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* ''[[Superman Returns]]'': Lois brings her son to the hospital to see a comatose Superman and reveals certain information to him.
* In the 2011 dark comedy [[The Descendants (film)|The Descendants]] multiple characters talk to the main character's wife while she's in a coma. Justified in that she is a driving character of the film and spends the entire film in a coma.
* Played with hilariously in the film version of ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter
* A dark version occurs in the first ''[[Kill Bill]]''. Elle plans to deliver a lethal injection to the comatose and helpless Bride via the IV unit, but stops to tell her that, while she always hated her, she still respected her, and considers this type of death to be a “luxury that our kind is rarely afforded”. Ironically, had she not wasted time doing this, [[Eucatastrophe|Bill’s call telling her he didn’t want the Bride dead might have come too late…]]
== Literature ==
* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s ''[[Gaunt's Ghosts]]'' short story ''In Remembrance'', both Corbec and Rawne talk to the severely wounded and unconscious Gaunt: Corbec saying that he thinks that Gaunt did the right thing on Tanith, and Rawne saying [[How Dare You Die on Me!]], he was [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]. Gaunt woke during the second.
** To clarify, the entire story is set in Gaunt's mind as he tries to come to terms with his horrific mutilation (both eyes ripped out, lots of torture, etc) while the Ghosts are trying to save him. As he fights a war inside his own mind (that sheds light on his growing disillusionment with the crusade), various Ghosts come to his bedside to talk to him. The climactic moment is his memories/the ghost of Colm Corbec (who had died many years prior) and the still living Rawne at his bedside talking to him while the doctors perform life saving surgeries. So, to summarize: the entire short story is this trope.
** In ''Only In Death'', Dalin Criid does this to his adoptive mother, pointing out he has lost his adoptive father. She does not wake. (Though she does get better later.)
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