History Main / NoBodyLeftBehind

* In June 2016, a visitor to Yellowstone National Park strayed from the designated trail and fell into a geyser. His sister, who was with him, called for the authorities. Unfortunately, by the time they arrived and tried to recover his body, it had ''dissolved''.

* ''WebVideo/{{Dream}}:'' Par for the course with Minecraft, but in addition, when he kills any of the hunters Dream will often burn the loot the hunters have on them if he can't use any of it himself, leaving behind no trace of them.

* ''LetsPlay/{{Dream}}:'' Par for the course with Minecraft, but in addition, when he kills any of the hunters Dream will often burn the loot the hunters have on them if he can't use any of it himself, leaving behind no trace of them.

'''This is a DeathTrope, so expect spoilers.'''

* [[NoBodyLeftBehind/LiveActionFilms Films - Live-Action]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'', when Iago destroys Jafar's lamp, he explodes into dust. [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath After he writhes in agony with his skeleton visible.]]

* In the Rankin/Bass version of ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' magic swords completely destroy their victims. Sting, Orcrist, and Glamdring all have different effects when they kill something. Averted in the final battle, where the field is littered with corpses and we see Thorin need burial when he dies of his wounds.

* In the Creator/{{JetlagProductions}} version of ''Theatre/TheNutcracker'', when the seven-headed Mouse King is killed, he explodes leaving behind nothing but his seven crowns.
* In ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'', Ruber is physically disintegrated into smoke and nothingness after accidentally returning Excalibur back into the stone - due to him magically attaching the sword to his hand, leaving what's left of him is one of his shoulder pads from his armor.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', Maleficent [[ScaledUp becomes a dragon]], [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice gets impaled by a sword]], [[DisneyVillainDeath and falls down a cliff.]] When the sword's shown again, it has only a cloak under it.

AnimatedArmor may be caused by this. On the other hand, you may never know. See also DisappearsIntoLight and ImMelting. For the moral equivalent to this, see SelfDisposingVillain. May be the end result of NoImmortalInertia. If he takes his dungeon and doomsday devices with him, he may be a LoadBearingBoss. Sometimes this results in EmptyPilesOfClothing, if it's only the person's physical body that disappears and not what he's wearing. Mundane examples may have done TheDyingWalk to go off and die in peace away from any other characters. If there's not only a lack of body, but no trace of them having ever existed at all, they're RetGone. May lead to other characters BuryingASubstitute at a funeral.

-->'''Phineas:''' Ferb, we're gonna need a dustpan and some glue.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' cartoon special "The Smurfic Games", Gargamel's cousin Argus disappears when he dies, and so also does his castle before the evil wizard tries to do anything with it.

* ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'': This regularly happens with the boss monsters Link fights. Minor foes are either revealed as Animated Armor or blown to smithereens in an explosion.

* In many ancient burials in Britain and the Scandinavian countries, bodies and organic material usually do not survive, since the soil in those areas are highly acidic. The only clues of their presence tend to be stains (which can be laminated) or phosphate traces, which don't dissolve readily.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{The Return of Jafar}}'', when Iago destroys Jafar's lamp, he explodes into dust. [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath After he writhes in agony with his skeleton visible.]]

** Similarly, in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', once Korra defeats [[spoiler:[[FusionDance the combined]] Vaatu and Unalaq]], their giant body dissolves into light and [[spoiler:Unalaq's]] original body is completely gone ([[spoiler:Vaatu is also gone, but still alive as he still has CompleteImmortality]]).