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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In episode 29 of ''[[WolfsWolf's Rain]]'' the dead or dying Toboe has a vision of himself as a cub with his beloved human Granny (whose death he always felt guilty over).
* The end of last episode of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' if you get past the [[Mind Screw]] location.
* When {{spoiler|Kakashi}} dies in ''[[Naruto]]'', he sees his Sensei and old teammates again.
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* The entirety of ''[[What Dreams May Come]]'' starring Robin Williams is related to, or references, this trope.
* At the end of the AIDS Drama ''Longtime Companion'', the three protagonists are joined on the beach by everyone who died for a huge party fantasy sequence.
* ''[[Somewhere in Time (Film)|Somewhere in Time]]'': Richard and Elise are reunited in [[Fluffy Cloud Heaven]] upon Richard's death.
* In the Japanese film ''After Life'', it is the job of the afterlife workers to help the recently deceased to identify the happiest moment in their life and film a re-enactment of it, and when the subject watches the film they enter that moment for an eternity.
* ''[[Requiem for Aa Dream]]'': One of the main character's mother basically goes to her [[Happy Place]] and stays there, imagining her son marrying the girl of his dreams.
 
== [[Literature]] ==
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** {{spoiler|The whole series ends like this, with the main characters crossing over to a "place you made together, so you could find each other" before all meeting up, regaining their memories of their lives, and moving on together into whatever is next. }}
* The whole series of ''[[Life On Mars]]'' (in the 1970s) and the [[Spin-Off]] ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]'' (1981) is a continuous version of this trope, though it is somewhat subverted as it isn't explained how or why they end up there. It happens briefly in ''Ashes to Ashes'' as the protagonist Alex sees her dead parents. Only it is revealed in the final episode of Ashes to Ashes that everybody is dead and their world is really a purgatory dreamed up by Gene Hunt to prepare them for heaven. So basically, two T.V. series where the premise is this trope.
* The end of [[Russell T. Davies]]' ''[[Casanova (TV series)|Casanova]]''.
* Heaven on ''[[Supernatural]]'' is like this, but because you become distracted by the projections of your friends/family, instead of actually getting to meet up with your loved ones, the characters who find out are decidedly unhappy. They describe Heaven as less of a paradise and "more like ''[[The Matrix]]''".
 
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'' episode "Rapture's Delight" (which may or may not be canon) starts off with Stan at home, being upset with how Christmas is going off perfect. During church, many characters, including Steve and Haley, are ascended into heaven during the Rapture, where it's revealed that everyone gets a personalized Heaven. When Stan reveals his wilingness to leave Francine to get into Heaven, she runs off with Jesus. Years later, the Earth is a hellhole filled with demons, and Stan is alone and misses Francine. Jesus returns to Stan, seeking his help as Francine had been kidnapped by the anti-Christ. He helps rescue her, so she and Jesus get out alive, but Stan dies. He is then escorted into his personal heaven, and in a surprisingly heartwarming moment, it's just like the beginning of the episode, but Stan is perfectly happy with how it is.
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
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