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* ToAbsentFriends: Two or more characters gather to grieve for a dead comrade, without a formalized structure.

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* ToAbsentFriends: Two or more characters good guys gather to grieve for a dead comrade, without a formalized structure.
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* {{Mangst}}: An otherwise tough character (usually male) is dealing with a subtle form of grief.


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* SorrowfulStutter: A character chokes up when speaking about or saying their deceased loved one's name.


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* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: A grieving character lashes out at someone who apparently was more deserving of death than the beloved person who did pass away.
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* ComfortingTheWidow: Someone takes advantage of someone else's grief to have sex with them.


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* SexForSolace: Characters have sex, usually repeatedly or unhealthily, to reduce the pain from a traumatic experience, usually someone's death or a failed relationship.
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->''"But what is grief, if not love persevering?"''
-->-- '''Vision''', ''Series/WandaVision''
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Has nothing to do with a [[{{Griefer}}]].

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Has nothing to do with a [[{{Griefer}}]].{{Griefer}}.
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Has nothing to do with a [[{{Griefer}}]].
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* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Character is upset about a loved one's death because they never had the change to say goodbye before their demise.

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* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Character is upset about a loved one's death because they never had the change chance to say goodbye before their demise.
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* WhyCouldntYouSaveThem: Someone is angry at the hero because they were unable to save a loved one.

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* WhyCouldntYouSaveThem: Someone is angry at the hero because they were unable to save a loved one.one.
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Tropes about grief and mourning losses, usually of people who have died, but not necessarily. See also FuneralTropes, WillAndInheritanceTropes, and ThisIndexBrokeUp.

* AccidentalChildKillerBackstory: A character who unintentionally caused a child's death in the past carries the burden into the present.
* AlasPoorScrappy: A character's detractors feel sorry for the character after they are killed off.
* AlasPoorVillain: A villain's demise is portrayed as sympathetic.
* AlasPoorYorick: Lamenting the deceased while holding their skull.
* AngstySurvivingTwin: A twin dies and their surviving sibling grieves their passing.
* AntagonistInMourning: The bad guy feels sorry for the hero's death.
* BleedEmAndWeep: Someone cries after killing someone.
* BondingOverMissingParents: Two characters bond over the fact that they both have missing relatives.
* BreakUpBonfire: A character burns mementos of a failed relationship.
* BurnBabyBurn: A character burns something with negative associations.
* CradleOfLoneliness: Cradling a keepsake of the person you're mourning.
* CradlingYourKill: The corpse is cradled by the killer.
* EmptyChairMemorial: Honoring someone's memory by leaving the chair they used to sit in empty.
* EmptyBedroomGrieving: A person's death and/or disappearance is magnified by their abandoned bedroom.
* ExcessiveMourning: Someone mourns another person's death to the point that they become a problem.
* FiveStagesOfGrief: Sad characters always go through these five stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.
* FondMemoriesThatCouldHaveBeen: Mourning someone because you could've had a great life with them.
* ForgottenFallenFriend: TheHero mourns for their dead loved one and then gets over them very quickly.
* GoodNightSweetPrince: A StockPhrase used when a man dies.
* GraveMarkingScene: A character visits the grave of a deceased loved one.
* GriefInducedSplit: A couple breaks up after a tragedy, usually a death.
* GriefSong: A musical piece about someone mourning the death of a loved one.
* HatsOffToTheDead: Respecting the dead by removing your hat.
* HeartbrokenBadass: The tough as nails badass feels sad because they've lost their loved one.
* HerHeartWillGoOn: When a person's love interest dies, they don't let their death keep them from finding someone else to love.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: Hero blames themself for not being able to prevent a loved one's death.
* IMissMom: Character misses their dead/missing parent(s).
* InMemoriam: The work features a dedication to someone who died before the work was released.
* LastDisrespects: Rather than being mourned, someone is mocked or disrespected by the people close to them after their death.
* LosingTheTeamSpirit: A team falls into depression after someone's death.
* LostFoodGrievance: A character is sad because they just lost some food they were going to eat.
* TheLostLenore: A character loses a love interest, and their death affects them more than if they'd lived.
* LostPetGrievance: A character feels upset over the death of their beloved pet.
* LostToyGrievance: A character is sad about losing a beloved toy.
* MemorialCharacter: A character in a work is based on or named for a real person who died, as a way of immortalizing that person.
* MemorialForTheAntagonist: Offering a funeral service for the deceased villain out of respect or honor, despite their atrocities.
* MemorialPhoto: The deceased has a photo of them when they were alive shown during the funeral service.
* MissingManFormation: Fighter pilots fly in an incomplete formation to honor a fallen teammate.
* MockingTheMourner: A character uses another character's loss as a means to deride or harangue them.
* TheMourningAfter: After the love interest dies, the surviving member of the couple refuses to find a new love because they consider it disrespectful to their deceased lover.
* MourningADeadRobot: A robot dies or is destroyed, and is mourned by its organic counterparts.
* MourningAnObject: An inanimate object is destroyed, goes missing, or stops working, and is treated by the characters as though it has died.
* MovingBeyondBereavement: A character arc in which the death of a loved one must eventually be accepted.
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Character is upset about a loved one's death because they never had the change to say goodbye before their demise.
* NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou: Person mourning someone they thought died unknowingly interrupts the person without realizing they're actually alive.
* PietaPlagiarism: A pose where a dead person is carried in the arms of someone grieving them.
* PrematureEulogy: People pay their respects to a dead character, without the realization they're still alive.
* RememberTheDead: You only exist in the afterlife so long as there are people who remember you.
* ShrineToTheFallen: Creating a shrine to honor the deceased.
* SurvivorGuilt: The one person left alive feels bad that they didn't die with the others who were killed or that the others weren't the ones who survived.
* ToAbsentFriends: Two or more characters gather to grieve for a dead comrade, without a formalized structure.
* TooInjuredToSave: People grieving for a friend who is about to die.
* TragicAbandonedToy: A sentient toy grieves after being lost or forgotten.
* TragicBromance: Two heroes are friends. One dies.
* TragicKeepsake: A bereaved person holds onto an item because that's all they have to remember their dead loved one.
* TragicOneShotCharacter: A one-shot character is killed and their death affects the main character.
* TragicStillbirth: Parents are saddened by their child being stillborn.
* ViewersInMourning: A fictional character dies, the audience is extraordinarily sad.
* WhatASenselessWasteOfHumanLife: Characters express sorrow at lives wasted, particularly those of their enemies.
* WhyCouldntYouSaveThem: Someone is angry at the hero because they were unable to save a loved one.

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