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* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]: The Return of the King'' had the heroes recruit help from an army of the dead.

* ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]:'' Valeria appears just in time to save Conan from being killed by Rexor, Thulsa Doom's lieutenant.

** In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s "[[Queen of the Black Coast]]," this role (and indeed most of Valeria's roles) was fulfilled by Belit, the title character of the story.

* In the remake of ''[[House on Haunted Hill]]'', the last two characters are trying to escape from the evil presence, but there is a gate which they can't open. Before they are consumed, a ghost from a character that had entered the house with them under the same pretenses but had died earlier appears and opens the gate for them.

* The ghost of Squeeky-Bobo from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' helps out the Dimension of Pain demons now and then.

* ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'': The truth is, those paladins guarding Soon's gate weren't there to guard the gate alone... they were there [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0449.html as reinforcements].