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Not to be confused with That Came Out Wrong.Īs a Death Trope (or a partial nullification of it), many if not all spoilers will be unmarked ahead. Only examples that don't fit one of those should be included specifically on this page. Most examples fall into one of the above-listed subtypes. Sometimes a Zombie Apocalypse can be a Came Back Wrong on a massive scale. (Although, on some occasions the two Tropes are not mutually exclusive.) See also Harmful Healing, Unwanted Revival, and Resurrection Sickness. Sometimes this can happen even in a universe where coming Back from the Dead can be done without incident, if the resurrection's not performed competently, done without important supplies, or intentionally sabotaged.Ĭompare Creating Life and the opposite, Came Back Strong. If Only Mostly Dead has also been used or the setting includes powerful White Magic, it can seem like Sour Grapes. Other times a Fantastic Aesop behind why those who've had Death by Origin Story can't come back. Often falls under Equivalent Exchange explaining why it doesn't work. Destination Host Unreachable: The body comes back, and the soul comes back, but the person can never see the resurrector again due to being shunted off somewhere/when else.The body, on the other hand, is a complete mess, with bad results for both the person and the resurrector.

Inhuman Human: The person's soul comes back just fine.

Monster from Beyond the Veil: Something goes really wrong, and the loved one comes back as an undead, demonic or Eldritch Abomination that now wants to kill/eat their resurrector.

Damaged Soul: Both the body and the soul come back, but the soul suffered some damage along the way, often leading to madness, depression or sociopathy.

Soulless Shell: The loved one's body comes back fine, but their soul remains gone for good.

There are several ways this could go badly: This can be due to unfortunate circumstances, external tampering, or the setting itself being constrained by an Equivalent Exchange or Fantastic Aesop that makes all such attempts Go Horribly Wrong. It's not a pretty picture.īasically, an attempt to resurrect someone from the dead - usually a Love Interest, sometimes a family member, a close friend or even one's self - will end badly. Well, yeah, it is possible, but you won't like the result. However, if you really love someone, nothing's impossible, right? By technology or magic, by the power of the Gods or the grace of the Old Ones, surely there is a way. Even if Magic and Powers exist, most would say cheating it is flat-out impossible. Sometimes, death is not a cheap event that's easily undone, but a dramatic, soul-scouring event.