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In some works, restoring the world to this once grand state may be the goal by the characters. Conflict may arise when there are different factions each with their own ideas on how to recreate this utopia. In cynical works, older characters who lived in this time, or educated characters about this time may also comment on how it really wasn't that grand of a time, and that in reality, it was just as bad, but in its own ways. In other works, there may be no way to restore the world to its once-grand state, and the details of it only exist to highlight how far the work's society has fallen, and to add drama to the story.
If there were any characters that were [[Human Popsicle
What separates this trope from [[And Man Grew Proud]] is that this "better" time is still well remembered, and not relegated to myths and legends.
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== Literature ==
* The pre-nuclear apocalypse Saraksh in [[Strugatsky Brothers]]' ''[[
* "Before the World Moved On" in ''[[The Dark Tower]]''. One interesting facet to this is that there are a variety of stages to civilization's decline, with each previous stage seeming like the Good Old Days compared to the next age. There was an age of sci-fi technology, with android robots, Blaine the Mono, and such, which is from the distant past. Then there was the [[New Old West]] / Medieval hybrid age before the fall of Gilead, where society was still organized (albeit on feudal lines), but technologies more advanced than revolvers were generally treasured relics, and there is the age after the fall of Gilead, when society had no organization beyond the town level, and the forces of darkness have free rein (as seen in The Wastelands, Wolves of the Calla, etc).
== Live Action TV ==
* The image for this trope is of Starfleet Headquarters from ''[[Star Trek]]''. During the early run of ''[[Star Trek: The
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== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Warhammer
* [[White Wolf]] ''loves'' this trope ([[Tropes Are Not Good|and not always doing it in a believable way]]):
** ''[[Exalted]]'': The First Age, when the Exalts actually were building a world that catered to humankind's needs. Then the Usurpation happened. Then the Great Contagion happened.
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* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Katara neatly sums it up in the opening credits:
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