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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"Marley was [[Trope Namer|dead, to begin with.]] There is no doubt whatever about that."''
|'''[[Charles Dickens]]'''|first line of ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''}}
{{quote|''"This boy's name is Yusuke. He's 14 years old, and is supposed to be the hero of our story...but oddly enough, he's dead."''
|''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', episode 1}}
Sometimes, the end of the road is only the beginning. Well, it is if the cast is '''Dead to Begin With'''.
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{{deathtrope}}
{{examples}}
== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Bleach]]'', especially the Soul Society arc. The main character and most of his (initial) friends aren't dead, though.
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* ''[[Earth X]]'' features dead characters from the [[Marvel Universe]] fighting each other in the "Realm of the Dead". They're unaware of their deaths and believe those who are actually still alive are the dead ones. Little is done with this in the original, but ''[[Earth X|Universe X]]'' is about the war to kill the [[Grim Reaper|personification of Death]] so that the deceased can build a heaven, while ''[[Earth X|Paradise X]]'' is about the problems inherent in that heaven (and the search for [[Death Seeker|the suffering living to find a new way to die]]). Yes, these are very odd books.
== Machinima ==▼
* Source engine / Garry's Mod machinima "Ghosts" is about someone shooting himself then going on a half hour trip.▼
== Film ==
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* ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]'': The setting turns out to be a police officers' purgatory. (Don't say you weren't warned about spoilers!)
** And so, retroactively (though it was apparently planned from the start), ''[[Life On Mars]]''.
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** As was the case with Annie, from the [[Being Human (UK)|English version of the show]]. In various episodes, Annie also would meet people who were already dead. Usually these people were introduced to teach Annie some skill regarding her ghost state. One episode also had a zombie girl, who was dead but still stuck in a rotting body.
▲== Machinima ==
▲* Source engine / Garry's Mod machinima "Ghosts" is about someone shooting himself then going on a half
== Tabletop Games ==
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* ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'''s {{spoiler|Auron}}.
* The protagonist of ''[[Revenant]]''.
* The ''Revenant'' mod for ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'' and the ''Dark Avenger'' mod for ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' both revolve around the deceased player character trying to work out the circumstances surrounding his/her death.
* Sissel from ''[[Ghost Trick]]''. {{spoiler|Though he's not the dead guy he thinks he is.}}
** And Ray, who we first meet as a ghost possessing a lamp. {{spoiler|And Yomiel.}}
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