History Main / AndThereWasMuchRejoicing

* Similarly, in an episode of ''Series/{{CSINY}}'', a crowd gathered around the scene and, upon confirming who the victim was, applauded. Then Stella gives a QuipToBlack about finding someone ''without'' a motive being the hard part. Bonus points for all the similarities between the victim and the Wicked Witch of the West, and various other references to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' throughout the episode.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fanfic ''[[https://unmaskedagain.tumblr.com/post/189195237867/teenage-rebellion Teenage Rebellion]]'', when Adrien shows up at school with a new all-punk wardrobe, Nino immediately assumes that [[AbusiveParents his father]] died and makes plans to throw a party ending with "a conga line over the SOB's grave."

!!As a DeathTrope, all Spoilers will be unmarked ahead. Beware.

!!Examples

Popular in horror, thriller, and disaster movies as it allows the threat to dispatch a character or two without hurting anyone who either the other MainCharacters (namely [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snarkers]]) or the audience really cares about...and may in fact be better off without. The character can be (but need not be) TooDumbToLive, HatedByAll, or TheMillstone. Alternatively, the character is sometimes a straight-up villain, up to and including the BigBad. It is only natural that the citizens oppressed by an EvilOverlord would celebrate their demise.

* In ''WebVideo/SmoshGames''' Game Bang, the cast would almost invariably cheer for the other players to get killed. This was particularly pronounced in the Blindfolded Super Mario Maker game, where the group pretty much agreed to shout with joy whenever a death occurs, with phrases like "Good death" and "[[GratuitousJapanese Sugoi]]" being thrown around when it happens.

* On ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', when Peter gets word that his father Francis has died, Lois and Brian step outside...[[FunnyBackgroundEvent and can be seen through the window dancing with joy on the front lawn.]] The celebration ends when Brian grabs Lois's chest and she slaps him.

* In some videos made with Platform/{{GoAnimate}}, rarely is anyone shown being upset over a troublemaker being grounded, arrested, or even killed in some way. Sometimes a video will show everyone celebrating the fact that the trouble-maker is out of their hair with parties and trips to Chuck E. Cheese's and the like. Administrivia/TropesAreNotGood, however: the "(troublemaker) Gets Executed" videos take this trope up to levels that are ''beyond'' disturbing, as they present the characters as openly celebrating the death of a troublemaker (who is often a ''child'') to the point where the news reports on it.

* In some videos made with Website/{{GoAnimate}}, rarely is anyone shown being upset over a troublemaker being grounded, arrested, or even killed in some way. Sometimes a video will show everyone celebrating the fact that the trouble-maker is out of their hair with parties and trips to Chuck E. Cheese's and the like. Administrivia/TropesAreNotGood, however: the "(troublemaker) Gets Executed" videos take this trope up to levels that are ''beyond'' disturbing, as they present the characters as openly celebrating the death of a troublemaker (who is often a ''child'') to the point where the news reports on it.

'''As the editors organized the page's category tabs, [[Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease the Real Life examples tab]] [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail was eaten by pigs]]. [[SelfDemonstratingArticle And there was much rejoicing.]]'''[[note]][[FlatJoy Yaaaaaaay]].[[/note]]

** PlayedForDrama ''and'' [[PlayedForHorror Horror]] in the aftermath of [[spoiler:Tommy's death]], as the Eggpire throw a party in the victim's house -- and after getting kicked out, rent a room in the hotel said victim built to continue their revelries.
* ''WebVideo/EscapeTheNight'': Subverted, Played with and Played Straight in the three seasons of Escape the Night, where each season has one character who is HatedByAll.
** Played Straight with Matt, who was a DirtyCoward and KnowNothingKnowItAll whose biggest contribution was [[{{Hypocrite}} insulting his teammates lack of effort]]. Everyone cheers upon learning he died.
** Played with in the case of Teala, who had been TheLoad for the team. After her death, the group never mentions her and pretends that she never existed. They do cheer upon learning about her death, but mainly because it meant that [[TheHeart Rosanna]] was still alive.
** Subverted with arguably the biggest AssholeVictim in the show, [[=DeStorm=]]. Despite acting like a {{Jerkass}} to everyone until the end, the group is still horrified at his death and even briefly mourns him.

* ''Literature/{{Victoria}}'': No one seems terribly broken up over the dissolution of the [[DividedStatesOfAmerica United States]] but this trope is Lampshaded after the massacre of liberal intellectuals at Dartmouth College.
** Southern Confederates’ general reaction to [[NukeEm destruction of liberal government and Commune in Atlanta ]]

* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooFrankencreepy'': When the castle explodes and Velma and her friends are [[FakingTheDead believed to be killed by the explosion]], everybody in town celebrates.

* ''VideoGame/BugFables'': [[BigBad The Wasp King]] meets his end when the wilted Everlasting Sapling leaf's power turns unstable and transforms him in to a harmless tree. Nobody mourns him, not even the Wasp Kingdom, and everyone is relieved that he is out of the picture. This is because his "loyal servants" were really just mind controlled by him and he terrorized everyone else.

** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'':
*** After Arl Rendon Howe is killed, nobody seems upset about it. In the tavern, one noble asks another (who was a friend of the dead man's when they were younger) whether he's upset, and the former friend says the only tragedy is that the killing didn't happen a long time ago. The same conversation also mentions that [[LonelyFuneral the dead man's own family won't be coming to the funeral]], and [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening the expansion]] makes it clear that their non-attendance is not simply because of political considerations.
** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'':
*** Should you choose to sentence [[SmugSnake Livius Erimond]] to death, ''no one'' in your party will disapprove of the decision.
* Killing the fake King in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'', in at least the English translations, causes the people in Samanao City to rejoice the fake king's death.

* In ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope'', most countries that are not aligned to Nazi Germany celebrate Hitler's death with glee, for instance in Brazil, most political factions put their differences aside to celebrate his passing by getting drunk, the only person who's not happy about it is [[ThoseWackyNazis Wilson Passos]].

* In some videos made with Website/{{GoAnimate}}, rarely is anyone shown being upset over a trouble-maker being grounded, arrested, or even killed in some way. Sometimes a video will show everyone celebrating the fact that the trouble-maker is out of their hair with parties and trips to Chuck E. Cheese's and the like. Administrivia/TropesAreNotGood, however: the "(troublemaker) Gets Executed" videos take this trope up to levels that are ''beyond'' disturbing, as they present the characters as openly celebrating the death of a troublemaker (who is often a ''child'') to the point where the news reports on it.

** The cast of ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'' cheer when they've beaten WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic to death ([[DisneyDeath he's really just unconscious]]), and then they fight over who gets his hat and therefore, get to be the ruler of the nation. Big on GreyAndGrayMorality that special.

** In Creator/AllisonPregler's review of ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'''s seventh season finale, she plays "Celebrate" when [[DesignatedHero the Charmed Ones]] ostensibly die. Then, discussing the eighth season premiere: "Things start off swimmingly, because the Charmed Ones are dead, [[FakingTheDead but it quickly goes downhill]]." She also questions the [[TwentyFourHourPartyPeople large number of mourners]] in their house, because "surely they have no friends?"

** Played Straight with Matt, who was a DirtyCoward and KnowNothingKnowItAll who’s biggest contribution was [[{{Hypocrite}} insulting his teammates lack of effort]]. Everyone cheers upon learning he died.

* ''Literature/LoomingGaia'': In the end of "Evangelites Skip, Matuzans Sway", Lukas and Jelani's abusive mother Moswen dies, with the implication that Lukas poisoned her, and Jelani tells Dr. Asha to send Lukas a thank-you card and a bouquet for his deed.

* A deathless version occurs in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''; in the episode "Malediktator", resident AlphaBitch and common source of [[MonsterOfTheWeek akuma attacks]] Chloé plans to leave Paris to live with her mother, prompting all her classmates (minus her childhood friend Adrien) and teachers to celebrate.

* In the "Christmas Future" segment of ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' (see Literature below), no one attends Scrooge's funeral, and two young debtors are relieved at his death. ''Film/Scrooge1970'' takes the latter aspect up to eleven, having everyone in Camden Town that owes Scrooge money celebrating his death by singing "Thank You Very Much" and dancing on his coffin.

** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E72TheGrave The Grave]]", the only people in town who are sorry about the outlaw Pinto Sykes' death are his sister Ione, their father, and Conny Miller, who wanted to kill him himself.
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E93TheLittlePeople The Little People]]", after their "god" Peter Craig is killed by a giant spaceman, the little people [[ToppledStatue gleefully pull down the statue of Craig]], which he had forced them to make, on his body.
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E145TheMasks The Masks]]", Jason Foster's relatives Emily, Wilfred, Sr., Wilfred, Jr., and Paula Harper are absolutely delighted when he finally dies as they are the sole heirs to his vast fortune. However, their happiness is short-lived as they soon remove their masks and discover that their faces have been transformed. Subverted with his doctor and his house staff, who all seemed very sad at his passing.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''[='=]s ''Shadowbringers'' expansion, the Ascian Fandaniel reacts to the death of his boss, the villainous Elidibus, with psychotic glee. Elidibus was the last of the three unsundered Ascians, and with him gone, there is no one left to hold Fandaniel to the Ascians' WellIntentionedExtremist goals, leaving him free to pursue [[OmnicidalManiac his own agenda]].

** In the seventh season, Worf treats the current clone of Weyoun to a NeckSnap while imprisoned on Cardassia. Damar's reaction is to kneel beside the corpse and laugh his ass off, before offering up a mocking tribute from his bottle of kanar. He's sniggering about it even after the next Weyoun clone comes along.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'', everyone thinks the Were-Rabbit has been killed, and Lady Tottington mourns the rabbit's apparent death. The Vicar turns to Lady Tottington and reassures her that they feel her pain. The minute he turns his back, he and the rest of the villagers start rejoicing.
* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooFrankencreepy'': When the castle explodes and Velma and her friends are believed to be killed by the explosion, everybody in town celebrates.

Popular in horror, thriller, and disaster movies as it allows the threat to dispatch a character or two without hurting anyone who either the other MainCharacters (namely [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snarkers]]) or the audience really cares about...and may in fact be better off without. The character can be (but need not be) TooDumbToLive or TheMillstone. Alternatively, the character is sometimes a straight-up villain, up to and including the BigBad. It is only natural that the citizens oppressed by an EvilOverlord would celebrate their demise.

* The cowardly General Owen in Film/StarshipTroopers is treated with utter contempt by the [[SpaceMarines mobile infantry]] who find him hiding in a supply closet. So when he gets smeared across the ground by the shot-down corpse of a flying bug landing on top of him, the response is whoops and cheers from the nearby soldiers.

* The song "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', after the Wicked Witch of the East is killed.
** Similarly, the Wicked Witch of the West’s guards and monkeys all celebrate once she’s been melted. Apparently they hated working for her and were just following orders. In fact, the original cut called for the guards and monkeys to sing a reprise called "Hail Hail the Witch is Dead", just to drive the point home.

* In ''Anime/MagicalFunTimeNow'', Episode 2 ends when [[spoiler:the girls just stand around and laugh that they killed someone]].

** The first Dark Brotherhood quest involves killing [[AssholeVictim a nasty old lady who runs an orphanage]]. You can kill [[IronicNickname Grelod the Kind]] right in front of the kids, and not only will they ''not'' report you to the guards, they'll ''cheer'' her demise. The only person who actually gets scared is her assistant, who while not particularly liking Grelod herself is still freaked out that she just got killed in cold blood.

* A room full of [[AcceptableTargets telemarketers]] are reduced to skeletons by a demon in ''Literature/GoodOmens''. This means that all the people they were due to call didn't get a little angrier, didn't curse them, or spread this annoyance onwards. So in balance, these hideous deaths made the world a little better. Although not so much better that Terry didn't insist it be undone by the end of the book.