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[[File:partyhats_6712partyhats 6712.png|link=Schlock Mercenary|frame|We are here as guests and Xinchub was a national hero... now put on your hats.]]

{{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]].<br />

'''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.

** Also in R2, with Lelouch. As Nunnally cries over his dead body, the crowd in the background is chanting Zero's name in celebration. Then again, [[Thanatos Gambit|that was exactly what he wanted.]]

* In ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', America actually ''[[Back Fromfrom 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.

* The [[Trope Namer]] is ''[[Monty Python and Thethe Holy Grail]]''.

{{quote| "They were forced to eat Robin's minstrels, and there was much rejoicing." <br />

* 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 [[The Pink Panther]]'' involves Inspector Clouseau surviving an assassination attempt and then [[Faking the Dead|pretending to be dead]] in order to track down the mob boss who ordered the hit. At Clouseau's "funeral", his former boss, Chief Inspector Dreyfus, is assigned to give the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P5DkZsrJN0 eulogy]...during which he keeps bursting helplessly into hysterical, gleeful laughter. He then tries to cover it by pretending to shed [[Manly Tears]], causing everyone else to weep in sympathy.

* In the movie "''[[The Slipper and The Rose (Film)|The Slipper and The Rose]]"'', a live-action musical based on ''[[Cinderella (fairy tale)|Cinderella]]'' , Prince Charming at one point visits the royal crypt and sings "What a Comforting Thing To Know", describing his less-than-illustrious ancestors.

{{quote| ''And here lies old King Frederick<br />

''He stole for forty years<br />

''The day he died the people cried.<br />

''They cried? They cried "Three cheers!" }}

* ''[[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 Thethe 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.

* Invoked in ''[[Other PeoplesPeople'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!"}}

* ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Literature)|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'': When Dorothy Gale arrives in the Munchkin village, she is appalled and apologetic to discover that her house has landed on and killed an inhabitant of Oz. The Munchkins respond by breaking into a song and dance about how happy they are that the witch, is in fact, dead, and make Dorothy a national hero.

** In [[The Wizard of Oz (Filmfilm)|the film version]], [[Judy Garland]]'s shocked expression throughout most of this is priceless.

** The musical ''[[Wicked (Theatretheatre)|Wicked]]'' ''begins'' by celebration over the death of Wicked Witch of the West. The rest of said musical is a long explanation about why this is wrong: one, she's not '''that''' evil, and two, she's not dead.

* A room full of [[Acceptable Targets|telemarketers]] are reduced to skeletons by a demon in ''[[Good Omens (Literature)|Good Omens]]''. This means that all the people they were due to call didn't get a little angrier, didn't curse them or spread this annoyance onwards. So in balance, these hideous deaths made the world a little better.

* [[Ultramarines (Literaturenovel)|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.

{{quote| ''The neighbors heard his mournful squeal;<br />

''They searched for him, but not with zeal.<br />

''No trace was found of Jabez Dawes,<br />

''Which led to thunderous applause,<br />

''And people drank a loving cup<br />

''And went and hung their stockings up. }}

* In the ''[[Night Watch (Literaturenovel)|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.

* Referenced by Granny Weatherwax in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Carpe Jugulum|Carpe Jugulum]]'', when she's in a self-doubting mood: "It was a terrible thing to think that the only reason people would go to your funeral was to make sure you were really dead."

== [[Live -Action TV]] ==

* 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.

** This appears to be the response to any act of violence witnessed by the inmates. A notable exception is when Simon Adebisi, a [[Scary Black Man|feared Nigerian gangster]] who's been ruling Em City as a trustee, is killed -- thekilled—the initial reaction is a shocked gasp of disbelief from both inmates and guards, as Adebisi seemed so [[Badass]] he couldn't be killed by ''anyone''.

* In an episode of ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' where Sabrina uses these products to make Harvey [[Ambition Is Evil|more ambitious]], to the point where he's alienated from Sabrina and only cares about his ambitions of being a money-making businessman, she shows him what could happen if he continues (a la ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''). At the end of the montage they see a party which is Harvey's funeral. They're happy because he was a jerk who didn't spend time with his family and cut down all of the trees (except one) in Westbridge.

* 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 (TVtelevision)|M* A* S* H]]''.

{{quote| '''B.J. Hunnicutt:''' This reduces the enemy to just North Korea!}}

* In ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel -Air]]'' Will blamed himself for his uncle's political opponent having a fatal heart attack (He [[I Wished You Were Dead|told him he could Drop Dead]] right before it happened). After spending the episode feeling guilty he showed up at the funeral to discover that everyone else was just there to make sure he was really dead, and was moved to give a defense of the man's life. When indignantly asked who he thought he was he said "I'm the dude that killed him" and was given a standing ovation.

* [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|Mike and the 'Bots]] have this reaction to the death of [[The Professor|Russell Johnson]]'s character, a drunken, abusive parent, in ''[[The Space Children (Film)|The Space Children]]''. After the man gets his mind fried by The Blob That Came From Heaven and the paramedics are wheeling his corpse out of his trailer in front of the rest of the cast:

{{quote| '''All''' (''as crowd''): Hooray!<br />

'''Crow''': Are you sure he's dead?<br />

'''Mike''' (''as paramedic''): Oyah.<br />

* In ''[[Yes Prime Minister]]'', Prime Minister Hacker's predecessor in that office is writing his memoirs, which will be [[Compromising Memoirs|very embarrassing]] for Hacker, when he suddenly drops dead from a heart attack. When Hacker learns the news, and just before he remembers that he's ''supposed'' to act with dignified shock and grief, for a moment he has the biggest, happiest grin we've ever seen on his face.

{{quote| '''Mourner''' ''(viewing his dead wife)'': You did a real good job on her.<br />

'''David Fisher''': Well, we do our best.<br />

* This has happened at least once on ''[[Bones]]''. In "The Crank in the Shaft", the victim, an office manager, is seemingly mourned by everyone, until Booth and Bones find out that the victim who was so hated by everyone that not only was there celebration of her death, but nearly everyone she had ever met had a motive.

* An episode of ''[[Murphy Brown]]'' plays with this trope when Murphy's hated nemesis dies and leaves her in charge of the eulogy. First she plans to give an awful speech, then a heartwarming one, then an awful one when she finds out his own mother didn't like him, when finally the guy makes himself look like the [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]] from the GRAVE with the sole purpose of humiliating her.

* An episode of ''[[Law and& Order (TV)|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.

* When ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy]]'': When Buffy announces that she killed Caleb, Willow's reaction is "Well, all right!". Then again, he was a [[Sinister Minister]] in the service of the [[Ultimate Evil|First Evil]].

* A ''[[3rd Rock Fromfrom 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!<br />

* When ''[[Married... Withwith Children|]]'': When Al Bundy]]'s neighbors thought that he'd died, they all began singing "Ding Dong The Shoe Man's Dead" and dancing in the streets. Later, when Al moved out of the neighborhood, they held a parade to celebrate.

* 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 Withwith 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.)

** Rob &and Amber's elimination on Season 11.

** Brandy &and Carol's elimination on Season 16 was initially played as this, [[Only Sane Man|until Dan & Jordan pointed out that the U-Turn could have just as easily been used to eliminate the more dangerous Jet & Cord.]]

* ''"The Night Patty Murphy Died''" is a traditional Newfoundland folk song, recently recorded by Canadian-based celtic-rock band Great Big Sea. In the song, a funeral becomes a rowdy party. Subverted in that the mourners genuinely grieved for Patty Murphy, but showed their love for the departed by boisterous celebration.

** 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, "keep that whiskey cold." Next, on the day of the funeral, they stopped the hearse at a bar for three hours or so. Finally they leave and when they get to the cemetery, they realize they left Pat's body at the bar.

* The Dixie Chicks' ''"Goodbye Earl''", about a woman who, with the help of a high-school friend, kills her abusive husband Earl. In the video, the whole town celebrates Earl's death.

* In French, ''"The Lion Sleeps Tonight''" was translated as ''"Le lion est mort ce soir''", which means ''"The lion died tonight''". So the lyrics' tone changed to somewhat fit this trope...

* ''[[Dos Gringos]]'', a band comprised of [[Yanks With Tanks|United States Air Force]] fighter pilots, has a song called ''"The Predator Eulogy''--" — celebrating the fact that a Predator (an unmanned airborne vehicle) was shot down. Fighter pilots ''hate'' UAVs because they might wind up getting completely replaced by them if UAV enthusiasts have their way.

* Steam's "(Kiss Him) Goodbye" (Na Na Na Na/Hey Hey/Goodbye)" is often used as such. On occasion, Ray Charles' "Hit the Road, Jack" as well.

* [[Elvis Costello]]'s "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t4-zDem1Sk "Tramp The Dirt Down]"] is about how he'll celebrate when Margaret Thatcher dies.

* "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 -- rememberingRingo—remembering a time the main protagonist saved is life -- showslife—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 (Musicband)|They Might Be Giants]] anticipate this kind of end—up to and including bank holidays—for the unnamed "you" of "When Will You Die?"

* 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."

{{quote| "Urist McTraumatized doesn't care about anything, anymore."}}

** Likewise, in ''[[The Sims]] 3'', Sims with the "evil" trait will laugh at the suffering of others, up to and including their deaths.

** [https://web.archive.org/web/20120510052829/http://www.collectedcurios.com/HTP_025_Force_Unleashed.jpg That one]?

{{quote| '''Three Dog''': Ding dong! The sanctimonious, self-righteous, self-proclaimed Presidential asshole is ''DEAD''!}}

* In ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'', many characters will congratulate you if you kill [[Complete Monster|Cook-Cook]].

* The first Dark Brotherhood quest in ''[[The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim (Video Game)|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.

* Arisdel in ''[[DumnestorsDumnestor's Heroes]]''. She wasn't killed, but nobody was broken up when she left the game.

* Pretty much anyone in ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'' is ambivalent, at best, about seeing allies (apparently) die. They usually don't stay dead, though.

* Subverted in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0246.html this strip] of ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]''.

** Ironically, when she ''did'' [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0464.html die], [[Alas, Poor Scrappy|no one celebrated]].

* The cast threw a party to celebrate Kairi's death in ''[[Ansem Retort (Webcomic)|Ansem Retort]]''. They even had yummy 'Hooray Kairi's Dead' cake.

* ''[[Sequential Art (Webcomicwebcomic)|Sequential Art]]'' had this when Kat accidentally gives her old [[Sadist Teacher]] a fatal heart attack. Kids leaving the classroom were singing ''[[The Wizard of Oz|Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead]]''.

* In ''[[Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|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[[Western OriginalAnimation]] ==

* In ''[[Danny Phantom]]''{{'}}s [[Bad Future]], most of the memorial statues say "Gone but not forgotten". Mr. Lancer's just says "Gone".

* 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!<br />

'''Kids:''' Which old witch?<br />

** 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 teatabletea table. It reads "We are richer for having lost him."

** In the Season 8 episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show,", the introduction of the character [[The Poochie|Poochie]] (a dog "with an attitude") as an attempt to regain falling viewershp is universally panned, save for Homer (who coincidentally is Poochie's voice). The Poochie character is such a spectacular failure that the production company is forced to immediately abandon the character and hastily write him out before his second cartoon. When that cartoon airs -- anotherairs—another voiceover artist inserts the line "I have to go, my planet needs me" into a poorly edited cartoon -- Krustycartoon—Krusty the Clown (on whose show the "Itchy & Scratchy" cartoons air) gleefully announces that Poochie died on his way home, to which the audience ''wildly cheers''. (Incidentally, the edits are made after Homer deliberately goes against the script, instead improvising a plea for the character's reprieve.)

* In ''[[The Smurfs]]'' episode "For The Love Of Gargamel", Gargamel and Azrael get [[Taken for Granite|turned to stone]] by [[Hoist Byby 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.

* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'': On more than one occasion, Squidward starts party preparations whenever it looks like [[SpongeBob]] is going to move away for good.

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