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* The protagonist of ''Film/PansLabyrinth'' was a princess of TheUnderworld who snuck to Earth and eventually died before reincarnating as a human. The attempts to get her home end with her dying again but going back to the underworld.

* ''ComicBook/CaptainAtom'' was killed at the end of ''ComicBook/PublicEnemies'' via nuclear explosion, and reformed himself in the Creator/{{Wildstorm}} universe, which led to the events of ''ComicBook/CaptainAtomArmageddon''.

* ''Literature/TheBeginningAfterTheEnd'' starts off with King Grey, the monarch of a world governed by AsskickingLeadsToLeadership, on his deathbed. He ends up being reincarnated into a high fantasy world that contains suspiciously similar magic to his previous life as a boy named Arthur Leywin. However, [[spoiler: he is ''not'' the only reincarnate in this world, with his former childhood friend Nico Sever having been reincarnated as Arthur's own childhood friend Elijah Knight. As it turns out, both reincarnates play a major role in the BigBad's EvilPlan to create a vessel for a being known as the Legacy]].

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6367574/1/A-New-Divide A New Divide]]'', during [[Franchise/HarryPotter Harry's]] [[spoiler: trip to King's Cross in the afterlife]], he hears a strange wailing, then finds a small orb of blue light and upon touching it is reborn as the previously stillborn [[Film/{{Transformers}} Seekerlet]] Skyshadow.

** Anti-fan Shen Yuan dies from food poisoning after intensely ranting about the terrible end of the web novel he loved and hate-read. He then wakes as a character in said web novel....as its StarterVillain Peak Lord Shen Qingqiu who dies as [[CruelAndUnusualDeath a human stick]] at the hands of WishFulfillment VillainProtagonist Luo Binghe. The plot revolves around Shen Yuan's attempts to avoid this fate by endearing himself to [[UsedToBeASweetKid young and innocent]] Luo Binghe and [[ForWantOfANail the resulting consequences.]]

* ''Literature/MushokuTenseiJoblessReincarnation'' starts off with an {{Otaku}} {{NEET}} getting thrown out on the street by his siblings. He then witnesses three teenagers about to be run down by a truck. He successfully saves them, but at the cost of his life. He then reincarnates in a high fantasy world as Rudeus Greyrat.

* ''Literature/VillainessLevel99'': The protagonist reincarnates into the world of her favorite video game, an [[GenreMashup otome game/RPG hybrid]] and discovers that she's the heroine's rival who randomly becomes an overpowered {{Superboss}} after the Demon King is defeated. Realizing that being the Superboss means she has the highest stat potential of anybody in the world, she does a bunch of solo LevelGrinding to get strong enough that nobody will harm her. But she goes seriously overboard and hits the LevelCap of 99. And since everybody at the Royal Academy gets scanned for their level on the first day, this ruins her plan to disappear into obscurity.

* ''Jinxter'', although older than many examples, ends up a brutal parody of this trope. The game begins with the player character being hit by a bus and apparently coming back to life in another world. Only at the end of the game do you find that's not what happened; he was simply summoned from Earth to the other world at the wrong moment. The people who summoned him had no idea about the bus, and the player never thought to tell them because they assumed they were already dead. Naturally, when the mission is done, the summoners helpfully restore him to Earth right back where he left from. Splat.

* This is the main plot of ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'', where an unnamed tomboyish otaku reincarnates into the role of a SpoiledBrat rival from an otome game she was playing before she died. Since the character dies or ends up exiled in every route she plays a role in, she takes precautions to try and avoid her miserable fate. Of course, she's also an idiot, so none of her plans ever go anywhere and she instead ends up stealing the heroine role, along with winning the affection of all four of the love interests, [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer the other two rivals, and the heroine herself]] by a combination of [[TheFool sheer dumb luck]] and [[NiceGirl genuine kindness]]. The series is also rather atypical in that it actually shows the effects her death had on Earth, with a side chapter focusing on her best friend Atsuko grieving over her loss. [[spoiler:And for an extra twist, [[ReincarnationFriendship Atsuko also reincarnates into the game as one of the aforementioned rivals]]. Unlike the main character, Atsuko doesn't remember her previous life but she sometimes [[DreamingOfTimesGoneBy dreams of it]].]]

The series starts off with a character (usually the protagonist) living in a perfectly normal world. Perhaps the character doesn't like how life goes for them, or they find their world to be boring. Or maybe they don't mind their world at all. But then, a fatal incident ends up killing the character. Then they find themselves in another world (usually) with a new, younger body. Perhaps there's a huge difference compared to their origin world, like magic. Or perhaps it's nearly identical to the origin world, but with some minor differences. Usually, the character still has memories from the origin world intact. There may also be a NewLifeInAnotherWorldBonus, even if this extra perk is only the prior knowledge they take with them.

* ''Literature/VillainessLevel99IMayBeTheHiddenBossButImNotTheDemonLord'': The protagonist reincarnates into the world of her favorite video game, an [[GenreMashup otome game/RPG hybrid]] and discovers that she's the heroine's rival who randomly becomes an overpowered {{Superboss}} after the Demon King is defeated. Realizing that being the Superboss means she has the highest stat potential of anybody in the world, she does a bunch of solo LevelGrinding to get strong enough that nobody will harm her. But she goes seriously overboard and hits the LevelCap of 99. And since everybody at the Royal Academy gets scanned for their level on the first day, this ruins her plan to disappear into obscurity.

* In ''Fanfic/OneToFindAll'', Salem casts a spell to summon a powerful individual who she can convert into her servant to finally defeat her former lover, Ozma. Unfortunately, the spell was too powerful even for her, and she ended up summoning more than she planned. Now six members of Class 1-A had their souls exorcised and reborn on Remnant, with no memory of their lives on earth. The gods of light and darkness inform Izuku that while the lives they lived on Remnant are different compared to the ones they lived on earth, they're still the same people Izuku knew deep down. If Izuku can get them to remember who they were on earth then their souls will return to their normal bodies when they die; but if they die without remembering, they'll be gone forever. Accepting the mission, the gods reincarnate Izuku into Remnant in a body they specifically created.

* In ''Fanfic/OneToFindAll'', Salem casts a spell to summon a powerful individual who she can convert into her servant to finally defeat her former lover, Ozma. Unfortunately, the spell was too powerful even for her, and she ended up summoning more than she planned. Now six members of Class 1-A had their souls exorcised and reborn on Remnant, with no memory of their lives on earth. The gods of light and darkness inform Izuku that while the lives they lived on Remnant are different compared to the ones they lived on earth, they're still the same people Izuku knew deep down. If Deku can get them to remember who they were on earth then their souls will return to their normal bodies when they die; but if they die without remembering, they'll be gone forever. Accepting the mission, the gods reincarnate Izuku into Remnant in a body they specifically created.

* In ''Fanfic/OneToFindAll'', Salem casts a spell to summon a powerful individual who she can convert into her servant to finally defeat her former lover, Ozma. Unfortunately, the spell was too powerful even for her, and she ended up summoning more than she planned. Now six members of Class 1-A had their souls exorcised and reborn into Remnant, with no memory of their lives on earth. The gods of light and darkness inform Izuku that while the lives they lived on Remnant are different compared to the ones they lived on earth, they're still the same people Izuku knew deep down. If Deku can get them to remember who they were on earth then their souls will return to their normal bodies when they die; but if they die without remembering, they'll be gone forever. Accepting the mission, the gods reincarnate Izuku into Remnant in a body they specifically created.

* In ''Fanfic/OneToFindAll'', Salem casts a spell to summon her a powerful individual who she can convert into her servant to finally defeat her former lover Ozma. Unfortunately, the spell was too powerful and she ended up summoning more than she planned. Now six members of Class 1-A had their souls exorcised and reborn into Remnant, with no memory of their lives on earth. The gods of light and darkness inform Izuku that while the lives they lived on Remnant are different compared to the ones they lived on earth, they're still the same people Izuku knew deep down. If Deku can get them to remember who they were on earth then their souls will return to their normal bodies when they die; but if they die without remembering, they'll be gone forever. Accepting the mission, the gods reincarnate Izuku into Remnant in a body they specifically created.