History WesternAnimation / DCShowcaseDeath

* BedlamHouse: Implied to be the the car with this version of Arkham Asylum. After Vincent gets fired from his job painting the asylum’s gate, he later says to himself he should be glad to be away from there. However, we don't actually see inside the place.

* BedlamHouse: Downplayed, but we first see Vincent as an adult while he's trying to paint the gates at Arkham Asylum with Vincent even stating he should be glad to be away from there, but we don't actually see inside the place.

* VisualPun: [[spoiler: Vincent's dreams of being a famous artist literally go up in flames at the end.]]

** From his apartment, Vincent opens the window and sees Death getting accosted by two people. When he goes out there to try and help, Death is standing in front of the door... [[spoiler:while in the background there are police and paramedics checking up on a car crash...]]

''DC Showcase: Death'' is a 2019 short animated film staring [[ComicBook/TheSandman Death of the Endless]] as a bonus feature on the ''WesternAnimation/WonderWomanBloodlines'' Blu-Ray.

** The demons that Vincent hallucinates are representative of the people who made him spiral out to depression (his art teacher, disapproving dad, ex-wife, and the boss who fired him). In one moment, the demons circle him to show he's ''surrounded'' by his inner demons.

** From his apartment, Vincent opens the window and sees Death getting mugged by two people. When he goes out there to try and help, Death is standing in front of the door...[[spoiler:while in the background there are police and paramedics checking up on a car crash...]]

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Vincent sees Death about to be ganged up by some people and immediately goes out to rescue her. [[spoiler:He had no idea the two people getting angry were dead...just like him.]]

** [[spoiler:Same with the two muggers arguing with Death, saying that [[EntitledBastard they didn't deserve]] what happened to them.]]

** From his apartment, Vincent opens the window and sees Death getting mugged by three people. When he goes out there to try and help, Death is standing in front of the door...[[spoiler:while in the background there are police and paramedics checking up on a car crash...]]

** [[spoiler:Same with the three muggers arguing with Death, saying that [[EntitledBastard they didn't deserve]] what happened to them.]]

* NiceHat: Death first appears to Vincent while wearing a swanky top hat. She gives it to him before leaving.

** [[At the beginning after Vincent is fired, his ex-boss starts to finish up the job on the gate's color. While he does we pan up to see a sign above the gate that says: Arkham Asylum.]]

* AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler:Upon realizing that his cigarettes will burn down all of his unfinished works, including his masterpiece of Death, Vincent begs for her to save the painting. He then realizes that she already has and thanks her for having the chance to at least complete one work.]]

** Vincent is introduced as his child self and [[spoiler:reverts to his child self to head into the afterlife.]]

* DontFearTheReaper: It's Death, after all. [[spoiler:She froze time so Vincent would be able to complete a masterpiece and takes his hand to the afterlife. She also fulfills Vincent's request to have his portrait of her saved from the fire.]]
-->'''Death:''' ''(smiling)'' Shall we go then? Into the mystery....

* LastRequest: [[spoiler:Vincent's ghost begs Death to spare his painting of her from the fire caused by his cigarette. The end of the showcase reveals that she does.]]

* PerkyGoth: Death appears in a black ensemble with black hair, pale skin, and a very sweet and playful personality.

** As a child, Vincent is drawing a dark-haired girl with wings, reflecting how Death appears to everyone when they're born. [[spoiler:At the end, he realizes this and that she had already decided to save his portrait of her.]]

** The first line Death speaks to Vincent is that those cigarettes he's smoking are going to kill him. [[spoiler:Sure enough not only does Vincent die with a cigarette in hand, but the cigarette causes a fire that burns all of his unfinished works.]]
*** Speaking of, the cigarette in Vincent's mouth drops when he sees Death. [[spoiler:Another cigarette drops off of his dead body, this time burning up his apartment.]]

** [[spoiler:Same with the three muggers arguing with Death, who felt they didn't deserve what happened to them.]]

A StarvingArtist named Vincent has lost his job and meets a mysterious woman who wears black, unaware of who she is and why she's interested in him.

* TheAlcoholic: Vincent's failures of being a famous artist has caused him to go into a downward spiral of drugs and alcohol.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:On the bitter side, Vincent is dead, the cigarette in his hand burning his apartment down and all of his unfinished works with all of his dreams of being a famous artist gone up in smoke. But on the sweet end, Vincent was able to conquer his demons and complete a masterpiece of Death herself which was the only work untouched by the fire so that in some way he'll be remembered.]]

* BreakTheCutie: Vincent had one ''hell'' of a life. Once a cheerful kid who loved drawing more than anything else, his dreams of becoming a famous artist end up ruining him. His dad lambastes him and kicks him out for his passion. His art teacher is a sadist who humiliates him in front of his class. His wife leaves him after he becomes irritable and despondent even while she supported him for years. He then gets fired from his job at Arkham Asylum, leaving him penniless, lonely, and drowning his sorrows with tobacco and alcohol.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Probably one of the darkest of the DC Showcases as it deals with a struggling artist fighting his inner demons [[spoiler:and it ends with Vincent dying, led to a peaceful afterlife by Death herself.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: Death is a sweet lady with skin white as snow and hair black as a raven, [[spoiler:and she allows Vincent to paint her to help him conquer his demons, even stopping time so that Vincent's ghost has time to complete it, guides him to rest and makes sure that his painting of her survives the fire.]]
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:After Vincent finishes his painting of Death, he notices that time is still...and then turns to see that he's dead on the couch with a cigarette in his hand...]]
* DissonantSerenity: It's both eerie and comforting how [[spoiler:Death remains perfectly calm even as Vincent realizes he's dead. The way she gently treats him shows that she's seen this many times before, but also indicates how otherworldly she is.]]
* DontFearTheReaper: It's Death, after all. [[spoiler: She froze time so Vincent would be able to complete a masterpiece and takes his hand to the afterlife. She also fulfills Vincent's request to have his portrait of her saved from the fire.]]

* FantasyForbiddingFather: Vincent's father disapproved of Vincent's dreams of being an artist. [[spoiler: Presumably, he kicked Vincent out for calling him a failure who hates his life and his family.]]

** As a child, Vincent is drawing a dark-haired girl with wings, reflecting how Death appears to everyone when they're born. [[spoiler:At the end, he realizes this, and that she had already decided to save his portrait of her.]]
** After her short conversation with Vincent, Death says she'll "see [him] around", while opening a door to a flashing siren while gently asking the man standing behind it if he's "ready".

** From his apartment, Vincent opens his window and sees Death getting mugged by three people. But when he goes out there, Death is standing in front of the door... [[spoiler:while in the background there are police and paramedics checking up on a car crash...]]

* HeadTurningBeauty: Vincent is dumbstruck when he first lays eyes on Death, letting his cigarette fall from his mouth and almost immediately asking to get a chance to paint her.

* LikeFatherLikeSon: [[spoiler:Vincent didn't want to go back to school because he didn't want to turn out like his father, "A miserable failure who hates his life". By present time, Vincent is precisely that.]]

* {{Motifs}}: Fire. The inner demons that mock Vincent are made of fire, Death notes that perhaps Vincent lost his "spark" for art and [[spoiler:all of Vincent's unfinished works go up in flames due to his cigarette.]]

* PerkyGoth: Death appears in a black ensemble with black hair, pale skin and a very sweet and playful personality.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Death is incredibly pale compared to the skin tones of the people around her and has jet-black hair, setting her apart from everyone else Vincent knows. She's also so beautiful that he's utterly dumbstruck when he first lays eyes on her.

** The demons that Vincent hallucinates are representative of people who have made him spiral out to depression (his art teacher, disapproving dad, his ex-wife and the boss who fired him). In one moment, the demons circle him, to show he's ''surrounded'' by his inner demons.
** Vincent's first and final masterpieces were of an angel. [[spoiler:The first one represents Death watching out for him and the last one is Death taking him away to the afterlife.]]
* SadistTeacher: Vincent's art teacher mocks Vincent's work in front of his entire class, steps on it, and snidely tells him to pursue another "productive" profession as Vincent leaves thoroughly humiliated.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Vincent sees Death about to be ganged up by some people and immediately goes out to rescue her. [[spoiler:He had no idea was the two people getting angry were dead... just like him.]]

** [[spoiler: Same with the three muggers arguing with Death, who felt they didn't deserve what happened to them.]]

* StarvingArtist: Vincent. Even Death lampshades the tropes about his past. Justified since she's SeenItall.