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It can even be an actual birth if preceding a [[Reincarnation]], or in the case of an [[Artificial Human]] or [[Cloning Blues|Clone]] (frequently seen floating in some [[People Jars]]).
To be clear, this trope doesn't concern every instance of a character curling in a fetal position, most likely after a traumatic
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* At the start of ''[[Princess Maker]] 2'', you get a heavenly child who is being sent to the world of mortals by her guardian deity. She is shown from a front fetal position as she is floating down in the light and to you, seemingly forgetting everything that happened in her ten years of life in Heaven. Since it's '''''not''' really'' [[H-game|that kind of game]], it's artistically done and you don't actually see anything.
* In the good ending of ''[[Final Fantasy X-2]]'', {{spoiler|Tidus}} is shown waking up this way underwater.
* Nu-13's Arcade Mode ending in ''[[Blaz Blue]]: [[Blaz Blue: Calamity Trigger|Calamity Trigger]]'' has {{spoiler|Nu herself}} in one of these. Given the context of "waking from a dream," it's almost impossible to say what the character is being reborn into, if anything. It's really [[True Art Is Incomprehensible|artful]], in that [[Mind Screw
* In ''[[Tales of Destiny]] 2'' ending, Reala is reborn like that.
* Happens in ''[[Silent Hill 4]]'' when {{spoiler|Henry enters the "deepest part" of Walter. Rather than symbolizing rebirth, though, it symbolizes regression to a fetal stage (which is what Walter wants)}}.
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