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Subtrope of [[Foregone Conclusion]], as they clearly ''did'' live to tell the tale -- [[Sister Trope|except]] when they had an [[Unexplained Recovery]]. (Other exceptions may involve a [[From a Single Cell]] [[Healing Factor]], [[The Undead]], or coming [[Back From the Dead]].) May lead to an [[Ask a Stupid Question]] situation ("Yes, I did die. I'm not here."). Contrast [[Posthumous Narration]] and [[Undead Author]].

 

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* Inverted in ''[[Monkey Island 2 Le Chucks Revenge (Video Game)|Monkey Island 2]]''. If you "kill" Guybrush during the game (which isn't easy), Elaine (whom Guybrush is telling the story to) tells him that can't have happened, since he's obviously not dead.

* Kind of inverted in ''[[Fallout]]''. There's a ghoul character with a lot of war stories who will invariably respond to questions like "How did you survive?" with "Didn't. Got killed! [[Most Annoying Sound|Hehehehehe!]]" [[Overused Running Gag|He really loves that joke]].

** Either it's this trope, or the prince has simply added a passage into his story where he is permanently killed, ''having forgotten that he is in fact alive.''

*** Well, there's one point where he says what you're supposed to do if you die (there may have been others that got [[Dummied Out]]); he's probably slipping on details that land him in [[Unwinnable]] situations and not actually saying he died.