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* Strangely averted in [[52]], when it is revealed that [[The Question|Vic Sage]] knew he was dying of lung cancer since before the start of the series, but the only hint of that is him disapproving of his protégées smoking, and that is treated like a [[Running Gag]] more than anything. Of course, once the cat is out of the bag, his symptoms starts to show. ''[[Tear Jerker|Fast.]]''
* Strangely averted in [[52]], when it is revealed that [[The Question|Vic Sage]] knew he was dying of lung cancer since before the start of the series, but the only hint of that is him disapproving of his protégées smoking, and that is treated like a [[Running Gag]] more than anything. Of course, once the cat is out of the bag, his symptoms starts to show. ''[[Tear Jerker|Fast.]]''
* In an issue of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures]]'', the turtles find themselves in the Caribbean in 1492 in time for Christopher Columbus' "discovery" ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]), and one of the natives develops a cough, foreshadowing the epidemic from diseases the Europeans brought over that they themselves had immunities against.
* In an issue of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures]]'', the turtles find themselves in the Caribbean in 1492 in time for Christopher Columbus' "discovery" ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]), and one of the natives develops a cough, foreshadowing the epidemic from diseases the Europeans brought over that they themselves had immunities against.
* This was how [[X-Men|Illyana Rasputin]] showed that she had been infected with the [[The Plague|Legacy Virus]]. [http://www.esoterica.demon.co.uk/ux/296.html "There was a time when characters would just have a cough, but this being the early nineties, it's obviously a plot point."]
* This was how [[X-Men|Illyana Rasputin]] showed that she had been infected with the [[The Plague|Legacy Virus]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20111231201120/http://www.esoterica.demon.co.uk/ux/296.html "There was a time when characters would just have a cough, but this being the early nineties, it's obviously a plot point."]
* In ''[[Hellblazer]]'', this was how John's terminal lung cancer manifested itself, although intermittently enough at first that he spent a long time in denial.
* In ''[[Hellblazer]]'', this was how John's terminal lung cancer manifested itself, although intermittently enough at first that he spent a long time in denial.
* In ''[[The Metabarons]],'' Othon von Salza takes terminal damage to his lungs when he destroys the Shabda-Oud cetacyborg. He coughs up blood for the rest of the issue until he dies.
* In ''[[The Metabarons]],'' Othon von Salza takes terminal damage to his lungs when he destroys the Shabda-Oud cetacyborg. He coughs up blood for the rest of the issue until he dies.
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{{quote|'''Woman:''' "I wish I hadn't let you do me, now."}}
{{quote|'''Woman:''' "I wish I hadn't let you do me, now."}}
* In an early episode of Scottish [[Sketch Show]] ''[[Chewin the Fat]]'', Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill are discussing movie tropes, one of which being that the minute you see a young child (no matter how healthy she may seem) cough, she's probably going to die.
* In an early episode of Scottish [[Sketch Show]] ''[[Chewin the Fat]]'', Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill are discussing movie tropes, one of which being that the minute you see a young child (no matter how healthy she may seem) cough, she's probably going to die.
* [[Discussed Trope|Analyzed]] in a [[Saturday Night Live|SNL]] [http://snltranscripts.jt.org/08/08pcoughs.phtml sketch] with Alec Baldwin, where he hawks DVD #72 in his instructional acting series: "First Coughs: Foreshadowing Your Character's Death." Actually provides a pretty good breakdown of the various ways it's commonly handled, including "Ignoring It," "It's Just a Cold," and "I Don't Need Any Damn Doctors." The Advanced lesson is "Coughing Into a Handkerchief, Seeing Blood in It, Looking Nervously Around, and Hiding it in Your Pocket".
* [[Discussed Trope|Analyzed]] in a [[Saturday Night Live|SNL]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130923192135/http://snltranscripts.jt.org/08/08pcoughs.phtml sketch] with Alec Baldwin, where he hawks DVD #72 in his instructional acting series: "First Coughs: Foreshadowing Your Character's Death." Actually provides a pretty good breakdown of the various ways it's commonly handled, including "Ignoring It," "It's Just a Cold," and "I Don't Need Any Damn Doctors." The Advanced lesson is "Coughing Into a Handkerchief, Seeing Blood in It, Looking Nervously Around, and Hiding it in Your Pocket".
* The 2005 BBC adaptation of ''[[Bleak House]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]]; Richard Carstone works himself to death over the Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce case in hopes of getting his inheritance for himself and his pregnant wife, Ada... rather than staying alive by going to the doctor's and getting a regular night's sleep so he can provide for them. Plenty of "it's nothing!"s and "it's just a cold!" abound, and NO ONE forces him to get help until it's too late.
* The 2005 BBC adaptation of ''[[Bleak House]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]]; Richard Carstone works himself to death over the Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce case in hopes of getting his inheritance for himself and his pregnant wife, Ada... rather than staying alive by going to the doctor's and getting a regular night's sleep so he can provide for them. Plenty of "it's nothing!"s and "it's just a cold!" abound, and NO ONE forces him to get help until it's too late.
** Actually, they DO try. Esther asks Woodcourt to keep an eye on him, and Ada is clearly worried - she tries to persuade Richard several times to give up the case. Apart from that, there's not much they can do, which is one reason why his decline is so painful to watch - everyone knows Richard is sick, but he is a) deeply in denial, and b) obsessed with the court case to the point that nothing else matters to him.
** Actually, they DO try. Esther asks Woodcourt to keep an eye on him, and Ada is clearly worried - she tries to persuade Richard several times to give up the case. Apart from that, there's not much they can do, which is one reason why his decline is so painful to watch - everyone knows Richard is sick, but he is a) deeply in denial, and b) obsessed with the court case to the point that nothing else matters to him.
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* [[Wooden Rose]] [http://www.woodenrosecomic.com/comic/chapter1/29.html The father]
* [[Wooden Rose]] [http://www.woodenrosecomic.com/comic/chapter1/29.html The father]
* The False Guenevere's sickness in ''[[Arthur, King of Time and Space]]'' (punishment from God in the base arc, clone degradation in the space arc) manifests this way.
* The False Guenevere's sickness in ''[[Arthur, King of Time and Space]]'' (punishment from God in the base arc, clone degradation in the space arc) manifests this way.
* [[Erstwhile]] [http://www.erstwhiletales.com/littleshroud-02/ features it in] "The Little Shroud"
* [[Erstwhile]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130826193334/http://www.erstwhiletales.com/littleshroud-02/ features it in] "The Little Shroud"




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