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** In ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'', Kraven the Hunter has become such a character in ''ComicBook/GrimHunt'', being brought back to life by his ex-wife Sasha in a flawed ritual that has made him more like an undead. He wasn't exactly happy about it and ended up killing her and most of the people she worked with. It's even {{lampshade|Hanging}}d by his half-brother, the Chameleon, who points out that Kraven was DrivenToSuicide and might not ''want'' to come back, but Sasha doesn't listen.

* In ''[[Literature/TheChroniclesOfThomasCovenant The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: The Illearth War]]'', High Lord Elena uses the power of [=EarthBlood=] to summon the ancient and legendary High Lord Kevin back to life so he can fight and destroy [[BigBad Lord Foul the Despiser]]. Unfortunately, Kevin is not nearly as powerful as legend made him out to be, and bringing him back has [[GoneHorriblyWrong some very, ''very'' bad side effects]].

* Somewhat subverted in the end of ''Manga/HoshinEngi'', where everyone thinks that Taikobo [[spoiler:(now known as Fukki)]] had [[spoiler:died fighting Jyoka]]. This seems to suit Taikobo fine, and he decides to spend the remainder of the manga avoiding them and playing hide-and-seek. Yes, he's a tease. The subversion comes in that [[spoiler:it's never shown that they find him]].

Obviously, to be brought back from the dead somebody has to have already been dead, so this is technically a DeathTrope. This means there are '''unmarked spoilers below''', so tread at your own risk.

* In the 60's movie ''Film/TheBrainThatWouldntDie'' (featured on ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E13TheBrainThatWouldntDie MST3K]]''), a woman is decapitated in an automobile accident, then her surgeon boyfriend reanimates her head. She is unhappy with this state of affairs and spends the rest of the movie nagging her boyfriend about it.

* ''Anime/{{Monster}}'' plays with this trope in multiple ways: Johan experiences an unwanted revival when Tenma accidentally saves him from the damage of his SuicideByCop, and Nina experiences an unwanted revival when Johan comes back for her after being gone for nearly a decade.

[[caption-width-right:206: Even eternal slumber is not safe from a wake-up call.]]]]

* Occurs near the end of ''VideoGame/TheDig''. [[spoiler: You have to activate The Eye, but Maggie fears it will exact a price from them, and if she dies, she doesn't want to be resurrected with a life crystal since [[CameBackWrong it wouldn't be her]]. If you betray her trust and revive her anyway, she'll panic and then jump off the top of the tower, killing herself. And at the end, when the aliens use Spacetime Six to bring back your friends properly, she ''slaps'' you.]]

* An extreamly cruel and disturbing version of this happens in ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'', when it's revealed that [[spoiler: all of the dead Garys from different timelines that [[BigBad Invictus]] has been using as its minions aren't just empty husks, but had their minds and personalities fully restored by Invictus, and ''then'' it possessed them. It did this even to the versions of Gary that died without ever knowing what Invictus was, let alone fighting it, [[BarredFromTheAfterlife ripping them from the afterlife and not allowing them to rest or be with their loved ones]], [[ForTheEvulz just because it could]]. While one corpse gets exorcised of Invictus' control and is able to die, it's likely that it could bring him right back to be its slave again the moment it feels like it.]]

* In ''Film/TheWalkingDead1936'', Dr. Beaumont uses an experimental procedure to bring John Ellman back to live after he has been wrongly executed. In his more lucid moments, Ellman tells Beaumont that he should have left him dead.