Looting the Body

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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.

Not to be mistaken for Grave Robbing, that's stealing the actually corpse or parts.

Subtrope of Sticky Fingers. Compare with Ninja Looting. Compare and contrast with Plunder. This is behavior practised by a Kleptomaniac Hero.

Examples of Looting the Body include:

Fan Works

• In Final Stand of Death, Nick Diamond is comforted by Debbie Matenopoulos finds a mixtape belong to one of the Spice Girls in his possession. Nick tries to denied stealing, yet alone kidnapping.
  • MOD: I don't know how to fix this entry. Was Nick given solace by Debbie ("comforted") or was he accused by her ("confronted")? Either way, the example needs to be rewritten with good grammar, but the grammar depends on the action being described.

Video Games

• Of course after _____ someone, the player in the Grand Theft Auto (series) has the option of stealing from the body, either money or a weapon.
  • MOD: The "_____" needs to be replaced with a verb. Which verb, I don't know.
• Duke Nukem would often steal from the bodies of the aliens after killing them, mostly ammo or weapons he can use.

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. This ended up being averted after Fry learns the grave was actually his nephew and his achievements was in honor to Fry.