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[[Seeking Sanctuary]] is a different trope in which the heroes of the story are being pursued by evil forces and they run into a church for protection.
[[Seeking Sanctuary]] is a different trope in which the heroes of the story are being pursued by evil forces and they run into a church for protection.


[[Truth in Television]], obviously, particularly in the case of the hospital chapel. I mean, that's why they're ''there''.
[[Truth in Television]], obviously. Particularly in the case of the hospital chapel - that's why they're ''there''.
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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Code Geass]],'' CC [[media:CCprayingstainedGlass.jpg|does this]] in the final episode.
* In ''[[Code Geass]],'' CC [[media:CCprayingstainedGlass.jpg|does this]] in the final episode.
* Hinako's attempt at this [[Confessional|is the event]] that kicks off ''[[Bitter Virgin]]'s'' plot. Daisuke's sister also sees Sanctuary towards the end of the story.
* Hinako's attempt at this [[Confessional|is the event]] that kicks off ''[[Bitter Virgin]]'s'' plot. Daisuke's sister also sees Sanctuary towards the end of the story.
* Much of the world does this after news of the Tokyo blast in ''[[Future War 198X]]''.
* Much of the world does this after news of the Tokyo blast in ''[[Future War 198X]]''.
* [[Tear Jerker|Played for tears]] in ''[[Trigun]]'' -- {{spoiler|Wolfwood is shot}} and goes into the church, bleeding, begging forgiveness for his life by himself and begging to live only awhile longer. {{spoiler|He doesn't.}}
* [[Tear Jerker|Played for tears]] in ''[[Trigun]]'' -- {{spoiler|Wolfwood is shot}} and goes into the church, bleeding, begging forgiveness for his life by himself and begging to live only a while longer. {{spoiler|He doesn't.}}


== [[Comic Books]] ==
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* Sarah Miles often seeks refuge in a church after the, well, [[The End of the Affair|end of her affair]].
* Sarah Miles often seeks refuge in a church after the, well, [[The End of the Affair|end of her affair]].


== [[Live Action TV]] ==
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* Happens several times in ''[[Criminal Minds]]'':
* Happens several times in ''[[Criminal Minds]]'':
** At the end of "Lucky", Morgan, who's been dealing with a crisis of faith, goes to church for the first time in years. Ironically, at that very moment, {{spoiler|his [[Most Important Person|'baby girl']] Garcia is shot by her date for the evening, who Morgan had tried to warn her away from. The team can't get a hold of him to tell him because he's turned his phone off in the church. Morgan even [[lampshade]]s it in the next episode by saying "What are the odds? The first time I step in a church in twenty years, she ends up on the table."}}
** At the end of "Lucky", Morgan, who's been dealing with a crisis of faith, goes to church for the first time in years. Ironically, at that very moment, {{spoiler|his [[Most Important Person|'baby girl']] Garcia is shot by her date for the evening, who Morgan had tried to warn her away from. The team can't get a hold of him to tell him because he's turned his phone off in the church. Morgan even [[lampshade]]s it in the next episode by saying "What are the odds? The first time I step in a church in twenty years, she ends up on the table."}}
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