History UnexplainedRecovery / WesternAnimation

* In "Party All the Time" Frylock is diagnosed with cancer and undergoes a long, arduous battle with it, eventually recovering. Meanwhile, in the B-plot, Master Shake does a number of stupid things that end up killing him, but he's somehow fine in the next scene, only for the process to start all over again.

** Likewise, in a case of AdaptationDeviation, Captain America was shown being trapped in a matter/antimatter vortex during the "Six American Heroes" saga, where he was freed briefly before returning to ensure the Red Skull and Electro stay trapped, then was briefly freed yet again during the "Secret Wars" three-parters before going back ''again''. Yet, come "Bright Eyes", Steve is out '''''yet again''''', this time for good and is implied to have joined this universe's Avengers.

* The ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''[='=]s SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/XMen97'' has two -- and both involved the original's sister series, ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''.
** Even Venom was last seen, he sacifirces himself to save Ashley Kafka from being trapped in the Dark Dimension by Carnage, getting sucked in in her place. Yet, the premiere episode of ''X-Men '97'', "To Me, My X-Men", sees a ''Daily Bugle'' article written by Eddie Brock, suggesting that not only did Venom return, but despite everything he did, including lying about a story involving J. Jonah Jameson's son, he somehow got his job back ''again''.

* Just ''how'' did [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Harley Quinn]] survive the fatal fall in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''? Reportedly, [[WordOfGod the writers have confirmed]] that ComicBook/PoisonIvy's stamina booster from back in the day is responsible for her survival. It also helps that The Joker himself was a master of this kind of thing.

** In [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie the movie]], Dr. Nick Riviera was impaled on a giant shard of glass the size of an SUV. He manages to cheerfully shout "Bye bye, everybody!" before losing consciousness. Even WordOfGod confirmed that he was dead. A year later he showed up on the series, as good as new, with no explanation.

** Kenny, after his [[KilledOffForReal ultimate death at the end of season 5]], was reintroduced at the end of the following season with little more than the following explanation: "Oh, I've been places."

* Scott in ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama All Stars'' after being mauled by Fang in ''Revenge of the Island''. After being attacked, Scott was left in a device called the Trauma Chair and could only answer questions with a pair of lights on the front. But come the next season, and he’s out of the device, completely fine. How he got better is never brought up by anyone at any point.

** Also in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E23KingOfTheHill King of the Hill]]" when Grandpa tells a story about his mountain-climbing days; "I fell 8,000 feet onto a pile of jagged rocks. Of course, people were a lot tougher in those days. I was jitterbuggin' that very night!" Note that his story ''begins'' with him warning Homer not to try climbing a particular mountain: "You'll die up there, just like I did!" This is meant to be taken as Grandpa being [[ScatterbrainedSenior senile]], but we later discover [[spoiler:that he stole McAllister's pancakes and tried to eat his arm. He likely just descended from the mountain safely by choice]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' episode "She Creature" Master Shake and Meatwad cut off and remove the fingers and teeth from two knocked out mobsters. When Shake wakes them up at the end, their fingers and teeth are back in place.

** In "Treehouse of Horror VI", a giant Kent Brockman is heard killing the real Kent Brockman as the news report cuts to Technical Difficulties. But Kent is seen just fine at the end of the episode.

** Hans Moleman [[TheyKilledKennyAgain has been killed on-screen numerous times in various ways]], from being run off the road and crashing into the birthplace of Norman Vincent Peale, to being executed in Springfield Jail on what's implied to be a shoddy legal basis, to Mr. Burns confusing him for Lucky the Leprechaun and taking a power drill to his skull in order to "get his Lucky Charms". Yet he still returns.