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* In ''[[Valerian]]'', the celestial hierarchy based on planet Hypsis appears to be an extremely capitalist enterprise. Each pantheon's position in the hierarchy is determined by the gross national product of the planet it oversees, and it's possible for the enterprise to fail, which leads to stripping divinity and immortality from the pantheon's members, and banishing them to the infernal depths of the Point Central to work off their debts, as happened to one [[Louis Cypher|Mr. L.C.F. Sat]]. The members of the Earth's pantheon, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are a dilapidated business near collapse, and harassed by their colleagues over the Earthlings' habit of meddling with the affairs of others.
* The depiction of Hell and the Norse Afterlife seem to work this way in ''[[Ninja High School]]''.
* [[The Golden Age of Comic Books| Back in 1942]], Fawcet Comics debuted Kid Eternity, a young hero who was the victim of the first celestial clerical error in two million years. After his grandfather’s boat is torpedoed by a German U-boat, he ends up in Eternity (the name for Heaven in this reality) where he finds out he isn’t supposed to die for another 75 years. Fortunately, this is a Celestial Bureaucracy that is big on restitution; they not only grant him life, but incredible super-powers (including the ability to summon both historic and fictional characters to aid him) and as further largesse, appoint the portly desk jockey (“Mr. Keeper”) who made the error to act as his partner. The duo fought crime and [[Those Wacky Nazis]] for about eight years, but Kid Eternity never had the [[Popularity Power]] he needed to be a hit, although he has had a few guest appearances since then. And ironically, he may not have a chance to become A-list, because as of 2015, his 75-year reprieve has expired!
== Film ==
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* ''[[Defending Your Life]]'' has an afterlife of prosecutors, defense lawyers, judges, and a huge legal tangle.
* ''[[A Matter of Life and Death]]'', known in the U.S. as ''Stairway to Heaven''.
* Hades' realm in the [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney version]] of ''[[Hercules (
* The 1941 film ''Here Comes Mr. Jordan'', which features bungled soul reaping by an officious (psychopompous?) angel known only as 7013, as part of a rather airline-esque afterlife.
* ''Wristcutters: A love Story''
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== Mythology ==
* In China it's a common custom to burn offerings known as [[wikipedia:Hell Bank Notes|Hell Bank Notes]]. They're meant for the deceased to [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|spend in the afterlife.]]
** Archie McPhee, of all companies, will sell you Hell Money—as well as spiffy [
** It's also amusing to note that a number of Chinese and Indian near-death experiences report being informed by clerks that there has been a "clerical error" and "someone else with your name was supposed to die today."
*** Sometimes, if somebody'd forgotten to preserve the subject's original body beforehand, they were sent back in another recently-dead body.
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== Webcomics ==
* ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]''. This being a ''[[Dungeons
** Said "fast track" is a literal Revolving Door.
** The part of the afterlife where the more numerous recent dead who worship the Southern Gods go on death has a long line. Although that ''was'' after a pretty major battle.
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== Western Animation ==
* The original pitch of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' stated the reason why Jimmy was in Miseryville in the first place was because an administrative error got him sent there. Whether or not this is still the case is currently unknown.
* In ''[[Eek!
* There's a bit of this in ''[[Garfield His 9 Lives]]''. After losing his ninth, last life (in the future; modern-day Garfield is life eight), Garfield and Odie come before God, and Garfield successfully argues that his last death was unfair. God then asks which life he was on.
{{quote|'''Garfield:''' You mean... you don't keep track?
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