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But he was famous, or he was in a highly-placed position, or somebody influential trusted him. If the general public finds out that he was a villain, then his family will suffer or his employers will go out of business. Alternatively, the ones he betrayed are not ready to break this new to the public.
There's no choice. So that innocent people do not suffer (or to protect the reputations of the people in charge, in more cynical works), the higher-ups have no option but to '''Give the Villain a Hero's Funeral'''. The protagonist is rarely happy with this decision... but usually understands why it had to be made.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* 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.
== [[Fan Works]] ==
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[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}}.
== [[Literature]] ==
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== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==
* It's a staple of [[Hindu Mythology]]. You can have evil people, demons, and deities, but if they stuck to their dharma and honor, they can receive a funeral that purifies them of their sins and ascend to heaven.
** After Vishnu as his Narasimha avatar kills Prahlad's father for attempting to kill his son, Narasimha says Prahlad must have a boon for his worship. Prahlad requests his father is purified for his sins in death. Narasimha says if Prahlad takes the throne and rules wisely, that will be done. He gives his father a kingly funeral.
** When Karna dies in ''[[The Mahabharata]]'', the Pandavas just remember him as the charioteer boy that beat them in archery and the [[Number Two]] to the war's instigator, Duryodhana. It's only after the war that their mother Kunti begs them to give him a proper funeral, because he's their older brother. She had him out of wedlock and sent him out on the river, where charioteers found him. [[My God, What Have I Done?| they don't take it well]], especially [[Jerkass]] Arjuna, but give him a funeral.
== [[Pinball]] ==
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