Magnus the Red: Vulkan?! Why are you alive?!
Vulkan: Why am I alive? Why would I want to be dead? Being alive is fun! All my friends are here!
Vulkan: Why am I alive? Why would I want to be dead? Being alive is fun! All my friends are here!
Woman: Father McGrath?! I thought you were dead!
Father McGrath: I was!
Father McGrath: I was!
— Show With In A Show in The Simpsons, "Bart's Dog Gets An F"
"He was dead... Then he got better."
— Tag Line for Crank: High Voltage
Zachariah: How are you—
Castiel: ...alive? That's a good question. How did these two [indicating Sam and Dean] end up on that airplane? Another good question, because the angels didn't do it. I think we both know the answer, don't we?
Castiel: ...alive? That's a good question. How did these two [indicating Sam and Dean] end up on that airplane? Another good question, because the angels didn't do it. I think we both know the answer, don't we?
Nasanna: Shepard? But...you're dead!
Commander Shepard: I got better.
Commander Shepard: I got better.
Mikaal: Thought you were injured.
Congorilla: I got better.
Congorilla: I got better.
"I think it was very nice of you to give that dead woman another chance."
— Crow T. Robot, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Space Mutiny
Cinema Snob: ... Weren't you Doctor Insano?
Spoony: Eh. I got better.
Spoony: Eh. I got better.
K: But how?! You were supposed to be deeeeeeead!
Nabeshin: I was, but Kumi-Kumi fixed me up with her needles!
Kumi-Kumi: I'm an acupuncturist!
K: BUT SHE WAS DEAD TOO!
Nabeshin: That's beside the point.
Nabeshin: I was, but Kumi-Kumi fixed me up with her needles!
Kumi-Kumi: I'm an acupuncturist!
K: BUT SHE WAS DEAD TOO!
Nabeshin: That's beside the point.
Sir Bevedere: What makes you think she is a witch?
Peasant: Well, she turned me into a newt!
Sir Bevedere: ...A newt?
[long beat]
Peasant: I got better.
Peasant: Well, she turned me into a newt!
Sir Bevedere: ...A newt?
[long beat]
Peasant: I got better.
Jacques: (a few minutes after he randomly exploded) Bro, the fuck is that?
Jon: (casually) Oh hey Jacques, I thought you died.
Jon: (casually) Oh hey Jacques, I thought you died.
— JonTron, Star Fox Adventures Review
[The Karate Duo Number One have been curb stomped by Geno]
Zeus Guy #1: I have been defeated.
Zeus Guy #2: I am dying.
Zeus Guy #1: Seriously?
Zeus Guy #2: Yes.
Zeus Guy #1: But you can't die. We're a karate duo. You can't have a duo with just one!
Zeus Guy #2: Then you shall be Karate Solo Number One.
Zeus Guy #1: But that does not have the same ring to it.
Zeus Guy #2: Ugh....
(Zeus Guy #2 dies.)
Zeus Guy #1: Nooooooooo....
[Cut to the Karate Duo recalling the story to Hal and Jeff]
Jeff: Woah! Woah! Woah! If he died in the story, how's he sitting next to you?
Karate Duo Number One: Lucky Candy!
Zeus Guy #1: I have been defeated.
Zeus Guy #2: I am dying.
Zeus Guy #1: Seriously?
Zeus Guy #2: Yes.
Zeus Guy #1: But you can't die. We're a karate duo. You can't have a duo with just one!
Zeus Guy #2: Then you shall be Karate Solo Number One.
Zeus Guy #1: But that does not have the same ring to it.
Zeus Guy #2: Ugh....
(Zeus Guy #2 dies.)
Zeus Guy #1: Nooooooooo....
[Cut to the Karate Duo recalling the story to Hal and Jeff]
Jeff: Woah! Woah! Woah! If he died in the story, how's he sitting next to you?
Karate Duo Number One: Lucky Candy!
— Bowser's Kingdom Episode 9
Frieza: Vegeta?! This can't be, I killed you myself!
Vegeta: Sorry, it didn't take!
Vegeta: Sorry, it didn't take!
"If we wish to bring someone back to life, it's because we wanted to."
— David Gaider of BioWare
Shinra: You had two bullets in your body, and considerable muscle damage in your legs and abdomen... so why are you walking around like nothing's happened?
Shizuo: Why? 'Cause I can.
Shizuo: Why? 'Cause I can.
Candide: Dearest, how can this be so?
You were dead, you know.
You were shot and bayoneted, too.
Cunegonde: That is very true.
Ah, but love will find a way.
Candide: Then what did you do?
Cunegonde: We'll go into that another day.
Now let's talk of you.
You are looking very well.
Weren't you clever, dear, to survive?
You were dead, you know.
You were shot and bayoneted, too.
Cunegonde: That is very true.
Ah, but love will find a way.
Candide: Then what did you do?
Cunegonde: We'll go into that another day.
Now let's talk of you.
You are looking very well.
Weren't you clever, dear, to survive?
James: Makes-Things came back.
Fritz: What?
James: He came back.
Fritz What, like, brought back? Cloning? Was that crazy vacation theory someone espoused true?
James: No, he just... came back. One day he wasn’t there, the next day he was.
Fritz: What?
James: He came back.
Fritz What, like, brought back? Cloning? Was that crazy vacation theory someone espoused true?
James: No, he just... came back. One day he wasn’t there, the next day he was.
— Protectors of the Plot Continuum, Snapback
Zim: Skoodge? I thought the Almighty Tallest killed you.
Skoodge: Yeeaaah, but I'm okay now.
Skoodge: Yeeaaah, but I'm okay now.
Tarvek: How did you—
Othar: HA! A mere chain is nothing for an adventurer such as myself!
Tarvek: What? No! I thought he'd broken your back!
Othar: Oh, that. Special trousers.
Tarvek: What!?
Othar: Very heroic.
Othar: HA! A mere chain is nothing for an adventurer such as myself!
Tarvek: What? No! I thought he'd broken your back!
Othar: Oh, that. Special trousers.
Tarvek: What!?
Othar: Very heroic.
Mu: Shaka?! Didn't you get atomized?
Shaka: Yeah, but I got better.
"Okay, cutting to the chase. Back, not dead. Surprise! Never mind."
— Missy, Doctor Who
Rarity: Parents? How are you alive? You both died in that chariot crash while on vacation six years ago.
Rarity's Father: Well, if there's anything Sweetie Bell here has taught us, it's not to question things.
Rarity's Father: Well, if there's anything Sweetie Bell here has taught us, it's not to question things.
"Yeah, I don't get this either. Pretty sure I died."
"Obviously, the Master always gets 'killed' at the end of the adventure. And then, with minimal explanation, just shows up again!"
— Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Magazine #490
"Somehow, Palpatine returned."
— Poe Dameron, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
"'Angry Bob un-died.'"
— Rat solves a major hurdle for the sequel to his novel, Pearls Before Swine
Lazyfire: You ever watch American Dad!?
Robot Randy: No.
Lazyfire: Okay, uh, there's an episode where the main character watches another character die, and just- like, he gets carried off by waves or something like that so he doesn't technically die. But, uh, at the end of the episode, because they have to maintain continuity, he's just there, and the main character looks at him and goes, "Jeff! I thought you died!" And Jeff just goes, "nope". And that's- that's about as far as this game goes in explaining how Pac is still alive.
Robot Randy: No.
Lazyfire: Okay, uh, there's an episode where the main character watches another character die, and just- like, he gets carried off by waves or something like that so he doesn't technically die. But, uh, at the end of the episode, because they have to maintain continuity, he's just there, and the main character looks at him and goes, "Jeff! I thought you died!" And Jeff just goes, "nope". And that's- that's about as far as this game goes in explaining how Pac is still alive.
Patient: Dr Constantine, my leg's grown back! When I come to the hospital, I had one leg!
Dr Constantine: Well, there is a war on. Is it possible you miscounted?
Dr Constantine: Well, there is a war on. Is it possible you miscounted?
— Doctor Who, "The Doctor Dances"
How— But I thought— You— But— Oh, whatever.
— Robin DeSanto trying to figure out how Mike Warner is no longer Deader than Dead before giving up, Shortpacked!
"Last time I saw him he tried to murder me. But when you kill someone by chopping off their head, rolling them up in a carpet and burning it... you'd better make sure they're dead."
— Colin Mochrie, Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Goldilocks: And you're supposed to be dead!
Puss: I got better...?
Puss: I got better...?
Nightcrawler: Listen, Shagreen... The last time I saw you, you were falling to your death in another dimension. How did you get here? And how the devil did you learn to teleport?
Shagreen: You'd like to know that, would you? Well, you can just wonder, because I'm not going to tell you.
Shagreen: You'd like to know that, would you? Well, you can just wonder, because I'm not going to tell you.
— Nightcrawler vol. 1 #4
Batman: You're supposed to be dead.
Joker: Maybe we're both dead, Bats.
Batman: Then this would be Hell.
Joker: Maybe we're both dead, Bats.
Batman: Then this would be Hell.
Catwoman: When did you get back?
Joker: Curiosity kills cats...
Catwoman: ...and Supermen kill Jokers.
Joker: Curiosity kills cats...
Catwoman: ...and Supermen kill Jokers.
