History Main / DeadPersonConversation

* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' played it more straight with Mac. He got shot, had a NearDeathExperience, and talked to Claire.
** In an earlier episode, a schizophrenic serial killer talked to his dead wife while the cops had him surrounded in an intersection. Mac realized what was going on and used it to his advantage by relating to the man's grief in order to apprehend him.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': ''End of Evangelion'' has the conversation between Asuka and Shinji after Asuka]] is killed by the Mass Production [=EVAs=]. This conversation ends up being the deciding factor in Third Impact when [[WomanScorned Asuka rejects Shinji]].

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* ''Fanfic/SpiderNinja'': Downplayed. The same night that Petra [[GeneHunting learns who her deceased biological parents were]], [[spoiler:the ghosts of Richard and Mary Parker visit Splinter while he's meditating. They briefly thank him for [[InterspeciesAdoption taking Petra in]] before disappearing, seemingly at peace.]]

For that simpleton who futilely talks to the deceased (and thereby knows their discussion is one-sided), seek the advice of TalkingToTheDead. Meanwhile, for the wayward crackpot who views a long-gone person as if they are still in function, direct yourself unto MummiesAtTheDinnerTable.

FloatingAdviceReminder and MagicRealism may also be subjects you wish to uncover. And one more thing, dear daughter: please do not associate our conversation with the trope known as DeadManWriting, I beg of you!

* In ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', [[Comicbook/{{Superman}} Clark]] begins to recover from his HeroicBSOD when he has a conversation with the ghost of Jonathan Kent.

* ''Film/JonahHex'' has magic powers he didn't have in [[ComicBook/JonahHex his comic series]]. A [[MagicalNativeAmerican Crow medicine man]] resurrected Jonah when he was OnlyMostlyDead, giving him the ability to talk to the dead if he can make physical contact with their corpse. Turns out the dead continue to see what the people they were connected with in life are doing, even after they died. However they burn up if Jonah does this for too long (though pouring soil on their head slows the process).

* On ''Webcomic/TheLastDaysOfFoxhound'', characters had conversations with Big Boss and The Sorrow. Of course it's more people reading from Sorrow's textcards.

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* ''Blog/HowToHero'' has a whole entry on summoning ghosts and, in an earlier entry, recommends calling up ghosts to bypass any moral quandaries that might arise from taking cool magical artifacts from caves.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'''s "The Sting," Fry is apparently dead after a mission gone wrong, but [[TalkingInYourDreams Leela has recurring dreams in which he speaks to her]] and becomes convinced that he's alive and able to communicate with her somehow. It turns out that [[AdventuresInComaland she's been in a coma the entire time, and Fry, who survived the mission]], [[ConverseWithTheUnconscious has been trying to revive her by talking to her for two weeks]].
* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': In "Wise Raven and Old Crow," Molly has a dream where her deceased Grandma Catherine tells her that she has something for her, and she needs to come get it. [[spoiler:The "thing" in question turns out to be her old hide-tanning tools]].
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': "Rose's Scabbard" has a simulated example. Pearl projects a holographic image of her lost love, Rose Quartz. She proceeds to hold a "conversation" with her, but it's clearly a re-enactment of a conversation the two had millennia earlier when Rose was still alive.
* Through most of season 4 of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', Henchman 21 is seen conversing with the skull of his best friend Henchman 24. Initially, the audience only hears one side of the conversation, but eventually it's shown that 21 is apparently speaking with 24's ghost. Despite implications that the skull occasionally moves under its own power, it's kept [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane ambiguous]] whether the haunting is real. Even 21 himself is unsure that he's not just [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness going nuts]]. The truth is revealed at the end of the season.
** Dr. Venture has also conversed with his dead father on one or two occasions. He's generally fully aware that it's a hallucination.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Old Money", Grampa blames Homer for preventing him from being with his girlfriend Beatrice before she died and disowns him. After he inherits her fortune, but remains unhappy while trying to live the high life, Bea's ghost appears before him while he rides a roller coaster going up a hill, advising him to use the money for good and reconcile with his son.

'''Bea:''' Not as scary as THIS! ''(the coaster goes down the hill)''