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* In the endgame of ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', where all characters have the chance to be [[Killed Off for Real]], Miranda Lawson can survive situations that would kill other characters for half of the mission or so. Afterwards, she can die like anyone else.
* ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'' has particularly bad examples of this where the main characters lie prostate at the feet of the villains only to not be killed. And this happens no less than three times.
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* ''[[Baten Kaitos]]'' makes this a part of the plot. A character who bonds with a Guardian Spirit (read:player) is said to be granted incredible strength.
* Squad 7 in ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]''. For the most part it's unobtrusive, since it's a war game and it's entirely possible to lose during the individual stages, but it's impossible to lose any of your lieutenants permanently (without getting a Game Over, anyway). There's also the fact that {{spoiler|Selvaria, upon being captured, requests that Squad 7 be let go to escort her men away from the battle field before she flash-fries the rest of the army in her [[Suicide Attack]]. Squad 7 is the only reason she was captured in the first place and represents the ''only'' serious threat to the Empire; if she didn't have to let them walk because of the plot, the Empire would've won.}}