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{{tropeHow-To Guide}}
''Need to protect a character from dying? It's easy! Just:''
 
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# Ensure that the opposing sides [[Enforced Cold War|never actually come to blows]].
# Make the other characters [[Left for Dead|perfectly satisfied they're dead]].
# Honorably discharge them from the cast with [[Ascend to Aa Higher Plane of Existence|a possibility they could return]].
# Allow the villain to indulge at having [[Bond Villain Stupidity|the perfect opportunity to kill them]].
# [[Bowdlerise|Rewrite the show]] to make it [[Never Say "Die"|safer]]/ lower the target audience age.
# Have their [[True Love's Kiss|true love kiss them]].
# Make them [[Infant Immortality|a baby or a dog]].
## Unless the latter is [[Death Byby Newbery Medal|in a work after the Newbery Medal.]]
# Put them through a situation that would surely kill them [[Not Quite Dead|without showing them dead]].
# Make them [[Joker Immunity|a talented or popular villain]].
# Invite [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You|their arch rival]] to their battle with someone else.
# Comply with [[Never Say "Die"|censors]].
# Don't let anyone [[Never Found the Body|find their body]].
# [[Only a Flesh Wound|Wound]] them during a critical, dramatic, action-packed fight scene.
# [[Human Popsicle|Freeze them]].
# Make them an incredibly cool hero with [[Hollywood Healing|injuries that should be fatal]].
# Make them [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can|too powerful to be killed]].
# Have them get captured by an egotistical villain with [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him|a flair for the dramatic]].
# Remind [[The Hero]] that [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him]].
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# Make it very clear [[No One Could Survive That|no one could have survived that]].
# Use [[Time Travel]] to go back in time and [[Tricked-Out Time|make it look like they died, but really didn't.]]
# Literally ''[[Chess Withwith Death|cheat]]'': Knock over one of His playing pieces, then reset the board while He isn't looking.
# Have Death [[Balancing Death's Books|take someone more expendable]] instead.
# Have them [[Creator's Pet|make a few "friends" on the writing staff]] despite [[The Scrappy|the fanbase wishing to see the character stabbed to death with numerous sharp pointies]].
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# Most importantly, make sure [[Running the Asylum|no one important in making the show wants you dead for no good reason]].
# And if you can't follow this list, [[Kill'Em All|take everyone else down with you.]]
# Remember unless it is directly before the credits Never Ever [[Death Byby Sex|have sex.]]
# Simply [[Cursed Withwith Awesome|curse]] them with immortality.
But really, [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]
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[[Category:TV Tropes How to GuidesCheat Death]]
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