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* In one issue of ''ComicBook/XMen'', Mystique has to scatter the ashes of Destiny, her friend and [[HideYourLesbians implied]] romantic partner. While most of the issue is emotional and introspective, at the end, Mystique declares that Destiny and her powers of future sight will finally be out of her hair forever, and tosses the ashes off a ship at the time/place specified in Destiny's will -- [[http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?p=11721977 at which point, the wind picks up and blows them right back into her face. She collapses in helpless laughter and starts singing "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da".]] Oddly enough, given the actual tenor of their relationship, [[ItMakesSenseInContext it's heartwarming in context]]. In one of the recollections in that story, before the ash-in-face scene, Mystique remembers Destiny saying, "[[{{Foreshadowing}} I'll make you laugh even if it's the last thing I do]]."

--->'''Church''': Tucker, I'm not going to eulogize myself.\\

'''[[TheDitz Caboose]]''': I know how to do this! *ahem* Dearly Beloved: we are gathered here today to witness the joining together of Church and Tex in... togetherness... uh... speak now! Or forever rest in peace! With liberty and justice for all! The end!"

* From season 2, episode 6 of [[https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=DEBCC868724EAA19 Kpts4tv, mac_sly56, and Arkonid's]] ''[[WebVideo/DeathNoteTheAbridgedSeriesKpts4tv Death Note Abridged series]]'':

* The ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'' hosted a funeral for [[ArcVillain Jschlatt]] after his death in the Manburg Civil War, which was one massive [[Funny/DreamSMP Funny Moment]] for the series. Nobody except [=BadBoyHalo=] took it seriously, resulting in Schlatt's pictures being shot off the walls or defaced with penises, people [[GraveRobbing stealing his body parts]] (renamed items placed in a chest, as Minecraft corpses disappear upon death), Tommy and Tubbo playing with his bones, and to cap it all off, Quackity singing a horribly [[AutoTune autotuned]] song about how Schlatt is burning in hell, after ''[[BlackComedyCannibalism eating his heart]]''.

* According to [[Creator/JohnWayne John Wayne's]] daughter Aissa her father had told the family on a number of occasions to have a party instead of a more traditional funeral. However, she went on to say that Wayne had not made provision for a party in his will, and his family held a more traditional Catholic funeral when he died in 1979.

To drink to old Rosin the Beau!"''\\

* In Janet Evanovich's ''Literature/StephaniePlum'' series, at least once per book on average, Stephanie's Grandma Mazur wreaks havoc at the local funeral home (she gets quite aggravated by closed caskets, and finds ways to get that lid open). In several instances, either Stephanie or Grandma obtains important information as a result of the funeral home hijinks. They've also burned the place down on one memorable occasion (sort-of accident: Grandma was trying to shoot the baddies, who were planning to kill her and Stephanie. Grandma was apparently not aware those crates stacked against the wall contained ammunition, explosives, etc.).* In the opening of John R. Powers' novel ''The Unoriginal Sinner and the Ice Cream God'', the narrator, Tim Conroy, is sitting in the neighborhood funeral parlor, remembering two incidents that occurred there: When he was thirteen, his uncontrollable laughter at his Great Uncle Elmer's funeral in response to a funeral director's comment, "Will everyone please come up and take a last look at Mr. Elmer Keegan and then pass out." The second, just before he started college, involved him accidentally tripping over a woman on her knees praying, when he wasn't watching where he was going.

* In Janet Evanovich's ''Literature/StephaniePlum'' series, at least once per book on average, Stephanie's Grandma Mazur wreaks havoc at the local funeral home (she gets quite aggravated by closed caskets, and finds ways to get that lid open). In several instances, either Stephanie or Grandma obtains important information as a result of the funeral home hijinks. They've also burned the place down on one memorable occasion (sort-of accident: Grandma was trying to shoot the baddies, who were planning to kill her and Stephanie. Grandma was apparently not aware those crates stacked against the wall contained ammunition, explosives, etc.).* In the opening of John R. Powers' novel ''The Unoriginal Sinner and the Ice Cream God'', the narrator, Tim Conroy, is sitting in the neighborhood funeral parlor, remembering two incidents that occurred there: When he was thirteen, his uncontrollable laughter at his Great Uncle Elmer's funeral in response to a funeral director's comment, �Will everyone pleaecome up and take a last look at Mr. Elmer Keegan and then pass out.� The second, just before he started college, involved him accidentally tripping over a woman on her knees praying, when he wasn't watching where he was going.

* As quoted above, this trope pops up in the Music/BarenakedLadies' "One Week" as an instance of the narrator's inappropriate behaviour.

* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': {{Zig Zagging|Trope}}. Yusuke attends his own funeral as a ghost. To his disgust, he finds that some of his classmates are laughing and smiling, causing him to think that they only came just to get extra credit. Then he sees Keiko crying over his death, and Kuwabara mourning over his death and commenting that he was supposed to be there for him. Then he notices Iwamoto and Akash, who seem to be rather glad that he was already dead. But Mr. Takanaka confronts the two, and proceeds inside their house. He follows him, and seems to be a little bit surprised to see the teacher mourn over his death. He also sees his mother, also doing the same. The kid whom he saved is also there with his mother, and as they leave the kid tells his mother that he was really a nice guy even though some people there were angry at him. Seeing how much he's missed by his childhood friend Keiko, his mother, his rival Kuwabara, and his homeroom teacher gives him the resolve necessary to go through some difficult ordeals to get himself resurrected.

** Part of a later story arc has everyone attending a funeral for a not-quite dead [[spoiler: Kagura]], which after a series of mishaps, leads to them all thinking that the proper way to pay their respects is to crush the coffin with a giant boulder...
* In the filler "Laughing Shino" arc of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', the title character accompanies Shino to act as the representative for a man whose father has just died. If he / his representative laughs at the funeral, he loses his inheritance, and he knows his relatives will do everything in their power to make ū happen. [[TheStoic Shino]] is the obvious choice for a stand-in, but he's poisoned by a drug that causes him to laugh uncontrollably en route. Naruto has to take his place, and has a much harder time trying to ignore the antics of everyone else at the funeral. [[spoiler: However, it's later revealed that the father was still alive and the entire situation was an elaborate ruse; when his children were children, they were a pretty poor family, but were happy and laughed. However, when they discovered the valuable medical properties of the herbs around, they got greedy and forgot what was important, leading him to do this. Shino ends up pointing out the flukes in his plan before helping him pull it off.]]

* ComicBook/NickFury's famous funeral in ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'' Issue #434. The entire story is mostly grim but then there's the [[ComicBook/SgtFuryAndHisHowlingCommandos Howling Commandos]] who are making jokes and laughing the whole time, sure that Nick is FakingTheDead. [[spoiler: And they were ''[[FirstLawOfRessurrection right]]''.]]

* In ''WebVideo/RainbowDashPresents: Fanfic/{{Bittersweet}}'', only the rest of the Mane Six attend Pinkie's funeral, and when asked to speak about her, Rarity gloats that she totally called it that Pinkie would [[spoiler: commit suicide]], Twilight expresses disbelief about her cause of death ([[spoiler:short version: the diabetic Pinkie ate herself to death by eating tons of ice cream]]) in this day and age, Applejack has nothing to say and concluded that Pinkie died out of spite, Fluttershy is drowned out by dubstep as per Pinkie's last will and testament, and Rainbow Dash makes it [[ItsAllAboutMe about herself]] and her feelings of guilt for not doing enough to save Pinkie.

* In ''Fanfic/ThoseWhoStandForNothingFallForAnything'' there's [[spoiler: Matt]]'s funeral [[TheFriendNobodyLikes because pretty much everyone hated]] him, even his widow. Light, who ''really hated'' him, [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead has to give his eulogy]] and L and Light uh... [[{{Squick}} make use of]] his [[AshesToCrashes ashes]].

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* Pretty much the entirety of ''Grandma Sylvia's Funeral'', starting before the audience even goes inside (this part may differ for different runs - in one version, the hearse arrived with the back door open and no casket - it showed up sticking out of the trunk of a taxi a few minutes later).

* In ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'', command sends Sister as a new recruit because Red Team's commander [[spoiler: (actually Blue Team's commander; Sister is colorblind))]] supposedly died. Sarge refuses to believe that command could be mistaken, so he has the rest of his team give him a funeral. Grif turns his eulogy into a stand-up routine, Sister just insults Sarge because "old people are gross", and Simmons briefly talks about how Sarge was a great leader before trying to steal his job.

** Roxy held a funeral for [[spoiler: Rose]], all by herself. It was actually a rather sombre and serious event, until [[spoiler: Jaspersprite dug up the body and turned it into another sprite]] not long afterwards.

'''Souichiro:''' Dammit Matsuda, stop ruining my eulogy! I will never forget the last time I saw him smile�it was the day he took away Matsuda's innocence. Oh how we laughed and Matsuda cried when [[spoiler: L]] told Matsuda that cartoon animals were just people in costumes. Where was I? Oh, right, [[spoiler: Watari]]! Come on everyone we're gonna go dance on his grave next!\\

'''Light:''' [[EvilLaugh Muwahahahaa]][[LaughingMad hahahaha hahahaha!]] (''crawls on top of [[spoiler: L]]'s grave'') [[FreakOut You died over nothing! You died because you told Matsuda Mickey isn't real.]] ''[[FreakOut HOW STUPID IS THAT!]]'' (''[[GlowingEyesOfDoom *his eyes start glowing]] [[RedEyesTakeWarning red*]]'') [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove I loved you]] [[spoiler: L]] [[{{Yandere}} and you smashed my heart into a million pieces.]] [[UnrequitedLoveLastsForever I will never love again.]]\\

* The popular Creator/ImprovEverywhere group did an AprilFoolsDay video where they pretended they crashed a funeral as mourners. People who saw it on Website/YouTube the day it came out understood it was a joke, but afterwards they got a lot of flack from people who didn't understand it was put up on April Fool's and were use to their more friendly ones like Frozen Grand Central or Pantless Subway Ride. Despite putting up warnings in the description and in annotations and the title - yes, the title - a few people still respond "outraged" many years later.

* In ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'', [[spoiler:Ma-Ti]]'s funeral alternates between serious and funny (on his overall heartwarming eulogy, WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic has to explain why he was cremated - YouDontWantToKnow how - and put in a can of Quaker Oats, and describes him as the most [[spoiler:"[[BuffySpeak hearty]]"]] person he's ever met; the "show your arms" by the Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses crew has WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick pulling her wig instead of a weapon; WebVideo/PawDugan plays AmazingFreakingGrace on a kazoo - which still sounds like a [[EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes bagpipe]] orchestra!)

* In ''Webcomic/{{Concession}}'', during [[spoiler:Mariam Jansen]]'s funeral, Roland complains about the boring food: "The old lady may be dead, but my taste buds aren't!" When a guest says she wants to say to her, "ey, c'mon now... Just get up already..." Angie shouts, "[[ThatsWhatSheSaid That's what SHE said!]]" Roland high-fives her, and Thonnen is visibly angered. Things take a [[MoodWhiplash turn for the dark]] later as that night Roland's clothes get stolen somehow, leaving him [[NakedPeopleTrappedOutside naked outside]], while [[spoiler:[[RapeAsDrama Thonnen is raped to continue the family line]]]].
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', Aradia is eager to try a human "corpse party," since trolls don't have funerals and since she doesn't know that they're supposed to be somber affairs.

* A NearDeathExperience in ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo'' gave the main character a vision of his own funeral, where ''he'' put the fun into it. This included arranging for his lawyers to deliver a knee to the groin of his {{Jerkass}} older brother, having a huge naked golden statue of himself standing over his grave (complete with erect penis, so young women could "pay their respects") and making his best friend deliver a eulogy as if he was a character in a ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars'' crossover. It also featured a subversion at the end, however, as the last shot from the funeral was his five year old niece, a single tear forming in her eye, whispering "Unca?" her preferred nickname for him.
** "[[http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20060907 Well played, little sister, well played]]."
* As one of the entries on the [[Quotes/TheFunInFuneral quotes page]] shows, in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', [[spoiler:Xinchub]]'s funeral, and the events leading up to it, is treated like this, on account of the multiple times he blackmailed and attempted to kill the main characters. Then they get paid to steal his corpse ''and'' act as security for the funeral. HilarityEnsues.

* In a ''Webcomic/SexyLosers'' strip, someone actually masturbates with an urn containing the ashes of a [[BlackComedyRape girl she raped to death]]... and it breaks inside her. She then doesn't have the heart to clean out the ashes.

* In Judaism, any books with God's name (in Hebrew) must be buried after they are of no use. Sometimes, people sneak their old books into a grave.
-->"What are you putting in Bob's grave?"\\
"Nothing, Alice."
* Reportedly UsefulNotes/AndrewJackson, 7th U.S President, was such a SirSwearsALot that his pet African grey parrot Poll had to be removed from the congregation after cursing up a storm in ''three separate languages'' at his funeral.

* In many Caribbean cultures, the wake that is held before a funeral is indeed like one great going-away party--music, food, dancing (and people often show up dressed as if they're going to a nightclub), etc. Ironically, this does nothing to take away from the solemnity of the funeral itself.
* This extends to "jazz funerals", popular in the US state of Louisiana, which are more celebrations of life with jazz music along the procession. In some extreme cases, the pallbearers will dance, and even do stunts, with the coffin.
* The funeral for controversial musician Music/GGAllin didn't take long to turn into one giant party in honor of him. The bottle of Jim Beam he asked to be buried with was drank near dry by the time he was lowered into the grave.
* In recent years a process called [[https://www.vice.com/en/article/9kmqy7/inside-new-orleans-extreme-embalming-funerals extreme embalming]] has been used by some families at wakes for their deceased loved ones. Deceased are embalmed in such away that makes them very rigid and propped up in a sitting or standing position for the wake instead of being laid out in a casket. After the wake the deceased are then placed in a casket for burial or cremation.

** The government of the [[UsefulNotes/{{China}} People's Republic of China]] frowns on this practice and considers it fairly embarrassing on the global stage, but they haven't had much luck in getting it to stop.
* The funeral of UsefulNotes/{{KFC}} founder Colonel Sanders had him dressed in his signature white suit, black tie, and glasses.
* Memorial Day in the U.S., which is officially meant to commemorate war dead, compared to places like Europe or Israel, where it's a much more somber affair. In the U.S., it's considered mostly a day off work and the unofficial start of the summer season, and people have barbecues while stores have sales. America also commemorates the armistice that Ended UsefulNotes/WorldWarI in 1918 each November, but again most Americans use it as a day off work (and their version, Veterans Day, isn't explicitly to commemorate war dead).
** In recent times, though it remains known as the unofficial start of summer in the US, it's becoming increasingly frowned upon to say "''Happy'' Memorial Day" on Memorial Day.
* Creator/GrahamChapman's death led to the CheerfulFuneral one would expect from Creator/MontyPython, with Creator/JohnCleese doing [[https://www.funeralwise.com/celebration-of-life/eulogy/chapman/ a very informal eulogy]] that started with a recollection of the Dead Parrot sketch and at times bordered on TheRoast, and Creator/EricIdle starting a singalong of [[Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian "Always Look On the Bright Side of Life"]].
* Archaeologists and anthropologists believe that Jomon, Kofun and Yayoi Period Japanese funerals were festive affairs, judging by the many dancing ''haniwa'' figures found in burial mounds and tombs.

Even at a ''funeral,'' HilarityEnsues. This trope summarizes all the [[FeeFiFauxPas wacky hijinks]] that can commonly occur at a {{sitcom}} funeral. It's the comedic flipside of the serious DueToTheDead.

* The ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' story [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/funerals-are-fun Funerals are Fun]] is a BlackComedy version of this. Told from the victim's perspective, it shows a funeral that is targeted by the horrific SCP "Cousin Johnny," with all the usual depravity he brings. However, the events suddenly become even stranger, resulting in Johnny's plan being completely derailed by "LAUGH IS FUN," a morbid candid-camera show hijacking the funeral. Despite how gruesome it is, what makes it funny is how annoyed Cousin Johnny gets at being upstaged.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6631794/1/Elementum-Consensio Elementum Consensio]]'' Harry is attending Fred's funeral when he receives a Howler which, instead of yelling at Harry, proclaims the sender's undying love for him and describes various sexual acts in great detail. George treats the incident as a sort of tribute, stating that it's just the kind of thing Fred would've done if he could've managed it.

* ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'': Mike attends [[AbusiveParent Blaine O'Malley's]] funeral in a Hawaiian shirt and paper hat, with a noisemaker and confetti to boot. Amber is introduced to Faz's girlfriend Wen, who is exactly as deranged and creepy as Faz. And after Amber berates her father's corpse, Mike flips him off while delivering this line:

* In recent years a process called [https://www.vice.com/en/article/9kmqy7/inside-new-orleans-extreme-embalming-funerals extreme embalming] has been used by some families at wakes for their deceased loved ones. Deceased are embalmed in such away that makes them very rigid and propped up in a sitting or standing position for the wake instead of being laid out in a casket.

* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', command sends Sister as a new recruit because Red Team's commander [[spoiler: (actually Blue Team's commander; Sister is colorblind))]] supposedly died. Sarge refuses to believe that command could be mistaken, so he has the rest of his team give him a funeral. Grif turns his eulogy into a stand-up routine, Sister just insults Sarge because "old people are gross", and Simmons briefly talks about how Sarge was a great leader before trying to steal his job.

* ''WebVideo/{{Jacksfilms}}''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rLluHH-bSo YIAY #572]] is entirely dedicated to how users would want their funeral. Answers include putting their corpse in a cannon and burying them where they land, playing the ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'' theme when their casket is being lowered, and having everyone in Garfield fursuits kiss the corpse (which is in a ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby Boss Baby]]'' themed casket) on the lips before having a dance party with the corpse tied to the ceiling fan.

* WebVideo/JacksFilms' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rLluHH-bSo YIAY #572]] is entirely dedicated to how users would want their funeral. Answers include putting their corpse in a cannon and burying them where they land, playing the ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'' theme when their casket is being lowered, and having everyone in Garfield fursuits kiss the corpse (which is in a ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby Boss Baby]]'' themed casket) on the lips before having a dance party with the corpse tied to the ceiling fan.

* WebVideo/{{Jacksfilms}' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rLluHH-bSo YIAY #572]] is entirely dedicated to how users would want their funeral. Answers include putting their corpse in a cannon and burying them where they land, playing the ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'' theme when their casket is being lowered, and having everyone in Garfield fursuits kiss the corpse (which is in a ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby Boss Baby]]'' themed casket) on the lips before having a dance party with the corpse tied to the ceiling fan.

** An earlier episode involved James' parents faking their death to get him to marry Jessiebelle.

* ''Old Dogs'', an amateur dramatics play, turns this UpToEleven with the accidental homicide of a pimp who chases a prostitute into an old folks' home. The body is initially hidden in the fridge, but when the person who accidentally killed him dies of a heart attack, the body is shlepped into the single coffin and buried with him. All this takes place at double quick speed to fool the warden, who has returned early from holiday to find that [[HilarityEnsues her home has been turned into a brothel and a naive young inspector is also missing]].

** The ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' story [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/funerals-are-fun Funerals are Fun]] is a BlackComedy version of this. Told from the victim's perspective, it shows a funeral that is targeted by the horrific SCP "Cousin Johnny," with all the usual depravity he brings. However, the events suddenly become even stranger, resulting in Johnny's plan being completely derailed by "LAUGH IS FUN," a morbid candid-camera show hijacking the funeral. Despite how gruesome it is, what makes it funny is how annoyed Cousin Johnny gets at being upstaged.