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[[File:suporstupor_2127.jpg|link=Super Stupor|frame|[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|A real man never dies, even when he's killed!]]]]
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** It didn't help that ''[[52]]'' was a prequel to the [[One Year Later]] books, i.e. other stories taking place after it but released before it had already shown [[Booster Gold]].
** It didn't help that ''[[52]]'' was a prequel to the [[One Year Later]] books, i.e. other stories taking place after it but released before it had already shown [[Booster Gold]].
* It's gotten to the point where, when Banshee apparently dies, his daughter, Siryn remains convinced that it's a trick, pointing out all the other [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] who have also been reported dead only to return. Her less [[Genre Savvy]] teammates believe she's in denial. Eventually, she accepts his death.
* It's gotten to the point where, when Banshee apparently dies, his daughter, Siryn remains convinced that it's a trick, pointing out all the other [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] who have also been reported dead only to return. Her less [[Genre Savvy]] teammates believe she's in denial. Eventually, she accepts his death.
** The story behind this is amusing enough to note here. When Banshee died, Siryn was in a different comic, and nobody thought to tell those writers that Banshee had been killed off, so she never responded to his death. When the writers finally found out, they decided that since [[Death Is Cheap]], instead of trying to retcon her grieving in to have her just be in denial.
** The story behind this is amusing enough to note here. When Banshee died, Siryn was in a different comic, and nobody thought to tell those writers that Banshee had been killed off, so she never responded to his death. When the writers finally found out, they decided that since Death Is Cheap, instead of trying to retcon her grieving in to have her just be in denial.
** The X-Men death frequency is spoofed [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/218160# here].
** The X-Men death frequency is spoofed [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/218160# here].
* Lampshaded ''endlessly'' in ''[[Incredible Hulk]]'' issues #397-#400. When a distraught Rick Jones goes to [[Doctor Strange]] so that he can resurrect his girlfriend Marlo, Strange explains how it's impossible. Rick goes on to point out how many other characters have died and come back, asking if Strange' assistant had (responding "Actually, yes"). It gets to the point where Marlo does get brought back to life by a magical priest and a crystal chamber simply called the "Deux Ex Machina." She comes back... but is left a complete shell from the experience. (She gets better before issue #418 [their wedding], though.)
* Lampshaded ''endlessly'' in ''[[Incredible Hulk]]'' issues #397-#400. When a distraught Rick Jones goes to [[Doctor Strange]] so that he can resurrect his girlfriend Marlo, Strange explains how it's impossible. Rick goes on to point out how many other characters have died and come back, asking if Strange' assistant had (responding "Actually, yes"). It gets to the point where Marlo does get brought back to life by a magical priest and a crystal chamber simply called the "Deux Ex Machina." She comes back... but is left a complete shell from the experience. (She gets better before issue #418 [their wedding], though.)
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** In addition it does some [[Lampshade Hanging]] on death being cheap; the whole reason it seemed to have started is because Nekron was pissed at having been cheated so often. But then in issue #5 it's revealed that this was all bullshit; Nekron was ''responsible'' (or at least allowed) for all of the resurrections in the DCU so far. Thanks to their previous deceased status ''everyone'' who ever "cheated" Death is vulnerable to Black Lantern ring possession.
** In addition it does some [[Lampshade Hanging]] on death being cheap; the whole reason it seemed to have started is because Nekron was pissed at having been cheated so often. But then in issue #5 it's revealed that this was all bullshit; Nekron was ''responsible'' (or at least allowed) for all of the resurrections in the DCU so far. Thanks to their previous deceased status ''everyone'' who ever "cheated" Death is vulnerable to Black Lantern ring possession.
*** And the ending is essentially one giant burst of Death Is Cheap bringing back most of the characters DC killed over the last several years but also some characters whose resurrections will cause problems. In spite of this, the series ends with one of the characters saying "I think death is death from now on" since Nekron was defeated.
*** And the ending is essentially one giant burst of Death Is Cheap bringing back most of the characters DC killed over the last several years but also some characters whose resurrections will cause problems. In spite of this, the series ends with one of the characters saying "I think death is death from now on" since Nekron was defeated.
*** On that very same page, though, they observe that another character who had been presumed dead ([[Batman]]) probably wasn't. So DC superheroes will still have to deal with Comic Book Death in the form of deliberately faked deaths, [[Disney Villain Death|Disney Villain Deaths]], deaths of clones, deaths of [[Alternate Universe]] copies, death followed by being cloned with memory implants in the clone, being saved at the last second by [[Time Travel]]... just not ''true'' resurrection. Meaning they'll wait two or three months before they start bringing people back to life for real again.
*** On that very same page, though, they observe that another character who had been presumed dead ([[Batman]]) probably wasn't. So DC superheroes will still have to deal with Comic Book Death in the form of deliberately faked deaths, [[Disney Villain Death]]s, deaths of clones, deaths of [[Alternate Universe]] copies, death followed by being cloned with memory implants in the clone, being saved at the last second by [[Time Travel]]... just not ''true'' resurrection. Meaning they'll wait two or three months before they start bringing people back to life for real again.
*** Amusingly [[Inverted Trope]] by the resurrection of [[Deadman (Comic Book)|Deadman]], who has been a ghost since the character was introduced forty years ago. Since [[Status Quo Is God]], he was soon killed off and back to normal.
*** Amusingly [[Inverted Trope]] by the resurrection of [[Deadman (Comic Book)|Deadman]], who has been a ghost since the character was introduced forty years ago. Since [[Status Quo Is God]], he was soon killed off and back to normal.
** One of [[Brightest Day|the followup storylines]] saw [[Lex Luthor]] meet [[The Sandman|Death of the Endless]] - who is supposed to be the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of Death, ''period'' - and ask her about how cheap death is. She answers that [[Time Abyss|a few years or decades isn't much to her]]; everyone will meet her ''eventually''.
** One of [[Brightest Day|the followup storylines]] saw [[Lex Luthor]] meet [[The Sandman|Death of the Endless]] - who is supposed to be the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of Death, ''period'' - and ask her about how cheap death is. She answers that [[Time Abyss|a few years or decades isn't much to her]]; everyone will meet her ''eventually''.
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* In [[Philip Jose Farmer]]'s ''[[Riverworld]]'' series, the same advanced alien technology which resurrected everyone on Earth who had ever died remains active. Anyone who dies on the Riverworld is brought back to life the next day somewhere else. A few characters use this "Suicide Express" to deliberately, though randomly, explore the Riverworld. Later on, the machinery breaks down.
* In [[Philip Jose Farmer]]'s ''[[Riverworld]]'' series, the same advanced alien technology which resurrected everyone on Earth who had ever died remains active. Anyone who dies on the Riverworld is brought back to life the next day somewhere else. A few characters use this "Suicide Express" to deliberately, though randomly, explore the Riverworld. Later on, the machinery breaks down.
* Played with in ''[[The Lost Symbol]]''. Robert Langdon appears to have been most unambiguously drowned in a tiny coffin filled with liquid, and for a few chapters afterward he's caught in a trippy dream state where both he and the reader assume he's dead, but then it turns out that the liquid in the tank was breathing fluid laced with paralytic drugs, an advanced sensory deprivation chamber used by the [[Big Bad]] as a torture device. His "rebirth" is unpleasant, but far from supernatural.
* Played with in ''[[The Lost Symbol]]''. Robert Langdon appears to have been most unambiguously drowned in a tiny coffin filled with liquid, and for a few chapters afterward he's caught in a trippy dream state where both he and the reader assume he's dead, but then it turns out that the liquid in the tank was breathing fluid laced with paralytic drugs, an advanced sensory deprivation chamber used by the [[Big Bad]] as a torture device. His "rebirth" is unpleasant, but far from supernatural.
* The [[Biting the Sun]] books take this trope to extremes. Resurrection is a normal use of technology. Even the rare occasions when a character in those books does want to be [[Killed Off for Real]], their base personality will get transferred into a new body -- effectively meaning mandatory artificial reincarnation.
* The [[Biting the Sun]] books take this trope to extremes. Resurrection is a normal use of technology. Even the rare occasions when a character in those books does want to be [[Killed Off for Real]], their base personality will get transferred into a new body—effectively meaning mandatory artificial reincarnation.
* In ''The Worm Dieth Not'' a depressed superhero agonizes over the fact that heroes and villains kill each other constantly and never stay dead. He compares their never-ending conflict to the trial of Sisyphus and ultimately decides to commit suicide as a means of escape, realizing at the last minute that he'll just show up alive again in time.
* In ''The Worm Dieth Not'' a depressed superhero agonizes over the fact that heroes and villains kill each other constantly and never stay dead. He compares their never-ending conflict to the trial of Sisyphus and ultimately decides to commit suicide as a means of escape, realizing at the last minute that he'll just show up alive again in time.
* Occasionally in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''. Most of the time dead means dead, but there are notable exceptions. Most notably, {{spoiler|Thoros of Myr's resurrection of Beric Dondarrion and later Catelyn Stark.}}
* Occasionally in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''. Most of the time dead means dead, but there are notable exceptions. Most notably, {{spoiler|Thoros of Myr's resurrection of Beric Dondarrion and later Catelyn Stark.}}
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*** {{spoiler|This is why the vast majority of fans believe the letter claiming Stannis is dead is a lie and that Jon Snow will not actually die/stay dead after being repeatedly stabbed and falling unconscious}}.
*** {{spoiler|This is why the vast majority of fans believe the letter claiming Stannis is dead is a lie and that Jon Snow will not actually die/stay dead after being repeatedly stabbed and falling unconscious}}.
** In a similar fashion, {{spoiler|the discovery that Prince Aegon, previously thought to have been killed as an infant was alive and well}} makes the death of many other characters fall into question.
** In a similar fashion, {{spoiler|the discovery that Prince Aegon, previously thought to have been killed as an infant was alive and well}} makes the death of many other characters fall into question.
** The general rule for character deaths in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' is that unless you witness a character definitively die from ''someone else's'' point of view, that character is likely not dead for good. {{spoiler|Of the POV characters that have been killed, Ned's execution was from Arya's POV, whereas Catelyn got her throat slit in her own POV chapter. Ned's definitively dead whereas a resurrected Zombie Catelyn is wreaking havoc in the Riverlands. Arys Oakheart died from Arianne Martell's POV. Quentyn Martell may have sustained his fatal injuries in his own chapter, but his death was witnessed from the perspective of Barristan Selmy.}} Almost all of the [[Only a Flesh Wound]] reveals mentioned above came at the end of a POV character's own chapter. The exception to this overall rule is the Prologue and Epilogue characters--they ALWAYS die at the end of their lone chapters.
** The general rule for character deaths in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' is that unless you witness a character definitively die from ''someone else's'' point of view, that character is likely not dead for good. {{spoiler|Of the POV characters that have been killed, Ned's execution was from Arya's POV, whereas Catelyn got her throat slit in her own POV chapter. Ned's definitively dead whereas a resurrected Zombie Catelyn is wreaking havoc in the Riverlands. Arys Oakheart died from Arianne Martell's POV. Quentyn Martell may have sustained his fatal injuries in his own chapter, but his death was witnessed from the perspective of Barristan Selmy.}} Almost all of the [[Only a Flesh Wound]] reveals mentioned above came at the end of a POV character's own chapter. The exception to this overall rule is the Prologue and Epilogue characters—they ALWAYS die at the end of their lone chapters.




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*** A duplicate version of the crew were killed when they self destructed their ship to save the real Voyager in "Deadlock".
*** A duplicate version of the crew were killed when they self destructed their ship to save the real Voyager in "Deadlock".
** Some individual examples:
** Some individual examples:
*** In "Threshold", Paris died and got better during his transwarp-induced hypermutation. (But this episode has since been [[Retcon|retconned]] by the producers.)
*** In "Threshold", Paris died and got better during his transwarp-induced hypermutation. (But this episode has since been [[retcon]]ned by the producers.)
*** In "Cathexis", Chakotay's soul was ripped from his body, rendering him brain-dead until they found and restored it.
*** In "Cathexis", Chakotay's soul was ripped from his body, rendering him brain-dead until they found and restored it.
*** In "Deadlock", Kim was [[Thrown Out the Airlock|spaced]] after the ship and crew had been copied. The copy of Harry Kim is the one that made it home.
*** In "Deadlock", Kim was [[Thrown Out the Airlock|spaced]] after the ship and crew had been copied. The copy of Harry Kim is the one that made it home.
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* ''[[Paranoia (game)|Paranoia]]'' embodies this trope. You are only dead for as long as it takes for your next clone to be shipped somewhere. At least, until you run out of clones...
* ''[[Paranoia (game)|Paranoia]]'' embodies this trope. You are only dead for as long as it takes for your next clone to be shipped somewhere. At least, until you run out of clones...
** And in the latest versions, you can buy more! Although they start developing genetic defects (you can get these scrubbed out of your template for an extra fee).
** And in the latest versions, you can buy more! Although they start developing genetic defects (you can get these scrubbed out of your template for an extra fee).
* ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' has the Tyranids, who give a whole new meaning to [[Death Is Cheap]]. Any Tyranid that gets killed in an invasion is just digested and used to make more 'Nids.
* ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' has the Tyranids, who give a whole new meaning to Death Is Cheap. Any Tyranid that gets killed in an invasion is just digested and used to make more 'Nids.
** The Necrons get out of death (most of the time) by just teleporting out and regenerating. Things a Necron can get patched up from include: nanometer thin shuriken, rapid fire missiles, holy napalm, and anti-tank weapons that vaporize almost anything.
** The Necrons get out of death (most of the time) by just teleporting out and regenerating. Things a Necron can get patched up from include: nanometer thin shuriken, rapid fire missiles, holy napalm, and anti-tank weapons that vaporize almost anything.
** Dark Eldar have Doctor Frankenstein-esque 'surgeons' known as [[Mad Scientist|Haemonculi]] (and their 'augmented' Igor-like Wracks) who can reconstruct entire new bodies for those Dark Eldar willing to pay an often esoteric price. The best can, given the client's will is strong enough, regrow an entire body from a charred hand. This being [[Crapsack World|Warhammer 40,000]], the procedure naturally involves torturing dozens of slaves to death, and the prices can range from slaves to souls to dying breaths. Naturally, the Haemonculi save the best and most reliable methods for themselves; the most senior of their number have died and come back countless times, with. . .[[Came Back Wrong|varying]] degrees of extra insanity.
** Dark Eldar have Doctor Frankenstein-esque 'surgeons' known as [[Mad Scientist|Haemonculi]] (and their 'augmented' Igor-like Wracks) who can reconstruct entire new bodies for those Dark Eldar willing to pay an often esoteric price. The best can, given the client's will is strong enough, regrow an entire body from a charred hand. This being [[Crapsack World|Warhammer 40,000]], the procedure naturally involves torturing dozens of slaves to death, and the prices can range from slaves to souls to dying breaths. Naturally, the Haemonculi save the best and most reliable methods for themselves; the most senior of their number have died and come back countless times, with. . .[[Came Back Wrong|varying]] degrees of extra insanity.
* In ''[[Toon (game)|Toon]]'', running out of hit points causes you to Fall Down, but this just means you have to sit out for a few minutes before returning with your hit points back up to full.
* In ''[[Toon (game)|Toon]]'', running out of hit points causes you to Fall Down, but this just means you have to sit out for a few minutes before returning with your hit points back up to full.
* ''[[Car Wars]]''. Death is expensive - you have to buy your clone for $5000 at Gold Cross.
* ''[[Car Wars]]''. Death is expensive - you have to buy your clone for $5000 at Gold Cross.
* ''[[BattleTech]]'' had "Life is cheap. BattleMechs aren't." as its slogan -- given the shortage of giant robots, it was easier to find a replacement pilot than a replacement 'Mech.
* ''[[BattleTech]]'' had "Life is cheap. BattleMechs aren't." as its slogan—given the shortage of giant robots, it was easier to find a replacement pilot than a replacement 'Mech.




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* Arguably justifiable in ''[[Borderlands]]''. At the beginning of the game, the local [[Exposition Fairy]] and [[Quest Giver|quest announcer]] hands you something called an [[ECHO Net]] communication device and "heads up" display, after which you are directed to a "New-U Station". The latter is explained away as being able to "identify and store" your DNA profile, and you are flat out told that this is done for the purposes of [[Cloning Gambit|"horrific death and dismemberment insurance"]]. Ever after, every time you die throughout the game you are teleported back to the last New-U Station that you passed with 7% of whatever was in your wallet at the time providing a charge for "reconstruction services". [[Expendable Clone|If you were flat broke, the fee is waived]]. Because, of course, [[Mysterious Watcher|"we at]] [[Peace and Love Incorporated|Hyperion]] [[Guardian Entity|value your existence"]].
* Arguably justifiable in ''[[Borderlands]]''. At the beginning of the game, the local [[Exposition Fairy]] and [[Quest Giver|quest announcer]] hands you something called an [[ECHO Net]] communication device and "heads up" display, after which you are directed to a "New-U Station". The latter is explained away as being able to "identify and store" your DNA profile, and you are flat out told that this is done for the purposes of [[Cloning Gambit|"horrific death and dismemberment insurance"]]. Ever after, every time you die throughout the game you are teleported back to the last New-U Station that you passed with 7% of whatever was in your wallet at the time providing a charge for "reconstruction services". [[Expendable Clone|If you were flat broke, the fee is waived]]. Because, of course, [[Mysterious Watcher|"we at]] [[Peace and Love Incorporated|Hyperion]] [[Guardian Entity|value your existence"]].
** ...It also brings to mind whether or not how many of the endless sea of mooks and bosses are actually ''dead'' as well. There are certain bosses that respawn matching your current level after you kill them, and to top it off you get to fight them all together ''again'' in [[Monster Arena|Mad Moxxi's Underdome]] during a later DLC. Given the canonical explanation of game mechanics, it is entirely feasible that several of your previous foes may possess registration with New-U Stations as well.
** ...It also brings to mind whether or not how many of the endless sea of mooks and bosses are actually ''dead'' as well. There are certain bosses that respawn matching your current level after you kill them, and to top it off you get to fight them all together ''again'' in [[Monster Arena|Mad Moxxi's Underdome]] during a later DLC. Given the canonical explanation of game mechanics, it is entirely feasible that several of your previous foes may possess registration with New-U Stations as well.
** Claptrap's Robot Revolution shows that only the minor not as well known bosses have been registered to the New-U Station. The [[Big Bad|Big Bads]] are brought back [[We Can Rebuild Him|cyborg parts]], not completely rebuilt of course
** Claptrap's Robot Revolution shows that only the minor not as well known bosses have been registered to the New-U Station. The [[Big Bad]]s are brought back [[We Can Rebuild Him|cyborg parts]], not completely rebuilt of course
* Resurrection booths also feature in ''[[Space Colony]]'', but even before you get them dead teammates turn up perfectly fine in later missions.
* Resurrection booths also feature in ''[[Space Colony]]'', but even before you get them dead teammates turn up perfectly fine in later missions.
* The Nameless One is immortal and simply returns to the Mausoleum every time he dies in ''[[Planescape: Torment]]''.
* The Nameless One is immortal and simply returns to the Mausoleum every time he dies in ''[[Planescape: Torment]]''.
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** One fanon theory is that Ganon always returns through the Gerudo tribe, who are cursed to only have one male every hundred years. The problem with this is that Ganon continues to appear when the Gerudo aren't included and such a thing would take away the need for a complex resurrection. Plus the only times the same Ganon unambiguously shows up in different games are cases where he didn't die in the first place! Definitely a legacy character until more evidence is shown.
** One fanon theory is that Ganon always returns through the Gerudo tribe, who are cursed to only have one male every hundred years. The problem with this is that Ganon continues to appear when the Gerudo aren't included and such a thing would take away the need for a complex resurrection. Plus the only times the same Ganon unambiguously shows up in different games are cases where he didn't die in the first place! Definitely a legacy character until more evidence is shown.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|Skyward Sword]]'' offers some explanation for this: {{spoiler|just before mostly-dying, [[Bigger Bad|Demise]] curses Hyrule to be constantly haunted by evil, which implies that his lingering power}} is what created Ganon and keeps bringing him back to life after the current Link kills him. Some other villains, like Vaati, seem to recur in the same way, probably for the same reason.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|Skyward Sword]]'' offers some explanation for this: {{spoiler|just before mostly-dying, [[Bigger Bad|Demise]] curses Hyrule to be constantly haunted by evil, which implies that his lingering power}} is what created Ganon and keeps bringing him back to life after the current Link kills him. Some other villains, like Vaati, seem to recur in the same way, probably for the same reason.
* Ridley from the ''[[Metroid]]'' series is a recurring boss and has in fact been in all the ''Metroid'' games except ''Metroid 2: Return of Samus'' and ''[[Metroid Prime]] 2: Echoes''. It is understandable why they bring him back, since he is the presumed leader of the main antagonists - the Space Pirates, he killed Samus' parents when she was a kid, and finally he's just such a fun boss to fight. But considering what he's survived or been resurrected from, he should really be long gone by now. Blown to bits in the first game? OK, limited graphics, he might just have fallen over, and he was absent from the second. Returns as a cyborg in ''Prime'', loses his wings and gets blown off a really large cliff before he explodes. Sure, why not. More cybernetics at the beginning of ''Prime 3: Corruption'' where he gets shot up and dropped down a really, ''really'' high elevator shaft. Returns at the end of ''Prime 3'', hyped up on radioactive drugs, to get slaughtered once again and blown to molecules. Blown into tiny chunks ''again'' in ''Super Metroid''? OK, there might have been enough tissue left to-- oh, wait, the whole planet exploded thirty minutes later. We are really giving him the benefit of the doubt here if we say he escaped. Finally, ''Metroid Fusion'', the chronologically last game in the series. His now completely organic body is found frozen in a storage room, taken over and destroyed by shape-shifting parasites, which are then in turn blown up and ''absorbed'' by the heroine. And yet, we ''know'' he will return because he's ''Ridley'', for goodness sake! Death isn't worth a penny to him!
* Ridley from the ''[[Metroid]]'' series is a recurring boss and has in fact been in all the ''Metroid'' games except ''Metroid 2: Return of Samus'' and ''[[Metroid Prime]] 2: Echoes''. It is understandable why they bring him back, since he is the presumed leader of the main antagonists - the Space Pirates, he killed Samus' parents when she was a kid, and finally he's just such a fun boss to fight. But considering what he's survived or been resurrected from, he should really be long gone by now. Blown to bits in the first game? OK, limited graphics, he might just have fallen over, and he was absent from the second. Returns as a cyborg in ''Prime'', loses his wings and gets blown off a really large cliff before he explodes. Sure, why not. More cybernetics at the beginning of ''Prime 3: Corruption'' where he gets shot up and dropped down a really, ''really'' high elevator shaft. Returns at the end of ''Prime 3'', hyped up on radioactive drugs, to get slaughtered once again and blown to molecules. Blown into tiny chunks ''again'' in ''Super Metroid''? OK, there might have been enough tissue left to—oh, wait, the whole planet exploded thirty minutes later. We are really giving him the benefit of the doubt here if we say he escaped. Finally, ''Metroid Fusion'', the chronologically last game in the series. His now completely organic body is found frozen in a storage room, taken over and destroyed by shape-shifting parasites, which are then in turn blown up and ''absorbed'' by the heroine. And yet, we ''know'' he will return because he's ''Ridley'', for goodness sake! Death isn't worth a penny to him!
** ''[[Other M]]'' reveals that Ridley really was [[Killed Off for Real]] in Super Metroid. Scientists unwittingly cloned him with DNA samples taken from Samus' suit, unaware that Ridley had a larval stage with no resemblance to his space dragon adult self. The Ridley clone is just as hard to kill as the original; he manages to reappear for ''Fusion'' even after being drained by a Queen Metroid.
** ''[[Other M]]'' reveals that Ridley really was [[Killed Off for Real]] in Super Metroid. Scientists unwittingly cloned him with DNA samples taken from Samus' suit, unaware that Ridley had a larval stage with no resemblance to his space dragon adult self. The Ridley clone is just as hard to kill as the original; he manages to reappear for ''Fusion'' even after being drained by a Queen Metroid.
* Played for laughs in the [[Infocom]] [[Text Adventure]] ''[[Leather Goddesses of Phobos]]''. Your faithful sidekick would occasionally get killed in the course of trying to solve some puzzle, with you mourning their loss. They'd show up again with some ridiculous [[Deus Ex Machina]] explanation within a few turns.
* Played for laughs in the [[Infocom]] [[Text Adventure]] ''[[Leather Goddesses of Phobos]]''. Your faithful sidekick would occasionally get killed in the course of trying to solve some puzzle, with you mourning their loss. They'd show up again with some ridiculous [[Deus Ex Machina]] explanation within a few turns.
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