History Main / ResurrectedRomance

* ''Literature/BrotherAndSister'': the heroine is murdered in the bath by her WickedStepmother’s magic, but continues to haunt the castle to look after her baby. But when the king sees the ghost, he recognizes her as his wife, and ThePowerOfLove resurrects her.

StarCrossedLovers are fated for woe, and one of the most heart-wrenching fates they can share is not to share a fate. When a LoveInterest dies, the survivor is left to languish in heartbreak and self pity. Moving on is difficult, and quite a few choose to never move on. And sometimes, that's the deceased.

Yep, after dying, this LoveInterest comes back as a ghost, zombie, or other form of [[TheUndead Undead]]. Of course, this can be less than ideal, due to (among other things) smell and, err... "technical difficulties" in physically expressing their love. And then there's always the chance they CameBackWrong.

* In ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'', when notorious necromancer Wei Wuxian is forcibly revived thirteen years after his death, his UnresolvedSexualTension with LoveInterest Lan Wangji picks right back up where it left off.

* The song "Ghost Story" by Charming Disaster is about a woman being haunted by her husband's ghost, because he promised he'd never leave her. It's actually very romantic and sweet.

* Shadow and his zombie wife Laura in ''Literature/AmericanGods'' are an even more dysfunctional than usual example. Not only is her body still decomposing, but [[DamagedSoul her personality has changed, and not for the better.]] She still quite clearly cares deeply for him, but in her own words, being dead yourself takes away one's hang-ups about being the cause of death in other people. Shadow understandably has a problem with this, especially when people who hadn't really done that much to harm him start being murdered. The way she died ([[spoiler: giving the guy she was cheating on him with [[AutoErotica road head]] and causing him to crash his car, killing them both]]) doesn't help either.

* In ''Manga/ShamanKing'', Faust VIII enters the Shaman Fight to ressurect his dead wife Eliza. He never actually succeeds, but to recruit him into her and Yoh's cause, Anna brings her back to him in ghost form, [[{{Necromantic}} which he seems to be content with.]]

* In ''Film/TheWraith'', a murdered teenager (played by Creator/CharlieSheen) comes back from the dead as a specteral entity [[UnfinishedBusiness to exact revenge on his killers]]. He also rekindles his prior romance with his girlfriend, and they drive off into the sunset (okay, the moonlight...) at the end.

** It counts for Ashley and Kaidan as well if your character romanced them in the first game. This is a less cheerful example, as they seem to move on with their lives and are more than a little confused when their dead lover comes back, additionaly now as a part of a terrorist organization. In the third game you may decide to continue with the romance or that it is time for you to move on as well and terminate the relationship completely.

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'': [[spoiler:Guybrush himself]].
* In one ending of ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'', James performs a ritual meant to resurrect Mary. We aren't shown whether it worked or not.

* In ''VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed 2:'' When [[spoiler: Starkiller]] apparently returns from the dead, [[AmbiguousCloneEnding possibly via cloning]] he sets out to find [[spoiler: Juno]], the woman he remembers being in love with. While what this means for [[spoiler: him and Juno's relationship]] is still unclear, she seems more than willing to accept him as himself.

* In ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'', the ''only'' way to begin a relationship with [[spoiler:Julius]] is to bring him back to life with a wakestone after [[spoiler:you interrupt his duel with Mercedes and kill him]]. No wakestone in your inventory during that quest? No relationship; he'll either leave the country or stay dead, depending on your choice.
* ''VideoGame/OracleOfSeasons'': The skeletal pirate captain turns out to be Queen Ambi's lover (the one in whose name she built a tower (later turned into an EvilTowerOfOminousness) to guide him home. They get reunited in a linked game.

* In ''Webcomic/ScaryGoRound,'' Ryan manages to raise his dead girlfriend via a DealWithTheDevil. The problem is that she CameBackWrong, as a pale shambling zombie. He flees in terror, then stops to remember what his momma always told him; make things right with that sweet little gal.

* Happens with [[spoiler:Rootbeer Guy]] on ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. Months after he died, his wife's new boyfriend convinces her to scatter his ashes, but they mix with magic/irradiated dirt and he's accidentally resurrected as some kind of super strong mud golem. The episode deals with the LoveTriangle that forms between him, his wife, and her new love interest (who happens to be an undertaker).

* In ''Film/{{Ghost}}'', the protagonist never managed to tell his girlfriend he loved her while he was alive, so making sure she knows he did becomes one of his GhostlyGoals.

* In ''Manga/ShamanKing'', Faust VIII enters the Shaman Fight to ressurect his dead wife Eliza. He never actually succeeds, but to recruit him into her and Yoh's cause Anna brings her back to him in ghost form, [[{{Necromantic}} which he seems to be content with.]]

* Erin and Umbra from ''Fanfic/AndTheStoryContinues''. On the surface it looks like just an InterspeciesRomance--she's human, he's a shinigami, and that's all problematic in itself--but then [[spoiler:soon after meeting him Erin realizes Umbra is actually her ImpliedLoveInterest L, brought back as an incorporeal life-devouring monster since [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie he'd used the Death Note to bring down Light]] in [[Fanfic/StoryOfTheCentury the prequel]]. He's been stalking her ever since seeing her again from Mu, even though he technically doesn't remember her. Prior to meeting him she's been trying to move on with life and had even been on her way to starting a relationship with Stephen. It's all downhill from there...]]

* Shadow and his zombie wife Laura in ''Literature/AmericanGods.'' She talks normally and remembers everything from her life, and she doesn't crave human flesh, but she's slowly rotting, and won't hesitate to kill anyone who threatens Shadow. Apparently, being dead made her forget that the living consider dying a big deal.
** Well...how would anyone punish her? She's dead!