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* ''LightNovel/BanishedFromTheHerosParty'': After the defeat and death of Ares, the man who expelled Red from the Hero's part at the start of the series and whose attempts to force Ruti into being the Hero against her will, he receives this from the protagonists who show sympathy for how his Blessing had corrupted him into a TragicVillain. This is inspite of Ares, prior to this point, being a total HateSink character who didn't show any remotely good or redeeming qualities when he was still alive.

* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Following Luke Castellan's death by suicide [[HeroicSacrifice to defeat Kronos]], Percy requested that he be given a burial shroud like the other half-bloods get. He is carried off to [[{{Heaven}} Elysium]] by the Fates and is even given a final blessing by his father Hermes.

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* ''VideoGame/TheGuidedFateParadox'': [[spoiler:After finally defeating Satanael, Renya promises to dig him a grave and asks if he wants anything for his epitaph. Satanael politely declines, stating that such a thing is unnecessary, before wishing Renya farewell and thanking Renya for allowing him to kill time in an enjoyable manner.]]

* ''Fanfic/MiraculousEscalation'': Echidna isn't the main villain, but she is the only one that Chat Noir is forced to [[TouchOfDeath Cataclysm]], and her situation was a very tragic series of events happening to an otherwise ordinary teenager like him. He's impacted so strongly by this that, by the time of the epilogue, he has a physical memorial statue of her as Noelle set up at her grave in Paris, ''and'' he names one of his kids after her.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': The Dragoon Level 80 quest has the Warrior of Light pay respects to Nidhogg, a major antagonist in ''Heavensward''. Though he was driven by vengeance, the Warrior of Light learns that he was once a rather decent but dismissive dragon that didn't get course-corrected when Ratatoskr was killed. Thus, they honored the dragon he was, not the dragon he became.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': In the opening episode of Season 13, Dean laments all the people they have lost recently, including Mary, Kelly and Castiel, but he also includes his advisory Crowley and seems genuinely touched by his HeroicSacrifice and appears to grieve his loss.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'': Queen Brahme is given a funeral and beautiful tomb in spite of the atrocities she committed while she was alive.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': The Dragoon Level 80 quest has the Warrior of Light pay respects to Nidhogg, a major antagonist in ''Heavensward''. Though he was driven by vengeance, the Warrior of Light learns that he was once a rather decent but dismissive dragon that didn't get course-corrected when Ratatoskr was killed. Thus, they honored the dragon he was, not the dragon he became.

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** At the conclusion of the two part''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E26S3E1Basics Basics]]" Commander Chakotay pays his respects to Seska despite all the harm she had done to the ''Voyager'' crew in general and him in particular.

* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': In "Ding Dong", Holt is actually forced to arrange the memorial and give the eulogy for his bitter longtime rival Madeline Wuntch through her will, as a last TakeThat on her part, and struggles to be respectful throughout. [[spoiler: However, after Holt finally outsmarts Wuntch's final plan, AlasPoorVillain sets in as he realizes he will miss their rivalry, giving a heartfelt speech.]]

* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': In "Ding Dong", where Holt is actually forced to arrange the memorial and give the eulogy for his bitter longtime rival Madeline Wuntch through her will, as a last TakeThat on her part, and struggles to be respectful throughout. [[spoiler: However, after Holt finally outsmarts Wuntch's final plan, AlasPoorVillain sets in as he realizes he will miss their rivalry, giving a heartfelt speech.]]

* ''Literature/TheDayOfTheJackal'': In both the novel and the film, at the end, there's a brief memorial for the title character, although the only attending is Lebel, the police detective who tracked him down and killed him.

* 'Franchise/{{Batman}}'', ''Film/TheDarkKnight'': Harvey Dent is given a funeral and lauded as a hero despite being driven insane by the Joker and murdering several people. In this case, it's because Batman and Commissioner Gordon agree it's for the greater good if Dent remains a hero in the public's eyes.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'', Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'': At the end of the film, Luke holds a traditional Jedi funeral for Darth Vader, burning his body on a pyre until it disappears to become one with the Force. It helps that Vader's death had been a HeroicSacrifice that doubles as RedemptionEqualsDeath to kill [[BigBad the Emperor]] and save Luke's life.

* ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries'', ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Following Luke Castellan's death by suicide [[HeroicSacrifice to defeat Kronos]], Percy requested that he be given a burial shroud like the other half-bloods get. He is carried off to [[{{Heaven}} Elysium]] by the Fates and is even given a final blessing by his father Hermes.

* ''Literature/Elantris'': At the end of the story, Sarene arranges a funeral for Hrathen, a SinisterMinister that spent the entire book trying to convert Arelon to his religion (thus subjugating it to [[TheEmpire Fjordell]]) and has been foiling many of her attempts to fix the kingdom. The reasoning is part as a thanks for [[HeelFaceTurn saving her life from Fjordell genocide]] [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of his own life]] and part as a recognition of Hrathen as WorthyOpponent and AntiVillain that genuinly wanted Arelon to join Fjordell and convert peacefully. Sarene even says during service that, in a way, Hrathen saved Arelon.

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->'''Huey:''' Colonel Stinkmeaner had no family, and no friends. He lived a life without love, or companionship, or even pets. He was a horrible, awful human being, and in truth, the world was better off with with him dead. Still... he was a brother.
->'''Granddad:''' (to {{God}}) ...Please forgive us for taking this man's life.
->'''Riley:''' Why you sayin' "us"? You killed him!
->'''Granddad:''' Shut your ass and pray, boy.

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* ''Film/TheDarkKnight'': Harvey Dent is given a funeral and lauded as a hero despite being driven insane by the Joker and murdering several people. In this case, it's because Batman and Commissioner Gordon agree it's for the greater good if Dent remains a hero in the public's eyes.

* ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'': At the end of the film, Luke holds a traditional Jedi funeral for Darth Vader, burning his body on a pyre until it disappears to become one with the Force. It helps that Vader's death had been a HeroicSacrifice that doubles as RedemptionEqualsDeath to kill [[BigBad the Emperor]] and save Luke's life.

* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Following Luke Castellan's death by suicide [[HeroicSacrifice to defeat Kronos]], Percy requested that he be given a burial shroud like the other half-bloods get. He is carried off to [[{{Heaven}} Elysium]] by the Fates and is even given a final blessing by his father Hermes.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Played with in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E13LastOfTheTimeLords "Last of the Time Lords"]]. After the Master dies, the Doctor burns his body on a funeral pyre and holds a small service with Martha and Jack. Part of it is out of respect for the man [[WeUsedToBeFriends who he once called a friend]], part of it is to make sure he stays dead this time. The Master, [[JokerImmunity being the Master]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime inevitably doesn't]].
* ''Series/TheLastManOnEarth'': The survivors always hold a funeral for those who die, even those who are dangerous to them. As said funerals are usually organised by [[CloudCuckoolander Tandy]], things [[TheFunInFuneral usually go wrong]]:

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} (1993)'': Played with in "[[Recap/AnimaniacsEpisode72 Rest In Pieces]]". Slappy Squirrel and her nephew Skippy attend the funeral of Walter Wolf, Slappy's lifelong ArchEnemy. While the audience learns that Walter is actually [[FakingTheDead faking his death]] as part of his plan to trap Slappy, and so does Slappy later on, Skippy and the rest of the attendees don't know this, so Slappy's attempts to expose Walter come across to them as her making a mockery of his funeral.