History Main / LikeABadassOutOfHell

* Happens in ''{{Minecraft}}'' whenever you venture into the Nether.

* SelfDemonstrating/DoctorDoom was such a badass, he ''fought'' his way out of Hell in ''Triumph and Torment'', managing to get his ally Comicbook/DoctorStrange out with him.

* In the second ''Film/TheProphecy'', Satan decides that Gabriel would cause too much trouble in Hell and kicks him out. "Only room for one of them."

* LittleMissBadass Ai Enma from ''Anime/HellGirl''. [[spoiler: During her dying breath, she cursed the villagers that sacrificed her and her parents to their moutain gods. That same night, she came back to life and burned the whole village down, killing everyone in it. After that, she was sent to hell, and the Lord of Hell forced her to take the job of Hell Girl or else she and her loved ones would suffer in hell eternally. The job comes with a powerful set of powers, and over the course of 400 years she gains enough mastery of it to be able to confront the Lord of Hell, as seen in the end of Season 1. She manages to get off the job at the end of Season 2... and after a complicated set of events, takes the job back at the end of Season 3.]]

* [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/471343 This]] ''PressStart'' episode has Count Vile rather humorously beaten Satan in a duel (via slipping on banana peel and getting a ring out) and claimed his right to rule Hell.

* ClassicalMythology: Hercules was such a badass, he actually went to Hell (well, the Underworld, which was Hell for anyone who'd done something bad) to cause trouble on his own, got away with it, and may have done so ''twice''.

* Sisyphus from ClassicalMythology talked his way out of Tartarus. ''Twice''.

* In ''Manga/DragonBall Z'', Son Goku lands in [[strike:Hell]] [[{{Bowdlerise}} the Home For Infinite Losers]] after falling from Snake Way. However, it's PlayedForLaughs. Instead of going into total {{Badass}} mode, he uses his superpowers to beat the Oni in [[MundaneUtility sumo matches and games of tag]] in order to be let out.

'''Black Mage:''' So without any [[SquishyWizard fleshy meats to slow me down,]] how long do you '''really''' think it'll take me to usurp your entire kingdom?\\

* Legends say that [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Barbossa]] was so evil hell itself spat him back out again. The legend likely arose from the fact the he and all his crew look like skeletal zombies under the light of the full moon. [[spoiler:Amusingly enough, Barbossa is revived from death in the second movie, so one could say that hell indeed spat him back out.]]

* Though not part of the plot, implied in the title of ''TheDevilsRejects''.

* In the [[HinduMythology Hindu Vedic tradition]], Yama, the lord of the dead, is said to have been the first mortal who ever died, giving him his office by right of seniority... and that, of course, makes this OlderThanFeudalism.

* TomSmith's ''Sheep Marketing Ploy'' is a song covering a supposed series of horror movies named ''Death Sheep'' following Fenton, a sheep who takes over Hell after being pulled down there by Lucifer.

** The second time - though this isn't always agreed upon - was when he wrestled [[TheGrimReaper Thanatos]] to save the soul of Alcestis, a brave woman who sacrificed herself so her husband could live. (This may have actually happened on Earth and not the afterlife, but since the myth always claims that Thanatos had already taken Alcestis' soul, it is possible.) Whatever the case, Heracles was successful this time too.

* Playing as a Lost Soul in the ''RogueLike'' "TOME", one has to fight their way from the Halls of the Dead. It's...very unlikely that you succeed, but if you do, you'll be WELL on your way to leveling up enough to beat the game.

* Played with in ''VideoGame/GuitarHero III''. [[spoiler:Your band's manager is actually Satan, and your contract states that your soul now belongs to him. Cue rocking out in Hell like nothing happened, followed by a [[AwesomeMusic guitar duel]] with an enraged (and probably jealous) Satan. You win, the stage collapses, and [[RuleOfCool your band flies up to Heaven. On motorcycles.]]]]

* In the most recent story of ''Webcomic/TheGodsOfArrKelaan'', Ronson is trapped in hell. His weapon, the rubber mallet, semi-inadvertently kills Satan... and Ronson gets stuck with the job.

'''Black Mage:''' So without any fleshy meats to slow me down, how long do you '''really''' think it'll take me to usurp your entire kingdom?\\

* In ''ComicStrip/TheBoondocks'', the spirit of Colonel H. Stinkmeaner was released from Hell by Satan (After training himself against Satan's demons, in the process somehow gaining sight and "three-stick nunchucks"), and possessed Tom Dubois to exact vengeance upon the Freemans for killing him. Honestly, this entry could be listed as either "Got a Job" or "Kicked Out" because Satan almost did just that after Stinkmeaner kicked his ass and called him a "Bitch-ass nigger". Offering him a job was the more sensible way to get him out of his hair.

* Hidetsugu of TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering's Kamigawa block is an interesting example. Unlike some examples of this trope, Hidetsugu charged into hell in the first place to give the All-Consuming Oni of Chaos a piece of his mind after it chickened out after O-kagachi soundly defeated it. He isn't heard from again until the end of the book, where he shows up, [[EvillyAffable gives a respectful greeting to the Plane's new guardians]], and demonstrates that he's absorbed his former master's essence by dealing out a much needed comeuppance to the Chessmaster behind the whole mess.

* In Comicbook/{{Aquaman}}, near the end of Peter David's run, Triton has killed Poseidon and is kicking the crap out of Aquaman and friends. Aquaman lets Triton kill him, so he can get to the afterlife. Once there, he decks Charon, rallies the souls who didn't have boatfare, jacks Charon's boat, runs Charon over with his own boat, storms the literal Gates of Hell, cuts off one of Cerberus' heads, marches right up to Pluto and demands Poseidon back, ultimately convincing Hades with a very solid BatmanGambit. On his way out, Cerberus is back, and Aquaman has just one word for the titanic guardian of the underworld: [[spoiler: "Stay."]]

* In Comicbook/Aquaman, near the end of Peter David's run, Triton has killed Poseidon and is kicking the crap out of Aquaman and friends. Aquaman lets Triton kill him, so he can get to the afterlife. Once there, he decks Charon, rallies the souls who didn't have boatfare, jacks Charon's boat, runs Charon over with his own boat, storms the literal Gates of Hell, cuts off one of Cerberus' heads, marches right up to Pluto and demands Poseidon back, ultimately convincing Hades with a very solid BatmanGambit. On his way out, Cerberus is back, and Aquaman has just one word for the titanic guardian of the underworld: [[spoiler: "Stay."]]

* In season 2 of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', [[spoiler:John Winchester]] seizes the opportunity to claw his way out of Hell when [[spoiler:the Hell Gate opens]].

** Dean Winchester was dragged out of Hell by Heavenly forces. The angel Castiel "gripped him tight and raised him from perdition". Also, while down in the pit, [[spoiler: everyday he was offered a chance to escape the torture he was subjected to if he would inflict it on others. After 30 years, he takes the deal, and spends 10 years as a torturer, beginning to enjoy it as an outlet for his anger issues.]] Slightly different in that while his return was related to the job in question, he was not sent back on Hell's terms.
** Sam also miraculously escapes Lucifer's cage because [[spoiler:Castiel raises him, but unfortunately misses his soul. The soul is later rescued by Death and inserted into Sam's body, but it's almost completely broken by Lucifer's endless torture.]]
** [[spoiler: Bobby was sent to Hell after he died (Apparently, Crowley managed to threaten/bribe a reaper into sending him into Hell) but was rescued by Sam and ascends to Heaven]]
* In ''Series/{{Reaper}}'', it's Sam's job to capture souls who had escaped hell and bring them back to hell. Exactly ''how'' they escaped isn't revealed until later in the series: [[spoiler: the demon [[TheMole Gladys]] was helping some escape.]]

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* A classical mythology variant in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilights Kingdom Part 1]]'', since Lord Tirek escaped from Tartarus.

* Happens in ''{{Minecraft}}'' whenever you venture into the Nether