Just to clarify, this is not a list of those stupid remakes Disney is constantly trying to get us to like. You know how Disney has a tendency to kill a character, then they miraculously come back to life 2 seconds later (or “Pull A Jesus On Us” as I like to call it, except when it comes to #10, I'll explain after this)? This is a list of those characters. This includes both animated and live-action characters. Though I will be excluding this list to movie characters only. I also will be excluding Snow White, Aurora, and Giselle from this list as they never actually died. They were just asleep for a long time.
#10: The Sanderson Sisters- Hocus Pocus
This one is weird for me to speak about since this involves witchcraft, which is a huge no-no for me. After draining a kid's life force and turning her brother into a cat, the Sanderson sisters (which consist of Winifred, Mary and Sarah) are hanged after casting a curse declaring they'll come back via a virgin lighting the "Black Flame" candle. Exactly 3 centuries later, Max Dennison is the lucky virgin to bring the old hags back. And to make things even worse, they are now after his little sister Dani. Smooth move dude. No worries, the witches were unable to kill Dani or Max before sunrise and they are turned into dust. The hags return again for the sequel. Though their second defeat is more of a victory for them then a failure. This is the only commentary on this list that was rather uncomfortable for me to write. As I mentioned in the intro I will not use my phrase for these characters due to their witchcraft. So I was definitely more at ease for the next pick.
So I mentioned that all these characters (except the previous entry of course) pulled a Jesus on us, but this is the only character on this list that is the literal personification of Jesus. To save Edmund from being executed by the White Witch, Aslan offers himself to her, which she accepts. This leads to a brutal scene where Lucy and Susan watch in horror as Aslan is shaved, tied up and finally stabbed by the Witch, ending his life, briefly. The very next morning, the sound of cracking stone is heard as Aslan is resurrected (the only character I will use that word with for obvious reasons), and it was epic. If you read my introduction page (and the "Prince Of Egypt" entry on my "Movies At Disney's/Pixar's Level (Maybe Better) " list), it should come as no surprise that this entry is extremely personal to me. And if this were a full personal list, Aslan would be #1. But I hate making lists like that, so he's #9 for now. But this entry means a lot to me.
It's probably not fair to include robots on this list, but I don't care. Earlier in the movie, it was revealed that Callahan's daughter Abigail was a victim of an experiment gone wrong as she was sent into a teleportation portal that went haywire, and never came out. Upon learning that she survived the incident, Hiro and his right-hand bot Baymax fly into the portal in an attempt to save her. Unfortunately, things do not go smoothly as Baymax is hit by Krei Tech debris and is unable to fly himself and the others out of the portal though his rocket fist is still intact. In a heartbreaking final move, he uses it to fly Hiro and Abigail out of the portal, sacrificing his life in the process. However, Hiro didn't find out until later that Baymax somehow managed to put his healthcare chip into the fist, and Hiro is able to rebuild him.
After pushing her sister Elsa over the edge and unintentionally causing her to set off an eternal winter, Anna attempts to bring it to an end by making amends. Unfortunately that doesn't end very well as Anna and Elsa's talk ends with Elsa accidently freezing her sister's heart and kicking her and Kristoff out with a giant snowman. If Anna's heart is not fixed soon, she'll freeze to solid ice, and the only way to fix it is with an act of true love (corny as HELL). You'd think this would be an easy fix as she was engaged to Hans at the time, but that turned out to be a fluke. So at this point, Kristoff was her only hope, and she almost made it to him. But upon seeing Hans attempting to kill Elsa, Anna sacrificed her life to save her sister, freezing as a result. Thankfully, this counted as an act of true love and she immediately thawed. Elsa would go through a similar incident in the sequel.
Okay, I know nobody likes Rey (not to mention I hate "Star Wars'', FIGHT ME!), but I need more live action characters (literally the only reason why she was added to the list). In a final confrontation with her grandfather (the one and only, Lord Palpatine), Rey was basically drained by him before being strengthened by "the force". Palpatine attempts to shoot lightning at her (granddad of the year everybody) only for her to redirect it with Luke and Leia's lightsabers back at him, killing him as a result. Unfortunately, she dies immediately after. No worries though, Ben Solo (AKA: Kylo Ren) decides to play hero and uses "the force" to save her. Then the 2 randomly share a kiss before he dies. To be honest I’m not exactly sure if I got this correctly as I have never seen the movie, but I don’t really care. Again, I hate “Star Wars” and this is my list.
Now this one really pissed me off, and I was only 11 when I saw this. After being busted out of prison with the help of Maximus and some Snuggly Duckling alumni, Flynn Rider (real name: Eugene Fitzherbert) races back to the tower to rescue Rapunzel only to be literally stabbed in the back by mother of the year, Mother Gothel. Rapunzel attempts to save him by offering to stay with Gothel forever if she lets her save him. Eugene however ain’t haven it. Unwilling to let her suffer for the rest of her life, he cuts her hair, resulting in Gothel’s true age catching up to her and disintegrating into dust. Rapunzel is left unable to heal him and he dies as a result, or so we thought. Taking a page out of the original fairy tale, Rapunzel’s tears still have a little bit of power and he is revived.
Another one that pissed me off, and I was even younger (9). So Wall-E’s boo thang EVE was able to get the plant to the Captain, and after seeing her footage of earth, he is determined to get back. Unfortunately Auto (whom I despise in ways you can’t even imagine) has other plans. Auto and his right-hand jerk GO-4 nearly dispose of the plant by throwing it away only for Wall-E to catch it. Wall-E is electrocuted as a result. To make things even worse, he’s later crushed by Auto via him closing the Holo-Detector. To make things even more worse, even after EVE rebuilds him, his memories are gone and he’s nothing more than a heartless drone at this point. Honestly, Wall-E might’ve had it the worst out of every character on this list. But in typical Disney fashion, it’s true love’s kiss that fixes everything, as EVE’s goodbye kiss restores his memories. I’m convinced Pixar was trying to piss people off with this one.
So remember that traumatizing moment when Thanos did the haunting snap and a majority of our favorite heroes turned into dust, disappearing from existence? So, Yeah. I think it’s safe to say that Peter Parker’s was probably the saddest giving how terrified the poor kid was. So with that being said, “Endgame” was SO SATISFYING. After our remaining heroes were able to go back to different timelines and retrieve the stones, Hulk does a snap of his own, reversing the blip and Thanos’ damage. And while a past version of Thanos figured out these plans and brought a full army to the present timeline, hope is not all lost. The minute we heard Sam Wilson speaking to Steve, we knew we were in for a treat. Our heroes kept coming back, one by one in the most epic way possible. And we were all screaming with joy when Steve said an extremely satisfying “Avengers Assemble”. It was one one of the most amazing moments I have ever seen in the cinema and I will never forget it.
Tinkerbell- Return To Neverland 
Sparky- Frankenweenie
Gurgi-The Black Cauldon 
Sisu- Raya & The Last Dragon
Pinocchio- Pinocchio
After Belle exposes the existence of the Beast, Gaston makes it his mission to kill the Beast with the help of the villagers. Belle and her father are locked in a cellar for a while before Chip breaks them out. The Beast’s servants are able to hold the villagers off, however the Beast (who at this point has no will to live) is unwilling to fight Gaston and basically lets himself get beat. This immediately changes the second he sees Belle and he finally fights back. While he chooses to show mercy and spare Gaston, this was proven to be a mistake and he is fatally stabbed right before Gaston falls to his own death. After the Beast dies, Belle professes her love which reverses his curse and turns him back to normal as well as bring him back to life. This one takes the top spot because I see it as the standard of typical Disney revivals. When all hope is lost, magic happens. That’s Disney in a nutshell.
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