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* In ''[[Inuyasha]]'', Urasue tries to resurrect Kikyo and command her. It doesn't work out so well.

* ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' features a lot of [[Disney Death|Disney Deaths]], but the straightest example of this trope is probably the second time Goku is revived. They didn't revive him right after he was killed by Cell, what meant that he would never get revived. Seven years later, Gohan is the only alive warrior who hasn't been killed or [[You Will Be Assimilated|absorbed]] by Majin Buu, and he can't beat him, so Goku has to be specifically revived by special ways to help him.

== Film ==

* ''[[Universal Soldier]]''. After being killed, soldiers are brought back to life via cyborgization and used on missions too dangerous for regular soldiers.

* The corpsey guy from ''[[Hocus Pocus]]''.

* Captain Barbossa from the ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' series, brought back to life by Tia Dalma so that he can sail to hell and get Jack out.

*two or three of the crew raise their hands*<br />

'''Jack:''' Ah, I think I'll stand over there with them. }}

== Literature ==

* 'Pham Nguyen' is brought back from some 'deaders' in ''A Fire Upon the Deep'', and becomes a true hero.

* In Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion series, the protagonist is a hero who is magically resurrected, as different people, on different worlds to wage war. He is VERY good at it.

* In ''[[The Heroes of Olympus]]'', the Doors Of Death have opened, meaning that no one stays dead for long. While this can be good (as when Gwen gets speared during a combat exercise) it also means that Gaea can resurrect deadly monsters and giants to help her defeat the Olympians.

* In the new series of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' the Timelords try this with The Master, thinking his underhanded deviousness would make him a great soldier. However they forgot his [[Dirty Coward|natural tendency towards self-preservation]] and he legged it.

** Also [[Word of God]] for why the Lord President in "The End of Time" is called 'Rassilon' -- the same thing was done with him, and that didn't work out any better.

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

** In ''[[Magic The Gathering/Scourge|Scourge]]'', Kamahl recruits Ixidor from the dead to help defeat Karona.

== Video Games ==

* At the very start of ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', [[Player Character|Commander Shepard]] is killed but brought back to life by [[NGO Superpower|Cerberus]] to continue the fight against [[Eldritch Abomination|the Reapers.]]

* ''[[Age of Wonders]]: The Wizards Throne'' does this later in the story. {{spoiler|It turns out that Merlin had been killed, and resurrected by Gabriel, to combat the rebellious wizards.}}

* ''[[Altered Beast]]''. "AWISE FWOM YO GWAVE!"

* Caleb from ''[[Blood]]''. Opening line? ''"I live... again!"'' The first game is him out to find and avenge his wife and best friend after their god has forsaken them.

* In ''[[Rift]]'', this is [[Player Character|your]] situation.

* [[Transformers Generation 1|Optimus Prime]] at the end of the original series.

{{quote| [[Badass Boast|"And this time, no force in the Universe can STOP ME!"]]}}

{{quote| Shao Kahn: "Few have ever existed more malevolent than you, Shang Tsung"}}

** He also gave Shang Tsung a good punch in the face for losing Earth Realm in the first place. Actually, it was the very first thing he did.