and we cannot find them.'"

-->'''Richie:''' I haven't had to dress up since Uncle Louie bought the farm!
-->'''Steve:''' Oh, Richie, I didn't know your Uncle Louie died.
-->'''Richie:''' No, he didn't! He bought a farm!

-->'''Pike''': "Why don't you have a word with ''Mr Jones''' mother?" (facetious, since Jones is elderly)
-->'''Jones''' (sadly): "You leave my mother out of this. My mother's gone to another place."
-->'''Pike''' (quietly): "Sorry, Mr Jones."
-->'''Jones''': "Angmering." [[note]]a village in Sussex[[/note]]

-->'''Hawkeye''': I thought you said he was dead!
-->'''Trapper John''': ''[shrugs]'' He got better.

-->'''Nurse''': Excuse me, Mr ... yes. Your friend...
-->'''Santa''': Yeah, I know.
-->'''Nurse''': She is gone.
-->'''Santa''': Yeah. ''(sobs)''
-->'''Nurse''': Oh! No, I mean she has left the building.
-->'''Santa''': It's alright. You don't have to resort to euphemisms.
-->'''Nurse''': No, I mean [[ThePatientHasLeftTheBuilding really left the building]]. She just discharged herself. She is very foolish.

-->'''Ed:''' Chill ooout, everyone's alright.
-->'''Shaun:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis WILL YOU STOP TELLING ME TO CHILL OUT!]] ...And for your information; everyone's not alright.
-->'''Barbara:''' Shaun what's wrong?\\

--->'''Lt. Koroma''': Don't delay. I don't have much days here on Earth.
--->'''James''': When are you leaving Earth?
--->'''Lt. Koroma''': I have not seen anybody that is more unserious as you are. Even if I die soon do you have to mock me with it? Just get the funds to the bank.
--->'''James''': I had no idea we were talking about your death!
--->'''Lt. Koroma''': What were you thinking I was talking about? Am I going to Mass?
--->'''James''': Where's Mass? [[ItMakesSenseInContext Is that where the toaster is]]?
--->'''Lt. Koroma''': Sorry I mean Mars one of the nine planets of the solar system.
--->'''James''': Are we counting Pluto, then?

* Played with in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban''. Trelawney, the Divination teacher, makes several dire predictions during the first lesson, including that, "Around Easter, one of our number will leave us forever." At right about that time of year, Hermione gets fed up with Divination and storms out of the class saying she's done with it. Several of Trelawney's more attentive students come to believe that the prediction actually referred to Hermione leaving the class and that their interpretation of a more dire meaning was an error on their part.

* Played with in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban''. Trelawney, the Divination teacher, makes several dire predictions during the first lesson, including that, "Around Easter, one of our number will leave us forever." At right about that time of year, Hermione gets fed up with Divination and storms out of the class saying she's done with it. Several of Trelawney's more attentive students come to believe that she was really predicting Hermione's dropping the class and they just misunderstood.

* In ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures: Avengers'', the team has to end up getting the help of Janet Van Dyne's father in order to help save their brainwashed teammate. When they wonder where her mother is, he uses this trope and when Storm goes to apologize for it, he corrects her in that she's just off on an adventure.

* In ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'', Will had went to the hospital to get his tonsils removed, and befriended an elderly man named Max. After escaping, and returning to the hospital, he found Max was gone. Asking the nurse, she replied "He's gone off to a better place." (To be fair, the nurse did imply he was dead by ''sighing'', but then it shows what she thinks about her own workplace.) After Will had his tonsils removed, Max returned to his hospital room looking for his lucky hat. "Max, I thought you died." "I did die... in Pittsburgh!" It turns out "gone to a better place" meant sent to a hospital with ''cable'' in the patient's rooms.

** When George Sr is in hospital at the end of the first season, Fishman reports to the family that "we lost him" and that he "got away from us", in a solemn tone. When they go into his room, they learn that he's escaped out the window.

** Reversed when Buster is in hospital. Fishman seemingly tells them he's going to be alright, everyone reacting with relief and George-Michael remarking, "There's no other way to take that!" It's then revealed that he's lost his left hand, so he's going to be "all right".

** Although, considering that they're ''trees'', they shouldn't have to be very close to each other for Entings to happen.

** In one episode, Bart and Lisa are caught going through Sideshow Bob's dumpster. Cut to him showing up at their house and telling Marge that her children "are no more... than a couple of ill-bred troublemakers".

* ''Film/StrangeWorld'': After Searcher reunites with his long-disappeared father Jaeger, he tells him that his mother is gone. Jaeger is heartbroken until Searcher clarifies that she moved on and married (and now lives with) a new man, having believed Jaeger dead for 25 years.

* ''Film/StrangeWorld'': After Searcher reunites with his long-disappeared father Jaeger, he tells him that his mother is gone. Jaeger is heartbroken until Searcher clarifies that she moved on and married a new man, having believed Jaeger dead for 25 years.

->''I still remember the last thing my grandfather said before he kicked the bucket.''

* The inversion of this trope is OlderThanPrint: This is how Chaucer's ''Book of the Duchess'' ends. Notable because the narrator fails to figure out what's going on even though he has been listening to the knight eulogizing his lady for over eight hundred lines in terms that are, for a medieval dream poem, relatively non-euphemistic.

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' inverts this trope by having Gohan and Goten explain to Videl about their dead father Goku who will be coming back for one day to compete in the World Martial Arts Tournament, but she misunderstands them as saying that their parents are divorced and their Dad is with another woman who will take him to the tournament (based off mentions of the "strange woman" –- Fortuneteller Baba -- who is giving him this one day of time in the human world).

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' inverts this trope by having Gohan and Goten explain to Videl about their dead father Goku who will be coming back for one day to compete in the World Martial Arts Tournament, but she misunderstands them as saying that their parents are divorced and their Dad is with another woman who will take him to the tournament (based off mentions of the "strange woman" – Fortuneteller Baba who is giving him this one day of time in the human world).

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* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' inverts this trope by having Gohan and Goten explain to Videl about their dead father Goku who will be coming back for one day to compete in the World Martial Arts Tournament, but she misunderstands them as saying that their parents are divorced and their Dad is with another woman who will take him to the tournament (based off mentions of the "strange woman" – Fortuneteller Baba who is giving him this one day of time in the human world).

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* In a ''Comicstrip/TheBroons'' story, Maw and the Bairn get on the bus but can't sit next to each other because it's crowded. As they pass the cemetery, the Bairn tells the woman she's sitting next to that her Grandpaw is in there and can't play with her. The woman feels sorry for her losing her Grandpaw, and gives her money for sweets, and is shocked when she talks to Maw as they get off the bus, since Maw says she's glad Grandpaw's out from under her feet. Then they go to the cemetery, where Grandpaw tells them that he'll play with the Bairn as soon as he's finished weeding the plots.
* ''ComicStrip/EdgeCity'': Len's mother tells him most of her friends are "in a better place", which he assumes to mean they're dead. She clarifies that they live in expensive retirement communities that she can't afford.
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* Famously and Heartbreakingly inverted in Series/SesameStreet's ''Goodbye, Mr. Hooper''. Big Bird misunderstands the euphemisms the grownups are using as to what happened to Mr. Hooper, and figures he's gone away for a little while and will be back soon. They have to sit down with him and explain gently but explicitly that no, Mr. Hooper is dead and ''can't come back''.

* ''LightNovel/AscendanceOfABookworm'': After one of her early relatively educated opponents dies, there is an attempt on the protagonist's part to inform one of the deceased's less-educated allies of the fact. The first message she sends uses the standard noble DeadlyEuphemism, "Climbing up the towering stairway". When the less-educated ally responds by trying to contact the deceased with an actual letter, the protagonist correctly guesses the euphemism wasn't properly understood and mistaken for the news that the deceased got a promotion.

* In ''Comicbook/{{Fables}}'', a mundy reporter who has been investigating Fabletown can't help but notice that people who have "gone to the Farm" don't seem to be around anymore... not realizing that there is, in fact, [[UnEntendre a literal farm]] that the missing Fables have moved to.