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* A really sad example in the DC Golden Age, later retitled ''Earth Two'' incarnation when Bruce Wayne gives [https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Selina_Kyle_(Earth-Two) Selina Kyle] a lavish funeral. She died during a heist gone wrong, and he gives her a funeral worthy of a Wayne. Why? Because Selina ''was'' a Wayne by marriage; she pulled a [[Heel Face Turn]] after [[Faking Amnesia]] about her criminal background, and married Bruce, settling down to start a family with him. A former henchman named "Silky" Cernak framed Selina for murder long after she married Bruce, blackmailing her to do a heist as Catwoman using a doctored photo. Batman and Commissioner Gordon tried to stop the heist, only for Batman to kick a gun from a [[Mook]]'s hand and cause it to misfire, hitting Selina and knocking her off a mezzanine, fatally injuring her. Accidentally killing his wife caused Bruce to retire as Batman, while motivating their daughter Helena Wayne to become the superhero Huntress to avenge her mother. She and Bruce track down "Silky" Cernak, and obtain the proof that Selina was never a killer during her criminal life, giving Bruce closure shortly before he dies a year later.
* Happens in ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'' during ''The Judas Contract'' arc. After Terra dies attempting to bury the Titans in rubble and they deliver her employer-lover Slade Wilson to the cops, they all agree that it's in their best interest that no one knows Terra joined the team specifically to betray them to H.I.V.E. and was pure evil. They give her a Titans funeral with honors. While Raven and Robin conclude that Terra was evil from the start and remain solemn, Beast Boy is in denial, and spends the funeral sobbing over the girl he loved. This has repercussions in a later arc where a villain in the future tries to replicate the exact same plot.
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fic ''[[Angry Harry and the Seven]]'' by "Sinyk", Amelia Bones acknowledges that three members of the Ministry forces who took part in the climactic attack on Voldemort's resurrection were actually marked Death Eaters who were responsible for the only Ministry losses (and were themselves killed). However she refuses to identify which of the casualties were the traitors "to give their families peace".
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[NCIS]]'' decided to do this with [[The Mole]] Agent Michelle Lee, after learning that she was blackmailed into her role. When her handler uses her as a [[Human Shield]] against Gibbs, she signals for Gibbs to shoot her, sacrificing her life in the process. Despite knowing how much information she compromised, NCIS covers up the treason and gives her a funeral with full honors.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* Villainous inversion during ''[[Flash Gordon (comic strip)|Flash Gordon]]''. [https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/comic-strip-art/dan-barry-flash-gordon-daily-comic-strip-original-art-group-of-7-king-features-syndicate-1986-/a/122123-11868.s One arc featured Emperor Ming capturing Flash Gordon], having doctors treat him, and then doing a public execution. Afterward, he erects a large ostentatious tomb where Flash's body will rest for eternity, to break the rebellion's spirit. Fortunately, a doctor helped Flash fake his death in thanks for a life debt, and he graffitied: "MING LIES; FLASH GORDON LIVES" on the tomb before making his getaway.{{context}}
== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Valkyria Chronicles III]]'', The Nameless (the story's protagonists) privately give traitor Gusurg a funeral after they kill him because its members understand (though not necessarily agree with) with his reasons for betraying Gallia, and still genuinely respect his mentorship/leadership and the friendships they had before his betrayal.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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