Tropescilloscope: Back from the Dead

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

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Is a Crapshoot Air-Vent Passageway Spared by the Adaptation Eagleland Rasputinian Death Eye Scream Our Zombies Are Different Narrator Cool Car Mr. Exposition Heterosexual Life-Partners Evil vs. Evil No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Demoted to Extra Action Genre Evil Is Hammy Authority Equals Asskicking Bond Villain Stupidity Kill 'em All The Voiceless No Name Given Artistic License – History Berserk Button Knife Nut Break the Haughty Disproportionate Retribution Facial Horror The Dog Bites Back Spiteful Spit The Chessmaster Older Than They Look Car Fu Creepy Child Taking You with Me Small Name, Big Ego Face Death with Dignity Does This Remind You of Anything? Depraved Bisexual Serious Business Flashback Male Frontal Nudity It Will Never Catch On Brick Joke It Can Think Blood Knight Did Not Get the Girl Corpsing Your Cheating Heart Apocalypse How Adaptational Badass Loophole Abuse Cain and Abel Red Shirt Historical Villain Upgrade Pragmatic Villainy Logo Joke Let's Get Dangerous! 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Demonic Possession Failed a Spot Check Russian Films She Cleans Up Nicely The Place Darkest Hour Age Lift Composite Character Gender Flip Kids Are Cruel Straight Gay Redshirt Army Ms. Fanservice In the Back Not Even Bothering with the Accent Chekhov's Gunman Spanner in the Works The '60s Romantic False Lead Blood from the Mouth Cold-Blooded Torture Damsel in Distress Military and Warfare Films Super Strength He Knows Too Much Badass Bookworm Television Movie Index Shoot the Shaggy Dog Call-Forward I Did What I Had to Do Our Vampires Are Different Wounded Gazelle Gambit Zombie Stories Pretty Little Headshots Due to the Dead Epic Fail Pre-Mortem One-Liner And the Adventure Continues The Dragon I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Punctuated! For! Emphasis! 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Fatal Flaw Documentary Very Loosely Based on a True Story Mr. Fanservice Reckless Gun Usage Your Head A-Splode The Smurfette Principle Eldritch Abomination Plot Hole Adapted Out Overprotective Dad Retirony Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas No Antagonist Almost Kiss Shirtless Scene Parental Abandonment Black Comedy Killed Mid-Sentence Curse Cut Short Obstructive Bureaucrat Fat Bastard Historical-Domain Character Not Quite Dead Arch-Enemy "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Manchild Line-of-Sight Name Back from the Dead Punch-Clock Villain Woman in White Handicapped Badass Accidental Murder Science Fiction Films Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Creative Closing Credits Armor-Piercing Question Unresolved Sexual Tension You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Bring My Brown Pants Biopic Domestic Abuse Camp Gay One-Word Title Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Index of Film Westerns Genre Shift The Bully Expy Hypocritical Humor "Well Done, Son!" 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Big-Bad Ensemble Lock and Load Montage NO INDOOR VOICE Chekhov's Skill Mundane Made Awesome The Load Beta Couple Does Not Like Shoes Grey and Gray Morality An Aesop The Lost Lenore Five-Man Band Artistic License – Gun Safety Foil Insistent Terminology Adaptation Name Change Hidden Depths Retcon Guile Hero The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Unusual Euphemism Black Best Friend Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Arc Words The Reveal Mad Scientist All Men Are Perverts Sealed Evil in a Can Intergenerational Friendship Didn't Think This Through Christmas Movies Index For Want of a Nail Corrupt Corporate Executive Missing Mom Protagonist Title As the Good Book Says... No-Sell Never My Fault Playing Gertrude Gratuitous English Genre Savvy Japanese Films Covers Always Lie Well-Intentioned Extremist Daddy's Girl Naïve Newcomer Amusing Injuries Evil Counterpart Dramatic Irony Off-into-the-Distance Ending Undying Loyalty Hell Is That Noise Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Film Noir Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Villainous Breakdown Darker and Edgier Fatal Family Photo Italian Films Destination Defenestration Needs Wiki Magic Love It's Personal Wrong Genre Savvy As Long as It Sounds Foreign Hypocrite Advertised Extra Half the Man He Used to Be Sir Swears-a-Lot Fiery Redhead La Résistance Intrepid Reporter I Have Your Wife Insane Troll Logic Anti-Villain Retired Badass Shell-Shocked Veteran Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Bi the Way Green-Eyed Monster Lampshade Hanging Ascended Extra One-Man Army Precision F-Strike Fanservice Mind Screw Genre Throwback Actually Pretty Funny German Films All Just a Dream Crucified Hero Shot Body Horror Ax-Crazy Adorkable Amoral Attorney Meaningful Echo Police Brutality Slasher Smile Obfuscating Stupidity Meet Cute Greater-Scope Villain Ass Shove Despair Event Horizon Bittersweet Ending Token Minority Bond One-Liner Blatant Lies Wretched Hive Thriller Chekhov's Gun Death by Adaptation Establishing Character Moment The Ghost Decoy Protagonist Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Took a Level in Badass Card-Carrying Villain The Alcoholic Extreme Doormat Disappeared Dad Pragmatic Adaptation Developing Doomed Characters Ghost Fiction Red Right Hand Brutal Honesty Reality Ensues Chase Scene Cloudcuckoolander Refuge in Audacity The Hero Jump Scare Attempted Rape Bound and Gagged Overly Long Gag Artistic License – Military Skewed Priorities Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Exactly What It Says on the Tin Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Dirty Cop Evil Is Petty Unspoken Plan Guarantee The '90s Abusive Parents Big Bad French Films Not What It Looks Like Bad "Bad Acting" Whole Plot Reference Conspicuous CG Antagonist Title Implacable Man Nothing Is Scarier Flipping the Bird Black Dude Dies First Mistaken for Gay Artistic License – Law Yandere Not So Stoic Taking the Bullet Historical Hero Upgrade Leaning on the Fourth Wall Determinator Crazy Jealous Guy Hope Spot Big Eater Rule of Cool Auto Erotica Motor Mouth Asshole Victim Book-Ends Martial Arts Movie You Have Failed Me Bavarian Fire Drill Mood Whiplash Bullying a Dragon Crazy-Prepared Cruel and Unusual Death The '80s Adults Are Useless Bowdlerise Aluminum Christmas Trees Parental Incest Film Noir Index Alas, Poor Villain Morality Pet Big Damn Heroes I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Crapsack World Non-Indicative Name After the End Author Appeal Only a Flesh Wound Made of Iron Better to Die than Be Killed Laughing Mad Artistic License – Geography The Un-Reveal Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Bolivian Army Ending Superhero All Girls Want Bad Boys Cool Old Guy Silent Movie Those Wacky Nazis Butt-Monkey Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Together in Death Toplessness from the Back Adult Fear All for Nothing He Who Fights Monsters Soft Glass Rape as Drama Sole Survivor Peek-a-Boo Corpse Frame-Up Only One Name Author Avatar Honor Before Reason Left the Background Music On Actor Allusion Big Brother Instinct Malevolent Masked Men Adaptation Distillation Police are Useless Homage Betty and Veronica Sequel Hook Batman Gambit What Happened to the Mouse? 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Heel Realization Manly Tears Humiliation Conga Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Good Is Not Nice Humans Are Bastards Unwitting Instigator of Doom Dying Moment of Awesome Continuity Nod Fun with Acronyms Eiffel Tower Effect Animal Motifs Time Skip Deliberately Monochrome Danny Peary Cult Movies List It's All About Me Gainax Ending The Quiet One Defiant to the End Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Random Events Plot Fantastic Racism Dumb Blonde Chiaroscuro Badass Boast Big Applesauce Friend to All Children The Mole I Need a Freaking Drink Nice Hat Comically Missing the Point Scare Chord Works Set in World War II Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Mexican Standoff Bad Boss The Hero Dies Every Car Is a Pinto Improvised Weapon Smoking Is Cool Henpecked Husband Daylight Horror "The Reason You Suck" Speech For the Evulz Papa Wolf Married to the Job Central Theme One Steve Limit Affably Evil Sports Stories A Date with Rosie Palms Male Gaze Call-Back No OSHA Compliance Bottomless Magazines "Shaggy Dog" Story Offscreen Moment of Awesome Disney Villain Death Broken Bird Vitriolic Best Buds Truth in Television Freudian Excuse As You Know Ominous Latin Chanting Drowning My Sorrows The Brute More Dakka Insult Backfire Knight Templar Ship Tease Becoming the Mask Wham Line Rated M for Manly Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Ironic Echo The Musical The Bad Guy Wins Hoist by His Own Petard Shut Up, Hannibal! 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