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* ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' and its sequels are notorious for playing this trope to death. Everybody and their grandmother dies and is resurrected at some point. Much of the show is in fact motivated by collecting the Dragonballs to be able to wish somebody back to life. By the time ''Dragon Ball Z'' ended, only Mr. Satan the [[Fake Ultimate Hero]] and a few gods ''hadn't'' died at least once. Counting ''GT'', [[Overshadowed by Awesome|Krillin]] died ''four times''.

** Prior to the Namekian Dragon Balls, a person could only be restored once, as the same wish couldn't be granted twice.

* Invoked, subverted, and [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] to hell and back in ''[[Lexx]]''; many of the characters who die in the second season return with seemingly no explanation in the third season, but it becomes increasingly apparent as time goes on that the planets the Lexx is orbiting at the time are, in fact, the afterlife. When the Lexx [[It Makes Sense in Context|blows up the afterlife,]] they all move to Earth. When the Lexx blows up the ''Earth,'' too, it seems as though everyone is finally [[Killed Off for Real]], simply because there is no more afterlife to be resurrected from. Subverted again by Kai, who dies in the first scene and ''stays'' dead, but animate, through the whole series. In the finale, when a [[Deal with the Devil]] backfires, he's brought back to life for real...just in time for an event he can't possibly survive.

** This means that there are in fact three versions of most characters: the original versions, the Fire and Water versions, and the Earth versions.

{{quote|'''D'Anna:''' Do you have any idea what you're accusing me of?

'''Baltar:''' Yes... intentionally killing yourself over and over so you can download over and over. Death is just a revolving door, isn't it?