#I AM PRETENDING THAT I AM DEAD OFFLINE#

The Legend of Wonder Woman (2016): Steve Trevor has been turned into a media pony by the military after his return from what was thought to have been his death at sea.

It's actually Evey wearing one of V's costumes, but the idea of V has to be kept alive to keep anarchy alive.

In V for Vendetta, V says this almost word-for-word at the end before blowing up Downing Street.

Later it was revealed that it was yet another dupe.

Ultimate X-Men: During Ultimatum Wolverine thought he killed the true James Madrox.

Kara proceeds to explain her heart was restarted with a literal sunbath when her Ring was removed. They spend several issues believing Kara is dead until Guy Garner bumps into her during the 'Atrocities' arc, whereupon he gives her a hug and asks how she survived.

#I AM PRETENDING THAT I AM DEAD OFFLINE#

In Red Daughter of Krypton, the Red Lanterns believe Supergirl has been killed when her Ring goes offline (a sure sign that a Red Ring-bearer is dead).Both Doomsday and the person actually riding him, Brainiac, were thought dead by this point (Doomsday was presumed dead at the end of Hunter/Prey and Brainiac was seemingly killed at the start of Doomsday Wars.) In Superman: The Doomsday Wars, a suddenly speaking Doomsday gloats that 'The rumors of my stupidity were greatly exaggerated'.Unfortunately they were unable to tell Nightwing until after The Joker had gloated about killing two of his little brothers and Dick had beaten him to death for it. His death was reported to all the Bats, only for Tim to almost instantaneously arrive at Oracle's tower and let her and Blue Beetle know he'd survived. Robin Series: When Tim Drake detached his cape fleeing from a mass of Arkham escapees it was found wrapped around skeletal remains and he was presumed dead.Starlord), mentions the trope by name after unmasking himself. In Marvel 100th Anniversary Special, Vance Astro (actually Peter Quill a.k.a.They survive (of course) and Scrooge quickly gets back to declare that the assassination attempts failed. In the DuckTales one-shot 'Double Indemnity', Magica's clone of Launchpad forces the boys and Scrooge out of the plane into a sandstorm, and then Magica starts a camel stampede to get them trampled.Often goes hand in hand with Our Hero Is Dead.

A form of Dramatic Irony if the audience is aware he's alive while the characters aren't. See also First Law of Resurrection, where character was meant to be Killed Off for Real, but was brought back from the dead in sequels. Not Too Dead to Save the Day: The survival allows the character to make a Deus ex Machina (though this one has a variant where the character stays dead).Ī favorite tactic of supernatural killers, who return in the sequels after thought to be destroyed in the previous film.Not Now, We're Too Busy Crying Over You: The character announces their own survival, but gets a Not Now, Kiddo response from the mourners.Not Quite Dead: The seemingly dead antagonist is revealed to have survived.No Longer with Us: The character merely went somewhere else, but this was misunderstood as an apparent euphemism for death.Mistaken for Dying: The character is believed to be dying, but they only have a minor illness - if they're sick at all.

I am pretending that i am dead