In real life, it seems, you drop dead once and it's over. But in fiction, you can come back to life as often as you like. Sometimes, the dramatic effect of the death scene is used too much though (am I the only one tired of those mushy "I love you" scenes on Xena?). Here is a survey of some TV series and game characters and how they seem to not mind dying over and over again!
Super Mario |
Bowser | 3 times |
Final Fantasy VII |
Sephiroth | He died twice in the game and then all these fans keep bringing him back to life and killing him and so on and so forth... not that there's anything wrong with wanting to bring him back. |
Star Trek |
Kirk | Once in Generations, for good. But William Shatner tried to bring himself back in his novels. |
Spock | Once in Star Trek II, but brought back to life in Star Trek III. | |
Star Trek: the Next Generation |
Picard | At least 4 times. |
Riker | At least twice. | |
Data | At least twice. In "Time's Arrow", he gets killed in the 18th Century and finds his head 500 years later. Isn't that lovely? | |
Crusher | At least twice. | |
Worf | At least 3 times. In "Ethics", he dies after surgery, but hours later his redundant organs kick in. | |
Yar | Twice. In "Skin of Evil", she dies a 'meaningless death', so in "Yesterday's Enterprise", an alternate universe Yar dies a more 'meaningful' death. ("I didn't like that death, can I do it over?" "Yeah sure, take your time") | |
Star Trek: Deep Space 9 |
Sisko | Twice. |
Dax | 13 times, but only 8 of those times resulted in a change of host for the worm. | |
Xena: Warrior Princess |
Xena | She died twice that I know of for sure, and then there was that time loop episode and I'm not sure if she died in that one too. |
Gabrielle | Three times. If they kill another main character on that show and bring them back it'll be redundant. (It's a good show if anyone thinks I'm saying it's not.) |
If you would like to contribute or correct any more facts of fictitious deaths and ressurrections, you can write me at [email protected].