| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 4 | ->'''Shadowcat''': You have to know that if you're a [[ClonesArePeopleToo clone]] or [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots robot]] or, yeah, a ghost or an {{alternate universe}} [[BuffySpeak thingie]], I can deal... but if you are some shapeshifter or illusionist who's just watching me twist I will kill you and I will kill you with an axe so right away just [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay prove it, say something, show me something]], I can't...\ |
| 5 | '''Colossus''': Katya ...\ |
| 6 | '''Shadowcat''': You died! Piotr Rasputin died and I know this because I carried his ashes to Russia and scattered them myself!\ |
| 7 | '''Colossus''': You did? ... Thank you. |
| 8 | -->-- ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen'' |
| 9 | |
| 10 | ->''"ComicBook/XMen come back more than Jesus."'' |
| 11 | -->-- '''Monica Rambeau''', ''ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}'' |
| 12 | |
| 13 | -> ''I've died before. [[BadassBoast It was boring, so I stood up.]]'' |
| 14 | -->-- '''Marc Spector''', ''ComicBook/MoonKnight'' |
| 15 | |
| 16 | [[/folder]] |
| 17 | |
| 18 | [[folder:Film]] |
| 19 | |
| 20 | ->''"I was merely dormant while my body repaired itself."'' |
| 21 | -->-- '''Centauri''', ''Film/TheLastStarfighter'' |
| 22 | |
| 23 | ->'''White Wizard''': You are tracking the footsteps of two young hobbits.\ |
| 24 | '''Aragorn''': Where are they?\ |
| 25 | '''White Wizard''': They passed this way the day before yesterday. They met someone they did not expect. Does that comfort you?\ |
| 26 | '''Aragorn''': Who are you? ''Show yourself!''\ |
| 27 | ''[HolyBacklight obscuring the White Wizard's face dissipates. It's ''Gandalf''.]''\ |
| 28 | '''Aragorn''': It cannot be.\ |
| 29 | '''Legolas''': Forgive me. I mistook you for [[BigBadWannabe Saruman]].\ |
| 30 | '''Gandalf''': I ''am'' Saruman. Or rather, Saruman as he should have been.\ |
| 31 | '''Aragorn''': You fell.\ |
| 32 | '''Gandalf''': Through fire and water. From the lowest dungeon to the highest peak, I fought the Balrog of Morgoth. Until at last, I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside. Darkness took me, and I strayed out of thought and time. Stars wheeled overhead, and every day was as long as the life-age of the Earth. But it was not the end. I felt life in me again. I've been sent back until my task is done.\ |
| 33 | '''Aragorn''': Gandalf.\ |
| 34 | '''Gandalf''': Yes... that was what they called me. Gandalf the Grey... that was my name.\ |
| 35 | '''Gimli''': Gandalf...\ |
| 36 | '''Gandalf''': I am Gandalf the ''[[CameBackStrong White]]'', and I come back to you now, at the turn of the tide. |
| 37 | -->-- ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers'' |
| 38 | |
| 39 | ->'''Kylo Ren:''' You'll die first.\ |
| 40 | '''Emperor Palpatine:''' I have died before. [[DarkSide The Dark Side of the Force]] is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be... [[CameBackWrong unnatural...]] |
| 41 | -->-- ''Film/StarWarsTheRiseOfSkywalker'' |
| 42 | [[/folder]] |
| 43 | |
| 44 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 45 | |
| 46 | ->'''Scourge''': How? I ''killed'' you!\ |
| 47 | '''Firestar''': You did. But I am a leader with nine lives who fights alongside [=StarClan=]. Can you say as much? |
| 48 | -->-- ''Literature/WarriorCats'' |
| 49 | |
| 50 | [[/folder]] |
| 51 | |
| 52 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 53 | |
| 54 | ->''"How many times have you thought he was gone, and he shows up... in one form or another? I'm sorry, but we're not having a memorial service for someone who is not dead. You hear that? I'm not buying it! He's just waiting for us to say a bunch of nice things about him. Next thing you know, he'll be waltzing in through that door. Like...right now."'' |
| 55 | -->-- '''Col. O'Neill''' talking about yet another of Daniel Jackson's "deaths", ''Series/StargateSG1'' |
| 56 | |
| 57 | ->''"Did you miss me?"'' |
| 58 | -->-- '''Jim Moriarty''', ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' |
| 59 | |
| 60 | ->'''Servalan:''' We have heard rumors, nothing confirmed, of course, concerning the rebel Shivan. \ |
| 61 | '''Le Grand:''' Shivan's still alive?\ |
| 62 | '''Servalan:''' Severely incapacitated. A mere shell, in fact. But as we both have learned, while there's life, there's threat. |
| 63 | -->-- ''Series/BlakesSeven'', "Voice From The Past" |
| 64 | |
| 65 | ->'''Drazi Ambassador''': Captain! We're sorry. We thought you were dead.\ |
| 66 | '''Sheridan''': I was. I'm better now. |
| 67 | -->-- ''Series/BabylonFive'' |
| 68 | |
| 69 | ->'''Oliver Queen:''' I know that it couldn't have been easy for you when I was away...\ |
| 70 | '''Thea Queen:''' [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe Away?]] No, you died. My brother and my father ''died''. I went to your funerals. |
| 71 | -->-- ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', "Pilot" |
| 72 | |
| 73 | [[/folder]] |
| 74 | |
| 75 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 76 | |
| 77 | ->''"Used to flatline, that shit is so last month!"'' |
| 78 | -->-- '''Music/AesopRock''', "Kodokushi" |
| 79 | |
| 80 | ->''Nobody gets too much heaven no more''\ |
| 81 | ''It's harder to come back''\ |
| 82 | ''I'm waiting in line...'' |
| 83 | -->-- '''Music/TheBeeGees''', "Too Much Heaven" |
| 84 | |
| 85 | ->Go ahead, bury me\ |
| 86 | I will not, stay dead\ |
| 87 | Hold me down, take my breath\ |
| 88 | I will thrive, instead\ |
| 89 | Cheat the game, break my stride\ |
| 90 | You'll see me, again\ |
| 91 | Like the plague, I will spread\ |
| 92 | Cause ''I won't stay dead''. |
| 93 | -->-- '''Aviators''', "Stay Dead" |
| 94 | |
| 95 | [[/folder]] |
| 96 | |
| 97 | [[folder:Religion and Myth]] |
| 98 | |
| 99 | ->''"Lord my God, let this boy’s life return to him!"'' |
| 100 | -->-- '''Elijah''', ''[[Literature/BooksOfKings 1 Kings 17:21]]'' |
| 101 | |
| 102 | ->''"Lazarus, come out!"'' |
| 103 | -->-- '''[[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Jesus of Nazareth]]''', ''[[Literature/TheFourGospels John 11:43]]'' |
| 104 | |
| 105 | ->''"See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”'' |
| 106 | -->-- '''[[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Jesus of Nazareth]]''', ''[[Literature/TheFourGospels Luke 24:39]]'' |
| 107 | |
| 108 | [[/folder]] |
| 109 | |
| 110 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 111 | |
| 112 | ->''"Birth and death are both reversible.''" |
| 113 | -->-- '''Nicol Bolas''', ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' |
| 114 | |
| 115 | [[/folder]] |
| 116 | |
| 117 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 118 | |
| 119 | ->''"To life! To life, I'll bring them\ |
| 120 | I'll bring all these dead men to life!"'' |
| 121 | -->-- '''[[Literature/HerbertWestReanimator Herbert West]]''', ''Theatre/AShoggothOnTheRoof'' |
| 122 | |
| 123 | [[/folder]] |
| 124 | |
| 125 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 126 | |
| 127 | ->''"Life, return to life''\ |
| 128 | ''Break the cycle and return''\ |
| 129 | ''This soul from nether coils!''\ |
| 130 | ''Resurrection!"'' |
| 131 | -->-- '''Elise''', ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'' |
| 132 | |
| 133 | ->''"Allow this heart to beat again.... quench their thirst... lead the wandering soul back... reverse death... and awaken them!"'' |
| 134 | -->-- '''Shrine Priestess''', ''VideoGame/DragonsCrown'', when the player revives another character after recovering their bones in a dungeon |
| 135 | |
| 136 | ->''"Something is wrong with me. I should be dead....but I'm not."'' |
| 137 | -->-- '''[[spoiler:Michael Afton]]''', ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'' |
| 138 | |
| 139 | ->'''Soldier: 76''': ...Aren't you supposed to be dead?\ |
| 140 | '''Reaper''': Didn't take. |
| 141 | -->-- ''{{VideoGame/Overwatch}}'' |
| 142 | |
| 143 | ->''"Well, the Collectors killed you once and all it did was piss you off."'' |
| 144 | -->-- '''Garrus Vakarian''' to Commander Shepard, ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' |
| 145 | |
| 146 | ->''Anyone can make the decision to take a life, real power lies in deciding to give it back.'' |
| 147 | -->-- FlavourText of the '''Raise Dead magic''', ''VideoGame/DawnOfTheDragons'' |
| 148 | |
| 149 | ->''"The descent had [[BodyHorror destroyed me]], and yet...I lived."'' |
| 150 | -->-- '''Raziel''', ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKainSoulReaver'' |
| 151 | |
| 152 | ->'''Millium:''' Huh? Where am I? Rean? Tilly? What are you guys doing here? Jusis? Haha, what gives? You look like you've seen a ghost! Wait, [[DeathAmnesia what happened]]...? Last thing I remember, I-\ |
| 153 | '''Jusis:''' ''Millium!!!''\ |
| 154 | '''Altina:''' ''You're awake!!!''\ |
| 155 | '''Millium:''' Whoa, guys! What's gotten into you? Anyone wanna tell me what this is all about?!\ |
| 156 | '''Juna:''' [[TearsOfJoy Haha...]]\ |
| 157 | '''Rean:''' Heh... It's kind of a long story...\ |
| 158 | '''Alisa:''' [[DarkestHour So much happened]] while you were asleep...\ |
| 159 | '''Machias:''' But before we get to all that... ''[ahem]''\ |
| 160 | '''Everyone:''' ''Welcome back, Millium!'' |
| 161 | -->-- ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel IV'' |
| 162 | |
| 163 | ->'''Darkseid:''' Your survival defies all reason.\ |
| 164 | '''Green Lantern (John Stewart):''' That's a Marine for you.\ |
| 165 | '''Darkseid:''' Show me what else a Marine can do. |
| 166 | -->--''Videogame/Injustice2'' |
| 167 | [[/folder]] |
| 168 | |
| 169 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 170 | |
| 171 | ->''"With my treatment, Stitches has bested death itself. And what horrors he brings with him I do not intend to discover."'' |
| 172 | -->-- '''[[ApocalypticLog Red's Journal]]''', ''Roleplay/RubyQuest'' |
| 173 | |
| 174 | ->'''Thanatos:''' Are you ready for the paradise that awaits you for all eternity?\ |
| 175 | '''Maloye:''' Sure!\ |
| 176 | '''Thanatos:''' TOUGH LUCK, BUDDY! |
| 177 | -->-- ''Webcomic/TheGodsOfArrKelaan'' |
| 178 | |
| 179 | ->''"Well, I '''had''' been planning to hold my funeral then, but it looks like my schedule just opened up."'' |
| 180 | -->-- '''Thirden''', ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' |
| 181 | |
| 182 | ->''"I won't hold any of you long, but I wanted as many as possible to hear this straight from me. Fearing the consequences of rumour and exaggeration on the matter. As several of you know, I've recently spent a spell of time being dead. I'm feeling much better now. I'm hoping you'll allow me to get back along with my life with no fuss. Well... that's all I've got to say on the matter. Thanks for listening."'' |
| 183 | -->-- '''Pete Colby''', soon before a fuss ensues, ''[[http://e-merl.com/rule/25-stage-fright The Rule of Death]]'' |
| 184 | |
| 185 | ->''"With the power of a million dreams, I reach upon all of you whose time in this world was cut short! Whether it be from old age or someone else's hands... on this blessed night, I'll grant you all... a second chance!"'' |
| 186 | -->-- '''Tenebrae Hue''', ''Webcomic/KlonoaDreamCrusaders'' |
| 187 | |
| 188 | ->''"Whenever a superhero stops being worm food, we all throw on grey jeans at a Shriner hall in Phoenix and tell our old resurrection stories. Clears up a lot of clone confusion, and it's a nice way to write off booze."'' |
| 189 | -->--'''Wonderella''', ''WebComic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'' |
| 190 | [[/folder]] |
| 191 | |
| 192 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 193 | |
| 194 | ->''"So, how have you been since the last time we hung out? [[SarcasmMode I've been great]]! I went to this really, uh... kinda, nothing-place, then hallucinated a '''whole''' bunch, and erm, now I get up to find everything falling apart. Did you miss me?"'' |
| 195 | -->-- '''Lovelace''', ''Podcast/Wolf359'' |
| 196 | |
| 197 | ->''"Heroes ''always'' come back from the dead. They always do!''" |
| 198 | -->-- '''Nick Arson''', ''WebVideo/TalesOfGalismera'' |
| 199 | |
| 200 | ->'''Skitter''': You said she was dead. You said you verified.\ |
| 201 | '''Defiant''' ''[over the radio]'': I saw the body myself, we checked her DNA, her … readings, we matched against the mountings for her prosthetic eye … carbon dated it to verify.\ |
| 202 | '''Skitter''': Ask Defiant who the hell that's supposed to be, if it's not Alexandria. |
| 203 | -->-- ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/06/08/crushed-24-1/ Crushed 24.1]] |
| 204 | |
| 205 | ->[Empress has Joseph on the ropes, but an unknown man shows up.]\ |
| 206 | '''???''': Looking lame, [=JoJo=]. You're getting old.\ |
| 207 | '''Joseph''': N..No..way! Yo...you're...\ |
| 208 | '''???''': Looks like you're doing well!\ |
| 209 | '''Joseph''': Caesar! Double Shock! To meet you as if you were a ghost on the mortal plane. Wait, just a single shock. |
| 210 | -->-- ''WebVideo/VaguelyRecallingJoJo'' |
| 211 | |
| 212 | ->''"DEATH IS A ONE WAY STREET BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP ME FROM COMMITTING ONE HELL OF A TRAFFIC VIOLATION"'' |
| 213 | -->--'''normal-horoscopes''', [[https://normal-horoscopes.tumblr.com/post/650044829780361216/death-is-a-one-way-street-but-that-didnt-stop-me here]] |
| 214 | |
| 215 | [[/folder]] |
| 216 | |
| 217 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 218 | |
| 219 | ->''"Back from the dead, assholes!"'' |
| 220 | -->-- '''[[MemeticBadass Boba Fett]]''', ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken Franchise/StarWars II'' |
| 221 | |
| 222 | ->'''Bart Simpson:''' Ralph, I thought you were dead.\ |
| 223 | '''Ralph Wiggum:''' Nope. |
| 224 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' |
| 225 | |
| 226 | ->''"Lars! You saved us! You stopped the [[KillerRobot Robonoids]], but- but one of them exploded, and- and you weren't moving and [[SwissArmyTears I started crying]] and- [gasp] I brought you back to life! It- it was an accident! I mean, I probably would have done that on purpose if I had known I could do that, but I didn't really ask you permission, so, I'm sorry!"'' |
| 227 | -->-- '''Steven''', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' |
| 228 | |
| 229 | [[/folder]] |
| 230 |
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