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4 | ->''When you attend a funeral\ |
5 | It is sad to think that sooner or l--\ |
6 | Ater Those you love will do the same for you,\ |
7 | And you may have thought it tragic\ |
8 | Not to mention other adjec--\ |
9 | Tives, to think of all the weeping they will do'' |
10 | -->-- '''Music/TomLehrer''', "We Will All Go Together When We Go", ''Music/AnEveningWastedWithTomLehrer'' |
11 | |
12 | Tropes dealing with funerals and all ritualized commemoration of the dead. |
13 | |
14 | See also UsefulNotes.{{Funerals}}. |
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16 | |
17 | !!Tropes: |
18 | [[index]] |
19 | [floatboxright: |
20 | '''Related Indices:''' |
21 | * GriefTropes |
22 | * StatuesMonumentsAndMemorials |
23 | ] |
24 | * TwentyOneGunSalute: 21-gun or three-volley salutes performed at funerals for officers or military personal. |
25 | * AncientTomb: Or burial chamber. |
26 | * AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: No one liked the person who has died, so everyone's glad they have kicked the bucket. |
27 | * AshesToCrashes: An urn full of ashes gets knocked over and scattered inappropriately. |
28 | * AttendingYourOwnFuneral: Someone attends their own funeral because their death is mistaken. |
29 | ** InformalEulogy: Only having a brief sentence to say about the deceased. |
30 | ** PrematureEulogy: Giving a speech about the deceased before it turns out they're actually still alive. |
31 | * BurialAtSea: A funeral where the body is disposed of at sea. |
32 | * BurialInSpace: A sister trope to BurialAtSea, where the body is instead left in the vast void of outer space. |
33 | * BuryMeNotOnTheLonePrairie: Someone has difficulty honoring the deceased's last wishes. |
34 | * BuryingASubstitute: The deceased [[NoBodyLeftBehind left no mortal remains]], or [[NeverFoundTheBody their body was never found]], so their loved ones bury something which symbolises them instead. |
35 | * CheerfulFuneral: A funeral is a celebratory occasion. |
36 | * ClownCarGrave: An absurd or limitless amount of enemies spawning out of a disproportionately smaller area. |
37 | * CoinsForTheDead: Coins are left for the dead so they can use them to pay in the afterlife. |
38 | * CoffinContraband: Hiding illegal goods in a coffin or tomb. |
39 | * ComicallyInappropriateFuneralUrn: The ashes of a dead person are put in anything but a proper funeral urn. |
40 | * CrammingTheCoffin: Placing a body in a coffin already scheduled for burial. |
41 | * CreepyCemetery: Dark cemetery filled with ghosts and monsters. |
42 | * CreepyMortician: Morticians portrayed as being disturbing or strange. |
43 | * DatelessGrave: A gravestone shows the deceased's name, but not their dates of birth and death. |
44 | * DeadGuyOnDisplay: Displaying a corpse for everyone to see. |
45 | * TheDeadHaveNames: Naming deceased people to show their significance. |
46 | * DigYourOwnGrave: Before being killed, the victim is forced to dig their own grave. |
47 | * DishonoredDead: The deceased committed a crime which is considered so terrible that they do not deserve a proper funeral. |
48 | * DueToTheDead: Burying the dead is considered honorable while desecrating the remains is considered disgraceful. |
49 | * ElephantGraveyard: A place that large animals go to when they die. |
50 | * EndingMemorialService: The story ends with a funeral. |
51 | * ExcessiveMourning: A bereaved character spends all their time grieving for the deceased and is unable, or unwilling, to move on. |
52 | * FreakyFuneralForms: Being disturbed by another culture's funerary customs. |
53 | * TheFunInFuneral: Wacky antics happen at a funeral. |
54 | * FuneralBanishment: Denying someone from attending a funeral. |
55 | * FuneralCut: When a character does something dangerous and then the scene has a SmashCut to their funeral. |
56 | * GraveClouds: Cemeteries have cloudy overcast weather. |
57 | * GraveHumor: Humorous writing on tombstones. |
58 | * GraveMarkingScene: Visiting the grave of a loved one. |
59 | * HeadgearHeadstone: Marking a character's grave with their hat. |
60 | * InstantGravestone: When a person dies, they turn into a tombstone on the spot. |
61 | * ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: Rain is pouring during a funeral service as a way to convey the sadness of the whole thing. |
62 | * ItsAlwaysSunnyAtFunerals: The weather is surprisingly beautiful at a funeral as a way to contrast the sadness of the whole thing. |
63 | * LastDisrespects: A funeral service where the people attending aren't very respectful towards the deceased. |
64 | ** MockingTheMourner: The one way that the above trope can be made worse is to actively mock those mourning the deceased. |
65 | * LibationForTheDead: Pouring a drink onto the ground to honor the dead. |
66 | * LonelyFuneral: Very few people, if any, attend the deceased's funeral. |
67 | * MeaningfulFuneral: Character's funeral brings out things about them and their mourners that wouldn't have come up otherwise. |
68 | * MemorialForTheAntagonist: A deceased villain is given a funeral by the hero out of respect or honor, regardless of the atrocities they have committed. |
69 | * MemorialPhoto: A photo of the deceased taken while they were alive is on display at a closed casket funeral or memorial service lacking the body. |
70 | * MemorialStatue: A statue to honor the deceased, commonly for a heroic cause. |
71 | * MissingManFormation: A ceremonial incomplete formation done to honor a dead teammate. |
72 | * MourningAnObject: An inanimate object is destroyed, goes missing, or stops working, and is treated by the characters as though it has died. May include a funeral. |
73 | * OnlyCaresAboutInheritance: A character only shows up to a funeral for inheritance. |
74 | * PeacefulInDeath: A dead person is shown to be at peace. |
75 | * UsefulNotes/ThePoppy: The Commonwealth symbol of [[DueToTheDead remembrance for the war dead]]. |
76 | * PrecautionaryCorpseDisposal: A setting or situation where anyone who dies will become a monster, or otherwise dangerous if you don't do the right thing with their body. |
77 | * PrematurelyMarkedGrave: Someone comes across their own gravestone. And they didn't order it made! |
78 | * QuietingTheUnquietDead: A proper funeral may be necessary to help an [[TheUndead undead]] being pass on. |
79 | * ShrineToTheFallen: A shrine set up in memory of the deceased. |
80 | * StartsWithTheirFuneral: The story begins with a character's funeral before explaining how the person died. |
81 | * SupernaturallyMarkedGrave: After someone dies, they disappear and the ground where their corpse was changes to signify their death. |
82 | * TalkingToTheDead: Talking to the dead while visiting their graves. |
83 | * {{Taps}}: A musical piece sounded at military funerals. |
84 | * ThreeVolleyFlinch: Someone is at a funeral for a military person, and at the sound of the rifles firing, they flinch. |
85 | * ToAbsentFriends: Heroes are proposing a toast dedicated to those who have died after the funeral. |
86 | * VikingFuneral: A dead person has their body and their possessions cast away in a boat that is set on fire. |
87 | * WarMemorial: Monuments dedicated to fallen soldiers. |
88 | * WeaponTombstone: A grave is marked by a weapon stuck into the ground. |
89 | ** FieldOfBlades: Swords stuck in the ground to represent the casualties of a war. |
90 | * WidowsWeeds: Woman wears certain clothes when they are in mourning. |
91 | [[/index]] |
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