History Main / NotEnoughToBury

* On the morning of September 11, 2001, Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners departing from the East Coast of the United States and crashed them into multiple targets, most famously Towers 1 and 2 of the World Trade Center, NYC; the third plane was crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and the fourth was crashed in a field near Shanksville, PA. The towers caught fire and collapsed soon after. Of the 2,977 victims (excluding the 19 terorists), many could not be identified because of how their bodies had been burned, crushed, or torn to pieces. On May 10, 2014, the still-unidentified remains of 1,115 victims were transferred from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York City to a new facility inside the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, where OCME staff are still attempting to identify more remains using state-of-the-art techniques.

** When Killer Queen from ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'' [[HavingABlast blows someone up]], he can make their body disintegrate into absolutely nothing (without even affecting the surrounding). Its user, Yoshikage Kira, is a SerialKiller who finds it useful to [[DisposingOfABody leave no evidence]].
* In Episode 12 of the 2003 anime adaptation of ''LightNovel/KinosJourney'', Kino travels to a county that achieved peace with its neighbor by competing to slaughter the indigenous tribes in the reason. The curator of the museum, who came up with the plan, reveals her FreudianExcuse to Kino- her husband and children's death- and that this trope applied to her h usband.

* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', Endeavor claims that his eldest son Toya burned to death in 2000 degree Celsius flames, and the only part of him left after the fire was a piece of his lower jawbone. [[spoiler:In reality, Toya survived with horrific burn scars and became the villain Dabi, who sought vengeance against Endeavor.]]

** The culprit of case 2 in ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', [[spoiler:Peko Pekoyama]], is reduced to this after being stabbed repeatedly by samurai robots, leaving nothing but blood splatter behind.

* Discussed in-universe in [[http://wondermark.com/624/ this]] ''Webcomic/{{Wondermark}}'' strip.

* PlayedForLaughs after Chiaotzu's SuicideAttack against Nappa fails.

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* PlayedForLaughs after Chiaotzu's SuicideAttack against Nappa fails.
--> '''Goku''': Wait, where's Chiaotzu?
--> '''Krillin''': Oh he's here...and there...and there...
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-->'''Hal Jordan:''' Be thankful it wasn't ComicBook/{{Batman}} you exploded all over. Try combing that [[CrazyPrepared overly meticulous guy]]'s costume for any human detritus.

->''"They're going have to bury [[LudicrousGibs what's left of ya]] in a soup can!"''

->''"They're going to bury what's left of ya in a soup can!"''

** In ''[[Manga/DragonBall the original series]]'', King Piccolo's body explodes after Goku's final attack, leaving no recognizable remains.

* A plot point in Creator/KevinSmith's ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' run. The "Quiver" story arc revealed that after being killed back in the 90s, Oliver had secretly been resurrected by a guilt-ridden [[Franchise/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]]. However, because Ollie died in an explosion that had reduced his body to mere atoms, Parallax was forced to use lingering particles that had landed on Superman's costume to reconstitute his old friend's physical form.

'''As this is a DeathTrope, beware of unmarked spoilers!'''

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* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': Since it's a {{gorn}} show, this happens ''very'' often. All played for [[BloodyHilarious dark laughs]], of course.

* ''Literature/TheLovelyBones'': Susie Salmon's body is dismembered after she is killed, and her elbow is eventually found out by the authorities (which allows them to confirm that she is indeed dead). However, the rest of her remains are stored in a safe by her killer, George Harvey, and the safe is dumped into a sinkhole, so they will probably never found.

* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', [[spoiler: Pyrrha falls victim to this after she gets a burning arrow fired between her boobs and embedded deep in her cleavage. After a few agonizing seconds where a hole gets burned in said boobs/cleavage, she dies and Cinder superheats her corpse. The superheating is so bad that the only remnant of Pyrrha's body is a bunch of ash flying away in the breeze.]]

* While artillery strikes in general are notorious for having this sort of effect on people, battleship shore bombardments really took it UpToEleven. One documented incident involved the USS ''New Jersey'' firing on an infantry position during the Vietnam War. After the war, the Vietnamese said they could not find any trace of the soldier's equipment or bodies.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

--->'''Farnsworth:''' Oh, how awful. Did he at least die painlessly? ''[beat]'' To shreds, you say, tsk tsk tsk. Well, how's his wife holding up? ''[beat]'' To shreds, you say...