Give the Villain a Hero's Funeral: Difference between revisions

* Happens in ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'' during ''The Judas Contract'' arc. After {{spoiler|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 {{spoiler|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 {{spoiler|Terra was evil from the start}} and remain solemn, Beast Boy is in denial, and spends the funeral sobbing over {{spoiler|the girl he loved}}. This has repercussions in a later arc where a villain in the future tries to replicate the exact same plot.

* A variant occurs in ''[[Batman: Under the Red Hood]]''. Batman has a memorial for Jason Todd in the Batcave, to remind himself of the son he lost. After learning that {{spoiler|the Red Hood is a resurrected Jason, who tries to get Bruce to break his code by killing the Joker}}, Alfred asks with sympathy and calm if they should {{spoiler|dismantle the case}}. Bruce says no; despite what happened and {{spoiler|what Jason is doing now}}, he was still a child when he died, and a hero.

* ''[[The Dark Knight (film)|The Dark Knight]]'' ends with this: after Joker corrupts {{spoiler|Harvey Dent into killing five people and nearly murders Gordon's young child}}, Batman and Commissioner discuss that if word gets out about the truth, all the work that {{spoiler|Harvey did}} will be for nothing because the criminals in jail will get released on mistrial. Batman looks at {{spoiler|Dent's body, and turns it over to hide the Two-Face}}. He convinces Gordon to frame {{spoiler|Batman for the murders instead}}. The movie ends with {{spoiler|Harvey receiving a full civil servant funeral}}.

* ''[[The Apollo Murders]]'': It wasn't until {{spoiler|Chad}} was told to make sure his story was straight before his trial that he realizes he was not only acting against NASA's interests but was also guilty of murder and treason. He drowns himself, but because of his high-visibility position in a program faced with massive budget cuts, NASA gives him a headstone at Arlington.

* In the ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' adaptation of the Judas Contract arc, a variant is added. Unlike in the comic where the Titans were able to cover up {{spoiler|Terra's treachery}}, they don't have that option when she leads {{spoiler|armies of Sladebots into Jump City to forcibly take over and "evacuate" the civilians}}. When the dust is settled, literally, {{spoiler|Terra is turned into a statue due to pulling a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to stop a volcano she accidentally activated when fighting Slade}}. The civilians return, bewildered as they try to adjust to a normal life, while underground, {{spoiler|the Titans place a memorial plaque by Terra's statue declaring her a Titan despite her betrayal, and flowers courtesy of Starfire. Raven, Robin and Cyborg say that she'll try to reverse the effects to bring Terra back, but Starfire and Beast Boy truly believe she's gone forever. The season five finale confirms Beast Boy visits her statue regularly enough to talk to her, and is shocked when it goes missing}}.