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The ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' franchise is the king of this trope. While many characters are usually brought back to life as hidden characters, there are a few who actually live due to this trope, especially if they were fan favorites. Some of the most frequent offenders are [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Amuro Ray and Char Aznable]] in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'', [[Anime/MacrossFrontier Alto Saotome and Sheryl Nome]] in ''The Wings of Farewell'', and [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Nia Teppelin]] [[note]]Sadly, Kamina has yet to avert his demise in any ''SRW'' game[[/note]].
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The ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' franchise is the king of this trope. While many characters are usually brought back to life as hidden characters, there are a few who actually live due to this trope, especially if they were fan favorites. Some of the most frequent offenders are [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Amuro Ray and Char Aznable]] in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'', [[Anime/MacrossFrontier Alto Saotome and Sheryl Nome]] in ''The Wings of Farewell'', and [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Nia Teppelin]] [[note]]Sadly, Kamina has yet to avert his demise in any ''SRW'' game[[/note]].
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** Given how Amuro Ray and Char Aznable are among the most iconic characters in ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' if not the MechaGenre and are perennial SRW mainstays, it is only natural that the outcome of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'' - wherein they both get caught up in the Axis Shock - gets altered so that both end up surviving, usually by having the event in question be averted.
** If [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Four Murasame]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Elpeo Ple, Ple Two]], or [[Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine Tod Guiness]] show up on the enemy side, odds are that they can be spared from their canon deaths and recruited into the player's army. They are among the oldest and most recurring ''SRW'' unlockables. The Ple duo in particular is occasionally given to the player by default.
** If [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Four Murasame]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Elpeo Ple, Ple Two]], or [[Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine Tod Guiness]] show up on the enemy side, odds are that they can be spared from their canon deaths and recruited into the player's army. They are among the oldest and most recurring ''SRW'' unlockables. The Ple duo in particular is occasionally given to the player by default.
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** If [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Four Murasame]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Elpeo Ple, Ple Two]], or [[Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine Tod Guiness]] show up on the enemy side, odds are that they can be spared from their canon deaths and recruited into the player's army. They are among the oldest and most recurring ''SRW'' unlockables. The Ple duo in particular is occasionally given to the player by default.
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** If [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Four Murasame]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Elpeo Ple, Ple Two]], or [[Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine Tod Guiness]] show ''Anime/MacrossFrontier: The Wings of Farewell'' ends with Alto Saotome being presumed dead after getting caught up on in the enemy side, odds AlphaStrike meant to finish off the Vajra-infested Battle Frontier and Sheryl Nome falling into a coma. Naturally any time the ''Frontier'' movie continuity is featured, both Alto and Sheryl are that they can be spared their fates.
** There is one notable {{Aversion}} of this trope among the pantheon of mecha characters featured in SRW: [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]]. Despite being a fan favorite, as the DecoyProtagonist his death is extremely integral to Simon and the rest of Team Dai-Gurren's CharacterDevelopment, which means Kamina has never been spared fromtheir his canon deaths and recruited into death. On a more positive note, Simon's LoveInterest Nia Teppelin has been spared from her DiabolusExMachina of a death at the player's army. They are among end of the oldest and most recurring ''SRW'' unlockables. The Ple duo series in particular is occasionally given to the player by default.all of her SRW appearances.
** There is one notable {{Aversion}} of this trope among the pantheon of mecha characters featured in SRW: [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]]. Despite being a fan favorite, as the DecoyProtagonist his death is extremely integral to Simon and the rest of Team Dai-Gurren's CharacterDevelopment, which means Kamina has never been spared from
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** The game takes ''great'' pleasure in sparing Creator/HoukoKuwashima characters, averting her tendency of being a ChronicallyKilledActor. At the end of the ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED storyline, Natarle Badriguel ends up getting rescued by [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Gai Shishioh]], Anime/KotetsuJeeg and Manga/{{Devilman}}, with Gai delivering a ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Muruta Azrael before Devilman kills him. As well, Flay Allster is saved from Rau Le Cruset's spiteful DRAGOON shot by Setsuna F. Seiei going Trans-Am to block the shot. Flay apologizes for her crappy actions and seemingly stays out of the fight while Natarle returns to the ''Archangel'' as Murrue Ramius' NumberTwo once more.
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** The game takes ''great'' pleasure in sparing Creator/HoukoKuwashima characters, averting her tendency of being a ChronicallyKilledActor. At the end of the ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' storyline, Natarle Badriguel ends up getting rescued by [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Gai Shishioh]], Anime/KotetsuJeeg and Manga/{{Devilman}}, with Gai delivering a ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Muruta Azrael before Devilman kills him. As well, Flay Allster is saved from Rau Le Cruset's spiteful DRAGOON shot by Setsuna F. Seiei going Trans-Am to block the shot. Flay apologizes for her crappy actions and seemingly stays out of the fight while Natarle returns to the ''Archangel'' as Murrue Ramius' NumberTwo once more.
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** [[Anime/BravePoliceJDecker Kagero]]'s death can be prevented by completing two prequisites in the stage you fight him. A while afterwards, he will join you in the secret stage Return of the Mirage.
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** The game takes ''great'' pleasure in sparing Creator/HoukoKuwashima characters, averting her tendency of being a ChronicallyKilledActor. At the end of the ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED storyline, Natarle Badriguel ends up getting rescued by [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Gai Shishioh]], Anime/KotetsuJeeg and Manga/{{Devilman}}, with Gai delivering a ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Muruta Azrael before Devilman kills him. As well, Flay Allster is saved from Rau Le Cruset's spiteful DRAGOON shot by Setsuna F. Seiei going Trans-Am to block the shot. Flay apologizes for her crappy actions and seemingly stays out of the fight while Natarle returns to the ''Archangel'' as Murrue Ramius' NumberTwo once more.
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** The game takes ''great'' pleasure in sparing Creator/HoukoKuwashima characters, averting her tendency of being a ChronicallyKilledActor. At the end of the ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED storyline, Natarle Badriguel ends up getting rescued by [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Gai Shishioh]], Anime/KotetsuJeeg and Manga/{{Devilman}}, with Gai delivering a ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Muruta Azrael before Devilman kills him. As well, Flay Allster is saved from Rau Le Cruset's spiteful DRAGOON shot by Setsuna F. Seiei going Trans-Am to block the shot. Flay apologizes for her crappy actions and seemingly stays out of the fight while Natarle returns to the ''Archangel'' as Murrue Ramius' NumberTwo once more.
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* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsW'' spares [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Flay Allster]], whose lifepod was intercepted by the protagonists instead of the Earth Alliance, completely averting the events that led to her death in the original series.
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* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsW'' spares [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Flay Allster]], whose lifepod was intercepted by the protagonists instead of the Earth Alliance, completely averting the events that led to her death in the original series. Same for [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Tsukumo Shiratori]], who instead just fakes his death and bides his time before making his move on Kusakabe. It is also possible to save [[Anime/TekkamanBlade Miyuki Aiba/Tekkaman Rapier]] by fulfilling certain requirements. Averted for [[Anime/GoLion Shirogane]], who is still killed by Honerva, albeit instead [[TakingTheBullet taking a fatal shot]] for Princess Fala and piloting along with his teammates one last time before sucumbing to his wounds.
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** Jill survives by default this time with no secrets needed. Meanwhile, Irma and Tanya, pilots of the ''Eirene'' and ''Victora'', also survive. However, their machines are destroyed during their escape from Embryo and thus unplayable.
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** Jill [[Anime/CrossAnge Jill]] survives by default this time with no secrets needed. Meanwhile, Irma and Tanya, pilots of the ''Eirene'' and ''Victora'', also survive. However, their machines are destroyed during their escape from Embryo and thus unplayable.
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** Though she never appeared on screen, Tessa mentions that [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Nami]] has been taken into protective custody by Mithril after ARX-8's debut.
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** [[SecretCharacter Black Might Gaine, the beloved EnsembleDarkhorse from the series gets to survive and become a playable unit once players can successfully trigger and complete the secret scenario.]]
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** [[SecretCharacter Black Might Gaine, Gaine]], the beloved EnsembleDarkhorse from the series gets to survive and become a playable unit once players can successfully trigger and complete the secret scenario.]]
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** PlayedWith when it comes to [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel. During the ending of the default game, it's mentioned that he confronted Vicious and the Red Dragons alone, and [[BolivianArmyEnding it just ended there with no clear conclusion]], staying true to the original anime where the ending was really ambiguous. If the Expansion Pack is installed, the story takes place after the events of ''T'', and Spike pops back out, turns out he survived that.
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** PlayedWith when it comes to [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel.Spiegel]]. During the ending of the default game, it's mentioned that he confronted Vicious and the Red Dragons alone, and [[BolivianArmyEnding it just ended there with no clear conclusion]], staying true to the original anime where the ending was really ambiguous. If the Expansion Pack is installed, the story takes place after the events of ''T'', and Spike pops back out, turns out he survived that.
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** [[Anime/BravePoliceJ-Decker Kagero]]'s death can be prevented by completing two prequisites in the stage you fight him. A while afterwards, he will join you in the secret stage Return of the Mirage.
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** [[Anime/BravePoliceJ-Decker [[Anime/BravePoliceJDecker Kagero]]'s death can be prevented by completing two prequisites in the stage you fight him. A while afterwards, he will join you in the secret stage Return of the Mirage.
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** [[Anime/TheBravePoliceJ-Decker [[Anime/BravePoliceJ-Decker Kagero]]'s death can be prevented by completing two prequisites in the stage you fight him. A while afterwards, he will join you in the secret stage Return of the Mirage.
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** This game is one of the few that Musashi Tomoe doesn't die in the cockpit of a Manga/GetterRobo, since the ''Getter Robo Armageddon'' storyline is mostly removed and given to the ''Getter Robo Devolution'' cast.
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** [[Anime/TheBravePoliceJDecker Kagero]]'s death can be prevented by completing two prequisites in the stage you fight him. A while afterwards, he will join you in the secret stage Return of the Mirage.
** [[Anime/TheBravePoliceJDecker Kagero]]'s death can be prevented by completing two prequisites in the stage you fight him. A while afterwards, he will join you in the secret stage Return of the Mirage.
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** In ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Super Robot Wars Original Generation 2]]'', Lee Linjun dies aboard his ship when he stupidly tries to use it to take down the Kurogane. In the [[VideoGameRemake Enhanced Remake]], ''Super Robot Wars Original Generations'', his ship is merely crippled in the same scene, not destroyed, which allows him to escape. TheAnimeOfTheGame, Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Inspector, also spares him by keeping him from having his FaceHeelTurn.
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** In ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Super Robot Wars Original Generation 2]]'', Lee Linjun dies aboard his ship ship, the Shirogane, when he stupidly tries to use it to take down the Kurogane. In the [[VideoGameRemake Enhanced Remake]], ''Super Robot Wars Original Generations'', his ship the Shirogane is merely crippled in the same scene, not destroyed, which allows him to escape. escape, at least until the sequel, ''2nd Super Robot Wars OG.'' There, he rams his new ship, the Air Christmas, into Euzeth's Adamatron and [[HeroicSacrifice self-destructs]]. TheAnimeOfTheGame, Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Inspector, also spares him all together by keeping him from having his FaceHeelTurn.
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** If [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Four Murasume]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Elpeo Ple, Ple Two]], or [[Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine Tod Guiness]] show up on the enemy side, odds are that they can be spared from their canon deaths and recruited into the player's army. They are among the oldest and most recurring ''SRW'' unlockables. The Ple sisters in particular are occasionally given to the player by default.
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* There is one guy who just can't make up his mind on if he wants to live or die in these games: [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Gai Daigouji]], who, in seven games the Nadesico series has shown up in (''Advance, Reverse, Judgement, Impact, MX, W, BX''), two he lives all the way through, three he's an optional character and two he STAYS dead!
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** There is one guy who just can't make up his mind on if he wants to live or die in these games: [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Gai Daigouji]], who, in seven games the Nadesico series has shown up in (''Advance, Reverse, Judgement, Impact, MX, W, BX''), two he lives all the way through, three he's an optional character and two he STAYS dead!
** There is one guy who just can't make up his mind on if he wants to live or die in these games: [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Gai Daigouji]], who, in seven games the Nadesico series has shown up in (''Advance, Reverse, Judgement, Impact, MX, W, BX''), two he lives all the way through, three he's an optional character and two he STAYS dead!
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The ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' franchise is the king of this trope. While many characters are usually brought back to life as hidden characters, there are a few who actually live due to this trope, especially if they were fan favorites. Some of the most frequent offenders are [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Amuro Ray and Char Aznable]] in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'', [[Anime/MacrossFrontier Alto Saotome and Sheryl Nome]] in ''The Wings of Farewell'', and [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Nia Teppelin]] [[note]]Sadly, Kamina has yet to avert his demise in any ''SRW'' game[[/note]].
* There is one guy who just can't make up his mind on if he wants to live or die in these games: [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Gai Daigouji]], who, in seven games the Nadesico series has shown up in (''Advance, Reverse, Judgement, Impact, MX, W, BX''), two he lives all the way through, three he's an optional character and two he STAYS dead!
** The Evangelion cast has a much much happier and better existence in SRW, and most of the sympathetic characters live. Ritsuko always dies in any game that finishes the End of Evangelion plot. Only in L was she spared because L only used the plot of the first two Rebuild movies. Kaji also usually doesn't make it, although he, too, survived L for the same reason, and unlike Ritsuko he made it through MX. Gendo always dies, but he arguably deserves it. Misato, and at least one of the Reis always make it, and the Bridge Bunnies always survive, although they're never seen again after getting Tanged in Alpha 3. Third Impact is always averted, and in a way that doesn't end with Shinji and Asuka alone in a world of Tang.
** In ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Super Robot Wars Original Generation 2]]'', Lee Linjun dies aboard his ship when he stupidly tries to use it to take down the Kurogane. In the [[VideoGameRemake Enhanced Remake]], ''Super Robot Wars Original Generations'', his ship is merely crippled in the same scene, not destroyed, which allows him to escape. TheAnimeOfTheGame, Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Inspector, also spares him by keeping him from having his FaceHeelTurn.
** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Gaiden'' features a lot of these and an eventually subverted [[DeathByAdaptation inversion]]. When they chose to adapt the OVA into game form in the bonus section of Original Generations, the segment ended in Lamia, who survived the OVA, getting shot down dead by [[BigBadWannabe Wilhelm von Juergen]] and thrown off to space, left for the dead, making her seemingly an inversion of the trope. The actual game later revealed that she actually survived, picked up by Duminuss then BrainwashedAndCrazy to play the [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Master Asia]] part of [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsReversal Reversal]]. She gets better... and later, the game plays it straight for some of the ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact3 Compact 3]]'' cast, including Fernando Albark, Alion Lucada, and Maysis Mark, when you compare to the original where every original except Folka died. And the game also pulls a surprise one in form of Reversal's Despinis, one of the QuirkyMinibossSquad that you fight in Reversal, resulting her pulling a HeelFaceTurn for good.
** And then ''2nd Original Generations'' inverts this: In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDestiny'', Perfectio is impossible to kill and only defeated when [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Treize Khushrenada]] pulled a HeroicSacrifice to seal him off forever. They went along with this plot point, and picked Ventus, who was promoted from SecretCharacter into an automatic-join (and no longer exclusive with fellow secret character Glacies), to take Treize's place in the HeroicSacrifice of sealing and defeating Perfectio. Also previously in ''Destiny'', Rim gets to keep her two personalities throughout the game. In OG, one of them, the NiceGirl one, Chris... VANISHED, lost forever, and leaving Rim with just one personality, and she is ''not'' happy about it.
* ''VideoGame/ShinSuperRobotWars'': Heinel, Master Asia, Amuro, Char, and Julia Asuka get to live due to various reasons.
** After Domon's last fight with him, Master Asia ([[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext who is an alien in the game]]) needs to return to his homeworld and enlist aid. Domon, moved nearly to tears, praises Master Asia's dedication to peace and freedom, and the two exchange manly martial words before Master Asia's departure.
** When beaten in the final battle against Neo Zeon, Char [[SoreLoser will furiously say]] that Amuro wouldn't have even had a chance if he hadn't leaked info to the Federation about the Psychoframe, noting further that Amuro wouldn't have even been worth killing in the RE-GZ (the mobile suit Amuro piloted before the Nu Gundam). Amuro figures that Char is doomed to look down on others for all eternity. Nanai will then go over and fish Char out, saying that he's indispensable to Neo Zeon AND to her, and ignoring his pleas to stay out of it.
** Once Zuhl and the Skullrook is eliminated in an Earth Route scenario, Heinel decides to go on a little journey, on which Katherine insists on accompanying him. Kazuya figures that the two of them will be happy together.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsW'' spares [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Flay Allster]], whose lifepod was intercepted by the protagonists instead of the Earth Alliance, completely averting the events that led to her death in the original series.
* Depending on the player's actions, in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsL'' [[Anime/MacrossFrontier Michael Blanc]] can wind up surviving his death in the ''Frontier'' anime (he does end up surviving in the movie continuity).
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ series'':
** [[Anime/CodeGeass Euphemia li Britannia, Shirley Fennete and Rolo Lamperouge]] in ''Saisei-hen'', provided the player picks the right route. Also, Anew and [[Anime/ShinMazinger Lorelei]] are {{Secret Character}}s. Averted due to ''Jigoku-hen'' defaulting to the Zero Requiem route.
** [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Nia]] is spared this go-round in ''Jigoku-hen''.
** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Wang Liu Mei]] survives what should have killed the character in the show for ''Saisei-hen'' if the normal route is taken, [[AvertedTrope only to be abandoned on the exploding Damocles by Emperor Lelouch]].
** [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Lordgenome]] averts HeroicSacrifice against the FinalBoss in ''Jigoku-hen'' and returns to being a bio-computer aboard the [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Cathedral Terra]].
** [[Anime/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer Graham Aker]]'s death can be avoided during scenario 50 of ''Tengoku-hen'' if the requirements are met. Otherwise, he sacrifices himself to clear a path for Setsuna like in the original movie.
** When [[Anime/GargantiaOnTheVerdurousPlanet Ledo]] fights Striker during the ''Gargantia'' finale, Chamber K6821 ejects Ledo to safety, hoping to [[TakingYouWithMe destroy Striker in a suicidal attack]], but [[Anime/MacrossFrontier Alto]] picks up Ledo and puts him back into Chamber to continue the fight with another, sparing Chamber's fate from the series.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX'' gets a bit meta about it. If you manage to unlock every single SecretCharacter (17 of them, which actually requires at least a NewGamePlus playthrough to pull off), most of which died in their original shows, you'll get an extra scene before the final battle where they discuss how their survival feels like a miracle and a testament to humanity's ability to ScrewDestiny.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsV'':
** [[SecretCharacter Black Might Gaine, the beloved EnsembleDarkhorse from the series gets to survive and become a playable unit once players can successfully trigger and complete the secret scenario.]]
** Averted with the plot of Anime/Zambot3. Though Celestial Being stopped it early, Kappei's grandparents and his dad are still dead. His older brother Ichitaka, however, remains alive to pursue engineering and publicize a utility for Bealian technology, thus justifying the use of the [[WaveMotionGun Ion Cannon without the King Beal.]]
** [[Literature/MobileSuitGundamHathawaysFlash Hathaway Noa]] reads about the exploits of his New Correct Century counterpart and vows to avoid ever becoming Mufti Nabiyu Erin.
** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Chan Agi]] survived Char's Rebellion thanks to the Axis Shock happening just as Hathaway was about to shoot her. She eventually reconciles with Hathaway and helps upgrade his Xi Gundam.
** Thanks to the ELS being DemotedToExtra (see above), [[Anime/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer Graham Aker]] survives by default. The same goes for everyone killed by the ELS in the movie, since the ELS aren't in the same universe as the Gundam 00 world.
** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Both Daguza and Marida]] survive by default, marking the first ''Unicorn'' appearance where Marida isn't a secret character.
** Though she never appeared on screen, Tessa mentions that [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Nami]] has been taken into protective custody by Mithril after ARX-8's debut.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsX'':
** Both Nia and Lordgenome (as a head) live on after the finale of ''[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann TTGL]]'' thanks to Nadia's Blue Water. Averted with Kittan who still dies just like his canon.
** Black Might Gaine lives. Only this time, he doesn't do any [[StupidSacrifice Stupid Sacrifices]] and takes out his brainwash through ''pure will of justice''.
** Jill survives by default this time with no secrets needed. Meanwhile, Irma and Tanya, pilots of the ''Eirene'' and ''Victora'', also survive. However, their machines are destroyed during their escape from Embryo and thus unplayable.
** Provided the players fulfill the requirements, Todd, Glemy, Kia, Mashmyre, and Bizon live.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsT'':
** Black Might Gaine survives off-screen, since ''Might Gaine'' is given a PostScriptSeason, and after being saved, he was sent to train with the [[Anime/GunXSword El Dora Five]] team. If the requirement is fulfilled, the El Dora team deemed him ready to return, otherwise he stays. But it's still confirmed that he survived.
** [[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth Eagle Vision]] survives the events since Debonair didn't execute the sudden attack that killed him before, nor is he rendered into a coma due to not being chosen as the Pillar in the manga. In the same time, while the events is based on the anime, Presea also survived the events, since Ascot, along with Caldina, was dispatched by Zagato earlier and then made to pull a HeelFaceTurn in the same time, so Ascot didn't have the time to summon the monster that would've originally killed Presea, so there is no BackupTwin involved this time. Unfortunately averted with Princess Emeraude and Zagato, [[PlayerPunch their tragedy still has to be played straight.]]
** PlayedWith when it comes to [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel. During the ending of the default game, it's mentioned that he confronted Vicious and the Red Dragons alone, and [[BolivianArmyEnding it just ended there with no clear conclusion]], staying true to the original anime where the ending was really ambiguous. If the Expansion Pack is installed, the story takes place after the events of ''T'', and Spike pops back out, turns out he survived that.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30''
** The backstory has the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Axis Shock]] happen, Amuro and Char both disappear, and even mentions [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Full Frontal]] who in canon could not exist without Char dying due to having a part of Char's soul, but both of them just.. turn up alive with no explanation on how they survived. Both of them are even both surprised the other one is still alive.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam'' has an interesting example with Katejina, who even if you complete the prerequisites you explicitly do get to decide if she survives. Even more so, Uso's mom is spared her gruesome fate as she's saved by Van.
** This game is one of the few that Musashi Tomoe doesn't die in the cockpit of a Manga/GetterRobo, since the ''Getter Robo Armageddon'' storyline is mostly removed and given to the ''Getter Robo Devolution'' cast.
* There is one guy who just can't make up his mind on if he wants to live or die in these games: [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Gai Daigouji]], who, in seven games the Nadesico series has shown up in (''Advance, Reverse, Judgement, Impact, MX, W, BX''), two he lives all the way through, three he's an optional character and two he STAYS dead!
** The Evangelion cast has a much much happier and better existence in SRW, and most of the sympathetic characters live. Ritsuko always dies in any game that finishes the End of Evangelion plot. Only in L was she spared because L only used the plot of the first two Rebuild movies. Kaji also usually doesn't make it, although he, too, survived L for the same reason, and unlike Ritsuko he made it through MX. Gendo always dies, but he arguably deserves it. Misato, and at least one of the Reis always make it, and the Bridge Bunnies always survive, although they're never seen again after getting Tanged in Alpha 3. Third Impact is always averted, and in a way that doesn't end with Shinji and Asuka alone in a world of Tang.
** In ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Super Robot Wars Original Generation 2]]'', Lee Linjun dies aboard his ship when he stupidly tries to use it to take down the Kurogane. In the [[VideoGameRemake Enhanced Remake]], ''Super Robot Wars Original Generations'', his ship is merely crippled in the same scene, not destroyed, which allows him to escape. TheAnimeOfTheGame, Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Inspector, also spares him by keeping him from having his FaceHeelTurn.
** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Gaiden'' features a lot of these and an eventually subverted [[DeathByAdaptation inversion]]. When they chose to adapt the OVA into game form in the bonus section of Original Generations, the segment ended in Lamia, who survived the OVA, getting shot down dead by [[BigBadWannabe Wilhelm von Juergen]] and thrown off to space, left for the dead, making her seemingly an inversion of the trope. The actual game later revealed that she actually survived, picked up by Duminuss then BrainwashedAndCrazy to play the [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Master Asia]] part of [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsReversal Reversal]]. She gets better... and later, the game plays it straight for some of the ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact3 Compact 3]]'' cast, including Fernando Albark, Alion Lucada, and Maysis Mark, when you compare to the original where every original except Folka died. And the game also pulls a surprise one in form of Reversal's Despinis, one of the QuirkyMinibossSquad that you fight in Reversal, resulting her pulling a HeelFaceTurn for good.
** And then ''2nd Original Generations'' inverts this: In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDestiny'', Perfectio is impossible to kill and only defeated when [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Treize Khushrenada]] pulled a HeroicSacrifice to seal him off forever. They went along with this plot point, and picked Ventus, who was promoted from SecretCharacter into an automatic-join (and no longer exclusive with fellow secret character Glacies), to take Treize's place in the HeroicSacrifice of sealing and defeating Perfectio. Also previously in ''Destiny'', Rim gets to keep her two personalities throughout the game. In OG, one of them, the NiceGirl one, Chris... VANISHED, lost forever, and leaving Rim with just one personality, and she is ''not'' happy about it.
* ''VideoGame/ShinSuperRobotWars'': Heinel, Master Asia, Amuro, Char, and Julia Asuka get to live due to various reasons.
** After Domon's last fight with him, Master Asia ([[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext who is an alien in the game]]) needs to return to his homeworld and enlist aid. Domon, moved nearly to tears, praises Master Asia's dedication to peace and freedom, and the two exchange manly martial words before Master Asia's departure.
** When beaten in the final battle against Neo Zeon, Char [[SoreLoser will furiously say]] that Amuro wouldn't have even had a chance if he hadn't leaked info to the Federation about the Psychoframe, noting further that Amuro wouldn't have even been worth killing in the RE-GZ (the mobile suit Amuro piloted before the Nu Gundam). Amuro figures that Char is doomed to look down on others for all eternity. Nanai will then go over and fish Char out, saying that he's indispensable to Neo Zeon AND to her, and ignoring his pleas to stay out of it.
** Once Zuhl and the Skullrook is eliminated in an Earth Route scenario, Heinel decides to go on a little journey, on which Katherine insists on accompanying him. Kazuya figures that the two of them will be happy together.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsW'' spares [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Flay Allster]], whose lifepod was intercepted by the protagonists instead of the Earth Alliance, completely averting the events that led to her death in the original series.
* Depending on the player's actions, in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsL'' [[Anime/MacrossFrontier Michael Blanc]] can wind up surviving his death in the ''Frontier'' anime (he does end up surviving in the movie continuity).
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ series'':
** [[Anime/CodeGeass Euphemia li Britannia, Shirley Fennete and Rolo Lamperouge]] in ''Saisei-hen'', provided the player picks the right route. Also, Anew and [[Anime/ShinMazinger Lorelei]] are {{Secret Character}}s. Averted due to ''Jigoku-hen'' defaulting to the Zero Requiem route.
** [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Nia]] is spared this go-round in ''Jigoku-hen''.
** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Wang Liu Mei]] survives what should have killed the character in the show for ''Saisei-hen'' if the normal route is taken, [[AvertedTrope only to be abandoned on the exploding Damocles by Emperor Lelouch]].
** [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Lordgenome]] averts HeroicSacrifice against the FinalBoss in ''Jigoku-hen'' and returns to being a bio-computer aboard the [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Cathedral Terra]].
** [[Anime/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer Graham Aker]]'s death can be avoided during scenario 50 of ''Tengoku-hen'' if the requirements are met. Otherwise, he sacrifices himself to clear a path for Setsuna like in the original movie.
** When [[Anime/GargantiaOnTheVerdurousPlanet Ledo]] fights Striker during the ''Gargantia'' finale, Chamber K6821 ejects Ledo to safety, hoping to [[TakingYouWithMe destroy Striker in a suicidal attack]], but [[Anime/MacrossFrontier Alto]] picks up Ledo and puts him back into Chamber to continue the fight with another, sparing Chamber's fate from the series.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX'' gets a bit meta about it. If you manage to unlock every single SecretCharacter (17 of them, which actually requires at least a NewGamePlus playthrough to pull off), most of which died in their original shows, you'll get an extra scene before the final battle where they discuss how their survival feels like a miracle and a testament to humanity's ability to ScrewDestiny.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsV'':
** [[SecretCharacter Black Might Gaine, the beloved EnsembleDarkhorse from the series gets to survive and become a playable unit once players can successfully trigger and complete the secret scenario.]]
** Averted with the plot of Anime/Zambot3. Though Celestial Being stopped it early, Kappei's grandparents and his dad are still dead. His older brother Ichitaka, however, remains alive to pursue engineering and publicize a utility for Bealian technology, thus justifying the use of the [[WaveMotionGun Ion Cannon without the King Beal.]]
** [[Literature/MobileSuitGundamHathawaysFlash Hathaway Noa]] reads about the exploits of his New Correct Century counterpart and vows to avoid ever becoming Mufti Nabiyu Erin.
** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Chan Agi]] survived Char's Rebellion thanks to the Axis Shock happening just as Hathaway was about to shoot her. She eventually reconciles with Hathaway and helps upgrade his Xi Gundam.
** Thanks to the ELS being DemotedToExtra (see above), [[Anime/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer Graham Aker]] survives by default. The same goes for everyone killed by the ELS in the movie, since the ELS aren't in the same universe as the Gundam 00 world.
** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Both Daguza and Marida]] survive by default, marking the first ''Unicorn'' appearance where Marida isn't a secret character.
** Though she never appeared on screen, Tessa mentions that [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Nami]] has been taken into protective custody by Mithril after ARX-8's debut.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsX'':
** Both Nia and Lordgenome (as a head) live on after the finale of ''[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann TTGL]]'' thanks to Nadia's Blue Water. Averted with Kittan who still dies just like his canon.
** Black Might Gaine lives. Only this time, he doesn't do any [[StupidSacrifice Stupid Sacrifices]] and takes out his brainwash through ''pure will of justice''.
** Jill survives by default this time with no secrets needed. Meanwhile, Irma and Tanya, pilots of the ''Eirene'' and ''Victora'', also survive. However, their machines are destroyed during their escape from Embryo and thus unplayable.
** Provided the players fulfill the requirements, Todd, Glemy, Kia, Mashmyre, and Bizon live.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsT'':
** Black Might Gaine survives off-screen, since ''Might Gaine'' is given a PostScriptSeason, and after being saved, he was sent to train with the [[Anime/GunXSword El Dora Five]] team. If the requirement is fulfilled, the El Dora team deemed him ready to return, otherwise he stays. But it's still confirmed that he survived.
** [[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth Eagle Vision]] survives the events since Debonair didn't execute the sudden attack that killed him before, nor is he rendered into a coma due to not being chosen as the Pillar in the manga. In the same time, while the events is based on the anime, Presea also survived the events, since Ascot, along with Caldina, was dispatched by Zagato earlier and then made to pull a HeelFaceTurn in the same time, so Ascot didn't have the time to summon the monster that would've originally killed Presea, so there is no BackupTwin involved this time. Unfortunately averted with Princess Emeraude and Zagato, [[PlayerPunch their tragedy still has to be played straight.]]
** PlayedWith when it comes to [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel. During the ending of the default game, it's mentioned that he confronted Vicious and the Red Dragons alone, and [[BolivianArmyEnding it just ended there with no clear conclusion]], staying true to the original anime where the ending was really ambiguous. If the Expansion Pack is installed, the story takes place after the events of ''T'', and Spike pops back out, turns out he survived that.
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30''
** The backstory has the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Axis Shock]] happen, Amuro and Char both disappear, and even mentions [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Full Frontal]] who in canon could not exist without Char dying due to having a part of Char's soul, but both of them just.. turn up alive with no explanation on how they survived. Both of them are even both surprised the other one is still alive.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam'' has an interesting example with Katejina, who even if you complete the prerequisites you explicitly do get to decide if she survives. Even more so, Uso's mom is spared her gruesome fate as she's saved by Van.
** This game is one of the few that Musashi Tomoe doesn't die in the cockpit of a Manga/GetterRobo, since the ''Getter Robo Armageddon'' storyline is mostly removed and given to the ''Getter Robo Devolution'' cast.
