Death Is Cheap: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'' has this, thanks to the show's [[Groundhog Day Loop]].

** Death is even cheaper in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'' thanks to the Endless Witch being able to kill and revive endlessly at will. Hell, even outside the fantasy aspect and into the meta-world in EP5 some characters like Battler "die" since he stopped thinking and his body stopped as well, but then makes his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome comeback when he reaches the truth]]. AND then in EP6 he revives a gone Beato with, uh, [[A Wizard Did It|magic]] (it's a complicated process, don't ask).

** Technically everyone in that world is already dead and the ultimate goal of everyone living there is to take care of whatever part of their former life was left unfulfilled before moving on. At first the protagonists don't know this and think that disappearing as a result of finding that fulfillment is a bad thing.

* Most of the main cast in Season 3 of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh GX]]'' is killed off at one point or another. Nearly all of them are revealed to actually be trapped in another dimension (and not just in the dub, either).

* The whole JRPG Genre can be quite the offender of this as well. (Unless its done by a plot-induced death via a dramatic cut-scene.)

** The only exceptions are the cult classic Survival Horror RPG ''[[Sweet Home (video game)|Sweet Home]]'' and (for the most part) ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' series. Namely on how they frequently have party members whom can die and stay dead even after a regular battle. (Though the latter would only occasionally make exceptions such as a certain staff you can get later on in the first game.)

** It is, however, possible to turn off the Vita-Chambers in the options menu. This makes the game ''extremely hard''.

* 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"]].