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* ''ComicBook/TheChroniclesOfWormwood'': Heaven is populated by people of every faith and belief, since the main requirement is basically "do no harm" (by contrast, Hell is where pedophiles, Hitler and Judas end up, and the real torture is being unable to hide from the fact that they ''deserve'' to be there). PA priest and a Buddhist monk are seen amiably chatting together (all the more remarkable since God is a nutcase who ''constantly'' masturbates), and there's even a suicide bomber who doesn't attack anyone but does thinks he's in the wrong place, despite the 72 virgins in his care... that is, 72 constantly screaming, constantly hungry babies.

* A more serious version of the above scenario, ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/29071116/chapters/71358783 A Collection of Afterlife Reunions]]'' feature this trope ''eventually'' happening, with even the BigBad being welcomed back into the group's TrueCompanions, but it takes a lot of forgiving to get there.

* ''Film/TheBalladOfBusterScruggs'': Scruggs reflects on the nature of the afterlife:
--> "There's just gotta be a place up ahead, where men ain't low down and poker's played fair. If there weren't, what are all the songs about? I'll see you all there, and we can sing together and shake our heads over all the meanness in the used-to-be."

* This concept is discussed by Ivan and Alyosha in ''Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov''. Ivan says that he couldn't accept a world where a mother embraces a torturer and murderer of her son, and they exclaim aloud with tears, "Thou art just, O Lord!" Alyosha has to agree with him.
* In ''The Letters to a Sleeping Brother'' by Andrey Desnitsky, the narrator, a resident of Heaven, writes to her brother (in Hell but with a chance of survival) and tells him how former enemies turn to friends in Heaven. In particular, she says that Peter, a Latvian soldier whose arrest her brother had (unwillingly) caused, is in Heaven now and sends him his love. She also mentions a pagan priest who reconciled with the victims of child sacrifices he used to perform.

* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'': When Ray Palmer's soul is temporarily in hell after his body is stolen by the demon Neron, he runs into his team's former archnemesis Vandal Savage, who was sent to torture him. However, it turns out Vandal has mellowed out a lot since his death, and the two of them end up becoming friends and playing multiple games of Giant Jenga together.

* An episode of ''Series/CriminalMinds'' plays with this, as Aaron Hotchner collapses and is taken for emergency surgery, where he has a vision of his late wife, as well as the man who murdered her and whom Aaron had beaten to death, both chatting with him and each other casually. Whether they were legitimately in the afterlife, or just a dream by Hotch as he was under anesthesia is [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane open for debate]].

* Implied to be the case in ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' with the final episode ending with most of the dead characters standing watching Susan leave the street. The dead not seeming to care that they were enemies when they were alive.
* ''Series/{{Yellowjackets}}'': In "[[Recap/YellowjacketsS2E9Storytelling Storytelling]]" Javi shows up in the adult Natalie's dying dream and tells her that "there's nothing to be afraid of, you know?" Javi had died in place of teen Natalie when she "won" a LotteryOfDoom that would have ended up with her fellow survivors eating her body.

* ''Series/TheCallOfWarr'' ended with multiple characters dead, several of whom had spent their last few days fighting or killing each other. Despite this, they all [[BackupFromOtherworld teamed up to help Ashes and save the day]], and then proceeded to have a picnic with Ghost Lady, sharing food and enjoying each other's company without concern for what happened in life.

* ''WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters'': The ghosts of Captain Ahab and Moby-Dick are FireForgedFriends, serving out a sentence on the [[AlliterativeName Phantom Prison Planet]].

** In 'Mere Christianity'', Lewis imagines that if he'd died fighting in World War I, him and his opposite number would meet in paradise, have a good laugh about killing each other, and then go for tea.

* It is one of the characteristics of the Heavenly Kingdom in Christianity. The Literature/BookOfIsaiah, in particular, has a detailed passage on the post-Last Judgment world:

'''Due to this trope dealing with deceased characters, spoilers be unmarked. Tread carefully.'''

* ''Franchise/TheHauntedMansion'' theme park ride features a ghost decapitated knight singing happily next to his ghost executioner in the ghosts' graveyard jamboree at the end.

** One of the new arrivals in Season 4 is John, a gossip columnist who often mocked Tahani on his blog. Turns out that he was [[spoiler:specifically chosen by the Bad Place to torment Tahani, and it almost works, but Tahani, determined to not let the Bad Place win, extends an olive branch out to him]]. After an initially bumpy start, they find that they have a lot in common and become friends.

** In the GrandFinale, [[spoiler:after numerous Jeremy Bearimies, the family members of the Soul Squad (some of whom were abusive or criminal) are in good terms with their children. Special mention goes to Tahani's parents: while they blatantly played favorites among their daughters, once they meet Tahani and Kamilah again, they are nothing but apologetic. It helps that all of them passed their tests to become better humans in the Bad Place.]]

* ''Series/{{Yellowjackets}}'': In "[[Recap/YellowjacketsS2E9Storytelling Storytelling]]" [[spoiler: Javi]] shows up in [[spoiler: the adult Natalie's dying dream]] and tells her that "there's nothing to be afraid of, you know?" [[spoiler: Javi had died in place of teen Natalie when she "won" a LotteryOfDoom that would have ended up with her fellow survivors eating her body.]]