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You see that guy who's constantly lurking around the graveyard? Yeah, that's
The creepy undertaker lurks around the graveyard and has an unhealthy obsession with his <s>friends</s> deceased clients. When they're not in the graveyard, they can be found in rather eerie places, such as near newly deceased bodies or in coffins. Often they are the primary suspect whenever something particularly creepy happens.
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May turn out to be a [[Living Doll Collector]]. Prone to spout ominous-in-context lines like "Be seeing you..."
Not to be confused with [[The Undertaker]]. Compare with the [[Undertaker]] character in [[Western
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== Anime and Manga ==
* The Undertaker from ''[[
* [[Gregory Horror Show]] is built around this. Good old Gregory is downright unnerving, especially as you learn more about what he is. He suffers from [[Villain Decay]] in the other three seasons, however, becoming a victim of the greater evils around him. Still, {{spoiler|he does feed off of human souls.}}
== Comics ==
* [[Green Lantern]]
== Film ==
* The [[Creepy Mortician
* The Tall Man in the first ''[[Phantasm (Film)|Phantasm]]''.
* The mortician Dobbs in ''[[
* There's a creepy undertaker in [[Peter David]]'s [[Space Western]] "Oblivion".
* ''[[Oliver
* The undertaker in ''[[Back to The Future Part III]]'', who measures Marty up for his coffin while he's still alive.
* [[Van Helsing]] has a rather creepy undertaker in the village.
== Literature ==
* Legitimate First from [[Discworld|Night Watch]].
== Live Action TV ==
* A couple of examples in ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' sketches.
* Moody dark moor Scotsman Fraser on ''[[
* Technically, [[Tales
== Radio ==
* [[Played for Laughs]] in ''[[The Goon Show]]'' with Gravely Headstone, as in the following (quoted from memory):
{{quote|
'''Headstone''': Not impossible, but one should have to box ''exceeding'' clever.
'''Seagoon''': No, wait, you can't bury me yet - I want to join the Guards.
'''Headstone''': No man under six foot can join the Guards. Come along.
'''Seagoon''': No, no! Keep away! Aaagh! }}
* A recurring character in the sitcom ''[[The Life Of Riley]]'' was "Digger" Digby O'Dell who was known for his morbid jokes and usually left with the [[Catch Phrase|following one-liner]]: "Well, I must be...[[Incredibly Lame Pun|shoveling off]]."
== Video Games ==
* Dampe from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
** Bizarrely enough, a cute little kid idolizes Dampe and spends daytime wandering around the graves trying to mimic the gravedigger. He pays you a lot of rupees for a spooky mask that helps offset his cuteness.
* [[Carmageddon]] has a pair of undertaker twins as one of the opponents.
* The creepy gravedigger in [[God of War (
* Mr. Russett from ''[[The Lost Crown]]'' is a subversion: he ''looks'' fairly creepy, but is actually one of the most helpful people Nigel meets.
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