Self-Resurrection

Self-Resurrection
As Phoenix, Jean Grey (Marvel Comics) can resurrect herself upon death.
Power/Ability to:	Revive oneself upon death.

"Bones mending...Flesh stitching itself back together...Nerves firing back up. Healing Is Pain. And coming back from the Dead...That was Agony."

― Josh Foley/Elixir to Gauntlet's corpse (Uncanny X-Men Vol 4 Annual #1)

The power to resurrect oneself upon death. Sub-power of Resurrection. Technique of Personal Mastery.

Also Called

• Self-Revival
• Respawning
• Return By Death (Re:Zero ~Starting Life in Another World~)

Capabilities

The user is able to revive themselves upon death either instantly or after some time. The user still dies, so it would be inaccurate to call them immortal, but their death is ultimately meaningless as they will respawn. Generally this happens by returning to life in a position near their death, though some users may re-manifest in a specific location.

This ability is not Absolute, however. Some users may still be able to meet their final death. Some users can be slain permanently by specific means, or when certain conditions are met. For example, in Dungeons and Dragons the notorious Lich can be prevented from resurrection by destroying its phylactery. Instead of only being able to be killed by specific means, it's also possible that the user is only able to return from certain kinds of death. For example, the Gilbert Rings of The Vampire Diaries only allow the bearer to resurrect if they are slain by a supernatural - it does nothing to prevent them from a mundane death.

Applications

• Life Inducement
• Self-Restoration
• Self-Recreation
• Self-Reincarnation
• Retroactive Immortality

Levels

• Absolute Self-Resurrection

Variations

• Adaptive Resurrection
• Ash Resurrection
• Degradative Resurrection
• Divine Resurrection
• Infinite Resurrection
• Murderous Possession
• Respawning
• Sleep Respawn
• Temporal Resurrection

Associations

• If combined with Reactive Adaptation, the user may gain Adaptive Resurrection.
• Absolute Self-Resurrection
• Death Negation
• Immortality
• Multiple Bodies
• Multiple Lives
• Personal Mastery
• Phoenix Physiology
• Regenerative Healing Factor
• Reincarnation
• Resurrection
• Superior Human Physiology

Limitations

• Unavertable Death and Resurrection Negation
• User cannot bring others back to life, only themselves.
• If the power is gained through technology, destroying the technology can stop the user from resurrecting, making their death permanent.
• May take a while to revive.
• May have a limited amount of resurrections.
• May not be able to resurrect if soul or entire body is destroyed.
• May be limited to deaths by certain causes (ex. killed through supernatural means).
• May not be able to return back to original state.
• May have certain conditions for activation.

Known Users

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Ajins (Ajin: Demi-Human)
• Everyone (Angel Beats)
• Immortals (Baccano)
• Tenzen Yakushiji (Basilisk)
• Ichibē Hyōsube (Bleach)
• Yhwach (Bleach); via "The Almighty"
• Szayelaporro Granz (Bleach); via "Gabriel"
• Godou Kusanagi (Campione!); via Ram authority
• Monsters (Danmachi)
• Archdemons (Dragon Age Series)
• Corypheus (Dragon Age Series)
• Tartarus (Fairy Tail)
• Homunculi (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Utsuro (Gintama)
• Immortals (Highlander: The Search for Vengeance)
  • Colin Macleod
  • Kyala
  • Marcus Octavius
• Lunarians (Houseki no Kuni)
• Hisoka Morrow (Hunter x Hunter)
• Fujjimi Yomiku (Immortal Dying Girl)
• Phantom (Marchen Awakens Romance); via Zombie Tattoo
• Misogi Kumagawa (Medaka Box)
• Any mermaid flesh eaters who do not die from it (Mermaid Saga)
• Izanagi users (Naruto)
• Himuro Gemma (Ninja Scroll)
• Brook (One Piece)
• Shalltear Bloodfallen (Overlord)
• Natsuki Subaru (Re:Zero); via Return by Death
• Reinhard van Astrea (Re:Zero); via Blessing of the Phoenix
• The Incubators/Kyubey (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
• Suk Hwan (Revival Man)
• Phoenix Ikki (Saint Seiya)
• Meliodas (The Seven Deadly Sins)
• Demon Cleric (Sleepy Princess In Demon Castle)
• Hampnie Hambart/Kizuna Astin (Sunday Without God)
• Tomie (Tomie)
• Karaka (Tower of God)
• Kirie Sakurame (UQ Holder)
• Gengorou Makabe (UQ Holder)
• Kazuhiro Kitase (Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!)
• Certain Monster Cards (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Cartoons/Comics

• Ectonurites (Ben 10 series)
• Red Sentients (Battle Force 5)
• Anti-Monitor (DC Comics)
• Deathstroke (DC Comics)
• Doomsday (DC Comics)
• Mitchell Shelley/Resurrection Man (DC Comics)
• Various Metahumans (DC Comics)
• Pamela Isley/Poison Ivy (DC Comics)
• Most characters (Drawn Together)
• Agent Hunter (Image Comics)
• Chamille (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu); via Regenerative Healing Factor
• Various Mutants (Marvel Comics)
• Oblivion (Marvel Comics)
• Mephisto (Marvel Comics)
• Jean Grey (Marvel Comics); when possessed by the Phoenix Force
• The Phoenix Force (Marvel Comics)
• Groot (Marvel Comics)
• Rachel Summers (Marvel Comics)
• Carnage (Marvel Comics)
• Christopher Muse/Triage (Marvel Comics)
• Joshua Foley/Elixir (Marvel Comics)
• Nico Minoru (Marvel Comics); once via magic
• Mr. Immortal (Marvel Comics)
• Morgan le Fay (Marvel Comics)
• Demongo (Samurai Jack)
• Kenny McCormick (South Park)
• Eternal Warrior (Valiant Entertainment)

Folklore/Mythology

• Jesus Christ (Christianity)
• Einherjar (Norse Mythology); until Ragnarok
• Phoenix (Mythology)

Literature

• Haplo's dog (Death Gate Cycle)
• Phoenixes (Harry Potter)
  • Fawkes
• Firefight (The Reckoners)
• Zombies (Warm Bodies); via Humanization

Live Television/Movies

• Misty Day (American Horror Story: Coven)
• Mohra Demons (Angel)
• Humanoid Cylons (Battlestar Galactica)
• Lazarus Demons (Charmed)
• Jack Harkness (Doctor Who)
• Time Lords (Doctor Who)
• Henry Morgan (Forever)
• Adam (Forever)
• Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
• Claire Bennet (Heroes)
• Adam Monroe (Heroes)
• Immortals (Highlander)
• Landon Kirby (Legacies); via Ash Resurrection
• Nicky (Little Nicky)
• Nathan Young (Misfits)
• Chloe King (The Nine Lives of Chloe King)
• Alexander Isaacs (Resident Evil)
• The Returned Ones (Resurrection)
• Chloe Sullivan (Smallville)
• Prometheus (Supernatural)
• Oliver (Supernatural)
• Rowena (Supernatural)
• Certain villains (Ultraman series)
  • Guar siblings
• Esther Mikaelson (The Vampire Diaries)
• Kadoya Tsukasa (Kamen Rider Decade)
• Rayna Cruz (The Vampire Diaries)
• Qetsiyah (The Vampire Diaries)
• Wendy Beauchamp (Witches of East End)
• Latavious "Lala" Johnson (DC Comics/Black Lightning)
• Klaus Hargeeves/Number Four/Séance (The Umbrella Academy)

Video Games

• Sam Bridges (Death Stranding)
• Repatriates (Death Stranding)
• Sorun (Death's Gambit)
• Susan Ashworth (The Cat Lady)
• Guardians (Destiny)
• Dirk the Daring (Dragons Lair)
• Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII Franchise)
• Kratos (God of War)
• Fu Hua (Honkai Impact 3rd); via Ember Dust
• TJ Combo (Killer Instinct); via Instinct Mode - Last Breath
• Ed the Undying (Kingdom of Loathing)
• Mario (Mario)
• Dry Bones (Mario)
• Scorpiton (Patapon)
• Hero (Patapon 2)
• The Dark One (Patapon 2)
• Uberhero (Patapon 3)
• Dark Heroes (Patapon 3)
• Dark Samus (Metroid Prime Trilogy)
• Sekiro (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice); via The Dragon's Heritage
• Rick Taylor (Splatterhouse); via Terror mask
• Gill (Street Fighter III)
• Fairies (Touhou Project)
• Heracles (TYPE-MOON); via God Hand
• Chara (Undertale); via Temporal Reload
• Flowey (Undertale); via Temporal Reload
• Frisk (Undertale); via Temporal Reload
• Undyne (Undertale); via Indomitable Will
• Herrscher Of The Death (Honkai Impact 3rd)
• Steve (Minecraft)
• Robloxian (ROBLOX)
• Ori (Ori and the Blind Forest)

Web Comics

• Anyone who reaches God tier (Homestuck)

Web Animation

• Hura (Kubera)

Web Original

• Barker Sullivan (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-001-A - S. D. Locke's Proposal - When Day Breaks (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-076 - Able (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-151-D "K" (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-607 - Dorian the Grey Cat (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-1166 - Perfect Lab Specimen (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-1436 - Probability Phoenix (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-2424 - Hostile Walrus Cyborg (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-3700-1 - HOMER (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-3700-2 - ANGIE (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-4660-1 - The Cat Came Back (SCP Foundation)
• Koschei (Worm)

Known Objects

• Cure-All Elixir (Baccano)
• Grand Panacea (Baccano)
• Ember Dust (Honkai Impact 3rd)
• Heart of Darkness Relic (Legacy of Kain)
• Totem of Undying (Minecraft)
• Yomi Yomi no Mi/Revive-Revive Fruit (One Piece)
• Life Shroom (Paper Mario series)
• SCP-662 - Butler's Hand Bell (SCP Foundation)
• 1-Up Mushroom (Super Mario)
• Resurrection Seal (Supernatural)
• Gilbert Rings (The Vampire Diaries)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

The Ajins' (Ajin: Demi-Human) most significant trait is their ability to regenerate their bodies upon their deaths, coming back to life.

Tenzen Yakushiji (Basilisk) having his symbiote "eat" away his wounds and restoring any ravages of time or battle, even fatal wounds to bring him back from death...

...up to and including decapitation.

Ichibē Hyōsube (Bleach) is resurrected due to Ichigo calling his name.

Yhwach (Bleach) can use "The Almighty" to freely change any future in which he dies into one in which he survives.

Should Szayelaporro Granz (Bleach) be killed, he can use his parasitic powers to "infect" another being, allowing him to literally be reborn from the victim's body at the cost of their life.

Utsuro (Gintama) resurrecting himself from a severed arm after Umibozu killed his "main" body, which used up a huge amount of Altana.

Phantom (Marchen Awakens Romance) will always come back to life as long as the Zombie Tattoo curse remains on his body.

Himuro Gemma (Ninja Scroll) uses his "Reincarnation Technique" to resurrect himself from otherwise lethal injuries.

The Yomi Yomi no Mi/Revive-Revive Fruit (One Piece) grants its eater an inhumanly powerful soul, allowing them to come back to life....

Brook (One Piece), having eaten the Yomi Yomi no Mi, revives after being decapitated.

Due to the Immortality Curse placed on him by the Demon King, Meliodas (The Seven Deadly Sins) is able to return to life after dying in exchange for his personality to degrade to his old evil being.

Orichalcos Gigas (Yu-Gi-Oh!) is one of the few monsters that resurrects itself when killed.

Cartoons/Comics

Doomsday (DC Comics)

Deathstroke's (DC Comics) healing factor is so advanced...

...that he can regenerate and resurrect from a shot to the head.

Mitchell Shelley/Resurrection Man (DC Comics)

Christopher Muse/Triage (Marvel Comics)

Joshua Foley/Elixir (Marvel Comics) can bring people back from dead, including himself.

Morgan le Fay (Marvel Comics) has been 'killed' more times and in more varied ways than any other villain in the Marvel Universe. Despite this, she has survived each and every single time, most often appearing seconds later after her 'death' seemingly unharmed.

Kenny McCormick (South Park) is always reborn because of the cult’s curse.

The Hulk (Marvel Comics) for all intents and purposes cannot permanently die or killed..

...The exact nature of his ability is unknown; however, it is suggested that, every time the Hulk or his alter ego, Bruce Banner are killed since the day that Banner was hit with the Gamma Bomb, the Green Door is opened and allows him to "walk through" in order to successfully enable resurrection....

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...It is suggested that it is the Hulk who walks through, as Banner would rather be at peace than be revived as the Hulk...

... It is also suggested that damaging the hypothalamus, an area in the forebrain which controls the nervous system as well as emotions, can effectively kill the Hulk, but the attempts to perform this action have been interrupted by outside interference from those preferring to use the Hulk for their nefarious purposes...

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...Following his resurrection by the Challenger,...

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... if Banner should die,...

... he would self-resurrect by transforming into the Hulk at nightfall.

Following her death at the hands of Joker, Ivy Pamela Isley (Harley Quinn TV Series) was able to come back from death via her connection to nature within a span of one week.

Live Television/Movies

Misty Day (American Horror Story: Coven) was a witch skilled at resurgence, and resurrected many characters, including herself.

Like his fellow Cylons, Cavil (Battlestar Galactica) can resurrect upon death by transferring his consciousness into a new and identical body

Lazarus demon (Charmed) always resurrects unless his ashes are buried in a cemetery.

Henry Morgan (Forever)

Claire Bennet (Heroes) can resurrect herself unless her brain is destroyed or her body is split in two and separated.

Due to being immortal, Nathan's (Misfits) body can repair itself to is pre-death state and wake up good as new.

Rowena's (Supernatural) Resurrection Seal will always bring her back from death's door.

Before the death of Zeus , Prometheus (Supernatural) was condemned to die and resurrect daily. Only a few things could kill him, like Artemis's bow and arrows.

Rayna Cruz (The Vampire Diaries), after her death, her body spontaneously self-combusts only to reborn.

Wendy Beauchamp (Witches of East End); Wendy has nine lives to live. Whenever Wendy dies, she loses one life and another one begins.

Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)

Video Games

Berserker (Fate/Stay Night) resurrecting after his head was blown up.

The Totem of Undying (Minecraft) in action as it revives the user after they receive fatal damage.

Sekiro (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice) was granted the ability to immediately resurrect upon death through the Immortal Oath, a sacred pact that allows his master, Kuro, the Divine Heir, to bestow his Dragon's Heritage to others.

Every time when The Beheaded One (Dead Cells) dies, they will end up being resurrected as a pile of green-like substances within the Prison Quarter.

Web Original

SCP-607 - Dorian the Grey Cat (SCP Foundation)

Videos

Preacher - The Seraphim - Part 3

SCP-662 - Butler's Hand Bell (SCP Animation)-2

Butler's Hand Bell - SCP-662 (SCP Animation)