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* In ''Film/TheCore'', when the Earth's outer core starts spinning again, earthquakes break out all over the world. We can even see landscapes rolling for a brief moment. This prompts Rat to exclaim, "The planet's healing itself!".
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* In ''{{Super Robot Wars Z}}2: Saisei Hen'', Uther does this in his [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHkSmu91PRc strongest attack]].
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* At the end of the [[BadFuture Dark World]] storyline of the ''FanFic/PonyPOVSeries'', [[spoiler: Rarity's [[DeityOfHumanOrigin ascension]] to being [[PhysicalGod Liberalis]], the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Concept]] of the [[DimensionLord Mortal World]] releases one of these that removes the last of Discord's tainted chaos from the world and restoring harmony.]]
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* The season 1 finale for ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTime'': Time is healing and beginning to move again after being [[TimeStandsStill frozen]], thanks to the actions of [[Literature/SherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes and John Watson]]. Beth Lestrade later describes it as having hit a Temporal ResetButton -- she herself came BackFromTheDead after having died during Frozen Time. In other words, her death never ''happened'' since that timeline was wiped.
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* When Scooby and the Gang [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated destroy the Nibiru entity,]] they restore the destroyed town to the peaceful, friendly place it was meant to be. The problem is that [[StrangerInAFamiliarLand mystery solvers have no place]] in a town with no mysteries to solve. Luckily, they realize that [[AdventureTowns there are plenty of places that have need]] of meddling kids and a dog and [[StealthPrequel go on a road trip to find them]].
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* At the end of WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown's first season, Wuya's return to physical form causes the surrounding region to decay. When she is imprisoned in a puzzle box again near the beginning of the second season, a WorldHealingWave occures.
* In the episode, "The Return of Optimus Prime: Part 2", from the original ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' cartoon, a hate plague is spreading across the galaxy that fills everyone it infects with uncontrollable rage. In a last attempt to stop it, Optimus Prime releases all the wisdom contained within the Matrix of Leadership, which not only cleanses Earth, and quite possibly ''the entire galaxy'', but also leaves everyone a little wiser then they were before.
* In the episode, "The Return of Optimus Prime: Part 2", from the original ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' cartoon, a hate plague is spreading across the galaxy that fills everyone it infects with uncontrollable rage. In a last attempt to stop it, Optimus Prime releases all the wisdom contained within the Matrix of Leadership, which not only cleanses Earth, and quite possibly ''the entire galaxy'', but also leaves everyone a little wiser then they were before.
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* Inthe episode, ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' episode "The Return of Optimus Prime: Prime, Part 2", from the original ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' cartoon, a hate plague HatePlague is spreading across the galaxy that fills everyone it infects with uncontrollable rage. In a last attempt to stop it, Optimus Prime releases all the wisdom contained within the Matrix of Leadership, which not only cleanses Earth, and quite possibly ''the entire galaxy'', but also leaves everyone a little wiser then than they were before.
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* Taken to it's logical extreme in the Mortis-trilogy of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', where the healing and wrecking wave are following eachother in a constant circle, as part of the planet's [[BalanceOfGoodAndEvil Light and Dark in-balance]] symbolism: when night falls all plants die, and are reduced into ghastly glowing forms, and massive thunder storms start. When dawn approaches all plant life is renewed.
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** [[spoiler:Mata Nui does this to repair the fragmented world of Sphereus Magna. Effects include {{Terraforming}}, [[GreenThumb growing lage amounts of vegetation]], and curing the effects of some MutagenicGoo]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "The Return of Harmony Part 1", Twilight Sparkle tries to cancel out the bizare weather caused by [[RealityWarper Discord]]... it fails... miserably. In part 2, [[spoiler:when the Elements Of Harmony are unleashed on Discord, it not only turns him to stone but lets loose a World-Healing Wave that restores Equestria to how it was before Discord appeared.]]
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* Played with in ''Fanfic/AceCombatTheEquestrianWar''. The Mane Cast [[spoiler: use the Elements of Harmony powered up Celestia and Luna's magic to slowly rejuvenate Equestria to the state before the war with the griffins]]. However, all characters that died during the war stay dead.
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* FireEmblemPathOfRadiance has this happen on a smaller scale. At the end of Chapter 17 the previously destroyed Serenes Forest is restored using the Galdr of Rebirth. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQY5zkqXTzc Here's the scene in question. Warning, may contain spoilers.]]
* Averted in ''FinalFantasyVI''. Although killing Kefka stops the gradual extinction of all life on the planet, and turns the sky and ocean blue again, the world is still in ruins. With the symbolism of flowers blossoming, doves flying, and a baby being born, it's at least strongly implied that the world will recover.
* Averted in ''FinalFantasyVI''. Although killing Kefka stops the gradual extinction of all life on the planet, and turns the sky and ocean blue again, the world is still in ruins. With the symbolism of flowers blossoming, doves flying, and a baby being born, it's at least strongly implied that the world will recover.
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* Averted in''FinalFantasyVI''.''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''. Although killing Kefka stops the gradual extinction of all life on the planet, and turns the sky and ocean blue again, the world is still in ruins. With the symbolism of flowers blossoming, doves flying, and a baby being born, it's at least strongly implied that the world will recover.
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* At the end of ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'', once the Crystal is healed, Kira is returned to life and/or her mortal wound is healed, the podling slaves regain their life essence, and the blighted landscape around the Crystal Castle is restored to Edenic glory.
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* In [[Music/{{Nightwish}} Nightwish]]'s song Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean, once the Devil is defeated, the angels declare that "We shall come to set the dolphins free/We shall wash the darkened bloodred sea/Our songs will echo over the mountains and seas/Eternity will begin once again in peace"
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* In [[Music/{{Nightwish}} Nightwish]]'s song Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean, once the Devil is defeated, the angels declare that "We shall come to set the dolphins free/We shall wash the darkened bloodred sea/Our songs will echo over the mountains and seas/Eternity will begin once again in peace"
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SolarCPR. This trope is the last resort of the SmallStepsHero.
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* At the end of ''TheLegendOfSpyroTrilogy'', [[spoiler:Spyro uses his full power loose one to reverse the destruction of the world caused by the Destroyer. Though it seems to be a HeroicSacrifice at first, it turns out he and Cynder both survive.]]
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** In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime,'' we get the Omega Lock. With the four keys in place, it can create one of these and revive Cybertron. However, Megatron wanted to direct it at Earth and "cyberform" it, overwriting what was already there with a new biosphere suitable for Transformers. Like the ''StarTrek'' franchise's Genesis device, the difference between a WorldHealingWave and a WorldWreckingWave can come down to whether or not that world had anything on it beforehand. Optimus was forced to [[spoiler: strike the Omega Lock with the Star Saber, possibly ending any chance of ever reviving Cybertron.]]
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[[caption-width-right:308:[-[[TheyCalledMeMad They said it was lunacy]], investing in {{Mordor}} real-estate. Well, who's rich now?!-] ]]
->''"It's like the Nothing never was!"''
-->--'''Bastian''', ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''
The good counterpart to the WorldWreckingWave, the World-Healing Wave [[ResetButton magically repairs]] a setting of any and all destruction done to it by evil forces. It can have a lot of different causes: the heroes may be returning the CosmicKeystone to its proper place/owner, the FisherKing is healed, the GodOfEvil is slain and their WalkingWasteland effect is [[NoOntologicalInertia undone,]] the players [[{{Cyberspace}} reset the computer system]], or a GodOfGood uses a ''massive'' display of FertileFeet and GreenThumb to restore the place.
For [[SugarBowl extra warm]] and [[SickeninglySweet happy feelings]], any people, plants, animals, and structures killed and destroyed may be brought BackFromTheDead and/or magically repaired.
Needless to say, a World-Healing Wave is a ''HUGE'' DeusExMachina that can remove all worry from a plot. "So what if the BigBad [[FriendlyTarget killed Danny]], [[DoomedHometown burned down]] [[WatchingTroyBurn Troy]] and [[KickTheDog kicked]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Skippy]]? If the heroes succeed he'll be resurrected!" Which is why the heroes will likely have it as the objective of their entire quest, and it's usually limited to kid stories to provide expedient {{Disney Death}}s. It can also be justified, if the Cosmic Keystone or what-have-you that caused this event really is ''that'' big a deal.
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* The ending of ''Green Legend Ran'' anime results in this. For decades the Earth had been reduced to a wasteland due to an alien influence, and when the BigBad was finally defeated, Ran and his MagicalGirlfriend magically restored the Earth back to what it used to be.
* In Miyazaki's ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'', When the Forest Spirit's head is shot off, its body spews a goo that destroys everything in its path, as a classic WorldWreckingWave. After the heroes return it, the goo vanishes, and new plants sprout up from the ground, over Irontown... even the lepers are healed. But there's a price -- [[TheMagicGoesAway the Forest Spirit is gone, now, and will never return.]]
* At the end of ''Anime/RahXephon'', [[spoiler:it is revealed that the instrumentalist can create a world according to their will. Ayato's choice creates a world where all the people he loves are happy, and the Mullian war never happened.]]
* The ending of the first season of ''Manga/SailorMoon''. It's also implied that Crystal Tokyo is herald in when Neo Queen Serenity ascends and pulls one of these for the entire planet after some global freeze/disaster.
* The plot of almost every ''Manga/DragonBall'' story arc inevitably involves using the Dragon Balls to generate one of these. To the point where in later episodes, they hardly even worry about the damage they do fighting the BigBad because they know they can do this once they're done defeating the BigBad.
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''
** [[spoiler:Yukio Oikawa]] does one at the end of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' by [[spoiler:using the power of a world were dreams come true to convert himself into energy and revitalize the Digital World. Justifed at least in this case because, as the way he did it was previously explained.]]
** In ''Anime/DigimonFrontier,'' the world was in disarray because bad guys had stolen important data. We sometimes got to see ruined areas restored after the fall of the MonsterOfTheWeek early on. In the final episode, the entire Digital World had been fed to the SealedEvilInACan to fuel his full restoration, and he plans to make a new world in his image. When he's taken down for good, we get to see an entire world -- the Digital World in its natural state, seen only in flashbacks until now -- form from shiny barcodey lights.
* At the end of ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'', [[spoiler:Ayu's miracle undoes all the tragic deaths occurring earlier in the series and heals Akiko]].
* In ''VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}}'', there's a smaller version of this. [[spoiler: The Girl from the Illusionary World manages to use the Orbs of Light brought by Tomoya (as the Garbage Doll) to cause a RetCon; it saves Nagisa from her DeathByChildbirth and Ushio from her illness, while also healing Fuuko from her coma.]]
* Also used in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', when [[spoiler:the newly released Asuna uses her sword and [[RealityWarping Code of the Lifemaker]] to repair the damage done to [[MagicLand Mundus Magicus]] (which was gradually being erased) and [[BackFromTheDead bring back]] the people who have been erased before.]]
* In ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', [[spoiler:this is, more or less, the result of Madoka's wish in the final episode. Magical girls and others who are killed by witches get brought back. Magical girls who became witches, on the other hand, are whisked away to Magical Girl Valhalla by Madoka at the moment when they would have become witches. Madoka herself is removed from existence because she would have become an even more powerful version of Kriemhild Gretchen otherwise]].
* In ''Manga/DGrayMan'', having the Musician play the piano in [[spoiler:Noah's Ark reversed the download which restored the setting as well as all the characters who hadn't been killed in battle.]]
* The fallen Monsters of ''Anime/MonsterRancher'' aren't mourned for quite as long as they would be, because the resurrected Phoenix casts a healing wave over all the Lost Disks, allowing the Monsters inside to be reborn.
* [[spoiler:Massively subverted]] in ''Anime/TenkuuSenkiShurato''. [[spoiler: The Goddess Vishnu releases one when she's restored to normal after having been TakenForGranite, repairing the Tenkuukai and reviving her fallen Hachibushu warriors. However, it has two drawbacks: she cannot revive Gai due to external influences... and when the one who intervened appears (Shiva, Goddess of Destruction), the Tenkuukai starts ''falling apart again''.]]
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* ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'': When the Hunter stabs the Heart of Evil on the Plains of Death, it releases a massive, ball-shaped burst of energy that spreads out over the Plains, destroying all the undead massed there and triggering rain in clouds that had been sitting there for ten years. Later, Ringo notes that some old seeds in the ground have started to sprout.
* ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria'' has The Gardens of Equestria. [[spoiler:Twilight Sparkle's greatest creation, a megaspell powered by the Elements of Harmony able to cleanse all Equestria of all the radiation and taint created by the end of the war and return its ability to be a paradise again.]]
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* The end of the ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' [[TheMovie Movie]] has Buzz convert Zurg's World Wrecking Wave into one of these by using the force of his will and the Power Of Good to undo Zurg's corruption of the LGM's {{Phlebotinum}}.
* ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' does this at the end -- the clouds over all the world's cities disappear in a magical wave.
* ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark'' has one at the end, with Stanley repairing Central Park after it was destroyed by Gnorga's WorldWreckingWave. But he takes it too far, covering all of New York City in flowers, [[FridgeLogic which would bring one of the most important cities in the world to a screeching halt and have a devastating effect on the ecosystem.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine''. As the Beatles sing "All You Need Is Love", all of the things destroyed and people frozen by the Blue Meanie attack are restored to wholeness/life.
* The Sprite from the "Firebird Suite" segment of ''Disney/{{Fantasia 2000}}'' uses her FertileFeet to restore the ashen landscape after the devastation brought on by the Firebird.
* After the Beast transforms back into the prince in ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', magical sparks spread across the castle and transform it back to its original state, with the gargoyles transforming into angels and the darkened walls turning to alabaster.
* The end of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' the movie has Satan use one of these to restore the world (or at least North America), including bringing everyone back to life. Except Kenny, who has to go back to being dead.
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* In the original ''Film/{{Tron}}'', when the MCP is destroyed all, of the red lines in the landscape turn to blue (indicating the end of the MCP's influence) and all of the I/O towers light up, showing that programs can communicate with their Users again.
* At the end of ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'', when Bastian starts making wishes Fantasia is recreated the same as it was before the Nothing destroyed it.
* At the end of ''Film/TheMatrix: Revolutions'', the entire Matrix is returned to normal using a cool sci-fi effect and the requisite black cat.
* The earthquake resulting from the restoration of the Earth's core to its normal spinning state in ''Film/TheCore'' is described by DJ Qualls's character as "one giant shock wave" in which "the Earth is healing itself!"
* ''Film/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand''. The wave of goodness that passed over the town of Heartland at the end of the movie, canceling out all of the effects of Mr. Mustard's corruption.
* In ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'', the Genesis Device is a World Healing Wave ''weapon''. When fired at a planet, it converts the matter on the surface into life-sustaining matter, in effect terraforming the entire planet in days instead of years. It is shown to have worked on a cave, and in the end it is detonated in a nebula, building an entire planet from scratch. ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', however, shows that it doesn't actually ''work''. Said planet goes through its entire lifecycle (from newly formed planet to catastrophic destruction) in what is implied to be a week or two at most. This because its lead creator, Captain Kirk's son David Marcus, used [[ToxicPhlebotinum unstable protomatter]] in order to basically cheat his way into completing the thing, showing he's NotSoDifferent from his father.\\\
The trope is also subverted in that Genesis doesn't discriminate in what it converts. Whether dead rock or populated planet, ''everything'' on the surface is getting culled for Genesis to do its thing. This becomes a big issue in the next few movies, because Genesis represented one of the deadliest weapons known to civilization: a weapon that could not only kill all life on a planet, but leave a perfectly healthy biosphere behind for whoever did the killing (or at least do the first part when they discovered how unreliable the creation part was). Worse, it may actually work just fine. It was meant for use on ''dead planets,'' not what specks of matter it could pull together from a ''nebula.'' Apples and oranges, only more so. Though shortcuts were taken, (and for a casual fan, there's no knowing where the ExpandedUniverse stands on the matter) from what we got onscreen, a warning label on it that says "actual planet required" may be all that is necessary for the thing to go operational. It would be ''[[WorldWreckingWave very bad]]'' if misused.
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* In the end of ''Literature/GoodOmens'', [[spoiler:Adam makes it so that the world will not remember the day that just passed and all that happened is undone: the Book shop did not burn, the Bentley is new again and no-one died]].
* Semi-example at the end of the ''Franchise/{{Mistborn}}'' trilogy, after [[spoiler: Sazed ascends to godhood]] all the damage that the Lord Ruler and Ruin did to the world is fixed, the ashmounts get sealed up, and there are flowers. It's only a semi-example because he hadn't figured out how to bring dead people back to life, so most of the original population is dead, but at least the survivors are safe and get a fresh start in a much better environment.
* A classic example from ""Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'': in ''The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe'', when [[{{Jesus}} Aslan]] [[RightfulKingReturns returns]], his presence alone is enough to end the hundred years of winter created by the White Witch, first bringing Christmas, then making flowers bloom and melting the frozen rivers without flooding. Within a day or so it has become early summer, restoring the natural balance. Characters that had been turned to stone by the Witch are revived by Aslan as well, though that takes more direct intervention.
* ''LeftBehind''
** Somewhat averted in the book ''Kingdom Come'', as God and Jesus spend a few months restoring the earth to its former beauty following the end of the Tribulation to make it new for the Millennial Kingdom.
** Also possibly played straight in ''Glorious Appearing'', when a nearly devastated Jerusalem is instantly restored and void of any dead bodies littering the streets after Jesus gets rid of the Global Community.
* The Great [=UnDoing=] in ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'' works like this[[spoiler:, and recovering its text is a major plot point in ''Darke'']].
* At the end of the final book in Gael Baudino's ''Dragon Sword'' trilogy, the first act of [[spoiler:Alouzon after her apotheosis is to heal the land of the ravages of unleashing the equivalent of the Vietnam War-era United States Armed Forces on it]].
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* The Dakara Super weapon in ''Series/StargateSG1'' was originally designed to do this. Of course, given that it's called a "weapon"... It's more a tool that can be used as a weapon. It unleashes one of these to demolish all the Replicators in the galaxy in "Reckoning, Part 2". Of course, it's a WorldWreckingWave if you happen to be a Replicator.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers''
** The wave of goodness caused by [[spoiler:Zordon's death]] at the end of ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' which either killed or turned good all the villains from that point to the beginning of the franchise.
** ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'' end with the returned Sabers restores the people of Mirinoi. Even less understandably it revives the dead Pink Ranger (the character died because the actor was ill, and the actor had recovered by the time of the finale).
* Emma's good-bye kiss to Henry in the season ender of ''Series/OnceUponATime'' not only [[DisneyDeath brings the kid back to life]], but breaks the curse on the entire town of Storybrooke. Of course, so sooner had it happened than Rumplestitskin decided to trigger a spell which might invert the trope.
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* ''VideoGame/DeBlob'''s Transformation Engines send out a wave of positive energy that helps restore the color and plants of all the neighboring areas and gets rid of the gloomy gray sky.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''
** At the end of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'': Link [[spoiler:makes a wish on the Triforce and undoes all of Ganon's evil actions, including bringing Link's Uncle and the King back to life]].
** And in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', [[spoiler: Hyrule has been sealed away, and when you find it,]] [[DeliberatelyMonochrome everything is colorless]]. When you [[spoiler: draw the [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement Master]] [[InfinityPlusOneSword Sword]] from it's pedestal]], color sweeps slowly across the area, also reviving a bunch of tough enemies to [[spoiler: test the Master Sword on]].
** In ''TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'', once Vaati is defeated and Zelda wishes for everything to be back to normal, you see all the enemies vanishing from existance across Hyrule. Hyrule Castle is also repaired and returned to normal, and all the guards are turned back from being stone. It's even described as a 'miracle'.
* The GoldenEnding of ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile'' is in the form of this. Literal apocalypse was solved instantly.
* In ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia2008'', healing one of the fertile grounds results in a wave that wipes out the corrupted ruins revealing... well, still ruins, but nice ruins overgrown with greenery.
* Using the Bloom power on a Guardian Sapling in ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' results in a wave of flowers that removes the curse from the area.
* At the end of ''VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar'', large parts of the world have had all life sucked from them and the main hero is gone, then this happens.
* At the end of ''TheLegendOfSpyroTrilogy'', [[spoiler:Spyro uses his full power loose one to reverse the destruction of the world caused by the Destroyer. Though it seems to be a HeroicSacrifice at first, it turns out he and Cynder both survive.]]
* The AGD ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIII'' FanRemake: If you are able to get a certain item, then it will create this effect over the dragon-ravaged Daventry at the end.
* Your ultimate reward for reaching the center of the Galaxy in ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'' is the Staff of Life, which allows you to create a wave of green energy that instantly transforms a barren planet into a thriving terraformed world. You can only use it [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy 42]] times, though.
* In ''VideoGame/{{World of Warcraft}}'', the re-origination device in Uldum is basically this - except that it doubles as a ResetButton. It purges all impurities and returns the world to a "virgin" state -- hence getting rid of everyone, both good and bad. Needless to say for most mortals they believe [[AWorldHalfFull the world isn't that far gone]], so the struggle is keep it from going off.
* Somewhat cynically used in ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar 3''. [[spoiler: The Imulsion was parasitic and the Lambent forces were merely an extension of that, most everything on the planet had some degree of contamination. Adam Fenix devised a pulse generating machine to neutralize the Lambent and in doing so it couldn't descriminate against the Imulsion in any living being, including Locust or Humans. Because the Locust had so much longer exposure to Imulsion they are virtually wiped out in the process. Humans who spent an inordinate amount of time with Imulsion were also killed, including Adam himself]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}'', [[spoiler: this is [[InvokedTrope invoked]] but deconstructed in the Restoration ending. The Bastion ''completely'' resets the world, so the characters are replaced with their past selves, and there is nothing to stop events from [[GroundhogDayLoop repeating themselves]].]]
* In ''{{Super Robot Wars Z}}2: Saisei Hen'', Uther does this in his [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHkSmu91PRc strongest attack]].
* On a somewhat smaller scale, in ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}} 2'' [[spoiler: you hack the alien bioweapon to instead spread a wave of the anti-virus through New York, instantly killing the aliens and seemingly curing the diseased humans.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Prototype 2}} does it's own unique varient. [[spoiler: After consuming Alex Mercer, Heller gets CutscenePowerToTheMax and unleashes a barrage of tentacles that wipes out the NYZ infection.]]
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* After the match in ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV5LF8dwd-8 Real Sumo Fighting 8]]'' splits the world in half, the gyoji puts it back together.
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* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko:'' "Return to the past, now!" However, this comes with strings attached, and cannot reverse death or permanent virtualization.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender:'' After the Fire Nation attacks, Aang brings up waters to put out the fires on the Earth kingdom. Not strictly a healing wave, but definitely in the spirit of it.
* ''Franchiise/{{Bionicle}}''
** [[spoiler:Mata Nui does this to repair the fragmented world of Sphereus Magna. Effects include {{Terraforming}}, [[GreenThumb growing lage amounts of vegetation]], and curing the effects of some MutagenicGoo]].
** The Staff of Artakha does this to repair all damage caused by the Great Cataclysm except for Karda Nui.
* In the pilot of ''WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite'' after the [[BigBad Evil One]] is destroyed the [[DeathWorld ground]] crumbles becoming Rainbow Land. In TheMovie color and spring time is restored to Earth.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'', the user restoring Mainframe has this effect.
* In the Season 4 finale of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' Raven uses one of these to return the world to normal after [[GodOfEvil Trigon]] [[RealityWarper turned all the people to stone, all the buildings into ruins, all the water into lava, and all the sky into a red haze]]. Since this happens the exact moment she defeats Trigon, it's unclear whether Raven personally created the wave of magical white light, or if banishing Trigon from the dimension [[NoOntologicalInertia automatically undid all the changes he made while there]].
* The ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' episode "Lord of the Beans" ends with the hero creating one of these with a [[AppliedPhlebotinum magic bean]] thrown into a dry well.
* Minor one in ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'', when Six's previous mentor [[spoiler:dies, his body changes into some kind of energy]] and causes vegetation life to grow.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "The Return of Harmony Part 1", Twilight Sparkle tries to cancel out the bizare weather caused by [[RealityWarper Discord]]... it fails... miserably. In part 2, [[spoiler:when the Elements Of Harmony are unleashed on Discord, it not only turns him to stone but lets loose a World-Healing Wave that restores Equestria to how it was before Discord appeared.]]
* At the end of WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown's first season, Wuya's return to physical form causes the surrounding region to decay. When she is imprisoned in a puzzle box again near the beginning of the second season, a WorldHealingWave occures.
* In the episode, "The Return of Optimus Prime: Part 2", from the original ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' cartoon, a hate plague is spreading across the galaxy that fills everyone it infects with uncontrollable rage. In a last attempt to stop it, Optimus Prime releases all the wisdom contained within the Matrix of Leadership, which not only cleanses Earth, and quite possibly ''the entire galaxy'', but also leaves everyone a little wiser then they were before.
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