Recovery Sequence - TV Tropes
- ️Mon Sep 13 2010
The process of an object being repaired. Sometimes take the form of a "Repair Montage", where the character(s) is/are shown repairing something over a period of time.
Alternatively, it can have a being healing from injuries.
See also Creation Sequence, Transformation Sequence, and A-Team Montage.
Examples:
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Advertising
- In one Drinking and Driving Wrecks Lives ad, "Recovery", a man is seen in physiotherapy trying to learn how to walk again after a drink driving accident, but he soon asks for a break due to the pain.
- In a Transport Accident Commission ad, "Bones", a woman who was badly injured in a car accident due to being unbelted is seen received physical therapy as she struggles to stand and then weeps at her current state.
Anime & Manga
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure:
- Diamond is Unbreakable: When being chased by Yuya's Highway Star, Josuke briefly disassembles the motorcycle he's riding on to prevent crashing into a carriage, then uses his Crazy Diamond to instantly repair it and continue his riding escape.
- Golden Wind: After the fight against Ghiaccio, Giorno uses his Gold Experience to heal Mista's injuries. The position of how the healing is done, however, causes Narancia to have a Thunder Shock from the sight of it.
- In Naruto, Pain destroys the entire leaf village with one blast, leaving an enormous crater behind. After the battle, Yamato rebuilds the village using his wood jutsu. This process is shown over a couple of panels.
Comic Books
Films — Animation
- Titan A.E. has a repair sequence of an old spaceship previously used as a house. Shots of welding, rewiring, and reprogramming all set to Over My Head by Lit.
- WALL•E: Eve rapidly fixes WALL-E in a sequence that ends with shooting a hole through the ceiling to let the sunlight hit him.
Films — Live-Action
- Towards the end of Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Charles is seen learning how to walk again after being shot.
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King:
- The Houses of Healing scene
in the Extended Edition, where Aragorn treats Éowyn's wounds, and later we see Faramir is recovering from his injuries.
- The reforging of Narsil (Aragon's inheritance sword).
- The Houses of Healing scene
- Serenity: after the title ship is seriously damaged while landing on Mr. Universe's planet, a series of shots show the crew repairing it.
Literature
- Used in print in The Dresden Files: Cold Days, in which Harry, rather than actually describe the events of his convalescence from being mostly dead, describes the recovery montage that would be in the ideal movie of his life (recommending the Foo Fighter's Walk for the music).
Live-Action TV
- Highlander: The Series: In the episode "Mountain Men", Duncan dies from falling into a very deep ravine. Being Immortal, he soon revives, but he suffered many broken bones,lacerations, and other injuries in the fall, and there's several rather gruesome shots of him healing, complete with cracking sounds as his bones re-align and heal.
- The Mandalorian: The end of Episode 2 has a montage of the Mandalorian and Kuiil working to rebuild his ship after the Jawas ripped it to pieces.
- The "Bicycle Repairman" sketch on Monty Python's Flying Circus has one of these, complete with Unsound Effects like "Alter Saddle!"
Video Games
- ANNO: Mutationem: After retrieving the stolen data ROM, Ann takes it to a repair shop in Noctis City to have it fixed. Following a brief black screen during the repair, the owner informs Ann the modified ROM is now viewable.
- Mass Effect:
- The brief repair montage of the Normandy at the conclusion of Mass Effect 2.
- Part of the ending montage added in the Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut DLC includes shots of reconstruction efforts taking place on various worlds, including Earth, Tuchanka, Rannoch, and the Citadel.
Western Animation
- In Avatar: The Last Airbender, after the Gaang saves a river town from the Fire Nation and deciding to clean the river it's on, this happens.
- Parodied on an episode of Family Guy. Peter, Joe, Cleveland, and Quagmire decide to freshen up the Drunken Clam to attract more customers. When Quagmire points out that the repairs will take a long time, Peter declares, "Not if we do a 1980s 'Fixin' Stuff Up' montage!" Sure enough, a catchy 80s tune plays over shots of the guys working on the bar...but once the montage ends, they realize that they have only made the building look worse, and leave without cleaning up.
- In Jem episode "Danse Time" after Danse breaks her leg in an accident on the set of a music video, the song "It Takes Work" shows off her physical therapy to strengthen her leg again.