This is an index of tropes that feature reincarnation and rebirth.
See also Resurrection Tropes and Immortality Tropes.
Tropes:
- And Your Reward Is Infancy: Return to happiness in childhood, sometimes achieved through reincarnation.
- Back to the Womb: A character is returned to the womb, usually by some form of regression or time travel, often while retaining their adult mind.
- Born-Again Immortality: An immortal being who is reborn as an infant every time they die.
- Butterfly of Death and Rebirth
- Came Back Strong: A resurrected person is more powerful than they were before they died.
- Came Back Wrong: A resurrected person comes back damaged or somehow changed, or something else entirely comes in their place.
- Fetal Position Rebirth: A person is in a fetal position when they come back to life.
- First-Episode Resurrection
- Heel–Face Reincarnation: A villain is reborn as a hero or innocent person.
- Media Transmigration: A character dies and reincarnates as a character within Show Within a Show.
- Meeting Your Reincarnation: A character meets their previous or posterior/later incarnation at a certain point in the work.
- New Life in Another World Bonus
- Next Life as a Fictional Character
- Past-Life Memories
- Past-Life Superpowers: A character regains superpowers that they had in a previous life.
- The Phoenix: A mythical bird that resurrects itself after death.
- Rebirth Makeover: A character is brought back from the dead with a change to their appearance or outfit.
- "Reborn as Villainess" Story: The protagonist is reincarnated as the villainess in an Otome Game.
- Reincarnate in Another World
- Reincarnated as a Non-Humanoid: A human is reincarnated as an animal, mythical creature, or even a sapient object
- Reincarnated as the Opposite Sex: A male is reincarnated as a female and/or vice versa.
- Reincarnation: The belief that a person is reborn in a new life after they die.
- Reincarnation Friendship: Two characters who were friends in a previous life meet again and become friends again.
- Reincarnation-Identifying Trait: A physical or personality trait used to identify someone as the reincarnation of another character.
- Reincarnation Theme Naming: Reincarnations of the same character have similar names.
- Reincarnation Relationship Change: Two or more people who knew each other in a previous life have a different relationship dynamic in another life.
- Reincarnation Rivalry: Two characters who were enemies in a previous life meet again and continue their feud once more.
- Reincarnation Romance: Two characters who were lovers in a previous life meet again and fall in love once more.
- Rotten Reincarnation: Reincarnation isn't what it's cracked up to be.
- Serpent of Immortality: Snakes used to symbolize immortality, regeneration and rebirth.
- Symbolic Baptism: A literal or metaphorical baptism can be used as a symbol of being reborn into a new role or chapter in one's life.