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To me anymore''|'''[[Starflyer 59]]''', "Majic"}}
The mundane equivalent to [[Dead Person Conversation]], a [[Sub
Ubiquitous in Japanese media; it is believed in Japan that unless the living keep the memories of their near and dear ones alive by talking to them, their spirits will disappear into oblivion. Thus a manga or anime character chatting about everyday things with a picture of their dead parents or sibling is not a sign of losing it.
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** Turk also had to ask Carla's dead mother for forgiveness: 'I asked her if she was still mad at me and the sprinklers came on'.
* Jack frequently talks to his dead wife, Mary, in ''[[New Tricks]]''.
* [[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined
* 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 ''[[
{{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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