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** It's established in ''Literature/ReaperMan'' that destroying an object will briefly create a ghost of that object, which other ghosts can potentially use. Mrs Cake overhears an argument between One Man Bucket and a bunch of other ghosts, and tells him to "Catch," then smashes a vase, allowing him to seize the vase and break it over another ghost's head. [[spoiler:Death attempts to create a ghostly scythe for his fight against the new Death, but it turns out that the smith couldn't bear to destroy such a fine piece of equipment, and left it intact, so Death is unable to touch or use it once his lifetimer runs out.]]
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* The ''Literature/JudgeDee'' FanSequel "Un Chinois Ne Ment Jamais" has a rich old man announce that he's looking for a bride to accompany him to the afterlife, in exchange for a sizable bride-price to her family (ironically, he made his fortune selling terracotta figurines of wives for burials). He's aided in this by a Taoist priest and eventually settles on a charming young woman. On the day of the funeral, it's announced that the bride is to be spared because she's pregnant. [[spoiler:The priest and the girl are all part of a MassiveMultiplayerScam to inherit the old man's fortune.]]
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* The ''Literature/JudgeDee'' FanSequel "Un Chinois Ne Ment Jamais" has a rich old man announce that he's looking for a bride to accompany him to the afterlife, in exchange for a sizable bride-price to her family (ironically, he made his fortune selling terracotta figurines of wives for burials). He's aided in this by a Taoist priest and eventually settles on a charming young woman. On the day of the funeral, it's announced that the bride is to be spared because she's pregnant. [[spoiler:The priest and the girl are all part of a MassiveMultiplayerScam [[TheCon con]] to inherit the old man's fortune.]]
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Per the description, examples where undead serve another in the material world aren't examples.
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* ''{{Literature/Zadig}}'': Zadig encounters an Arabian custom where widows show their devotion by throwing themselves on their husband's funeral pyre. He brings it to a stop by convincing the tribal elders that they're more useful alive (by educating children, or making more children), and getting the woman to see it as nothing but vanity since she's doing it to show off than out of any affection towards her AssholeVictim of a husband. Thereafter, widows are required to spend an hour in conversation with a young man before they decide to kill themselves, and astoundingly enough, that's the last anyone hears of burning widows.
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* ''{{Literature/Zadig}}'': ''Literature/{{Zadig}}'': Zadig encounters an Arabian custom where widows show their devotion by throwing themselves on their husband's funeral pyre. He brings it to a stop by convincing the tribal elders that they're more useful alive (by educating children, or making more children), and getting the woman to see it as nothing but vanity since she's doing it to show off than out of any affection towards her AssholeVictim of a husband. Thereafter, widows are required to spend an hour in conversation with a young man before they decide to kill themselves, and astoundingly enough, that's the last anyone hears of burning widows.
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* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'':
** Nehekharan skeletons were soldiers in life who were willingly buried alive under burning sand to serve their master in undeath.
** The souls of Khornate warriors are taken to their god's fortress, where they fight and die and are resurrected to fight again every day. But deserters, cowards, and sorcerers are instead chained for eternity to massive forges where they create weapons for his blessed champions to use.
** Nehekharan skeletons were soldiers in life who were willingly buried alive under burning sand to serve their master in undeath.
** The souls of Khornate warriors are taken to their god's fortress, where they fight and die and are resurrected to fight again every day. But deserters, cowards, and sorcerers are instead chained for eternity to massive forges where they create weapons for his blessed champions to use.
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* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'':
** Nehekharan skeletons were soldiers in life who were willingly buried alive under burning sand to serve their master in undeath.
**''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'': The souls of Khornate warriors are taken to their god's fortress, where they fight and die and are resurrected to fight again every day. But deserters, cowards, and sorcerers are instead chained for eternity to massive forges where they create weapons for his blessed champions to use.
** Nehekharan skeletons were soldiers in life who were willingly buried alive under burning sand to serve their master in undeath.
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* It is said that a Greek tyrant named Periander had once received a complaint from his dead wife that she is too cold, because he buried her best clothes alongside her, and a ghost of a person needs a ghost of a dress. Periander, in return, announced a festival for the women of the city, and once they came, ordered their clothing stripped away and burned up.
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* ''Literature/AtarGull'': Captain Brulart discovers that a dead slave woman's child is still alive, so he brings up another slave and orders her to feed the baby. She refuses, [[ValuesDissonance saying that it's a firstborn son, who must die with his mother to accompany to the great kraal in the sky]] as "a firstborn must never leave his mother". Brulart throws the baby overboard and has the woman whipped for disobeying him.
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* ''Literature/AtarGull'': Captain Brulart discovers that a dead slave woman's child is still alive, so he brings up another slave and orders her to feed the baby. She refuses, [[ValuesDissonance saying that it's a firstborn son, who must die with his mother to accompany her to the great kraal in the sky]] as "a firstborn must never leave his mother". Brulart throws the baby overboard and has the woman whipped for disobeying him.
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* Parodied in ''Webcomic/TerminalLance''. When Marines die, they have to stand post at the gates of heaven. In one strip, God catches one Marine asleep on duty and decides to punish his buddies on earth by making it rain on them during a field exercise.
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* In the ending of ''[[{{VideoGame/Doom}} Final Doom: The Plutonia Experiment]]'', Doomguy makes a mental note to ask his grandchildren to put a rocket launcher in his coffin.
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* In the ending of ''[[{{VideoGame/Doom}} ''[[VideoGame/{{Doom}} Final Doom: The Plutonia Experiment]]'', Doomguy makes a mental note to ask his grandchildren to put a rocket launcher in his coffin.
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* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy6'', while aboard the Phantom Train, Sabin orders a massive feast in the dining car much to the chagrin of Cyan who fears something might be wrong with food intended for the dead. Aside from the creepiness of being served by a BedsheetGhost, the food is apparently fine for both the living ''and'' dead as it fully restores the health of your living party members and any [[TemporaryPartyMember ghosts]] they've taken along.
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* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy6'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', while aboard the Phantom Train, Sabin orders a massive feast in the dining car much to the chagrin of Cyan who fears something might be wrong with food intended for the dead. Aside from the creepiness of being served by a BedsheetGhost, the food is apparently fine for both the living ''and'' dead as it fully restores the health of your living party members and any [[TemporaryPartyMember ghosts]] they've taken along.
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* ''Literature/AtarGull'': Captain Brulart discovers that a dead slave woman's child is still alive, so he brings up another slave and orders her to feed the baby. She refuses, [[ValuesDissonance saying that it's a firstborn son, who must die with his mother to accompany to the great kraal in the sky]] as "a firstborn must never leave his mother". Brulart throws the baby overboard and has the woman whipped for disobeying him.
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* ''Series/TheSandman2022'': At a SerialKiller convention, the self-titled "[[AGodAmI Adonai]]" claims that he is a just God who gives his victims new life in a Heaven of his creation. This promptly [[BlackComedy sets off a theological argument]] with other religiously-motivated murderers.
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* ''Series/TheSandman2022'': ''Series/TheSandman2022'', "[[Recap/TheSandman2022S01E09Collectors Collectors]]": At a SerialKiller convention, the self-titled "[[AGodAmI Adonai]]" claims that he is a just God who gives his victims new life in a Heaven of his creation. This promptly [[BlackComedy sets off a theological argument]] with other religiously-motivated murderers.
