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{{quote|'''Narrator''': [[Grim Up North|In the frozen land of Nador]], [[No Party Like a Donner Party|they were forced to eat]] [[Incessant Chorus|Sir Robin's minstrels]]. [[Trope Namer|And there was much rejoicing]].
'''All''': [[Flat Joy|Yaaaay.]]*flags come up and wave*
|''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''}}
When a character's death (or at least general misfortune) is seen as a joyous occasion, even by characters of the same alignment.
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{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] And [[Manga]] ==
* In one episode of ''[[Kodocha]]'', Sana-chan briefly thinks her (then) nemesis Hayama might be dead. She launches into a traditional Japanese mourning ritual, with gusto and extreme cheer.
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* In ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', America actually ''[[Back from the Dead|brings England back to life]]'' by loudly declaring to ''[[The Grim Reaper|Death himself]]'' that they should drink and celebrate when England was finally offed.
* In ''[[Light and Dark -
▲== [[Fan Fiction]] ==
* Invoked in the ''[[Naruto]]''
▲* In [[Light and Dark - The Adventures of Dark Yagami|Light and Dark The Adventures of Dark Yagami]], this, surprisingly enough, happens to Dark the first time he dies; the girl who killed him is hailed as a hero and the only people sad are Dark's family and Misa. L is so widely hated that no one mourns his death.
▲* Invoked in the Naruto Fanfic ''Roku Naruto'', when Naruto makes Sakura trip on a rock.
* Discord's original defeat several thousand years ago in the ''[[Pony POV Series]]'' got this reaction from Equestria in the "Origins" Arc, including a song celebrating Celestia and Luna's victory. Considering it was a prequel and Discord was a [[Complete Monster]] who's entire reign can be summed up as [[For the Evulz]], wiped out two of the five pony races, and generally put the entire country of Equestria through a living hell for 1000 years, [[Foregone Conclusion|this was to be expected]].
== [[Film]] ==
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* In ''[[Borat]]'', hotel staff reluctantly break the news to the title character that his wife has just died, only to suddenly get hugged by him and watch him joyfully dance around the room.
* There may not have been literal rejoicing when the obnoxious [[The Load|Lucky Larry]] got squashed by the machinery in ''Poseidon'', but none of the band of survivors was particularly broken up about it. Was one of the better SFX shots of the film, too.
* ''[[The Pink Panther|Revenge of
* In the movie
{{quote|''And here lies old King Frederick
''He stole for forty years
''The day he died the people cried.
''They cried? They cried "Three cheers!" }}
* ''[[Drowning Mona]]''
* ''[[Scaramouche (film)|Scaramouche]]'' (1952) - Upon joining the National Assembly, Andre Moreau is set upon by the aristocratic side of the assembly, to a series of [[Duel to the Death|duels]]. With each victory, the next day, he declares that his most recent opponent will be [[Unusual Euphemism|"Absent from the assembly"]], which proceeds to induce cheers from the commoner's half of the assembly.
* In ''[[Natural Born Killers]]'', when the warden ([[Tommy Lee Jones]]) learns Jack Scafferty ([[Tom Sizemore]]) is dead, his reaction is basically "Meh."
* Invoked in ''[[Other People's Money]]'', when Larry insists that he doesn't care about being despised.
{{quote|"And, by the way, it pleases me that I am called 'Larry the Liquidator', because at ''my'' funeral, you'll leave with a smile on your face and a few bucks in your pocket. Now, that's a funeral worth having!"}}
*
* At the climax of ''[[Shrek]]'', the antagonist Lord Farquaad is swallowed by a dragon ... and the entire town bursts into cheers.▼
** Then again, on the "Karaoke Party" DVD bonus feature, he's heard singing "Stayin' Alive" from ''inside'' the dragon, so it's seems he's [[Not Quite Dead]].▼
* There is a Russian joke with a punchline of "We were burying my mother-in-law, got two accordions torn"▼
*** So that would mean [[Fridge Horror|he was slowly digested to death.]]▼
** The punchline is so worn out that at this point that overused gags, links and humorous stories are called "bayans" (accordions) in certain sections of ru-net.▼
** In ''Shrek the Third'', the crowd witnesses the [[All Part of the Show|on-stage death]] of Prince Charming and proceed to treat it like the happy ending to a play (complete with an "Awww!" when Shrek and Fiona kiss). Of course, while Charming was the hero in the play, most of the audience still didn't [[0% Approval Rating|really like]] [[Butt Monkey|him]].▼
* "He was eager to hop around and sing and dance...if it wasn't for a heavy coffin with his mother-in-law on his shoulder." There seems to be pattern somewhere here, amirite?▼
* In ''[[The Black Cauldron]]'', after the Horned King is absorbed by the Cauldron, his put-upon toadie Creeper, after a moment of mourning, starts laughing maniacally.▼
* The trope is the base for the old joke, "Q: What do you call 10,000 lawyers on the bottom of the ocean? A: [[Evil Lawyer Joke|A good start]]."▼
== [[Literature]] ==
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* [[Ultramarines (novel)|Ultramarines]]- Done with a building. The Tau blow up an Administratum tax bureau and the guardsmen cheer. Keep in mind these are people taught from birth that aliens are evil and want to sacrifice their babies to the Dark Gods.
* Odgen Nash's poem "The Boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus" relates the morality tale of Jabez Dawes, an [[Jerkass|unrepentant brat]] who denied the existence of Santa Claus, until Kris Kringle turned him into a jack-in-the-box in retaliation. Which leads to the following stanza:
{{quote|''The neighbors heard his mournful squeal;
''They searched for him, but not with zeal.
''No trace was found of Jabez Dawes,
''Which led to thunderous applause,
''And people drank a loving cup
''And went and hung their stockings up. }}
* In the ''[[Night Watch (novel)|Night Watch]]'' series, in the novel ''Twilight Watch'', Witezslav, an unpleasant vampire on the Inquisition is killed, and besides the obvious lack of sympathy from those on the side of Light, his Dark colleagues were also indifferent, and for both sides, the greater concern was how someone was powerful enough to destroy him. This makes sense, since besides being a cold, unlikable person, he gained that level of power by killing children.
* In Moliere's ''Don Juan'', after the title character is dragged off to hell, his servant [[Bumbling Sidekick|Sgnarelle's]] only regret is that his master's death will mean that he won't receive his wages.
* Referenced by Granny Weatherwax in ''[[
== [[Live
* ''[[Lost]]'' provides an example of this with the introduction of Arzt in the finale of the first season. He was blown up while he condescendingly lectured the main characters on how to handle dynamite safely. Actually, right after it happens Hurley does get quite and even goes so far as to say, "that was messed up" but he seems to have been more concerned with his own streak of bad luck. No one else cared.
* Dr Romano of ''[[ER]]'' died quite horribly, but he was such a [[Jerkass]] only one character really gave a damn. Another even twisted the knife posthumously by naming a wing for LGBT patients after the notorious homophobe.
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* An episode of ''[[The Commish]]'' had two police officers agonizing endlessly over the best way to break a death notice to a man's family, only to find they're overjoyed about his death.
* One episode of ''[[Scrubs]]'' sees Dr Kelso's portrait, hung on a hallway just before he goes on vacation, turned into a memorial to the deceased as a prank by [[Dr. Jerk|Dr. Cox]]. Almost everyone in the hospital walks past it and celebrates, but [[Butt Monkey|Ted the Lawyer]] later comes ''back'' to it to dance in front of it.
* Not a death, but the news of Frank Burns' arrest and subsequent transfer from the 4077th inspires whoops of joy on ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|M*
{{quote|'''B.J. Hunnicutt:''' This reduces the enemy to just North Korea!}}
** At least until they discover he's been cleared, promoted, and stationed back in the States.
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* An episode of ''[[Law & Order|Law and Order]]'' had the (first) victim of the week get chased into oncoming traffic by a particularly amoral [[Paparazzi|paparazzo]] who wanted her opinion on her husband's affair. Once he was found to not be complicit in her death, he got shot; when his death is announced at a restaurant frequented by the rich and powerful, everyone applauds.
* In ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' Alex freezes Stevie and Max shatters her. No one really seems to care and eventually Alex and Harper go to celebrate their friendship while Justin takes pictures of a unconscience man's body with Stevie's "pieces" all over him while Max draws a moustache on him.
*
* A ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'' episode has a loathsome, universally despised professor (played by John Mahoney of ''[[Frasier]]'' fame) suddenly dropping dead at a party being given in his honor.
{{quote|'''Dick:''' (cheerfully) Dr. Albright! You got your wish!
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* While the character doesn't actually die because the poisoning was discovered right before it killed him, the attempted murder of the Commodore in ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'' is treated this way by the other characters on account of his being a lecherous racist and total jerkass. When Jimmy thinks his mother (who was impregnated by the Commodore at 14) is the poisoner, he makes a comment to the effect that he doesn't really have a problem with the Commodore being murdered, but if she's doing it for financial reasons, he doesn't want the Commodore's money. When the poisoner is discovered to be the Commodore's put-upon maid, Nucky tells her that she did wrong in actually attempting what others would only think about and gives her money to leave town and start a new life.
* Even ''[[Full House]]'' wasn't immune to this. Jesse inherited a local club from its previous owner, who died of heart failure. The funeral was (by character narration alone) done this way, but [[Justified Trope|justified]] because that was what the deceased owner wanted.
*
* Jaimie Lannister offed [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|The Mad King]] seventeen years before the beginning of [[Game of Thrones]]. As The Mad King's [[Kill It with Fire|idea of fun included burning people to death]], no-one much minded. (Although Lannister was stuck with the reputation of being an [[Honor Before Reason|oathbreaker]], as he had once promised to guard the king with his life.)
* ''[[Seinfeld]]'': When George's fiancee Susan dies, he is more relieved than anything else. This is later used as evidence against him at the trial in the series finale.
* This has happened several times on ''[[The Amazing Race]]'', with the remaining teams all celebrating the elimination of a hated/feared team:
** Rob
** Brandy
** On Season 19's penultimate leg, the Final 3 teams celebrated on the mat when they realized that, due to their cab drivers being in contact the entire leg and giving each other directions, they had finished ahead of Andy & Tommy, and wouldn't have to face them and their insane luck in the finale.
== [[Music]] ==
* The American folk song [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Crack_Corn#Meaning "Jimmy Crack Corn"] is this, probably. On the surface, it seems to be about a slave mourning his master who perished in an accident, but it is often interpreted as a celebration of the death, the slave having contributed to it via deliberate negligence.
*
** It's doubtful the the mourners genuinely grieved for Murphy. To start, the chorus has the line, "They said it was a sin and shame and they winked at one another." Then there was the very irreverent things they did with Pat Murphy's corpse. The kept him in the ice box during the party with the addition of bottles of whiskey to
*** The point of the song is that they were treating him as if he was still alive and part of the party. Stopping at that bar was their way of taking their friend on one last pub crawl - no doubt Patty was propped up inside that bar with a drink in his hand when they came back for him. As for the ice box, the song doesn't mention them putting him in there, just putting the whiskey in there with him (something an old drinking buddy would appreciate). If this is an old enough song, it's possible that ice was the only method they had on hand to preserve him. They can't have been TOO far out of line; Mrs. Murphy was present, and didn't seem to object to their antics.
**** "They stopped the clock so Mrs. Murphy couldn't tell the time."
* The Dixie Chicks'
* In French,
*
* Steam's "(Kiss Him) Goodbye
* [[Elvis Costello]]'s
** As is Hefner's "The Day That Thatcher Dies", complete with a [[Kids Rock|children's choir]] singing "[[The Wizard of Oz|Ding dong, the wicked witch is dead]]!"
* "Ringo" by Lorne Greene (of ''[[Bonanza]]'' fame). The spoken-word narrative, which reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1964, is a first-person account of an ex-outlaw-turned-Western lawman, and his encounters and relationship with the title character and antagonist, a notorious gunfighter who spread terror as he engages in a crime spree in the Old West. Toward the end of the song, the two meet (for the first time in several years) and engage in a gunfight. Ringo—remembering a time the main protagonist saved is life—shows a rare ounce of mercy to his old friend, but when he turns to walk away, he is met by a spray of gunfire and killed. As the trope-fitting lyrics point out after Ringo is declared dead, "''The town began to shout and cheer/Nowhere was there shed a tear for Ringo''."
* [[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]] anticipate this kind of end—up to and including bank holidays—for the unnamed "you" of "When Will You Die?"
== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] ==
* Mark Steel's routine about flicking around the channels and seeing a newsreader appearing with the "Special Serious Face" with a picture of [[Margaret Thatcher]] behind them and how he must have been one of millions of people in Britain who punched the air and shouted "DEAD!", only to be disappointed; "Aw, just a ''stroke''!"
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* An entry in the ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]: Warriors of Chaos'' book speaks of a Chaos Knight (hulking, armored man who serves the forces of evil) who challenged the governor of a town to a battle and claimed the man's skull for a trophy. Partway through the battle, the women of the town began to cheer the Chaos Knight on. "Obscurely pleased, he left the town intact."
* Actual rule from the wargame ''Fear God & Dread Nought'': "Shore Battery Critical Hit results: Admin Building: A support building associated with the battery, but not vital to it's function, has been destroyed. If enough paperwork is destroyed, the battery's efficiency may actually improve."
== [[Video Games]] ==
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** A less positive example: When Carla Boone was kidnapped by the Legion, she was hardly missed by the citizens of Novac (though they still believe this a horrifying fate for anyone) Manny Vargas was pretty much overjoyed. This however led to her husband Craig to bear a grudge against the citizens of Novac and pretty much destroyed his friendship with Manny (who is heavily hinted to be [[Incompatible Orientation|in love with him]]).
* The first Dark Brotherhood quest in ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'' involves killing [[Asshole Victim|a nasty old lady who runs an orphanage]]. You can kill her right in front of the kids, and not only will they ''not'' report you to the guards, they'll ''cheer'' her demise. The only person who actually gets scared is her assistant, who while not particularly liking Grelod herself is still freaked out that she just got killed in cold blood.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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* In ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'', Tagon's Toughs had this reaction to Xinchub's death. He had spent several arcs as the personally nastiest of the Tough's rogues gallery (or, in his own words, "the biggest ace-hole in the game"), and his death caused happy-dances throughout the major cast.
== [[Web Original]] ==▼
▲== Web Original ==
* The cast of ''[[Kickassia]]'' cheer when they've beaten [[The Nostalgia Critic]] to death ([[Disney Death|he's really just unconscious]]), and then they fight over who gets his hat and therefore, get to be the ruler of the nation. Big on [[Gray and Gray Morality]] that special.
* A bit of a subjective case, but the fact that ''Encyclopedia Dramatica'' was shut down made some users rejoice. Or, to put it better, the [[Troll]] [[Hatedom]]<ref>[[Justified Trope|(a justified hatedom at that)]]</ref> [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|rejoiced.]]
* During his review of ''[[A Troll in Central Park]]'', [[The Nostalgia Critic]] cheered when [[The Scrappy|Stanley]] was [[Taken for Granite]] near the end of the movie.
▲== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Done a few times in ''[[South Park]]'', when the usual "They killed Kenny!!"-"Bastards!!" routine was subverted and Kenny's death was met with amusement.
* In ''[[Danny Phantom]]''{{'}}s [[Bad Future]], most of the memorial statues say "Gone but not forgotten". Mr. Lancer's just says "Gone".
▲* At the climax of ''[[Shrek]]'', the antagonist Lord Farquaad is swallowed by a dragon ... and the entire town bursts into cheers.
▲** Then again, on the "Karaoke Party" DVD bonus feature, he's heard singing "Stayin' Alive" from ''inside'' the dragon, so it's seems he's [[Not Quite Dead]].
▲*** So that would mean [[Fridge Horror|he was slowly digested to death.]]
▲** In ''Shrek the Third'', the crowd witnesses the [[All Part of the Show|on-stage death]] of Prince Charming and proceed to treat it like the happy ending to a play (complete with an "Awww!" when Shrek and Fiona kiss). Of course, while Charming was the hero in the play, most of the audience still didn't [[0% Approval Rating|really like]] [[Butt Monkey|him]].
* On ''[[Family Guy]]'', Lois and Brian celebrate when Peter's dad dies. Then the episode explains that wasn't his real father.
* On ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', the family is driving to the funeral of one of Marge's relatives. Naturally, the family treats the situation with great dignity and tact.
{{quote|'''Homer:''' Ding dong, the witch is dead!
'''Kids:''' Which old witch?
'''Homer:''' The wicked witch! }}
** Also, Patty and Selma's reaction whenever Homer is believed to be dead - to the point where they've already ordered a tombstone for him and use it as their
** When everyone believed Mr. Burns had been killed by some falling rocks, Kent Brockman publicly thanked them for it. Homer, Lenny and Carl even planned to dance on his grave.
*** Again with Mr. Burns, when he disappeared and was believed dead, so many people decided to spit on his grave it became a pool of spit.
** During the funeral for Homer's mother, Abe commented that he'd imagined himself dancing on it but no longer had the mood. (He was wearing tap shoes during the funeral)
** In the Season 8 episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show
* In ''[[The Smurfs]]'' episode "For The Love Of Gargamel", Gargamel and Azrael get [[Taken for Granite|turned to stone]] by [[Hoist by His Own Petard|the very potion]] the evil wizard intended to use on the Smurfs. The Smurfs take advantage of Gargamel's demise by having a celebration. Of course, Papa Smurf, realizing that they would be no better than Gargamel for leaving him and his cat in such a frozen state, does not join in the celebration, but rather has the Smurfs [[Save the Villain|gather ingredients for a potion to unfreeze Gargamel and Azrael]]. Of course, [[Ungrateful Bastard|Gargamel still rants and raves about getting even with the Smurfs]] after he and his cat are de-petrified.
** In the Season 2 intro, the Smurfs do a merry circle dance around a staked-down Gargamel and Azrael.
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{{quote|Farewell to Gargamel, Gargamel is gone!
Oh what a happy day to sing our smurfy song!}}
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'': On more than one occasion, Squidward starts party preparations whenever it looks like
▲* In ''[[The Black Cauldron]]'', after the Horned King is absorbed by the Cauldron, his put-upon toadie Creeper, after a moment of mourning, starts laughing maniacally.
▲* On ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]: The Curse of the Were-rabbit'', everyone thinks the Were-Rabbit has been killed, and the Vicar turns to Lady Tottington and reassures her that they feel her pain. The minute he turns his back, he and the rest of the villagers start rejoicing.
== [[Other Media]] ==
▲* On more than one occasion, Squidward starts party preparations whenever it looks like [[SpongeBob]] is going to move away for good.
▲* There is a Russian joke with a punchline of "We were burying my mother-in-law, got two accordions torn"
▲** The punchline is so worn out that at this point that overused gags, links and humorous stories are called "bayans" (accordions) in certain sections of ru-net.
▲* "He was eager to hop around and sing and dance...if it wasn't for a heavy coffin with his mother-in-law on his shoulder." There seems to be pattern somewhere here, amirite?
▲* The trope is the base for the old joke, "Q: What do you call 10,000 lawyers on the bottom of the ocean? A: [[Evil Lawyer Joke|A good start]]."
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