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A character is presumed dead and [[EverybodyCries the entire cast is crying over them]]. Next thing you know, [[DisneyDeath the character is alive]], wondering why everybody else is crying over them. The character tries to get the crying cast's attention, but they exclaim something along the lines of: "Not now X, we're too busy crying over X!" Then, the cast realizes that the character somehow came {{back from the dead}}, or [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated never really died after all]]. Expect said character to be severely scolded for scaring the cast afterward.

* Creator/AbbottAndCostello liked this gag, using it in ''Africa Screams'' and ''Abbot and Costello Join the Foreign Legion'', and possibly others. In both films, Lou Costello gets caught in an off-screen explosion, then Bud Abbott sees [[DeadHatShot Lou's hat thrown from the blast]] and assumes the worst. As he's mourning--wishing he'd been nicer to Lou--Lou himself comes along and commiserates with him. When Bud finally realizes that it's Lou crying on his shoulder, his immediate reaction is to shove Lou away.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy'', after Keswick "sacrifices" himself to save everybody, Dudley, Kitty, and the Chief [[EverybodyCries 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.

-->'''Rabbit:''' You hear that Piglet, Piglet forgives me!

-->'''Pinocchio:''' Father, why are you crying?\\
'''Geppetto:''' ...you're dead, Pinocchio.\\
'''Pinocchio:''' No. No, I'm not.\\
'''Geppetto:''' Yes, yes you are. Now just lie down and...\\

'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Gary, your purring is making it hard to forget you.

An extension of NotNowKiddo, and ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated. 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. Often occurs [[AttendingYourOwnFuneral at the "dead man's" own funeral]], or during a PrematureEulogy. Also compare StealthHiBye, where the characters are simply unaware of the other character's presence whether or not they are (believed) dead.

* In a more serious example in the second Island season of ''Animation/Larva''. Ivory the stick insect explains that in the absence of Red and Yellow, Grey and the other predators easily defeated the remaining Larva Rangers. Ivory then burst into tears after the tale. Mango couldn't believe what happened while Red and Yellow were horrified [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone that they could've stayed in New York and help them.]] Grey is then seen wailing with them before things take a turn.

* Something similar happens in the end of ''VideoGame/{{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.

* In the last episode of ''Anime/DirtyPair'' the villain's volcano lair has exploded with Yuri and Kei trapped inside, using a cannon as a shield, after it explodes Kei lands on the ground injured but alive but Yuri is no where to be seen, she calls out to her and apologizes for eating her cake she had been saving, she eventually breaks down and cries, then we hear Yuri's voice calling out to her telling her it was a nice eulogy and that she's heavy, it turns out she survived by hiding under a piece of the armored spaceship and Kei is standing on top of it.

* In a more serious example in the second Island season of ''Animation/Larva''. Ivory the stick insect explains that in the absence of Red and Yellow, Grey and the other predators easily defeated the remaining Larva Rangers. Ivory then burst into tears after the tale. Mango couldn't believe what happened while Red and Yellow where horrified [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone that they could've stayed in New York and help them.]] Grey is then seen wailing with them before things take a turn.

* In a ''ComicStrip/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 sadder tone than anyone else, because who wouldn't feel sad at his own funeral?

* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/10951206/chapters/24463638 Ninja Wizard Book 5]]'' Fred and George mention seeing unexplained lights in the empty fifth-year boys' dorm. Ron, Seamus and Neville promptly decide that this indicates spiritual activity and since Dean is absent, he must be the ghost in question. Then a puzzled Dean walks into the Gryffindor common room.

* In ''Fanfic/AlternateTailSeries'', the team arrives to rescue Levy (who has already defeated her childhood tormentor Ore). Gajeel picks up Ore and threaten him to let her go, not yet noticing that Levy is perfectly fine nearby.

* In the Disney version of ''Music/PeterAndTheWolf'' from ''WesternAnimation/MakeMineMusic'', Sasha the bird mourns the apparent death of Sonia the duck, who seemed to have been eaten by the wolf. However, at the end of the short, Sonia arrives on the scene unharmed, and unknowingly starts crying along with Sasha.

* In ''[[Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues Anchorman 2]]'' , Brick has been presumed drowned after chasing a duck out into a lake, Ron, Champ, and Brian attend his funeral and mourn for him only for Brick to show up at the funeral crying.

* In ''The Willows in Winter'' (one of John Horwood's sequels to Kenneth Graham's ''Literature/TheWindInTheWillows''), Mole is presumed dead, and Badger decides that there must be a funeral. Mole was actually trapped on Pan's Island, managed to escape when a boat floated downstream, and arrived at the funeral so thin and pale he was mistaken for his own ghost.

* Used a few times in ''Series/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 UsefulNotes/TheRedCross. Later while they are mourning him, Don Ramón 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 Ramón did it all for the money and [[ButtMonkey they chase him out.]]

* Hillariously happens in an episode of ''Series/UltramanDyna'', when Shin Asuka transforms into Dyna to do battle with MonsterOfTheWeek Neosaurus to escape his exploding plane (as usual, without his teammates knowing), and they assumed Asuka had died before he shows up.

* In Guillen de Castro's ''Las mocedades del Cid'' (the original 17th century source material for the ''Film/ElCid'') Jimena sees the champion she has selected return from battle and thinks that he has successfully killed Rodrigo to avenge her (as she requested). She launches into an impassioned speech about how now that Rodrigo is dead she can admit how much she loved him and how he is the only man she could ever love...only to be interrupted when Rodrigo walks in, very much alive, and tells her that since he won the duel he has the right to claim her hand in marriage, and that since he couldn't help overhearing what she was just saying, he doesn't think she can really object. He loves her, but he's obviously enjoying her total embarrassment as payback for trying to kill him.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy'', after Keswick "sacrifices" himself to save everybody, Dudley, Kitty and the Chief [[EverybodyCries 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.

'''Baloo:''' Hey, what's with you Lou? You look like you lost your best friend or something.\\

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' episode "Groundpiglet Day", Pooh, Tigger and Rabbit think Piglet's been turned into a snowman. As Piglet sppears to have melted, Rabbit starts crying that it was all his fault and begs forgiveness, to which the real Piglet comes up to him and says he does.

* At the climax of the ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' episode "Zero Gravity Zone", As Odd and Yumi hold off the swarm of Hornets, it gets progressively worse as more of the Mooks appear, Yumi collapsing from exhaustion from her telekinesis and Odd running low on arrows. Finally, Aelita seems to make a very foolish move, and try to cross the bridge too soon by creating a bypass around it. Naturally, the Hornets swarm at her and open fire until, eventually, she appears to plummet into the abyss below. For a few seconds, Odd and Yumi start to cry, thinking she's dead -- until they hear her voice say, "As soon as you're finished crying, just let me know." Clearly, she had created an illusory clone of her self to fool them; Jeremie's response is, "Aelita, you are the greatest!"

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Slugterra}}'': In "The Emperor Strikes Back", Pronto believes his faithful steed Fernando has been destroyed battling an Iron Guardian. He launches into a tearful speech about how he cannot go on without Fernando, when Fernando wanders up behind him and nudges him in the back. Pronto pauses and says "In a moment, Fernando" before launching back into his speech.

* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' 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.

* In ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'', [[VideoGame/SakuraWars Ichiro Ogami]] gets a GuiltComplex that he "killed off" their companions after using the revolver cannon bridge to catapult themselves to the [[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Tarqaron]]. Only for [[VideoGame/ResonanceOfFate Zephyr, Leanne]], [[VideoGame/MegamanX X, Zero]], [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Alisa]], [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Ryu, Ken]], and [[Anime/{{Yumeria}} Neneko]] to pop out at the other side of the tower. [[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Estelle]] even delivers the classic line that "if only we could save Neneko" only to be surprised to find that they're all okay. Even before that, the party is mourning [[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Arthur's]] (and thanking him for his) HeroicSacrifice, only for him to basically respond "You're welcome"; turns out his armor protected him from the blast. This is foreshadowed by him asking [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfValkyrie Valkyrie]] to prepare something for him (another suit).

* ''FanFic/PrettyCureMiraiSpark'': Izumi tells Shun this almost verbatim after the latter recovers from her DisneyDeath in episode 10.

->"[visibly distraught] Buffy, I...something's happened that...''Willow's dead.'' [sees Willow standing over in the corner] Hey, Willow."

->''"[visibly distraught] Buffy, I...something's happened that...''Willow's dead.'' [sees Willow standing over in the corner] Hey, Willow."''

An extension of NotNowKiddo, and ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated. 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. Often occurs [[AttendingYourOwnFuneral at the "dead man's" own funeral]], or during a PrematureEulogy. Also compare WhyThankYouX, where the characters are simply unaware of the other character's presence whether or not they are (believed) dead.

->''"[visibly distraught] Buffy, I... something's happened that... ''Willow's dead.'' [sees Willow standing over in the corner] Hey, Willow."''

* In ''Radio/TheMenFromTheMinistry'', after Lamb and Mildred eavesdrop on Dr. Cribble and Mr. Lambry about the ministry's heating system [[OutOfContextEvesDropping out-of-context]] and come to the conclusion that Lennox-Brown [[MistakenForDying is deathly ill]], doctor Cribble calls the Office to inform the General Assistance Department that the Ministry's heating system has finally shattered that morning. Lamb and Mildred naturally assume that Lennox-Brown has died, and start collecting money for his wreath... only for Lennox-Brown to enter the office at that moment, leading to a priceless DoubleTake from Lamb.

** Season Three. [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E16Doppelgangland "Dopplegangland"]]. Giles is devastated at the loss of Willow, while Buffy and Xander both blame themselves. On cue, Willow walks in. "Geez. Who died?" Then, [[IWasJustJoking seriously: "Oh, God. Who died?"]] Xander runs up and sticks a cross in her face, telling her to "BACK! GET BACK, DEMON!" Getting no reaction, he shakes the cross as though it were broken and tries again.

* Near the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' after Baloo is thought to have been killed fighting Shere Khan, Bagheera gives a eulogy to his dearly departed friend (which is notable because [[VitriolicBestBuds Bagheera and Baloo frequently got into arguments earlier in the film]]). Just as he and Mowgli leave, Baloo sits up and says, "Hey, don't stop now, Baggy. You're doing great! There's more, lots more!". This causes Bagheera to be [[AngerBornOfWorry furious at Baloo]] ("Why you... big... ''fraud'', you!") while Mowgli's reaction is relief.

A character is presumed dead and [[EverybodyCries the entire cast is crying over them]]. Next thing you know, [[DisneyDeath the character is alive]], wondering why everybody else is crying over them. The character tries to get the crying cast's attention, but they exclaim something along the lines of: "Not now X, we're too busy crying over X!" Then, the cast realizes that the character somehow came {{back from the dead}}, or [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated never really died after all]].

'''Geppetto:''' Yes, yes you are. Now just lie down and...

* In ''FanFic/AlternateTailSeries'', the team arrives to rescue Levy (who has already defeated her childhood tormentor Ore). Gajeel picks up Ore and threaten him to let her go, not yet noticing that Levy is perfectly fine nearby.

* Near the end of ''Disney/TheJungleBook'' after Baloo is thought to have been killed fighting Shere Khan, Bagheera gives a eulogy to his dearly departed friend (which is notable because [[VitriolicBestBuds Bagheera and Baloo frequently got into arguments earlier in the film]]). Just as he and Mowgli leave, Baloo sits up and says, "Hey, don't stop now, Baggy. You're doing great! There's more, lots more!". This causes Bagheera to be [[AngerBornOfWorry furious at Baloo]] ("Why you... big... ''fraud'', you!") while Mowgli's reaction is relief.

* As a possible ShoutOut to a similar scene in the source material (see the ''Animated Films'' section), The ''Disney/TheJungleBook'' SpinOffBabies series, ''WesternAnimation/JungleCubs'' has a surprisingly long sequence of this when Baloo and Kaa are presumed dead.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': Subverted in ''Discworld/InterestingTimes'' with [[spoiler:Saveloy]]'s death; at first, this trope seems to be invoked with him responding to the Silver Horde's suggestions on how to honorably bury him, until Death finally approaches him and he realizes what happened.

* In the Disney version of ''Music/PeterAndTheWolf'' from ''Disney/MakeMineMusic'', Sasha the bird mourns the apparent death of Sonia the duck, who seemed to have been eaten by the wolf. However, at the end of the short, Sonia arrives on the scene unharmed, and unknowingly starts crying along with Sasha.

* At the end of ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'', Geppetto is crying over the dead Pinocchio when the Blue Fairy brings him back to life and makes him a real boy:

* In ''Disney/BrotherBear'', an elderly bear is convinced that she lost her husband earlier this year, despite how said husband keeps yelling at her offscreen that he's still alive.

* ''Disney/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf'': 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.

* ''Disney/PigletsBigMovie'': Both Piglet and Pooh seemingly die, when a rotten log they are on plummets down a giant waterfall. It later turns out they really had hidden inside a hollow part of the log that stayed attached to the land. An unaware Pooh, however, joins Tigger and Rabbit, and [[EverybodyCries starts crying along with them]].