nothing is certain but death and taxes
and on TV even death isn’t always a
certainty I was dead take yo way welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
TV characters who’ve come back from the
dead
um aren’t you supposed to be running
around don’t talk to me you have a bad
reputation in the chicken community for
this list we’re focusing on characters
that have returned after either dying or
being presumed dead and I don’t know how
to deal with that we are excluding
characters from anime and from daytime
soap operas cuz they deserve their own
lists and obviously spoiler alert
number ten Fox Mulder the x-files hi hi
he said on the phone you receive
something urgent the x-files told
viewers to trust no one so it’s not
surprising that agent Mulder’s death
wasn’t exactly permanent Mulder went
through an alien abduction after which
his dead body was recovered and buried
we are here to deliver the body of Flex
Mulder to its resting place end of story
no because three months later the body
is dug up and even though it’s
decomposing it still has vital signs
including a double heartbeat television
it all involved an alien virus that was
transforming Mulder into a new being did
you figure now when Skinner pulled
Mulder off of the machines his
temperature dropped rapidly without
affecting his vital signs
what fortunately Scully found a way to
restore him do you have any ideal you’ve
been through I see in your face
number nine Sara Tancredi Prison Break
you’re asking me to break the law I’m
asking you to make a mistake the doctor
at Fox River State Penitentiary
Sara Tancredi became increasingly
involved with the prisoners under her
care and that created some problems
leave the door unlocked when you leave
tonight that’s it like when she helped
inmates escape and later killed a guy
so Sarah ended up dead with her head
sent to her friends in a box the real
cause of death though wasn’t beheading
it was a contract dispute between the
actress and the producers do you want to
talk about it
once that was cleared up it turned out
Sarah’s death was faked
hey one severed head looks a lot like
another it’s just the company
it’s just what thank you number eight
John Locke lost somebody is trying to
kill me the world of lost was so complex
that even explaining life and death gets
a little involved no matter what you did
or what you do your path leads back to
the island the character of John Locke
eventually left the strange island
around which the series centered he
tried to convince others who had left
the island that they needed to go back
Jack the people I left behind need our
help but we’re supposed to go back
because it’s our destiny Locke was then
killed by Benjamin Linus
who made the death look like a suicide
when focus returned to the island Locke
was there quote-unquote alive again in
some form or another at least welcome
back to the land of the living
number seven Nathan young misfits
classic it can be dangerous to be
outside in a storm but not for Nathan
young in misfits he and a bunch of other
kids performing outdoor community
service came away from a particularly
nasty one with superpowers
she’s such a child whoa whoa whoa Nathan
didn’t know he had changed right away
however you saved me Barry
it wasn’t until he fell off a roof to
his death and then woke up in a coffin
that he realized he had become immortal
hmm I’m alive in last though he
eventually traded his immortality for a
reality warping power so he could be a
magician
number six brian Griffin family guy like
here look at this street hockey net it’s
in great shape you know we should take
this home and set it up get some fresh
air get some exercise dedicated
followers of FAMILY GUY were caught dead
in their tracks
when Brian the talking k-9 was hit by a
car during season 12 and actually died
Brian look out
a furious outcry greeted Brian’s death
with many fans threatening to stop
watching the show if something wasn’t
done about this – that guy sucked
fortunately Family Guy’s creators had
things well in hand
excellent now all I got to do is set the
coordinates to the moment before Brian
got killed and I can save him two
episodes later Stewie was able to get
his hands on a time machine to prevent
the doggy death from ever occurring
Joran is my friend number 5 Rory
Williams Doctor Who the gravestone here
is only the same name as me the boy who
waited was a companion of the 11th
doctor who’s multiple deaths were so
well known that even the silence one of
the doctors enemies joked about it
poor Amy he always leaves you doesn’t he
some of Rory’s deaths were imaginary
what happened in alternate timelines or
were faked but some of them were real
most memorably Rory was erased from the
timeline and never existed dr. Connolly
keep it in your mind don’t forget him
yet somehow came back as a Roman
centurion out on that helped save the
universe now that’s a neat trick hey
come on
hello Amy number for Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock my best friend
stet series two of the BBC’s phenomenal
updating of Sherlock Holmes ended with
the titular detective jumping off a roof
to his death the only way to foil a
Moriarty plot to kill his best friends
naturally Holmes survived but exactly
how is open to debate
Sherlock’s professed version of events
which involved colleagues secretly
moving in an inflatable cushion and
keeping dr. Watson occupied while his
live body was replaced with that of a
dead look-alike may have been the truth
or not he’s from a crowd of strangers
suddenly one is aware staring into the
face of an old friend look seriously
could you just number three Buffy
Summers Buffy the Vampire Slayer turaida
one night dealing with death and the
undead were par for the course for Buffy
and her Scooby Gang so it’s probably not
surprising that Buffy herself cashed in
her chips and not once but twice in
season one buffy is killed by the master
but some handy CPR brought her back
around in no time
breathe in season five she sacrifices
herself to close a portal to another
dimension
fortunately willow finds a spell to
resurrect her master of all fate hear us
though it’s five months later and after
she’s been buried number two
Kenny mcCormick South Park Kenny Kenny
mcCormick the orange parka wearing
member of the South Park gang is famous
for dying with alarming frequency oh my
god Thank You Kenny
it started with the very first episode
where after being blasted by aliens and
trampled by cattle a police car finishes
him off Wow poor Kenny Kenny has died
repeatedly and in some imaginative ways
Michael Jackson as Martin Jefferson
mistaking him for blanket oh my god they
killed Kenny
Ozzy Osbourne biting his head off oh my
god Kenny’s head up inappropriate use of
a tampon hmm whoa dude overdose of
antacids whatever Kenny always returns
usually with little or no explanation
and honestly who needs one mr. and miss
McCormack yes I’m sorry
we couldn’t save yourself before we
reveal our top pick here are some
honorable mentions
he will but not today
Oh Oh what happened I’m gonna miss you
guys
Jamie
number one Bobby Ewing Dallas I’ve been
driving around for a long time I finally
had to come and see the prize for coming
back from the dead goes to a character
whose return outraged many fans more
than you could ever imagine
not that they didn’t love Bobby Ewing he
was one of the most popular characters
on the hit primetime drama Dallas and
his death in season eight devastated
many viewers
but season 9 ended with his ex-wife
waking to find him in the shower
revealing that everything that had
happened since his death had been
nothing but a dream many felt cheated
others felt elated but no one ever
forgot Bobby’s return when I woke up I
thought that you were dead
what do you agree with our choices you
bastard
what other TV characters that returned
from the dead deserve to be on this list
we will be partnering because this
madman Stefano de Mer is dead for more
in throwing top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
yes because their hearts are full of
greed and they have doodoo in their
souls
and on TV even death isn’t always a
certainty I was dead take yo way welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
TV characters who’ve come back from the
dead
um aren’t you supposed to be running
around don’t talk to me you have a bad
reputation in the chicken community for
this list we’re focusing on characters
that have returned after either dying or
being presumed dead and I don’t know how
to deal with that we are excluding
characters from anime and from daytime
soap operas cuz they deserve their own
lists and obviously spoiler alert
number ten Fox Mulder the x-files hi hi
he said on the phone you receive
something urgent the x-files told
viewers to trust no one so it’s not
surprising that agent Mulder’s death
wasn’t exactly permanent Mulder went
through an alien abduction after which
his dead body was recovered and buried
we are here to deliver the body of Flex
Mulder to its resting place end of story
no because three months later the body
is dug up and even though it’s
decomposing it still has vital signs
including a double heartbeat television
it all involved an alien virus that was
transforming Mulder into a new being did
you figure now when Skinner pulled
Mulder off of the machines his
temperature dropped rapidly without
affecting his vital signs
what fortunately Scully found a way to
restore him do you have any ideal you’ve
been through I see in your face
number nine Sara Tancredi Prison Break
you’re asking me to break the law I’m
asking you to make a mistake the doctor
at Fox River State Penitentiary
Sara Tancredi became increasingly
involved with the prisoners under her
care and that created some problems
leave the door unlocked when you leave
tonight that’s it like when she helped
inmates escape and later killed a guy
so Sarah ended up dead with her head
sent to her friends in a box the real
cause of death though wasn’t beheading
it was a contract dispute between the
actress and the producers do you want to
talk about it
once that was cleared up it turned out
Sarah’s death was faked
hey one severed head looks a lot like
another it’s just the company
it’s just what thank you number eight
John Locke lost somebody is trying to
kill me the world of lost was so complex
that even explaining life and death gets
a little involved no matter what you did
or what you do your path leads back to
the island the character of John Locke
eventually left the strange island
around which the series centered he
tried to convince others who had left
the island that they needed to go back
Jack the people I left behind need our
help but we’re supposed to go back
because it’s our destiny Locke was then
killed by Benjamin Linus
who made the death look like a suicide
when focus returned to the island Locke
was there quote-unquote alive again in
some form or another at least welcome
back to the land of the living
number seven Nathan young misfits
classic it can be dangerous to be
outside in a storm but not for Nathan
young in misfits he and a bunch of other
kids performing outdoor community
service came away from a particularly
nasty one with superpowers
she’s such a child whoa whoa whoa Nathan
didn’t know he had changed right away
however you saved me Barry
it wasn’t until he fell off a roof to
his death and then woke up in a coffin
that he realized he had become immortal
hmm I’m alive in last though he
eventually traded his immortality for a
reality warping power so he could be a
magician
number six brian Griffin family guy like
here look at this street hockey net it’s
in great shape you know we should take
this home and set it up get some fresh
air get some exercise dedicated
followers of FAMILY GUY were caught dead
in their tracks
when Brian the talking k-9 was hit by a
car during season 12 and actually died
Brian look out
a furious outcry greeted Brian’s death
with many fans threatening to stop
watching the show if something wasn’t
done about this – that guy sucked
fortunately Family Guy’s creators had
things well in hand
excellent now all I got to do is set the
coordinates to the moment before Brian
got killed and I can save him two
episodes later Stewie was able to get
his hands on a time machine to prevent
the doggy death from ever occurring
Joran is my friend number 5 Rory
Williams Doctor Who the gravestone here
is only the same name as me the boy who
waited was a companion of the 11th
doctor who’s multiple deaths were so
well known that even the silence one of
the doctors enemies joked about it
poor Amy he always leaves you doesn’t he
some of Rory’s deaths were imaginary
what happened in alternate timelines or
were faked but some of them were real
most memorably Rory was erased from the
timeline and never existed dr. Connolly
keep it in your mind don’t forget him
yet somehow came back as a Roman
centurion out on that helped save the
universe now that’s a neat trick hey
come on
hello Amy number for Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock my best friend
stet series two of the BBC’s phenomenal
updating of Sherlock Holmes ended with
the titular detective jumping off a roof
to his death the only way to foil a
Moriarty plot to kill his best friends
naturally Holmes survived but exactly
how is open to debate
Sherlock’s professed version of events
which involved colleagues secretly
moving in an inflatable cushion and
keeping dr. Watson occupied while his
live body was replaced with that of a
dead look-alike may have been the truth
or not he’s from a crowd of strangers
suddenly one is aware staring into the
face of an old friend look seriously
could you just number three Buffy
Summers Buffy the Vampire Slayer turaida
one night dealing with death and the
undead were par for the course for Buffy
and her Scooby Gang so it’s probably not
surprising that Buffy herself cashed in
her chips and not once but twice in
season one buffy is killed by the master
but some handy CPR brought her back
around in no time
breathe in season five she sacrifices
herself to close a portal to another
dimension
fortunately willow finds a spell to
resurrect her master of all fate hear us
though it’s five months later and after
she’s been buried number two
Kenny mcCormick South Park Kenny Kenny
mcCormick the orange parka wearing
member of the South Park gang is famous
for dying with alarming frequency oh my
god Thank You Kenny
it started with the very first episode
where after being blasted by aliens and
trampled by cattle a police car finishes
him off Wow poor Kenny Kenny has died
repeatedly and in some imaginative ways
Michael Jackson as Martin Jefferson
mistaking him for blanket oh my god they
killed Kenny
Ozzy Osbourne biting his head off oh my
god Kenny’s head up inappropriate use of
a tampon hmm whoa dude overdose of
antacids whatever Kenny always returns
usually with little or no explanation
and honestly who needs one mr. and miss
McCormack yes I’m sorry
we couldn’t save yourself before we
reveal our top pick here are some
honorable mentions
he will but not today
Oh Oh what happened I’m gonna miss you
guys
Jamie
number one Bobby Ewing Dallas I’ve been
driving around for a long time I finally
had to come and see the prize for coming
back from the dead goes to a character
whose return outraged many fans more
than you could ever imagine
not that they didn’t love Bobby Ewing he
was one of the most popular characters
on the hit primetime drama Dallas and
his death in season eight devastated
many viewers
but season 9 ended with his ex-wife
waking to find him in the shower
revealing that everything that had
happened since his death had been
nothing but a dream many felt cheated
others felt elated but no one ever
forgot Bobby’s return when I woke up I
thought that you were dead
what do you agree with our choices you
bastard
what other TV characters that returned
from the dead deserve to be on this list
we will be partnering because this
madman Stefano de Mer is dead for more
in throwing top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
yes because their hearts are full of
greed and they have doodoo in their
souls
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