Line #62 Main/FuneralTropes


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4	->''When you attend a funeral\
5	It is sad to think that sooner or l--\
6	Ater Those you love will do the same for you,\
7	And you may have thought it tragic\
8	Not to mention other adjec--\
9	Tives, to think of all the weeping they will do''
10	-->-- '''Music/TomLehrer''', "We Will All Go Together When We Go", ''Music/AnEveningWastedWithTomLehrer''
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12	Tropes dealing with funerals and all ritualized commemoration of the dead.
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14	See also UsefulNotes.{{Funerals}}.
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17	!!Tropes:
18	[[index]]
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20	'''Related Indices:'''
21	* GriefTropes
22	* StatuesMonumentsAndMemorials
23	]
24	* TwentyOneGunSalute: 21-gun or three-volley salutes performed at funerals for officers or military personal.
25	* AncientTomb: Or burial chamber.
26	* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: No one liked the person who has died, so everyone's glad they have kicked the bucket.
27	* AshesToCrashes: An urn full of ashes gets knocked over and scattered inappropriately.
28	* AttendingYourOwnFuneral: Someone attends their own funeral because their death is mistaken.
29	** InformalEulogy: Only having a brief sentence to say about the deceased.
30	** PrematureEulogy: Giving a speech about the deceased before it turns out they're actually still alive.
31	* BurialAtSea: A funeral where the body is disposed of at sea.
32	* BurialInSpace: A sister trope to BurialAtSea, where the body is instead left in the vast void of outer space.
33	* BuryMeNotOnTheLonePrairie: Someone has difficulty honoring the deceased's last wishes.
34	* BuryingASubstitute: The deceased [[NoBodyLeftBehind left no mortal remains]], or [[NeverFoundTheBody their body was never found]], so their loved ones bury something which symbolises them instead.
35	* CheerfulFuneral: A funeral is a celebratory occasion.
36	* ClownCarGrave: An absurd or limitless amount of enemies spawning out of a disproportionately smaller area.
37	* CoinsForTheDead: Coins are left for the dead so they can use them to pay in the afterlife.
38	* CoffinContraband: Hiding illegal goods in a coffin or tomb.
39	* ComicallyInappropriateFuneralUrn: The ashes of a dead person are put in anything but a proper funeral urn.
40	* CrammingTheCoffin: Placing a body in a coffin already scheduled for burial.
41	* CreepyCemetery: Dark cemetery filled with ghosts and monsters.
42	* CreepyMortician: Morticians portrayed as being disturbing or strange.
43	* DatelessGrave: A gravestone shows the deceased's name, but not their dates of birth and death.
44	* DeadGuyOnDisplay: Displaying a corpse for everyone to see.
45	* TheDeadHaveNames: Naming deceased people to show their significance.
46	* DigYourOwnGrave: Before being killed, the victim is forced to dig their own grave.
47	* DishonoredDead: The deceased committed a crime which is considered so terrible that they do not deserve a proper funeral.
48	* DueToTheDead: Burying the dead is considered honorable while desecrating the remains is considered disgraceful.
49	* ElephantGraveyard: A place that large animals go to when they die.
50	* EndingMemorialService: The story ends with a funeral.
51	* ExcessiveMourning: A bereaved character spends all their time grieving for the deceased and is unable, or unwilling, to move on.
52	* FreakyFuneralForms: Being disturbed by another culture's funerary customs.
53	* TheFunInFuneral: Wacky antics happen at a funeral.
54	* FuneralBanishment: Denying someone from attending a funeral.
55	* FuneralCut: When a character does something dangerous and then the scene has a SmashCut to their funeral.
56	* GraveClouds: Cemeteries have cloudy overcast weather.
57	* GraveHumor: Humorous writing on tombstones.
58	* GraveMarkingScene: Visiting the grave of a loved one.
59	* HeadgearHeadstone: Marking a character's grave with their hat.
60	* InstantGravestone: When a person dies, they turn into a tombstone on the spot.
61	* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: Rain is pouring during a funeral service as a way to convey the sadness of the whole thing.
62	* ItsAlwaysSunnyAtFunerals: The weather is surprisingly beautiful at a funeral as a way to contrast the sadness of the whole thing.
63	* LastDisrespects: A funeral service where the people attending aren't very respectful towards the deceased.
64	** MockingTheMourner: The one way that the above trope can be made worse is to actively mock those mourning the deceased.
65	* LibationForTheDead: Pouring a drink onto the ground to honor the dead.
66	* LonelyFuneral: Very few people, if any, attend the deceased's funeral.
67	* MeaningfulFuneral: Character's funeral brings out things about them and their mourners that wouldn't have come up otherwise.
68	* MemorialForTheAntagonist: A deceased villain is given a funeral by the hero out of respect or honor, regardless of the atrocities they have committed.
69	* MemorialPhoto: A photo of the deceased taken while they were alive is on display at a closed casket funeral or memorial service lacking the body.
70	* MemorialStatue: A statue to honor the deceased, commonly for a heroic cause.
71	* MissingManFormation: A ceremonial incomplete formation done to honor a dead teammate.
72	* MourningAnObject: An inanimate object is destroyed, goes missing, or stops working, and is treated by the characters as though it has died. May include a funeral.
73	* OnlyCaresAboutInheritance: A character only shows up to a funeral for inheritance.
74	* PeacefulInDeath: A dead person is shown to be at peace.
75	* UsefulNotes/ThePoppy: The Commonwealth symbol of [[DueToTheDead remembrance for the war dead]].
76	* PrecautionaryCorpseDisposal: A setting or situation where anyone who dies will become a monster, or otherwise dangerous if you don't do the right thing with their body.
77	* PrematurelyMarkedGrave: Someone comes across their own gravestone. And they didn't order it made!
78	* QuietingTheUnquietDead: A proper funeral may be necessary to help an [[TheUndead undead]] being pass on.
79	* ShrineToTheFallen: A shrine set up in memory of the deceased.
80	* StartsWithTheirFuneral: The story begins with a character's funeral before explaining how the person died.
81	* SupernaturallyMarkedGrave: After someone dies, they disappear and the ground where their corpse was changes to signify their death.
82	* TalkingToTheDead: Talking to the dead while visiting their graves.
83	* {{Taps}}: A musical piece sounded at military funerals.
84	* ThreeVolleyFlinch: Someone is at a funeral for a military person, and at the sound of the rifles firing, they flinch.
85	* ToAbsentFriends: Heroes are proposing a toast dedicated to those who have died after the funeral.
86	* VikingFuneral: A dead person has their body and their possessions cast away in a boat that is set on fire.
87	* WarMemorial: Monuments dedicated to fallen soldiers.
88	* WeaponTombstone: A grave is marked by a weapon stuck into the ground.
89	** FieldOfBlades: Swords stuck in the ground to represent the casualties of a war.
90	* WidowsWeeds: Woman wears certain clothes when they are in mourning.
91	[[/index]]

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