History Main / TheBusCameBack

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11803928/20/Challenger Challenger]]'' Jessie, James, and Meowth first appear in the second chapter and don't show up again until the twentieth, six months later in-universe. They explain to Ash that their attempt to rob the Viridian City pokemon center was their very first mission as Team Rocket members and that they went legit after being arrested. They now work as news reporters.

* The ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' fic "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1745270/1/Always-A-Ranger-Series Always a Ranger]]" makes great use of this, as not only does Kim return to Tommy's life, but most of Tommy's old Ranger friends drop in to visit him at some point (the only members of Tommy's old teams who never show up are Trini and Justin, and that's for the justifiable reason that Trini died a few years ago and Justin is doing top-secret work for the government).

** Phil Coulson returns to officially reveal his survival to the Avengers (although they admit they've known he was alive for a while now)
** While en route back to Earth, Stark and Nebula encountered and rescued Valkyrie and Sif
** Jane Foster comes to the Avengers compound to provide scientific insight

** Barry and Wally are able to bring Pietro Maximoff back to life after finding him in the Speed Force

** In the same story, the Team Rocket trio retrieves their Sinnoh Pokemon, left at HQ at the end of DP. Even their Unova Pokemon appear.

** Volume 11: [[spoiler:Diane Whitehall and Jarrod Redner, minor characters who have not been seen since Volumes 2 and 4 respectively, end up becoming a case of BackForTheDead as they get killed when the Wraiths attack the refugee caravan they were accompanying. Claire Bladeheart, like her uncle Kaspian before her, makes a second reappearance where it is revealed she is participating in Gideon and Wren's secret project. Her reappearance is accompanied by Jasmine's older sister Senyir Flamesworth, a CanonImmigrant from the ''Jasmine: Wind-Borne'' side story in the {{Webcomic}} which chronologically takes place long before Arthur was born]].

* In ''[[LetsPlay/{{Dream}} Dream's]]'' Minecraft Manhunts: For a while, George was the one and only hunter. Dream did special one-off Manhunt episodes with Sapnap and Bad, [[PutOnABus but they hadn't appeared for a while.]] Eventually, however, Sapnap was brought back as a second hunter alongside George, and when they decided a third was needed Bad came back as well. Just like Dream and George, [[AscendedExtra Sapnap and Bad are now mainstays in the Manhunt series.]]

** Volume 11: [[spoiler:Diane Whitehall and Jarrod Redner, minor characters who have not been seen since Volumes 2 and 4 respectively, end up becoming a case of BackForTheDead as they get killed when the Wraiths attack the refugee caravan they were accompanying]].

** Volume 9: [[spoiler:Taci, the young Asura whom Arthur sparred with during his time in Epheotus, makes a return. His return is significant as he is not only chosen to be the inheritor of the [[FantasticNuke World Eater]] technique that destroyed Elenoir, but as a RiteOfPassage to prove he is worthy of inheriting said technique, he gets sent to slaughter the Dicathian resistance at the end of the volume when Kezess deems that [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they have outlived their usefulness to him]]. He ends up being killed by Arthur once he returns from the Victoriad. In addition, Feyrith Ivsaar III, who has not been seen since the attack on Xyrus, makes a return. He unfortunately ends up being a case of BackForTheDead as the following volume reveals he was one of the casualties of Taci's rampage. On a more minor note, Draneeve, the leader of the Radicals, is revealed to have been ReassignedToAntarctica as Nico's attendant since the attack on Xyrus as punishment for inadvertently endangering Agrona's plans with the Legacy]].

** Volume 6: At the start of the volume, Arthur is brought face to face with Uto, the Retainer who killed Alea Triscan in Widow's Crypt at the end of Volume 3. Sebastian, the former Court Conjurer of the Glayders who coveted Arthur's bond Sylvie during the 10th Annual Helstea Auctions in Volume 2, makes a reappearance in Arthur's birthplace of Ashber where he is shown to have become a slave trader since being stripped of his position. He ends up being a case of BackForTheDead as he gets killed not long afterwards. Claire Bladeheart is revealed to have survived her injuries from the attack on Xyrus Academy two volumes ago, though at the cost of losing her mana core which has been why she has been living in seclusion away from the war.

** Volume 10: Quite a few characters return to the story in this volume. [[spoiler:After having not been seen since Volume 5, both Kordri and Wren reappear in a scene in Epheotus covering the fallout from Taci's death, with the latter joining Aldir in his exile. Following up on this, Avier, the late Cynthia Goodsky's bond who had not been seen since the attack on Xyrus, makes a sudden reappearance near the end of the novel to establish contact between Arthur and the Hearth, the [[HiddenElfVillage hidden enclave]] of the Lost Prince Mordain wherein Aldir and Wren have found refuge in since leaving Epheotus. This culminates in Arthur finally being able to bring back Sylvie after her HeroicSacrifice at the very end of Volume 7. Kaspian Bladeheart, who had not been seen since Volume 2, makes a reappearance when Arthur retakes Blackbend. His reappearance is followed by that of Vincent and Lilia Helstea and Vanesy Glory when Arthur retakes Xyrus. Lastly, Lyra, the Retainer who paraded the corpses of Dicathen's kings and queens at the end of Volume 7 to mark the end of Agrona's conquest, makes a reappearance when Arthur retakes Etisin as she surrenders herself and the remaining Alacryan forces on Dicathen to him]].

** Volume 9: [[spoiler:Taci, the young Asura whom Arthur sparred with during his time in Epheotus, makes a return. His return is significant as he is not only chosen to be the inheritor of the [[FantasticNuke World Eater]] technique that destroyed Elenoir, but as a RiteOfPassage to prove he is worthy of inheriting said technique, he gets sent to slaughter the Dicathian resistance at the end of the volume when Kezess deems that [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they have outlived their usefulness to him]]. He ends up being killed by Arthur once he returns from the Victoriad. In addition, Feyrith Ivsaar III, who has not been seen since the attack on Xyrus, makes a return. He unfortunately ends up being a case of BackForTheDead as the following volume reveals he was one of the casualties of Taci's rampage]].
** Volume 10: Quite a few characters return to the story in this volume. [[spoiler:After having not been seen since Volume 5, both Kordri and Wren reappear in a scene in Epheotus covering the fallout from Taci's death, with the latter joining Aldir in his exile. Following up on this, Avier, the late Cynthia Goodsky's bond who had not been seen since the attack on Xyrus, makes a sudden reappearance near the end of the novel to establish contact between Arthur and the Hearth, the [[HiddenElfVillage hidden enclave]] of the Lost Prince Mordain wherein Aldir and Wren have found refuge in since leaving Epheotus. This culminates in Arthur finally being able to bring back Sylvie after her HeroicSacrifice at the very end of Volume 7. Kaspian Bladeheart, who had not been seen since Volume 2, makes a reappearance when Arthur retakes Blackbend. His reappearance is followed by that of Vincent and Lilia Helstea and Vanesy Glory when Arthur retakes Xyrus. Lastly, Lyra, the Retainer who paraded the corpses of Dicathen's kings and queens at the end of Volume 7 to mark the end of Agrona's conquest, makes a reappearance when Arthur retakes Etisin as she surrenders herself and the remaining Alacryan forces on Dicathen to him. On a more minor note, Draneeve, the leader of the Radicals, is revealed to have been ReassignedToAntarctica since the attack on Xyrus as punishment for inadvertently endangering Agrona's plans with the Legacy]].