History Main / MedalsForEveryone

* The Light Side Ending to ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic''. Cross of Glory to everyone - including the droids! Rather ironic that the main character [[spoiler: started the whole mess in the first place as Darth Revan!]]
* The ending of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'' plays this for added drama. Naked Snake and his support team are all lined up at a ceremony where Snake is being given what looks like the Distinguished Service Cross. The drama comes from the fact that Snake is being rewarded for [[spoiler: killing the woman he loved most, which was, perhaps, all for naught anyway as the voice over says during the scene]].
** He even ends up walking out immediately after shaking hands with the President, despite the fact that everyone there is applauding him and other people want to congratulate him. The disgust on his face is ''priceless''. And [[TearJerker heartbreaking.]]

* Season 1 of ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' ends with the titular ship's officers receiving the Starfleet Medal of Honor for peacefully ending the war with the Klingons. In addition, Cadet Tilly and Lieutenant Stamets RankUp to Ensign and Lieutenant Commander, respectively, and [[ThePardon Burnham's mutiny conviction is pardoned and her rank of Commander reinstated]].

* ''Film/ANewHope'' has Leia giving out medals to all the main heroes. Luke Skywalker, Han Solo... [[FantasticRacism but not Chewie]].

-->-- '''Paul Atreides''', ''{{Literature/Dune}}''

* ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ANewHope'' has Leia giving out medals to all the main heroes. Luke Skywalker, Han Solo... [[FantasticRacism but not Chewie]].
* At the end of ''Film/{{Evolution}}'', the Governor hands out various honors.

* Subverted in Stephen Chow's ''Forbidden City Cop''. [[spoiler: The hero's family has captured the villain by duping him with an acting performance. The emperor starts to hand out acting medals in a parody of the Academy Awards, but the villain isn't quite vanquished yet.]]

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* Near the end of the [=XY&Z=] arc of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', [[TheHero Ash]] and [[TrueCompanions his friends]] all receive medals for fighting Team Flare in [[BigBadassBattleSequence the Battle of Lumiose]] and saving the Kalos region.

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* The end of ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'' has the ''tone'' of this trope...despite technically being a trial of the heroes. The crew's accomplishments are acknowledged in a formal proceeding in front of gathered dignitaries, and they are all given awards: pardons for all charges. Furthermore, Kirk is given command of the ''Enterprise-A'', notwithstanding the fact that it came with a [[GracefullyDemoted demotion from Admiral to Captain]].

* ''Series/TheTenthKingdom'' has all the main characters but one receive gifts off the last character, who happens to be the prince they just saved.

* ''Franchise/StarWars: ''Film/ANewHope'' has Leia giving out medals to all the main heroes. Luke Skywalker, Han Solo... [[FantasticRacism but not Chewie]].

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* ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ANewHope''.
** [[FantasticRacism Except for Chewie]].
** The end of ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ThePhantomMenace'' probably counts, since it's very similar to the end of ''A New Hope''. There are no medals, but there is a triumph.

* the Light Side Ending to VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic. Cross of Glory to everyone - including the droids! Rather ironic that your PC [[spoiler: started the whole mess in the first place as Darth Revan!]]

-->-- Paul Atreides, '''{{Literature/Dune}}'''

* Season 1 of ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' ends with the titular ship's officers receiving the Starfleet Medal of Honor for peacefully ending the war with the Klingons. In addition, Cadet Tilly and Lieutenant Stamets RankUp to Ensign and Lieutenant Commander, respectively, and Burnham's mutiny conviction is pardoned and her rank of Commander reinstated.

* The end of ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'' has the ''tone'' of this trope...despite technically being a trial of the heroes. The crew's accomplishments are acknowledged in a formal proceeding in front of gathered dignitaries, and they are all given awards: pardons for all charges. Furthermore, Kirk is given command of the ''Enterprise-A'', notwithstanding the fact that it came with a demotion from Admiral to Captain.

->"I'll want an earldom and CHOAM directorship for Gurney Halleck, and him in the fief of Caladan. There will be titles and attendant power for every surviving Atreides man, not excepting the lowliest trooper."

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* A marginal case occurs at the end of the first Literature/HarryPotter book, where Gryffindor house wins the honorary House Cup due to the specific deeds of Harry and his friends, with said accomplishments being listed in front of the assembled student body.
* The end of ''[[Literature/{{Redwall}} The Long Patrol]]'' has the heroes melt down a bunch of treasure and make it into medals for absolutely everybody who's [[FinalBattle still alive]]. They set the medals with a different type of gem for each species.
* Not literally medals, but the end of every ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' City Watch book has the Watch in general or Vimes in particular getting some sort of reward (if it's Vimes in particular, often against his will - Vetinari keeps coming up with "rewards" that Vimes doesn't ''want'', but feels he has to accept, like being made a Duke). This trope was strongest, in the first Vimes book, ''Literature/GuardsGuards'', where Vetinari offers boons to the entire police force (all three of them) and they ask for a small raise, a replacement kettle and a new dartboard for the break room.
* At the end of ''[[Creator/MatthewReilly Area 7]]'', the surviving heroes all receive medals from the president for their efforts during the book. Unfortunately, those medals were classified, so they don't get a big ceremony, and can't tell anyone about them.
* One of the later Literature/{{RCN}} books ended with Adele Mundy receiving the highest award the RCN gives ... and, even though she's a warrant officer, she got the version usually reserved for commissioned officers. On top of that, the presenter was an intelligence bureaucrat who'd tried, at the beginning of the book, to prevent her getting ''any'' medal. He'd exceeded his authority, and their mutual boss, Mistress Sand, was ''not'' happy with him.

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** Except for Chewie.

* Not literally medals, but the end of every ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' City Watch book has the Watch in general or Vimes in particular getting some sort of reward (if it's Vimes in particular, often against his will - Vetinari keeps coming up with "rewards" that Vimes doesn't ''want'', but feels he has to accept, like being made a Duke). This trope was strongest, in the first Vimes book, ''Discworld/GuardsGuards'', where Vetinari offers boons to the entire police force (all three of them) and they ask for a small raise, a replacement kettle and a new dartboard for the break room.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In the season seven premiere "Celestial Advice", medals are handed out to Starlight Glimmer, the Great and Powerful Trixie, Discord, and Thorax for their efforts saving the day in the season six finale "To Where and Back Again".

* Subverted in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' episode, "Lawson and his Crew". The main six are given medals at the start of the episode, though the episode itself was originally planned as the GrandFinale.

* Near the end of the XYZ arc of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', [[TheHero Ash]] and [[TrueCompanions his friends]] all receive medals for fighting Team Flare in [[BigBadassBattleSequence the Battle of Lumiose]] and saving the Kalos region.

* In ''VideoGame/PokemonAndY'', Professor Sycamore awards the player character and friends the Honor of Kalos for defeating Team Flare.