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{{trope}}
{{quote|''{{smallcaps|I don't care what it says,}} said the tall biker in the helmet, {{smallcaps|I never laid a finger on him}}.''
|'''Death''', ''[[Good Omens]]''}}
In common fiction, and in the minds of some in reality, [[Elvis Presley]] is not dead. Whether through conspiracy, [[Elvis Has Left the Planet|alien abduction]] (and later return), or [[Bubba Ho-Tep|retirement]], he's still on Earth (or a [[Alternate Universe|variation thereof]]).
While originally an actual [[Conspiracy Theory]], it is rarely taken seriously anymore, serving to lampoon similar theories about celebrities faking death. After all, if Elvis he really did fake his death, he'd be
Supertrope to [[Elvis Has Left the Planet]], where he is ''outside'' Earth.
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RweXg3YMOHg&t=1s This beer commercial] shows Elvis and many other dead celebrities who fans believe are secretly alive - [[Tupac Shakur]] , [[Bruce Lee]], [[Marilyn Monroe]], [[Kurt Cobain]], and [[John Lennon]] - hiding out on an island paradise.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* In ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)|Preacher]]'', Jesse gives a ride to someone who never gives his name, but wears blue suede shoes and looks like an older and fatter version of The King. What we hear of his life story sounds suspiciously familiar as well.
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* An act of the omnibus novel ''[[The Tumbleweed Dossier]]'' pays tribute to this trope. It is strongly implied that {{spoiler|Felix Faraday is Elvis Presley living under an assumed identity are being infected with the Curse of the Vampire in 1977.}}
== [[Live
* In the [[Too Good to Last|short-lived]] Sci-Fi series ''The Chronicle'', the vampire hunter the crew thought was Elvis was strongly hinted to be {{spoiler|his presumed-stillborn twin, Jessie Garon}}.
* Elvis lives on the paper route of the main character of ''[[Eerie, Indiana]]''.
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* In ''[[Married... with Children]]'', dedicated an episode around when Peggy believed she met Elvis and telling her story to a club who believe [[He's Just Hiding]].
* One episode of ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' had a one-off gag where Elvis is one of Alan Matthews' poker buddies.
* In the miniseries adaptation of ''[[Good Omens]]'', a creditable Elvis is visible in the background of several scenes set in a [[Greasy Spoon]], where he is the short-order cook.
== [[Music]] ==
* The Swedish punk band ''De Lyckliga Kompisarna'' has a song where the singer reads a newspaper explaining that ''"Elvis lever! The king is still alive!"'' and mentioning he now lives in Härnösand, a small town in northeast Sweden. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jqp69QC3rk Link]
* [[Living Colour]] wrote a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nvpRkn_R5g fantastically scathing] [[Take That]] about this.
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