Resurrection

Resurrection
Castiel (Supernatural) was killed by Lucifer, but is then instantly resurrected by God.
Power/Ability to:	Bring the dead back to life.

"Take it from someone who was beaten to death with a crowbar...Some crimes require a permanent solution."

― Jason Todd/Red Hood to Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics)

"Your name was Cyrus Gold. an evil man who performed many evil deeds.Until the day you aroused an evil as great as your own. They ended your life, cursed you with a powerful grigri and dumped your remains in a swamp… redolent with mystical properties of its own. These magics did not sit well together. And so it was that decades later… the swamp gave birth to a walking dead man. Soulless and empty. Always seeking… never knowing why."

― Dr.Fate (Justice League: The Terror Beyond. 2003)

"She's alive! Horace!? How did you do that? Only Caduceo can bring people back to life."

― Oliver to Horace (Mighty Med)

The power to bring the deceased back to life. Not to be confused with Reanimation, which brings back the dead and controls them against their will.

Also Called

• Cheating Death
• Resurrection Spell
• Reversed Death
• Revival/Reviving
• Rising from Death/Grave
• Resurgence

Capabilities

The user can bring oneself and others back to life.

Applications

• Self-Resurrection

Variations

• Ash Resurrection
• Conversion Resurrection
• Cursed Resurrection
• Demonic Resurrection
• Electrical Resurrection
• Fluid Date Technoreformating
• Killing Resurrection
• Mass Resurrection
• Meta Resurrection
• Multiple Lives
• Resurrection Field Projection
• Resurrection Replication
• Vision Of Life

Associations

• Combined with Reactive Adaptation one may gain Adaptive Resurrection.
• Conversion Resurrection
• Event Negation
• Healing
• Immortality
• Infinite Resurrection
• Life Manipulation
• Life-Force Manipulation
• Regenerative Healing Factor
• Respawning
• Resurrection Empowerment

Limitations

• May have limited time which could be defined by how long the target has been dead.
• May only be able to resurrect others.
• Some variations may have side-effects, on either the user or the resurrected:
  • User may suffer damage, exhaustion, or even death.
  • Resurrected may not have completely healed from the wounds that killed them, or they may be missing memories or a soul in some cases.
  • Resurrected may deteriorate physically and/or mentally.
• For universal laws to be followed, resurrecting someone may require the death of another.
• Unavertable Death
• Resurrection Negation
• May require summoning or collecting the target's soul to properly resurrect the body.
• May require certain conditions/rituals to be fulfilled.
• Resurrection Manipulation can manipulate the effects of anyone being revived.
• The resurrection process may take long, depending on how traumatic was the demise in the first place; and not at all if the soul of the to be resurrected doesn't want to return to the living.

Known Users

See Also: Resurrection Tropes

Comics/Cartoons

• Magical Scarab Beetle (American Dragon: Jake Long)
• Councilor Chang (American Dragon: Jake Long)
• Diagon (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
• The Arcane Order (Tales of Arcadia); via amulet of Daylight
• Chloe Sullivan (DC Comics/Smallville)
• Solomon Grundy (DC Comics)
• The White Lantern Crops (DC Comics); via White Rings
• Trigon (DC Comics)
• Various Metahumans (DC Comics)
• Hades (Disney's Hercules)
• Blue Fairy (Disney's Pinocchio)
• Daolon Wong (Jackie Chan Adventures)
• Lord Garmadon (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu); via Harumi
• Lloyd Garmadon (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu); the First Spinjitzu Master
• Sentry (Marvel Comics)
• Various Mutants (Marvel Comics)
• Layla Miller Madrox (Marvel Comics)
• Morgan le Fay (Marvel Comics)
• God of Stories Loki (Marvel Comics)
• Jean Grey (Marvel Comics); as Phoenix
• Scott Summers/Cyclops (Marvel Comics); as a Phoenix Avatar
• Joshua Foley/Elixir (Marvel Comics)
• Dead Girl (Marvel Comics)
• Scarlet Witch (Marvel Comics)
• Wiccan (Marvel Comics)
• Classic Doctor Strange (Marvel Comics)
• Thor (Marvel Comics)
• Clyde Wyncham (Marvel Comics)
• Sir James Jaspers/Mad Jim Jaspers (Marvel Comics)
• Nathalie Sancoeur/Mayura (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir); via only Sentimonsters
• Discord (My Little Pony series); as Grogar
• Grogar (My Little Pony series)
• HIM (The Powerpuff Girls)
• Man in the Moon (Rise of the Guardians)
• Pink Diamond/Rose Quartz (Steven Universe)
• Steven (Steven Universe)
• Lekmet (Star vs. the Forces of Evil)
• Kavaxas (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012)
• Al Simmons/Spawn (Image/Spawn)
• Twin Masters (Hero: 108)
• Lord Momin (Star Wars); resurrected his body by channeling the power of the Sith cave
• Samantha Eve Wilkins/Atom Eve (Invincible)

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Dark Schneider (Bastard!!)
• God (Bastard!!)
• Jody Crowley (Bible Black: New Testament)
• Orihime Inoue (Bleach)
• Fels (Danmachi)
• Shenron (Dragon Ball)
• Porunga (Dragon Ball Z)
• Super Shenron (Dragon Ball Super)
• Old Kai (Dragon Ball Z); via Life Transferal
• Grand Minister (Dragon Ball Super)
• Whis (Dragon Ball Super)
• Turles (Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might); via Fruit from the Tree of Might
• Zeref Dragneel (Fairy Tail)
• Ho-Oh (Pokemon The Movie: I Choose You); via Rainbow Wing
• Demons of Tartarus (Fairy Tail)
• Kikyou (InuYasha)
• Sesshomaru (InuYasha); via Tenseiga
• Sesshomaru's Mother (InuYasha); via Meido Stone
• Rinnegan users (Naruto Shippuden); via Gedo Art of Rinne Rebirth/Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique
  • Nagato
  • Obito Uchiha
• Orochimaru (Naruto)
• Hades (Saint Seiya)
• Yūji Sakai (Shakugan no Shana)
• Sung Jin-Woo (Solo Leveling)
• Lakyus Alvein Dale Aindra (Overlord)
• Aqua (Konosuba)
• Ho-Oh (“Pokémon”)
• Scheris Adjani (s-CRY-ed); one time only
• Lucifer (Seven Mortal Sins)
• The Unicorn/Lady Amalthea (The Last Unicorn)
• Beatrice (Umineko: When They Cry)
• Eva-Beatrice (Umineko: When They Cry)
• Ange Ushiromiya/Ange-Beatrice (Umineko: When They Cry)
• Anos Voldigoad("Maougakuin no Futekigousha")
• Rimuru Tempest( Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken)

Video Games

• Blackmist (Armed With Wings)
• Elise (Azure Striker: Gunvolt)
  • Lumen
• Lady Comstock/Siren (BioShock Infinite)
• The Chosen Undead (Dark Souls)
• Lothric, Younger Prince (Dark Souls III)
• Ghosts (Destiny)
• Kain (Legacy of Kain)
• Mortanius (Legacy of Kain)
• The Traveller (Destiny)
• Fikrul (Destiny)
• Archviles (Doom); restricted to other demons
• Alduin (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
• Lord (Fantasy War Tactics)
• Fu Hua (Honkai Impact 3rd); via Ember Dust
• Hades (Kid Icarus)
• Maleficent (Kingdom Hearts)
• Fairies (The Legend of Zelda)
• Ganon (The Legend of Zelda)
• Celebrimbor (Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor); via possession
• Raiden (Mortal Kombat)
• Edward Kelly (Nioh)
• Saoirse (Nioh)
• Mercy (Overwatch)
• Black Hoshipon (Patapon 2)
• Archfiends (Patapon 3)
• Miss Covethiss (Patapon 3)
• Xerneas (Pokemon)
• Alex Mercer (Prototype); via pieces of his biomass
• Karin (Seven Knights)
• Calliope (Skylanders); only after absorbing enough power from others
• Iblis (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Gill (Street Fighter III)
• Medic (Team Fortress 2: Mann vs. Machine)
• Asclepius (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Sage (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Shamans (World of Warcraft)

Live Television

• John Constantine (Arrowverse); via Light of the Soul
• Misty Day (American Horror Story: Coven)
• Madison Montgomery (American Horror Story: Coven)
• Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Kierkan (Charmed)
• Prue Halliwell (Charmed); As Nexus of the All
• Avatars (Charmed)
• The Tribunal (Charmed)
• Genies (Charmed); via Wish Granting
• Sabrina Spellman (The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)
• Time Lords (Doctor Who)
• Users of the Resurrection Gauntlet (Torchwood)
• Red Priests/Priestesses (Game of Thrones)
  • Thoros of Myr
  • Melisandre
• Piper Taylor (Haven)
• Kyle Hopkins (Haven)
• Draph (Heroes)
• Immortals (Highlander and Highlander: The Series), as long as they're not beheaded.
  • Connor MacLeod
  • Duncan McLeod
  • Richie Ryan
  • Amanda
  • Methos
• Horace Diaz/Caduceo (Mighty Med)
• Curtis Donovan (MisFits)
• Chloe King (The Nine Lives of Chloe King)
• Necrolai (Power Rangers Mystic Force)
• Jorge (Los Protegidos)
• Ned (Pushing daisies)
• Amara (Supernatural)
• God (Supernatural)
• Death (Supernatural)
• Angels (Supernatural)
• Demons (Supernatural)
• Various kaiju & aliens (Ultraman series)
• Arcadius (The Vampire Diaries)
• Qetsiyah (The Vampire Diaries)
• Emily Bennett (The Vampire Diaries)
• Bonnie Bennett (The Vampire Diaries)
• Esther Mikaelson (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)
• The Travelers (The Vampire Diaries)
• Sophie Deveraux (The Originals)
• Genevieve (The Originals)
• Davina Claire (The Originals)
• Freya Mikaelson (The Originals)
• Powerful witches (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)
• King Nikolaus (Witches of East End)
• Wendy Beauchamp (Witches of East End); Self-Resurrection/Nine Lives
• Powerful witches (Witches of East End); via Spell Casting

Live Movies

• Xiang Xuehai (Fairy from Wonderland); via Nine Lives
• Aling Elsa (The Healing)
• Imhotep (The Mummy)
• Visnu (Kubera)
• Any user of the Pet Sematary (Pet Sematary)
• Supreme Being (Time Bandits)
• Ben Solo (Star Wars)

Folklore/Mythology

• God (Abrahamic Religions)
• Jesus Christ (Christianity)
• Asclepius (Greek Mythology)
• Isis/Aset (Egyptian Mythology)
• Thoth/Djehuti (Egyptian Mythology)
• Anubis/Anpu (Egyptian Mythology)

Literature

• Chloe Sanders (Darkest Powers series)
• Kylie Galen (Shadow Falls)
• Palpatine (Star Wars Legends)
• Haplo's dog (Death Gate Cycle); only its master
• Marrow (Arkwell Academy); via a connection to a phoenix
• Clary Fray (The Shadowhunters Chronicles); via Symbol Magic
• Peider (King's Dark Tidings)

Others

• Count Dracula (Various Sources)
• Takutanuva (Bionicle)
• Heroes of Life (Homestuck)
  • Jane Crocker
  • Meenah Peixes
  • Feferi Peixes
• Yaldabaoth (SCP Foundation)
• Grand Karcist Ion (SCP Foundation)
• The Fragmented One/WAN/he Eternal Network/Fuxi/The Maker of Machines/Hakhama/The Great Voice/Sophia/Mekhane/SCP-001 - TwistedGears/Kaktus Proposal - The Broken God (SCP Foundation)
• Khahrahk/Harak/Khnith-hgor/Shormaush Urdal/Son of the Third Brood/The Devourer of Worlds/The Dread/Devourer/The Crimson Monarch/The King who Rose from the Bleeding/Lord of the Throne of Despair/Defiler of Worlds/Rapist King/Proskellion/SCP-001 - Tufto's Proposal - The Scarlet King (SCP Foundation)
• Yulü, Yama and Kshitigarbha/The All-Death/The Great Death/The Small Death/The Three Lords of Death/The Brothers Death (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-008 - Zombie Plague (SCP Foundation); via SCP-914 - The Clockworks
• SCP-049 - Plague Doctor (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-239 - The Witch Child (SCP Foundation)
• Mobile Task Force Omega-9 ("The Scrubs")/Gloria Stanfeld (GRRGRL)/Jim Yearden (WTF_STFU)/Thomas Warden (BOOGER)/SCP-2639 - Video Game Violence (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-2718 - What Happens After (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-3999 - I Am At The Center of Everything That Happens To Me (SCP Foundation)
• Archons of Yaldabaoth (SCP Foundation)
• Eight (Dungeon Dynamite); via Sacrifice of a Grand Artifact

Known Objects

Comics/Cartoons

• Bezel's Charm of Resurrection (Ben 10)
• Omnitrix (Ben 10)
• The White Lantern Rings (DC Comics)
• Birthing machine (Futurama)
• Mega Weapon (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
• Oni Masks (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
• Resurrection Stone (Marvel Comics)
• Soul Gem (Marvel Comics)
• Mater, Tree of Life (Patapon Series)
• Black Gift (Winx Club)

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Red Star (BIONICLE); Vehicle
• Serphiroth Graal (Highschool DxD)
• Meido Stone (Inuyasha)
• Tenseiga (Inuyasha)
• Zombie Tattoo (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Revive-Revive Fruit/Yomi Yomi no Mi (One Piece)
• Aqua (Konosuba)
• Resurrection Wand (Overlord)
• Demon Key (Shingeki no Bahamut)
• CENTER (Toriko)
• Giant Sea Urchin Tears (Urusei Yatsura)

Video Games

• The Ankh (Assassin's Creed)
• Shroud of Eden (Assassin's Creed)
• Phoenix Down (Final Fantasy)
• Reanimator (Futurama: The Video Game)
• Resurrection Stones (God of War)
• Ember Dust (Honkai Impact 3rd)
• End Crystals (Minecraft); Ender Dragon only
• Chaos Emeralds (Sonic the Hedgehog): via Princess Elise's kiss
• Dedede Badge (Super Smash Bros. Brawl: Subspace Emissary)
• Medi Gun and Reanimator (Team Fortress 2); only in Mann Vs Machine
• The Fake Lachryma (Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven)
• Scepter of Ra (Call of Duty Black Ops 4)

Live Television/Movies

• Hades' Ember (‘’Disney Descendants 3)
• Infinity Gauntlet (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Visicron (Mentors)
• Book of the Dead (The Mummy)
• Water from the Well of Wonders (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland)
• Lazarus Serum (Smallville)
• Mark of Cain (Supernatural)
• Gilbert Rings (The Vampire Diaries)
• The Lazurus (Casper 1995 live action movie)

Folklore/Mythology

• Various Deities of Greek Mythology
• Isis/Aset (Egyptian Mythology)
• Thoth/Djehuti (Egyptian Mythology)
• Anubis/Anpu (Egyptian Mythology)

Other

• Kanohi Ignika, the Mask of Life (Bionicle); limited to very recently deceased.
• Infinitium Torch (Dr Crafty)

Known Locations

• The Altar of Despair (Bloodborne)
• Lazarus Pits (DC Comics)
• Immortality Field Resort (Rick and Morty: The Whirly Dirly Conspiracy)
• SCP-2000 - Deus Ex Machina (SCP Foundation)
• Shrine of Resurrection (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)

Known Powers

• Light of the Soul (Arrowverse)
• Dia Orpheus (Danmachi)
• The One Magic (Fairy Tail)
• Mipha's Grace (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)

Gallery

Comics/Cartoons

Magical Scarab Beetle (American Dragon: Jake Long)is a powerful Egyptian bug that can heal...

...flowers...

···and it's healing power so strong it can resurrect the dead with a spell and moon power.

Councilor Chang and Bananas B. (American Dragon: Jake Long) are putting together a ritual spell to use a powerful resurrection spell to bring The Dark Dragon back to life and infuse him with even more dark powers than he had before, making him nearly impossible to defeat than he was last time.

Diagon (Ben 10) resurrects souls.

Jason Todd/Red Hood (DC Comics) was resurrected by the restorative properties of the Lazarus Pits.

Mega Weapon (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)

The powers of the three Oni Masks (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu) can resurrect Lord Garmadon once all three are united together.

While he was an Avatar of the Phoenix Force, Cyclops (Marvel Comics) resurrected Jean Grey on the Blue Side of the Moon from dust.

After his death and rebirth, Josh Foley/Elixir (Marvel Comics) can bring people back from the dead to the point that Josh was able to affect 16 million deceased mutants on Genosha at once.

Through the use of Symbol Magic, Discord (My Little Pony series) disguised as Grogar resurrected King Sombra some time after his defeat.

HIM (The Powerpuff Girls) used his powers to bring the Rowdyruff Boys back from the dead.

By channeling the immense dark side energies of the Sith cave on Mustafar, Lord Momin (Star Wars) was able to pierce through the veil between life and death to resurrect his destroyed body...

...which he then possessed, restoring him to his former glory.

Kavaxas (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012) in the process of resurrecting Chris Bradford/Rahzar.

The Black Gift (Winx Club) can be used to restore life to the dead, but only once.

The Omnitrix (Ben 10) can resurrect its wielder by reconstructing their DNA.

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

Shenlong (Dragon Ball) has the ability to resurrect anyone, with certain restrictions depending on which Shenlong cast the wish. This ability, unfortunately, has been repeatedly abused by the Z Fighters, resulting in dire consequences.

Zeref Dragneel (Fairy Tail) has done immense magic research on life and death, thus he succeeded in resurrecting his dead brother Natsu as a demon.

Valerie (Highschool DxD) can use Sephiroth Graal to resurrect the dead, being once forced by her brother Marius to revive the Evil Dragons.

The Meido Stone (InuYasha) resurrects Rin by pulling her soul out of Hell.

Sesshōmaru's Tenseiga (InuYasha) allows him to see the pallbearers of the afterlife and slay them, reviving the recently deceased and healing their wounds.

Nagato (Naruto) can use the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique/Gedo Art of Rinne Rebirth to, in exchange for his own life, infuse new life into the bodies of those who have died…

…summoning the King of Hell which then releases the souls of the deceased from its mouth…

…which return to their respective bodies.

Orochimaru (Naruto)

Brook's (One Piece) Revive-Revive Fruit/Yomi Yomi no Mi Devil Fruit powers resurrected himself once.

As the Shadow Monarch, Sung Jin-Woo (Solo Leveling) can bring those he has killed back to life serve him as his Shadow Soldiers.

Live Television/Movies

Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) casting the resurrection spell...

...resurrecting Buffy Summers.

Kierkan (Charmed) possesses the ability to bring the dead back to life.

Misty Day (Coven) has the power of Resurgence also known as Resurrection Considered more powerful than any of the seven wonders. It's a power that is inaccessible even to some Supremes.

Lord Voldemort's (Harry Potter) earthbound soul is resurrected into a body.

Jorge (Los Protegidos) can revive the dead by touching them.

When Curtis (Misfits) touches someone who is dead...

...they'll be resurrected back from the dead...

...but the side-effect is that anyone who is resurrected will develop a craving for human-flesh, turning them into zombies, as shown by Shannon eating Seth's pet iguana to restrain her hunger...

...and a cat named Mr. Miggles eating part of Maggie's face, his owner.

Freya Mikaelson (The Originals) shown able to return her brother to life through the use of her talisman

Davina (The Originals) resurrected Kol by combining Kol's ashes with Klaus and Elijah's blood and channeling a Nexus Vorti.

Chloe Sullivan (Smallville)

The Lazarus Serum (Smallville) can resurrect the dead.

The Mark of Cain (Supernatural) is capable of resurrecting the bearer should they die, but will transform their soul into a Demon in the process.

King Nikolaus (Witches of East End) used this powers without having to suffer the consequences.

As Caduceo is the legendary healer of superheroes, Horace Diaz (Mighty Med) is the only person who can bring people back to life with his Caduceo Power, but he can only do it 5 times and gets a terrible side effect when he uses it.

Hades' Ember (Descendants 3) is said to more powerful than Maleficent's Scepter, subsequently the most powerful magical item in existence. The ember can manipulate and absorb magic or bring any person back to life, but only Hades's can use the ember’s full power and bring a person back to life.

The Lazurus (Casper 1995 live action movie)

Video Games

The Altar of Despair (Bloodborne) is a shrine dedicated to the corpse of a Great One that can reverse the flow of time, allowing the Hunter to resurrect Annalise, Queen of the Vilebloods by placing her flesh on top of it.

Fikrul the Fanatic (Destiny)

Kain (Legacy of Kain) is able to breath a small portion of his soul into corpses, resurrecting them as a fledgling vampire, an ability he used to revive the Sarafan Inquisitors into his vampire lieutenants.

After being slain in battle during Calamity Ganon's attack, Link (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) was revitalized over the course of 100 years in the Shrine of Resurrection.

During the Blood Moon,…

…Calamity Ganon (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) was able to resurrect any and all monsters slain by Link.

Mercy's (Overwatch) Resurrection ability can revive one dead teammate from the grave every 30 seconds.

Ho-oh (Pokémon) revived three unknown pokemon into the legendary beasts.

Karin (Seven Knights)

Dedede Badges (Super Smash Bros. Brawl: Subspace Emissary) revive the wearer from their trophy state, activating after a certain amount of time has passed.

Asclepius (Valkyrie Crusade) is the goddess of medicine, and has a miraculous rod that can raise the dead.

Sage (Valkyrie Crusade) knows the Spell of Resurrection.

Using the Ember Dust (Honkai Impact 3rd), Fu Hua was able to manipulate her own consciousness and channel all her energy into healing and protection in order to be born again in a "perfect" state after her impending death.

Sonic being revived by the Chaos Emeralds (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Other

Jesus Christ (Christianity) resurrection; in front of Mary.

Feferi Peixes (Homestuck) resurrects someone fatally impaled in the stomach with her Witch of Life powers.

The Brothers Death (SCP Foundation) resurrected The Children of the Barrow from a mass grave of humans who died from the Black Death in Europe.

Videos

Lex Luthor resurrects Darkseid - Justice League Unlimited

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SCP-049 illustrated (The Plague Doctor) Updated ft. TheVolgun, Site-42, Dr Cimmerian & Dr Viewless

SCP-2000 - Deus Ex Machina (SCP Animation)