# They won't stay dead **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 4, 2006, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stay-dead/338337 "2006-01-04T03:13:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stay-dead/338337/1 "2006-01-04T03:13:52Z")
Characters that die in one episode or movie then come back in a later one, often without explaination. Kenny from South Park [Casey & Andy](http://www.galactanet.com/comic/1.htm) keep killing each other (great web comic, if you don’t know it.) Ming The Merciless always died at the end of Flash Gordon, but there he was back again in the next serial. The Master (Anthony Ainley version) “so, you escaped from Castrovalva.” Any others? I’m not interested in death & rebirth when central to the plot, so don’t bother listing Spock, ET or Jesus ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stay-dead/338337/2 "2006-01-04T03:16:22Z")
Itchy. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stay-dead/338337/3 "2006-01-04T03:17:29Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Itchy. Of course! Very true, but it would never have occurred to me. Michael in the Halloween movies might count. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stay-dead/338337/4 "2006-01-04T03:18:56Z")
Marvel Comics villains used to be prone to multiple deaths – I remember the Red Skull and Modok dying and coming back (with no explanation, unless I missed that ish). ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stay-dead/338337/5 "2006-01-04T04:03:45Z")
Daniel Jackson from Stargate SG-1 has died at least 3 or 4 times that I know of. I think most of the important characters from SG-1 have died at least once. But Daniel Jackson’s notorious. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stay-dead/338337/6 "2006-01-04T04:20:48Z")
The classic bad film **Space Mutiny** has a character die in one scene, then has her working at her desk in the next. Probably she worked for Dilbert’s boss. There’s also Bobby Ewing in **Dallas** / ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stay-dead/338337/7 "2006-01-04T04:25:11Z")
Duncan Idaho seems to be ahead of even Kenny in this category. Maybe even Casey and Andy combined. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stay-dead/338337/8 "2006-01-04T04:31:16Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Itchy. You mean Scratchy. Old Homer: Which one’s the mouse Supreme Court Justice Bart: Itchy Old Homer: Itchy’s a jerk In Sandman comics, Cain would kill Able over and over again and he would always come back, of course they were part of the Dreaming and not true people. Felix Lighter CIA agent from the James Bond movies was killed in Live and Let Die, but showed up in at least one other movie (Never Say Never Again) There’s probably a lot of examples in DC comics, but the only one I can think of offhand is Dr. Polaris. He was killed in an issue of Green Lantern and then showed up in the Monitor’s satillite during Crisis. Of course, since the Monitor took heroes and villains from differejnt times, he could have taken him from before his death. ---
**Author:** ![PsychoWench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@PsychoWench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PsychoWench)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stay-dead/338337/9 "2006-01-04T04:40:54Z")
> [@Electronic Chaos](#): > > Daniel Jackson from Stargate SG-1 has died at least 3 or 4 times that I know of. > > I think most of the important characters from SG-1 have died at least once. But Daniel Jackson’s notorious. He’s right up there with Buffy and Dracula when it comes to deaths. It’s great. Any webcomic fans out there also reminded of Fighter from [8-bit theater](http://www.nuklearpower.com) ? No? Damn. ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stay-dead/338337/10 "2006-01-04T04:43:53Z")
The staff of Sealab 2021 usually ended their show by blowing up their research station. Master Shake of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and his neighbor Carl, have each died several gruesome deaths, only to invariably be included in the next episode with no explanation or even acknowledgement that the previous episode’s events had happened. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stay-dead/338337/11 "2006-01-04T04:58:37Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > [Casey & Andy](http://www.galactanet.com/comic/1.htm) keep killing each other (great web comic, if you don’t know it.) What’s great about them is one time, Andy was killed and then came back in the very same panel. Mary: How’d you do that? Andy: Do what? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stay-dead/338337/12 "2006-01-04T05:28:02Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > The classic bad film **Space Mutiny** has a character die in one scene, then has her working at her desk in the next. “Everyone look alive! Oh, sorry Debbie.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stay-dead/338337/13 "2006-01-04T05:41:51Z")
Jason from _Friday XIII_ parts 1 through 43. Just because the guy’s crazy doesn’t mean he should be able to survive hatchets to the face, burning, drowning, and gunshots (all in the same movie), but he always did. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stay-dead/338337/14 "2006-01-04T05:42:52Z")
_The Terminator_ was killed twice but came back each time as well, albeit with different programming. Ripley from _Aliens_. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stay-dead/338337/15 "2006-01-04T06:26:25Z")
The Young Ones ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stay-dead/338337/16 "2006-01-04T06:45:26Z")
> [@Electronic Chaos](#): > > Daniel Jackson from Stargate SG-1 has died at least 3 or 4 times that I know of. > > I think most of the important characters from SG-1 have died at least once. But Daniel Jackson’s notorious. Heh, and he started doing that in the movie, where one of Ra’s guards shoot him, and then he was brought back in the Sarcophogus, apparantly so Ra could gloat at him. > [@Sublight](#): > > Duncan Idaho seems to be ahead of even Kenny in this category. Maybe even Casey and Andy combined. Yeah, I can’t even remember how many times he died in God Emperor of DUNE. And such variety of deaths too. > [@Odinoneeye](#): > > Felix Lighter CIA agent from the James Bond movies was killed in Live and Let Die, but showed up in at least one other movie (Never Say Never Again) Pretty sure he was also in Goldeneye, although I maintain that there may be multiple American agents who go by Felix, just as there are apparantly multiple British agents who go by James Bond. Ensign Harry Kim died on Voyager at least once, but they got a spare Kim from an alternate universe (shortly before that Kim’s entire crew died when that Voyager self-destructed to take out an attatched alien ship). Ra’s Al Ghul was in a number of situations on Batman where his death was apparant, but he would keep coming back in later episodes (including one episode of Batman Beyond where he had managed to take over his daughter’s body) ---
**Author:** ![buckgully](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@buckgully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buckgully)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stay-dead/338337/17 "2006-01-04T08:02:01Z")
Chris Elliot died in several episodes of “Get A Life”, including one where neighborhood kids used his dismembered head as a soccer ball. He always came back without any explanation. I seem to half remember an interview where either he or his writers admitted to lifting that gag from “The Young Ones”. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stay-dead/338337/18 "2006-01-04T11:08:29Z")
Mean Angel, from Judge Dredd. I’d include Judge Death, but as the man himself says, “You cannot kill what does not live.” ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stay-dead/338337/19 "2006-01-04T13:22:28Z")
Stefano and Tony DiMera. In fact, a lot of soap opera folk. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stay-dead/338337/20 "2006-01-04T15:53:13Z")
Æon Flux died at the end of each of the original shorts on liquid television. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-stay-dead/338337.md?page=2)