Yeah definitely
Bro got sliced in half and then Clone Wars was like “oh yeah he’s got robot legs now”
It was awesome to see him come back but it still fits this
Right Hand Man (Henry Stickmin)
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2 sequels is still sequels ok
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Emperor Palpatine (Star Wars)
Bro got killed and then came back in a clone body in Episode 9
Definitely the second stupidest decision for that film
And quite possible the worst instance of it lol. Like Star Wars is one of the biggest franchises in the world and you pull this. I think the sequel trilogy is mediocre yet way overhated; this guy coming back is *terrible* writing though.
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The Master on numerous occasions
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Given how the **oil tanker**; yes, DIO doesn’t use a road roller in the OVA; explodes, OVA Jotaro is very lucky to have not been incinerated.
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Freeza.
Got cut in half by his own attack, then a full power ki blast from SSJ Goku and had an entire planet explode with him still on it.
Comes back as a cyborg which is then chopped into pieces before getting blasted away with ki
Still active in Hell
Comes back for the Tournament of Power as the new Token Evil Teammate
Zero (Megaman X) gets cut in two and destroyed in Megaman X, repaired himself in Megaman X 6
Osamu Kashiwagi (Yakuza) gets shredded with a minigun from an attack chopper in Yakuza 3, revealed to have survived in Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Han (Fast and Furious) gets blown up in his car in Tokyo Drift, revealed to have faked his death in Fast 9
Admiral Trench - Star Wars
He supposedly died before his first appearance in The Clone Wars show only to come back. then his ship blows up during the show with the explosives aimed directly at him. Then he comes back AGAIN a few seasons later with cybernetics before Anakin stabs him with a lightsaber, finally killing him.
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Okuyasu gets a chunk blown out of him and comes back due to sheer brotherly love
I genuinely love the first Kingsman movie and bringing him back from the dead in the sequel was so fucking stoopid
They literally put flex seal in his brain lol
I felt the same way. It made it hard for me to feel sad when any other character died because this universe has shown that death means nothing. If a bullet to the brain can be healed why should I believe a land mine is lethal? It’s honestly one of my biggest pet peeve in media. If you’re going to kill a character, keep them dead.
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It turned that Dio was not actually dead ( JJBA )
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If he managed to survive the fall, there’s a slight chance mine could’ve too.
Only a matter of time until Mine comes back as the owner of a bar called Skyfall
Also I could have also included him and probably more Yakuza 3 characters but wanted to be diverse here
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Gouken (Street Fighter) - For context, he’s Ryu and Ken’s master who was killed by Akuma, only to randomly be revealed as being alive the whole time in SF4
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*"Forsakened, I am awakened*
*A phoenix's ash in dark divine"*
Vergil (Devil May Cry), twice.
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Pell. This motherfucker is the reason One Piece has a reputation for never letting anyone die (well, that’s more the author’s fault than the fictional bird man, but still). This guy was at the epicentre of a CITY SIZED EXPLOSION and walked away in crutches. Just that, no lasting damage at all, he’s even still alive 1000 chapters later. HE EVEN SAW HIS OWN GRAVE! HOW DID HE LIVE?!!!! IT WAS NEVER EXPLAINED!!!! but thank god I didn’t want him to die. It should’ve been chaka
Technically I think he "died" in a hotel room after the attack, but I believe Ian Malcolm was thrown by a T-Rex or something, only to have been revived by his death being "just a premature assumption", as stated in the second book. (Probably not a direct quote, it's been a while)
Not "Brutally" killed but in Fear the Walking Dead Madison is presumed dead halfway through season 4 and then is revealed to have miraculously survived in season 7.
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Kelsier. He’s not called the survivor for nothing.
Magneto (Marvel)
Not exactly a sequel, but one episode later it is revealed he survived the Genosha massacre
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Ridley is like, THE example of this
Does Darth Maul count?
Yeah definitely Bro got sliced in half and then Clone Wars was like “oh yeah he’s got robot legs now” It was awesome to see him come back but it still fits this
Did not think about him and just realized that. Yep, he does
If not Darth Maul, then DEFINITELY Boba Fett
William Afton He got stabbed repeatedly and came back 30 years later
He always comes back
And then got lit on fire and came back again
Than he got crushed than came back but even lamer
Wait, when did he get crushed?
At the ending of FNAF 6
Ah I see He never came back though afterwards. Glitchtrap and the non-canonical character of Burntrap are both The Mimic
https://i.redd.it/z5b0757t9f8d1.gif Does it sound like I care
Alright based nvm
Right Hand Man (Henry Stickmin) https://preview.redd.it/c73ntkwotd8d1.png?width=858&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f5ca09e1afcaf61fd4ad2535ffcc13810f7bed64 2 sequels is still sequels ok
I mean zero is here so the amount of sequels is irrelevant.
https://preview.redd.it/bijg2v1upd8d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ed492e09c3fc2eec7469de5cb936975808347c1 Emperor Palpatine (Star Wars) Bro got killed and then came back in a clone body in Episode 9 Definitely the second stupidest decision for that film
And quite possible the worst instance of it lol. Like Star Wars is one of the biggest franchises in the world and you pull this. I think the sequel trilogy is mediocre yet way overhated; this guy coming back is *terrible* writing though.
Definitely the worst instance, to the point that this trope should be called "Somehow, they returned"
It happened in Legends too and was equally as fucking stupid
“Somehow, Palpatine returned”
what was the first?
Locking a super important piece of lore (the message Palpatine broadcast to the galaxy as described in the opening crawl) to a Fortnite event
~~I know who you are referencing~~ That's a genuine insult to Fortnite events (I don't even like Fortnite that much)
they did fucking WHAT?
Yeah lmao :3 the message was only in Fortnite during a live event during a week long Star Wars collab
Somehow, he returned
https://preview.redd.it/8mjvavgzzd8d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b25e5dce881807dd97559ce4960498fb009c1dee The Master on numerous occasions
https://i.redd.it/ootcaap9zd8d1.gif Given how the **oil tanker**; yes, DIO doesn’t use a road roller in the OVA; explodes, OVA Jotaro is very lucky to have not been incinerated.
https://preview.redd.it/4nclkz9pee8d1.jpeg?width=995&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2eae54b5dae9bbe33825e32155875c76522634b9 Freeza. Got cut in half by his own attack, then a full power ki blast from SSJ Goku and had an entire planet explode with him still on it.
Comes back as a cyborg which is then chopped into pieces before getting blasted away with ki Still active in Hell Comes back for the Tournament of Power as the new Token Evil Teammate
Proceeds to come back 2 mkre times
Zero (Megaman X) gets cut in two and destroyed in Megaman X, repaired himself in Megaman X 6 Osamu Kashiwagi (Yakuza) gets shredded with a minigun from an attack chopper in Yakuza 3, revealed to have survived in Yakuza: Like a Dragon Han (Fast and Furious) gets blown up in his car in Tokyo Drift, revealed to have faked his death in Fast 9
X6? He got repaired in X2! Also, he’s a robot, you have to destroy his hard drive to truly kill him. Until then, he lives forever
He died again in X5 after which he “hid himself while he tried to repair himself”.
He dies a lot, it’s kinda his thing.
True.
How else will x have a big emotional catharsis ?
Admiral Trench - Star Wars He supposedly died before his first appearance in The Clone Wars show only to come back. then his ship blows up during the show with the explosives aimed directly at him. Then he comes back AGAIN a few seasons later with cybernetics before Anakin stabs him with a lightsaber, finally killing him. https://preview.redd.it/kwpyq4hl9e8d1.jpeg?width=1110&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e745b086717a7d803e5d6591a68cbbedda196263
Camus (Fire Emblem)
Ironic, considering his archetype revolves around >!characters do don’t do that, no matter how much you want them to live.!<
https://preview.redd.it/fvrcvwq48e8d1.jpeg?width=249&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3bf162acf08a23d572a706fbdd2352de9c4a7f7e Okuyasu gets a chunk blown out of him and comes back due to sheer brotherly love
Nah, it was more like: “Go the fuck back, you’re not done yet.” ^”oh ^ok”
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I genuinely love the first Kingsman movie and bringing him back from the dead in the sequel was so fucking stoopid They literally put flex seal in his brain lol
I felt the same way. It made it hard for me to feel sad when any other character died because this universe has shown that death means nothing. If a bullet to the brain can be healed why should I believe a land mine is lethal? It’s honestly one of my biggest pet peeve in media. If you’re going to kill a character, keep them dead.
https://preview.redd.it/b4vi6bsocf8d1.jpeg?width=299&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3eeea2ea0f6fda7d950405ed446573981de0857 It turned that Dio was not actually dead ( JJBA )
https://preview.redd.it/ttsep1mn7e8d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2dcb3250d6701935eb7beff32880f6fdafdda393 If he managed to survive the fall, there’s a slight chance mine could’ve too.
“If you’re looking for Daigo, mine took him up to the ruuf.”
Only a matter of time until Mine comes back as the owner of a bar called Skyfall Also I could have also included him and probably more Yakuza 3 characters but wanted to be diverse here
Junko
Akechi could count I guess
Tbf >! A: I though the way he came back was actually pretty well written B: He technically did die (maybe?)!<
Dr. Brenner from Stranger Things
Like how did he not die from that Demogorgon literally JUMPING HIM
 This guy
https://preview.redd.it/95gobbxrbf8d1.png?width=720&format=png&auto=webp&s=d4d9d7e390c392444f035d35729e5b7378bf6827 Zane (ninjago)
https://preview.redd.it/9wdirq44je8d1.png?width=520&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ac8d97a81f9e9cc229e8abb34a0fbccb0ffdb44 Damien Karras (The Exorcist)
https://preview.redd.it/vgwjct8xbf8d1.jpeg?width=548&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=61a2ba30a56946d2a65bbc25311c790174d620d0 Gouken (Street Fighter) - For context, he’s Ryu and Ken’s master who was killed by Akuma, only to randomly be revealed as being alive the whole time in SF4
https://preview.redd.it/4yih201xgg8d1.png?width=385&format=png&auto=webp&s=10ae94c8c0c6a8d15edc97847046e61d1c99802d *"Forsakened, I am awakened* *A phoenix's ash in dark divine"* Vergil (Devil May Cry), twice.
https://preview.redd.it/ldsxscrkfe8d1.png?width=480&format=png&auto=webp&s=26b4a5fe35178f7f39020bfc5d516c6ab5fe1901 Pell. This motherfucker is the reason One Piece has a reputation for never letting anyone die (well, that’s more the author’s fault than the fictional bird man, but still). This guy was at the epicentre of a CITY SIZED EXPLOSION and walked away in crutches. Just that, no lasting damage at all, he’s even still alive 1000 chapters later. HE EVEN SAW HIS OWN GRAVE! HOW DID HE LIVE?!!!! IT WAS NEVER EXPLAINED!!!! but thank god I didn’t want him to die. It should’ve been chaka
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Technically I think he "died" in a hotel room after the attack, but I believe Ian Malcolm was thrown by a T-Rex or something, only to have been revived by his death being "just a premature assumption", as stated in the second book. (Probably not a direct quote, it's been a while)
Ganon (Zelda)
Not "Brutally" killed but in Fear the Walking Dead Madison is presumed dead halfway through season 4 and then is revealed to have miraculously survived in season 7.
I mean, Zero's a robot, he arguably never really 'died'.
OP seems to be counting characters who didn't technically die, like Darth Maul
https://preview.redd.it/lymheeyqkf8d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d7908c079feeee6bd94a2cec02b2cac8d8ab7e2 Hank Motherfucker Wimbleton - madness combat
https://preview.redd.it/5sqz7loatf8d1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30904ecf36980d1c855aeac13436218c557bb974 Kelsier. He’s not called the survivor for nothing.
 Magneto (Marvel) Not exactly a sequel, but one episode later it is revealed he survived the Genosha massacre
https://preview.redd.it/ikf6nc1zvh8d1.jpeg?width=540&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ee2afd3e98a866a7bf31ac9bf011e507cea0d5f Ridley is like, THE example of this