Come back
Come back verb - To become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness.
Fade out
Fade out verb - Become weaker.
Both terms in one sentence
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A variation from Luigi's Mansion: the file select screen has a message reading, "Welcome to your mansion." Wait a while before selecting a file and the message will fade out and come back with the 'y' missing: "Welcome to our mansion."
Source: Signs of Disrepair - The Bloodhound Gang's cover of "Kids in America" (off of their first album) fades almost completely to silence, only to come back in for 8 or so seconds and then fade out for real.
Source: Fake-Out Fade-Out - And what about those songs that fade out and then come back?
Source: Multiple Endings
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Fade out and Come back. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/come_back/fade_out
Come back & Fade out. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/come_back/fade_out>.
Fade out or Come back. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/come_back/fade_out.
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