History Main / MisplacedSorrow

-> ''"Who? Who will make Bender waffles just the way he likes them now?"''
-->-- Bender, after Fry dies, ''WesternAnimation/Futurama''

* Parodied in the Creator/ProZD sketch "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osd16ILchHs When Your Party Member Dies Permanently]]." Video game protagonist Dennis is distraught by Archibald dying... because Archibald is wearing and carrying all the best equipment and Dennis's player spent hours level-grinding the character. Archibald, who isn't dead yet, spends his final moments being pissed about this.

* ''Funny Pets'': Who cares about your brother becoming a ghost? A dropped plate of cake is where it's at!

* ''Film/TheOtherSideOfHeaven'' has professional mourners who wail at funerals... only to pop up and ask if the pudding is ready.

** In ''Literature/{{Pyramids}}'', one of the surviving student assassins mourns the one who didn't make it, noting, "He still owed me money".

* In an episode of ''Series/HappyEndings'', Max comes in after just leaving his hairdresser's funeral. He quickly says, "The real tragedy is I need a haircut and I have no one to go to!"
* In the first episode of ''Series/RedDwarf'', Dave Lister's first reaction when he finally gets that EverybodysDeadDave and is told that he's three million years in the future is "Three million years?! I've still got that library book!"

* "Superman" by ''Music/{{Atmosphere}}''. In the song, Slug one day discovers he has superpowers. While walking down the street he runs into two friends of his. He goes to give one of them a fist-bump but ends up ''killing'' him accidentally with his super strength. The other friend, heard in the background, is heartbroken and laments, "Why you gotta squish my friend, dude?... That dude owed me, like, five dollars. Why you gotta kill him?"

-->'''Meegs:''' (''thinking'') By the gods!!! Now I have to go through that damned apprentice audition process again!!

* In ''AlternateRealityDragonBallZ'', Krillin gets in tears whenever Vegeta dies. Because he was carrying his borrowed iPod.

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWVcgYd6cNE this]] parody of the live action opening of the original ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1'', Jill is upset that Joseph got mauled to death by zombie dogs because he owes her money.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', Archer's fiancée has just performed a HeroicSacrifice by tackling evil cyborg Barry off a building. She dies, Barry is just fine, and Archer is in tears over this senseless tragedy. So is Doctor Krieger; they landed on and crushed his beloved van.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': In "The Stanchurian Candidate", the (incredibly old) mayor dies, and Shandra Jimenez breaks down and cries over the rush of emotion caused by having ''actual news'' to report on for the first time in ages.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'', Kaeloo, Pretty, Stumpy and Quack Quack are walking through a desert. Stumpy starts drowning in quicksand, so everybody panics and pulls him out... because all their supplies were in his backpack.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': Numbuh Three is about to be married to King Sandy, a kid pretending to be a king. Numbuh Four claims that the only reason he wanted to rescue her isn't because he's jealous, but because she owes him a quarter.
* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'': In TheStinger for "The Little Guy", Peepers comforts a crying Lord Hater after Westley's funeral, believing he's sad over Westley [[FakingTheDead (supposedly)]] dying. Hater says he's crying because Wander and Sylvia got away, and he doesn't even remember Westley.
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': At the end of "Princess Monster Wife", the titular character sacrifices herself by returning the stolen body parts to their owners. At the end, Ice King appears to be sad... but he's actually upset that she gave away "all [his] stuff".

* In ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'', Kadota's gang are devastated when they find out their friend Kaztano has been kidnapped, but none so much as Togusa, who even claimed he couldn't go on without the man. No one can be there for Togusa like Kaztano. Why? Because Kaztano was his source for sold-out, front row tickets to see IdolSinger Ruri Hijiribe.

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': At the end of "Princess Monster Wife", the titular character sacrifices herself by returning the stolen body parts to their owners. At the end, Ice King appears to be sad... but he's actually upset the she supposedly gave away "all [his] stuff".

* The September 26, 1997 strip of ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' had a spider introducing Garfield to his friend Petey the Tick. After Garfield casually smashes him, he says "Hey! He owed me money!"

* In an episode of ''Series/HappyEndings'', Max comes in after just leaving his hairdresser's funeral. He quickly says "the real tragedy is I need a haircut and I have no one to go to!"

* "Superman" by ''Music/{{Atmosphere}}''. In the song, Slug one day discovers he has superpowers. While walking down the street he runs into two friends of his. He goes to give one of them a fist-bump but ends up ''killing'' him accidentally with his super strength. The other friend, heard in the background, is heartbroken and laments "Why you gotta squish my friend, dude?...That dude owed me, like, five dollars. Why you gotta kill him?"

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', Archer's fiance has just performed a HeroicSacrifice by tackling evil cyborg Barry off a building. She dies, Barry is just fine, and Archer is in tears over this senseless tragedy. So is Doctor Krieger; they landed on and crushed his beloved van.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': Numbuh Three is about to be married to King Sandy, a kid pretending to be a king. Numbuh Four claims that the only reason he wanted to rescue her isn't because he's jealous, but because she owed him a quarter.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Neptune's Spatula", [=SpongeBob=] is about to be taken to Atlantis to be King Neptune's top fry cook after beating him in a contest. This would mean separating [=SpongeBob=] from his friends. Mr. Krabs is saddened not because he lost his best fry cook, but because he bet on King Neptune.

* Done by America in ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia''. When England 'dies' in the hospital after an accident involving the panjandrum, America gets teary eyed and tells him he can't go because he owes him a 'crap-ton of money'.

* One ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip had a spider introducing Garfield to his "big" brother. After Garfield casually smashes him, he says "Hey! He owed me money!"

** In ''Literature/AHatFullOfSky'' a shopkeeper is horrified to see his wizard assistant turned into a frog [[ShapeshifterBaggage and a big, pink, gloopy blob]]:

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* [[http://envyskort.deviantart.com/art/KNOCK-OUT-S-TRUE-FEELS-296157426 This]] piece of WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime fanart - Knock Out is upset when he hears about [[spoiler:Breakdown's death]], not because he cared about [[spoiler:Breakdown]], but because he now has to do actual work instead of sneaking off to race.

** In ''Discworld/{{Pyramids}}'', one of the surviving student assassins mourns the one who didn't make it, noting, "He still owed me money".
** In ''Discworld/AHatFullOfSky'' a shopkeeper is horrified to see his wizard assistant turned into a frog [[ShapeshifterBaggage and a big, pink, gloopy blob]]:

* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', the (incredibly old) mayor dies, and Shandra Jimenez breaks down and cries over the rush of emotion caused by having ''actual news'' to report on for the first time in ages.

* In season 5 of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', [[spoiler:Lars is abducted by aliens.]] When Ronaldo finds out, he's horribly upset that '''he''' wasn't the one abducted.

* In season 5 of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', [[spoiler: Lars is abducted by aliens.]] When Ronaldo finds out, he's horribly upset that '''he''' wasn't the one abducted.

* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', the (incredibly old) mayor dies, and [[HotScoop Shandra Jimenez]] breaks down and cries over the rush of emotion caused by having ''actual news'' to report on for the first time in ages.

* [[http://envyskort.deviantart.com/art/KNOCK-OUT-S-TRUE-FEELS-296157426 This]] piece of WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime fanart - Knock Out is upset when he hears about [[spoiler: Breakdown's death]], not because he cared about [[spoiler: Breakdown]], but because he now has to do actual work instead of sneaking off to race.

* "Superman" by {{Atmosphere}}. In the song Slug one day discovers he has superpowers. While walking down the street he runs into two friends of his. He goes to give one of them a fist-bump but ends up ''killing'' him accidentally with his super strength. The other friend, heard in the background, is heartbroken and laments "Why you gotta squish my friend, dude?...That dude owed me, like, five dollars. Why you gotta kill him?"

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Neptune's Spatula", [=SpongeBob=] is about to be taken to Atlantis to be King Neptune's top fry cook after beating him in a contest. This would mean separating [=SpongeBob=] from his friends. Mr. Krabs is saddened not because he lost his best fry cook, but because he betted on King Neptune.

* The song "Superman" by {{Atmosphere}}. In the song, the narrator suddenly finds he has superman-like powers. While walking down the street, he runs into two aquaintances. While attempting to give one of them a fist-bump, he accidently ''kills'' hims with his superstrength. The other friend, heard in the background, is seemingly heartbroken, and laments "Why you gotta squish my friend, dude?"...until you hear him say, "That dude owed me, like, five dollars. Why you gotta kill him?"