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* ''Anime/TheCatReturns'': Panicking upon realizing she's turning into a cat, Haru rushes to find Muta only to discover him seemingly drowned in a massive jug of catnip jelly. While Haru breaks down in tears as Natoru offers her condolences, Muta is later revealed to be just fine once the jug is smashed.
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Compare DisneyDeath and NotQuiteDead. Contrast KilledOffForReal and PleaseWakeUp.

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Compare DisneyDeath and NotQuiteDead. DisneyDeath, for when the audience is fooled rather than the characters being fooled. Contrast KilledOffForReal and PleaseWakeUp.
PleaseWakeUp, for when a dead character is mistaken for being unconscious.
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Compare DisneyDeath NotQuiteDead. Contrast KilledOffForReal and PleaseWakeUp.

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Compare DisneyDeath and NotQuiteDead. Contrast KilledOffForReal and PleaseWakeUp.



* ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'': Marlin and Dory believe Nemo to be dead, but he was actually just faking it so he would get flushed down the toilet.

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* ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'': Marlin and Dory believe Nemo to be dead, but he was actually just [[FakingTheDead faking it it]] so he would get flushed down the toilet.
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A character is assumed to be dead by another. Perhaps they've been gone for longer than usual and everyone assumes the worst, maybe something was said that was mistaken as a euphemism for death, maybe [[EmptyPilesOfClothing a character stumbles across their clothes with no idea of what happened to them]], maybe they were in a very deep sleep. May result in [[NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou the entire cast crying over them.]]

Compare DisneyDeath, NotQuiteDead. Contrast KilledOffForReal and PleaseWakeUp.

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A character is assumed to be dead by another. Perhaps they've been gone for longer than usual and everyone assumes the worst, maybe something was said that was mistaken as a euphemism for death, maybe [[EmptyPilesOfClothing a character stumbles across their clothes with no idea of what happened to them]], maybe they were in a very deep sleep.sleep (which can result in BuriedAlive). May result in [[NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou the entire cast crying over them.]]

Compare DisneyDeath, DisneyDeath NotQuiteDead. Contrast KilledOffForReal and PleaseWakeUp.
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A character is assumed to be dead by another. Perhaps they've been gone for longer than usual and everyone assumes the worst, maybe something was said that was mistaken as a euphemism for death, maybe [[EmptyPilesOfClothing a character stumbles across their clothes with no idea of what happened to them]]. May result in [[NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou the entire cast crying over them.]]

Compare DisneyDeath, NotQuiteDead. Contrast KilledOffForReal.

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A character is assumed to be dead by another. Perhaps they've been gone for longer than usual and everyone assumes the worst, maybe something was said that was mistaken as a euphemism for death, maybe [[EmptyPilesOfClothing a character stumbles across their clothes with no idea of what happened to them]].them]], maybe they were in a very deep sleep. May result in [[NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou the entire cast crying over them.]]

Compare DisneyDeath, NotQuiteDead. Contrast KilledOffForReal.
KilledOffForReal and PleaseWakeUp.
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A character is assumed to be dead by another. Perhaps they've been gone for longer than usual and everyone assumes the worst, maybe something was said that was mistaken as a euphemism for death, maybe [[EmptyPilesOfClothing their clothes were found]]. May result in [[NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou the entire cast crying over them.]]

Compare NotQuiteDead, DisneyDeath.

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A character is assumed to be dead by another. Perhaps they've been gone for longer than usual and everyone assumes the worst, maybe something was said that was mistaken as a euphemism for death, maybe [[EmptyPilesOfClothing a character stumbles across their clothes were found]].with no idea of what happened to them]]. May result in [[NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou the entire cast crying over them.]]

Compare NotQuiteDead, DisneyDeath.
DisneyDeath, NotQuiteDead. Contrast KilledOffForReal.

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A character is assumed to be dead by another. Perhaps they've been gone for longer than usual and everyone assumes the worst, maybe something was said that was mistaken as a euphemism for death, maybe [[EmptyPilesOfClothing their clothes were found]].

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A character is assumed to be dead by another. Perhaps they've been gone for longer than usual and everyone assumes the worst, maybe something was said that was mistaken as a euphemism for death, maybe [[EmptyPilesOfClothing their clothes were found]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'': Marlin and Dory believe Nemo to be dead, but he was actually just faking it so he would get flushed down the toilet.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BambiII'': Bambi is believed to be dead when the ledge of the cliff he's standing on collapses under his feet, but he's actually just knocked out.
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* ''Film/{{RoboCop|1987}}'': Due to Joe's ambiguous wording about rendering her unconscious, everyone in the room assumes Officer Anne Lewis to be dead.

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* ''Film/{{RoboCop|1987}}'': Due to Joe's ambiguous wording about rendering her unconscious, everyone in the room assumes that he murdered Officer Anne Lewis to be dead.Lewis.
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A character is assumed to be dead by another. Perhaps they've been gone for longer than usual and everyone assumes the worst, maybe something was said that was mistaken as a euphemism for death, maybe [[EmptyPilesOfClothing their clothes were found]].

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* ''Film/{{RoboCop|1987}}'': Due to Joe's ambiguous wording about rendering her unconscious, everyone in the room assumes Officer Anne Lewis to be dead.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/ScaryMovie''. Parodying ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'', the characters run a man over while driving, but he survives... and then one of them accidentally kills him.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Dial N for Nerder", Bart and Lisa mistakenly think they've killed Martin when [[EmptyPilesOfClothing his clothes are found on a tree.]]
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