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A character who is dead or having a [[Near
The sequence usually ends with dead characters moving on to the Afterlife, and [[Convenient Coma|comatose ones]] waking up (occasionally as a [[Mistimed Revival]]). Reawakened and revived characters rarely remember the experience as more than a [[Dream Sequence|blurry dream,]] although specific recollections are sometimes allowed for punchlines or [[An Aesop]].
Compare [[Fever Dream Episode]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* The last episode of season five of ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'' has Larry David (playing himself) dying and going to Heaven. He eventually proves so annoying that his guardian angels send him back into his body, much to the disappointment of his friends and family.
* ''[[Mr. Belvedere]]'' had the titular character experiencing this; at first, it seems that everything's going comedically wrong without him, but it turns out that life goes on.
* The [[Darker and Edgier|bleak]] ''[[
* Subverted in an episode of ''[[Scrubs]]'': as various doctors are around a man's body (masking it from view) and finally saying that they lost him, a man walks up and begins to talk about how seeing himself die like that was strange. He even starts giving a speech about death itself...until J.D. comes up and angrily reminds him that he's not dead, just insane.
** However, there is also an episode that plays it straight: J.D. gets sick and has to undergo surgery where he has an out-of-body experience looking over Turk's shoulder as he's operating. Turk asks him (though "the ghost" isn't seen) to go away because he can't concentrate.
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== Western Animation ==
* In ''[[Family Guy]]'', Peter is struck by lightning and has a [[Near
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