History Main / HopeSproutsEternal

* In the epilogue of the {{Eureka Seven}} movie which is shown after the credits, a single lunar Crystal flower is shown along with Renton & Eureka's pendant, emmitting rainbow light that is believed to grant wishes to whoever prays to it.

* Poppies are used as a substitute for lethal bloodshed in ''OhWhatALovelyWar''.

** The {{Finale}} of ''{{Blackadder}} Goes Forth'' ended with the scene of the cast going over the top [[TearJerker fading to a field of poppies]].

* Sort of in TheLordOfTheRings: The newly crowned Aragorn finds a sapling of the White Tree way up in the moutains; the line of White Trees goes back to his people's ancestral home, and their flourishing has always been connected to the prosperity of realm and kingship. The sapling is then relocated to the traditional spot in the citadel's courtyard, while its dead predecessor is laid to rest in the tomb of the kings.

* The very last scene of the war movie {{TheThinRedLine}} shows a coconut sprouting on the beach.

* This happens at the end of ''TekkonKinkreet''.

* The covers of the ''Deathlands'' series, set in a post-WorldWarIII America, often used this theme -- [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pilgrimage_to_Hell.jpg as seen here]] in the first novel, taken from a scene in the book.

* Towards the beginning of ''Planet Hulk'', the slaves cleaning up after the Hulk's gladiatorial debut discover a plant growing from his spilled blood, on land previously thought totally infertile. By the time Hulk becomes emperor, the barren lands are lush with vegetation, all owing to that single plant.

* ''A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'', as you might expect, has a motif of a species of tree that reflects on the toughness of the people in Brooklyn by being the only kind that can grow in their neighborhoods.

* The end of ''[[{{Lunar}} Lunar 2: Eternal Blue]]'' shows a tiny patch of grass poking out of the surface of the Blue Star.

* Sort of in LOTR: the Return of the King, where the Hobbits return to find the Shire devastated by Saruman - a major part of this is that all the trees have been cut down. After Saruman has been defeated Sam uses Galadriel's gift - earth from her garden in Lothlorien - to remedy this in a miraculously short time.

* In ''FinalFantasyVII'', a short clip may be seen after the end credits "100 years later," where Red XIII is running around with two offspring and the city is wrecked, but plants are growing everywhere.

* In TheBible, Noah sends birds from his ark after the world is apparently destroyed by floods, resulting in this, making this one OlderThanDirt.
-->And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; and the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

* As mentioned in Real Life below, The final season of BlackAdder ends with the deaths of most of the main cast, cut down bare feet into their (pointless) over-the-top advance on the German lines. In near silence, the scene cross-fades into a shot of a [[ThePoppy field of poppies]]. A phenomenally powerful moment, it had This Troper, and his father, in tears.

* In ''Countdown to Infinite Crisis'', Earth-51 is destroyed, leaving only its Monitor floating in a blank universe--except for a single living plant, which gives him hope. [[spoiler:When next we see Earth-51, it's been completely overwritten with a new continuity.]]

* ''{{Downfall}}''. The courtyard of the Fuhrer Bunker appears desolated, full of dirt, shell craters and stockpiled munitions, but Traudl looks down and smiles when she sees a white flower. We then see there are other flowers and trees growing around the garden. The moment of peace is soon broken by an air raid siren.