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{{quote|"Do you know the only reward you get for being Batman? <br />
You get to be Batman. <br />
And--when you're a child--you get a handful of years of real happiness, with your father, with me. <br />
It's more than some people get." |''[[Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?]]'' }}
 
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* In the film version of ''[[What Dreams May Come]]'', [[The Hero]] and his wife choose reincaration over heaven and hell.
* One of the various movies in the Italian comedy series ''Fantozzi'' has this trope [[Played for Laughs]] at the end when the titular protagonist, [[Butt Monkey|Ugo Fantozzi]]<ref> (enough of a [[The Chew Toy|chew toy]] to have that trope named after him in the Italian version of Tv Tropes!)</ref> dies, crushed under a steamroller [[Crowning Moment of Funny|(and receiving a flat coffin as a result)]]... only to be born again, ''as himself'', even coming out of the womb with the very same clothes, indicating his future life is going to be just as sucky as the previous one. His internal monologue, serving as the punchline, put it best:
{{quote| ''[[Sarcasm Mode|"Wow, how lucky I am."]]''}}
 
== [[Literature]] ==