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In some cases, this takes the form of a telegram, to the point where the [[Genre Savvy]] will immediately guess the contents of a telegram recieved by a character in a wartime setting.

 

Should not be confused with ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]''.

 

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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==

* ''[[Ikigami the Ultimate Limit (Manga)|Ikigami the Ultimate Limit]]'' inverts the trope. People are given notification that they ''will'' die in the next 24 hours.

 

== [[Film]] ==

** Which is probably just as well, given that the dialogue would have been [[So Bad It's Good|written by]] [[George Lucas]].

 

 

* ''[[Space Above and Beyond]]'': After the death of {{spoiler|Nathan West's younger brother Neil}}, Nathan is shocked to discover that the notification letter was sent to ''the wrong address''. He ends up writing a letter of his own home to inform {{spoiler|his mother}} himself. It is implied that rather than being hand-delivered, the notices are sent in the mail in "ugly yellow envelopes".

** This is seen again in the episode ''Never No More'': After someone's fighter gets locked with an enemy [[Ace Custom]] and is sent spiraling into a planet, it is stated in the debriefing that the enemy ace survived. When asked about the friendly pilot, the CO drops a yellow envelope on the table.

* A [[Dream Sequence]]/[[Imagine Spot]] in the [[Milestone Celebration|200th episode]] ("Life Before His Eyes") of ''[[NCIS (TV)|NCIS]]'' had Gibbs pose the question "What would have happened if I'd stayed in the Marines and never joined NCIS?" The answer is in the form of the fateful knock on the door for Gibbs' wife Shannon.

* In the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' serial ''The Curse of Fenric'', Ace's friend Kathleen gets a telegram notifying her of the death of her husband.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* In ''[[Valkyria Chronicles III (Video Game)|Valkyria Chronicles III]]'' [[Expansion Pack|E2]], Not only Kurt must bring the news<ref>The task can't be delegated to anyone else, as his squad is a penal legion that's not officially recorded in the military</ref> of {{spoiler|Gusurg's}} death to the dead guy's big sister, but he must also explain that {{spoiler|Gusurg died as a treator to Gallia, having chosen to defect to the invading Empire's Calamity Raven for the sake of a chance for his ostracized people to found their own country. And that Kurt killed Gusurg by his own hands. The big sister face the news solemnly, stating that Gusurg died for what he believed.}} This is the last straw for Kurt's psyche, and Riela and Imca must talk him to his senses. [[Darker and Edgier|Yeah, it's that kind of story.]]

* In ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', Shepard can deliver a death notification to an asari on the Citadel whose krogan husband died fighting the Reapers. {{spoiler|Only if you helped the two of them get together in the previous game, though.}} It's fairly [[Tear Jerker|sad.]]

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'', while [[Hanging a Lampshade]] on [[The Joys of Torturing Mooks]] present in ''[[Star Wars (Franchise)|Star Wars]]: [[The Force Unleashed (Video Game)|The Force Unleashed]]'', in [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/8/20/ this strip].

* ''[[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]]'' subverts this with "I'm afraid I'm the bearer of some bad news. [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1200#comic Your husband is a hat]."

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==