History Main / NearDeathExperience

-->-Death, ''Discworld/{{Thud}}''

* ThePunisher has this in "The Punisher: Born". [[spoiler: At the end, during the big battle, he makes a deal with Death. He is given the option of dying there in Nam or having supernatural protection and thusly, a guarantee to see his family again. But the latter option will have a price. Hint: it's his family.]]

* Happens to (or is mentioned by) several characters in ''TheXFiles''.

* In the ''CurbYourEnthusiasm'' episode "The End", Larry dies and goes to FluffyCloudHeaven, but after getting into a petty argument with his guide angels, he's sent back to his body.

* In ''WesternAnimation/IceAge 2: The Meltdown]], Scrat has this at the end of the movie. Right as he is about to enter the gates of acorn heaven, Sid revives him.

* ThePunisher has this in "The Punisher: Born". [[spoiler: At the end, during the big battle, he makes a deal with Death. He is given the option of dying there in Nam or having supernatural protection and thusly, a guarantee to see his family again. But the latter option will have a price. Hint: it's is family.]]

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* Near-death experiences do happen in the real life. They are a true mystery, since all approaches to explain them in pure Materialist frame of reference have so far failed.
* While there many known cases, only a few have been well observed, with actual proof that the brain was inactive during the "experience." One of them is Pam Reynolds. Watch there: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNbdUEqDB-k]]
** If those statements by Pam and the scientists turn out to be true, then CessationOfExistence will be subverted for all [[AntiNihilist Anti-]] and [[StrawNihilist Nihilists]], as well be abverted for those who always believed in a afterlife.
* In ''ProofOfHeaven'' neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander recounts his own near death experience and explains, using his own experience as a brain specialist, how his physical brain simply could not have generated the "hyper-real" world that he experienced. In his own words, Eben's experience as a brain surgeon, his passive atheism, the detailed scans taken of his brain showing almost no activity, the hairs breadth he came to actual death, and his remarkable full recovery essentially made his the "perfect storm" of near-death experiences. Regardless of your personal beliefs, it's hard not to take his account seriously.
* The recent AWARE study, led by Dr. Sam Parnia, is dedicated to objectively studying whether or not Near-Death Experiences (and their Out-of-Body components) do indeed happen when someone has objectively died. So far, his findings seem to imply, in his own words, that that which makes a person who they are (their consciousness or "soul") doesn't become annihilated after death.
* There are several web sites, such as Near-Death Experience Research Foundation (see http://www.nderf.org ) and Near-Death.com (http://www.near-death.com, which are dedicated on near death experiences and their research.
* Many organized religions take near-death experiences very seriously as proof of their doctrine. Others may shun them or dismiss them as delusions.
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* PlayedForLaughs in "Revenging Angel". Crichton is in a coma and sees his world through the eyes of...WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes?

* [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart]] has one in "Bart Gets Hit by a Car" when he [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin gets hit by a car.]]

* Happens to Sophia on ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'', where she goes to Heaven after a mild heart attack and is briefly reunited with her deceased husband, Sal. Unfortunately, he tells her that [[{{God}} the big guy]] doesn't [[ItIsNotYourTime think she's ready to be here yet]], and while she objects, Sal tells her, "He usually gets his way here." But he assures her they'll be together eventually, and later in the episode, she's able to give some genuine help to Rose in dealing with a crisis of her own regarding a deceased loved one.

* Happens to Sophia on ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'', where she goes to Heaven after a mild heart attack and is briefly reunited with her deceased husband, Sal. Unfortunately, he tells her that [[{{God}} the big guy]] doesn't think she's ready to be here yet, and while she objects, Sal tells her, "He usually gets his way here." But he assures her they'll be together eventually, and later in the episode, she's able to give some genuine help to Rose in dealing with a crisis of her own regarding a deceased loved one.

* Despite being [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids marketed for children]], ''DeltoraQuest'' has quite a few of them, and they're all pretty jarring/frightening. In rough order, [[spoiler:Barda has the everloving crap beat out of him by [[BlackKnight Gorril]] (saved by a special miracle cure), Lief suffers a several story fall and breaks nearly every bone in his body (also healed by the miracle cure), Jasmine is poisoned by the frog demon Geelick's minions (saved by one of the gems), Barda and Jasmine are nearly murdered by Ol assassins ''in the same book'' (saved before the final blow could be landed), and finally, Barda is secretly poisoned by another Ol assassin (saved by one of the gems).]]

* ''TheEqualizer'' takes a [[ScareEmStraight class of juvenile delinquents]] to speak to a former hitman about his near-death experience. Later Mickey Kostmeyer scoffs at the idea and asks [=McCall=] if he saw anything on an occasion when he flatlined after getting shot in Africa. The episode ends on [=McCall=]'s silent expression.

* There are several web sites, such as Near-Death Experience Research Foundation (http://www.nderf.org) ja Near-Death.com (http://www.near-death.com, which are dedicated on near death experiences and their research.

* In ''ProofOfHeaven'' neurosurgeon Dr Eban Alexander recounts his own near death experience and explains, using his own experience as a brain specialist, how his physical brain simply could not have generated the "hyper-real" world that he experienced. In his own words Eban's experience as a brain surgeon, his passive atheism, the detailed scans taken of his brain showing almost no activity, the hairs breadth he came to actual death, and his remarkable full recovery essentially made his the "perfect storm" of near-death experiences. Regardless of your personal beliefs, it's hard not to take his account seriously.

* ''{{Tsukihime}}'' '''loves''' this trope. The protagonist first narrowly escapes death as a child [[spoiler:when all of his clan except for him is slaughtered]], then again when [[spoiler:he technically does die, but Akiha gives him half of her life force so he can live (this experience is actually what gives him his [[EvilEye Mystic Eyes of Death Perception]])]], and for the entirety of the game he is almost a papers-width away from death. He can sense his own death so well it borders on precognition, allowing him to barely survive against some of the strongest beings in the world.

** In the episode "97 Seconds", a patient had a near-death experience, which made him feel so good that he electrocutes himself to have another one. Intrigued, House also electrocutes himself, but pages Amber right before so he would be revived. He sees nothing. This doesn't make much sense, since House already had a near-death experience - or two, if you count his hallucinations in "No Reason". Wilson even tells this to him afterwards.

** If those statements by Pam and the scientists turn out to true, then CessationOfExistence will be subverted for all [[AntiNihilist Anti-]] and [[StrawNihilist Nihilists]], as well be abverted for those who always believed in a afterlife.

** If those statements by Pam and the scientists turn out to true, then CessationOfExistance will be subverted for all [[AntiNihilist Anti-]] and [[StrawNihilist Nihilists]], as well be abverted for those who always believed in a afterlife.