History Main / NakedOnRevival

* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS09E02DevilMayCare "Devil May Care" (S09, Ep02)]], Abaddon returns in the restored naked body of her former vessel.

* A non-fatal version: in ''Manga/DrStone'', a sudden force turns every human on the planet into stone. This doesn't include their clothes. So when people finally start reviving thousands of years later, they're naked as newborns. Taiju specifically waits to revive his crush Yuzuriha until he can get her statue dressed.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Overlord}}'', after Shalltear was killed to undo her being BrainwashedAndCrazy, Ains gathers the remaining Floor Guardians and, [[CastFromMoney at the cost of much of his valuable]] ''[[CastFromMoney YGGDRASIL]]'' [[CastFromMoney gold]], resurrects her. It starts out as a [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming]] scene as they welcome her back, but quickly becomes [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilarious]] when she realizes she's naked and [[ACupAngst her real size]] is on display.

* Realizing this would be the case with the Resurrection Ritual, Hermione in ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor'' has Dumbledore cast a preemtive Modesty Charm above the Cauldron before they go through with it.
* In the ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' story "Who's That Smurfette?", retelling Smurfette's origin, Papa Smurf reverted the original "un-Smurfy" Smurfette into a pile of blue clay, separating her spirit from her body while using his magic spells to change Smurfette into a real Smurf. When the spirit reenters the blue clay, it reforms into the blond-haired physical form of Smurfette. However, she finds out that the spells caused her to appear naked in her new form, so Papa Smurf cast another spell to put some clothes on Smurfette.

* Leeloo in ''Film/TheFifthElement'' is reconstructed FromASingleCell, and naturally clothing doesn't come with that, though the machine puts bandage-clothing on her shortly afterward.

* [[spoiler:Ella]] in ''Film/CowboysAndAliens''.

-> ''"Naked I was sent back -- for a brief time, until my task is done."''

* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "The End of Time", when [[spoiler:The Master]] is being resurrected by a cult using his ring, [[ShirtlessScene he is shown from the top up without a shirt]].
* Cylon Resurrection works this way in ''{{Series/Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'', since the Cylons are basically ArtificialHuman clones.
* ''Series/StargateSG1'':
** When Daniel comes back from AscendingToAHigherPlaneOfExistence, this trope is in full force. When Daniel later gets the chance to discuss this with another ascended being, she mentions being brought back to life was entirely his idea, but when he protests she admits that the naked part wasn't, so apparently that's just how it works.
** He does it twice, and the second time it's played for laughs, with O'Neill lampshading that he always comes back that way.
* This is what happened to the title character of ''Series/JohnDoe'', [[spoiler:after PHOENIX successfully yo-yoed him into Heaven and back again]].
* In the ''Series/SoWeird'' episode "Shelter", Fi gets turned into a dog by a psychotic veterinarian and spends most of the episode as one. At the end, Fi triumphantly gets restored as human, though naked as she had all her clothes removed as a dog.

* [[spoiler:Desmond]] in the ''Series/{{Lost}}'' season 3 premiere is an arguable example. Arguable because we still have no freaking clue as to what really happened there. He probably didn't die, but he did have a near-death experience that ''should'' [[NoOneShouldSurviveThat have resulted in his death]], and [[PlotHole he woke up without his clothes anyway]].

* Henry Morgan has this problem every time he revives on ''{{Series/Forever}}''.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Jon Snow comes back to life this way, but only because his body had been stripped and washed, although there's a ModestyTowel placed on his private parts.

* On Sym-Bionic Titan, Ilana is turned into a monster and when she turns back to normal, she wakes up naked and when Lance realizes this, he gives her his sweater to wear.

* Common occurence for Selenis Zea from ''Webcomic/SupermassiveBlackHoleAStar'', which her RespawnPoint involved her vat-grown clones being activated upon her death(s).

* In ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'', this happens to Bella when she's [[http://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0657.html rezzed from her vampiric condition]].

* In ''Anime/FLCLProgressive,'' this happens to Aiko (complete with FetalPositionRebirth) and apparently Iide, though we only see him from the waist up. (Although he ''is'' wearing his glasses.)

* In ''Anime/FLCLProgressive,'' this happens to Aiko (complete with FetalPositionRebirth) and apparently Iide, though we only see him from the waist up.

* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'': Voldemort's first words upon stepping out of the cauldron he was resurrected in were, "Robe me." [[AdaptationalModesty In the film version]], a fresh set of [[BlackCloak suitably-black]] robes was apparently part of the resurrection package.

* ''Anime/SevenMortalSins'': Maria Totsuka does a HeroicSacrifice and she disintegrates. When Lucifer manages to bring her back to life, she materializes [[BridalCarry in Lucifer's arms]] naked.

* On Sym-Bionic Titan, Ilana is turned into a monster and when she turns back to normal, she wakes up naked and when Lance realizes this, he gives her his sweater to wear.

* In a non-post-death example, in the novelization of ''Film/{{Alien}}'' the crew of the ''Nostromo'' comes out of hypersleep in this state of undress.
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' novels like ''Literature/HaloTheFallOfReach'' show people being naked when coming out of cryosleep, since clothes and skin don't mix well inside a cryotube. The one noted exception are Spartans, who are often frozen in their armor. That said, visual media tends to show everyone with their clothes on for ratings reasons.

!! Examples

* Not immediately apparent, but the hero of ''{{Manga/Guyver}}'' is killed when his control metal is ripped out of his head and his body consumes itself. A new body later forms from the control metal itself, but when the Guyver armor recedes, he's naturally without clothing.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''

* ComicBook/{{New 52}}: In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' #23, Supergirl's body is dissolved by a machine, leaving her clothes lying in a pile. In ''Supergirl'' #24, her body is restored by the same machine, but she has to manually put on her clothes.

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* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "The End of Time", when [[spoiler:The Master]] is being restructed by a cult using his ring, [[ShirtlessScene he is shown from the top up without a shirt]].

* ''Series/StargateSG1''

* [[spoiler:Desmond]] in the ''{{Series/Lost}}'' season 3 premiere is an arguable example. Arguable because we still have no freaking clue as to what really happened there. He probably didn't die, but he did have a near-death experience that ''should'' [[NoOneShouldSurviveThat have resulted in his death]], and [[PlotHole he woke up without his clothes anyway]].
* Claire in ''{{Series/Heroes}},'' because her [[WakingUpAtTheMorgue clothes had been removed for autopsy]]. When the branch lodged in the "no HealingFactor if this gets screwed with" part of her brain was removed, she woke up and gave everyone a good scare. However, she's still covered with a cloth at the time -- sorry, no {{Fanservice}}.

[[folder:Religion and Mythology]]

* In ''{{Webcomic/Narbonic}}'', when Caliban and Mell are respectively kicked out of the afterlife onto Earth, they're both starkers.

* This trope was ''fully'' exploited in ''Crushed: The Doomed Kitty'', a now-defunct webcomic by the ''Webcomic/{{Supermegatopia}}'' brothers. Crushed was a female adventurer, and every time she died (which was often), she'd resurrect at the Temple of Infinite Lives, without all her equipment and clothing. She'd have to go back to her previous body to get it all back, just like in ''{{VideoGame/Diablo}}''. This also applied to every other adventurer in the comic, and total party wipes were quite common, resulting in a small horde of naked people popping into existence at the temple.

* Dhur of ''Webcomic/MeatShield'' is brought BackFromTheDead this way too, in a ''{{Franchise/Terminator}}'' shout out. He also has lost all body hair, which seems to distress him more than the nakedness.

* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure,'' Polnareff encounters a JerkassGenie (actually an enemy Stand, natch) and wishes for the resurrection of both his [[CynicismCatalyst dead sister]] and his fallen comrade, [[spoiler:Avdol]] ([[spoiler:[[FakingTheDead who's not even dead, incidentally]]]]). The Stand creates [[OurZombiesAreDifferent flesh-eating clones made of earth]]; while [[spoiler:Avdol]]'s is fully clothed, [[{{Fanservice the sister is naked]], which is neither questioned nor explained.

* In ''Literature/{{Firefight}}'' when [[spoiler:Megan]] revives at the end she comes back sans all clothes which is standard for her method of resurrection. It doesn't phase her at all and David embarrassingly enjoys it for a few moments before she gets some clothes.