History Main / HealingVat

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' has the Shrine of Resurrection in which Link wakes up in a vat filled with glowing blue liquid after having been OnlyMostlyDead since Calamity Ganon destroyed Hyrule. Though contrary to other examples, it takes Link a ''century'' to heal up from near-fatal wounds, and it comes at the cost of his memory, but also [[HumanPopsickle halts aging.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ6jisr1Nlk&list=PLSQLREUw9vwlh8bzgvZCt_WS8615trN5H One can only imagine Link's thoughts upon waking, alone, in such alien-looking environs.]]

* ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' has the White Magic Circulation Hub for Eternian Central Command. [[WitchWithACapitalB Victoria F. Stein]] experiences its treatments [[IllGirl regularly]]. Come ''VideoGame/BravelySecond'', [[spoiler:it's being used to keep Tiz Arrior alive with the absence of his soul]].

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' has the Shrine of Resurrection in which Link wakes up in a vat filled with glowing blue liquid after having been OnlyMostlyDead since Calamity Ganon destroyed Hyrule. Though contrary to other examples, it takes Link a ''century'' to heal up from near-fatal wounds, and it comes at the cost of his memory, but also [[FountainOfYouth halts aging.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ6jisr1Nlk&list=PLSQLREUw9vwlh8bzgvZCt_WS8615trN5H One can only imagine Link's thoughts upon waking, alone, in such alien-looking environs.]]

Subtrope of both AutoDoc and PeopleJars. Related to {{Panacea}}, HealingSpring, HealingPotion, and HealItWithWater. May involve NanoMachines.

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Beast Wars]]'' 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.]]

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

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' has the Shrine of Resurrection in which Link wakes up in a vat filled with glowing blue liquid after having been OnlyMostlyDead since Calamity Ganon destroyed Hyrule.
** Though contrary to other examples, in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' it takes Link a hundred years to heal up from near-fatal wounds, and it comes at the cost of his memory but also [[FountainOfYouth halts aging.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ6jisr1Nlk&list=PLSQLREUw9vwlh8bzgvZCt_WS8615trN5H One can only imagine Link's thoughts upon waking, alone, in such alien-looking environs]]

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. People in them tend to be naked or barely clothed, to show how badly they're wounded and to [[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged absorb all the healing juices.]]

* Subverted in ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40K'', where the vats can keep the person alive, but because the victim's injuries are simply too serious (and serious injuries on a SpaceMarine would kill normal people several times over) they are instead armored, given legs and heavy weapons, and sent off to vanquish the Emperor's enemies as Dreadnoughts.

Subtrope of both AutoDoc and PeopleJars. Related to {{Panacea}}, HealingPotion, and HealItWithWater. May involve NanoMachines.

* ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood}}'': A female team member recovers from a bullet wound injury in a healing vat.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' has bacta tanks, using the universal regenerative fluid containing some sort of microbe. Most famously used with Luke in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.

Subtrope of both AutoDoc and PeopleJars. Related to {{Panacea}} and HealingPotion. May involve NanoMachines.

* One appears in ''Anime/AuldNoahZero'' season 2.

** Though contrary to other examples, in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' it takes Link a hundred years to heal up from near-fatal wounds, and it comes at the cost of his memory. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ6jisr1Nlk&list=PLSQLREUw9vwlh8bzgvZCt_WS8615trN5H One can only imagine Link's thoughts upon waking, alone, in such alien-looking environs]]

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

* ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' has the White Magic Circulation Hub for Eternian Central Command. [[WitchWithACapitalB Victoria F. Stein]] experiences its treatments [[IllGirl regularly]].

** Though contrary to other examples, in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' it takes Link a hundred years to heal up and it comes with a free mind wipe. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ6jisr1Nlk&list=PLSQLREUw9vwlh8bzgvZCt_WS8615trN5H One can only imagine Link's thoughts upon waking, alone, in such alien-looking environs]]

* 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.

* These are used in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' by Frieza's minions. They're apparently mondo cool!

* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': After fighting Zeruel Rei spent an entire week in a transparent tank full of LCL, healing her body. Ritsuko spent that time observing her and resenting that she was forced to resort to old-fashioned bandages and band-aids whereas Rei had preferential treatment.

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* 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. After coming out, his body was augmented with muscle enhancing implants to make him even stronger.

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* In ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', Batman has one in the Batcave. He uses it as a "hot chemical bath" (!) in "Heart of Ice" to treat a low-level thug who'd just been on the receiving end of [[HarmlessFreezing Mr. Freeze's]] [[HumanPopsicle ice-gun]].

* The obscure MarvelComics vigilante/ Comicbook/SpiderMan villain, Solo heals himself after getting wounded in battle by bathing in a weird tank of green fluid.

* Used in Creator/OrsonScottCard's Worthing Saga 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".