History Main / InstantGravestone

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** In ''VideoGame/TheSims3'', the size of a sim's grave marker depends on how many Lifetime Happiness points they earned, and the marker has a symbol on it reflecting how the Sim died.
** In ''VideoGame/TheSims4'', when Sims (or pets) die, the Grim Reaper appears to take their soul. As soon as the soul is with him, their body will turn into an urn (when indoor) or into a tombstone (when outdoor).

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* All of ''VideoGame/TheSims'' games use this, specifically it will be an urn if it's indoors and a tombstone outdoors, and it will change if the player moves the grave marker. If a Sim's grave is on a lot, that Sim's ghost may show up at night. In the sequel games the gravemarkers look different depending on how the Sim died, and how well the player did at satisfying them. In VideoGame/TheSims2, a Sim that dies of old age while in Platinum aspiration will get a gold and silver coloured marker with the symbol for their aspiration on it. In VideoGame/TheSims3, the size of a sim's grave marker depends on how many Lifetime Happiness points they earned, and the marker has a symbol on it reflecting how the Sim died.

* Later ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' games (third game onwards) have a variation. Bodies will eventually [[EverythingFades fade away]] and be replaced by a chalk outline (irrespective of whether the police have arrived at the scene or not).

* In ''VideoGame/TheSims4'', when Sims (or pets) die, the Grim Reaper appears to take their soul. As soon as the soul is with him, their body will turn into an urn (when indoor) or into a tombstone (when outdoor).

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[[caption-width-right:280:Who needs funeral homes? [[note]]From the Dover Boys Reanimated Collab.[[/note]]]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'' short ''Betty Boop, M.D.,'' a wheelchair-bound elderly man takes a swig of Betty's patent medicine Jippo, dances around seemingly rejuvenated, but then lies down in the road and pulls the asphalt over his head, as a scat-singing tombstone pops up. The man's arm then pokes out of the grave to plant a flower on it.

* ''{{VideoGame/Valheim}}'': Players leave gravestones still containing their gear when dead (a floating one if out at sea) that diappears when emptied. As a player's inventory is considerably larger than a chest, it's not uncommon to leave gravestones where they are (once the important items are recovered) as a convenient no-cost storage space.

* Dying in ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'' will spawn a tombstone stating your cause of death. You can then dig it up if you like.
* The Multiplayer game ''VideoGame/{{Glitch}}'' has this. When you die a gravestone appears on the spot. Other players can visit the gravestone to mourn or celebrate. The stone disappears after you respawn.

* Spoofed in the ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} Mater's Tall Tales]]'' short "El Materdor". While in the middle of a matador match, a bulldozer runs Mater into the ground, and two pieces of wood stick up from where he's buried, making it look like a grave. As everyone starts to morn his apparent death, Mater comes out from the ground, and continues the match.

** In "We Messed Up" K.O., Enid, and Rad sneak into Mr. Gar's office and Rad accidentally destroys a framed picture of K.O.'s mom Carol. When Enid imagines what them telling Mr. Gar the truth would be like, he yells at them with enough force to launch them to the moon, resulting in the three of them getting instant gravestones. A passing satellite then drops a flower on Enid's grave.

* Subverted and certainly NON comedic in a Manga by Junji Ito called "Street of Gravestones",where a small town leaves the bodies of the dead where they fall when they die, as their gravemarker grows up and replaces their body.Being this is a Cosmic Horror Story, bad things happen right at the start when a couple driving to visit hit a pedestrian and try to hide the body.And then they found out what happens to the bodies if you move them.....

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'': Defeated [[UniqueEnemy Unique Monsters]] leave behind a gravestone when defeated; interacting with the stone will respawn the monster for you to fight whenever you want. This is in contrast to [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 previous entries]] [[VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX in the series]], where Unique Monsters simply respawned at random times, which was inconvenient for both re-fighting ''and'' avoiding them.

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* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'': Defeated [[BossInMooksClothing Unique Monsters]] leave behind a gravestone when defeated; interacting with the stone will respawn the monster for you to fight whenever you want. This is in contrast to [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 previous entries]] [[VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX in the series]], where Unique Monsters simply respawned at random times, which was inconvenient for both re-fighting ''and'' avoiding them.

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'': Defeated [[BossInMooksClothing Unique Monsters]] leave behind a gravestone when defeated; interacting with the stone will respawn the monster for you to fight whenever you want. This is in contrast to [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles previous entries]] [[VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX in the series]], where Unique Monsters simply respawned at random times, which was inconvenient for both re-fighting ''and'' avoiding them.

[[caption-width-right:280:Who needs funeral homes? [[note]]From the Dover Boys Reanimated Colab.[[/note]]]]

* In ''VideoGame/RealmOfTheMadGod'', all players get Instant Gravestones; stronger characters get bigger, more impressive gravestones. Due to the game's use of FinalDeath, players will often pay respects to a particularly strong character.

* Subverted and certainly NON comedic in a Manga by Junji Ito called"Street of Gravestones",where a small town leaves the bodies of the dead where they fall when they die, as their gravemarker grows up and replaces their body.Being this is a Cosmic Horror Story, bad things happen right at the start when a couple driving to visit hit a pedestrian and try to hide the body.And then they found out what happens to the bodies if you move them.....

[[caption-width-right:280:Who needs funeral homes?]]

* The human enemies in ''VideoGame/{{Secret Agent|VideoGame}}''. The higher-ranking enemies turn into lower-ranking enemies until you kill the lowest, weakest form, at which point they become a gravestone (which can be picked up or just destroyed for points.)

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Jellyfish Jam", [=SpongeBob=] teaches a jellyfish to do tricks. When told to play dead, the jellyfish appears buried under a tombstone.