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* In ''[[Private|Privilege]]'', the [[Spin-Off]] of the ''Private'' series, Ariana attends her own funeral. The body they cremated is actually that of Briana Leigh Covington, who she killed in order to access her money and assume her life.
* Its not his funeral but Mackenzie Calhoun of ''[[Star Trek: New Frontier|Star Trek New Frontier]]'' shows up to the dedication of the new ''USS Excalibur'' which has a touching eulogy/speech about since he was presumed dead during the destruction of the last ship of the same name. Its both hilarious and touching.
* Happens in the story of
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** "Ding Dong, the Boss is Dead": Boss fakes his own death to escape suffering a crueler fate from a mob boss who went to prison on his testimony ... only the catch is the mobster is coming to Boss' visitation in Hazzard to make sure Hogg is indeed dead.
** "Too Many Roscoes": As was the case with Bo and Luke in the earlier episode, a wake for Rosco takes place after it is merely assumed he had drowned when his patrol car is run off the road and into a lake by a gang of bank robbers (including one that is an exact double of Rosco), and a hasty search of the lake by Bo and Luke finds no body. The wake ends when the phony Rosco is seen walking to Boss' house (where the wake takes place).
* Geordi and Ensign Ro did this in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' episode "The Next Phase"
* In an episode of ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', Sophia decides to host her own funeral while she's still
* In ''[[Bones]]'', Booth takes advantage of an injury to fake his own death, attends his funeral as a member of the three-volley salute, and outs himself by apprehending a suspect. Said suspect told the FBI the next time they'd see him would be at Booth's funeral.
* George goes to her own funeral in the first episode of ''[[Dead Like Me]]''.
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* In a long string of pranks, a bar owner rival of ''[[Cheers]]'' fakes his own death, funeral, and is even buried inside a coffin to prank Sam Malone. After Sam breaks down and accepts the death is not a hoax, the "dead" man pops out of the office and reveals it was just an elaborate prank.
* Happens to Hobbes in ''[[The Invisible Man (TV series)|The Invisible Man]]'' when the Chinese are after him. He is spying from afar on the funeral, but is kidnapped by the Chinese anyway, as they don't buy the hoax. Also, the only one of the Agency who wasn't told was Claire, as they needed real tears.
* ''[[Ghost Whisperer]]'': Jim attends his own
* Deb in ''[[Drop Dead Diva]]'' does this after being resurrected in the body of Jane.
* Variation on ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]''. After Jenna was misreported as dead, Jack saw it as a gimmick to sell her latest movie and set up a memorial for her on the [[Show Within a Show]]. Jenna watched this for awhile, but eventually came on stage to wreck it after realizing her real age would be mentioned.
* Played straight in the pilot of ''[[The Cape (2010 TV series)|The Cape]]'' when Vince peeps in on his own funeral after being presumed dead.
* The [[Charmed]] Ones went to their own funeral and even had to keep Phoebe from hitting on a guy who was ''mourning'' her death. And when Paige saw how few people were mourning her, what does she do? [[Funny Moments (Sugar Wiki)|Impersonate Janice Dickinson and mourn herself]].
* A suspect on ''[[Castle]]'' once got caught this
* In 2009, a hoax arose on the Internet (and even spread as far as an Australian TV news show) which claimed Jeff Goldblum had died in an accident. Goldblum's response was to take this trope [[Up to Eleven]] by going on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' and ''delivering his own eulogy''.
{{quote|'''Jeff Goldblum:''' No one will miss Jeff Goldblum more than me. He was not only a friend and a mentor, but he was also me.}}
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