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** C.C. also talked to Marianne, {{spoiler|who was alive (in a sense). }}
* Being the [[Necromantic]] that she is, Precia naturally does this with {{spoiler|Alicia's}} [[People Jars|floating corpse]] in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''. "We won't be separated this time..."
* Takamichi of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' during his date with Asuna: "[[Posthumous Character|Master]]... even though I can't tell her everything, I would at least like to tell Asuna-kun about you..."
* Light from ''[[Death Note]]'' does {{spoiler|this to L, in the deleted anime scenes of his funeral,}} complete with loads of [[Trash Talk]] and [[Evil Gloating]].
* In the final episode of ''[[Baccano!]]!'', a character asks his long-dead brother, in the "thin air" variety, whether it's alright that {{spoiler|the executives of the Martillo crime family are now immortal}}.
* ''[[Ranma ½]]:'' Ranma Saotome has one of these moments with {{spoiler|Akane Tendo, when he thinks she has died. However, after his [[Anguished Declaration of Love|declaration of love]], it turns out she was only severely stunned, and able to hear everything even if she couldn't move.}}
* In the original ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' manga, Ryou Bakura is shown writing a letter to his sister Amane. [[Word of God]] says she died in a car crash before hand, showing that her death either had a rather traumatizing effect or very little effect on his actions. And in a series full of [[Promotion to Parent|signi]][[Morality Pet|ficant]] [[Big Brother Instinct|sibl]][[Ill Girl|ing]] [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight|relation]][[Split Personality|ships]] and characters motivated by protecting/rescuing/avenging their loved ones, it's a little jarring.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* After [[Superman]]'s death, Lex Luthor asks for a moment alone with the corpse, and proceeds to gloat over how he is home-free.
** The novelization takes an opposite approach, as he's with the corpse of ''Doomsday'', and smashes a chair over its head while shouting "[[Gosh Dang It to Heck|Miserable, stinking . . .]]" It's not that he's sorry Superman is dead, it's that [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You|he wanted to kill Superman himself]].
* [[Batman|Bruce Wayne]] frequently visits the dual grave of his parents, usually to tell them about his feelings, doubts, and resolve regarding [[Superhero|his mission]].
* [[Civil War|"It wasn't worth it."]]
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* Early ''[[Smallville]]'', where Lana would go to the cemetery to talk with her dead parents.
* In ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'', Dean does this twice: over his father's grave in ''What is and what should never be'' and {{spoiler|over Sam's corpse}} in ''All Hell Breaks Loose II''.
** The entirety of Castiel's monologue on his park bench in "The Man Who Would Be King" could be taken as this, though he's attempting to talk to {{spoiler|God}}, who isn't exactly dead. No-one knows this, however.
* [[Monk]] also frequently visits his late wife's grave, often to ponder whether or not she would approve of his actions (usually, such actions involve giving up something of hers in order to help someone else, or anything he thinks might cause him to drift away from her memory).
* In ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' Ted Sprague visits his wife's grave before he goes to Nuke [[Kick the Dog|Mr. Muggles]]. And the rest of the Bennetts.
* Several instances on ''[[Lost]]'', the most tearjerking of which may have been Hurley talking to Libby's grave. (This was before the dead people started answering him.)
* Booth encourages [[Bones]] to talk to her mother's grave, though Bones is skeptical of its value.
* A character on ''[[Jericho]]'' does this to {{spoiler|his dead, deaf sister. Interestingly, he signs the conversation over her body instead of speaking out loud to her, even after she is dead, because that was the way he communicated with her his entire life.}}
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns1KM0p7ff0&feature=channel_page This scene] from ''[[Guiding Light]].'' (Warning: the [[Tear Jerker]] dial is [[Up to Eleven|turned all the way up]]).
* Xena of ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' does this at her brother's grave in the pilot episode.
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* Jack frequently talks to his dead wife, Mary, in ''[[New Tricks]]''.
* [[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|Adama]] does this to {{spoiler|Laura Roslin}} at the end of the finale.
* This happens a fair bit in ''[[The Tudors]]'' - Charles Brandon talking to his dead wife in the first season is a notable example.
* In the episode of ''[[Misfits]]'', when Nathan finds {{spoiler|Ruth}} dead he tearfully apologizes for the way he treated her. And calls her a "tart".
* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' series finale ''The Big Bang'' has {{spoiler|Rory doing this to Amy}}.
{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Rory:'''}} So the Universe ended. You missed that. In 102 AD. Suppose this means you and I never get born at all. {{spoiler|Twice, in my case.}} You would've laughed at that. ''[pause]'' Please laugh.}}
* David from ''[[Six Feet Under]]'' does this a lot as a way of resolving his real-world frustrations, particularly in the first series . Most notably, he argues with his dead father, a dead gang member teaches him to act tough and resolves a good portion of his Gayngst due to his discussions with a young man who was beaten to death for his homosexuality.
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* ''[[Static Shock]]'': Virgil often went to talk to his mom during the first bit of the series.
* Bruce Wayne, in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]''. In [[The Movie]] ''Mask of the Phantasm'', he does it both as Bruce and as Batman, {{spoiler|which results in his [[Love Interest]] figuring out his [[Secret Identity]]}}.
** It was Andrea (the [[Love Interest]]) talking to her own dead mother who gave him the idea.
* Subverted in [[The Venture Brothers]]. Henchman 21 talks to the skull of {{spoiler|Henchman 24}} several times during the first half of Season 4, but we only hear ''him'' talk. It isn't until the mid-season finale that we learn {{spoiler|24}} [[Dead Person Conversation|responds to him]]...
* In the [[Directors Cut]] of [[Batman Beyond]]: Return of the Joker, Mr. J kills one of his henchmen (Bonk), then demands the others re-pledge their loyalty:
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