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When this happens to an entire franchise or show, it's been [[Un Cancelled]]. This may be because the fans told each other to [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]].
 
Compare with [[Breakout Character]]. May result in an [[AuthorsAuthor's Saving Throw]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Jeremiah Gottwald from ''[[Code Geass]]'', who was originally meant to be killed off early in the series. However, he proved popular enough that the creators not only had him survive, but made him a more important character than originally intended.
* Abdul from ''[[Jo JosJo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'' is a subversion: {{spoiler|he got brought back only to be killed later}}.
* Grell in ''[[Black Butler (Manga)|Black Butler]]'' only ever made one appearance in the manga (albeit an important one), but gained such fan support that she was brought back ''constantly'' in the anime and now she's in the musicals. Also, the girl came back in the recent zombie arc... and she's infatuated with "Seba" ("Seba-chan"), as usual.
* Priss from ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'' was going to die in Episode 6 and be replaced by Vision, until the fans changed Artmic's mind.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Subverted in ''[[Eight 8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|8-Bit Theater]]''. Not only does Brian make it clear that {{spoiler|Black Belt}} is dead forever, he does so in a thinly veiled, particularly spiteful [[Take That]] against his fans demanding his return.
* In ''[[College Roomies From Hell]]'', during the Blue Mushroom arc, Dave's soul was stolen by the devil. Fan outcry on the forum was so great that the cartoonist invented the Miraculous Shotgun in order to save him.
 
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* Angel, a character from ''[[Lilo and Stitch The Series]]'', was only intended to be a one episode character. However, once the executives realized she was one of the most popular characters, they brought her back for two more episodes, and they were right to do so, as leaving her on the [[Put On a Bus To Hell|bus to Hell]] she was put on at the end of her first episode would've [[Broken Aesop|broken the main theme of the series]] into tiny little pieces.
* Kenny from ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'' after he was supposed to be [[Killed Off for Real]]. Additionally, Kyle was originally the one to be killed off.
* Waspinator from ''[[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]'', who was slated for death to make room for a [[Merchandise -Driven|new toy]]. Online popularity saved him, [[Butt Monkey|or alternatively]], ''[[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|prolonged his suffering.]]''
* ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'' episode ''Three Kings'' contains a parody of ''Misery'' in which Stewie obliges Brian to bring back the character of Snuggly Jeff back from the dead.
* The [[Evil Knockoff|Rowdyruff]] [[Spear Counterpart|Boys]] from ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''. Intended to only be one shot villains. But the fans loved em so the writers eventually brought em back in the fifth season.