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* ''Film/{{Birdman}}'' ends with Riggan's daughter visiting him in the hospital after his BungledSuicide.

** “We All Fall Down” ends with Brittas visiting Helen in hospital and dropping off some blackcurrant juice for the electrocuted children in intensive care, not knowing that Helen had drugged the juice with laxatives earlier in the episode.

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* ''[[Series/TheOfficeUS The Office (U.S.)]]'': At the end of [[Recap/TheOfficeUSS5E2WeightLossPart2 Weight Loss: Part 2]], Toby is seen in the hospital during TheStinger, having suffered from a zip-lining accident shortly after arriving in Puerto Rico.

* ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'': The episode "Assassin" ends with Brittas lying in intensive care after having been run over by a treacle lorry.

* 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.]]

* ''Literature/PointHorror Unleashed does this in ''Fright Train.'' Protagonists Vicky and Darren wake up in the hospital, having seemingly survived the horrific train crash that occurred near the start of the book. However, they both suffer from [[LaserGuidedAmnesia Laser Guided Amnesia]] so they don't remember their trip to Hell.

* ''Anime/DragonBallZSuperAndroid13'' ends this way. After the battle with the titular antagonist, everyone is shown in the hospital healing.

* In ''[[VideoGame/MetalSlug Metal Slug 4]]'', if you fail to escape from the final level during its self-destruction sequence, your character will end up being sent to a hospital.

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

* The Hard Mode ending of ''VideoGame/{{MUSHA}}'' as well as ''[[VideoGame/{{Aleste}} GG Aleste]]'' show Ellinor recovering in a hospital.

* ''VideoGame/ProjectHornedOwl'' ends with the heroes recovering from their ordeal after destroying the villains' SPaceBase and crashing their escape shuttle. With Player One apparently suffering an EyeScream in the process.

* In Alisa's storyline in ''[[VideoGame/FrontMission Front Mission 3]]'', Emma is subjected to MindRape by the BigBad, which leaves her comatose. The epilogue begins in the hospital, with the main cast looking after Emma and waiting for her to wake up. When she finally does, the first thing she notices are the pretty CherryBlossoms outside the window.

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This trope comes into play when the end of a work features a character (usually a hero but occasionally a villain) waking up a 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.

* At the end of ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'', Harry wakes up in the hospital wing, and is visited by Ron, Hermione, and Dumbledore.

* ''Literature/LegendTrilogy'': The very end of the final book, ''Champion'', features Day in the hospital after the climatic 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.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': At the end of the episode "Journey to Babel", Captain Kirk, Commander Spock and Ambassador Sarek are in Sickbay recovering (Kirk from a stab wound that nearly killed him, Spock from giving massive amounts of blood, and Sarek from the surgery he just underwent).

* In ''[[VideoGame/MetalSlug Metal Slug 4]]'', if you fail to escape from the final level during its self destruction sequence, your character will end up be sent to a hospital.

* In the Escape and Mother endings of ''VideoGame/SilentHill4'', Henry finally manages to escape his apartment, having defeated Walter Sullivan and undone all the damage the 21 Sacraments have inflicted, and visits Eileen in-person at the hospital.

* In the last episode of ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'', Wirt wakes up in a hospital after he and Greg nearly drowned. Greg is already out of bed and on his feet, and is implied to be telling the other people of his and Wirt's adventures.