The Top Ten Most Surprising Resurrections
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The Top Ten Most Surprising Resurrections

Which of these movie character rebirths surprised you the most?

rank title points votes your vote
1 Obi Wan Kenobi in The Empire Strikes Back
<p>Death is no match for a Jedi. Obi Wan comes back as a ghost to guide Luke towards his destiny.</p> 510 714
2 Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
<p>Gandalf goes down in a literal blaze of glory and stays out of the picture until his big reveal in the final movie.</p> 171 529
3 The Terminator in Terminator 2: Judgment Day
<p>What a surprise for Sarah Connor to see that hulking frame eleven years after she destroyed it.</p> 80 460
4 Spock in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Spock died in the previous movie, but luckily his "katra" lives on in McCoy, which means only the body needs to be located. 37 461
5 E.T. in E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial
<p>It's heart-wrenching to watch Eliot lose his best friend. Luckily this alien doesn't stay down for long.</p> 30 438
6 Ash's Hand in Evil Dead 2
<p>Some take a full movie to reappear after their demise; Ash's hand tastes death for mere moments before it's back in action.</p> -50 418
7 Jean Grey in X-Men: The Last Stand
<p>Grey nearly sacrifices Cyclops to bring herself back. Alas, now her alter-ego Phoenix is in control.</p> -135 427
8 Imhotep in The Mummy Returns
<p>After losing his powers of immortality, getting skewered and dying, he's resurrected by an evil cult and returns. </p> -137 409
9 Mr. Boddy in Clue
<p>Ironically, he was never actually a body -- the dead man everyone thought was Mr. Boddy was really his butler! </p> -138 380
10 Judge Quincannon in And Then There Were None
<p>As a red herring, Quincannon is falsely pronounced dead, then reappears to confess that he's the real killer.</p> -239 339