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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"Heaven doesn't want me, and Hell's afraid I'll take over."''
|'''Lord Toede''', [[Older Than They Think|and countless others before him]]}}
So, [[The Dragon]], [[Anti-Hero]], [[Big Bad]], or [[Psycho for Hire]] has finally been killed. This isn't a world where [[Death Is Cheap]], either - bad people go straight to Hell, and there are no Clerics around to cast convenient resurrection spells.
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== Fought His Way Out ==
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* At the end of ''[[Great Teacher Onizuka]]'', {{spoiler|Onizuka}}.
* In ''[[King of Thorn]]'', {{spoiler|Marco Owen}} is being taken away by [[The Grim Reaper]] after deciding [[Better to Die Than Be Killed]] when he changes his mind and decides to go back. He outruns the reaper and returns to his thoroughly-wrecked body. A [[Heroic Sacrifice]] by another character patches him up, and [[He's Back]].
* In ''[[
** In ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]'', there's a moment where most of the previous villains got out of Hell, by opening a portal connecting Hell and the mortal world, only to be sent again to Hell later.
*** The same exact thing happens in one of the movies, which was done before GT.
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* [[Ghost Rider]] does this [[Memetic Badass|about every five seconds]]. Indeed, this was the first thing he did in the first issue of his latest series.
** And let us remember that one time when he took it over.
* [[Lobo]]; maybe not as much "fighting" his way out as it was [[Too Spicy for Yog-Sothoth| "driving everyone there nuts".]]
* [[Wolverine]] has been sent to Hell in the first story of his recent ongoing series. He managed to escape with the help of [[Alpha Flight]] member Puck, who was there for some reason. Puck ended up taking over Hell after he and Logan killed the devil. He later give up his position to get back to life and save his teammates.
* In the ''[[Underworld Unleashed]]'' storyline, it is revealed that [[Wonder Woman]]’s rival Artemis was unjustly sent to Hell after she was killed by the demonic White Magician, and forced to become a [[Trophy Wife]] to a demonic noble name Dalkriig-Hath. Later (in the ''[[Artemis: Requiem]]'' miniseries) she manages to usurp command of Dalkriig-Hath’s army, kill him, and escape from Hell, later [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain| using the infernal magic she acquired]] to become a member of [[The Hunter| the Hellenders]], a group of demon-hunters, taking the new moniker Requiem.
=== Fan Works ===
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* In ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'', {{spoiler|John Winchester}} seizes the opportunity to claw his way out of Hell when {{spoiler|the Hell Gate opens}}.
* {{spoiler|Buffy}} does this in the third season of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', though as hells go, this one was more like Satanic factory than eternal fire, and it did have a simple two way door.
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* [[GWAR]] in Beyond Hell.
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvAmUKgH7HI Hell]" by [[Disturbed]]
* [[Alestorm]],
{{quote|Out of the bowels of hell he sailed
Wielding a tankard of freshly brewed ale}}
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** In ''Shadowlands'' (which is, as of 2021, the most recent expansion), the player manages to fight off the Jailer and escape the Maw (which is Hell for most residents of Azeroth), by activating the First One waystone between the Maw and the rest of the Shadowlands. This feat earns the player the title of Maw Walker, enabling the player to come and go as they please, an ability that becomes necessary for the rest of the campaign.
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* In ''[[Narbonic]]'', the minor character Seth is dragged into hell by a visiting demon. Several years later, he returns when a gate is opened into the beyond. Apparently, [[Took a Level in Badass|he's picked up SEVERAL levels in badass]] on the way. Not to mention a really big axe.
* While she wasn't in "Hell", Morganna, the mystical [[Big Bad]] of the webserial ''[[The Descendants]]'' managed after falling into [[Another Dimension|Faerie]]. She mustered an army by defeating and cowing various creatures until she had a big enough army to challenge the local demons—who decided to cut a deal with her.
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* In ''[[Sinfest]]'', [[Shrinking Violet|Criminy]] braves the depths of hell, just to be with his girlfriend, the [[Horny Devils|succubus]] [[Heel Face Turn|Fuchsia]]. [[Satan|The Devil]] almost gets him, but...[https://web.archive.org/web/20140209162414/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3680 Punch it, Forky!]
* In ''[[Disenchantment]]'', protagonist and [[Badass Princess]] Tiabeanie Mariabeanie de la Rochambeaux Grunkwitz (you can call her Bean) has a knack for escaping the most hopeless of situations with little but wits, ingenuity, resourcefulness. Prison, execution, monsters, [[Arranged Marriage]] to more than one [[Prince Charmless]], you name it. And she has escaped from Hell not once, but ''twice''. Of course, in all honesty, she had help from Luci the first time and from Luci ''and'' Jerry the second time, but still quite an accomplishment.
== Got A Job ==
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* In the ''[[Good Omens]]'' fic ''[[Paradise Thwarted]]'', the sequel to ''[[Manchester Lost]]'', {{spoiler|when [[The Antichrist|Adam]] is killed, he ends up getting a job in hell. He didn't have a hard time getting the position, though}}.
{{quote|'''Satan:''' *''sneer''* It's you.
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* Also in [[The DCU]]: Karnevil for annoying/freaking out the demons by constantly pointing out better torture methods, and [[The Joker]] for being the Joker. The villainous Dr. Light was also kicked out after his death in the ''[[Suicide Squad]]''.
* ''[[Johnny the Homicidal Maniac]]'' didn't fit in in his universe's version of Hell, and Mr. Satan simply said he didn't belong there, and helped him come [[Back from the Dead]].
* [[Harley Quinn]] was kicked out of Hell ''twice''. The first time was in her original solo series, where she was exiled from the place for being too happy and joyful. Later, in ''Harley's Little Black Book'' she makes a [[Deal with the Devil]] where her end of the bargain was only 30 days in Hell, but she was kicked out early before even ''one'' day for being too annoying.
=== Fan Works ===
▲=== Fan Fiction ===
* [[Stepford Smiler|Zirah]] in the ''[[Good Omens]]'' [[Fanfic]] ''[[The Sacred and the Profane]]''
{{quote|...did he really think a few thousand years on Earth could have changed Zirah? ...[Hastur had] forgotten... that they had kicked Zirah out of Hell because ''they hadn't wanted him there.'' Because everybody was ''scared'' of him.. The way Zirah's face, [[Dissonant Serenity|oddly angelic even after the Fall]], had looked in the light of the flames. How he'd curl his lip whenever there was a particularly juicy bit of torture going on, and then absent-mindedly tear out some sufferer's voicebox because its screaming was getting on his nerves. Beelzebub, saying, "Fuck, make Zzzzirah go up. Bloke givezzz me the williezz."}}
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=== Fan
* In the ''[[Redwall]]'' fanfics by [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/614754/QuinlanofRedwall Quinlan of Redwall], the first [[Big Bad]], Hardin, is dead by the end of the first story. {{spoiler|Then, in the latest, we find out he overthrew Vulpuz as the Lord of Hellgates.}}
* In the simply epic ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]'' fanfic named ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6199168/1/Legends Legends]'', the one who has taken over hell is {{spoiler|Doctor Doom. He's naturally pissed when he sees his killer, Arcade, arrive. His proposed punishment? A millennium of torture until the new Deadpool arrives to hand him over to Dormammu.}}
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{{quote|'''Satan''': I never trust anyone who puts that much effort into his effortless charm.}}
=== Tabletop Games ===
* In most settings of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', Asmodeus is the Overlord of Hell, but there are suggestions that he was not the first. A few ''[[Planescape]]'' sourcebooks about Hell mention the "Ancient Baatorians", creatures that ruled Hell before he came along and exterminated most of them; ''Hellbound: The Blood War'' even claims that [[Faceless Goons|nupperibo]] are members of this race, and devils use them as cannon fodder or "demote" them into lemures out of concern they may evolve into stronger members of their race. The ''Elder Evils'' Splat book introduces an [[Eldritch Abomination]] named Zargon as Asmodeus' predecessor, though by his statline, Zargon's power has degenerated significantly, since it's possible for mortals to kill him.
=== Video Games ===
* In the videogame ''[[La Pucelle|La Pucelle: Tactics]]'', Prier can become a Demon Overlord if she goes too far deep into the Netherworld and kills the present one. She appears as such in the [[Disgaea]] series as a [[Bonus Boss]]. This is apparently based on a legend in Japanese mythology where one will become a youkai (demon) if they "bathe in the blood of 1000 youkai."
** Similarly, in ''[[Makai Kingdom]]'', the backstory of Seedle, the Overlord of the Underworld, is that he was once a Samurai who got lost down there - and ended up taking over the place. Actually, he was killed by a woman he was about to rape, but he still took over. Said woman was burned at the stake for killing a "hero" but she also took over her own Netherworld after her death.
** In ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'', it's revealed that the "God of Demon Overlords
** Happens in ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]'' if {{spoiler|You kill the final boss with just human Almaz alone, he becomes an Overlord, in style much like Prier.}} The Final Boss himself is an {{spoiler|"Evil God" due to being a Hero who killed countless Overlords.}}
** Also occurs in ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]'' if
** Occurs in another Atlus game,{{context|reason=MOD: If it isn't a Disgaea game, it shouldn't be listed with the Disgaea games, no matter which company released it. Does this example need to be re-written?}} {{spoiler|Catherine. If the player has made Chaos choices for the duration of the game and answered all of the final questions with freedom in mind, he asks Catherine, a succubus, to marry him... And she agrees. He wakes up in Hell the next morning and decides to strap on a sword and start killing demons wearing nothing more than his boxers... And eventually grows so powerful that everybody knows who he is and he uses Catherine's father (himself a powerful demon) as a seat. While he's making out with the guy's daughter and several other succubi.}}
* In ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'', killing the Emperor the first time doesn't particularly help, he takes over Hell and returns to Earth, raising Hell's capital from the earth to serve as his new base. In the remakes, it turns out this is the "evil side" of his soul doing the work - the "good side" ascends to Heaven and takes over that, too.
** The novelization even depicts the Emperor meeting [[Satan]] after he dies; who is about to take his soul; so the Emperor kills him.
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** Actually, that was a fanfic Mal was reading. It horrified her.
* In the most recent story of ''[[The Gods of Arr-Kelaan]]'', Ronson is trapped in hell. His weapon, the rubber mallet, semi-inadvertently kills Satan... and Ronson gets stuck with the job.
* Referenced in ''[[Grim Tales from Down Below]]'' - during a flashback to the days of '[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
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