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* A trait of ''ComicBook/theSentry'''s arch enemy, the Void, is that he always comes back from defeat more dangerous and evil than before. The Sentry's debut miniseries had the Void's threat grow to apocalyptic proportions.

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* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': In the final part of "The Battle for Mewni", it's unclear whether or not [[Characters/StarVsTheForcesOfEvilStarButterfly Star Butterfly]] actually died, but after Toffee crushes the half of the wand she's trapped in and she seemingly drowns in the corrupted magic, she manages to "Dip Down" far enough to grab the last uncorrupted bit of magic. The result is her purifying the magic and returning in a Golden SuperMode with enough power to critically damage Toffee, making it possible to finally kill him.

*** Andromeda was known as a princess who was ChainedToARock as a sacrifice to the monster Cetus until Perseus rescued her. As a Servant, she [[CursedWithAwesome she still has the chains and they cannot be removed]], but she is now able to swing the rock attached to them like a flail and she can use Cetus as a mount. She also has DishingOutDirt, MakingASplash, and StarPower powers.

** Saiyans have this as a racial ability: if a Saiyan can recover from a near-fatal injury, they receive a power-up. It doesn't have an official name, however fans have taken to calling it "zenkai" (full release) after the first japanese ending song for ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. Before he discovered the wonders of training, Vegeta used this as his sole method of getting stronger. He uses this to his advantage on Namek to one-up Cui and Zarbon, and does it intentionally by having Dende heal him after letting Krillin almost kill him so he can fight Frieza. It's also used to explain how Goku gets so strong on his way to Namek and to give him a boost after being beaten by Captain Ginyu.[[note]]It's also applied to retroactively explain how he would get more powerful after every defeat in earlier parts of the story, [[InformedAbility although this isn't apparent at all]].[[/note]]
** There's also the example of dying and then training in the afterlife, especially with King Kai. Goku learned the [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Kaio Ken]], [[CombinedEnergyAttack Spirit Bomb]] (AKA the Genki Dama), and gained his Super Saiyan 2 and 3 forms this way. Additionally, Yamcha, Tenshinhan and Chiaotzu are able to take on the Ginyu Force sans Captain Ginyu himself due to their training with King Kai (at least in the anime), and Piccolo got considerably stronger even ''before'' [[FusionDance fusing with Nail]].

** Later, Cell self-destructs and [[FromASingleCell re-forms]] thanks to having the Namekian HealingFactor, and gets a power boost because he has Saiyan cells so that he goes from being [[CurbStompBattle made chump change by Super Saiyan 2 Gohan]] to almost killing him in their final BeamOWar that he only loses from outside intervention and is finished off completely [[TooPowerfulToLive because a repeat would have meant no one could beat him and a bad ending for the heroes]]. This is the last time this Saiyan trait is specifically mentioned. Even worse, his death happening in close contact with Goku allowed Cell to learn his [[FlashyTeleportation Instant Transmission]] technique (he also claims to know the [[CombinedEnergyAttack Spirit Bomb]], but doesn't use it in the anime.)

*** Andromeda was known as a princess who was ChainedToARock as a sacrifice to the monster Cetus until Perseus rescued her. As a Servant, she [[CursedWithAwesome she still has the chains and they cannot be removed]], but she is now able to swing the rock attached to them like a flail and she can use Cetus as a mount. She also has DishingOutDirt and MakingASplash powers.

*** Andromeda was known as a princess who was ChainedToARock as a sacrifice to the monster Cetus until Perseus rescued her. As a Servant, she [[CursedWithAwesome she still has the chains and they cannot be removed]], but she is now able to swing the rock attached to them like a flail and she can use Cetus as a mount.

** After Moira [=MacTaggart=] had been zapped with the mutant neutralizer, she also had her arm cut off and her body infested with bio-engineered cancer. Dying, she was able to hold out long enough to force at gunpoint a genius inventor TechBro to help her build a powerful robotic body to do a BrainUpload into it just before she died.

* In ''Manhwa/AflameInferno'', the main character gets possessed by Inferno after his nearly fatal blow.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': During the FinalBattle, Belos -- who has [[DemonicPossession possessed the Titan's heart]] and [[HijackingCthulhu hijacked most of its power]] -- manages to kill Luz when she [[TakingTheBullet shields the Collector from an attack]], which disintegrates her. She ends up in the [[VoidBetweenTheWorlds In Between Realm]] and meets the Titan's spirit, which passes along to her the last of his strength, which allows her to resurrect as a [[HalfHumanHybrid human-Titan hybrid]], who [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu quickly proves to be more than a match for Belos.]]

* Parodied on ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' in which Cartman throws himself off a roof in a poorly-planned attempt to fly and wakes up from a coma in the hospital, and the cops who have the IdiotBall believe he has precognition. [[OnlySaneMan Kyle]] later does the same thing at the end of the episode so people will [[CassandraTruth believe him]] about the serial killer's identity and Cartman's uselessness. Eerily, the lights flicker violently when Kyle gets frustrated.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': In the final part of "The Battle for Mewni", it's unclear whether or not Star actually died, but after Toffee crushes the half of the wand she's trapped in and she seemingly drowns in the corrupted magic, she manages to "Dip Down" far enough to grab the last uncorrupted bit of magic. The result is her purifying the magic and returning in a Golden SuperMode with enough power to critically damage Toffee, making it possible to finally kill him.

* It seemed that Albert Wesker, the villain of first ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' game, got a KarmicDeath by the Tyrant's claw to the stomach, but, thanks to [[DeathActivatedSuperpower death-activated]] [[SuperpowerRussianRoulette experimental virus]] he injected himself before, he returned as Umbrella's [[UltimateLifeForm perfect]] creation: an unstoppable LightningBruiser retaining his human appearance and [[MagnificentBastard mind]].

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Anathema}}'', players start the game by dying. They come back as basically the grim reaper on steroids.