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{{trope}}
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▲It’s a fact, there’s no current technology for immortality… even if you’re a celebrity. While going into the Afterlife may seem like game over, at least, one is given a chance to reunite with a deceased loved one. Just image meeting a well-known celebrity in the afterlife? Well, celebrities are people too and can fall victim to what can deadly for an avenge person. So, having a celebrity in the afterlife makes a lot of sense, but it often depends on what did they do in life… as they’re subjected to judgment like everyone else.
This is often common in [[Dead to Begin With]]. If this is described in a poem or song, this would result in a [[Celebrity Elegy]].
Obviously, in cases where the person in question was alive in [[Real Life]] at the time, this trope still would meet the qualifications. It could be either being impersonated by an entertainer or the person playing themselves. As a result, this kind of trope is fairly common in many works, especially in [[Real Person Fic]]. This is because those in the public, such as celebrities and political figures, are often the main theme. For this reason, this trope is limited to the Influential People who had made a name in the public spotlight. When it comes to fictional celebrities, i.e. [[In-Universe]], this trope also is all right due to the influence of the world in the work towards the characters.
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Compare with [[Dead Person Conversation]], in which only one of the people having the conversation is dead.
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== [[Fan Works]] ==
* ''[[Final Stand of Death]]'' has the fallen meet up in the afterlife, which is justified given it's a ''[[Celebrity Deathmatch]]'' fic.
== [[Film]] ==
* A variation of this is made in the 2020 Pixar/Disney film ''[[Soul (2020 film)|Soul]]'' where influential
== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Older Than Print]]: In ''[[The Divine Comedy]]'', the protagonist not only meets but is guided by [[Virgil]], who died over a millennium before the poem was written.
* Since [[Larry Niven|Niven]] and [[Jerry Pournelle|Pournelle]]'s novel ''[[Inferno (novel)|Inferno]]'' has a [[Whole-Plot Reference]] to the Inferno in ''The Divine Comedy'', its protagonist is also guided by somebody famous. Exactly who the guide ''is'' is a spoiler - we'll just call him "Benny" here.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* A short-lived 1987 show called ''Second Chance'', St. Peter is in his office in the [[Afterlife Antechamber]], where he has recently
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* In his [https://youtu.be/g4ewW7TZOsw?t=188 eulogy] to "Mean" Gene Okerlund on ''Monday Night Raw'', [[Hulk Hogan]] describes Okerlund having the angels entertained by setting up a tag-team wrestling match in Heaven. The team of The Macho Man and the Ultimate Warrior against Roddy Piper and Mr. Perfect, with Andre the Giant as the special referee. Bobby Heenan and Gorilla Monsoon would be calling the match as usual.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'', Sovngarde is essentially Valhalla to the Nords, and inhabited by heroes who have proven their mettle in life and have an eternity of feasting and fighting to look forward to. When the player visits Sovngarde for the final showdown with Alduin, you get to meet all kinds of ancient Nordic heroes: Greybeard founder Jurgen Windcaller, the Companions' founder Ysgramor, former Whiterun Jarl Olaf One Eye, and the original three heroes that banished Alduin in the past. Depending on your actions in the storyline, you can also run into famous people you've interacted with, such as Kodlak Whitemane of the Companions, or rebel leader Ulfric Stormcloak.
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