First Time in the Sun: Difference between revisions

A variant happens just before the climax, during the [[Darkest Hour]]: the characters are on the verge of giving up, when this symbol of potential fulfillment appears, reminding them that they have something worth fighting for and giving the strength for a [[Heroic Second Wind]]. The apparition is especially common for one who is dying or about to die, particularly from [[Heroic Sacrifice]], as if to show them that their death is not in vain.

 

 

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* The first episode of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''. Kamina, Simon and Yoko emerge from their underground village and soar high into the air, seeing the earth laid out before them and the sun and moon whirling around in an unrealistic but highly symbolic manner.

== Film ==

* Near the end of ''[[The Matrix]]: Revolutions'', Neo and Trinity, in their scrambling battle to reach the Machine City, manage to break above the omnipresent cloud layer and see the sky, glorious in sunshine and pink clouds, becoming the first humans to do so in centuries. Trinity in particular is impressed, and is killed shortly after.

* ''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]'', when the appliances first leave the cabin.

{{quote|'''Radio:''' Look, Lampie. From here you can see the really big lamp.

'''Lampie:''' Wow! I wonder where the switch is? }}

* At the end of ''[[THX 1138]]'' the protagonist emerges from the underground city to find himself on the surface of the Earth for the first time, just as the sun is setting. We don't see much of what the surface is like, however, nor his reaction to seeing it because he's only seen from behind. (Plus it's getting dark, and who knows what dangers might be lurking in the night...)

* In the finale of ''[[WALL-E]]'', the Axiom finally returns to earth and its passengers disembark. But the awe of the moment is undercut by WALL-E's peril. The image would have been weakened in any case because the film uses [[The World Is Just Awesome]] moments from the word go.

* Happens to Quasimodo at the end of ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' when Phoebus and Esmeralda tell him to come out of the cathedral now that [[Complete Monster|Frollo]] is dead and no one will make fun of him anymore.

 

== Literature ==

 

== Tabletop RPG ==

* ''[[Forgotten Realms|Daughter of the Drow]]'' had a scene with Liriel seeing her first sunrise. Of course, she's not the most photophobic down here - as the author points out, drow ''wizards'' don't try to read a spellbook by the heat of its own body, to say nothing of lightning bolts.

 

== Video Games ==

 

== Webcomics ==