Recovery Sequence

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    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.

    No real life examples, please; Real Life does not have montages.

    Examples of Recovery Sequence include:

    Anime and Manga

    • 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

    • Damage Control
    • A few years ago She Hulk disappeared. It was later revealed that she was working to help rebuild a town her cousin The Hulk had destroyed.

    Film

    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Serenity: after the title ship is seriously damaged while landing on Mr. Universe's planet, a series of shots show the crew repairing it.
    • The Houses of Healing scene in the extended film of The Return of the King
      • Likewise the reforging of Narsil (Aragon's inheritance sword).

    Live-Action TV

    Video Games

    • The brief repair montage of the Normandy at the conclusion of Mass Effect 2.

    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.