"Defeating a sandwich, only makes it tastier."
Kabuto: You are in this "form" that you speak of because your Reanimation is special. I brought you back better than you've ever been.
Madara: "Better than ever"? How would you know when I was at my best?
Madara: "Better than ever"? How would you know when I was at my best?
"You know us Saiyans: get stronger every time we almost die."
— Vegeta, Dragon Ball Z Abridged
"Worst case scenario: you die and get stronger. It did wonders for me!"
— Cell, Dragon Ball Z Abridged
"You can't win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."
"I came back stronger every time. Shinra says...you know what? Screw what he says! I CAME BACK STRONGER EVERY TIME!"
— Shizuo Heiwajima, describing his Charles Atlas Superpower, Durarara!!
Optimus: Commander?
Ultra Magnus: Sir, you're looking...robust.
Ultra Magnus: Sir, you're looking...robust.
— Transformers: Prime, "Rebellion"
"You fool, you got Snaped!
You're not a real fighter!
Death makes you die;
It makes my brights brighter!"
You're not a real fighter!
Death makes you die;
It makes my brights brighter!"
"The Collectors killed you once and all it did was piss you off."
— Garrus Vakarian to Commander Shepard, Mass Effect 2
Merasmus: Soldier, did you eat my entire bottle of "kill me come back stronger" pills?
Soldier: I thought it was your heart medicine.
Merasmus: You're taking my heart medication?
Soldier: Look, Merasmus, if you're gonna keep asking dumb questions, I'll go use my other bathroom that I made in the kitchen.
Soldier: I thought it was your heart medicine.
Merasmus: You're taking my heart medication?
Soldier: Look, Merasmus, if you're gonna keep asking dumb questions, I'll go use my other bathroom that I made in the kitchen.
— Team Fortress 2, "Doom-Mates"
"Yes... Yes! It's working... it's working... My spark is restored — and my body is stronger than ever! I LIVE! I LIIIIVEEE!"
— Tarantulas, Beast Wars, "Coming of the Fuzors, Part 1"
Tarantulas: By the Pit! You LIVE!
Megatron: I am not so easily destroyed. And, thanks to your treachery, my power is greater than ever! Let me... thank you!''
Megatron: I am not so easily destroyed. And, thanks to your treachery, my power is greater than ever! Let me... thank you!''
— Beast Wars, "Master Blaster"
Dean: Cas, you're alive?
Castiel: I'm better than that. [heals Dean]
Dean:...Cas, are you God?
Castiel: That's a nice compliment, but no. Although I do believe He brought me back...new and improved.
Castiel: I'm better than that. [heals Dean]
Dean:...Cas, are you God?
Castiel: That's a nice compliment, but no. Although I do believe He brought me back...new and improved.
— Supernatural, "Swan Song"
For seven days and seven nights Calistarius lay entombed, his fevered mind teetering on the edge of madness and his broken body on the verge of death. Yet Calistarius did not succumb. Through sheer force of will, he confronted the uncontrollable rage that burned through his mangled form. With supreme effort. Calistarius cast out the Black Rage and, in so doing, became something far more than he had been before. At midnight on the seventh day he burst free from his rocky prison, reborn as Mephiston, Lord of Death.
—Warhammer 40,000: Codex - Blood Angels (5th ed)
I have been through death and conquered it. I have returned with my power multiplied. The dark side of the Force lives and manifests itself through me! I reach into the dark side now and send ripples through it to all who serve it—know that I live!
—Darth Krayt, Star Wars: Legacy
"Hear me, X-Men! No longer am I the woman you knew! I am fire! And life incarnate! Now and forever, I am Phoenix!"
Ruby: Penny, I... I-I thought you...
Pietro: Died? I guess, in a manner of speaking, she did. But we were able to recover her core from Amity Arena once it had made its way back to Atlas. It took me some time, but...
Penny: I'm as good as new! Better, even!
Pietro: Died? I guess, in a manner of speaking, she did. But we were able to recover her core from Amity Arena once it had made its way back to Atlas. It took me some time, but...
Penny: I'm as good as new! Better, even!
— RWBY
Qyburn: You should know the process may change him...somewhat.
Cersei: Will it weaken him?
Qyburn: Oh no.
Cersei: Will it weaken him?
Qyburn: Oh no.
—Qyburn discussing the Mountain's transformation into a Technically-Living Zombie, Game of Thrones
Karstodes: Brother Santodes' mechanized body has not hampered him in the slightest. In fact, it has better served him than any one of our organic forms ever could!
Whammudes: *wistfully* Ooh, I want to be like him when I get fucking murdered...
Prinny: Hey, Zed? How did a lowly zombie like you get so strong, dood?
Zed: ...You calling me lowly?
Prinny: How did an ordinary zombie like you get so strong? It's not like you started that way. Right, dood?
Zed: Yeah, that's right. Back in the day, I was so weak, I got torn to shreds every time I fought. But each time I lost, I got back up. And each time I got back up, I got a little stronger, over and over again.
Prinny: W-wow... That's... That's kinda cool, dood!
Zed: ...You calling me lowly?
Prinny: How did an ordinary zombie like you get so strong? It's not like you started that way. Right, dood?
Zed: Yeah, that's right. Back in the day, I was so weak, I got torn to shreds every time I fought. But each time I lost, I got back up. And each time I got back up, I got a little stronger, over and over again.
Prinny: W-wow... That's... That's kinda cool, dood!
