"I liked [The Emperor] a lot; he was the only character who actually seemed to know they were in a fantasy RPG: He took one look at me, noticed the camera floating behind my head and said 'Oh bugger, you're the protagonist, guess I have to die now'. And die he did."
— Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, on The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and its use of this trope, Zero Punctuation
We can always bring you back, unless you died in a cutscene.
— New-U Station, Borderlands 3
Butters: Aw, he died. I really thought that was gonna work.
Old Mechanic: Nope. That resurrection dirt's only a combat mechanic. Nice try though.
Old Mechanic: Nope. That resurrection dirt's only a combat mechanic. Nice try though.
— South Park: The Fractured but Whole: Bring the Crunch
