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* After the climactic battle of ''[[Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain The Book of Three]], Taran wakes up in the BrightCastle of Caer Dathyl, being tended to by healers.

This trope comes into play when the end of a work features a character (usually a hero but occasionally a villain) waking up in hospital room, recovering from injuries sustained during the events of the story, very often a big climactic battle, though whether or not they won is up in the air. One can expect them to be visited by friends and/or family. This trope is frequently used to symbolize healing and relief after a bad experience.

* ''VideoGame/RivalSchools'': In the second game's epilogue, the BigBad Kurow gets sent into the hospital after his beatdown in the hands of Hyo, but later he seemed to have escaped the hospital room some hours later.

* Given the nature of his job, the ''only'' book in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' that doesn't end with someone in the hospital recovering is ''Literature/StormFront'', the first one. ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Every. Single. Other. Book]]'' has someone being seriously injured, usually Harry himself. [[spoiler: The TearJerker ending of ''Literature/SmallFavor'' has a number of people in the hospital, but Michael is the one on death's door.]]

* ''Film/{{Security}}'' ends with a hospital scene where the recovering hero and the girl he protected have a heartwarming talk.

* ''Series/Numb3rs'': The episode "The Fifth Man" ends with the team meeting in Don's hospital room as he is recovering from being stabbed and he and Charlie have a talk about neither wanting to have Don's life but Charlie promises to see his older brother in the FBI office soon.

* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': In "Pensacola Popovers", Mrs. Davis' Pensacola Popovers are guaranteed to make anyone (or any animal) that eats one sick-to-the-stomach. Miss Brooks gives a few to Mr. Boynton (along with a good deal of junk food) so she can nurse him back to health, part of a ZanyScheme [[TheyDo to get Boynton to propose marriage.]] It doesn't seem to work. Yet, at the end of the episode Mr. Boynton suddenly passes out in the middle of the Biologist's Club dinner. He ends up telephoning Miss Brooks from the hospital.

* The first season of ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia'' ends with Izuku and All Might both recovering in the hospital, after their first encounter with the League of Villains.

* ''Literature/LegendTrilogy'': The very end of the final book, ''Champion'', features Day in the hospital after the climactic battle. He'll be okay, but due to his injuries, he'll no longer be able to remember much about the rebellion, including his love interest and fellow-protagonist June.

* PlayedForDrama at the end of ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCentralfiction''. One of the villains, Nu-13, becomes bedridden in a church managed by her "sisters" Noel and Lambda-11. She looks rather catatonic due to not just the beatdown she took from Hakumen, but also Ragna taking away her memories of him, making her lose her only drive for living.

* At the end of ''[[VideoGame/JojosBizarreAdventureEyesOfHeaven Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven]]'', Jotaro's changes to the timeline using [[RealityWarper Star Platinum: The World Over Heaven]] revives Avdol, Iggy, and Kakyoin, who died in the original telling of the story. The three are seen in the hospital at the end, recovering from DIO's and Vanilla Ice's attacks, but still alive.

* In an episode of ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris'', Chris begins acting though as way to attract the attention of a girl he likes, and at the end of the episode, to show her how tough he really is, he rudely talks back to his mom. He wakes up in the hospital, and is shown recovering from the procedure [[AssShove to remove one of his mother's shoes from his rectum.]]