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4 | [[quoteright:275:[[ComicBook/SilverSurfer https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/silver_surfer_requiem.png]]]] |
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6 | ''Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis...'' [[labelnote:Lat.]]Give them eternal rest, Lord: and let an unending light shine on them.[[/labelnote]] |
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8 | "Requiem" is an interesting choice for a title. A requiem is [[DueToTheDead a song to honor the dead]] or to be played at a funeral, so placing it in a title automatically implies that something is not going to go well - a BittersweetEnding or DownerEnding is quite likely, and if not the rest of it will probably be a TearJerker. However, it's used rather a lot for a number of reasons. The term adds a certain note of class and grandeur to the work, as well as advertising TrueArt because TrueArtIsAngsty. It may be part of a WordSaladTitle or a very meaningful one, depending. Compare TheLastTitle. |
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11 | !!Examples: |
12 | [[foldercontrol]] |
13 | |
14 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
15 | * The anime ''Requiem from the Darkness'' (which is also a case of CompletelyDifferentTitle; it's titled ''Hundred Stories'' in Japan). |
16 | * In-story example: ''Anime/CodeGeass'' has the Zero Requiem. You guess how cheerful that is. |
17 | * A recurring piece of sad background music is titled "Requiem" on the ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' soundtrack. |
18 | * Another Anime example is "Requiem (Rakuen)" by Music/YokoKanno on the ''Anime/WolfsRain'' soundtrack. |
19 | * The final (and longest) track on the ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' soundtrack is also called "Requiem," a very solemn theme to the BittersweetEnding of the anime. |
20 | * ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': Sensui and Itsuki's [[CharacterSong duet]] is called ''Eien no Requiem'' ("Eternal Requiem") [[spoiler:It's definitely on the BittersweetEnding side of the scale, [[BuryYourGays because they both die]].]] It can be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab3-Azd70Ok heard here.]] |
21 | * The ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' NonSerialMovie ''Ishin Shishi No Requiem'' (Requiem for the Soldiers of the Isshin Movement, more or less). |
22 | * The ''VisualNovel/PhantomOfInferno'' anime is called ''Requiem of the Phantom.'' |
23 | * An InUniverse example from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind'', having a [[FightingSpirit Stand]] be struck with the Requiem Arrow allows them to turn into a Requiem Stand. This allows Silver Chariot and Gold Experience to become Chariot Requiem and Gold Expedience Requiem, with Chariot Requiem being designed after the mysterious visitor who provided [[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Mozart]] with the finishing pieces to his "Requiem" composition. |
24 | [[/folder]] |
25 | |
26 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
27 | * ''ComicBook/{{Artemis}}: Requiem''. |
28 | * ''ComicBook/SilverSurfer: Requiem''. |
29 | * ComicBook/UltimateMarvel also had a series of ''Requiem'' specials tying into their ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}'' event. |
30 | * ''ComicBook/RequiemVampireKnight''. Doubles as a ProtagonistTitle for Requiem (known as Heinrich in his human life). |
31 | * ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis: Requiem'' was a tie-in one-shot that showed [[spoiler:there was more to the ComicBook/MartianManhunter's ComicBookDeath than shown in ''FC'' proper. [[DoNotGoGentle A]] [[DyingMomentOfAwesome lot]] [[DefiantToTheEnd more]].]] |
32 | [[/folder]] |
33 | |
34 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
35 | * ''Webcomic/AotNoRequiem'' is a fan-made webcomic exploring an [[AdaptationalAlternateEnding alternate ending]] for the manga Manga/AttackOnTitan. |
36 | * ''Fanfic/PokemonMaster'': Chapter 12 is titled "Requiems". |
37 | * ''Spacedust And Chaos: A Requiem'', a ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' fic that attempts to out-MindScrew its source material. |
38 | [[/folder]] |
39 | |
40 | [[folder:Film]] |
41 | * ''Film/AliensVsPredatorRequiem'' |
42 | * ''Film/BattleRoyale II: Requiem'' |
43 | * The [[CompletelyDifferentTitle French title]] of ''Film/ComeAndSee'' is ''Requiem pour un massacre''. |
44 | * ''Requiem'' (2006) |
45 | * ''Film/RequiemForADream''. Yes, DownerEnding. |
46 | [[/folder]] |
47 | |
48 | [[folder:Literature]] |
49 | * The Creator/RobertAHeinlein short story "Requiem" is about D.D. Harriman's attempt to fulfill his dream of landing on the Moon. He succeeds, but dies soon after landing. |
50 | * Creator/JorgeLuisBorges' ''Deutsches Requiem''. |
51 | * Creator/EdmondHamilton has a story called ''Requiem'' about Earth's death being made into a TV show. |
52 | * ''L.A. Requiem'', the eighth book in Robert Crais's Elvis Cole series. |
53 | * ''Literature/DragonsOfRequiem'', which draws on the Latin Mass for the Dead as ThemeNaming for many of its characters (e.g. Dies Irae, Lacrimosa, Agnus Dei) and places (e.g. Confutatis, Osanna). |
54 | [[/folder]] |
55 | |
56 | [[folder:Live Action TV]] |
57 | * The 50's television drama ''Film/RequiemForAHeavyweight'', written by Creator/RodSerling. |
58 | * ''Series/{{MASH}}'': The BoxingEpisode, "Requiem For A Lightweight," is a reference to ''Film/RequiemForAHeavyweight''. |
59 | * ''Series/TheWestWing'' episode "Requiem" is about the funeral of Leo [=McGarry=]. |
60 | * ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' had an episode called "Requiem For Methuselah". |
61 | * ''Series/TheXFiles'' season seven finale was called "Requiem". Likely for the fact that it was [[SeriesFauxnale supposed to be the series finale]], and for the fact that it takes place in the same place the pilot did, and involves a BittersweetEnding. |
62 | * ''{{Series/NCIS}}'' season five episode "Requiem" reveals more about agent Gibbs' background, including his dead first wife and daughter. |
63 | [[/folder]] |
64 | |
65 | [[folder:Music]] |
66 | * [[Music/TheAgeOfInformation Trading Yesterday]]'s song "Love Song Requiem". |
67 | * Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart's ''Requiem'', of course. |
68 | * Benjamin Britten's "Sinfonia da Requiem." Though not a vocal work, its three movements take titles from the Requiem mass. |
69 | * Music/{{Epica}}'s ''Requiem for the Indifferent'' (both the name of the album and one of its songs) |
70 | * ''Das Berliner Requiem'', a morbid secular {{cantata}} by Creator/BertoltBrecht and Music/KurtWeill. |
71 | * From the Music/TransSiberianOrchestra comes "Requiem (The Fifth)" on ''Beethoven's Last Night.'' |
72 | [[/folder]] |
73 | |
74 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
75 | * ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem''. |
76 | [[/folder]] |
77 | |
78 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
79 | * ''Theatre/DearEvanHansen'' has a song called "Requiem." Ironically, one of the lyrics to said song is, "I will sing no requiem tonight." |
80 | * In ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'', the LonelyFuneral epilogue scene is titled "Requiem." |
81 | [[/folder]] |
82 | |
83 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
84 | * The second ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' DS game, subtitled in English as ''[[SuperTitleSixtyFourAdvance Dark Souls]]'' (not to confuse with [[VideoGame/DarkSouls that one]]), is subtitled in Japan as "The Black-Clothed Flickering ''Requiem''". Surprisingly, the English name is significantly more relevant to the plot. |
85 | * One song in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' is called the Requiem of Spirit. The fact that it represents the area that [[BigBad Ganondorf]] comes from can be seen as appropriate. |
86 | * ''VideoGame/RequiemAvengingAngel'' was an obscure FPS released in 1999. |
87 | * ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'' is subtitled "Sanity's Requiem." |
88 | * There's a piece of music from ''When They Cry Kai'' titled "Requiem for the Disaster". |
89 | * The final level in ''VideoGame/HitmanBloodMoney'' is titled "Requiem," and it does indeed take place at a solemn event, [[spoiler:47's funeral... until he gets up and massacres everyone present.]] |
90 | * In ''Nightmare in the Dark'', the fifth and last stage is titled "Requiem." |
91 | * VideoGame/APlagueTaleRequiem |
92 | * ''VideoGame/RobinsonsRequiem'' |
93 | * The thirteenth entry in the ''VideoGame/DarkParables'' series is called ''Requiem for the Forgotten Shadow''. |
94 | * In ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorVanguard'', the last mission of Operation Neptune is called 'Requiem', [[spoiler:it is also the mission where Sergeant Magnusson is killed]]. |
95 | [[/folder]] |
96 | |
97 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
98 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=t_mi9I2IPes&feature=endscreen Requiem for the disaster]] in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' plays [[spoiler:during the extermination of the villagers]], with the BigBad rejoicing during the whole song for a full dollop of MoodDissonance. |
99 | * The seventh installment of ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' is titled ''Requiem of the golden witch''. This is fitting, since it refers to [[spoiler:Beatrice's "funeral"]] and [[spoiler:who "killed" her]]. |
100 | [[/folder]] |
101 | |
102 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
103 | * ''Webcomic/ThePhoenixRequiem'' by Sarah Ellerton. So far a number of people have been killed by a mysterious illness. |
104 | [[/folder]] |
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