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Okay, so you found a dead body. What do you do with it? In [[Real Life]], one would report the discovery to the police (or possibly to the family of the deceased). In this trope, however, you steal from the dead, scavenging anything of value or use. It's not as if anyone is going to find out.
This is the behavior that distinguishes the [[Kleptomaniac Hero]]. Compare and contrast with [[Plunder]].
Not to be confused with [[Grave Robbing]] (stealing the actual corpse), [[Human Resources]] (stealing parts of the corpse), or archaeology (taking the deceased's stuff after he's been buried). [[Supertrope]] to [[Ninja Looting]].
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== [[Fan Works]] ==
* In ''[[Final Stand of Death]]'', Nick Diamond is
* Amusingly averted in the ''[[RWBY]]''/''[[The Gamer]]'' [[Crossover]] fic ''[[The Games We Play (RWBY fanfic)|The Games We Play]]''. Jaune's Semblance gives him a video game interface to his life, including loot drops when he kills Grimm. But he doesn't have to search their bodies for the loot – it appears neatly stacked on the ground next to them after they die.
== [[Film]] ==
* Discussed in ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'':
{{quote|'''Miracle Max:''' He's only mostly dead. If he were all dead, there's only one thing you can do.
'''Inigo Montoya:''' And what's that?
'''Miracle Max:''' Go through his pockets and look for loose change.}}
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Of course after
* [[Duke Nukem]] would often steal from the bodies of the aliens after killing them, mostly [[Plunder|ammo or weapons he can use]].
* The ''[[Elder Scrolls]]'' games require you to explicitly search the bodies of people and creatures you've killed in order to get any kind of loot from them.
* Honestly, loot that drops after you defeat something in RPGs or MMORPGs is actually the game automatically handling your character ransacking the corpse they just made for you.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Luck Of The Fryrish", Fry considers this, thinking his brother Yancy took over after he was gone, right down to his dream. {{spoiler| This ended up being averted after Fry learns the grave was actually his nephew's, and his achievements
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