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* In ''[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail]]'', King Arthur and his men have a tough time believing that the diminuitive [[Killer Rabbit]] they face is dangerous, in spite of all the bones they see littered about the front of his cave. It's not until one of their number gets decapitated by said rabbit that they start to take it seriously.
** Another scene from that movie features Brave Sir Robin heading down a road which had three signs marked "Certain Death" pointing in the direction he was travelling, several slaughtered knights skewered on the same lance and stuck into a tree, all leading up to the easily avoidable encounter with the three-headed giant, described in the Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film as "the fiercest creature for yards around!"
* In ''[[The Mummy Returns (Film)Trilogy|The Mummy Returns]]'', when Imhotep and his followers come arrive at the Scorpion King's oasis, they come across the corpses of soldiers ranging from Roman Legionaires to Napoleon's own troops. Naturally, because Imhotep's followers are literally an army of [[Red Shirt]] [[Mooks]], they continue on anyways to their horrible demise.
* In ''[[Clash of the Titans]]'', Perseus and his companions arrive on the island where Medusa has her lair, with numerous petrified victims littering the grounds. One companion scoffs and claims they could just be statues.
* In the opening sequence of ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film)|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', Indiana and Satipo run across several dessicated corpses inside the ancient shrine. Most memorable of all, Indy's old rival, Forrestal.
* In ''[[The Goonies]]'', the characters run across the long-dead body of treasure hunter Chester Copperpot in their search for One-Eyed Willy's ship. Some of them want to turn back, but Mikey convinces them that this is a ''good'' sign, because it means that they're on the right track, and they have already got farther than a professional treasure hunter.
* Parodied in ''[[Scary Movie]]'' when a character is faced with an actual road sign clearly marked 'Death', and still follows it.
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== Live-Action TV ==
* Somewhat parodied in the ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]'' episode "Psirens". The crew pilot Starbug into a graveyard of ships that have all been crashed or disabled by the titular illusion generating creatures. Sending a scout droid to investigate one of the ships they see ([[Take Our Word for It|but we don't]]) the body of a man who had been disemboweled and used his last moments to write "PSIRENS." [[Couldn't Find a Pen|using a combination of blood and his own intestines]]. The Cat comments on how impressive it is that the man even used his kidney as a full stop but the other postulate that he probably didn't mean to and it just flopped out there coincidentally.
* In the ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' episode "A Fistful Of Dinars" they have to pass through a "hall of silence"-- a cave filled with dead bodies:
{{quote| '''Petracles''': Did the map mention how those guys died?<br />
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* The ruins of ''[[La-Mulana]]'' are filled with skeletons of previous adventurers. Some are clustered around traps; others hold various messages.
* Used to the logical extreme in ''[[Demons Souls]]''. The player can see the bloodstains of fallen heroes (other players online at the same time), including watching their final moments, and read the messages and warnings left behind by them.
* ''[[Etrian Odyssey (Video Game)|Etrian Odyssey]] III: The Drowned City'' uses this while the [[Player Party]] is helping track an adversary through an area filled with FOEs. At one point, they discover the body of a guard whose armor has been [[Armor Is Useless|completely shredded]], hinting that they're on the right path to reach the next floor. Examining the body after this reveals an item which can be used to {{spoiler|convince his commander you're not lying about his death}}.
 
 
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''(Sound of screaming. Leela turns off the tape.)''<br />
'''Leela''': Uh, couldn't make that out. Too much static. }}
** Before sentenced to "[[Out Withwith a Bang|death by snu-snu]]", Fry, Brannigan and Kif see several previous victims, now skeletons with broken pelvises; some are [[Smoking Hot Sex|smoking cigarettes]].
* In the film ''Atlantis: The Lost Empire'', the explorers come across a field of sunken ships ranging from Greek triremes to more modern iron ships shortly before being attacked a gigantic robot.
* The ''[[SpongebobSpongeBob SquarePants]]'' Movie, when Spongebob and Patrick go to buy ice cream from an old lady in a stand, right in the middle of piles of bones all around it. Ignoring the danger, Spongebob wades through the bones. Patrick looks at the bones, then looks at Spongebob, and cries out "SPONGEBOB!". Spongebob turns around, and Patrick says "...Make mine chocolate."
* ''[[Shrek]]'', when Shrek and Donkey find Fiona's castle, there are a few humourous instances where we see the remains of previous would-be rescuers littered around the deserted halls.
{{quote| '''Princess Fiona''': You didn't slay the dragon?! <br />
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== Webcomics ==
* ''[[Sequential Art (Webcomicwebcomic)|Sequential Art]]'': At one point Kat and Vanity are below a mansion. Kat follows Vanity who insists there's an opening nearby and keeps marching as if possessed. Kat manages to pan her flashlight to her left just long enough to notice a decent collection of skulls.
* Spoofed in ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|The Order of the Stick]]'' when the party passes through "the Passageway of Horrible Death For Other People" which is littered with arrow-riddled skeletons.
 
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