Cliché #65: characters that are supposedly dead turn out to be alive

I gasped out loud as I noticed the figure standing in my doorway. It couldn't be...

"Liam?" I whispered in disbelief.

He was dead. That was what they told us. He had been devoured by a hungry hippo. How was he here right now? This must be a dream. I pinched myself. Nope. This was real.

He stepped towards me, smiling triumphantly. "Yup, it's me," he confirmed.

All these characters are hella good at faking their deaths smh