History Main / RespawnPoint

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* In the movie "Film/WreckItRalph", as long as a video game character is in their own game, [[spoiler:they will regenerate upon death]]. If they are in another game, [[spoiler:they are dead permanently]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'', New-U Stations. PlayedForLaughs as well. However, they become something of a PlotHole as they're maintained by Hyperion, the corporation that the player happens to be openly opposing.

* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'', New-U Stations. PlayedForLaughs as well.

* Mechanon of the ''Champions'' setting started out as a CaptainErstaz Ultron and maintains a network of automatic factories all over the world that will rebuild his robotic body if it should be destroyed. These factories will also upgrade him to prevent him from being destroyed the same way again. In universe this gives the GM an excuse to keep ratcheting up the danger for players. Out of universe his point cost has gone up over 800 points in his 30 years of publication while starting characters are only about 100 points more powerful.

* Mechanon of the ''TabletopGame/Champions'' Champions setting started out as a CaptainErstaz Ultron and maintains a network of automatic factories all over the world that will rebuild his robotic body if it should be destroyed. These factories will also upgrade him to prevent him from being destroyed the same way again. In universe this gives the GM an excuse to keep ratcheting up the danger for players. Out of universe his point cost has gone up over 800 points in his 30 years of publication while starting characters are only about 100 points more powerful.

* [[{{Batman}} Ra's Al Ghul]] uses Lazarus Pit to maintain his {{immortality}}.

* MortyKombat has people who respawn in specific places after they get killed. Morty ends up in his apartment with Jax on the couch.

** With the important caveat that you had to activate them on each level, or you'd die. The second game also had a monetary requirement.

* ''EveOnline'', cloning stations.

* In some parts of the ''{{Ultima}}'' series, a defeated party would be resurrected by Lord British in his castle. In ''UltimaVII'' they would wake up in a Fellowship shelter instead.

* ''{{Bioshock}}'', Vita-Chambers.

* In the movie "Film/Wreck-It-Ralph", as long as a video game character is in their own game, [[spoiler:they will regenerate upon death]]. If they are in another game, [[spoiler:they are dead permanently]].

* The Cylon Resurrection Chambers from ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}05''.

* The Cylon Resurrection Chambers from ''BattlestarGalactica 05''.

* Being Bioshock's spiritual predecessors, the ''SystemShock'' duology had these.

* ''{{Eve Online}}'', cloning stations.

* ''{{Planet Side}}'' With a Justification, The Terran-Republics Research of the Warpgate systems Reconstruction-abilitys has discovered that a Person can Be reconstructed after death, thus turning the story into an [[{{Foreverwar}} Endless War]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{RuneScape}}'' the respawn point for most players is in the first city Lumbridge, it's handwaved that the life stream that returns the player to life connects with the teleport way from the Tutorial Island to Lumbridge, so when the player comes back its in the same place. Some quests allow the user to change its respawn point to other cities.

* ''{{Grand Theft Auto}}'' series - When you die you are transported to the nearest Hospital, and lose a set amount of money for the "costs of surgery".
* ''{{Red Faction}}'' Guerrilla - takes you to the nearest "Safe House", with a -3 drop in the Morale of the sector.

* In some parts of the ''{{Ultima}}'' series, a defeated party would be resurrected by Lord British in his castle. In ''{{UltimaVII}}'' they would wake up in a Fellowship shelter instead.

* In ''WorldOfWarcraft'', your character's ghost respawns at a graveyard; you then have the choice of resurrecting then and there for a penalty, or finding your body and reviving yourself there.

* ''UnrealTournamentIII'': 'Respawners' are in widespread use, even changing the nature of war.
* Bonfires in ''DarkSouls''. It's part of the curse/blessing of the Dark Sign -- until you go permanently Hollow and insane, an Undead ''can't'' stay dead.

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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' ForgottenRealms setting. Manshoon of the Zhentarim had many hidden chambers filled with clones of himself, kept in stasis. Any time he died, a clone would automatically activate and take over right where he left off. (This worked great until, by accident, a dozen clones activated all at once. Each claimed to be the real thing. This era of history became known as "The Manshoon Wars.")

* ''TheSixthDay'', clones.

* The Tall Man from ''{{Phantasm}}'' use his portals as this.

Note that it's not a gaming trope per se: it must be justified in-game to qualify.

* ''LittleBigPlanet'' including #2 - Your sackboy goes past a spawner that will either have a infinity symbol on or (if in a custom level) a picture.

* ''{{Minecraft}}'' has your spawn point always be in the spot you start in when you first start out in a world. You can change your spawn point by placing a bed and using it. However, should you die and the bed is destroyed or obstructed, you'll be tossed back to your default world spawn.
* UnrealTournamentIII: 'Respawners' are in widespread use, even changing the nature of war.

* WebOriginal/SCPFoundation - [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-076 SCP-076-2]]. If completely destroyed, he automatically reforms inside SCP-076-1.

This sometimes overlaps with CheckPoint.

* Bonfires in ''DarkSouls''.

* UnrealTournamentIII: 'Respawners' are in widespread use, even changing the nature of war.

* UnrealTournament: 'Respawners' are in widespread use, even changing the nature of war. This is made more obvious in later games.