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* Ever since ''The Flash: Rebirth'' (the one dealing with Barry's return in ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', not [[ComicBook/TheFlashRebirth the tie-in for]] ''ComicBook/DCRebirth''), Nora Allen has been dead, killed by Professor Zoom to give Barry angst. In ''ComicBook/RWBYJusticeLeague'', Nora, much like she was prior to ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', is still alive and well[[note]]prior to Barry's return, during the stuff with Cobalt Blue, it was stated she and Henry died shortly after Barry did[[/note]].

* Randall from ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' is last seen stranded in the human world while a trailer trash family beat him with a shovel, thinking he's an alligator. The ''Creator/BoomStudios'' comic shows that he somehow managed to escape and get back to Monstropolis.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Monsters Inc.: Scream Arena]]'' shows that Randall survived the movie and got his job back at the Monsters Inc. factory.

* [[SparedByTheAdaptation/AnimatedFilms Films -- Animated]]

* ''Creator/Disney'' books:

* A ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' read-along book never mentions the death of his mother. Now, she COULD have died, but it just jumps from Winter to Spring and Bambi being grown up with no deaths. She just disappears.
** Another storybook, this time based on ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', actually does not mention Ray the firefly's death at all!
** Some storybooks based on ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'' actually leave out the deaths of Rod "Torque" Redline, Leland Turbo, and Tony Trihull. Also, one Franchise/{{Lego}} playset based on that movie had Leland Turbo's cube drawn in a way so it now shows his pitiful eyes, suggesting that [[AndIMustScream he is still alive even as a cube.]]
** Some storybook adapations of ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' do not show Mufasa's death, yet his death in the stampede is still implied.
** In fact, a lot of tie-in Disney storybooks tend to leave out the deaths of important characters, which occasionally result in {{plot hole}}s, especially if the death is related to the plot. An inversion would be in some tie-in storybooks based on ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', [[Creator/LeonardNimoy King Kashekhim Nedakh's]] death is not mentioned at all, yet we still see his daughter Kida as [[TheHighQueen a Queen]] at the end, while others have Kida released from the Crystal and hugging Milo, with the two holding hands together as the final illustration, which plays this trope straight.

* ''WebAnimation/GamingAllStars Remastered'': VideoGame/{{Vexx}}, [[VideoGame/InFamous Cole MacGrath]], [[VideoGame/Sonic3 Knuckles the Echidna]] and the VideoGame/NinjabreadMan all survive for a longer period of time here than they did in ''The Ultimate Crossover''. They still, however, perish in the finale along with the remainder of the cast.

* Several of the video game adaptations of ''VideoGame/Alien3'' allow Ellen Ripley (the main heroine of the series) to remain alive at the end of the game, and disregard the plotline about being infected by a facehugger. The NES adaptation ends with her simply leaving the facility after she completes the final mission (and presumably escaping via unknown means), while the Game Boy adaptation ends with her using Bishop's body to fix the controls of the EEV and travel back to Gateway Station.

** In fact, a lot of tie-in Disney storybooks tend to leave out the deaths of important characters, which occasionally result in {{plot hole}}s, especially if the death is related to the plot. An inversion would be in some tie-in storybooks based on ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', [[Creator/LeonardNimoy King Kashekhim Nedakh's]] death is not mentioned at all, yet we still see his daughter ____ as [[TheHighQueen a Queen]] at the end.