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When [[Kelly Kline]] decides to kill herself rather than let her child be used as a tool of destruction. She slits her wrists in a bathtub, but is resurrected by her unborn child.
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[[File:DeanGravesite.jpg|thumb|right|350px|[[Dean]]'s gravesite, after being resurrected by [[Castiel]].]]Resurrection is the ability to bring the dead back to life. This is mostly achieved by deals with [[demons]] and by the will of [[angels]]. An angel's ability to resurrect the dead is tied to their connection to Heaven, ; if they are cut-off from the [[Host of Heaven|Host]] in anywayany way, they may not be able to bring the dead back to life. Angels resurrecting someone who has long been dead has been shown to cause the complete destruction of the area where the person is being resurrected, as shown when both [[Dean]] and [[Adam Milligan]] were brought back to life by Heaven. Demons, however, appear to require deals to be struck in order to bring a dead human back to life. This entry refers to beings who have been bought back to life largely unchanged. For other occurrences see the entries on [[Revenant]]s and [[Zombies]].
==Things That Can Resurrect==
===Beings===
* [[Angels]] - – Angels have the ability to resurrect the dead, however healing and resurrection appear to be tied to Heaven, and thus an angel can be cut off from using those abilities. Higher orders of angels such as [[archangels]] and [[seraphim]] can resurrect humans without connection to the [[Host of Heaven]].* [[Cosmic Entity]] - – It can bring back any inhabitants of it's its realm, [[the Empty]]. * [[The Darkness]] - – Like her brother, the Darkness is capable of resurrecting beings at will.* [[Death]] - – As a rule, Death does not bring people back. But, under Under certain situations an exception can be made.* [[God]] - – God can resurrect humans and angels at will. However, Chuck claimed that archangels, being created having been formed from pure primordial creation take more time to resurrect. * [[Reapers]] - – While this is antithetical to their purpose, reapers have the ability to heal and resurrect, though they have only been known to perform such acts under duress.
===Magic===
* [[Curses]] – The Greek god [[Zeus]] was able to place a curse on the Titan [[Prometheus]], causing him to die and be resurrected every day. The curse also had the unintended consequence of being transferred to Prometheus' demigod son [[Oliver]].* [[Deals and pacts]] - – Making deals with [[demons]] can bring the dead back the life.* [[Mark of Cain]] - – Possessors of the Mark will be brought back upon death and turned into demons.* [[Resurrection charm]] - – People who bear this charm can come back to life, however the charm requires recharging after any use. * [[Tiamat Talisman]] - – If the owner of the coin takes it out of it's its well, all wishes will be undone, including any wishes to kill someone.
==Episodes==
===[[2.22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two]]===
In a competition between among the [[Special Children]] set up by [[Azazel]], [[Sam]] is killed by [[Jake Talley]]. A distraught [[Dean]] makes a deal with a [[Crossroads Demon]] to bring Sam back to life, selling his soul for one year instead of the standard ten years to being Sam back.
===[[3.11 Mystery Spot]]===
[[Sam]] is put into an endless loop of the same Tuesday by [[Gabriel|the Trickster]], where he has to repeatedly witness [[Dean]] die and be brought back the next day -- which is also Tuesday.
===[[4.01 Lazarus Rising]]===
===[[4.08 Wishful Thinking]]===
To reverse all wishes of a Tiamat Coin, Sam and Dean confront it's its owner, [[Wes Mondale]]. His lover, [[Hope Lynn Casey]] , who is with Wes due to the coin, overhears their conversation and realizes that if the spell in broken her love for Wes will be gone. To try to save there their relationship, she wishes Sam dead, who and he dies of lightinglightning. Wes , realizing what he has done, removes the coin and Sam is brought back to life.
===[[5.01 Sympathy for the Devil]]===
After Castiel is [[Smiting|smote]] by the [[archangel]] [[Raphael]] for rebelling, he is brought back by [[God]].
===[[5.13 The Song Remains the Same]]===
After [[Sam]] is killed by [[Anna Milton]], [[Michael]] intervenes, killing Anna , and eventually brings back Sam.
===[[5.16 Dark Side of the Moon]]===
After Sam and Dean are shot and killed by [[Walt and Roy]], they meet an angel in Heaven named Joshua, who tells them of their many prior deaths and how this time he has been given instruction for Sam and Dean to remember , before sending them back to earth in their restored bodies.
===[[5.18 Point of No Return]]===
Realizing that Dean will not become Michael's vessel, the angels move to a plan B and resurrect Sam and Dean's half-brother [[Adam Milligan]]. However, Castiel learns of this and goes to the spot of Adam's [[Hunter's Funeral Pyre|funeral pyre]] , where he kills two angels and brings the resurrected Adam back to Bobby's.
===[[5.22 Swan Song]]===
===[[6.11 Appointment in Samarra]]===
Despite [[Dean]] failing the wager to be Death for 24 hours, [[Death]] honors their agreement and enters [[the Cage]] to retrieve [[Sam]]'s [[soul]]. Completing , completing Sam's resurrection that was started by [[Castiel]]. ===[[6.18 Frontierland]]===As a [[phoenix]], [[Elias Finch]] was able to resurrect himself anytime he was killed. After being shot with [[the Colt]] by Dean Winchester, Finch's death was permanent. ===[[8.16 Remember the Titans]]===The Greek Titan [[Prometheus]] is cursed with dying and being resurrected every day by [[Zeus]] after giving humans fire from Mt. Olympus. His son [[Oliver]] suffers from the same curse, which is broken by the deaths of Prometheus and Zeus.
===[[9.03 I'm No Angel]]===
When Charlie is killed by [[the Wicked Witch of the West]]'s magic, she is brought back by Ezekiel.
===[[9.23 Do You Believe in Miracles?]]=== As part of his plan to convert humanity to worshipping him, [[Metatron]] resurrects a young woman killed by a speeding car. [[Crowley]]'s demons find footage of it on the Internet and it leads Crowley and Dean to her home, where Sam has already learned what Metatron told the woman after bringing her back. Dean, empowered by the [[Mark of Cain]], believes he can take on the angel [[Metatron]]. The two fight, and Dean is stabbed through the heart with an [[angel blade]]. The Mark, unwilling to let it's its wielder die, brings Dean back to life as as a [[Knight of Hell|demon]].
===[[11.17 Red Meat]]===
[[Dean]] takes an overdose and dies so that he can beg [[Billie]] the [[reaper]] to bring Sam back to life, however. However, Dean learns from Billie that Sam is not dead, and when as she prepares to take Dean to [[the Empty]]; , [[Dr. Kessler]] is able to resuscitate him a few minutes later.
===[[11.18 Hell's Angel]]===
===[[11.23 Alpha and Omega]]===
As a thank -you for all Dean has done for her, [[Amara]] gives him something she felt he needed and resurrects his mother -- , [[Mary Winchester]].
===[[12.09 First Blood]]===
Imprisoned in a government black site for six weeks, Sam and Dean realize there is no escape. Believing themselves to be dead anyway, they call on Billie and strike a deal to temporarily die and be brought back to life so they can escape confinement. As payment for this favor, and at midnight a Winchester must die. When Mary offers to take their place in the deal, but Billie is killed by Castiel before she could can collect by Castiel.
===[[12.19 The Future]]===
===[[13.04 The Big Empty]]===
After being jostled awake in [[the Empty]] by the [[Nephilim]] [[Jack]], Castiel becomes such an annoyance to the [[Cosmic Entity]] so much so that it is forced to send him back to earth.
===[[13.05 Advanced Thanatology]]===
When Dean temporarily kills himself to find where the bodies of [[Dr. Avery Meadows]] ' victims, he is confronted by [[Billie]], who reveals herself as the new incarnation of Death. After conversing in [[Death's Reading Room]] about Sam and Dean's place in the universe, Dean is brought back to life by Billie.
===[[13.07 War of the Worlds]]===
After being found out by the Winchesters, Arthur Ketch tells the brothers how he came to still be alive after being shot in the head. : Years ago the British Men of Letters captured Rowena, and during her interrogation, Ketch learned of the resurrection charm. He struck a deal with Rowena, having the charm sewed into his body in exchange for letting her escape. Resurrecting soon after his body was dumped, Ketch went into hiding, as the British Men of Letters frown on desertion. He also began searching for Rowena, explaining that once the charm is used, it must be recharged before it can work again. ===[[13.08 The Scorpion and the Frog]]===After the Winchesters rob his vault, [[Luther Shrike]] explains how when the [[hellhounds]] came for him due to [[Deals and Pacts|his deal]] with [[Barthamus]], he used Barthamus' human bones to force him to renegotiate the deal, bring Luther back to life, and grant him immortality while he stayed on his property. His brief death and resurrection are confirmed by the fact that his own blood counts as the blood of a man who has been to Hell and back to open Luther's vault. Dean's own resurrection from Hell, which allows him to also open Luther's vault, is mentioned.
===[[13.12 Various & Sundry Villains]]===
===[[13.21 Beat the Devil]]===
When Sam is killed by [[vampires]] from [[Apocalypse World]], he was is "lifted from the darkness" by [[Lucifer]], who brought brings him back to make a deal. In exchange for his life, Lucifer wanted wants Sam to help him meet his son, threatening Sam by claiming he will release the horde of vampires he is keeping at bay onto the younger Winchesterif he does not agree to the bargain.
===[[13.23 Let the Good Times Roll]]===
After learning of [[Maggie (Apocalypse World)|Maggie]]'s death, a distraught Jack reconnects with Lucifer and agrees to go with him to explore the universe. But before they leave, Jack forces his father to resurrect Maggie. A hesitant Lucifer warns Jack that people can come back different, but eventually acquiescencesacquiesces, bringing Maggie back to life. Maggie then reveals that Lucifer was her killer which Jack forces Lucifer to admit under mind control. ===[[14.03 The Scar]]===After Jack realizes [[Lora]]'s [[curse]] is tied to the witch's necklace, the pendant holding Lora's life force is destroyed, bringing Lora back to life. [[File:Jack-Resurrection.png|thumb|right|350px|[[Jack]]'s [[soul]] being resurrected from [[Heaven]] by [[Castiel]].]] ===[[14.08 Byzantium]]===After the death of [[Jack Kline]], [[Lily Sunder]] suggests using Enochian magic and part of Jack's [[soul]] to sustain his body. After Dean points out that Jack is dead, [[Castiel]] states that he can bring Jack back for a very brief period of time, long enough to complete the spell. After an encounter with the [[Cosmic Entity]] in [[Kelly Kline]]'s [[Heaven]], Castiel touches Jack on the face, causing his soul to glow and for Jack to then wake up in his body on Earth, still suffering from the condition that killed him in the first place. Jack quickly completes the spell, curing his condition and preventing him from dying again. ===[[14.17 Game Night]]===[[Nick]] reveals that his plan is to resurrect [[Lucifer]], having made contact with the [[archangel]] in [[the Empty]] through [[Donatello Redfield]]. Using a spell with Jack's blood, Nick is able to bring Lucifer back to Earth, but is foiled by Jack, who kills Nick and sends Lucifer back to the Empty before he can be fully revived. ===[[14.18 Absence]]===After Jack accidentally kills [[Mary Winchester]], he attempts to resurrect her with the help of [[Rowena]] using a spell from the [[Book of the Damned]]. However, the spell requires Mary's body, which was destroyed when she was killed. Despite Rowena's warnings that he could do more harm than good by trying, Jack casts the spell anyway. Though the attempt causes Mary's body to reappear, it fails to resurrect her. Sam later tells Dean and Castiel that Rowena thinks that Jack's casting of the spell only brought back a shell, incapable of holding life. However, this allows the Winchesters and Castiel to give Mary a [[Hunter's Funeral Pyre]]. ===[[15.06 Golden Time]]===While looking through [[Rowena's Apartment]], [[Sam]] finds a spell in one of her journals that [[Rowena]] had been creating to resurrect [[Mary Winchester]] before she learned that Mary was happy in [[Heaven]]. Sam realizes that the [[spell]], which can turn spirit to flesh, can be used to resurrect [[Eileen Leahy]], but comes into conflict with a family of [[witches]] also seeking the spell. The [[Witch Mother]] warns that the spell will only work once before [[Death]] closes the loophole. After dispatching the witches, Sam is able to use the spell to resurrect Eileen. ===[[15.09 The Trap]]===[[God]] reveals that He orchestrated Eileen's resurrection so that He could use her to spy on the Winchesters. God purposefully led Sam to the spell, though He admits that the resurrection wasn't all Him: God only gave Sam half the spell and Sam did the rest. ===[[15.11 The Gamblers]]===While investigating the murder of a [[Grigori]], [[Castiel]] discovers that [[Jack]] has been resurrected. Jack later explains that [[Billie]] kept him stashed away in [[the Empty]] until [[God]] left the Earth. Once He was gone, Billie resurrected Jack with a plan for Jack to become strong enough to kill God. ===[[15.19 Inherit the Earth]]===[[Lucifer]] initially claimed that the [[Cosmic Entity]] resurrected him to get [[Chuck's Death Book]] and use it to destroy God. Lucifer later admits that this is a lie and that it was actually God that brought him back. After Lucifer kills [[Betty]] with an [[angel blade]], she is resurrected as the new [[Death]]. Later, after absorbing Chuck's power, [[Jack]] resurrects everyone and everything that Chuck had killed.
==See also==