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* '''Intended Audience Reaction''': Joe dies and goes to Heaven, and is initially disappointed. His life on earth sucks, and so being consigned to an eternity of more of it naturally bothers him quite a bit. He goes about his usual, soul-crushing routine, and is one of the few souls in Heaven who seems to be incurably miserable. When one of the angels reaches out to him and asks him how he likes it here, he gives an [[HellOfAHeaven honest answer.]] The angel then walks him through how to actually start ''enjoying'' life up here, giving him advice that, thanks to Heaven's relative mundanity, wouldn't be out of place on earth, either. Joe tries it, finds himself loving life, and... [[AllJustADream Wakes up.]] He's still better off and can be seen keeping some of his heavenly habits as he sets about his next real day. This feeds into an {{Aesop}} about being appreciative of what you have and taking care of yourself.
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* '''Reconstructed''': It's still much better than Hell, and better than life on earth.
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** The afterlife is so ordinary that most people don't even ''realize'' they died when they find themselves there.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Some people do mundane things in the afterlife, and some don't; it depends on how they lived or what they believed in.
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* '''Basic Trope''': The afterlife is just like life on Earth, only eternal.
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** Due to the CelestialBureaucracy, there really isn't much chance of advancement. In other words, once an OfficeDrone, always an OfficeDrone.
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*'''Basic Trope''': The afterlife is just like life on Earth, only eternal.
*'''Played Straight''': [[OfficeDrone Joe Schmo]] dies. He gets to {{Heaven}}, and finds a steady job working in a cubicle, just as he did on Earth.
*'''Exaggerated''': There is very much an {{Adminisphere}}, office politics, etc.
** Due to the CelestialBureaucracy, there really isn't much chance of advancement. In other words, once an OfficeDrone, always an OfficeDrone.
*'''Justified''': Heaven wants to give its eternal guests a sense of purpose, by giving them something to do...plus, it gets all that cosmic busywork done.
*'''Inverted''': [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Angelica]] goes to Earth, and she pretty much lives as a PerpetualTourist, [[WhatExactlyIsHisJob on a permanent vacation]], and has FriendsRentControl and an ImprobableFoodBudget.
*'''Subverted''': Joe gets to take as many coffee breaks as he wants, there's a rec room to play in, and ''every'' day is Casual Friday! It's hardly like coming to work at all!
*'''Double Subverted''': But he still has mountains of paperwork that the CelestialBureaucracy expects him to do.
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*'''Parodied''': A WorkCom that takes place in {{Hell}}
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*'''Averted''': {{Heaven}} is more of a vacation resort and {{Hell}} is a torture chamber; souls of the deceased do not do any work; only angels and demons have jobs to do.
** There ''is'' no afterlife in this setting; just CessationOfExistence.
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*'''Played For Laughs''': Very often is.
*'''Played For Drama''': NoSuchThingAsHR, NoOSHACompliance, etc. causes problems.
*'''Played Straight''': [[OfficeDrone Joe Schmo]] dies. He gets to {{Heaven}}, and finds a steady job working in a cubicle, just as he did on Earth.
*'''Exaggerated''': There is very much an {{Adminisphere}}, office politics, etc.
** Due to the CelestialBureaucracy, there really isn't much chance of advancement. In other words, once an OfficeDrone, always an OfficeDrone.
*'''Justified''': Heaven wants to give its eternal guests a sense of purpose, by giving them something to do...plus, it gets all that cosmic busywork done.
*'''Inverted''': [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Angelica]] goes to Earth, and she pretty much lives as a PerpetualTourist, [[WhatExactlyIsHisJob on a permanent vacation]], and has FriendsRentControl and an ImprobableFoodBudget.
*'''Subverted''': Joe gets to take as many coffee breaks as he wants, there's a rec room to play in, and ''every'' day is Casual Friday! It's hardly like coming to work at all!
*'''Double Subverted''': But he still has mountains of paperwork that the CelestialBureaucracy expects him to do.
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*'''Parodied''': A WorkCom that takes place in {{Hell}}
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*'''Averted''': {{Heaven}} is more of a vacation resort and {{Hell}} is a torture chamber; souls of the deceased do not do any work; only angels and demons have jobs to do.
** There ''is'' no afterlife in this setting; just CessationOfExistence.
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