== [[Anime]] ==
* [[End of Evangelion]] gets versions of this. Asuka wakes up from her [[Convenient Coma]] just in time for one more [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] before getting [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel|THE]] [[Nausea Fuel|single]] [[Cruel and Unusual Death|most]] [[Impaled Withwith Extreme Prejudice|brutal]] death in the entire series. And then Shinji and his mother finally gets themselves together (it [[Makes Sense in Context]]), and go out to save his love interest, and finds Asuka's mech's EATEN remains. Yeah... bad timing all round.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* This happens to [[Batman (Comic Book)|Batman]] in ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]''. Fortunately, the only one in a position to notice was [[Superman (Comic Book)|Clark Kent]] (the vital sign in question was the sound of Batman's heart restarting, ''after'' he'd been buried), and he kept mum.
== [[Theatre]] ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'', when Lisa is lying unconscious, possibly dead, Homer tells her "Lisa, if you wake up, I'll buy you a pony". She immediately sits up, saying "New pony!". Homer tries to convince her she dreamed it.
* Played straight in ''[[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]''. Enraged after the apparent death of Blackarachnia, Silverbolt hunts down Tarantulus to avenge her. He nearly kills Tarantulus by impaling him, but is interrupted by Rampage. Cue the return of the new and improved Blackarachnia, who kicks Rampage's ass and then admonishes Silverbolt for being a noble tool.
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