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=== '''As a [[Death Trope]], all Spoilers will be unmarked ahead. Beware.''' ===
=== '''As a [[Death Trope]], all Spoilers will be unmarked ahead. Beware.''' ===
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== Anime and Manga ==
== Anime and Manga ==
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* ''[[Six Feet Under]]'', the HBO series set in a funeral home, started every episode with an ordinary person going about their life and having it rudely interrupted in some disastrous way. In most episodes this was done to great comedic effect.
* ''[[Six Feet Under]]'', the HBO series set in a funeral home, started every episode with an ordinary person going about their life and having it rudely interrupted in some disastrous way. In most episodes this was done to great comedic effect.
* ''[[Waking the Dead]]'' did this, albeit with very old bodies.
* ''[[Waking the Dead]]'' did this, albeit with very old bodies.
* ''[[Police Squad]]'', a one season comedy starring Leslie Nielson, [[Lampshade Hanging|hung a lampshade]] on this by opening every episode with a "special guest star" who [[Death By Cameo|died]] moments after appearing on camera.
* ''[[Police Squad!]]'', a one season comedy starring Leslie Nielson, [[Lampshade Hanging|hung a lampshade]] on this by opening every episode with a "special guest star" who [[Death By Cameo|died]] moments after appearing on camera.
* ''[[Quincy ME]]'' was a [[Forensic Drama]] about a medical examiner (Jack Klugman) who solved murders through forensic investigations. The show always opened with a person dying of [[Make It Look Like an Accident|seemingly ordinary causes]].
* ''[[Quincy ME]]'' was a [[Forensic Drama]] about a medical examiner (Jack Klugman) who solved murders through forensic investigations. The show always opened with a person dying of [[Make It Look Like an Accident|seemingly ordinary causes]].
* ''[[Law and Order (TV)|Law and Order]]'' from at least season 3 on. With the exception of episodes that deal with cold cases, in which case it's a ''Skeleton'' Of The Week.
* ''[[Law and Order (TV)|Law and Order]]'' from at least season 3 on. With the exception of episodes that deal with cold cases, in which case it's a ''Skeleton'' Of The Week.
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