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That's one of a number of scenarios.

 

 

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== Film ==

 

* In ''[[Barton Fink]]'', {{spoiler|Audrey spends the night with Barton in his hotel room. When he wakes up in the morning, she's an extremely bloody mess. In his panic, he turns to his neighbor Charlie, who disposes of the body for him… only to find out later that Charlie is in fact a serial killer and is making Barton a bit of a special project.}}

* In ''[[Fletch]] Lives'', the titular character sleeps with an attractive lawyer only to find her dead when he wakes up, leading to this priceless reaction:

* Happens in the beginning of ''[[Red Corner]]'', starring Richard Gere. Also, the whole plot of this movie is based on this trope.

* This is how ''[[Dark City]]'' starts.

* Harmony on ''[[Angel]]'' woke up with a man drained of all blood after Angel instituted a zero-tolerance policy on drinking human blood. Her attempts to clear her name were..somewhat inept.

* Played for laughs in an episode of ''[[Reno 911]]''. The male members of the squad find Garcia in bed with a dead woman. Everybody starts to panic, then Dangle starts ordering the others to clean up the room, using bleach to eliminate forensic evidence and preparing to load up the body. Finally the woman pops up, and everyone yells "Surprise!" It turns out to be a surprise birthday party and cruel prank all in one.

* A lot of episodes of the ''Law and Order''s use this.

** ''[[Law and Order SVU]]'': A guy wakes up to find his head split open and a dead woman in his bed {{spoiler|he killed her when he was blacked-out drunk and doesn't remember. He ''does'' feel sorry in the end though}}

* Happens to Lex Luthor in an episode of ''[[Smallville]]''.

 

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