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6	''Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine: et lux perpetua luceat eis...'' [[labelnote:Lat.]]Give them eternal rest, Lord: and let an unending light shine on them.[[/labelnote]]
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8	"Requiem" is an interesting choice for a title. A requiem is [[DueToTheDead a song to honor the dead]] or to be played at a funeral, so placing it in a title automatically implies that something is not going to go well - a BittersweetEnding or DownerEnding is quite likely, and if not the rest of it will probably be a TearJerker. However, it's used rather a lot for a number of reasons. The term adds a certain note of class and grandeur to the work, as well as advertising TrueArt because TrueArtIsAngsty. It may be part of a WordSaladTitle or a very meaningful one, depending. Compare TheLastTitle.
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11	!!Examples:
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14	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
15	* The anime ''Requiem from the Darkness'' (which is also a case of CompletelyDifferentTitle; it's titled ''Hundred Stories'' in Japan).
16	* In-story example: ''Anime/CodeGeass'' has the Zero Requiem. You guess how cheerful that is.
17	* A recurring piece of sad background music is titled "Requiem" on the ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' soundtrack.
18	* Another Anime example is "Requiem (Rakuen)" by Music/YokoKanno on the ''Anime/WolfsRain'' soundtrack.
19	* The final (and longest) track on the ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' soundtrack is also called "Requiem," a very solemn theme to the BittersweetEnding of the anime.
20	* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': Sensui and Itsuki's [[CharacterSong duet]] is called ''Eien no Requiem'' ("Eternal Requiem") [[spoiler:It's definitely on the BittersweetEnding side of the scale, [[BuryYourGays because they both die]].]] It can be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab3-Azd70Ok heard here.]]
21	* The ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' NonSerialMovie ''Ishin Shishi No Requiem'' (Requiem for the Soldiers of the Isshin Movement, more or less).
22	* The ''VisualNovel/PhantomOfInferno'' anime is called ''Requiem of the Phantom.''
23	* An InUniverse example from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind'', having a [[FightingSpirit Stand]] be struck with the Requiem Arrow allows them to turn into a Requiem Stand. This allows Silver Chariot and Gold Experience to become Chariot Requiem and Gold Expedience Requiem, with Chariot Requiem being designed after the mysterious visitor who provided [[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Mozart]] with the finishing pieces to his "Requiem" composition.
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26	[[folder:Comic Books]]
27	* ''ComicBook/{{Artemis}}: Requiem''.
28	* ''ComicBook/SilverSurfer: Requiem''.
29	* ComicBook/UltimateMarvel also had a series of ''Requiem'' specials tying into their ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}'' event.
30	* ''ComicBook/RequiemVampireKnight''. Doubles as a ProtagonistTitle for Requiem (known as Heinrich in his human life).
31	* ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis: Requiem'' was a tie-in one-shot that showed [[spoiler:there was more to the ComicBook/MartianManhunter's ComicBookDeath than shown in ''FC'' proper. [[DoNotGoGentle A]] [[DyingMomentOfAwesome lot]] [[DefiantToTheEnd more]].]]
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35	* ''Webcomic/AotNoRequiem'' is a fan-made webcomic exploring an [[AdaptationalAlternateEnding alternate ending]] for the manga Manga/AttackOnTitan.
36	* ''Fanfic/PokemonMaster'': Chapter 12 is titled "Requiems".
37	* ''Spacedust And Chaos: A Requiem'', a ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' fic that attempts to out-MindScrew its source material.
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40	[[folder:Film]]
41	* ''Film/AliensVsPredatorRequiem''
42	* ''Film/BattleRoyale II: Requiem''
43	* ''Film/RequiemForADream''. Yes, DownerEnding.
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46	[[folder:Literature]]
47	* The Creator/RobertAHeinlein short story "Requiem" is about D.D. Harriman's attempt to fulfill his dream of landing on the Moon. He succeeds, but dies soon after landing.
48	* Creator/JorgeLuisBorges' ''Deutsches Requiem''.
49	* Creator/EdmondHamilton has a story called ''Requiem'' about Earth's death being made into a TV show.
50	* ''L.A. Requiem'', the eighth book in Robert Crais's Elvis Cole series.
51	* ''Literature/DragonsOfRequiem'', which draws on the Latin Mass for the Dead as ThemeNaming for many of its characters (e.g. Dies Irae, Lacrimosa, Agnus Dei) and places (e.g. Confutatis, Osanna).
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54	[[folder:Live Action TV]]
55	* The 50's television drama ''Film/RequiemForAHeavyweight'', written by Creator/RodSerling.
56	* ''Series/{{MASH}}'': The BoxingEpisode, "Requiem For A Lightweight," is a reference to ''Film/RequiemForAHeavyweight''.
57	* ''Series/TheWestWing'' episode "Requiem" is about the funeral of Leo [=McGarry=].
58	* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' had an episode called "Requiem For Methuselah".
59	* ''Series/TheXFiles'' season seven finale was called "Requiem". Likely for the fact that it was [[SeriesFauxnale supposed to be the series finale]], and for the fact that it takes place in the same place the pilot did, and involves a BittersweetEnding.
60	* ''{{Series/NCIS}}'' season five episode "Requiem" reveals more about agent Gibbs' background, including his dead first wife and daughter.
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63	[[folder:Music]]
64	* [[Music/TheAgeOfInformation Trading Yesterday]]'s song "Love Song Requiem".
65	* Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart's ''Requiem'', of course.
66	* Benjamin Britten's "Sinfonia da Requiem." Though not a vocal work, its three movements take titles from the Requiem mass.
67	* Music/{{Epica}}'s ''Requiem for the Indifferent'' (both the name of the album and one of its songs)
68	* ''Das Berliner Requiem'', a morbid secular {{cantata}} by Creator/BertoltBrecht and Music/KurtWeill.
69	* From the Music/TransSiberianOrchestra comes "Requiem (The Fifth)" on ''Beethoven's Last Night.''
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72	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
73	* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem''.
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76	[[folder:Theatre]]
77	* ''Theatre/DearEvanHansen'' has a song called "Requiem." Ironically, one of the lyrics to said song is, "I will sing no requiem tonight."
78	* In ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'', the LonelyFuneral epilogue scene is titled "Requiem."
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81	[[folder:Video Games]]
82	* The second ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' DS game, subtitled in English as ''[[SuperTitleSixtyFourAdvance Dark Souls]]'' (not to confuse with [[VideoGame/DarkSouls that one]]), is subtitled in Japan as "The Black-Clothed Flickering ''Requiem''". Surprisingly, the English name is significantly more relevant to the plot.
83	* One song in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' is called the Requiem of Spirit. The fact that it represents the area that [[BigBad Ganondorf]] comes from can be seen as appropriate.
84	* ''VideoGame/RequiemAvengingAngel'' was an obscure FPS released in 1999.
85	* ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'' is subtitled "Sanity's Requiem."
86	* There's a piece of music from ''When They Cry Kai'' titled "Requiem for the Disaster".
87	* The final level in ''VideoGame/HitmanBloodMoney'' is titled "Requiem," and it does indeed take place at a solemn event, [[spoiler:47's funeral... until he gets up and massacres everyone present.]]
88	* In ''Nightmare in the Dark'', the fifth and last stage is titled "Requiem."
89	* VideoGame/APlagueTaleRequiem
90	* ''VideoGame/RobinsonsRequiem''
91	* The thirteenth entry in the ''VideoGame/DarkParables'' series is called ''Requiem for the Forgotten Shadow''.
92	* In ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorVanguard'', the last mission of Operation Neptune is called 'Requiem', [[spoiler:it is also the mission where Sergeant Magnusson is killed]].
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96	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=t_mi9I2IPes&feature=endscreen Requiem for the disaster]] in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' plays [[spoiler:during the extermination of the villagers]], with the BigBad rejoicing during the whole song for a full dollop of MoodDissonance.
97	* The seventh installment of ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' is titled ''Requiem of the golden witch''. This is fitting, since it refers to [[spoiler:Beatrice's "funeral"]] and [[spoiler:who "killed" her]].
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101	* ''Webcomic/ThePhoenixRequiem'' by Sarah Ellerton. So far a number of people have been killed by a mysterious illness.
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