History Main / HealingVat

* Used in Creator/OrsonScottCard's novel ''Hot Sleep'' (it's an inversion of the ''[[HumanPopsicle cold sleep]]'' trope, not a sexual reference) when the protagonist is being healed/reconstructed after "proving he's a survivor".

[[AC: Anime and Manga]]
* These are used in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' by Frieza's minions. They're apparently mondo cool!
* These kind of devices appear on the ''Anime/BirdyTheMighty'' franchise (and considering that the titular protagonist is prone to get into fights as befits her {{Superhero}} status, she ends up using them rather often).

[[AC: Comic Books]]
* In the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' mythos, Ras al'Ghul has a place called the Lazarus Pit that regenerates and rejuvenates him. (It also causes temporary insanity...)
* The obscure MarvelComics vigilante/ Comicbook/SpiderMan villain, Solo heals himself after getting wounded in battle by bathing in a weird tank of green fluid.

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[[AC: Film]]
* ''Franchise/StarWars'' has bacta tanks, using the universal regenerative fluid containing some sort of microbe. Most famously used with Luke in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.
* Such tanks are used in ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' to heal wounded soldiers, such as when Rico gets his thigh bitten through by a bug.
* In ''Film/{{Wanted}}'' they use vats filled with paraffin wax. It's said to "[[ArtisticLicenseBiology stimulate white bloodcells]] and speeds up the process". Wounds that normally takes days to heal do so in hours.

[[AC: Literature]]
* In the ''Literature/{{Paradox}}'' series the Chatcaava use a sort of gel to recover from wounds sustained in duels. Alliance ambassador Lisinthir spends a few days in a tank full of it after one fight with the emperor (who had to have his digestive tract re-inserted and was back on his feet that evening.)
* These show up in the ''Literature/TourOfTheMerrimack'' novels
* Used in Creator/OrsonScottCard's novel ''Hot Sleep'' (it's an inversion of the ''[[HumanPopsicle cold sleep]]'' trope, not a sexual reference) when the protagonist is being healed/reconstructed after "proving he's a survivor".
* Iliff in the ''Agent of Vega'' series by Creator/JamesHSchmitz delivers his final report from a healing vat, after his near-fatal confrontation with the BigBad of the story.

[[AC: Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/EclipsePhase'' has healing vats, one of the first uses of nanotechnology. Given a few days they can regenerate limbs, and given a few weeks can grant a severed head a new body.

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[[AC: Webcomics]]
* Played with in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', a strip after Torg gets hit with a load of "sleep chaff" shows him in what looks like a bacta tank, then Riff states that it's actually a "bactine" tank and the only reason they can't hear him screaming is the breath mask.
* When ''Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}'s'' powers are going critical she wakes up in one of these in Dr. Universe's lab, and smashes it open in a panic. Causing Universe to wonder about the practicality of such things.
* Most [[CloningBodyParts cloning rigs]] in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' are giant tanks of water with NanoMachines that rebuild the patient's missing parts, which tend to be everything but the head.
* In the [[Webcomic/RoomiesItsWalkyJoyceAndWalky alien-related]] continuities of the ''Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}}'', Martian resurrection technology consists of a tank in which a corpse is kept, which when plugged into the device causes it to regenerate fully and then return to life.

[[AC: Western Animation]]

* These are used in ''Manga/{{Dragonball}}'' by Frieza's minions. They're apparently mondo cool!

* ''BallerinaMafia'' shows Joel making frequent use of a [[http://www.ballerinamafia.net/index.php?pid=20130826 Nanobot healing tube.]]

* Vilgax of ''Franchise/{{Ben10}}'' spends most of the first season inside one after the vessel carrying the Omnitrix caused his ship's bridge to explode with its counterattack.

* These are located in ''Manga/FairyTail'' used by [[TheLegionsOfHell Tartarus ]] to revive and create new [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons ]].

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/BeastWars BeastWars]]'' both Maximals and Predacons have their own type of healing vat. The Maximals posses a small, airtight, one person chamber, while the Predacons use a vat that resembles a hot tub. In fact Megatron is seen bathing in one on multiple occasions, complete with a [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rubber_Ducky rubber ducky.]]

* ''BallerinaMafia'' shows Joel making frequent use of a [[http://www.ballerinamafia.net/index.php?pid=20130826 Nanobot healing tube]].

* These kind of devices appear on the BirdyTheMighty franchise (and considering that the titular protagonist is prone to get into fights as befits her {{Superhero}} status, she ends up using them rather often).
* These are located in ''Manga/{{Fairy Tail}}'' used by [[TheLegionsOfHell Tartarus ]] to revive and create new [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons ]].

* These are used in ''Manga/{{Dragonball}}'' by Frieza's minions.

In many science-fiction works, people can recover from practically any injury after being immersed in a tank full of some kind of liquid AppliedPhlebotinum that makes them heal with shocking speed.

* ''JudgeDredd'' has speedheal machines, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin which allow the human regenerative system to speed up]].

* These are located in ''Manga/{{Fairy Tail}}'' used by [[TheLegionsOfHell Tartarus ]] to revive and create new demons.

* Vilgax of ''Franchise/Ben10'' spends most of the first season inside one after the vessel carrying the Omnitrix caused his ship's bridge to explode with its counterattack.

* Kolto tanks (precursors to the bacta ones) appear throughout ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic''. In the first game, an entire main story quest revolves around not cutting off the Republic's supply of them. The PlayerCharacter of the second game even wakes up inside one at the start of the game.

* Bacta tanks also appear in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic 2''. The PlayerCharacter wakes up inside one.

* ''WesterAnimation/DannyPhantom'' was put in one after crash-landing on the yeti world.

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* In ''Film/{{Wanted}}'' they use vats filled with paraffin wax. It's said to "[[ArtisticLicenseBiology stimulate white bloodcells]] and speeds up the process". Wounds that normaly takes days to heal do so in hours.

* Used in Orson Scott Card's novel ''Hot Sleep'' (it's an inversion of the ''[[HumanPopsicle cold sleep]]'' trope, not a sexual reference) when the protagonist is being healed/reconstructed after "proving he's a survivor".

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In many science-fiction works people can recover from practically any injury after being immersed in a tank full of some kind of liquid AppliedPhlebotinum that makes them heal with shocking speed.

* ''BallerinaMafia'' shows Joel making frequent use of a [[http://www.ballerinamafia.net/index.php?pid=20130826 Nanobot healing tube]].