History Main / DawnOfAnEra

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* In RealLife some members of the {{Transhuman}}ist movement believes that we currently live just on the brink of the Technological [[TheSingularity Singularity]], which is to put an end to most problems that plague the modern society (but potentially create a ton of new ones), and usher the age of immortal, superhuman cyberminds.

** A few billion years ago certain bacteria pumped oxygen into the air, caused a lot of life to go extinct. However, the new ones flourished in the oxygenated air. About 250 million years ago, the Permian extinction, which was caused by severe volcanic eruptions in Siberia, led to almost all land life to die out, and led to the Dinosaurs flourishing for around 200 million years afterward. An asteroid wiped out the majority of them and mammals and birds (avian dinosaurs) took over in the past 64 million years. Finally, at the end of the Ice Age and the Neolithic revolution humans started a somewhat major extinction of most megafauna and with the rise in humans farming, led to people taking care of both the planet and themselves better, though in some ways, ''worse''.

* The great conflict of '' VideoGame/GoldenSun: The Lost Age'', over whether to restore the power of Alchemy to the world and risk it falling into the hands of evildoers or to let the world rot without Alchemy, is ultimately resolved in favor of restoring Alchemy by the heroes. ''The Lost Age'' ends on a relatively hopeful note: [[spoiler: the parents come back]], [[spoiler: Alex's plans to gain the power of the Golden Sun are thwarted]], and now the world can return to its former glory, right? '' VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' begins thirty years later and stars the SpinOffspring... fighting new evils powered by Alchemy and newly-restored ancient {{Magitek}}. [[spoiler: Oh, and [[TheChessmaster Alex]] is alive and well as a [[AGodAmI demi-god]].]]

* In ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999'', the worlds of the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies mostly see the [[RobotWar Machine Empire]]'s rising [[UnbuiltTrope transhumanist]] New Order this way. [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Unfortunately for them.]]

* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': the ending to R2 is bittersweet for precisely this reason. On the one hand [[spoiler:Lelouch unites the entire world in hatred and fear of him, becoming the Demon Emperor, and has his best friend/hateful rival Suzaku take on the mantle of Zero and publicly assassinate him, leaving him bleeding out in Nunnally's arms,]] but on the other hand this paves the way for a brighter future, [[spoiler:with Empress Nunnally, Zero!Suzaku and Geassed!Schneizel taking advantage of the temporary peace in the wake of Lelouch's death]] to create a better world with less hatred, bitterness and division. [[spoiler:sadly, this doesn't last, as the R3 trailer shows. Well, time for Lelouch to come out of retirement.]]

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* In ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999'', the worlds of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies mostly see the [[RobotWar Machine Empire]]'s rising [[UnbuiltTrope transhumanist]] New Order this way. [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Unfortunately for them.]]

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* In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'', this is combined with EndOfAnAge; while the current Age is coming to an end, a new one is beginning, new Talents of the Power are being discovered, and vast advances in technology are being made. One character even lampshades it while watching a demonstration of the world's first ever cannon: "The world just changed in a very big way." The point of the series, of course, is that [[ViciousCycle the Wheel never stops turning]].
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* The series finale of ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' ends with Gordon looking up at the rooftops and recognizing that he and the good cops in the GCPD have a [[Franchise/{{Batman}} a new friend]] to keep the city safe.

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** The case a few billion years ago with certain bacteria that pumped oxygen into the air, causing a lot of lifeforms to die, but a lot of new ones to flourish in the oxygenated air. Later on, the Permian extinction around 250 million years ago, which was caused by severe volcanic eruptions in Siberia. This led to the Dinosaurs flourishing for around 200 million years afterward, with an asteroid wiping out the majority of them and mammals and birds (avian dinosaurs) taking over in the past 64 million years. Later on, the end of the Ice Age and the Neolithic revolution started a somewhat major extinction of most megafauna and the rise in humans farming, which led to people taking care of the planet and themselves better, and also in some ways, ''worse''.

* A darker example occurred on the 16th of July, 1945 (at 5:29 AM) with the successful test of the first nuclear bomb at Trinity. It would be followed shortly after by the UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki.

For the [[EvilCounterpart villainous version]], see NewEraSpeech. For the complete opposite (though the two may overlap), see EndOfAnAge. For related tropes, see TheMagicGoesAway and TheMagicComesBack.

* In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'' after the PlayerCharacter finally kills Dagoth Ur, he/she not only frees the inhabitants of Vvardenfell from nightmares, which were driving them insane and a [[TheCorruption corruption]], which was slowly changing its victims via BodyHorror, but also basically brings peace between fighting fractions. Even with [[spoiler: two demi-gods dead]], which means the EndOfAnAge for the Tribunal, Vivec still decides to disband [[ChurchMilitant the religious police]] and use his divine power to help these in need. Everything should be wonderful from this point on, right? [[spoiler: It turns out that [[NiceJobBreakingItHero stripping Vivec of from his powers]] causes [[DownerEnding the Ministery of Truth to fall and Red Mountain to erupt, not even a century after the events of the game]].]]

** Near the end of Punk Hazard, Trafalgar Law throws back Donquixote Doflamingo's previous NewEraSpeech claiming that by destroying the EvilMastermind's operations, he and Luffy are creating a new era of their own, and that it'll be impossible to restore the previous status quo.

** Near the end of Punk Hazard, Trafalgar Law throws back Don Quixote Doflamingo's previous NewEraSpeech claiming that by destroying theEvilMastermind's operations, he and Luffy are creating a new era of their own, and that it'll be impossible to restore the previous status quo.

* The ''Series/BabylonFive'' episode, "Into the Fire" where Capt. Sheridan leads a [[TheAlliance united force]] against both the Vorlons and the Shadows. Where at the beginning of the series, G'Kar notes the younger species of Humans, Narns etc. could no more interact with their predecessors than ants could with them, now Sheridan is able to tell two such [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens god-like species]] to [[DeusExitMachina vamoose]]. Both races decide to leave, and the Third Age has begun where the younger species now live on their own terms, free of such godlike interference. This example mixes in a bit of sadness, as the departing {{Precursors}} take a great deal of wonder with them as well.
** As well as a bit of dread, now that the "grown-ups" are not around anymore to bail them out. Cue the Thirdspace movie, where they stumble upon a SealedEvilInACan that the NeglectfulPrecursors left behind.
** The ''very first words'', spoken in voiceover by Londo Mollari at the opening of the ''pilot episode'', were: "I was there at the dawn of the Third Age."
* For an example that ''isn't'' an ending, the premise of ''Series/EarthFinalConflict'' is that aliens have come and helped transform the world for the better, offering solutions to famine, disease, and other ills free of charge. Not only were they not here ToServeMan, and more amazingly, we ''didn't'' [[WeComeInPeaceShootToKill attack these peaceful aliens]]. However; something fishy was afoot, and you don't want to know what. Trust us, it's better if you [[FanonDiscontinuity ignore seasons 2+]].

* In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'', this is combined with EndOfAnAge; while the current Age is coming to an end, a new one is beginning, new Talents of the Power are being discovered, and vast advances in technology are being made. One character even lampshades it while watching a demonstration of the world's first ever cannon: "The world just changed in a very big way."
** The point of the series, of course, is that [[ViciousCycle the Wheel never stops turning]].

* [[Literature/TheBible According to Christian tradition]], the end of the Battle of Armageddon and the binding of {{Satan}} will bring about a thousand years of peace. Once those thousand years are up, however, the Devil will break free and go on a rampage. However, he'll quickly be subdued and then finally destroyed once and for all, at which point the GoldenAge will ''really'' get started!

'''Dawn of an Era''' is when the story has a moment that will change the story world in a ''good way''.