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* ''[[End of Evangelion]]'' has this trope at the end of part 1, when Shinji finally decides to enter the battle... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU6P2tAkntc only to find that he's too late].
* A variant is found in the final episode of the ''[[School Days]]'' anime. Makoto reads a text message that consists only of lots of blank lines and he scolls down to the end where it just says ''"Goodbye"'', and all sound stops for a three second close up of the single word. ''Then'' the tragic music pics up and {{spoiler|he is stabbed to death from behind}}.
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== [[Film]] ==
* A minor subversion in ''[[I Am Sam]]'', where
== [[Literature]] ==
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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* When major charaters die on ''[[24]]'' sometimes they go to commercial without the second-indicating beeps.
* At the end of the last episode of ''[[Blackadder]] Goes Forth'', when they finally go over the top in no man's land there are no closing titles and the usual theme tune is replaced by a slow piano version and gunshot sound effects, finishing with three strong bass-drum notes as the scene fades to a poppy field
** The ''[[Blackadder]]'' ending came about almost by accident. They'd originally intended to show everybody falling, but it looked fake. Then they came up with the idea of slowing down the action and dissolving to a poppy field... and suddenly [[Tear Jerker|there wasn't a dry eye in the country]].
* The death of
* The death of Adric at the end of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Earthshock". Not only was there no sound, instead of the usual closing credits there was just a closeup of Adric's broken badge. ** Done in the new series to great effect at the end of "The Pandorica Opens", when {{spoiler|1=the Doctor is put inside the Pandorica, followed by the ''entirety of reality'' being subjected to [[Ret-Gone]] by the explosion of the TARDIS.}} *** And for the last few seconds of the episode, {{spoiler|silence falls.}}▼
* The death of Adric at the end of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Earthshock". Not only was there no sound, instead of the usual closing credits there was just a closeup of Adric's broken badge.
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*** And for the last few seconds of the episode, silence falls.
* The death of Henry Blake in season three of ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]''. There's a slow panning shot of everyone looking horrified and saddened after [[The Reveal]].
* In ''NCIS: LA'', we get one of these following
== [[Theatre]] ==
* The musical ''[[Allegro]]'' has a silent scene (music but no dialogue or singing) following the death of Joe's mother as Joe, his friend and his father react to the sad news.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In the end of the British campaign in ''[[Company of Heroes]]'', there are close shots of the aftermath of the battle of Caen, accompanied by
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* Subversion: Academy Awards + moment of silence for Titanic victims
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