Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 16,17 (click to see context) from:
!!'''As a DeathTrope, all Spoilers will be unmarked ahead. Beware.'''
to:
Deleted line(s) 19 (click to see context) :
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Alphabetizing
* ''Series/BeingHumanUS'':
** Sally starts off dead and confused about how she died. As the story progresses, she eventually finds out how she died, as well as a few perks of being a ghost.
** As was the case with Annie, from the [[Series/BeingHumanUK British version of the show]]. In various episodes, Annie also would meet people who were already dead. Usually these people were introduced to teach Annie some skill regarding her ghost state. One episode also had a zombie girl, who was dead but still stuck in a rotting body.
* ''Series/{{Brimstone}}'' involves a deceased cop making a DealWithTheDevil to catch 113 souls that had escaped from hell.
* The ''Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}'' tends to combine this with DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist, due to the sheer number of characters whose deaths did not prevent them from continuing on. Spike (among others) hangs a lampshade on this one.
* ''Clan'' opens with the burial of Jean-Claude, also known as "De Kloot" ([[CountryMatters The Cunt]]) after he is murdered. The show then goes back to before his death as his four sisters-in-law conspire to murder him for [[DomesticAbuse abusing]] their sister.
** Sally starts off dead and confused about how she died. As the story progresses, she eventually finds out how she died, as well as a few perks of being a ghost.
** As was the case with Annie, from the [[Series/BeingHumanUK British version of the show]]. In various episodes, Annie also would meet people who were already dead. Usually these people were introduced to teach Annie some skill regarding her ghost state. One episode also had a zombie girl, who was dead but still stuck in a rotting body.
* ''Series/{{Brimstone}}'' involves a deceased cop making a DealWithTheDevil to catch 113 souls that had escaped from hell.
* The ''Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}'' tends to combine this with DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist, due to the sheer number of characters whose deaths did not prevent them from continuing on. Spike (among others) hangs a lampshade on this one.
* ''Clan'' opens with the burial of Jean-Claude, also known as "De Kloot" ([[CountryMatters The Cunt]]) after he is murdered. The show then goes back to before his death as his four sisters-in-law conspire to murder him for [[DomesticAbuse abusing]] their sister.
Changed line(s) 132 (click to see context) from:
* The Japanese television series ''Sukai hai'' (known as ''Sky High'' in English) starred Yumiko Shaku Izuko, the Guardian of the Gate to the afterlife who helped victims of violent death decide whether to forgive and be reincarnated, or return to earth and take revenge, thereby damning themselves to Hell. It spawned a big screen prequel.
to:
* ''Series/TheGoodPlace'' is about the afterlife, so naturally, the show begins with the main character dying, and meeting other Good Place inhabitants who have also died.
* ''Series/TheHauntedHathaways'': The shows premise is about a single mother and her daughters living in a home already habited by the ghosts of a single father and his boys.
* TheJapanese television series ''Sukai hai'' (known as ''Sky High'' in English) starred Yumiko Shaku Izuko, ''Series/{{Lexx}}'' crew were the Guardian of first living people ever to stumble across the Gate to the human afterlife who helped victims — a twin planet system tucked away in the bleakest part of violent death decide whether to forgive a [[TheMultiverse sparsely populated universe]] — and be reincarnated, or return to earth and take revenge, thereby damning themselves to Hell. It spawned spent a big screen prequel.whole season trapped in its orbit.
* ''Series/TheHauntedHathaways'': The shows premise is about a single mother and her daughters living in a home already habited by the ghosts of a single father and his boys.
* The
Deleted line(s) 134,141 (click to see context) :
* ''Series/{{Brimstone}}'' involves a deceased cop making a DealWithTheDevil to catch 113 souls that had escaped from hell.
* The ''Series/{{Lexx}}'' crew were the first living people ever to stumble across the human afterlife — a twin planet system tucked away in the bleakest part of a [[TheMultiverse sparsely populated universe]] — and spent a whole season trapped in its orbit.
* The ''Buffyverse'' tends to combine this with DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist, due to the sheer number of characters whose deaths did not prevent them from continuing on. Spike (among others) hangs a lampshade on this one.
* ''Series/BeingHumanUS'':
** Sally starts off dead and confused about how she died. As the story progresses, she eventually finds out how she died, as well as a few perks of being a ghost.
** As was the case with Annie, from the [[Series/BeingHumanUK British version of the show]]. In various episodes, Annie also would meet people who were already dead. Usually these people were introduced to teach Annie some skill regarding her ghost state. One episode also had a zombie girl, who was dead but still stuck in a rotting body.
* A Norwegian children's television show called ''Uhu!'' ("Boo!") is set in a [[HauntedHouse mostly abandoned house]] near a town. Its inhabitants are all ghosts who are trying to fulfill [[GhostlyGoals one last objective in life]] - given to them in person by a resident Oracle - before being allowed to move on to the afterlife. The main characters [[StatusQuoIsGod are all stuck in the house]], being unable to solve their task for various reasons. These tasks include a chef who is unable to bake a certain type of cake, [[PerpetualFrowner a constantly frowning woman]] who has to smile genuinely at least once, and a guy who is supposed to hang up a painting but is too lazy and busy screwing around to want to leave. Tasks given to other ghosts are usually resolved in the same episode they appear, though. Meanwhile, Polter is a ghost with a unique mission: He may only leave once he has seen all the other ghosts through their tasks.
* ''Series/TheHauntedHathaways'': The shows premise is about a single mother and her daughters living in a home already habited by the ghosts of a single father and his boys.
* The ''Series/{{Lexx}}'' crew were the first living people ever to stumble across the human afterlife — a twin planet system tucked away in the bleakest part of a [[TheMultiverse sparsely populated universe]] — and spent a whole season trapped in its orbit.
* The ''Buffyverse'' tends to combine this with DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist, due to the sheer number of characters whose deaths did not prevent them from continuing on. Spike (among others) hangs a lampshade on this one.
* ''Series/BeingHumanUS'':
** Sally starts off dead and confused about how she died. As the story progresses, she eventually finds out how she died, as well as a few perks of being a ghost.
** As was the case with Annie, from the [[Series/BeingHumanUK British version of the show]]. In various episodes, Annie also would meet people who were already dead. Usually these people were introduced to teach Annie some skill regarding her ghost state. One episode also had a zombie girl, who was dead but still stuck in a rotting body.
* A Norwegian children's television show called ''Uhu!'' ("Boo!") is set in a [[HauntedHouse mostly abandoned house]] near a town. Its inhabitants are all ghosts who are trying to fulfill [[GhostlyGoals one last objective in life]] - given to them in person by a resident Oracle - before being allowed to move on to the afterlife. The main characters [[StatusQuoIsGod are all stuck in the house]], being unable to solve their task for various reasons. These tasks include a chef who is unable to bake a certain type of cake, [[PerpetualFrowner a constantly frowning woman]] who has to smile genuinely at least once, and a guy who is supposed to hang up a painting but is too lazy and busy screwing around to want to leave. Tasks given to other ghosts are usually resolved in the same episode they appear, though. Meanwhile, Polter is a ghost with a unique mission: He may only leave once he has seen all the other ghosts through their tasks.
* ''Series/TheHauntedHathaways'': The shows premise is about a single mother and her daughters living in a home already habited by the ghosts of a single father and his boys.
Changed line(s) 143,144 (click to see context) from:
* ''Clan'' opens with the burial of Jean-Claude, also known as "De Kloot" ([[CountryMatters The Cunt]]) after he is murdered. The show then goes back to before his death as his four sisters-in-law conspire to murder him for [[DomesticAbuse abusing]] their sister.
* ''Series/TheGoodPlace'' is about the afterlife, so naturally, the show begins with the main character dying, and meeting other Good Place inhabitants who have also died.
* ''Series/TheGoodPlace'' is about the afterlife, so naturally, the show begins with the main character dying, and meeting other Good Place inhabitants who have also died.
to:
* ''Clan'' opens with The Japanese television series ''Sukai hai'' (known as ''Sky High'' in English) starred Yumiko Shaku Izuko, the burial Guardian of Jean-Claude, also known as "De Kloot" ([[CountryMatters The Cunt]]) after he is murdered. The show then goes back the Gate to before his the afterlife who helped victims of violent death as his four sisters-in-law conspire decide whether to murder him for [[DomesticAbuse abusing]] their sister.
forgive and be reincarnated, or return to earth and take revenge, thereby damning themselves to Hell. It spawned a big screen prequel.
*''Series/TheGoodPlace'' is about the afterlife, so naturally, the A Norwegian children's television show begins with the main character dying, and meeting other Good Place called ''Uhu!'' ("Boo!") is set in a [[HauntedHouse mostly abandoned house]] near a town. Its inhabitants are all ghosts who have also died.are trying to fulfill [[GhostlyGoals one last objective in life]] - given to them in person by a resident Oracle - before being allowed to move on to the afterlife. The main characters [[StatusQuoIsGod are all stuck in the house]], being unable to solve their task for various reasons. These tasks include a chef who is unable to bake a certain type of cake, [[PerpetualFrowner a constantly frowning woman]] who has to smile genuinely at least once, and a guy who is supposed to hang up a painting but is too lazy and busy screwing around to want to leave. Tasks given to other ghosts are usually resolved in the same episode they appear, though. Meanwhile, Polter is a ghost with a unique mission: He may only leave once he has seen all the other ghosts through their tasks.
*
* ''TabletopGame/DeadInside'' has the option of starting play as a ghost in the Spirit World, or even a [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombi]].
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 3rd Edition had a setting book called ''Ghostwalk'' about a world with a very different relationship to the afterlife than a normal D&D world, such that you could continue play as a ghost after you died or even start as a ghost.
* ''Lost Souls'' and ''Spookshow'' were also small press rpgs where the [=PCs=] were ghosts.
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 3rd Edition had a setting book called ''Ghostwalk'' about a world with a very different relationship to the afterlife than a normal D&D world, such that you could continue play as a ghost after you died or even start as a ghost.
* ''Lost Souls'' and ''Spookshow'' were also small press rpgs where the [=PCs=] were ghosts.
Deleted line(s) 157,159 (click to see context) :
* ''Lost Souls'' and ''Spookshow'' were also small press rpgs where the [=PCs=] were ghosts.
* ''TabletopGame/DeadInside'' has the option of starting play as a ghost in the Spirit World, or even a [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombi]].
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 3rd Edition had a setting book called ''Ghostwalk'' about a world with a very different relationship to the afterlife than a normal D&D world, such that you could continue play as a ghost after you died or even start as a ghost.
* ''TabletopGame/DeadInside'' has the option of starting play as a ghost in the Spirit World, or even a [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombi]].
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 3rd Edition had a setting book called ''Ghostwalk'' about a world with a very different relationship to the afterlife than a normal D&D world, such that you could continue play as a ghost after you died or even start as a ghost.
* In ''VideoGame/TheSeventhGuest'', you start off knowing that everyone in the game has died, and you have to piece together the clues to find out what happened and why. This is more complicated than it sounds, since you are the titular seventh guest, you are also dead, and only by completing the game can you save yourself from damnation, because your soul was sold.
* In the first level of ''VideoGame/{{Geist}}'', your character is parted from his body and spends almost the remainder of the game as a [[BodySurf body-snatching ghost]]. But his actual body isn't dead yet, so he can find a way to get it back. He doesn't learn that for a while, though.
Changed line(s) 175 (click to see context) from:
* In ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile 1 and 2'', most of the cast become playable once they've died, as their doomed plots led their souls getting rescued by the titular valkyries and becoming the their [[Myth/NorseMythology einherjar.]]
to:
* In ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile 1 and 2'', most ''VideoGame/KnightsInTheNightmare'': With the exception of the protagonist, death is a requirement to be recruited; it would be easier to list cast become playable once they've died, as their doomed plots led their souls getting rescued members who ''aren't'' dead when you meet them.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'', the bad guys remove Zelda's soul from her body; most people can't see her soul and her body is lifeless. The plan is to then house a monster's spirit in her body and thus control Hyrule.
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/NEOTheWorldEndsWithYou'', where the three main characters never died in the first place, instead being directly transported to the Reaper's Game via special pins that detect people with latent PsychicPowers.
* ''VideoGame/{{Painkiller}}''. You die in a car accident and then hunt demons in purgatory and hell. With shotguns and stuff. [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation And a gun that shoots shurikens and lightning.]]
* The Nameless One of ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' is dead to begin with. Several times over. The exact timeline is very difficult to say, but the clues in the game implies that he's been dying repeatedly for up to a few thousand years (it suggests that he knew Lum the Mad) by thetitular valkyries and becoming point in time that the their [[Myth/NorseMythology einherjar.]]game begins.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'', the bad guys remove Zelda's soul from her body; most people can't see her soul and her body is lifeless. The plan is to then house a monster's spirit in her body and thus control Hyrule.
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/NEOTheWorldEndsWithYou'', where the three main characters never died in the first place, instead being directly transported to the Reaper's Game via special pins that detect people with latent PsychicPowers.
* ''VideoGame/{{Painkiller}}''. You die in a car accident and then hunt demons in purgatory and hell. With shotguns and stuff. [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation And a gun that shoots shurikens and lightning.]]
* The Nameless One of ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' is dead to begin with. Several times over. The exact timeline is very difficult to say, but the clues in the game implies that he's been dying repeatedly for up to a few thousand years (it suggests that he knew Lum the Mad) by the
Changed line(s) 177,178 (click to see context) from:
* In the first level of ''VideoGame/{{Geist}}'', your character is parted from his body and spends almost the remainder of the game as a [[BodySurf body-snatching ghost]]. But his actual body isn't dead yet, so he can find a way to get it back. He doesn't learn that for a while, though.
* The Nameless One of ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' is very much dead to begin with. Several times over. The exact timeline is very difficult to say, but the clues in the game implies that he's been dying repeatedly for up to a few thousand years (it suggests that he knew Lum the Mad) by the point in time that the game begins.
* The Nameless One of ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' is very much dead to begin with. Several times over. The exact timeline is very difficult to say, but the clues in the game implies that he's been dying repeatedly for up to a few thousand years (it suggests that he knew Lum the Mad) by the point in time that the game begins.
to:
* In the first level of ''VideoGame/{{Geist}}'', your character is parted [[CuteGhostGirl Yuyuko Saigyouji]] from his body and spends almost the remainder of the game as a [[BodySurf body-snatching ghost]]. But his actual body isn't dead yet, so he can find ''Franchise/TouhouProject''. The protagonists have to figure out a way to get it back. He doesn't learn that for a while, though.
*stop her in her own home turf -- The Nameless One Afterlife (sort of).
* In ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile 1 and 2'', most of''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' is very much dead to begin with. Several times over. The exact timeline is very difficult to say, but the clues in the game implies that he's been dying repeatedly for up to a few thousand years (it suggests that he knew Lum the Mad) cast become playable once they've died, as their doomed plots led their souls getting rescued by the point in time that titular valkyries and becoming the game begins.their [[Myth/NorseMythology einherjar.]]
*
* In ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile 1 and 2'', most of
Deleted line(s) 180,183 (click to see context) :
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/NEOTheWorldEndsWithYou'', where the three main characters never died in the first place, instead being directly transported to the Reaper's Game via special pins that detect people with latent PsychicPowers.
* In ''VideoGame/TheSeventhGuest'', you start off knowing that everyone in the game has died, and you have to piece together the clues to find out what happened and why. This is more complicated than it sounds, since you are the titular seventh guest, you are also dead, and only by completing the game can you save yourself from damnation, because your soul was sold.
* [[CuteGhostGirl Yuyuko Saigyouji]] from ''Franchise/TouhouProject''. The protagonists have to figure out a way to stop her in her own home turf -- The Afterlife (sort of).
* ''VideoGame/{{Painkiller}}''. You die in a car accident and then hunt demons in purgatory and hell. With shotguns and stuff. [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation And a gun that shoots shurikens and lightning.]]
* In ''VideoGame/TheSeventhGuest'', you start off knowing that everyone in the game has died, and you have to piece together the clues to find out what happened and why. This is more complicated than it sounds, since you are the titular seventh guest, you are also dead, and only by completing the game can you save yourself from damnation, because your soul was sold.
* [[CuteGhostGirl Yuyuko Saigyouji]] from ''Franchise/TouhouProject''. The protagonists have to figure out a way to stop her in her own home turf -- The Afterlife (sort of).
* ''VideoGame/{{Painkiller}}''. You die in a car accident and then hunt demons in purgatory and hell. With shotguns and stuff. [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation And a gun that shoots shurikens and lightning.]]
Deleted line(s) 185,186 (click to see context) :
* ''VideoGame/KnightsInTheNightmare'', and ''how''. With the exception of the protagonist, death is a requirement to be recruited; hell, it would be easier to list cast members who ''aren't'' dead when you meet them.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'', the bad guys remove Zelda's soul from her body; most people can't see her soul and her body is lifeless. The plan is to then house a monster's spirit in her body and thus control Hyrule.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'', the bad guys remove Zelda's soul from her body; most people can't see her soul and her body is lifeless. The plan is to then house a monster's spirit in her body and thus control Hyrule.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* In ''VideoGame/MadRatDead'', the player character is a lab rat who just got vivisected and killed.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 201 (click to see context) from:
* In ''VideoGame/DontLookBack2014'', a game based on the opera Orfeo (itself based on the Orpheus and Eurydice myth) it quickly becomes apparent that this is what's going on - when you spot a snake you remember being bitten by one and it becomes clear that [[spoiler: you're playing as Euridice.]]
to:
* In ''VideoGame/DontLookBack2014'', ''Dont Look Back'', a game based on the opera Orfeo (itself based on the Orpheus and Eurydice myth) it quickly becomes apparent that this is what's going on - when you spot a snake you remember being bitten by one and it becomes clear that [[spoiler: you're playing as Euridice.]]
Changed line(s) 205 (click to see context) from:
* Esther from ''VideoGame/MrHoppsPlayhouse'': She already dead sometimes before the event of [[VideoGame/MrHoppsPlayhouse1 the first game]], but her soul revealed to be imprisoned in the underworld after passing away, giving her an appearance of her younger self. After being freed by Ruby in [[VideoGame/MrHoppsPlayhouse3 the third game]], it's up to Esther to guide her to safety and get her out from the underworld.
to:
* Esther from ''VideoGame/MrHoppsPlayhouse'': She already dead sometimes before the event of [[VideoGame/MrHoppsPlayhouse1 the first game]], but her soul revealed to be imprisoned in the underworld after passing away, giving her an appearance of her younger self. After being freed by Ruby who's so happen to be dragged into it in [[VideoGame/MrHoppsPlayhouse3 the third game]], it's up to Esther to guide her to safety and get her out from the underworld.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* Esther from ''VideoGame/MrHoppsPlayhouse'': She already dead sometimes before the event of [[VideoGame/MrHoppsPlayhouse1 the first game]], but her soul revealed to be imprisoned in the underworld after passing away, giving her an appearance of her younger self. After being freed by Ruby in [[VideoGame/MrHoppsPlayhouse3 the third game]], it's up to Esther to guide her to safety and get her out from the underworld.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''VideoGame/BloodWest'' have you playing as a slain desperado in the Wild West, who's revived by Native American spirits in the opening stages to stop an impending evil. The spirits who revives you also retains your skills in kicking ass, which is appropriate because the West after dark is infested with all kinds of monsters.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Crosswicking VisualNovel.Trapped With Jester
Changed line(s) 27 (click to see context) from:
* The very first line from Misao Minakami, the {{Deuteragonist}} of ''LightNovel/AsuraCryin'', is that she is dead and a ghost. [[spoiler:The truth however turns out to be a bit more complicated]].
to:
* The very first line from Misao Minakami, the {{Deuteragonist}} of ''LightNovel/AsuraCryin'', ''Literature/AsuraCryin'', is that she is dead and a ghost. [[spoiler:The truth however turns out to be a bit more complicated]].
Changed line(s) 36,37 (click to see context) from:
* The titular character in ''LightNovel/NananasBuriedTreasure'' is a ghost of a killed girl.
* In the first episode of ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', Yuuji finds out that he's a Torch; a temporary replacement for the real Yuuji, who has been killed and consumed by a Rinne. Under normal circumstances, he would be [[CessationOfExistence erased from existence]] [[RetGone entirely]] once his flame burned out. However, he happened to carry a [[ClingyMacGuffin Treasure Tool]] within him called the 'Reiji Maigo'[[note]]translated to the 'Midnight Lost Child'[[/note]], which replenishes his [[LifeEnergy Power of Existence]] at every [[WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve midnight]], meaning that, even if his real self is dead, his Torch still carries on.
* In the first episode of ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', Yuuji finds out that he's a Torch; a temporary replacement for the real Yuuji, who has been killed and consumed by a Rinne. Under normal circumstances, he would be [[CessationOfExistence erased from existence]] [[RetGone entirely]] once his flame burned out. However, he happened to carry a [[ClingyMacGuffin Treasure Tool]] within him called the 'Reiji Maigo'[[note]]translated to the 'Midnight Lost Child'[[/note]], which replenishes his [[LifeEnergy Power of Existence]] at every [[WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve midnight]], meaning that, even if his real self is dead, his Torch still carries on.
to:
* The titular character in ''LightNovel/NananasBuriedTreasure'' ''Literature/NananasBuriedTreasure'' is a ghost of a killed girl.
* In the first episode of''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'', Yuuji finds out that he's a Torch; a temporary replacement for the real Yuuji, who has been killed and consumed by a Rinne. Under normal circumstances, he would be [[CessationOfExistence erased from existence]] [[RetGone entirely]] once his flame burned out. However, he happened to carry a [[ClingyMacGuffin Treasure Tool]] within him called the 'Reiji Maigo'[[note]]translated to the 'Midnight Lost Child'[[/note]], which replenishes his [[LifeEnergy Power of Existence]] at every [[WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve midnight]], meaning that, even if his real self is dead, his Torch still carries on.
* In the first episode of
Added DiffLines:
[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* ''VisualNovel/TrappedWithJester'': It isn't until Jester grants the protagonist's memories back that they remember being betrayed and killed by their family, now a body being sent away in a carriage. It is Jester's presence that brings them back to life.
[[/folder]]
* ''VisualNovel/TrappedWithJester'': It isn't until Jester grants the protagonist's memories back that they remember being betrayed and killed by their family, now a body being sent away in a carriage. It is Jester's presence that brings them back to life.
[[/folder]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 61 (click to see context) from:
* This is the premise of an obscure 2006 film called ''Film/{{After|2006}}. There's even a pointed reference 2OWLCRK on a license plate.
to:
* This is the premise of an obscure 2006 film called ''Film/{{After|2006}}.''Film/{{After|2006}}''. There's even a pointed reference 2OWLCRK on a license plate.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''VideoGame/GladiatorSwordOfVengeance'' have your quest for the gods officially beginning after your assassination in the hands of Arruntius. Where you then arrive at the Elysian Fields and is granted a second chance to return.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 6,7 (click to see context) from:
This trope covers stories set partially or wholly in the afterlife, a genre sometimes known as "Bangsian fantasy", since it was a popular premise for writer John Kendrick Bangs. Whether the characters are hanging in FluffyCloudHeaven, struggling to survive against hideous demons in a FireAndBrimstoneHell, [[NearDeathClairvoyance ghosts stuck on the mortal world]], mortals who are TrappedInAnotherWorld before their time, or whatever, they're here to answer the question "Now that we're dead, [[SoWhatDoWeDoNow what do we do for an encore?]]" Unless, of course, they have another question: "WhodunnitToMe, and how can I [[GhostlyGoals stop them from murdering anyone else?]]"
to:
This trope covers stories set partially or wholly in the afterlife, a genre sometimes known as "Bangsian fantasy", since it was a popular premise for writer John Kendrick Bangs. Whether the characters are hanging in FluffyCloudHeaven, struggling to survive against hideous demons in a FireAndBrimstoneHell, [[NearDeathClairvoyance ghosts stuck on in the mortal world]], mortals who are TrappedInAnotherWorld before their time, or whatever, they're here to answer the question "Now that we're dead, [[SoWhatDoWeDoNow what do we do for an encore?]]" Unless, of course, they have another question: "WhodunnitToMe, and how can I [[GhostlyGoals stop them from murdering anyone else?]]"
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
page was moved to the Darth Wiki
Deleted line(s) 69 (click to see context) :
* All human characters in ''Film/EaglesGathered'' are dead, since it's set in the underworld.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 29 (click to see context) from:
* ''Anime/DeathParade'' is about how dead people are judged as either fit for reincarnation or the void, by playing arcade games in a bar called Quindecim. The audience knows they're dead from the beginning, but the characters don't, and the mystery is learning about lives they left behind. The arbiters themselves are [[spoiler: immortal, although they're made from the souls of those cast into the void]], except for [[spoiler: Onna, an actual human woman temporarily serving as an arbiter to test the system]].
to:
* ''Anime/DeathParade'' is about how dead people are judged as either fit for reincarnation or the void, by playing arcade games in a bar called Quindecim. The audience knows they're dead from the beginning, but the characters don't, and the mystery is revolves around learning about lives they left behind. The arbiters themselves are [[spoiler: technically immortal, although they're made from the souls of those cast into the void]], except for [[spoiler: Onna, the dark-haired woman, an actual human woman temporarily serving as an assistant to an arbiter to test the system]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
[[folder:Gamebooks]]
* The gamebook ''Literature/NightOfTheNecromancer'' ends it's opening prologue with your assassination, on your return trip from a quest in Mauristatia. You spend the rest of the adventure making a deal with the Watcher of the Gate (a GrimReaper-expy) to return to the plane of mortals, and spend the rest of the night trying to find out who's the traitor behind your death.
[[/folder]]
* The gamebook ''Literature/NightOfTheNecromancer'' ends it's opening prologue with your assassination, on your return trip from a quest in Mauristatia. You spend the rest of the adventure making a deal with the Watcher of the Gate (a GrimReaper-expy) to return to the plane of mortals, and spend the rest of the night trying to find out who's the traitor behind your death.
[[/folder]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* Alois Hingerl in ''Literature/DerMuenchnerImHimmel''. He dies on duty at UsefulNotes/{{Munich}}'s main station at the beginning of the ShortStory which is largely about his hijinx as the beer-deprived [[UsefulNotes/TheSixteenLandsOfDeutschland Bavarian]] [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angel]] Aloisius.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
alphabetizing
* ''Anime/AngelBeats'' is set in the afterlife. A group of teenagers who died in shady or tragic circumstances now need to "fight" against an AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil and its President to rebel against {{God}}...
* Menma in ''Anime/AnoHanaTheFlowerWeSawThatDay'', whose ghost now lives with the boy who loved her and needs to fulfill some GhostlyGoals that she cannot remember before she can actually pass on.
* The very first line from Misao Minakami, the {{Deuteragonist}} of ''LightNovel/AsuraCryin'', is that she is dead and a ghost. [[spoiler:The truth however turns out to be a bit more complicated]].
* Menma in ''Anime/AnoHanaTheFlowerWeSawThatDay'', whose ghost now lives with the boy who loved her and needs to fulfill some GhostlyGoals that she cannot remember before she can actually pass on.
* The very first line from Misao Minakami, the {{Deuteragonist}} of ''LightNovel/AsuraCryin'', is that she is dead and a ghost. [[spoiler:The truth however turns out to be a bit more complicated]].
Changed line(s) 26 (click to see context) from:
* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' starts with a boy. The boy's name is Yusuke. He's 14 years old, and is supposed to be the hero of the story, but oddly enough, he's dead. However he's not supposed to be, as he caught the universe by surprise with an unexpected HeroicSacrifice. So he's being allowed to earn his way back to life.
to:
* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' starts with ''Anime/DeathParade'' is about how dead people are judged as either fit for reincarnation or the void, by playing arcade games in a boy. bar called Quindecim. The boy's name is Yusuke. He's 14 years old, audience knows they're dead from the beginning, but the characters don't, and is supposed to be the hero of mystery is learning about lives they left behind. The arbiters themselves are [[spoiler: immortal, although they're made from the story, but oddly enough, he's dead. However he's not supposed to be, as he caught souls of those cast into the universe by surprise with void]], except for [[spoiler: Onna, an unexpected HeroicSacrifice. So he's being allowed actual human woman temporarily serving as an arbiter to earn his way back to life.test the system]].
Changed line(s) 28,31 (click to see context) from:
* In the first episode of ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', Yuuji finds out that he's a Torch; a temporary replacement for the real Yuuji, who has been killed and consumed by a Rinne. Under normal circumstances, he would be [[CessationOfExistence erased from existence]] [[RetGone entirely]] once his flame burned out. However, he happened to carry a [[ClingyMacGuffin Treasure Tool]] within him called the 'Reiji Maigo'[[note]]translated to the 'Midnight Lost Child'[[/note]], which replenishes his [[LifeEnergy Power of Existence]] at every [[WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve midnight]], meaning that, even if his real self is dead, his Torch still carries on.
* ''Anime/AngelBeats'' is set in the afterlife. A group of teenagers who died in shady or tragic circumstances now need to "fight" against an AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil and its President to rebel against {{God}}...
* The protagonist of ''Manga/LinebarrelsOfIron'' who mysteriously awoke covered in blood halfway through the episode after a giant mecha landed on him is told that [[YouAreAlreadyDead he's already dead]] at the end of the first episode.
* Fujiwara no Sai, one of the leads and the plot instigator of ''Manga/HikaruNoGo'', has been dead for approximately a thousand years. He's only been really conscious for like twenty of them, though. He needs a host consciousness.
* ''Anime/AngelBeats'' is set in the afterlife. A group of teenagers who died in shady or tragic circumstances now need to "fight" against an AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil and its President to rebel against {{God}}...
* The protagonist of ''Manga/LinebarrelsOfIron'' who mysteriously awoke covered in blood halfway through the episode after a giant mecha landed on him is told that [[YouAreAlreadyDead he's already dead]] at the end of the first episode.
* Fujiwara no Sai, one of the leads and the plot instigator of ''Manga/HikaruNoGo'', has been dead for approximately a thousand years. He's only been really conscious for like twenty of them, though. He needs a host consciousness.
to:
* In the The first episode line of ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', Yuuji finds out that he's a Torch; a temporary replacement for the real Yuuji, who has been killed and consumed ''Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies'', spoken by a Rinne. Under normal circumstances, he would be [[CessationOfExistence erased from existence]] [[RetGone entirely]] once his flame burned out. However, he happened to carry a [[ClingyMacGuffin Treasure Tool]] within him called the 'Reiji Maigo'[[note]]translated to the 'Midnight Lost Child'[[/note]], which replenishes his [[LifeEnergy Power of Existence]] at every [[WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve midnight]], meaning that, even if his real self is dead, his Torch still carries on.
* ''Anime/AngelBeats'' is set in the afterlife. A group of teenagers who died in shady or tragic circumstances now need to "fight" against an AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil and its President to rebel against {{God}}...
* Theprotagonist of ''Manga/LinebarrelsOfIron'' who mysteriously awoke covered in blood halfway through Seita, is "September 21st, 1945. That was the episode after a giant mecha landed on him is told night I died." We learn that [[YouAreAlreadyDead he's already dead]] at the end of the first episode.
* Fujiwara no Sai, one of the leads and the plot instigator of ''Manga/HikaruNoGo'', has beenhis younger sister is dead for approximately a thousand years. He's only been really conscious for like twenty of them, though. He needs a host consciousness.too before the opening credits roll.
* ''Anime/AngelBeats'' is set in the afterlife. A group of teenagers who died in shady or tragic circumstances now need to "fight" against an AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil and its President to rebel against {{God}}...
* The
* Fujiwara no Sai, one of the leads and the plot instigator of ''Manga/HikaruNoGo'', has been
* Fujiwara no Sai, one of the leads and the plot instigator of ''Manga/HikaruNoGo'', has been dead for approximately a thousand years. He's only been really conscious for like twenty of them, though. He needs a host consciousness.
* The protagonist of ''Manga/LinebarrelsOfIron'' who mysteriously awoke covered in blood halfway through the episode after a giant mecha landed on him is told that [[YouAreAlreadyDead he's already dead]] at the end of the first episode.
* ''Manga/MakenKi'': Takeru and the Tenbi student council spend the entirety of the Venus Arc (chapters 14-24) and the Okino Island saga (33-60) trying to protect Himegami from Ouken Yamato, because they believe Ouken intends to kill her. But in chapter 49, Ouken tells Takeru [[VillainRevealsTheSecret they've wasted their time]] since Himegami's been dead for over 2,000 years. The girl they were trying to protect is an apparition made from what's left of the real Himegami's [[LifeEnergy element.]]
* The titular character in ''LightNovel/NananasBuriedTreasure'' is a ghost of a killed girl.
* In the first episode of ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', Yuuji finds out that he's a Torch; a temporary replacement for the real Yuuji, who has been killed and consumed by a Rinne. Under normal circumstances, he would be [[CessationOfExistence erased from existence]] [[RetGone entirely]] once his flame burned out. However, he happened to carry a [[ClingyMacGuffin Treasure Tool]] within him called the 'Reiji Maigo'[[note]]translated to the 'Midnight Lost Child'[[/note]], which replenishes his [[LifeEnergy Power of Existence]] at every [[WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve midnight]], meaning that, even if his real self is dead, his Torch still carries on.
* The protagonist of ''Manga/LinebarrelsOfIron'' who mysteriously awoke covered in blood halfway through the episode after a giant mecha landed on him is told that [[YouAreAlreadyDead he's already dead]] at the end of the first episode.
* ''Manga/MakenKi'': Takeru and the Tenbi student council spend the entirety of the Venus Arc (chapters 14-24) and the Okino Island saga (33-60) trying to protect Himegami from Ouken Yamato, because they believe Ouken intends to kill her. But in chapter 49, Ouken tells Takeru [[VillainRevealsTheSecret they've wasted their time]] since Himegami's been dead for over 2,000 years. The girl they were trying to protect is an apparition made from what's left of the real Himegami's [[LifeEnergy element.]]
* The titular character in ''LightNovel/NananasBuriedTreasure'' is a ghost of a killed girl.
* In the first episode of ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', Yuuji finds out that he's a Torch; a temporary replacement for the real Yuuji, who has been killed and consumed by a Rinne. Under normal circumstances, he would be [[CessationOfExistence erased from existence]] [[RetGone entirely]] once his flame burned out. However, he happened to carry a [[ClingyMacGuffin Treasure Tool]] within him called the 'Reiji Maigo'[[note]]translated to the 'Midnight Lost Child'[[/note]], which replenishes his [[LifeEnergy Power of Existence]] at every [[WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve midnight]], meaning that, even if his real self is dead, his Torch still carries on.
Deleted line(s) 34,38 (click to see context) :
* Menma in ''Anime/AnoHanaTheFlowerWeSawThatDay'', whose ghost now lives with the boy who loved her and needs to fulfill some GhostlyGoals that she cannot remember before she can actually pass on.
* The titular character in ''LightNovel/NananasBuriedTreasure'' is a ghost of a killed girl.
* The first line of ''Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies'', spoken by protagonist Seita, is "September 21st, 1945. That was the night I died." We learn that his younger sister is dead too before the opening credits roll.
* ''Anime/DeathParade'' is about how dead people are judged as either fit for reincarnation or the void, by playing arcade games in a bar called Quindecim. The audience knows they're dead from the beginning, but the characters don't, and the mystery is learning about lives they left behind. The arbiters themselves are [[spoiler: immortal, although they're made from the souls of those cast into the void]], except for [[spoiler: Onna, an actual human woman temporarily serving as an arbiter to test the system]].
* ''Manga/MakenKi'': Takeru and the Tenbi student council spend the entirety of the Venus Arc (chapters 14-24) and the Okino Island saga (33-60) trying to protect Himegami from Ouken Yamato, because they believe Ouken intends to kill her. But in chapter 49, Ouken tells Takeru [[VillainRevealsTheSecret they've wasted their time]] since Himegami's been dead for over 2,000 years. The girl they were trying to protect is an apparition made from what's left of the real Himegami's [[LifeEnergy element.]]
* The titular character in ''LightNovel/NananasBuriedTreasure'' is a ghost of a killed girl.
* The first line of ''Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies'', spoken by protagonist Seita, is "September 21st, 1945. That was the night I died." We learn that his younger sister is dead too before the opening credits roll.
* ''Anime/DeathParade'' is about how dead people are judged as either fit for reincarnation or the void, by playing arcade games in a bar called Quindecim. The audience knows they're dead from the beginning, but the characters don't, and the mystery is learning about lives they left behind. The arbiters themselves are [[spoiler: immortal, although they're made from the souls of those cast into the void]], except for [[spoiler: Onna, an actual human woman temporarily serving as an arbiter to test the system]].
* ''Manga/MakenKi'': Takeru and the Tenbi student council spend the entirety of the Venus Arc (chapters 14-24) and the Okino Island saga (33-60) trying to protect Himegami from Ouken Yamato, because they believe Ouken intends to kill her. But in chapter 49, Ouken tells Takeru [[VillainRevealsTheSecret they've wasted their time]] since Himegami's been dead for over 2,000 years. The girl they were trying to protect is an apparition made from what's left of the real Himegami's [[LifeEnergy element.]]
Changed line(s) 40 (click to see context) from:
* The very first line from Misao Minakami, the {{Deuteragonist}} of ''LightNovel/AsuraCryin'', is that she is dead and a ghost. [[spoiler:The truth however turns out to be a bit more complicated]].
to:
* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' starts with a boy. The very first line from Misao Minakami, the {{Deuteragonist}} of ''LightNovel/AsuraCryin'', boy's name is that she is dead Yusuke. He's 14 years old, and a ghost. [[spoiler:The truth however turns out is supposed to be a bit more complicated]].the hero of the story, but oddly enough, he's dead. However he's not supposed to be, as he caught the universe by surprise with an unexpected HeroicSacrifice. So he's being allowed to earn his way back to life.
* In ''ComicBook/DeadAt17'', protagonist Nara Kilday dies in the beginning of the first issue, but then gets resurrected as a demon hunter.
* This is part of the recruitment process for the titular ''ComicBook/DeathVigil'', a group of undead knights protecting the world from {{Eldritch Abomination}}s.
* This is part of the recruitment process for the titular ''ComicBook/DeathVigil'', a group of undead knights protecting the world from {{Eldritch Abomination}}s.
Deleted line(s) 45 (click to see context) :
* This is part of the recruitment process for the titular ''ComicBook/DeathVigil'', a group of undead knights protecting the world from {{Eldritch Abomination}}s.
Deleted line(s) 47 (click to see context) :
* In ''ComicBook/DeadAt17'', protagonist Nara Kilday dies in the beginning of the first issue, but then gets resurrected as a demon hunter.
Deleted line(s) 51 (click to see context) :
* Considering that it takes place in [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Puella Afterlife]], this trope applies to ''Fanfic/ResonanceDays'' without question.
* Considering that it takes place in [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Puella Afterlife]], this trope applies to ''Fanfic/ResonanceDays'' without question.
Changed line(s) 61,63 (click to see context) from:
* In ''Film/{{Topper}}'', a married couple killed in a car wreck realize that they need to do a good deed to get into heaven. Comic hilarity ensues.
* ''Film/AMatterOfLifeAndDeath'' (released in the States as ''Stairway to Heaven''), where Creator/DavidNiven plays a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII pilot who strikes up a romance with a female radio operator after a near-death experience, which becomes complicated when he is approached by an agent of {{Heaven}} who informs him he was supposed to have died.
* TwistEnding of ''Film/TheOthers2001''. They thought their house was haunted, but they were the ''haunters''. Their rage at discovering they are dead causes the hauntees to flee the house. Sounds comedic, but is a clever ending to a morbid film.
* ''Film/AMatterOfLifeAndDeath'' (released in the States as ''Stairway to Heaven''), where Creator/DavidNiven plays a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII pilot who strikes up a romance with a female radio operator after a near-death experience, which becomes complicated when he is approached by an agent of {{Heaven}} who informs him he was supposed to have died.
* TwistEnding of ''Film/TheOthers2001''. They thought their house was haunted, but they were the ''haunters''. Their rage at discovering they are dead causes the hauntees to flee the house. Sounds comedic, but is a clever ending to a morbid film.
to:
* This is the premise of an obscure 2006 film called ''Film/{{After|2006}}. There's even a pointed reference 2OWLCRK on a license plate.
* Tim Burton's ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' opens with the death of the two main characters, and revolves around their attempts to haunt their own house and navigate the afterlife's bureaucracy.
* In''Film/{{Topper}}'', a married couple killed in a car wreck realize that they need to do a good deed to get into heaven. Comic hilarity ensues.
* ''Film/AMatterOfLifeAndDeath'' (released in''Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney'', the States heroes spend most of the film as ''Stairway ghosts trying to Heaven''), where Creator/DavidNiven plays stop evil robotic duplicates of themselves from messing up the timeline. Along the way, the duo travels to Heaven and Hell, and infamously [[ChessWithDeath play for their lives against Death]] in not just chess, but [[BestOutOfInfinity (when he turns out to be kind of a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII pilot sore loser who strikes up a romance with a female radio operator demands rematch after a near-death experience, which becomes complicated when he rematch) also Twister, Battleship, and other games]].
%%* ''Literature/TheBrothersLionheart'', based on the novel.
%%* This isapproached by an agent of {{Heaven}} who informs him he was supposed to have died.
*the TwistEnding of ''Film/TheOthers2001''. They thought their house was haunted, the 1962 cult horror film ''Film/CarnivalOfSouls''.
* In ''Film/AChristmasCarolGoesWrong'' Jacob Marley is ''supposed'' to be this, butthey were the ''haunters''. Their rage at discovering they are dead causes the hauntees to flee the house. Sounds comedic, but is a clever ending to a morbid film.he's clearly alive. He ends up buried alive.
* Tim Burton's ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' opens with the death of the two main characters, and revolves around their attempts to haunt their own house and navigate the afterlife's bureaucracy.
* In
* ''Film/AMatterOfLifeAndDeath'' (released in
%%* ''Literature/TheBrothersLionheart'', based on the novel.
%%* This is
*
* In ''Film/AChristmasCarolGoesWrong'' Jacob Marley is ''supposed'' to be this, but
Deleted line(s) 65 (click to see context) :
* R, the main character of ''Film/WarmBodies'' wonders at the start of the movie why he doesn't eat better, why he doesn't stand straighter, and why he can't connect with the people around him. Then he remembers; it's because he's dead.
Changed line(s) 67 (click to see context) from:
* ''Film/WhatDreamsMayCome'', based on the novel, where Creator/RobinWilliams plays a dead man who literally travels to {{Hell}} and back to save the soul of his wife after she commits suicide.
to:
* ''Film/WhatDreamsMayCome'', based on All human characters in ''Film/EaglesGathered'' are dead, since it's set in the novel, underworld.
%%* Frank in ''Film/{{Ghost Town|2008}}''.
* ''Film/{{Haunter}}'': Lisa and her family are spirits who are stuck in some Purgatory-like state because the evil spirit who killed them won't let them leave the house.
%%* ''Film/JacobsLadder''.
* The film (as the book) ''Film/TheLovelyBones'' starts with the murder of the main character and mostly follows her watching her family from heaven.
* ''Film/AMatterOfLifeAndDeath'' (released in the States as ''Stairway to Heaven''), whereCreator/RobinWilliams Creator/DavidNiven plays a dead man UsefulNotes/WorldWarII pilot who literally travels to {{Hell}} and back to save the soul of his wife strikes up a romance with a female radio operator after she commits suicide.a near-death experience, which becomes complicated when he is approached by an agent of {{Heaven}} who informs him he was supposed to have died.
%%* Frank in ''Film/{{Ghost Town|2008}}''.
* ''Film/{{Haunter}}'': Lisa and her family are spirits who are stuck in some Purgatory-like state because the evil spirit who killed them won't let them leave the house.
%%* ''Film/JacobsLadder''.
* The film (as the book) ''Film/TheLovelyBones'' starts with the murder of the main character and mostly follows her watching her family from heaven.
* ''Film/AMatterOfLifeAndDeath'' (released in the States as ''Stairway to Heaven''), where
Changed line(s) 69,76 (click to see context) from:
* In ''Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney'', the heroes spend most of the film as ghosts trying to stop evil robotic duplicates of themselves from messing up the timeline. Along the way, the duo travels to Heaven and Hell, and infamously [[ChessWithDeath play for their lives against Death]] in not just chess, but [[BestOutOfInfinity (when he turns out to be kind of a sore loser who demands rematch after rematch) also Twister, Battleship, and other games]].
* ''Literature/TheBrothersLionheart'', based on the novel.
* Tim Burton's ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' opens with the death of the two main characters, and revolves around their attempts to haunt their own house and navigate the afterlife's bureaucracy.
* ''Film/TheSixthSense''. We all [[DeadAllAlong know the big twist there]].
* This is also the TwistEnding of the 1962 cult horror film ''Film/CarnivalOfSouls''.
* ''Film/WristcuttersALoveStory'' takes place in a special purgatory for suicides.
* The 2003 Japanese film ''Sky High'' (not to be confused with the [[Film/SkyHigh2005 Disney film of the same name]]) was a prequel to the ''Sukai hai'' TV series (see below).
%%* ''Film/JacobsLadder''.
* ''Literature/TheBrothersLionheart'', based on the novel.
* Tim Burton's ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' opens with the death of the two main characters, and revolves around their attempts to haunt their own house and navigate the afterlife's bureaucracy.
* ''Film/TheSixthSense''. We all [[DeadAllAlong know the big twist there]].
* This is also the TwistEnding of the 1962 cult horror film ''Film/CarnivalOfSouls''.
* ''Film/WristcuttersALoveStory'' takes place in a special purgatory for suicides.
* The 2003 Japanese film ''Sky High'' (not to be confused with the [[Film/SkyHigh2005 Disney film of the same name]]) was a prequel to the ''Sukai hai'' TV series (see below).
%%* ''Film/JacobsLadder''.
to:
* In ''Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney'', the heroes spend most of the film as ghosts trying to stop evil robotic duplicates of themselves from messing up the timeline. Along the way, the duo travels to Heaven and Hell, and infamously [[ChessWithDeath play for their lives against Death]] in not just chess, but [[BestOutOfInfinity (when he turns out to be kind of a sore loser who demands rematch after rematch) also Twister, Battleship, and other games]].
* ''Literature/TheBrothersLionheart'', based on the novel.
* Tim Burton's ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' opens with the death of the two main characters, and revolves around their attempts to haunt their own house and navigate the afterlife's bureaucracy.
* ''Film/TheSixthSense''. We all [[DeadAllAlong know the big twist there]].
* This is also theTwistEnding of ''Film/TheOthers2001''. They thought their house was haunted, but they were the 1962 cult horror film ''Film/CarnivalOfSouls''.
* ''Film/WristcuttersALoveStory'' takes place in a special purgatory for suicides.
* The 2003 Japanese film ''Sky High'' (not to be confused with''haunters''. Their rage at discovering they are dead causes the [[Film/SkyHigh2005 Disney film of hauntees to flee the same name]]) was house. Sounds comedic, but is a prequel clever ending to a morbid film.
* Nick in ''Film/{{RIPD}}'', actually the''Sukai hai'' TV series (see below).
%%* ''Film/JacobsLadder''.entire Rest In Peace Department, and the things they're trying to protect the living from.
* ''Literature/TheBrothersLionheart'', based on the novel.
* Tim Burton's ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' opens with the death of the two main characters, and revolves around their attempts to haunt their own house and navigate the afterlife's bureaucracy.
* ''Film/TheSixthSense''. We all [[DeadAllAlong know the big twist there]].
* This is also the
* ''Film/WristcuttersALoveStory'' takes place in a special purgatory for suicides.
* The 2003 Japanese film ''Sky High'' (not to be confused with
* Nick in ''Film/{{RIPD}}'', actually the
%%* ''Film/JacobsLadder''.
Changed line(s) 80,86 (click to see context) from:
%%* Frank in ''Film/{{Ghost Town|2008}}''.
* The film (as the book) ''Film/TheLovelyBones'' starts with the murder of the main character and mostly follows her watching her family from heaven.
* Nick in ''Film/{{RIPD}}'', actually the entire Rest In Peace Department, and the things they're trying to protect the living from.
* All human characters in ''Film/EaglesGathered'', since it's set in the underworld.
* ''Film/{{Haunter}}'': Lisa and her family are spirits who are stuck in some Purgatory-like state because the evil spirit who killed them won't let them leave the house.
* In ''Film/AChristmasCarolGoesWrong'' Jacob Marley is ''supposed'' to be this, but he's clearly alive. He ends up buried alive.
* This is the premise of an obscure 2006 film called After. There's even a pointed reference 2OWLCRK on a license plate.
* The film (as the book) ''Film/TheLovelyBones'' starts with the murder of the main character and mostly follows her watching her family from heaven.
* Nick in ''Film/{{RIPD}}'', actually the entire Rest In Peace Department, and the things they're trying to protect the living from.
* All human characters in ''Film/EaglesGathered'', since it's set in the underworld.
* ''Film/{{Haunter}}'': Lisa and her family are spirits who are stuck in some Purgatory-like state because the evil spirit who killed them won't let them leave the house.
* In ''Film/AChristmasCarolGoesWrong'' Jacob Marley is ''supposed'' to be this, but he's clearly alive. He ends up buried alive.
* This is the premise of an obscure 2006 film called After. There's even a pointed reference 2OWLCRK on a license plate.
to:
* The 2003 Japanese film
* In ''Film/{{Topper}}'', a married couple killed in a car wreck realize that they need to do a good deed to get into heaven. Comic hilarity ensues.
* R, the main character of ''Film/WarmBodies'' wonders at the start of the movie why he doesn't eat better, why he doesn't stand straighter, and
* Nick in ''Film/{{RIPD}}'', actually
* All human characters in ''Film/EaglesGathered'', since
* ''Film/{{Haunter}}'': Lisa and her family are spirits who are stuck in some Purgatory-like state
* In ''Film/AChristmasCarolGoesWrong'' Jacob Marley is ''supposed'' to be this, but
*
* ''Film/WristcuttersALoveStory'' takes place in a
* The main characters of ''Literature/TheBrothersLionheart'' die about 10 minutes in. Turns out that the afterlife (Nangijala) is very much like life, to the point of having their own after-afterlife (Nangilima). The story ends there, or they might end up in the after-after-afterlife.
* In ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', we must remember that Jacob Marley was "[[TropeNamer dead to begin with]]". The narrator stresses the importance of the reader remembering this, because the story won't seem as special if the reader forgets.
-->Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead [[{{Foreshadowing}} as a door-nail]].
* ''Literature/{{Elsewhere}}'' by Gabrielle Zevin -- Liz is hit by a car at the beginning. She wakes up on a boat not knowing where she is. She is going to Elsewhere (a.k.a. Heaven), where you age backwards until you are a baby and then you are reincarnated.
* In ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', we must remember that Jacob Marley was "[[TropeNamer dead to begin with]]". The narrator stresses the importance of the reader remembering this, because the story won't seem as special if the reader forgets.
-->Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead [[{{Foreshadowing}} as a door-nail]].
* ''Literature/{{Elsewhere}}'' by Gabrielle Zevin -- Liz is hit by a car at the beginning. She wakes up on a boat not knowing where she is. She is going to Elsewhere (a.k.a. Heaven), where you age backwards until you are a baby and then you are reincarnated.
Changed line(s) 94,97 (click to see context) from:
* Richard Matheson's novel ''Film/WhatDreamsMayCome''
* In ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', we must remember that Jacob Marley was "[[TropeNamer dead to begin with]]". The narrator stresses the importance of the reader remembering this, because the story won't seem as special if the reader forgets.
-->Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead [[{{Foreshadowing}} as a door-nail]].
* The main characters of ''Literature/TheBrothersLionheart'' die about 10 minutes in. Turns out that the afterlife (Nangijala) is very much like life, to the point of having their own after-afterlife (Nangilima). The story ends there, or they might end up in the after-after-afterlife.
* In ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', we must remember that Jacob Marley was "[[TropeNamer dead to begin with]]". The narrator stresses the importance of the reader remembering this, because the story won't seem as special if the reader forgets.
-->Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead [[{{Foreshadowing}} as a door-nail]].
* The main characters of ''Literature/TheBrothersLionheart'' die about 10 minutes in. Turns out that the afterlife (Nangijala) is very much like life, to the point of having their own after-afterlife (Nangilima). The story ends there, or they might end up in the after-after-afterlife.
to:
* In ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', we must remember that Jacob Marley was "[[TropeNamer dead to begin with]]". The narrator stresses the importance of the reader remembering this, because the story won't seem as special if the reader forgets.
-->Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead [[{{Foreshadowing}} as a door-nail]].
* The main characters of ''Literature/TheBrothersLionheart'' die about 10 minutes in. Turns out that the afterlife (Nangijala) is very much like life, to the point of having their own after-afterlife (Nangilima). The story ends there, or they might end up in the after-after-afterlife.
Deleted line(s) 100 (click to see context) :
* ''Literature/{{Elsewhere}}'' by Gabrielle Zevin -- Liz is hit by a car at the beginning. She wakes up on a boat not knowing where she is. She is going to Elsewhere (a.k.a. Heaven), where you age backwards until you are a baby and then you are reincarnated.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 236 (click to see context) from:
* In [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the original pitch]] of ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', this would have been the case with Jimmy ending up in {{Hell}} thanks to an error in the CelestialBureaucracy. After ExecutiveMeddling turned Hell into Miseryville and Jimmy's [[MysteriousPast past was made vague]], whether or not this is still the case is no longer clear.
to:
* In [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the original pitch]] of ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', this would have been the case with Jimmy ending up in {{Hell}} thanks to an error in the CelestialBureaucracy.a DivineMisfile. After ExecutiveMeddling turned Hell into Miseryville and Jimmy's [[MysteriousPast past was made vague]], whether or not this is still the case is no longer clear.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 51,52 (click to see context) from:
* Considering that it takes place in [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Puella Afterlife]], this trope applies to ''FanFic/ResonanceDays'' without question.
* A ''Anime/YuGiOh'' fanfic titled ''FanFic/BeingDeadAintEasy'' starts with Joey Wheeler dying at the hands of a psychopath, taking a bullet meant for Kaiba. However, as his spirit heads towards the light, he... trips over his shoelaces? Stuck in the mortal world, he makes it his mission to haunt Kaiba. HilarityEnsues for the next thirty chapters.
* A ''Anime/YuGiOh'' fanfic titled ''FanFic/BeingDeadAintEasy'' starts with Joey Wheeler dying at the hands of a psychopath, taking a bullet meant for Kaiba. However, as his spirit heads towards the light, he... trips over his shoelaces? Stuck in the mortal world, he makes it his mission to haunt Kaiba. HilarityEnsues for the next thirty chapters.
to:
* Considering that it takes place in [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Puella Afterlife]], this trope applies to ''FanFic/ResonanceDays'' ''Fanfic/ResonanceDays'' without question.
* A ''Anime/YuGiOh'' fanfic titled''FanFic/BeingDeadAintEasy'' ''Fanfic/BeingDeadAintEasy'' starts with Joey Wheeler dying at the hands of a psychopath, taking a bullet meant for Kaiba. However, as his spirit heads towards the light, he... trips over his shoelaces? Stuck in the mortal world, he makes it his mission to haunt Kaiba. HilarityEnsues for the next thirty chapters.
* A ''Anime/YuGiOh'' fanfic titled
Changed line(s) 177 (click to see context) from:
* [[CuteGhostGirl Yuyuko Saigyouji]] from ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}''. The protagonists have to figure out a way to stop her in her own home turf -- The Afterlife (sort of).
to:
* [[CuteGhostGirl Yuyuko Saigyouji]] from ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}''.''Franchise/TouhouProject''. The protagonists have to figure out a way to stop her in her own home turf -- The Afterlife (sort of).
Changed line(s) 187 (click to see context) from:
* In the first ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' game, Kain is murdered in the first playable scene, and spends the rest of the series as a vampire. In ''Soul Reaver'', Raziel had been killed, brought back as a vampire, and then killed ''again'' before the game itself actually begins.
to:
* In the first ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' game, ''VideoGame/BloodOmenLegacyOfKain'', Kain is murdered in the first playable scene, and spends the rest of the series as a vampire. In ''Soul Reaver'', ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKainSoulReaver'', Raziel had been killed, brought back as a vampire, and then killed ''again'' before the game itself actually begins.
Changed line(s) 189,190 (click to see context) from:
* ''Videogame/{{Limbo}}'' heavily implies, but never outright states this. You had to end up in Limbo somehow, right?
* In ''Videogame/{{Turgor}}'', the player starts off as a lingering spirit stuck in [[MarketBasedTitle The Void]] and spends the whole game trying to avoid [[DeaderThanDead absolute death]].
* In ''Videogame/{{Turgor}}'', the player starts off as a lingering spirit stuck in [[MarketBasedTitle The Void]] and spends the whole game trying to avoid [[DeaderThanDead absolute death]].
to:
* ''Videogame/{{Limbo}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Limbo}}'' heavily implies, but never outright states this. You had to end up in Limbo somehow, right?
* In''Videogame/{{Turgor}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Turgor}}'', the player starts off as a lingering spirit stuck in [[MarketBasedTitle The Void]] and spends the whole game trying to avoid [[DeaderThanDead absolute death]].
* In
Changed line(s) 205 (click to see context) from:
[[folder:Web Comics]]
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''VideoGame/AvengingSpirit'', the hero is killed before the start of the game and comes back as a ghost on a mission to rescue his (still alive) girlfriend.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
There is currently not an article for said person on TV Tropes.
Changed line(s) 6,7 (click to see context) from:
This trope covers stories set partially or wholly in the afterlife, a genre sometimes known as "Bangsian fantasy", since it was a popular premise for writer Creator/JohnKendrickBangs. Whether the characters are hanging in FluffyCloudHeaven, struggling to survive against hideous demons in a FireAndBrimstoneHell, [[NearDeathClairvoyance ghosts stuck on the mortal world]], mortals who are TrappedInAnotherWorld before their time, or whatever, they're here to answer the question "Now that we're dead, [[SoWhatDoWeDoNow what do we do for an encore?]]" Unless, of course, they have another question: "WhodunnitToMe, and how can I [[GhostlyGoals stop them from murdering anyone else?]]"
to:
This trope covers stories set partially or wholly in the afterlife, a genre sometimes known as "Bangsian fantasy", since it was a popular premise for writer Creator/JohnKendrickBangs.John Kendrick Bangs. Whether the characters are hanging in FluffyCloudHeaven, struggling to survive against hideous demons in a FireAndBrimstoneHell, [[NearDeathClairvoyance ghosts stuck on the mortal world]], mortals who are TrappedInAnotherWorld before their time, or whatever, they're here to answer the question "Now that we're dead, [[SoWhatDoWeDoNow what do we do for an encore?]]" Unless, of course, they have another question: "WhodunnitToMe, and how can I [[GhostlyGoals stop them from murdering anyone else?]]"
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 163 (click to see context) from:
* ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'' starts in the underworld as Luigi Lucheni is being tried for [[spoiler:the murder of Empress Elisabeth of Austria]]. This process has been going on for ages. Lucheni complains that he is long dead and has tired of the proceedings, then calls upon other long-dead witnesses to talk about Elisabeth, as well as [[GrimReaper Death himself]]. The story then begins with Elisabeth as a preteen girl.
to:
* ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'' starts in the underworld as Luigi Lucheni is being tried for [[spoiler:the murder of Empress Elisabeth of Austria]]. This process has been going on for ages. Lucheni complains that he is long dead and has tired of the proceedings, then calls upon other long-dead witnesses to talk about Elisabeth, as well as [[GrimReaper Death himself]]. The story then begins with Elisabeth as a preteen girl.girl, though it is unclear whether this is a narrative convention to walk the audience through Lucheni's testimony, or it is actually the dead's past selves recreating the plot in the afterlife for the judge and audience to review.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'' starts in the underworld as Luigi Lucheni is being tried for [[spoiler:the murder of Empress Elisabeth of Austria]]. This process has been going on for ages. Lucheni complains that he is long dead and has tired of the proceedings, then calls upon other long-dead witnesses to talk about Elisabeth, as well as [[GrimReaper Death himself]]. The story then begins with Elisabeth as a preteen girl.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 154 (click to see context) from:
* ''[[TabletopGame/ProseDescriptiveQualities Dead Inside]]'' has the option of starting play as a ghost in the Spirit World, or even a [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombi]].
to:
* ''[[TabletopGame/ProseDescriptiveQualities Dead Inside]]'' ''TabletopGame/DeadInside'' has the option of starting play as a ghost in the Spirit World, or even a [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombi]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 6,7 (click to see context) from:
This trope covers stories set partially or wholly in the afterlife, a genre sometimes known as "Bangsian fantasy". Whether the characters are hanging in FluffyCloudHeaven, struggling to survive against hideous demons in a FireAndBrimstoneHell, [[NearDeathClairvoyance ghosts stuck on the mortal world]], mortals who are TrappedInAnotherWorld before their time, or whatever, they're here to answer the question "Now that we're dead, [[SoWhatDoWeDoNow what do we do for an encore?]]" Unless, of course, they have another question: "WhodunnitToMe, and how can I [[GhostlyGoals stop them from murdering anyone else?]]"
to:
This trope covers stories set partially or wholly in the afterlife, a genre sometimes known as "Bangsian fantasy".fantasy", since it was a popular premise for writer Creator/JohnKendrickBangs. Whether the characters are hanging in FluffyCloudHeaven, struggling to survive against hideous demons in a FireAndBrimstoneHell, [[NearDeathClairvoyance ghosts stuck on the mortal world]], mortals who are TrappedInAnotherWorld before their time, or whatever, they're here to answer the question "Now that we're dead, [[SoWhatDoWeDoNow what do we do for an encore?]]" Unless, of course, they have another question: "WhodunnitToMe, and how can I [[GhostlyGoals stop them from murdering anyone else?]]"
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 166 (click to see context) from:
* ''VideoGame/AkujiTheHeartless'' starts with the titular WarriorPriest hero being [[WidowedAtTheWedding killed on his wedding night]], only to strike a deal with [[BorrowinSamedi Baron Samedi]] after arriving in the underworld, that by collecting souls for Samedi he can then be given a second chance to return to the land of living.
to:
* ''VideoGame/AkujiTheHeartless'' starts with the titular WarriorPriest WarriorMonk hero being [[WidowedAtTheWedding killed on his wedding night]], only to strike a deal with [[BorrowinSamedi Baron Samedi]] after arriving in the underworld, that by collecting souls for Samedi he can then be given a second chance to return to the land of living.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''VideoGame/AkujiTheHeartless'' starts with the titular WarriorPriest hero being [[WidowedAtTheWedding killed on his wedding night]], only to strike a deal with [[BorrowinSamedi Baron Samedi]] after arriving in the underworld, that by collecting souls for Samedi he can then be given a second chance to return to the land of living.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 105 (click to see context) from:
* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' book ''Literature/GhostStory'', the main character Harry has to solve his own murder as a ghost, after being shot by an unknown gunman at the end of [[Literature/{{Changes}} the previous book]]. [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}} at the end, when he's revealed to be AnAstralProjectionNotAGhost, and returns to life instead of moving on.]]
to:
* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' book ''Literature/GhostStory'', the main character Harry has to solve his own murder as a ghost, after being shot by an unknown gunman at the end of [[Literature/{{Changes}} the previous book]]. [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}} at the end, when he's revealed to be AnAstralProjectionNotAGhost, and returns to life instead of moving on. Also, it turns out that he ordered his own death, but used magic to make himself forget. ItMakesSenseInContext.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 232 (click to see context) from:
* The ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTimeDistantLands'' special "Together Again" begins with the reveal that [[TheHero Finn and Jake]] are both dead, Finn having died recently and Jake having died sometime after the original SeriesFinale, and focuses on them reuniting in the afterlife and reincarnating as new people.
to:
* The ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTimeDistantLands'' special "Together Again" begins with the reveal that [[TheHero Finn and Jake]] are both dead, Finn having died recently and Jake having died sometime after the original SeriesFinale, and focuses on them reuniting in the afterlife and having one last adventure before reincarnating as new people.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 117 (click to see context) from:
* Niven and Pournelle's ''Literature/{{Inferno}}'' is all set after the protagonist's death.
to:
* Niven and Pournelle's ''Literature/{{Inferno}}'' ''Literature/InfernoLarryNivenAndJerryPournelle'' is all set after the protagonist's death.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 204 (click to see context) from:
* ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'''s [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Rhea Snaketail]] [[http://www.sdamned.com/2004/03/03142004/ suffers from this]]; she gets better. [[MindScrew Kind of.]] She doesn't seem particularly upset by this for very long though. "Whatever. I'm getting used to dying". When she died, her marginally negative karma got her sent to the boring-but-harmless Ring of the [[TitleDrop Slightly Damned]], which is where she met her ally Buwaro.
to:
* ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'''s [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Rhea Snaketail]] [[http://www.[[https://www.sdamned.com/2004/03/03142004/ com/comic/1 suffers from this]]; she gets better. [[MindScrew Kind of.]] She doesn't seem particularly upset by this for very long though. "Whatever. I'm getting used to dying". When she died, her marginally negative karma got her sent to the boring-but-harmless Ring of the [[TitleDrop Slightly Damned]], which is where she met her ally Buwaro.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 63 (click to see context) from:
* Twist ending of ''Film/TheOthers2001''. They thought their house was haunted, but they were the ''haunters''. Their rage at discovering they are dead causes the hauntees to flee the house. Sounds comedic, but is a clever ending to a morbid film.
to:
* Twist ending TwistEnding of ''Film/TheOthers2001''. They thought their house was haunted, but they were the ''haunters''. Their rage at discovering they are dead causes the hauntees to flee the house. Sounds comedic, but is a clever ending to a morbid film.
Changed line(s) 67 (click to see context) from:
* ''Film/WhatDreamsMayCome'', based on the novel, where Creator/RobinWilliams plays a dead man who literally travels to Hell and back to save the soul of his wife after she commits suicide.
to:
* ''Film/WhatDreamsMayCome'', based on the novel, where Creator/RobinWilliams plays a dead man who literally travels to Hell {{Hell}} and back to save the soul of his wife after she commits suicide.
