Tropescilloscope: Back from the Dead

A character who was dead comes back to life. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Arch-Enemy Driven to Suicide Historical-Domain Character Say My Name Those Wacky Nazis Military and Warfare Films Vampire Fiction Hair-Trigger Temper Dwindling Party folderlabel Villain Opening Scene Would Hurt a Child Slasher Movie Bloody Hilarious Faux Affably Evil Precision F-Strike Sadistic Choice Mind Screw Rule of Cool Curse Cut Short Expy Femme Fatale Casting Gag Bunny-Ears Lawyer 20 Minutes into the Future Wrong Genre Savvy Awesome, but Impractical Ambiguous Ending The Reveal Hero of Another Story Dirty Coward Scenery Gorn Have a Gay Old Time Genre Shift Taking You with Me Getting Crap Past the Radar Made of Iron Alas, Poor Villain Evil vs. Evil Annoying Younger Sibling Author Appeal Shout-Out He Knows Too Much Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Psychological Thriller Romantic False Lead Not So Different Humiliation Conga Aluminum Christmas Trees Spiritual Successor Gorn The Lost Lenore Epic Fail Horror Films Damsel in Distress Everyone Has Standards Fun with Acronyms From Bad to Worse Handicapped Badass Same Language Dub Neck Lift Madness Mantra Mr. Exposition Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Chekhov's Gun Deliberate Values Dissonance Real Life Writes the Plot Exact Words Anachronism Stew Abusive Parents I Did What I Had to Do Death of a Child Mundane Made Awesome Extremely Short Timespan Daddy's Girl Not Even Bothering with the Accent Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Dogged Nice Guy Superhero Tempting Fate Deliberately Monochrome Left the Background Music On All Girls Want Bad Boys Male Gaze Redshirt Army Meaningful Background Event Advertised Extra Hope Spot Fatal Family Photo Karmic Death Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? timeperiod Not Quite Dead Asshole Victim Big Brother Instinct All There in the Manual Dirty Old Man Unwitting Instigator of Doom Artistic License – Law Oh, Crap! Disproportionate Retribution The Ghost Almost Kiss Race Lift Crazy Jealous Guy Toplessness from the Back Fate Worse than Death Badass Longcoat Reality Has No Subtitles Horror Comedy Mooks Decoy Protagonist Cat Scare Canadian Movies Film Noir Index Action Girl Missing Mom Shoot the Shaggy Dog Chekhov's Gunman Babies Ever After Re-Cut Eagleland Bond Villain Stupidity Better to Die than Be Killed Laser-Guided Karma Empathic Environment Insistent Terminology Shut Up, Hannibal! Heroic BSoD You Have Failed Me Freudian Excuse Fanservice Dark Reprise Aside Glance Really Gets Around Ambiguously Gay Truth in Television "Well Done, Son!" Guy Amusing Injuries Bullying a Dragon Henpecked Husband Broken Aesop Death by Adaptation Offscreen Moment of Awesome Bland-Name Product He Who Fights Monsters Big-Bad Ensemble Wretched Hive Kick the Dog Four-Temperament Ensemble Continuity Nod Crapsack World Sci-Fi Horror Adults Are Useless Rich Bitch N-Word Privileges What You Are in the Dark Cool Old Guy Ambiguous Disorder Big "NO!" British Films Face Death with Dignity Ascended Extra Card-Carrying Villain No Celebrities Were Harmed The Alcoholic Berserk Button Disappeared Dad Downer Ending The Remake Adaptational Badass Refuge in Audacity Tagline The Smart Guy Too Dumb to Live Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Super Strength Leave the Camera Running Black and Gray Morality Sole Survivor Improbable Weapon User Overprotective Dad Kubrick Stare Call-Forward Crucified Hero Shot Heel–Face Turn Sinister Minister Evil Plan War Is Hell Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Loads and Loads of Characters Easily Forgiven Call-Back Groin Attack Batman Gambit Dark and Troubled Past An Aesop Get Out! Poor Communication Kills Coming-of-Age Story '80s Hair Leaning on the Fourth Wall Apocalypse How Genre Throwback Death by Sex Suspiciously Specific Denial Five-Man Band Mad Scientist Only a Flesh Wound Very Loosely Based on a True Story Heel Realization Early-Bird Cameo Bottomless Magazines Hooker with a Heart of Gold Exactly What It Says on the Tin Sexy Discretion Shot Deus ex Machina Hell Is That Noise Cool Old Lady Evil Counterpart Dramatic Gun Cock Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Sassy Black Woman Dies Wide Open Humans Are Bastards Catapult Nightmare Dull Surprise The Bad Guy Wins Lampshade Hanging Adaptational Heroism Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Badass Grandpa Department of Redundancy Department Spared by the Adaptation Hate Sink Catch-Phrase Sacrificial Lion Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Retcon Undying Loyalty Fake Shemp Car Fu The Alleged Car Important Haircut Sequel Hook Red Oni, Blue Oni Artistic License – Geography Stock Footage Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies No Ending You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Mighty Whitey Translation Convention Token Minority Not So Above It All Man on Fire Mr. Fanservice Mythology Gag Ungrateful Bastard Even Evil Has Standards Facial Horror Jerk Jock Retired Badass Eye Scream Hypocritical Humor Cluster F-Bomb Malevolent Masked Men Bad Boss Dark Is Not Evil Pragmatic Adaptation BFG The Sociopath Film Series Shell-Shocked Veteran Title Drop Pyrrhic Victory Eureka Moment Implacable Man Knife Nut The Hero Dies Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Evil Sounds Deep Hero Antagonist Camp Gay Papa Wolf Creepy Child No Antagonist The End... Or Is It? Fish out of Water Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Drowning My Sorrows One-Man Army I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Well-Intentioned Extremist A Father to His Men Adaptation Dye-Job Race Against the Clock The Brute Villain with Good Publicity Naïve Newcomer Good Is Not Nice Off with His Head! Mexican Standoff All Just a Dream Affectionate Parody Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Only in It for the Money Documentary Rule of Funny Genre Savvy Vomit Discretion Shot Index of Film Westerns Pragmatic Villainy Bolivian Army Ending Once More, with Clarity! Obfuscating Stupidity Bound and Gagged Didn't Think This Through Bait-and-Switch Taking the Bullet A Minor Kidroduction Grievous Bottley Harm Kick the Son of a Bitch Accidental Murder Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Blackmail The Hero Gratuitous English Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Made of Explodium Action Prologue Rated M for Manly Determinator Historical Hero Upgrade The Starscream Contrived Coincidence World of Ham The Faceless Only One Name Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Homage Closed Circle Cool Car Creative Closing Credits The Atoner No OSHA Compliance The Dog Bites Back As the Good Book Says... Evil-Detecting Dog Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Stepford Smiler Mystery and Detective Films Product Placement Storming the Castle Blatant Lies Older Than They Look Pretty in Mink Men Are the Expendable Gender Depraved Bisexual Foreshadowing Star-Crossed Lovers Badass Boast Comically Missing the Point Shown Their Work The Stoic Abhorrent Admirer Running Gag Reckless Gun Usage Offscreen Teleportation Dumb Blonde Break the Cutie Big Fancy House The Film of the Book Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Bond One-Liner Gainax Ending Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Earn Your Happy Ending Improvised Weapon And the Adventure Continues Bald of Evil Take That! An Axe to Grind Motor Mouth Non-Indicative Name Darker and Edgier Anyone Can Die Big Damn Heroes Never Found the Body Epic Movie Does Not Like Shoes She's Got Legs Eyepatch of Power Redemption Equals Death Blood Knight Action Survivor Shirtless Scene My God, What Have I Done? The Casanova Freeze-Frame Bonus I'm a Humanitarian Actor Allusion Combat Pragmatist Friend to All Children Real Life Zombie Stories As Long as It Sounds Foreign Disguised in Drag Off-into-the-Distance Ending Adorkable Ripped from the Headlines Your Cheating Heart Flashback Brother–Sister Incest The Musical Artistic License – Biology More Dakka Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Take a Third Option Male Frontal Nudity The Vamp Psychopathic Manchild Shipper on Deck Destination Defenestration No-Sell Daylight Horror Nice Hat Anachronic Order Spanner in the Works Killed Mid-Sentence Kids Are Cruel Jump Scare Parental Abandonment In the Back O.O.C. Is Serious Business No Name Given The Dragon Villain Protagonist The Big Guy Big Bad Love Triangle Sir Swears-a-Lot Lock and Load Montage Cain and Abel Vacation Films Funny Background Event Central Theme Instant Death Bullet Canon Foreigner Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Every Car Is a Pinto Black Best Friend Scare Chord Large Ham My Beloved Smother Death Seeker Brutal Honesty Make It Look Like an Accident Punny Name Retirony Double-Meaning Title Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Blood from the Mouth Fire-Forged Friends Not What It Looks Like Recycled IN SPACE! Worthy Opponent Curb-Stomp Battle Dressing as the Enemy MacGuffin Artistic License – History Book-Ends Foregone Conclusion Spell My Name with an "S" Manchild Death by Irony Evil Is Hammy Ironic Echo Artistic License – Military Bloodier and Gorier Up to Eleven The '90s Antagonist Title Soft Glass Broken Pedestal Establishing Character Moment Twist Ending Obstructive Bureaucrat And I Must Scream A God Am I The Chessmaster Age Lift Evil Brit Diabolus ex Machina Break the Haughty Kill 'em All Adaptation Expansion Adapted Out Never Trust a Trailer Ass Shove Last-Name Basis Darkest Hour Peek-a-Boo Corpse The Dreaded Disney Villain Death Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Breaking the Fourth Wall Stealth Pun Room Full of Crazy Expository Hairstyle Change Character Development Straight Gay Cold-Blooded Torture Market-Based Title Soundtrack Dissonance Noodle Incident Drives Like Crazy Smug Snake Authority Equals Asskicking Works Set in World War II Thriller Bittersweet Ending The Chick Fan Disservice Pimped-Out Dress Unusually Uninteresting Sight Shower Scene Christmas Movies Index Did Not Get the Girl Serial Killer Cool Shades Armor-Piercing Question Domestic Abuse Adaptation Distillation Becoming the Mask Unspoken Plan Guarantee Red Eyes, Take Warning Ms. Fanservice Plucky Comic Relief Tap on the Head Cassandra Truth Russian Films Historical In-Joke Betty and Veronica Loophole Abuse Pet the Dog Author Avatar Manly Tears Naked People Are Funny Badass Bookworm Roaring Rampage of Revenge Mistaken for Gay Unreliable Narrator Nothing Is Scarier Actually Pretty Funny Paper-Thin Disguise All for Nothing Protagonist Title Danny Peary Cult Movies List Irony Meaningful Name Corrupt Corporate Executive The Mole Interrupted Suicide Leitmotif The Load Names to Run Away from Really Fast Failed a Spot Check Romantic Comedy Composite Character Artistic License – Gun Safety Ghost Fiction Married to the Job Be Careful What You Wish For Japanese Films Double Entendre Boom, Headshot! Not Using the "Z" Word Insult Backfire Frame-Up Public Domain Feature Films French Films The Quiet One Jerkass Has a Point Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Fat Bastard Beauty Is Never Tarnished Sealed Evil in a Can Accidental Misnaming Hidden Depths Auto Erotica The '70s No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Creator Cameo Punch-Clock Villain Rousing Speech Stuff Blowing Up Defiant to the End Villain Ball Playing Gertrude Gory Discretion Shot Silent Movie Gilligan Cut Eiffel Tower Effect Trailers Always Spoil Victoria's Secret Compartment Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Needs Wiki Magic Love Spiteful Spit Reasonable Authority Figure Adult Fear One-Word Title From Nobody to Nightmare She Cleans Up Nicely Suddenly SHOUTING! German Films Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Our Vampires Are Different The '60s Never My Fault Parental Incest NO INDOOR VOICE Dual Wielding Small Name, Big Ego Greater-Scope Villain Cool Guns Drill Sergeant Nasty Narrator Affably Evil Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Pretty Little Headshots Calling the Old Man Out Bowdlerise Fainting Unusual Euphemism Rasputinian Death Back from the Dead Imagine Spot In Medias Res Due to the Dead Famous Last Words Mercy Kill Skewed Priorities Rape as Drama Show Within a Show Evil Laugh Even Evil Has Loved Ones Major Injury Underreaction Silence Is Golden Hollywood Darkness Hypocrite Woman in White Slasher Smile Determinator aka: The Determinator Faking the Dead Sports Stories The Ace Took a Level in Badass Demonic Possession Butt-Monkey Brainless Beauty Knight Templar Yandere Big Eater Country Matters Air-Vent Passageway Dissonant Serenity Only Known by Their Nickname Pay Evil unto Evil Cat Fight Heterosexual Life-Partners Bavarian Fire Drill Fiery Redhead Dramatic Irony Arc Words Evil Is Petty It's Personal Villainous Breakdown Riddle for the Ages The Great Depression For the Evulz Word of God Does This Remind You of Anything? Black Comedy Rape The Voiceless The Mafia May–December Romance Lighter and Softer Flipping the Bird Beard of Evil La Résistance Video Credits Guile Hero Conspicuous CG Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Pre-Mortem One-Liner Corpsing Wicked Cultured Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Revenge Green-Eyed Monster Throwing Your Sword Always Works Manipulative Bastard Hoist by His Own Petard Framing Device The Stinger No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Immune to Bullets Not So Stoic Animal Motifs Karma Houdini Based on a True Story Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience I Need a Freaking Drink Distracted by the Sexy I Have Your Wife Bring My Brown Pants This Is Gonna Suck I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Fingore Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Australian Movies Body Horror What the Hell, Hero? Historical Villain Upgrade The Place Artistic License – Physics Drugs Are Bad Dying Moment of Awesome Intergenerational Friendship Agony of the Feet Sequel Escalation Alliterative Name All Men Are Perverts Disney Death Attempted Rape Broken Bird Bloodless Carnage Costume Porn Happily Married Fantasy Films Demoted to Extra Anti-Hero Logo Joke Cloudcuckoolander Police Brutality The Power of Love Fourth Date Marriage The '80s My Greatest Failure Parental Substitute Badass in a Nice Suit Animal Title Index Despair Event Horizon Rule of Three "The Reason You Suck" Speech Animated Credits Opening Heroic Sacrifice Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Bare Your Midriff The X of Y Bad "Bad Acting" Setting Update Sanity Slippage "Awesome McCool" Name Light Is Not Good Deadpan Snarker Posthumous Character Brick Joke Death Glare Put on a Bus Enemy Mine Honor Before Reason Vitriolic Best Buds Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Woman Scorned Action Genre Informed Ability Ship Tease The Ditz The Bully Funny Foreigner Deconstruction For Want of a Nail Beware the Nice Ones Rule of Symbolism Mood Whiplash Chekhov's Skill Mugging the Monster Slashed Throat Stealth Hi/Bye Intrepid Reporter Slap-Slap-Kiss Plot Hole Black Dude Dies First Dutch Angle Gone Horribly Right Whole Plot Reference Maybe Ever After Scenery Porn Laughing Mad Camera Abuse What Happened to the Mouse? Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Deal with the Devil Beta Couple Mama Bear The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Our Zombies Are Different In Name Only Neck Snap Gold Digger Grey and Gray Morality Scary Black Man Let's Get Dangerous! How We Got Here Italian Films Vomit Indiscretion Shot Totally Radical The Oner Line-of-Sight Name Idiot Ball Kill It with Fire Adaptational Attractiveness Visual Pun And Starring Properly Paranoid Meaningful Echo Amoral Attorney The Cameo Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Serious Business Guns Akimbo Manic Pixie Dream Girl Fatal Flaw Suspiciously Similar Substitute Captain Obvious You Killed My Father The Smurfette Principle It's All About Me Improbable Aiming Skills Ax-Crazy Chewing the Scenery Bilingual Bonus Wham Shot Red Shirt As Himself Jitter Cam Extreme Doormat Moment Killer Half the Man He Used to Be Hollywood Law Developing Doomed Characters Hong Kong Films Red Right Hand Crazy-Prepared Jerk with a Heart of Gold Insane Troll Logic An Arm and a Leg Time Skip Bar Brawl One Steve Limit Children Are Innocent The Stoner Belligerent Sexual Tension Covers Always Lie Bi the Way Reality Is Unrealistic Black Comedy Would Hit a Girl Random Events Plot "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Music Stories Psycho for Hire Your Head A-Splode Adaptation Name Change Obviously Evil Tranquil Fury Bury Your Gays Heroes Want Redheads Novelization "Shaggy Dog" Story Outrun the Fireball Self-Deprecation Jerkass You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Match Cut The Cavalry The Lancer The '50s Wounded Gazelle Gambit Dirty Cop B-Movie Foil Nice Guy Arranged Marriage Politically Incorrect Villain Overly Long Gag Anti-Villain Credits Gag Love at First Sight Martial Arts Movie Villain Song Meet Cute Face–Heel Turn The Un-Reveal A.I. Is a Crapshoot Only Sane Man A Date with Rosie Palms Big Bad Duumvirate Chase Scene Big Applesauce Rewatch Bonus Dropped a Bridge on Him Celebrity Paradox Gender Flip Award-Bait Song Fanservice Extra Took a Level in Jerkass Fantastic Racism Cowboy Cop Stalker with a Crush Eldritch Abomination After the End Final Girl Stylistic Suck Parental Neglect Wham Line Unresolved Sexual Tension Together in Death Police are Useless There Is No Kill Like Overkill Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! All There in the Script Biopic Monumental Damage Those Two Bad Guys Cruel and Unusual Death Dramedy