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Contrast with [[Intangible Time Travel]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* {{spoiler|Rika and Hanyuu}} in ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'', though they're not always able to keep ''all'' of their memories.
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== Fanfiction ==
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' fics involving [http://delicious.com/Lanta/star_wars+timetravel time travel] are surprisingly common, and a high percentage of them involve various characters being sent back to [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]] after dying.
* TONS''Tons'' of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' fanfics use this trope. Usually Shinji is the one who goes back from the time of Third Impact and goes on to prevent it without alerting NERV's higher-ups (e.g. Misato, Ritsuko and his father).
** There is one fic where Shinji discovers that not only the other pilots are parts of the rewinds too (humorously shown when he and Rei abuse the rewinds for training while Asuka ends up face first in a door every time a rewind occurs), he can rewind at any time by ''killing himself''. It eventually desensitizes him to the prospect of death so much that even Asuka is freaked out.
* A remarkably high percentage of AU fics for ''[[Harry Potter]]'' are like this. Usually it's Harry that does the rewind, sometimes the 'Golden Trio', occasionally Ginny to mix things up, and at least once it was the Trio, Ginny, Neville, Luna, Sirius, and Lupin, and maybe a few more in addition.
** After the seventh book there were fanfics with Snape going back to the "Snape's Worst Memory" scene right after his death. Usually with the purpose of him [[Loser Gets the Girl|getting the girl]].
* A 97-year-old Xander unintentionally sends his mind and soul back in time to permanently replace his 17-year-old self in ''[[I Am What I Am (fanfic)|I Am What I Am]]'', a ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' fic by M. McGregor.