History Main / NotAfraidOfHell

* Arthur Trubshaw from ''Literature/JohannesCabaltheNecromancer'' qualifies for this. Essentially described as the most painfully bureaucratic man to ever live, he was originally a bank teller in the Old West who was shot by a robber after informing the latter that he needed a receipt before leaving. The inhabitants of Hell gleefully anticipated breaking his will and desire for order, but found that while they were gleefully planning this, he had written out schedules to best optimize the torture, made a time and motion study for them, and reorganized their underwear drawers. Satan looked at this and decided to make use of his obnoxious skills by converting the entrance to Hell into a gargantuan waiting room where incoming souls have to fill out thousands of pages of cryptically-worded paperwork happily written by Trubshaw.

Maybe they figure [[AHellOfATime it won't be that bad]], or that [[HellHasNewManagement they'll be running it before long]]. Maybe they think Heaven [[FluffyCloudHeaven is too blase]] or [[HellOfAHeaven too stuffy]]. Maybe they're [[RageAgainstTheHeavens pissed off at God]] or [[HellSeeker enamored by Satan]]. Maybe they [[EvilFeelsGood get a taste and like it]], [[DespairEventHorizon know it's unavoidable]], [[BlasphemousBoast think they can outwit the gods]], [[YouAreWorthHell decide that it's worth suffering for someone they love]], or [[HollywoodAtheist assume the afterlife isn't real anyway and don't care]]. Whatever the reason, these characters wouldn't have the slightest problem ending up where nobody in their right mind wants to end up.

* In Robert Louis Stevenson's short story "The Bottle Imp", the main character Keawe, in an attempt to save his wife, sells the titular bottle (carrying a curse of eternal damnation for whoever owns it) to a sailor for two centimes. The sailor refuses to sell it back for one, responding to Keawe's warning with the page quote. The reason anyone would ''want'' the bottle is that the imp inside it grants your wishes, at the price of you going to Hell if you die with it in your possession; the sailor, certain he's going to Hell regardless, is more interested in having a steady supply of [[TheAlcoholic alcohol]] for the rest of his life.
* [[Creator/CSLewis C.S. Lewis's]] ''Literature/TheGreatDivorce'', double subverts this: while Hell is a rather dreary place that's [[GreyRainOfDepression always rainy]] and [[AlwaysNight on the verge of twilight]], it's not particularly terrible, though there are rumors that, once the sun permanently sets, [[NothingIsScarier "they"]] will finally come out.

* The ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Dead Celebrities" ends with everyone going to Hell, but they're only bothered by the fact that Hell is a tow-in gate.

-->-- '''The Boatswain''', ''[[Literature/TheBottleImp]]''

-->-- '''The Boatswain''', ''[[Creator/RobertLouisStevenson The Bottle Imp]]''

* In the song "Ee By Gum" by the Fivepenny Piece, Jonathan has such a problem keeping warm when he's trying to relax that when a parson tells his he's "on his downward way", he responds "I don't much care, it's warm down there they say."

* Joker in ''VideoGame/Persona5'' unlocks his persona by accepting that he is willing to commit countless blasphemies for his own justice, even if it condemns him to hell.

* In the [[KillEmAll Genocide Run]] of ''Videogame/UnderTale'', you can threaten the character Burgerpants. This is all he has to say:

* In Robert Louis Stevenson's short story "The Bottle Imp", the main character Keawe, in an attempt to save his wife, sells the titular bottle (carrying a curse of eternal damnation for whoever owns it) to a sailor for two centimes. The sailor refuses to sell it back for one, responding to Keawe's warning with the page quote.

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* In ''[[Webcomic/JackDavidHopkins Jack]]'', Lita is introduced training to fight in hell. And when she dies later from suicide, explicitly tells [[GrimReaper Jack]] that she is going to hell for the purpose of punishing her father. Unfortunately she underestimated the extents Hell would go to torment her.

* Web personality WebOriginal/{{dril}} says:

* The Italian dub of ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' changes the meaning of "Hellfire" to include this, altering the line "Choose me or / your pyre" to "Ti aspetto / all'Inferno" (I'll wait for you in Hell), implying [[SinisterMinister Frollo]] knows his lust toward Esmeralda will damn him and doesn't care. [[SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny He's that far gone]].

[[WellThisIsNotThatTrope Except these guys]]. They're [[TitleDrop not afraid of hell]].

* Mentioned briefly in ''Literature/ThePrincessBride'', when Buttercup knows that Westley is really alive and is counting on him to save her from her impending marriage to Prince Humperdinck (not knowing that he's a prisoner in the Zoo of Death). She spends most of her waking moments thinking about him, and at one point muses to herself that while she'd prefer they be together in heaven for eternity, "hell would also be a lark if Westley were there."