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* During the credits of WesternAnimation/Moana, a star is placed next to the name Cooper in the production babies section, who died during production of the film.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBobsBurgersMovie'' was dedicated to main character designer Dave Creek and background painter Denise Blakely Fuller who both died during production of the film.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBobsBurgersMovie'' was dedicated to main character designer Dave Creek and background painter Denise Blakely Fuller who both died during production of the this film.

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* The ending crawl to ''WesternAnimation/ThePebbleAndThePenguin'' begins with a dedication to Michael Carey and David Corbally, two staffers who died early in production.

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* The ending crawl to ''WesternAnimation/ThePebbleAndThePenguin'' begins with a dedication was dedicated to Michael Carey and David Corbally, two staffers who died early in production.production.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBobsBurgersMovie'' was dedicated to main character designer Dave Creek and background painter Denise Blakely Fuller who both died during production of the film.
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** [=WGN=] also showed bumpers for ''Series/TheBozoShow'' in 2001 when actor Roy Brown (who played Kookie the Chef) died in Januaray 2001. The montage ended with a photo of him as Kookie the Chef and a caption comes up that read "Thanks, Roy! We will miss you!"
* Creator/{{CBC}} aired a bumper for fellow Canadian actor Alan Thicke, who passed away around Christmastime 2016.

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** [=WGN=] also showed bumpers for ''Series/TheBozoShow'' in 2001 when actor Roy Brown (who played Kookie the Chef) died in Januaray January 2001. The montage ended with a photo of him as Kookie the Chef and a caption comes up that read "Thanks, Roy! We will miss you!"
* Creator/{{CBC}} aired a bumper for fellow Canadian actor Alan Thicke, who passed away around Christmastime Christmas 2016.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Khumba'' is dedicated to Reinhold Rau, who started the Quagga Project, who died back in 2006 before it was released.

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* ''WesternAnimation/Khumba'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Khumba}}'' is dedicated to Reinhold Rau, who started the Quagga Project, who died back in 2006 before it was released.
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* The ''Series/BetweenTheLions'' episode "The Fox and the Crow" was dedicated to Jeanne S. Chall, a curriculum consultant who died 1 year before the series premiered.

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* The ''Series/BetweenTheLions'' episode "The Fox and the Crow" was dedicated to Jeanne S. Chall, a curriculum consultant who died 1 a year before the series premiered.
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* The ''Series/BetweenTheLions'' episode "The Fox and the Crow" was dedicated to Jeanne S. Chall, a curriculum consultant who died 1 year before the series premiered.
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* ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'' is dedicated to the memory of Nick Enright, Michael Jonson, Robby McNeilly Green, and Steve Irwin.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Khumba'' is dedicated to Reinhold Rau, who started the Quagga Project, who died back in 2006 before it was released.
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*''WebVideo/SECShorts'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYQ8PLNcorI "SEC teams get their final 2022 season report cards"]] has SEC Shorts dedicate the last part of the video to Mike Leach, Mississippi State's head coach who tragically died in December 2022 from a massive heart attack.
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* The first issue of the 2011 ''ComicBook/{{Xombi}}'' series is dedicated to Dwayne [=McDuffie=], who died about a month before the issue was printed.
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* Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} named the tournament to crown the first ever [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pa/e/chikara/chikara-g.html CHIKARA Grand Champion]] the "12 Large Summit," after Wrestling/LarrySweeney's CatchPhrase.

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* Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} named the tournament to crown the first ever [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pa/e/chikara/chikara-g.html CHIKARA Grand Champion]] the "12 Large Summit," after Wrestling/LarrySweeney's CatchPhrase.catchphrase.



** On the December 29th, 2020 episode of ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Raw]]'', Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre opened the show with "It's Monday. You know what that means?" before replying to himself with "Yeah yeah! It's time for Monday Night Raw!" Both "Yeah yeah!" and "It's (name of day). You know what that means?" were Harper's {{Catchphrase}}s, "Yeah yeah!" while in the ring, and "It's (name of day). You know what that means?" while on Twitter.

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** On the December 29th, 2020 episode of ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Raw]]'', Wrestling/DrewMcIntyre opened the show with "It's Monday. You know what that means?" before replying to himself with "Yeah yeah! It's time for Monday Night Raw!" Both "Yeah yeah!" and "It's (name of day). You know what that means?" were Harper's {{Catchphrase}}s, catchphrases, "Yeah yeah!" while in the ring, and "It's (name of day). You know what that means?" while on Twitter.
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** The sequel ''WesternAnimation/Rio2'' is dedicated to Presley, a Spix's Macaw from Colorado.

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** The sequel ''WesternAnimation/Rio2'' is dedicated to Presley, Don Rhymer, a Spix's Macaw from Colorado.writer for both {{Rio}} and Rio 2 who died during production of head and neck cancer.
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* Some covers of Marvel Comics published in September 2020 bore a dedication banner to Creator/ChadwickBoseman, the Film/BlackPanther star who died of colon cancer the month prior.

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* Some covers of Marvel Comics published in September 2020 bore a dedication banner to Creator/ChadwickBoseman, the Film/BlackPanther ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' star who died of colon cancer the month prior.



** Following the death of Creator/ChadwickBoseman on August 28, 2020, ABC pre-empted its Sunday night GameShow block to show ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' without commercials, followed by an ABC News tribute special.

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** Following the death of Creator/ChadwickBoseman on August 28, 2020, ABC pre-empted its Sunday night GameShow block to show ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' without commercials, followed by an ABC News tribute special.
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* The 42nd issue of ''ComicBook/{{Icon}}'', which revolved around Raquel Ervin coping with her grandmother's death, was dedicated to the memory of Amelia Hyland [=McDuffie=], who was writer Creator/DwayneMcDuffie's grandmother.
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* WebVideo/DevilArtemis's compilation of the League of Memes arc opens with a dedication to Reggie Groover, best known as Slick Goku, who had died to a severe seizure in early 2023.
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* The ending crawl to ''WesternAnimation/ThePebbleAndThePenguin'' begins with a dedication to Michael Carey and David Corbally, two staffers who died early in production.
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* WebVideo/{{Phelous}}'s video on Episode 15 of ''Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation'', which released in November 2020, includes a memoriam for Creator/KirbyMorrow (the voice of ''Next Mutation'' Michelangelo) in the credits.
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* After Dan Wheldon was killed in a massive pile-up in Lap 11 of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the race was abandoned and the remaining 19 cars did 5 laps at pace speed in tribute, while the pylon was blanked except for Wheldon's no. 77 and bagpipe renditions of "Danny Boy" and "Amazing Grace" played over the P.A. system.

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* After Dan Wheldon was killed in a massive pile-up in Lap 11 of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar [=IndyCar=] World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the race was abandoned and the remaining 19 cars did 5 laps at pace speed in tribute, while the pylon was blanked except for Wheldon's no. 77 and bagpipe renditions of "Danny Boy" and "Amazing Grace" played over the P.A. system.
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* After Dan Wheldon was killed in a massive pile-up in Lap 11 of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the race was abandoned and the remaining 19 cars did 5 laps at pace speed in tribute, while the pylon was blanked except for Wheldon's no. 77 and bagpipe renditions of "Danny Boy" and "Amazing Grace" played over the P.A. system.
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** The clipless review of ''Film/TheLastJedi'' was dedicated to Carrie Fisher, who had died earlier that week. Critic reads a Princess Leia comic book in TheStinger.

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** The clipless review of ''Film/TheLastJedi'' ''Film/RogueOne'' was dedicated to Carrie Fisher, who had died earlier that week. Critic reads a Princess Leia comic book in TheStinger.
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* Website/{{Neopets}}: On August 28, 2013, every player who visited Coltzan's Shrine received the new Petpet [[https://items.jellyneo.net/item/54643/ Sparky]], which strongly resembles the pre-existing [[https://items.jellyneo.net/item/5019/ Spardel]] but with the addition of angel wings. This was in honor of the original inspiration for the Spardel, former official artist Claire Hummel's pet Boston Terrier of the same name, which had passed away the day prior.

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* Website/{{Neopets}}: ''Website/{{Neopets}}'': On August 28, 2013, every player who visited Coltzan's Shrine received the new Petpet [[https://items.jellyneo.net/item/54643/ Sparky]], which strongly resembles the pre-existing [[https://items.jellyneo.net/item/5019/ Spardel]] but with the addition of angel wings. This was in honor of a tribute after the original inspiration for the Spardel, former official artist Claire Hummel's pet Boston Terrier of the same name, which Sparky, had passed away the day prior.
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* Website/{{Neopets}}: On August 28, 2013, every player who visited Coltzan's Shrine received the new Petpet [[https://items.jellyneo.net/item/54643/ Sparky]], which strongly resembles the pre-existing [[https://items.jellyneo.net/item/5019/ Spardel]] but with the addition of angel wings. This was in honor of the original inspiration for the Spardel, former official artist Claire Hummel's pet Boston Terrier of the same name, which had passed away the day prior.
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* Several stories in the ''Fanfic/InfinityCrisis'' multiverse carry dedications:
** ''Infinity Crisis: The Inhumans'' was dedicated to Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (creators of the Inhumans) as well as John Broome and Gil Kane (creators of the Green Lantern Corps). The Inhumans are the central characters, and a side character gets a Green Lantern Corps ring in the story.
** ''Infinity Crisis: Starman's Holiday'' is dedicated to Tom Lyle (the co-creator of the Will Payton Starman). That Starman is the central character of the one-shot.
** ''National Stride: An Infinity Crisis Fourth of July Story'' is dedicated to Jerry Siegel. Several characters he co-created appear in the story.
** ''Infinity Crisis Aftermath: A Batfamily Christmas'' is dedicated to the author's grandfather, as his passing inspired the story.
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* For the ending credits of ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', right under "Nintendo President: Shuntaro Furukawa" is "Former Nintendo President: Creator/SatoruIwata."
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'' has a dedication to Carlos Saldanha's father.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'' has a dedication to Carlos Saldanha's father.mother.

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* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'':
** Episode 47 was dedicated to Creator/MaddieBlaustein, the voice of Solomon Muto in [[Anime/YuGiOh the original anime]].
** An early episode ends with a spoofed memorial to Tristan's original voice, which had spontaneously changed (with everyone but Tristan noticing). This references the point in the English dub when Tristan gets a new voice actor who doesn't make him sound like [[Series/BarneyAndFriends Barney the Dinosaur]]. In the next episode, however, Yami plays Monster Reborn to resurrect Tristan's original voice, and life goes on.
* ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedComedyFandubSpoofSeriesShow'' episode "ENNETHING NO JUTSU" was dedicated to wrestler Wrestling/RandySavage.


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* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'':
** Episode 47 was dedicated to Creator/MaddieBlaustein, the voice of Solomon Muto in [[Anime/YuGiOh the original anime]].
** An early episode ends with a spoofed memorial to Tristan's original voice, which had spontaneously changed (with everyone but Tristan noticing). This references the point in the English dub when Tristan gets a new voice actor who doesn't make him sound like [[Series/BarneyAndFriends Barney the Dinosaur]]. In the next episode, however, Yami plays Monster Reborn to resurrect Tristan's original voice, and life goes on.
* ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedComedyFandubSpoofSeriesShow'' episode "ENNETHING NO JUTSU" was dedicated to wrestler Wrestling/RandySavage.
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* WebVideo/TheUnluckyTug's ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' seasons 14 & 15 retrospective is dedicated to Peter, a young fan of his channel who requested the video, and died due to complications during heart surgery before it was made.
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Also see SpecialThanks (where the credits acknowledge loved ones and friends of the production crew who weren't directly involved with the production and in most cases are still alive at the time of release) and PosthumousCredit (where the deceased actually contributed to the work prior to their death and have their part acknowledged in the credits, which in many circumstances will overlap with this trope). Might be combined with a ReallyDeadMontage if TheCharacterDiedWithHim.

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[[AwardShow Televised award shows]] often include an ObituaryMontage to honor those in their field who died in the past year. Also see SpecialThanks (where the credits acknowledge loved ones and friends of the production crew who weren't directly involved with the production and in most cases are still alive at the time of release) and PosthumousCredit (where the deceased actually contributed to the work prior to their death and have their part acknowledged in the credits, which in many circumstances will overlap with this trope). Might be combined with a ReallyDeadMontage if TheCharacterDiedWithHim.

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