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** Except for Chewie.
** The end of ''[[Star Wars]]: The Phantom Menace'' probably counts, since it's very similar to the end of [[A New Hope]]. There are no medals, but there is a triumph.
* At the end of ''[[Evolution (
* In the film of ''McHale's Navy'', an admiral pins medals on everyone (except the woman, because of the awkwardness).
* The end of ''[[Tropic Thunder]]'' takes place at the [[Academy Awards]].
* At the end of ''[[Mars Attacks (Film)]]'' the teenager who discovered how to defeat the Martians and his grandmother are awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Because the President was killed by the Martians, they're given the medals by the President's daughter, and instead of a U.S. Marine band, there's a mariachi band providing the music.
* Happens at the end of ''[[Iron Man 2]]''.
* ''[[The Wizard of Oz (
* 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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* A marginal case occurs at the end of the first ''[[Harry Potter]]'' 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 [[Redwall|The Long Patrol]] has the heroes melt down a bunch of treasure and make it into medals for absolutely everybody who's [[Final Battle|still alive]]. They set the medals with a different type of gem for each species.
* Not literally medals, but the end of every ''[[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, and also a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]], in the first Vimes book, [[Discworld
* At the end of ''[[Matthew Reilly|Area 7]]'', the surviving heroes all recieve 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 [[
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* The ending cinema of ''[[
* the Light Side Ending to [[Knights of the Old Republic (
* The ending of ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]]'' 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 [[Tear Jerker|heartbreaking.]]
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