Lonely Funeral: Difference between revisions

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''Nobody came"''|'''[[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]]''', "Eleanor Rigby"}}

 

** And in ''[[Kingdom Come]]'', nobody came to Dodds' funeral at all.

* ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'': Only a handful of mourners turn up to The Comedian's funeral. As Ozymandias observes earlier in the story, "The Comedian made a lot of enemies, even amongst his friends." Aside from the small number of fellow vigilantes who attend the funeral, the only other mourner is [[Antagonist in Mourning|one of The Comedian's arch enemies]].

* During the events of the miniseries ''[[Fifty Two]]'', [[Booster Gold]] appeared to have been killed; no one came to his funeral (even the heroes who carried his coffin were a bunch of [[Super Zeroes]] who were paid to do it.) Turns out he had faked his own death as part of a plan against a villain; whether the funeral was part of that or really represented the regard people had for him is unclear.

** However, in [[Booster Gold]]'s case this trope has special meaning: He needs his time-traveling life to be a [[Stable Time Loop]], which means he ''can't'' be remembered after death, because he knows he wasn't famous in the future. If he had a lonely funeral, it's because he spent his whole life ensuring it'd be that way.

* ''[[The Simpsons]]''

** In "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace," Homer imagines himself dying: In Homer's imagination, the gates to the Graveyard of the Future open, where his funeral is taking place. Ned Flanders does the ceremony, while a suited Lenny and two bodyguards, Barney Gumble with his arms full of Oscars, as well as a robot and Heckle and Jeckle, stand by.

'''Jeckle''': Indubitably, old chum! (several dogs start to chew on Homer's feet) }}

** When Bleeding Gums Murphy died, the only person who went to the funeral was Lisa. Marge and Homer didn't even actually attend the funeral, they just waited for Lisa at the edge of the cemetery, Homer buying hot dogs. Reverend Lovejoy didn't even get his name right.