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* A ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|Simpsons]]'' Treehouse of Horror had Homer become the Grim Reaper this way.
* In ''[[Metalocalypse]]'', Charles indicates that the only way to get his job as CFO for Dethklok is to kill him first. But since [[Arc Words|fucking with his bread-and-butter]] is a bad idea, he's dispatched everyone whose come to take his job.
* In ''[[Futurama]]
** Indeed, they have placeholder portraits for "Fry's assassin" and "Fry's assassin's assassin"
{{quote|'''Fry''': Well, at least my assassin will get what's coming to him.}}
*** Those assassins utterly fail to drink Fry, because he is solid, not liquid like Trisolians.
* Subverted in ''[[The Venture Brothers]]''. Rusty discovers a
* One episode of ''[[Family Guy]]'' plays with this trope more humorously. The Grim Reaper visits Peter's house and he twists and breaks his ankle. While he is resting comfortably in the house, he [[Subbing for Santa|tasks Peter with killing people for him]] - though this happens because while he's incapacitated, no one can die and Peter screws up and lets the world know, causing chaos. Thus, Peter takes on the job because ''someone'' has to do it.
* On an episode of the animated series of ''[[Jumanji]]'', there was a part where the heroes trick the hunter Van Pelt into falling off a cliff. Before Van Pelt does however, Peter somehow grabs his whip. Over the episode, Peter gradually morphs into Van Pelt because "[[Someone Has to Do It|there must always be a Van Pelt. It's the rules of the game.]]" He even goads Alan into killing him just so ''Alan'' can become Van Pelt.
* In ''[[Shadow Raiders]]'', this is the official law for royal succession on Planet Bone. They may be [[Proud Warrior Race Guys]], but they ''also'' highly respect cunning, ambition and ruthlessness; assassinating the previous king is the tradition for taking power.
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