Resurrection

For a gallery of examples for Resurrection, see here.

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

Also Called

Cheating Death
Reversed Death
Revival
Rising from Death/Grave

Capabilities

The user can bring themselves and others back to life.

Applications

Self-Resurrection

Variations

Associations

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

Limitations

May be limited to certain number of self-resurrections.
May have limited time defined by how long the target has been dead.
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

Known Users

Demons of Tartarus (Fairy Tail)
God (Supernatural)
Death (Supernatural)
Angels (Supernatural)
Demons (Supernatural)
Al Simmons/Spawn (Image/Spawn)
Jorge (Los Protegidos)
Jesus Christ (Christianity)
Chloe Sanders (Darkest Powers series)
Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Palpatine (Star Wars)
Shenron (Dragon Ball franchise)
Porunga (Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT)
Old Kai (Dragon Ball Z); via Life Transferal
Turles (Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might); via Fruit from the Tree of Might
Doomsday (DC Comics)
Sentry (Marvel Comics)
Layla Miller (Marvel)
Jean Grey as Phoenix (Marvel)
Cyclops as a Phoenix Avatar (Marvel)
Phil Coulson (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Chloe Sullivan (Smallville/DC Comics)
Resurrection Man (DC Comics)
Solomon Grundy (DC comics)
Chloe King (The Nine Lives of Chloe King)
Imhotep (The Mummy)
Ganon (The Legend of Zelda)
Iblis (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Robert (DWP)
Sesshomaru (InuYasha); via Tenseiga
Sesshomaru's Mother (InuYasha); via Meido Stone
Draph (Heroes)
Avatars (Charmed)
The Tribunal (Charmed)
Kierkan (Charmed)
Count Dracula (Dracula/Castlevania/Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Marvel)
Him (Powerpuff Girls/Powerpuff Girls Z)
Brook (One Piece)
Time Lords (Doctor Who)
Gill (Street Fighter III)
Curtis Donovan (MisFits)
Caduceo (Mighty Med)
Users of the Resurrection Gauntlet (Torchwood)
Diagon (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
Any user of the Pet Sematary (Pet Sematary)
Alduin (Skyrim)
The Chosen Undead (Dark Souls)
User of Rinne Tensei Justu (Naruto Shippuden)
- Nagato
- Obito Uchiha
Alex Mercer (Prototype); via pieces of his biomass
Cylons (Battlestar Galactica)
Ned (Pushing daisies)
Shamans (WoW)
Aling Elsa (The Healing - Film)
Kylie Galen (Shadow Falls)
Haplo's dog (Death Gate Cycle); only its master
Blackmist (Armed With Wings)
Man in the Moon (Rise of the Guardians)
Powerful witches (Witches of East End); via Spell Casting
Wendy Beauchamp (Witches of East End); Self-Resurrection/Nine Lives
King Nikolaus (Witches of East End)
Takutanuva (Bionicle)
Genevieve (The Originals)
Misty Day (American Horror Story: Coven)
Madison Montgomery (American Horror Story: Coven)
Dark Schneider (Bastard!!)
God (Bastard!!)
Supreme Being (Time Bandits)
Hades (Saint Seiya)
Asclepius (Valkyrie Crusade)
Sage (Valkyrie Crusade)
Xiang Xuehai (Fairy from Wonderland); via Nine Lives

Known Objects

Tenseiga (InuYasha)
Book of the Dead (The Mummy)
Water from the Well of Wonders (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland)
Mark of Cain (Supernatural)
CENTER (Toriko)
Reanimator (Futurama video game)