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* In one ''Series/SesameStreet'' special where the gang was locked overnight in the Metropolitan Museum, Big Bird and Snuffy encounter a young prince from Ancient Egypt who is under a spell and unable to join his parents in the afterlife and become a star until he can answer the following question: "When does today meet yesterday?" He spent 4,000 years trying to find the answer, but Big Bird and Snuffy promise to help him figure it out. [[spoiler: The answer was "in a museum."]]
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* In one the ''Series/SesameStreet'' special where ''Film/DontEatthePictures'' the gang was is locked overnight in the Metropolitan Museum, Big Bird and Snuffy encounter a young prince from Ancient Egypt who is under a spell and unable to join his parents in the afterlife and become a star until he can answer the following question: "When does today meet yesterday?" He spent 4,000 years trying to find the answer, but Big Bird and Snuffy promise to help him figure it out. [[spoiler: The answer was "in a museum."]]
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* In the ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics this seems to be the status of ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} after his return to life. Said return involved selling in soul to demons from one of Hell's dimensions. He got a new body and tiny versions of himself out of the deal (who made his mutant powers stronger) and used it to bind his demonic father to Earth. This left him unable to die however, since he now lacks a soul. He was fatally wounded twice in ComicBook/XMenGold and didn't die either time because neither Heaven or Hell would take him.
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* In the ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics this seems to be the status of ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} after his return to life. Said return involved selling in soul to demons from one of Hell's dimensions. He got a new body and tiny versions of himself out of the deal (who made his mutant powers stronger) and used it to bind his demonic father to Earth. This left him unable to die however, since he now lacks a soul. He was fatally wounded twice in ComicBook/XMenGold ''ComicBook/XMenGold'' and didn't die either time because neither Heaven or Hell would take him.
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* In one arc of ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'', Dogbert died from overly strong perfume and initially got into Heaven simply for being a dog, but they got sick of him and kicked him out. He did a brief stint as a guardian angel before the Powers That Be had enough of that and just resurrected him.
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'': In one arc of ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'', arc, Dogbert died from overly strong perfume and initially got into Heaven simply for being a dog, but they got sick of him and kicked him out. He did a brief stint as a guardian angel before the Powers That Be had enough of that and just resurrected him.
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* Creator/AlexanderAfanasyev's "Literature/TheSoldierAndDeath" ([[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/49278/49278-h/49278-h.htm link]]) is a Russian folktale, retold in English by Arthur Michell Ransome and later used as an episode of Creator/JimHenson's ''Series/TheStoryteller''. At the end of the story, the soldier tries to enter both Hell and Heaven and, being turned away from both, is left to [[WalkingTheEarth wander the Earth]] forever.
* There is a fairy tale about a badass tailor who had an encounter with a stupid devil. It ended very painfully for the Devil. When the tailor died and was condemned to Hell for badassery, the Devil locked Hell and didn't let him in. Even made it into a folksong, and the variants of the story are so numerous it has its own Aarne-Thompson number.
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* Creator/AlexanderAfanasyev's "Literature/TheSoldierAndDeath" ([[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/49278/49278-h/49278-h.htm link]]) is a Russian folktale, retold in English by Arthur Michell Ransome and later used as an episode of Creator/JimHenson's ''Series/TheStoryteller''. At the end of the story, the soldier tries to enter both Hell and Heaven and, being turned away from both, is left to [[WalkingTheEarth wander the Earth]] forever.
* There is a fairy tale about a badass tailor who had an encounter with a stupid devil. It ended very painfully for the Devil. When the tailor died and was condemned to Hell for badassery, the Devil locked Hell and didn't let him in. Even made it into a folksong, and the variants of the story are so numerous it has its own Aarne-Thompson number.
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-->Other angels have made this war because they hate you. You, and all humans. God has put you in His Grace, and pushed them aside. They're desperate. They've never been able to conquer the other, loyal angels. And so this war has remained in stalemate for thousands of years. And while this state of affairs endures, no soul can meet its God. Your parents and their parents and so on from the beginning lie still in wormy earth. Of course... some of them do come to me, eventually. Because while Heaven may be closed I am always open. Even on Christmas.
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* In ''{{Film/Stardust}}'', the dead princes of Stormhold are stuck as ghosts - complete with JacobMarleyApparel - until the ascension of a new king. In the meantime, they serve as the film's GreekChorus.
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* In ''{{Film/Stardust}}'', ''Film/{{Stardust}}'', the dead princes of Stormhold are stuck as ghosts - complete with JacobMarleyApparel - until the ascension of a new king. In the meantime, they serve as the film's GreekChorus.
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* In Dante's ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', those who refused to commit to a position in life were left to run back and forth in the borderlands, for even Hell won't take them in.
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* In ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1'', Arthur Dent mentions that he used to have a recurring nightmare where he died and there was a bureaucratic error: all his friends went to heaven or hell, but Arthur got sent to Southend.
* In ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', the Dead Men of Dunharrow are cursed to an undead life until they have fulfilled their oath to aid Gondor's king in battle.
* In ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', the Dead Men of Dunharrow are cursed to an undead life until they have fulfilled their oath to aid Gondor's king in battle.
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* In ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', Númenorean king Ar-Pharazon the Golden and his army, interned in the Cave of the Forgotten in Valinor until the Dagor Dagorath.
** Túrin Turambar. More precisely, he barred ''himself'' from passing on from the Halls of Mandos unto Eru, which is extraordinary since Men by their design are meant to depart Arda. Due to his failures Túrin is unable to rest in peace. Can anyone blame him? Morgoth ensured he had a fairly lousy existence. It's poetic then that he is prophesied to deal the killing-blow unto Morgoth and destroy his evil influence.
** Subverted by Fëanor. He is the only elf who is barred from reincarnating because of his evil deeds. He will remain in the Halls of Mandos until Dagor Dagorath, and reincarnate only after it.
* In ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'', the [[LizardFolk Sssi-ruuk]] believe that this will happen to them if they die on a planet that hasn't been consecrated as part of their empire; as a result, though they're a ProudWarriorRace on their home turf they're {{dirty coward}}s outside of it, where they prefer to use [[MechaMooks droids]] to do their fighting for them. They're ScaryDogmaticAliens no matter where they are, however.
** Túrin Turambar. More precisely, he barred ''himself'' from passing on from the Halls of Mandos unto Eru, which is extraordinary since Men by their design are meant to depart Arda. Due to his failures Túrin is unable to rest in peace. Can anyone blame him? Morgoth ensured he had a fairly lousy existence. It's poetic then that he is prophesied to deal the killing-blow unto Morgoth and destroy his evil influence.
** Subverted by Fëanor. He is the only elf who is barred from reincarnating because of his evil deeds. He will remain in the Halls of Mandos until Dagor Dagorath, and reincarnate only after it.
* In ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'', the [[LizardFolk Sssi-ruuk]] believe that this will happen to them if they die on a planet that hasn't been consecrated as part of their empire; as a result, though they're a ProudWarriorRace on their home turf they're {{dirty coward}}s outside of it, where they prefer to use [[MechaMooks droids]] to do their fighting for them. They're ScaryDogmaticAliens no matter where they are, however.
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* In ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'', the [[LizardFolk Sssi-ruuk]] believe that this will happen to them if they die on a planet that hasn't been consecrated as part of their empire; as a result, though they're a ProudWarriorRace on their home turf they're {{dirty coward}}s outside of it, where they prefer to use [[MechaMooks droids]] to do their fighting for them.
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** ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'':
*** Númenorean king Ar-Pharazon the Golden and his army, interned in the Cave of the Forgotten in Valinor until the Dagor Dagorath.
** Túrin Turambar. More precisely, he barred ''himself'' from passing on from the Halls of Mandos unto Eru, which is extraordinary since Men by their design are meant to depart Arda. Due to his failures Túrin is unable to rest in peace. Can anyone blame him? Morgoth ensured he had a fairly lousy existence. It's poetic then that he is prophesied to deal the killing-blow unto Morgoth and destroy his evil influence.
***** Subverted by Fëanor. He is the only elf who is barred from reincarnating because of his evil deeds. He will remain in the Halls of Mandos until Dagor Dagorath, and reincarnate only after it.
* ** In ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'', ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', the [[LizardFolk Sssi-ruuk]] believe that this will happen Dead Men of Dunharrow are cursed to them if an undead life until they die on a planet that hasn't been consecrated as part of have fulfilled their empire; as a result, though they're a ProudWarriorRace on their home turf they're {{dirty coward}}s outside of it, where they prefer oath to use [[MechaMooks droids]] to do their fighting for them. They're ScaryDogmaticAliens no matter where they are, however. aid Gondor's king in battle.
* ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'':
** ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'':
*** Númenorean king Ar-Pharazon the Golden and his army, interned in the Cave of the Forgotten in Valinor until the Dagor Dagorath.
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* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', during ''Literature/WarriorCats'':
** During the seventh arc, the Clans' access to [[{{Heaven}} StarClan]] is blocked off for unknown reasons, and cats who die during this time are left as ghosts while unable to move on.
** During the seventh arc, the Clans' access to [[{{Heaven}} StarClan]] is blocked off for unknown reasons, and cats who die during this time are left as ghosts while unable to move on.
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* "The Soldier and Death" is a Russian folktale, retold in English by Arthur Michell Ransome and later used as an episode of ''[[Creator/JimHenson Jim Henson's]]'' ''Series/TheStoryteller''. At the end of the story, the soldier tries to enter both Hell and Heaven and, being turned away from both, is left to [[WalkingTheEarth wander the Earth]] forever.
* In Literature/TheTalmud, the sage Elisha ben Avuya is barred from the World to Come[[note]]the rabbinic rough equivalent of Heaven[[/note]] because he'd renounced Judaism, and from Gehenna[[note]]the rabbinic rough equivalent of Purgatory[[/note]] because of his Torah learning. Rabbi Meir, his loyal disciple and friend, vows that after his own death he'll make smoke rise from Elisha's grave, as a sign that he's successfully brought him to Gehenna so that Elisha can be punished and eventually redeemed. After Meir's death, Rabbi Yohanan vows in turn to rescue Elisha from Gehenna and bring him into the World to Come. Sure enough, after Yohanan's death, the smoke ceases from Elisha's grave, because "not even Gehenna's gatekeeper could stand up to Yohanan".
* The ancient Greeks believed they needed to pay Charon for passage through the river Styx, which made some of them quite neurotic about the prospect of dying with no coins for Charon on them. A ghost of a dead person asking a living one for burial with some coins is a motif that has been known to appear in Greco-Roman fiction.
* There is a fairy tale about a badass tailor who had an encounter with your standard StupidDevil. It ended very painfully for the Devil. When the tailor died and was condemned to Hell for badassery, the Devil locked Hell and didn't let him in. Even made it into a folksong, and the variants of the story are so numerous it has its own Aarne-Thompson number.
* In Ancient Egypt, the practice of embalming was developed to provide a means of preserving the identity of the deceased, so that their ''ka'' (spirit) would be able to return to it after wandering the world after the person's death. Should the mummy be mutilated, however, the ''ka'' couldn't recognize it, and thus couldn't continue to the next world -- instead, it would be stuck between the world of the living and that of the dead (which, as far as the Egyptians were concerned, was a FateWorseThanDeath). As an insurance policy against such an outcome, statues of the deceased would sometimes be placed in the tomb.
* In Literature/TheTalmud, the sage Elisha ben Avuya is barred from the World to Come[[note]]the rabbinic rough equivalent of Heaven[[/note]] because he'd renounced Judaism, and from Gehenna[[note]]the rabbinic rough equivalent of Purgatory[[/note]] because of his Torah learning. Rabbi Meir, his loyal disciple and friend, vows that after his own death he'll make smoke rise from Elisha's grave, as a sign that he's successfully brought him to Gehenna so that Elisha can be punished and eventually redeemed. After Meir's death, Rabbi Yohanan vows in turn to rescue Elisha from Gehenna and bring him into the World to Come. Sure enough, after Yohanan's death, the smoke ceases from Elisha's grave, because "not even Gehenna's gatekeeper could stand up to Yohanan".
* The ancient Greeks believed they needed to pay Charon for passage through the river Styx, which made some of them quite neurotic about the prospect of dying with no coins for Charon on them. A ghost of a dead person asking a living one for burial with some coins is a motif that has been known to appear in Greco-Roman fiction.
* There is a fairy tale about a badass tailor who had an encounter with your standard StupidDevil. It ended very painfully for the Devil. When the tailor died and was condemned to Hell for badassery, the Devil locked Hell and didn't let him in. Even made it into a folksong, and the variants of the story are so numerous it has its own Aarne-Thompson number.
* In Ancient Egypt, the practice of embalming was developed to provide a means of preserving the identity of the deceased, so that their ''ka'' (spirit) would be able to return to it after wandering the world after the person's death. Should the mummy be mutilated, however, the ''ka'' couldn't recognize it, and thus couldn't continue to the next world -- instead, it would be stuck between the world of the living and that of the dead (which, as far as the Egyptians were concerned, was a FateWorseThanDeath). As an insurance policy against such an outcome, statues of the deceased would sometimes be placed in the tomb.
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* Myth/ClassicalMythology: The ancient Greeks believed they needed to pay Charon for passage through the river Styx, which made some of them quite neurotic about the prospect of dying with no coins for Charon on them. A ghost of a dead person asking a living one for burial with some coins is a motif that has been known to appear in Greco-Roman fiction.
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* Invoked/Exploited by liches, who, by selling their soul to multiple entities, keep any of them from claiming their soul and achieve immortality.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'', Yaobikuni cannot visit the Afterworld even when her living friends can with a temporary death spell because of her immortality.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'', ''VideoGame/Onmyoji2016'', Yaobikuni cannot visit the Afterworld even when her living friends can with a temporary death spell because of her immortality.
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* The ghosts in Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy are this. Ben seems to have been the exception. He was given the opportunity to go towards the light when he first died but chose to stay on Earth with Klaus instead.
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* ''VideoGame/VagrantStory'': Those bathed in [[TheCorruption The Dark]] gain powers and skills beyond human comprehension but [[PowerAtAPrice there's a high price to pay]]: the tainted by The Dark are removed from the natural circle of life, prevented from proceeding into the afterlife and doomed to become part of a collective of cursed soul trapped forever in the physical world. Such [[FateWorseThanDeath ghastly fate]] eventually drives them insane with anger and jelously for those who still live and seek to steal unstained bodies so they may live again.
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* Sylvanas of ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' discovered to her horror that she, and all those raised by the Scourge, have had their souls so badly twisted that they can never reach the afterlife. Instead of "death" they are trapped in a hellish netherworld where ''things'' torment them.
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* Sylvanas of ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' discovered to her horror that she, and all those raised by the Scourge, [[TheUndead Scourge]], have had their souls so badly twisted that they can never reach the afterlife. Instead of "death" they are trapped in a hellish netherworld where ''things'' torment them. It's [[{{Revision}} later revealed]] that ''[[SubvertedTrope this is the afterlife]]''; more specifically, it's [[{{hell}} The Maw]], a place tailor-made to punish irredeemable souls beyond the DespairEventHorizon and also the place where the same RunicMagic the Scourge uses originates from, which has the [[SarcasmMode delightful]] effect of marking anyone raised by the Scourge as belonging in The Maw, meaning those who are KilledOffForReal after being raised are [[ReroutedFromHeaven rerouted straight to it]] without any JudgementOfTheDead.
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* In ''Film/TheTimeOfTheirLives1946'', Creator/LouCostello, killed in the American Revolution, is bound to an estate by a curse. When the curse is lifted (by the finding of a letter praising him written by George Washington) he goes to Heaven. But he can't get it because the Pearly Gates are locked - [[{{Irony}} for Washington's Birthday]].
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* In ''Film/TheTimeOfTheirLives1946'', Creator/LouCostello, [[Creator/AbbottAndCostello Lou Costello]], killed in the American Revolution, is bound to an estate by a curse. When the curse is lifted (by the finding of a letter praising him written by George Washington) he goes to Heaven. But he can't get it because the Pearly Gates are locked - [[{{Irony}} for Washington's Birthday]].
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* In ''Film/TheTimeOfTheirLives'', Lou Costello, killed in the American Revolution, is bound to an estate by a curse. When the curse is lifted (by the finding of a letter praising him written by George Washington) he goes to Heaven. But he can't get it because the Pearly Gates are locked - [[{{Irony}} for Washington's Birthday]].
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* In ''Film/TheTimeOfTheirLives'', Lou Costello, ''Film/TheTimeOfTheirLives1946'', Creator/LouCostello, killed in the American Revolution, is bound to an estate by a curse. When the curse is lifted (by the finding of a letter praising him written by George Washington) he goes to Heaven. But he can't get it because the Pearly Gates are locked - [[{{Irony}} for Washington's Birthday]].
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* In the ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'' comic book story "The War of the Seven Springs" (and its AnimatedAdaptation "The Haunted Castle"), Aldebert Baufort is prevented from joining his ancestors in eternal rest until the seven springs surrounding his estate are restored, and that the land is claimed by a true Baufort descendant carrying the family seal.
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* In the ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'' comic book story "The War of the Seven Springs" (and its AnimatedAdaptation "The Haunted Castle"), Aldebert Baufort is prevented once ruled over a prosperous kingdom with seven springs, but while a good king for the most part, Aldebert was also a heavy drinker. When the grape harvest failed one year and his wine stores accidentally spoiled, Aldebert had an encounter with a local witch, who granted him one wish as a reward for his wise rulership. Caught in a moment of weakness, Aldebert wished that the seven springs would produce wine instead of water, with predictably disastrous results. When he realized his mistake and tried to get the witch to reverse the spell, he ended up threatening her in desperation, and she instead cursed the springs so they wouldn't produce anything at all, leading to a massive drought. The kingdom was abandoned and Aldebert remained behind, dying shortly afterwards, but his spirit was banned from joining the afterlife by his ancestors in eternal rest ancestors, who were furious with him, and trapped him on Earth as a ghost until the seven springs surrounding his estate are restored, were restored and that the land is was claimed by a true Baufort descendant carrying descendant. [[spoiler: In the family seal.end, Johan and Peewit succeed, with a little help from the Smurfs, and Aldebert passes on into the afterlife.]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', the Captain of the Guard and Hakon were unable to pass on after they both fell from the cliff. Neither of them know whether it was the magic of the place they landed on or if it was the strength of their hate that trapped them there. It's implied it's the latter as by the end, the Captain was able to move on after letting go of his hate and making amends while Hakon is left alone to stew in his hate.
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* In ''VideoGame/AFKArena'', there are quite a few that have this problem [[DeathTakesAHoliday ever since the god of death went AWOL]].
** The Graveborn faction ''cannot'' be killed. Their bodies can be rendered unusable, but even if they're completely atomized, their souls will still be bound to the world of the living forever. Many of the Graveborn were turned ''involuntarily,'' however, so rebels such as Treznor are [[DeathSeeker trying to find a way]] to nullify the DealWithTheDevil that many only agreed to under duress[[note]]In the kingdom of Bantus, all of Thoran's subjects either had to convert willingly, or else be reanimated by force after having their heads cut off [[AndIMustScream so they couldn't communicate]].[[/note]] and others didn't agree to ''at all.''
** Most spirits need help being led to the afterlife, which is what the god of death was ''supposed'' to do. But many of them get lost in limbos such as the "Realm of Denial", where they'll never be able to leave as their unfinished business in life [[SanitySlippage consumes their mind and identity entirely]] unless a character with the ability to help them (such as Elijah, Lailah, and Niru) intervenes in time.
** The Graveborn faction ''cannot'' be killed. Their bodies can be rendered unusable, but even if they're completely atomized, their souls will still be bound to the world of the living forever. Many of the Graveborn were turned ''involuntarily,'' however, so rebels such as Treznor are [[DeathSeeker trying to find a way]] to nullify the DealWithTheDevil that many only agreed to under duress[[note]]In the kingdom of Bantus, all of Thoran's subjects either had to convert willingly, or else be reanimated by force after having their heads cut off [[AndIMustScream so they couldn't communicate]].[[/note]] and others didn't agree to ''at all.''
** Most spirits need help being led to the afterlife, which is what the god of death was ''supposed'' to do. But many of them get lost in limbos such as the "Realm of Denial", where they'll never be able to leave as their unfinished business in life [[SanitySlippage consumes their mind and identity entirely]] unless a character with the ability to help them (such as Elijah, Lailah, and Niru) intervenes in time.
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* In the ''Literature/AgentOfHel'' books by Creator/JacquelineCarey, the Outcast are people who barred from their religion's afterlives and have become {{Emotion Eater}}s with ResurrectiveImmortality. As AllMythsAreTrue in the books, the eponymous Hel, as Norse goddess of the dead, isn't necessarily obliged to uphold another religion's ban.
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* In ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'' ChurchMilitant Enrico Maxwell was supposed to go to Hell-specifically, the circle of Hell set aside for those that oppose Integra Manga/{{Hellsing}} (hey, she ''is'' on a mission from God). However, a last minute act of selflessness and the also-deceased Anderson lobbying for him caused him to be reassigned: he can go to heaven ''if'' he spends 5000 hours of community service as a guardian angel, and he ''has'' to guard non-Catholics. [[spoiler:One scene hints that one of the people he protects is Integra's {{Dhampyr}} son [[Anime/VampireHunterD D]].]]
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* In ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'' ChurchMilitant Enrico Maxwell was supposed to go to Hell-specifically, the circle of Hell set aside for those that oppose Integra Manga/{{Hellsing}} (hey, she ''is'' on a mission from God). However, a last minute act of selflessness and the also-deceased Anderson lobbying for him caused him to be reassigned: he can go to heaven ''if'' he spends 5000 hours of community service as a guardian angel, and he ''has'' to guard non-Catholics. [[spoiler:One scene hints that one of the people he protects is Integra's {{Dhampyr}} son [[Anime/VampireHunterD [[Literature/VampireHunterD D]].]]
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* The movie ''Film/{{Ghost}}'' is all about this--some souls aren't ready for one place or the other at the time they part with the body, and the main character had some things to resolve on Earth before his soul could be at peace.
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* The movie ''Film/{{Ghost}}'' ''Film/Ghost1990'' is all about this--some souls aren't ready for one place or the other at the time they part with the body, and the main character had some things to resolve on Earth before his soul could be at peace.
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** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', most souls return to the aetherial sea upon dying and later reincarnate. However, ''Endwalker'' has two exceptions: one, previous ArcVillain Asahi sas Brutus, whose negative emotions and spite allowed him to retain his mortal form in the aetherial sea, returning following Fandaniel/Amon's final defeat just do drag the both of them into oblivion for betraying Zenos, who he is fiercely loyal to and in love with. Two, Hydaelyn/Venat expended all of her aether while fighting the Scions in her final test. This denied her any possibility of returning to the aetherial sea and reincarnating.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': A tragic and terrifying variation occurs with Invictus, who can control the dead as its minions. When one of these puppet corpses is set free, he's revealed to have been resurrected and had his mind and personality restored by Invictus, and ''then'' it possessed him, [[ForTheEvulz just because it could]]. It's implied that Invictus does this to all its puppets. It isn't clear if they have any awareness, but even if they don't, they're not able to move on and be with their loved ones in the afterlife. While the freed one dies again soon after being saved, it's not shown if he isn't just brought back to life as a slave once more.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': A In ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'', a tragic and terrifying variation occurs with Invictus, who can control the dead as its minions. When one of these puppet corpses is set free, he's revealed to have been resurrected and had his mind and personality restored by Invictus, and ''then'' it possessed him, [[ForTheEvulz just because it could]]. It's implied that Invictus does this to all its puppets. It isn't clear if they have any awareness, but even if they don't, they're not able to move on and be with their loved ones in the afterlife. While the freed one dies again soon after being saved, it's not shown if he isn't just brought back to life as a slave once more.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': A tragic and terrifying variation occurs with Invictus, who can control the dead as its minions. When one of these puppet corpses is set free, he's revealed to have been resurrected and had his mind and personality restored, and ''then'' Invictus possessed him, [[ForTheEvulz just because it could]]. It's implied that Invictus does this to all its puppets. It isn't clear if they have any awareness, but even if they don't, they're not able to move on and be with their loved ones in the afterlife. While the freed one dies again soon after being saved, it's not shown if he isn't just brought back to life as a slave once more.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': A tragic and terrifying variation occurs with Invictus, who can control the dead as its minions. When one of these puppet corpses is set free, he's revealed to have been resurrected and had his mind and personality restored, restored by Invictus, and ''then'' Invictus it possessed him, [[ForTheEvulz just because it could]]. It's implied that Invictus does this to all its puppets. It isn't clear if they have any awareness, but even if they don't, they're not able to move on and be with their loved ones in the afterlife. While the freed one dies again soon after being saved, it's not shown if he isn't just brought back to life as a slave once more.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': A tragic and terrifying variation occurs with Invictus, who can control the dead as its minions. When one of these puppet corpses is set free, he's revealed to have been resurrected and had his mind and personality restored, and ''then'' Invictus possessed him, [[ForTheEvulz just because it could]]. It's implied that Invictus does this to all its puppets. It isn't clear if they have any awareness, but even if they don't, they're not able to move on and be with their loved ones in the afterlife. While the freed one dies again soon after being saved, it's not shown if he isn't just brought back to life as a slave again.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': A tragic and terrifying variation occurs with Invictus, who can control the dead as its minions. When one of these puppet corpses is set free, he's revealed to have been resurrected and had his mind and personality restored, and ''then'' Invictus possessed him, [[ForTheEvulz just because it could]]. It's implied that Invictus does this to all its puppets. It isn't clear if they have any awareness, but even if they don't, they're not able to move on and be with their loved ones in the afterlife. While the freed one dies again soon after being saved, it's not shown if he isn't just brought back to life as a slave again.once more.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': A tragic and terrifying variation occurs with Invictus, who can control the dead as its minions. When one of these puppet corpses is set free, the person is revealed to have been resurrected and had his mind and personality restored, and ''then'' Invictus possessed him, [[ForTheEvulz just because it could]]. It's implied that Invictus does this to all its puppets. It isn't clear if they have any awareness, but even if they don't they're not able to move on and be with their loved ones in the afterlife. While the freed one dies soon after being saved, it's not shown if he isn't just brought back again.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': A tragic and terrifying variation occurs with Invictus, who can control the dead as its minions. When one of these puppet corpses is set free, the person is he's revealed to have been resurrected and had his mind and personality restored, and ''then'' Invictus possessed him, [[ForTheEvulz just because it could]]. It's implied that Invictus does this to all its puppets. It isn't clear if they have any awareness, but even if they don't don't, they're not able to move on and be with their loved ones in the afterlife. While the freed one dies again soon after being saved, it's not shown if he isn't just brought back to life as a slave again.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': A tragic and terrifying variation occurs with Invictus, who can control the dead as its minions. When one of these puppet corpses is set free, the person is revealed to have been resurrected and had his mind and personality restored, and ''then'' Invictus possessed him, [[ForTheEvulz just because it could]]. It's implied that Invictus does this to all its puppets. It isn't clear if they have any awareness, but even if they don't they're not able to move on and be with their loved ones in the afterlife. While the freed one dies soon after being saved, it's not shown if he isn't just brought back again.
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* In the ''Franchise/DragonBall'' universe, it's said in the [[Manga/DragonBall original series]] that people killed by King Piccolo or his minions are left floating between life and death, unable to go to Other World. The fact that Goku and Raditz ''don't'' meet this fate after Piccolo Jr. kills them in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' is a sign of his impending HeelFaceTurn.
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* In the ''Franchise/DragonBall'' universe, it's said in the [[Manga/DragonBall original series]] that people killed by Great Demon King Piccolo or his Mazoku minions are left floating between life and death, unable to go to Other World. The fact that Goku and Raditz ''don't'' meet this fate after Piccolo Jr.Piccolo's reincarnation. kills them in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' is a sign of his impending HeelFaceTurn.
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** Much later, it is revealed that [[spoiler: through secret Uzumaki techniques involving a mask, the souls can be freed from the stomach of the Shinigami. Orochimaru did this to free the four Hokage who ended up there for various reasons.]]
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** Much later, it is revealed that [[spoiler: through secret Uzumaki techniques involving a mask, the souls can be freed from the stomach of the Shinigami. Orochimaru did this to free the four Hokage who ended up there for in various reasons.intervals.]]
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* This is the fate of the Protagonist following ''VideoGame/Persona3'''s ending. By using up his life force to seal away Nyx and Erebus from enacting humanity's innate desire for death, his soul has to act as the gatekeeper for humanity until the day they either stop collectively wishing for death, or are rendered extinct. Which could very well take hundreds, if not thousands of years for the Protagonist to remain there.
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* This is the fate of the Protagonist of ''VideoGame/Persona3'' following ''VideoGame/Persona3'''s the ending. By using up his life force to seal away Nyx and Erebus from enacting humanity's innate desire for death, his soul has to act as the gatekeeper for humanity until the day they either stop collectively wishing for death, or are rendered extinct. Which could very well take hundreds, if not thousands of years for the Protagonist to remain there.
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* ''Fanfic/{{Mortified}}'': Despite having the correct mindset and temperament for it, Inanna is left unable to become a ghost and a citizen of the Infinite Realms due to her attempt to conquer the Ghost Zone and claim Ereshkigal, which paved the path for her to be remembered as a mythical goddess instead of an actual person.
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** The soldiers of Falgabard in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyDimensions''. It's not clear what Baugauven did to them, but it left them as ghosts in burning pain, unable to leave the castle. They are also enraged by the sight of Graham and Nacht, blaming them both for Falgabard's defeat because the ghosts mistake them for [[spoiler:Sigurd, who supposedly ran away. In truth, he did not; he was the ''first'' to find Baugauven and fell in battle before he could raise the alarm]].
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* The [[MemeticMutation Loathsome Dung Eater]] in ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' is a CompleteMonster HatedByAll for deliberately inflicting this on people. He's an OmnicidalManiac who spreads [[TheCorruption the Seedbed curse]] by torturing, mutilating, and [[ILoveTheDead defiling]] his victims with the Curse keeping them from returning to the Erdtree and reincarnating, [[AndIMustScream forced to remain as tormented wandering souls forever, never able to find peace]]. Having done this to thousands of others, the Dung Eater's goal is to [[AxCrazy spread the curse to the reforged Elden Ring and damn the entire world]].
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* The [[MemeticMutation Loathsome Dung Eater]] in ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' is a CompleteMonster HatedByAll for deliberately inflicting this on people. He's an OmnicidalManiac who spreads [[TheCorruption the Seedbed curse]] by torturing, mutilating, and [[ILoveTheDead defiling]] his victims with the Curse keeping them from returning to the Erdtree and reincarnating, either [[AndIMustScream forced to remain as tormented wandering souls forever, never able to find peace]].peace]] or reincarnate as the HumanoidAbomination race known as Omens. Having done this to thousands of others, the Dung Eater's goal is to [[AxCrazy spread the curse to the reforged Elden Ring and damn the entire world]].
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* The [[MemeticMutation Loathsome Dung Eater]] in ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' is a CompleteMonster HatedByAll for deliberately inflicting this on people. He's an OmnicidalManiac who spreads [[TheCorruption the Seedbed curse]] by torturing, mutilating, and [[ILoveTheDead defiling]] his victims with the Curse keeping them from returning to the Erdtree and reincarnating, [[AndIMustScream forced to remain as tormented wandering souls forever, never able to find peace]]. Having done this to thousands of others, the Dung Eater's goal is to [[AxCrazy spread the curse to the reforged Elden Ring and damn the entire world]].
