History Main / SacrificialRevivalSpell

* An amusing but but still touching instance of this occurs late in the Buu saga of ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. Old Kai gives Goku his remaining lifespan (by his estimate about a thousand years, which is nothing to a Kai) so Goku can return to Earth and assist in the fight against Buu. Old Kai drops dead... then gets back up a moment again, now sporting a halo, since he's already in Other World.

-->--'''Azazel''', ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''

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Rarely used in VideoGames (with the possible exception cutscenes or some {{Roguelike}}s), since the stakes tend to be lower, considering that there are often [[TraumaInn some other ways]] of [[OnlyMostlyDead reviving party members]]. If it exists, its usually much more powerful than other such spells, like reviving the entire party.

* ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarII'' has the techniques Sak and Nasak, used by [[HalfHumanHybrid Nei]] and [[TheWhiteMage Amy]]. Both kill the caster, and the former fully heals one other party member; the latter fully heals the whole party. ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarIII'' would bring back Nasak as an Order-based technique.

* ''VideoGame/Phantasy StarII'' has the techniques Sak and Nasak, used by [[HalfHumanHybrid Nei]] and [[TheWhiteMage Amy]]. Both kill the caster, and the former fully heals one other party member; the latter fully heals the whole party. ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarIII'' would bring back Nasak as an Order-based technique.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', there is a Monk archetype that focuses on using ones own Ki energy to fuel healing magics, harming oneself in the process. At 20th level, said monk can sacrifice his own life to revive all his allies as per the ''True Resurrection'' spell. Taken UpToEleven, as in a world where DeathIsCheap, this technique not only kills the user beyond the power of mortal or ''deity'' magic, but also eliminates all memories any other person has, and erases all written records of his/her existence.

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* In some entries in the ''ShinMegamiTensei'' series, the Recarmdra spell will revive all fallen party members at the cost of killing the caster. In games where [[WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou the caster's death means game over]], it instead reduces their HPToOne.

* In ''Onmyōji'', this is one of Oguna's skills. Unfortunately, this is rendered pretty much useless when another character, Momo no Sei, can revive teammates without costing her own life.

** Later, [[spoiler:Nagato]] does this as well, but because his power makes him something close to a PhysicalGod, he's able to revive the several thousand [[spoiler:Konoha villagers]] he murdered with his strongest attack before expiring from it.
** [[spoiler:Madara]]'s original plan involved being revived by the above character, not anticipating his change of heart. He's able to compensate by using [[spoiler:Obito]], who has taken the [[spoiler:Rinnegan]] which grants the ability, as an [[VillainOverride unwilling sacrifice]].

HeroicSacrifice [[XMeetsY meets]] BalancingDeathsBooks.

* ''DragonQuest'': Kerplunk does this with everyone in your party that is dead. It also removes all of your MP so you can't just have your newly revived healer revive you so you can use it again.

* In ''{{Persona 3}}'', [[spoiler: Chidori revives Junpei after he was shot by Strega, at the cost of her own life.]]

* ''Franchise/{{Lufia}}: The Ruins of Lore'' has the Sacrifice skill, which kills the caster to heal the target to full HP. Unless you use it on yourself, in which case it just heals you to full HP. Presumably, it kills the user first and then heals the target, but the programmers forgot to put in code to prevent you from having the user use it on themself.

HeroicSacrifice [[XMeetsY meets]] BalancingDeathsBooks with a CrossOver by CastFromHitPoints taken UpToEleven.

Bob couldn't save Alice in time to prevent her death. After mourning her loss, he discovers that he has a revival spell (possibly a UselessUsefulSpell or DangerousForbiddenTechnique) available to him. He uses it, and presto! [[BackFromTheDead She's alive again]]. But, suddenly Bob collapses and dies. It seems the spell required the user to sacrifice his life to bring back that of another.

* ''{{BIONICLE}} Adventures'': Matoro sacrifices himself with the help of the Mask of Life to save Mata Nui's life and, in turn, the Matoran Universe.

* An amusing but but still touching instance of this occurs late in the Buu saga of ''{{Dragonball Z}}''. Old Kai gives Goku his remaining lifespan (by his estimate about a thousand years, which is nothing to a Kai) so Goku can return to Earth and assist in the fight against Buu. Old Kai drops dead... then gets back up a moment again, now sporting a halo, since he's already in Other World.

* In ''{{Naruto}}'', Lady Chiyo uses a secret reanimation jutsu to resurrect [[spoiler: Gaara]], [[RedemptionEqualsDeath but at the cost of her own life]].

* The MMORPG in ''{{Yureka}}'' has the Sacrifice spell, which not only kills you but makes you lose levels and randomises your stats. And has a less than 100% success rate. However, one character manages to avoid AwesomeButImpractical by [[spoiler:using it on an NPC who loves her, causing him to enter an UnstoppableRage]].