Unexplained Recovery/Sandbox

"Nassana: Shepard? But... you're dead!

Commander Shepard: I got better."

- Mass Effect 2

"Angelo: I saw you get shot!

Jack Harkness: I got better.

Angelo: You got shot in the head!"

- Torchwood: Miracle Day, "Immortal Sins"

This trope occurs whenever a character is last seen with a serious injury, a situation that no one could survive, or was flat-out dead, and then is returned in full health with no real explanation for their recovery.

In other words, the only reason the character is still whole and alive is because Status Quo Is God and the writers invoked the First Law of Resurrection: they just didn't want him to remain dead.

Also one of the possibilities in a Bolivian Army Ending.

Compare Snap Back, Staying Alive, and Good Thing You Can Heal.