Lonely Funeral: Difference between revisions

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Distinct from [[And There Was Much Rejoicing]] in that the reaction needn't be positive, only largely indifferent except for a select few, and usually [[Played for Drama]] instead of [[Played for Laughs|laughs]].

 

 

Compare [[Dying Alone]].

 

== Anime and Manga ==

** It signifies how, in the end, everyone saw him as a traitor. To ''everyone''.

* {{spoiler|Sherry's}} funeral in ''[[Gungrave]]'' was attended only by {{spoiler|Harry}} mostly because all of their friends and family are dead.

* In one of the first issues of the modern JSA series, at Wesley Dodds' funeral, Wildcat remarks that when Madam Fatal died, the only people who came were the cast of the local production of ''La Cage aux Folles'' (Madam Fatal was a male actor who fought crime in old-lady drag, and had been all but forgotten). This may have been sparked by the fact that the only people present were JSA, though the topic at the time was mortality in general, and Wildcat was also wondering how, or if, he himself would be remembered.

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

{{quote| '''Rorschach:''' "Is that what happens to us? No time for friends, only our enemies leave roses? Violent lives ending violently."}}

* 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.

 

== Films -- Live-Action ==

* Parodied in ''[[I'm Gonna Git You Sucka]]''. A crowd of people show up for Junebug's funeral. When they realize they're at the wrong funeral, they all leave, taking all of the funeral decorations as they go. The only people left are Junebug's immediate family.

** Although after the reboot, Felix Leiter could come as well. But that still makes two.

*** This is interesting to think about, considering they seemed to have dropped the Moneypenny character after Pierce Brosnan was done being Bond. Coincidence?

== Literature ==

* {{spoiler|Gatsby's funeral}} from ''[[The Great Gatsby]]''. Used to show how fair-weather all of his friends were. Except {{spoiler|Nick, and the owl-eyed man from the library.}}

* Jim Butcher's'' [[Dresden Files]]'': In ''Turn Coat'', {{spoiler|Morgan}} had no mourners at his funeral, owing to [[Malicious Slander|the story they put out]], but they engaged in [[To Absent Friends]].

* Mercedes Lackey's ''Alta'': {{spoiler|Prince Toreth}}. Given an insultingly extravagant state funeral that not even his own parents attended, only his brother and {{spoiler|the other jousters of his wing}}

** ''Extremely'' unlikely they invited anyone to said field or even put out death notices through the community. It presumably got around by word of mouth eventually that Winchester was out of the game.

** Pastor Jim and Caleb would have come, if given the opportunity, if they hadn't been murdered by demons half a season before so the Winchesters would have nowhere to run.

* The funeral of "Jeremy Bentham" in [[Lost]].

** This is also true of the {{spoiler|fake}} funeral of {{spoiler|Locke's father}} in a season 2 [[Flash Back|flashback]].

* ''[[Leverage]]'', subversion: Sophie apparently gets killed by an IED sent by the villain of the week, and we cut to her funeral, where Eliot is giving her a speech...until he gets to her name, at which point he [[Faking the Dead|stutters out one of her aliases]]. Cut to the crowd, which is actually pretty big.

* ''[[Dexter]]'': Due to the fact that everyone assumed him to be the Bay Harbor Butcher (instead of Dexter) {{spoiler|Sergeant Doakes}} has a funeral attended only by his mother, his two sisters, and his former partner. Emphasized when the former partner suggests starting up a memorial fund in his name, and everyone looks at her like she's high.

* In ''[[Numb3rs]]'', Charlie went to a funeral of a colleague of Larry's only to see that Larry was the only one there.

* ''[[Six Feet Under]]'': One of the people that died was a con artist who had swindled a lot of money. The only one who showed up was his wife who didn't know about it until after he died.

* ''[[Spooks]]'': After {{spoiler|Ros dies while attempting to rescue the Home Secretary}}, only the rest of Section D attend her funeral, which causes Harry in particular a great deal of grief. Noteworthy in that of the [[Anyone Can Die|many, many]], people who have died during the course of the show, she is the only one whose funeral is shown in any depth.

* On [[True Blood]], only Sookie and Tara attend {{spoiler|Eggs'}} funeral.

* A less serious example that soon turns to comedy is on [[Chuck]]. Casey pretends to play dead and have a funeral to lure his trio of former teammates out, and agents are supposed to be hidden among the guests attending, but Chuck points out that the only people there are him, Sarah, and the agents.

* ''[[All in The Family]]'': In "Edith's Final Respects," Edith -- to her surprise -- is the only one to attend her Aunt Rose's funeral. (This is a twist on the trope, as Aunt Rose was fairly well respected. However, Rose is also very aged and had few surviving close friends or family that were able to attend the funeral, a reflection of real life.)

 

 

* In [[LA Noire]], {{spoiler|Cole Phelps' funeral is sparsely populated due to making several enemies in the Marines and the police force. What's worse is that half of those are crooked cops who put him on the path leading to his death, with the guy who ruined his life delivering his eulogy. Only his former company sergeant, his ex-wife and kids, lover and handful of ex-partners are really there for him. And then there's that guy from outside that bar.}}

* In ''[[Fable]] 2'', Hammer's adopted father, the head priest of the Temple of Light is killed trying to protect Hammer. You, Hammer, and three monk's attend the funeral. Nobody from the town who's prosperity is given to them by the Monk's holy tree, attends. To make matters worse, the monks depart immediately after the prayer, ignoring Hammer as she calls them out for their callous nature and the callous "business as usual" way the world is treating the death of this man.

** That wasn't Ramza's funeral. He was considered a heretic and the Church refused to give him so much as a marker, much less a ceremony. The funeral was for his sister Alma, which makes it almost worse: aside from the elderly there to mourne the end of a family, not Alma, the only other two visitors were there as a proxy funeral for ''Ramza'', not her. {{spoiler|Thankfully neither Alma nor Ramza are actually dead, though only Olan saw this}}.

 

 

== Webcomics ==

* In the ''[[Ciem Webcomic Series]]'', Eric and Patty Levens are never shown or depicted. (They are in the books.) Denny and Angie's dual-funeral is attended by Eric, Patty, Candi, and Donte in the books. But only by Candi and Donte in the comic with one minister present. Justified in that too large a gathering of Flippos or Levenses at any event [[Feuding Families|could draw in Hebbleskins like flies]]. Attendance of the public to such an event could also lead to blacklisting; and fear of Arfaas assassinating someone's cousin just because of that someone having sympathy on an already-targeted family is quite strong in a town recently ravaged by doom ships and supervillains. But also played to show that the community in Viron is spiteful and [[All of the Other Reindeer|will do anything]] [[Designated Monkey|to make Candi's life suck]].

* In ''[[Sinfest]]'', [http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2411 Monique's death wish is trumped by her desire to avoid this.]

** In "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish", Mr. Burns and Abe Simpson are the only people attending the funeral of Asa Phelps. The only reason they're there is that they've entered a [[Tontine]] over a set of priceless German paintings that they stole from the Nazis during World War II.

*** Which is [[Fridge Brilliance|subtly brilliant]], when one notes that Reverend Lovejoy’s eulogy for Asa Phelps suggests that he was a ''very'' boring person.

** The funeral is never shown - we see Carl alone with the casket, but that may be intended to underscore how alone he is without Ellie.