History Main / NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou

An extension of NotNowKiddo. Often overlaps with DelayedReaction. Sometimes the result of FakingTheDead, especially if the ones in mourning were unaware that the person being mourned over was faking. Also compare WhyThankYouX, where the characters are simply unaware of the other character's presence whether or not they are (believed) dead.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Season Three. [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E16Doppelgangland "Dopplegangland"]]. Angel (in full mourning face) runs in and tells Buffy that Willow is dead only to be distracting by her (very much alive) presence in the room. "Oh, hi Willow." Beat.
* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "The Pandorica Opens" makes an OverlyLongGag out of the Doctor completely failing to make the connection that the person he's talking to is Rory, a companion he had mourned the loss of in a previous episode. [[spoiler: It ends up being just a simulacrum of Rory, but one that seems to have Rory's soul.]]

* In the ''ScoobyDoo, Where Are You!'' episode "Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too", Shaggy did this over a stone statue of Scooby: "He was like a brother to me! (the real Scooby approaches him) Look, Scoob, you've been turned to stone!"
* The SpinOffBabies ''[[Disney/TheJungleBook Jungle Cubs]]'' has a surprisingly long sequence of this when Baloo and Kaa were presumed dead.

* Depending on the director, ''AMidsummerNightsDream'' has this when Bottom returns to the Mechanicals after his adventure with the fairies.

* At the end of {{MrGum}}: book 8 all Polly's friends think she died, she then wakes up and asks what everyone is crying about. ''HilarityEnsues''.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Season Three. [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E16Doppelgangland "Dopplegangland"]]. Angel (in full mourning face) runs in and tells Buffy that Willow is dead only to be distracting by her (very much alive) presence in the room. "Oh, hi Willow." Beat.

* The SpinOffBabies [[Disney/TheJungleBook Jungle Cubs]] has a surprisingly long sequence of this when Baloo and Kaa were presumed dead.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Season Three. "Dopplegangland". Angel (in full mourning face) runs in and tells Buffy that Willow is dead only to be distracting by her (very much alive) presence in the room. "Oh, hi Willow." Beat.

* Parodied in {{Haruhi-chan}}: Kyon and Haruhi are having a blowpipe brawl, and end up hitting Mikuru. Then they're mourning her while learning the lesson about violence that she taught them with her death, just before Mikuru mentions that she's still there.

* FushigiYuugi has an unusual variant in that the person in question [[spoiler:Nuriko]] ''is'' dead and the characters are praying for [[spoiler:his]] soul, not realizing that [[spoiler:his]] ghost has joined them.

* At the end of [[MrGum]]: book 8 all Polly's friends think she died, she then wakes up and asks what everyone is crying about. ''HilarityEnsues''.

You all know it. A character is presumed dead and the entire cast is crying over them. Next thing you know, the character is alive, wondering why everybody else is crying over them. The character tries to get the crying cast's attention, but they exclaims something along the lines of: "Not now X, we're too busy crying over X!" Then, the cast realizes that the character somehow survived, or never really died after all.

* Defied in StargateSG1 when O'Neill refuses to have a funeral for "someone who isn't dead" after Daniel's second death and ascension. Apparently O'Neill wanted to avoid an instance of this trope (and, given Daniel's repeated cases of DeathIsCheap, he was right.)

* In a LilAbner story, this was inverted. Li'l Abner has escaped what seemed like certain death, and goes to Dogpatch to find some of its citizens singing a funeral hymn for their poor deceased Li'l Abner. When he sees this and learns that they're mourning him, he starts singing along in a very sad tone of voice, because who wouldn't feel sad at his own funeral?

An extension of NotNowKiddo. Often overlaps with DelayedReaction. Sometimes the result of FakingTheDead, especially if the ones in mourning were unaware that the person being mourned over was faking.

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Season Three. "Dopplegangland". Angel (in full mourning face) runs in and tells Buffy that Willow is dead only to be distracting by her (very much alive) presence in the room. "Oh, hi Willow." Beat.

* ''{{Cars}}'': Lightning [=McQueen=] has finished the road and there is no sign of him, the others assuming that he just left without saying goodbye. Red the Fire Truck starts crying, at which point [=McQueen=] appears and asks what's the matter with Red. Mater then explains to [=McQueen=] about [=McQueen=] leaving, and stands staring at him a long while before realizing whom he was addressing.

* Subverted in StargateSG1 when O'Neill refuses to have a funeral for "someone who isn't dead" after Daniel's second death and ascension. Apparently O'Neill wanted to avoid an instance of this trope (and, given Daniel's repeated cases of DeathIsCheap, he was right.)

* In ''MythAdventures'', Aahz once got "We're Too Busy Planning Vengeance For Your Death" moment.

* Depending on the director, ''[=~A Midsummer Night's Dream~=]'' has this when Bottom returns to the Mechanicals after his adventure with the fairies.

* ''TheLionKing 1½'': It looks like Timon has sacrificed himself, and his mom is in hysterics. Then he climbs out of the pit he made and says "Mom, it's OK." She grabs him and shakes him and says a few things about it not being OK before she realizes that it's Timon.
* ''IndianaJones and the Last Crusade'' has Indy apparently falling of a cliff with a tank, the group with him leans over to see the tank hit the ground and not notice him crawling up a set of vines a few feet down. Indy notices the group mourning him and leans over himself to see what they're looking at only for the group to notice him soon after.
* Happens in the ''{{Maverick}}'' movie after Brett is thought to have fallen to his death over a cliff.

* Subverted in StargateSG1 when O'Neill refuses to have a funeral for "someone who isn't dead" Daniel after his second death and ascension. Apparently O'Neill wanted to avoid an instance of this trope (and, given Daniel's repeated cases of DeathIsCheap, O'Neill was right.)

* Something similar happens in the end of ''{{Xenosaga}}'' anime: Everyone (particularly Shion) is very busy crying for [[spoiler:KOS-MOS]], who has seemingly pulled off a HeroicSacrifice, when a communications officer spots her walking calmly on the ship's hull. He tries telling the others but TheCaptain orders him to shut up and not ruin the moment at first.

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You all know it. A character is presumed dead and the entire cast is crying over them. Next thing you know, the character is alive, wondering why everybody else is crying over them. The character tries to get the crying cast's attention, but they exclaims something along the lines of: "Not now X, we're too busy crying over X!" Then, the cast realizes that the character somehow survived, or never really died after all.

If the "dead man" is particularly [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} absent-minded]], he might even join in on the mourning, with or without being aware about who's being mourned.

Compare NotNowKiddo. Often overlaps with DelayedReaction.
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!!Examples:

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* In one episode of ''[[{{Pokemon}} Pokémon]]'', James tells a story about his childhood that ends with him freezing to death in the snow. Everyone cries over him except Misty who brings everyone to their senses by pointing out that James is right there.
* Something similar happens in the end of ''{{Xenosaga}}'' anime: Everyone (particularly Shion) is very busy crying for [[spoiler:KOS-MOS]], who has seemingly pulled off a HeroicSacrifice, when a communications officer spots her walking calmly on the ship's hull. He tries telling the others but TheCaptain orders him to shut up and not ruin the moment at first.

[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* At the end of {{Pinocchio}}, Geppetto is crying over the dead Pinocchio when the Blue Fairy brings him back to life and makes him a real boy:
-->'''Pinocchio:''' Father, whatcha crying for?
-->'''Geppetto:''' Because... you're dead, Pinocchio.
-->'''Pinocchio:''' No. No, I'm not.
-->'''Geppetto:''' Yes, yes you are. Now lie down...
* {{Cars}}: Lightning [=McQueen=] has finished the road and there is no sign of him, the others assuming that he just left without saying goodbye. Red the Fire Truck starts crying, at which point [=McQueen=] appears and asks what's the matter with Red. Mater then explains to [=McQueen=] about [=McQueen=] leaving, and stands staring at him a long while before realizing whom he was addressing.
* ''TheLionKing 1½'': It looks like Timon has sacrificed himself, and his mom is in hysterics. Then he climbs out of the pit he made and says "Mom, it's OK." She grabs him and shakes him and says a few things about it not being OK before she realizes that it's Timon.
* ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' has Indy apparently falling of a cliff with a tank, the group with him leans over to see the tank hit the ground and not notice him crawling up a set of vines a few feet down. Indy notices the group mourning him and leans over himself to see what their looking at only for the group to notice him soon after.
* Happens in the {{Maverick}} movie after Brett is thought to have fallen to his death over a cliff.
* Jack is hit by a rocket in TheNightmareBeforeChristmas. Oogie Boogie is, therefore, understandably shocked when he appears in the [[BigDamnHeroes nick of time]] to rescue Sally and Santa Claus moments after they hear the news.

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* Depending on the director, ''AMidsummerNightsDream'' has this when Bottom returns to the Mechanicals after his adventure with the fairies.
* In ''MythAdventures'', Aahz once got "We're Too Busy Planning Vengeance For Your Death" moment.

[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Season Three. "Dopplegangland". Angel (in full mourning face) runs in and tells Buffy that Willow is dead only to be distracting by her (very much alive) presence in the room. "Oh, hi Willow." Beat.
* A bit of a twist on the concept: In the ''DoctorWho'' story "The Pandorica Opens", the Doctor is asking a Roman Centurion to help take care of the injured Amy, totally missing the point (and lampshading it) that the Centurian is really Rory, a companion he had mourned the loss of in a previous episode. [[spoiler: It ends up being just a simulacrum of Rory, but one that seems to have Rory's soul.]]
-->'''The Doctor:''' Ohh, missing something obvious, Rory, something big, something right smack in front of me, I can see it...
-->'''Rory:''' Yes, you probably are.
-->'''The Doctor:''' I'll get it in a minute.
-->''(beat)''
-->'''The Doctor:''' Hello again.
-->'''Rory:''' Hello.
* Used a few times in ''ElChavoDelOcho'', one episode has Chavo faking having being run over by a truck so people would give him food while he was sick, after Kiko helps set him up and tell everyone he was hurt, Chavo leaves for a while and everyone thinks that he was taken to the Red Cross. Later while they are mourning him, Don Ramon asks for some money for the funeral the people present, while Chavo appears crying at the emotional moment and offering 20 cents for his own funeral. Everyone thinks Don Ramon did it all for the money and [[ButtMonkey they chase him out.]]

[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* In ''TUFFPuppy'', after Keswick "sacrifices" himself to save everybody, Dudley, Kitty and the Chief are all crying in a huddle. Keswick appeared why they were still crying. Kitty then exclaims, "Not now Keswick, we're too busy crying over Keswick!"
* In ''[[ChristmasEpisode A Merry Mirthworm Christmas]]'', Burt, the new worm in town, feels rejected and leaves for another place. Crystal and the other worms find his note, and go off to find him. Unfortunately, a blizzard kicks up, and they have to turn back without finding him. At the community center, the others comment on how hard Crystal is taking this, and Burt, who had turned back when the blizzard got started and took shelter in the community center, asks what's wrong. One of the worms starts to explain before realizing whom she's addressing.
* In the ''{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'' episode "Where's Gary?", when Gary finally comes back to [=SpongeBob=], the latter is still crying. I forget the quote, but generally it's like this:
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Oh, if only I could hear your meow for the last time...
-->'''Gary''' ''(who has crawled onto his head)'': Meow!
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' And your purring...
-->'''Gary:''' *purrs*
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Do you mind, Gary? I'm trying to mourn you.
* In the ''ScoobyDoo, Where Are You!'' episode "Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too", Shaggy did this over a stone statue of Scooby: "He was like a brother to me! (the real Scooby approaches him) Look, Scoob, you've been turned to stone!"
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Examples:

* Used a few times in ''ElChavoDel8'', one episode has Chavo faking having being run over by a truck so people would give him food while he was sick, after Kiko helps set him up and tell everyone he was hurt, Chavo leaves for a while and everyone thinks that he was taken to the Red Cross. Later while they are mourning him, Don Ramon asks for some money for the funeral the people present, while Chavo appears crying at the emotional moment and offering 20 cents for his own funeral. Everyone thinks Don Ramon did it all for the money and [[ButtMonkey they chase him out.]]

* ''TheLionKing 1½'': It looks like Timon has sacrificed himself, and his mom is in hysterics. Then he climbs out of the pit he made and says "Mom, it's OK." She grabs him and shakes him and says a few things about it not being OK before she realizes that it's Timon.

[[AC:Anime]]
* In one episode of {{Pokemon}}, James tells a story about his childhood that ends with him freezing to death in the snow. Everyone cries over him except Misty who brings everyone to their senses by pointing out that James is right there.
* Something similar happens in the end of {{Xenosaga}} anime: everyone (particularly Shion) is very busy crying for [[spoiler:KOS-MOS]], who has seemingly pulled off a HeroicSacrifice, when a communications officer spots her walking calmly on the ship's hull. He tries telling the others but TheCaptain orders him to shut up and not ruin the moment at first.

[[AC:Film]]

* {{Cars}}: Lightning McQueen has finished the road and there is not sign of him, the others assuming that he just left without saying goodbye. Red the Fire Truck starts crying, at which point McQueen appears and asks what's the matter with him. Mater then explains to McQueen about McQueen leaving, and stands staring at him a long while before realizing who he was talking to.
* LionKing 1 1/2: It looks like Timon has sacrificed himself, and his mom is in hysterics. Then he climbs out of the pit he made and says "Mom, it's OK". She grabs him and shakes him and says a few things about it not being OK before she realizes that it's him.

[[AC:Literature]]
* Depending On The Director, AMidsummerNightsDream when Bottom returns to the Mechanicals after his adventure with the fairies.
* In MythAdventures Aahz once got "We're Too Busy Planning Vengeance For Your Death" moment.

[[AC:Live Action TV]]
* BuffyTheVampireSlayer. Season Three. Dopplegangland. Angel (in full mourning face) runs in and tells Buffy that Willow is dead only to be distracting by her (very much alive) presence in the room. "Oh, hi Willow." Beat.
* A bit of a twist on the concept: In the DoctorWho series "The Pandorica Opens", the Doctor is asking a Roman Centurion to help take care of the injured Amy, totally missing the point (and lampshading it) that the Centurian is really Rory, a companion he had mourned the loss of in a previous episode. [[spoiler: It ends up being just a simulacrum of Rory, but one that seems to have Rory's soul.]]
-->The Doctor: Ohh, missing something obvious, Rory, something big, something right smack in front of me, I can see it...
-->Rory: Yes, you probably are.
-->The Doctor: I'll get it in a minute.

-->The Doctor: Hello again.
-->Rory: Hello.

[[AC:Western Animation]]
* In TuffPuppy, after Keswick "sacrifices" himself to save everybody, Dudley, Kitty, and the Chief are all crying in a huddle. Keswick appeared why they were still crying. Kitty then exclaims, "Not now Keswick, we're too busy crying over Keswick!"
* In a [[ChristmasEpisode A Merry Mirthworm Christmas]], Burt, the new worm in town, feels rejected and leaves for another place. Crystal and the other worms find his note, and go off to find him. Unfortunately, a blizzard kicks up, and they have to turn back without finding him. At the community center, the others comment on how hard Crystal is taking this, and Burt, who had turned back when the blizzard got started and took shelter in the community center, asks what's wrong. One of the worms starts to explain before realizing whom she's talking to.
* In SpongebobSquarepants episode ''"Where's Gary?"'', when Gary finally comes back to Spongebob, the latter is still crying. I forget the quote, but generally it's like this:
-->Spongebob: Oh, if only I could hear your meow for the last time...
-->Gary ''(who has crawled onto his head)'': Meow!
-->Spongebob: And your purring...
-->Gary: *purrs*

(The title was changed from Not Now X, We're Too Busy Crying Over You. Dropped the X. Seemed to be popular. Looks better now, though.)