History Main / ResurrectedForAJob

* ''ComicBook/TheWarlordDC'': Chakal was resurrected by the sorcerer Deimos for his hatred of Morgan, and became one of Deimos' servants.

This is a '''DeathTrope''', at least in the case of sequels. Spoilers ahoy!

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* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'''s Campaign 1: The Raven Queen resurrects Vax after he dies, but only until Vox Machina defeats the Campaign's BigBad. Once that happens, he has just one day to spend with his friends before he is taken into the Queen's realm.

* ''Webcomic/{{Darken}}'' begins with Gort defeating his ArchEnemy with help from a {{Deal|WithTheDevil}} with the [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Archdevil]] Mephistopheles, then promptly getting killed by a devil to call in his debt. Once he's in {{Hell}}, Mephistopheles appoints him his champion and resurrects him to [[spoiler:collect a trio of [[ArtifactOfDoom Artifacts of Doom]] on his behalf]].

* ComicBook/DraxTheDestroyer's origin is that he was resurrected after he and his family were murdered by {{ComicBook/Thanos}} and tasked with killing the Mad Titan back. (Of course, Thanos oscillates between 5 and 7 on the SuperWeight scale regularly and is frequently [[CompleteImmortality completely immortal]]. Drax's main power is that he's a StoneWall who refuses to stop ''trying'' to kill Thanos. The idea was that he'd have to succeed eventually. Even InUniverse, this logic has been called into question.)

* In ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast'', you play as a human warrior who was resurrected (and given superpowers) by Zeus in order to rescue his daughter.

* MarvelUniverse's original Deathlok arguably qualifies.

* This is the premise of ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD'' in which Issei is murdered, but resurrected by the high-class devil Rias to be her servant. She also resurrects Asia to serve as the team's healer after she's killed, and seems to have employed this method to recruit the rest of her team as well, seeking out those who are on the verge of death but could be put to good use.

* [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]] in the case of the fourth game of ''VideoGame/{{Fatal Frame|IV Mask of the Lunar Eclipse}}'': [[spoiler: Choushiro Kirishima is DeadAllAlong but the spirit of Sayaka contacts him to aid Ruka when she returns to the island. He's still dead, but it breaks the loop his spirit was trapped in, and later he can join the others in heading to the afterlife.]]

* ''ComicBook/TheWarlord'': Chakal was resurrected by the sorcerer Deimos for his hatred of Morgan, and became one of Deimos' servants.

* ''Film/UniversalSoldier''. After being killed, soldiers are brought back to life via cyborgization and used on missions too dangerous for regular soldiers.

* In ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'', Franchise/{{Batman}} resurrects Franchise/{{Superman}} using the Mother Box to defeat Steppenwolf when the rest of the League is unable to.

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* Downplayed in Dynamite's ''Radio/TheShadow''. The Shadow can't bring people fully back to life, but he can keep them from crossing over for a short while, usually long enough to get information or, in one case, land a plane.

* Done twice over in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII''. The First Flame is fading ([[ViciousCycle again]]), and there are no new Lords of Cinder left to Link it. So, they resurrected five previous Lords of Cinder to Link it a second time. However, all but one of them pretty much said "Screw you, we're not going through ''that'' again.'' and abandoned their duty. Therefore, they proceeded to resurrect the Unkindled -- worthless Undead who once ''tried'' to Link the First Flame but were unworthy fuel for it and were immediately consumed and turned to ash -- whose job is to ''force'' the Lords of Cinder to do what they were brought back to do. [[LoserProtagonist That's what you are]]. Each of the other Unkindled you meet in-game have some connection to one of the four missing Lords of Cinder: Hawkwood was a deserter from the Abyss Watchers, Siegward was a good friend of Yhorm, and Anri of Astora was one of only two children who escaped the clutches of Saint Aldrich. What connection, if any, the PlayerCharacter has to Prince Lothric is unclear.

* Unkindled Ash in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' are the resurrected ashes of those who tried to link the fire previously, but failed. Since all the Lords of Cinder that were ''meant'' to link the fire abandoned their duty, the Unkindled Ash were resurrected to ''force'' them. Each of the unkindled we meet in game have some connection to one of the four missing lords of cinder: Hawkwood was a deserter from the Abyss Watchers, Siegward was a good friend of Yhorm, and Anri of Astora was one of the only two children who escaped the clutches of Saint Aldrich. What connection, if any, the PlayerCharacter has to prince Lothric is unclear.

* The Zin-carla spell from Literature/TheDarkElfTrilogy. Only used every few centuries, and requiring hundreds of people praying every day for months, but usually worth it. Assuming the caster manages to maintain control, of course...

* ComicBook/MoonKnight actually has this as his only consistent super–power. [[MindScrew Maybe.]]

* [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Alduin]] from ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' spends much of the game flying around resurrecting dragons to help him bring about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.