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* Partially subverted in ''[[Babylon 5]]''. After calling down a nuclear bomb on his own position and jumping down a huge hole, Captain Sheridan really is dead. However, he's frozen at the moment of death by Lorien, the first living being ever to come into existence, who tells him he can "breathe on the remaining embers" of Sheridan's life. This means he gets to live for the remaining two years of the series, but Lorien's action only bought him twenty more years, so that he'll die at age 66.

* The first season finale of ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'', where {{spoiler|Marian is mourned, avenged, and then discovered to be still alive.}} (Setting the scene for a major audience shock when {{spoiler|she was [[Killed Off for Real]] in the second season finale.)}}

* In the series finale of ''[[Battlestar Galactica ~~Reimagined~~]]'' of all places. {{spoiler|During the battle in the first half of the episode, Helo is shot and severely wounded while rescuing his daughter Hera from the Cylons. His wife Athena tearfully leaves him behind to save Hera (and at that point she wasn't the only one shedding tears), at which point he doesn't appear for the rest of most of the episode...only to turn up alive on Earth at the end of the episode, living happily with his family. He even had the standard Disney Death walking stick to at least acknowledge that he was injured earlier. Strange to see this trope in such a dark [[Anyone Can Die]] [[Crapsack World]], but if any couple deserved a happy ending on that show it was them.}}

* In the series finale of ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' of all places. {{spoiler|During the battle in the first half of the episode, Helo is shot and severely wounded while rescuing his daughter Hera from the Cylons. His wife Athena tearfully leaves him behind to save Hera (and at that point she wasn't the only one shedding tears), at which point he doesn't appear for the rest of most of the episode...only to turn up alive on Earth at the end of the episode, living happily with his family. He even had the standard Disney Death walking stick to at least acknowledge that he was injured earlier. Strange to see this trope in such a dark [[Anyone Can Die]] [[Crapsack World]], but if any couple deserved a happy ending on that show it was them.}}

* ADA Alexandra Cabot from ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'' is shot and declared dead in Season 5. At the end of that episode, Stabler and Benson are brought out to a secluded spot, where they meet Cabot, who has only been injured and are informed that she is going into Witness Protection. They are the only ones who know, creating some trust issues with Cragen when she reappears.

* In the episode "Doppleganger" in ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' {{spoiler|1=Rodney Mckay }} dies from a entity that kills people in their sleep, while {{spoiler|John Sheppard}} is trying to save him. Turns out, the whole thing was really {{spoiler|John's}} Nightmare, and the character wakes up in the real world, perfectly fine, minus a technical cardiac arrest.