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* ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'': The LightNovel and the anime adaptation differ on this. In the original LN, and the manga adaptation, the bodies of monsters don't dissolve until their crystal is removed. The anime changing this to making a monster dissolve instantly leaves a slight PlotHole because the reason Lili and Bell are able to make so much more money working together is that Lili carves up the bodies while Bell focuses on fighting, meaning he doesn't have to waste time carving them himself. Ironically though the anime does show a scene where Bell defeats a monster just by destroying it's crystal.
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* In ''Literature/HaremInTheLabyrinthOfAnotherWorld'', whenever a monster is slain, it dissolves into smoke and leaves loot behind. Nobody understands how this happens, nor cares to try and find out, not even Michio, the protagonist. When this happens to antagonists, or others inside a labyrinth, it's justified by the fact that labyrinths are actually living things and eat whoever dies inside them.
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'''As a DeathTrope, this naturally involves spoilers.'''
Times where [[NoBodyLeftBehind no body is left behind after death]] in {{Literature}}.
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* Standard for mages in ''Literature/TheBlackMagicianTrilogy'': any [[{{Mana}} magical power]] they have at death is unleashed, disintegrating the body at minimum and sometimes [[DefeatEqualsExplosion making a mess of the surrounding area]]. If a mage does leave a body, it's cause for great concern, since it means they were either completely exhausted or had their power forcibly drained.
* In ''Literature/BloodsuckingFiends'' and its sequels, victims of vampires who haven't ingested vampire blood disintegrate. This includes [[spoiler:Barry]] in ''Bite Me''.
* In Jeramey Kraatz's ''Literature/TheCloakSociety'', when [[spoiler:Phantom]] dies, she dissolves into shadow.
* In Creator/RobertEHoward's Literature/ConanTheBarbarian story "Literature/QueenOfTheBlackCoast", the hyenas transform [[ThisWasHisTrueForm back into men]] before crumbling.
* In ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' series, we meet [[spoiler:Father Callahan from Salem's Lot]] who finds that, when vampires die, they helpfully follow this trope.
* In ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'', Dracula and his Brides are said to crumble into dust on death. Justified in text as a side effect of their unnatural preservation being removed [[NoImmortalInertia and centuries of decay catching up with them]]. Subverted with Lucy, whose body remains intact, as her mortal death had occurred only a few days before her Vampiric one. This opens a plot hole that dozens of stories by other authors are built on: turning into a dust cloud or mist and traveling in that form is explicitly one of Dracula's powers.
* Draconians in ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' self-destruct in various ways when they die, with the exact manner depending on their sub-species.
* In ''Dragon Weather'', a slain dragon rots extremely fast. [[TheHero Lord Obsidian]] notes that this is useful for making sure that a dragon is not [[FakingTheDead faking]].
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' is a fairly realistic urban fantasy, and, as such, most things do indeed leave the expected corpses. However, some things, such as demons and various {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, manifest a body when they come into the real world, and when defeated, this body turns to ectoplasm which slowly evaporates. In other words, a thoroughly JustifiedTrope, used selectively for effect.
** Subverted in [[Series/TheDresdenFiles the TV adaptation]]. When Harry kills a vampire, he comments that he always expects them to turn to ashes, at which Murphy tells him he [[YouWatchTooMuchX watches too much TV]].
* ''Franchise/HarryPotter'':
** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' Sirius' body falls into the Veil when Bellatrix kills him and therefore cannot be recovered.
** {{Inverted|Trope}} with the BigBad Lord Voldemort. When he tried to murder Harry in his infancy, his body was destroyed [[HoistByHisOwnPetard by his own rebounding spell]], but his spirit is kept alive by his {{Soul Jar}}s. When he's finally defeated and left DeaderThanDead in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', his body drops in a heap -- just another casualty of the FinalBattle, the ultimate indignity for a man obsessed with claiming immortality.
* Justified in ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'', where daemon bodies flash out of existence as soon as they or their owners die.
* An interesting variation occurs in ''Literature/TheIronKing''. When fey of any kind are killed, their bodies disappear and leave something else behind (be it a thornbush, needles, ice, branches, etc.). This, however, does not always happen instantly, the time it takes can vary.
* This is mermaids' usual fate, according to Creator/HansChristianAndersen's ''[[Literature/TheLittleMermaid The Little Mermaid]]''. They turn into ocean foam when they die.
* In the ''Literature/OctoberDaye'' series, the night-haunts eat faerie corpses and replace them with humanised versions of the corpses, as faerie flesh does not rot. [[spoiler:This becomes a problem in ''A Local Habitation'', as the dead aren't being replaced, and Toby has to find out why.]]
* Almost every monster in the ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' books. Sometimes a piece of the monster will remain if it was cut off before the monster died (such as the Minotaur's horn), or if severing it ''causes'' the monster to die (such as Medusa's head).
** This also apparently happens to monsters in ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles'', which WordOfGod confirms takes place in the same universe as ''Percy Jackson''.
* In Creator/DeanKoontz's ''Literature/{{Phantoms}}'', a small California town is [[EverybodysDeadDave wiped out]] by an EldritchAbomination, but most of the residents are never actually found, having been eaten. The few bodies they do find suggest it's [[NightmareFuel better]] that way.
* The [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]] in ''Literature/TheShadowhunterChronicles'' dissolve within a few seconds or minutes when killed. Because their dead bodies are returning to their home dimensions.
** In the TV series, killed vampires also dissolve in this way, in contrast to the books.
* ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'': ''"Then [Fëanor] died; but he had neither burial nor tomb, for so fiery was his spirit that as it sped his body fell to ash, and was borne away like smoke [...]"''
* ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]]:
** In ''[[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy The Last Command]]'', [[spoiler:Joruus C'baoth's body is consumed by blue energy, presumably based on what appears to befall the Emperor's body in ''Return of the Jedi'' (especially considering the entire final battle draws heavily from the climax of that film)]].
** During ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'', people attacked by [[spoiler: Eppon]] can be turned to jelly and absorbed/eaten by it, leaving EmptyPilesOfClothing. Unaware of what's happened, some characters speculate Imperials got them, but Imperials wouldn't leave the clothes.
* Likewise justified when embodied Auditors die in ''Literature/ThiefOfTime'', because they build their human bodies out of molecules from dust and random debris, and can only keep them intact and functional by actively exerting their willpower.
* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', if a cat dreams their way into [[{{Hell}} The Dark Forest]] and is killed while there, their spirit [[CessationofExistence ceases to exist altogether]] and their body disappears in the living world. This happens to [[spoiler:Beetlewhisker]] in ''The Last Hope'' and [[spoiler:Bristlefrost]] in ''A Light in the Mist''.
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'''As a DeathTrope, this naturally involves spoilers.'''
Times where [[NoBodyLeftBehind no body is left behind after death]] in {{Literature}}.
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* Standard for mages in ''Literature/TheBlackMagicianTrilogy'': any [[{{Mana}} magical power]] they have at death is unleashed, disintegrating the body at minimum and sometimes [[DefeatEqualsExplosion making a mess of the surrounding area]]. If a mage does leave a body, it's cause for great concern, since it means they were either completely exhausted or had their power forcibly drained.
* In ''Literature/BloodsuckingFiends'' and its sequels, victims of vampires who haven't ingested vampire blood disintegrate. This includes [[spoiler:Barry]] in ''Bite Me''.
* In Jeramey Kraatz's ''Literature/TheCloakSociety'', when [[spoiler:Phantom]] dies, she dissolves into shadow.
* In Creator/RobertEHoward's Literature/ConanTheBarbarian story "Literature/QueenOfTheBlackCoast", the hyenas transform [[ThisWasHisTrueForm back into men]] before crumbling.
* In ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' series, we meet [[spoiler:Father Callahan from Salem's Lot]] who finds that, when vampires die, they helpfully follow this trope.
* In ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'', Dracula and his Brides are said to crumble into dust on death. Justified in text as a side effect of their unnatural preservation being removed [[NoImmortalInertia and centuries of decay catching up with them]]. Subverted with Lucy, whose body remains intact, as her mortal death had occurred only a few days before her Vampiric one. This opens a plot hole that dozens of stories by other authors are built on: turning into a dust cloud or mist and traveling in that form is explicitly one of Dracula's powers.
* Draconians in ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' self-destruct in various ways when they die, with the exact manner depending on their sub-species.
* In ''Dragon Weather'', a slain dragon rots extremely fast. [[TheHero Lord Obsidian]] notes that this is useful for making sure that a dragon is not [[FakingTheDead faking]].
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' is a fairly realistic urban fantasy, and, as such, most things do indeed leave the expected corpses. However, some things, such as demons and various {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, manifest a body when they come into the real world, and when defeated, this body turns to ectoplasm which slowly evaporates. In other words, a thoroughly JustifiedTrope, used selectively for effect.
** Subverted in [[Series/TheDresdenFiles the TV adaptation]]. When Harry kills a vampire, he comments that he always expects them to turn to ashes, at which Murphy tells him he [[YouWatchTooMuchX watches too much TV]].
* ''Franchise/HarryPotter'':
** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' Sirius' body falls into the Veil when Bellatrix kills him and therefore cannot be recovered.
** {{Inverted|Trope}} with the BigBad Lord Voldemort. When he tried to murder Harry in his infancy, his body was destroyed [[HoistByHisOwnPetard by his own rebounding spell]], but his spirit is kept alive by his {{Soul Jar}}s. When he's finally defeated and left DeaderThanDead in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', his body drops in a heap -- just another casualty of the FinalBattle, the ultimate indignity for a man obsessed with claiming immortality.
* Justified in ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'', where daemon bodies flash out of existence as soon as they or their owners die.
* An interesting variation occurs in ''Literature/TheIronKing''. When fey of any kind are killed, their bodies disappear and leave something else behind (be it a thornbush, needles, ice, branches, etc.). This, however, does not always happen instantly, the time it takes can vary.
* This is mermaids' usual fate, according to Creator/HansChristianAndersen's ''[[Literature/TheLittleMermaid The Little Mermaid]]''. They turn into ocean foam when they die.
* In the ''Literature/OctoberDaye'' series, the night-haunts eat faerie corpses and replace them with humanised versions of the corpses, as faerie flesh does not rot. [[spoiler:This becomes a problem in ''A Local Habitation'', as the dead aren't being replaced, and Toby has to find out why.]]
* Almost every monster in the ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' books. Sometimes a piece of the monster will remain if it was cut off before the monster died (such as the Minotaur's horn), or if severing it ''causes'' the monster to die (such as Medusa's head).
** This also apparently happens to monsters in ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles'', which WordOfGod confirms takes place in the same universe as ''Percy Jackson''.
* In Creator/DeanKoontz's ''Literature/{{Phantoms}}'', a small California town is [[EverybodysDeadDave wiped out]] by an EldritchAbomination, but most of the residents are never actually found, having been eaten. The few bodies they do find suggest it's [[NightmareFuel better]] that way.
* The [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]] in ''Literature/TheShadowhunterChronicles'' dissolve within a few seconds or minutes when killed. Because their dead bodies are returning to their home dimensions.
** In the TV series, killed vampires also dissolve in this way, in contrast to the books.
* ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'': ''"Then [Fëanor] died; but he had neither burial nor tomb, for so fiery was his spirit that as it sped his body fell to ash, and was borne away like smoke [...]"''
* ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]]:
** In ''[[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy The Last Command]]'', [[spoiler:Joruus C'baoth's body is consumed by blue energy, presumably based on what appears to befall the Emperor's body in ''Return of the Jedi'' (especially considering the entire final battle draws heavily from the climax of that film)]].
** During ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'', people attacked by [[spoiler: Eppon]] can be turned to jelly and absorbed/eaten by it, leaving EmptyPilesOfClothing. Unaware of what's happened, some characters speculate Imperials got them, but Imperials wouldn't leave the clothes.
* Likewise justified when embodied Auditors die in ''Literature/ThiefOfTime'', because they build their human bodies out of molecules from dust and random debris, and can only keep them intact and functional by actively exerting their willpower.
* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', if a cat dreams their way into [[{{Hell}} The Dark Forest]] and is killed while there, their spirit [[CessationofExistence ceases to exist altogether]] and their body disappears in the living world. This happens to [[spoiler:Beetlewhisker]] in ''The Last Hope'' and [[spoiler:Bristlefrost]] in ''A Light in the Mist''.
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